The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-23

RELIEF FOR THE SourE. E.-The T1i-
6mne says: owe are sorry to learn
that the benevolent and patriotic eff
forts of the Southern Relief Associa-
ton to alleviate the distress prevail
ing in several of the Southern States
are not receiving the encouragement
which they deserve The crv for
help comes up day after day, but the
Northern people are chary of their
contributions, and the demands upon
the committee far exceed the means
at their disposal"
10 which the New York I1mtS re-
plies, with with 10 l;tttlo sarcasm and
point: ''The Northern people are
too busy with other Southern inte-
rests, just now, to give much atten-
ton to such commonplace matters as
starvation and distress. We want the
Southern people well under martial
law; we want to make sure that all
their negroes have the right to vote,
and then we will inquire whether
they are starving or not. Probably
200, 900 will perish this year-blacks
and whites indiscriminately mainly
in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
and in the back Districts OF South
Carolina: but there will be good
many left, and it is very important
that those who are left should be un-
der martial law 1t will not answer
to let starving men have the benefit
Of the writ Of hnbens co2puS Be
sides, while they are starving, they
can be managed more easily. If we
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solcnt, and they might think it unrea-
sonable in US to stick bayonets into
them afterward, in order to make them
sincerely sorry for their rebellion.
The best way is, now we have got
them down, to keep them down.
Starving will help bring them to
realizing sense of their condition and
character. There's nothing Injuries
mans n1or0le like feeding him when
he is hungry That's Just the time
You can do with him as YOU please"
The origin of the portrait for the
Goddess of Liberty upon our coins
is Of great interest. Mr.. Spencer,
the inventor Of Spencer's lathe, used
by the American Bank Note Com
pany, was the artist who cut the
first die for our American coin. He
cut an exact medallion of Mrs. Wash
ington, the wife of General Washing
ton, and the first few coins were
struck with her portrait. When Gen
eral Washington saw them he was
displeased, and requested the figure
to be removed. Mr. Spencer altered
cap upon its head, called it tho God
dcss of Liberty.
The Albany correspondent of the
New York Commercial -Adcertise,.
gives the following figures concern
ing the present condition of the Fe-
nian organization: There are now in
New York, under control of the Fe-
MAN leaders, $4,000 Snyder breech-
loading rifles; 100000 equipments
therefor; 100000 rounds of am
munition, and $4,000 complete suits
Of uniform
y statue OF Horace Greeley will
soon be on exhibition in New York.
Mckay \ Co. have produced it by
the new and curious process Of pho
tosculpture. The philosopher stands
slightly bent forward, his hands at
his breast, his pantaloons caught at
the top OF his boot leg, bundle of
papers under his arm, and what looks
like all the Tribune exchanges obtrud-
ing from his pocket
A visitor to the Philadelphia mar
ketspeal1s of butter, which is ''essence
Of June mornings caught and impri-
soned il glowing globules, the fra
GRANGE Of clover fields ripening into
sweetness in the brooding sunshine,
the warm, delicious flavor Of new
milk foaming in the overfowinc
bucket" We wish we had some OF
that kind to spread on our daily
bread
AsToUSD1Nu.- The Buffalo Coa0.,j.-
cjnl Adre7Hse,' states that the First
National Bank OF that city has, in q
period of four years, accumulated a
surplus greater than It's original capi
tai, and, without impairing this sur
plus. it paid its proprietors a div
dend for the past year Of fifty per cent.
Mrs SWEET, OF kennebunk, Maine.
who put morphine into a bottle OF
whis.zey in such quantity that it killed
her husband, u quack doctor, who
drank freely of it, has been convicted
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