The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-29

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Poe-ctry.
Mid the Ides of January, red cent in the
s'pocket nary" ~ - az
just from where the dainty dinner, steamed
and smoked in days OF yore:
Though inclined to gentle mapping, soon he
found himself tapping,
Like to some one gently rapping, rapping at
the ftCourier' door,
This is Sparnick," some one muttered,
tapping at our Courier door,
sOnly he, and nothing more"
All! distinctly he remembers. just from one
of his old 'benders,"
Rumaging each empty pocket. for one scrap
OF news or more;
Eagerly he wished the morrow, vainly he
had tried to borrow
From his friends surcease of sorrow, sorrow
from neglected score;
For reporter, ''gay and festive" winces at
collectors score,
Punching him forevermore.
Up herose, exceeding wary, Oh that morn of
January,
Sighing for some field of harvest. pen or
pencil might explore;
Thought he of the ''new invention" of the
''black- and tan Convention"
Sreaking in with strange intention, at the
"Club House" dismal door;
Entering without prevention, by the
guardman at the door,
All of this and something more.
Safely entered, goodness gracious! in that
hall, time-honored, spacious,
Sight 80 strange, incomprehensive, never
met the eye before;
Chair was filled by white man Mackey;
clerks around him white, oh, lack-a-
Day; and brown and black, ''by crackey,"
fumbling all the papers DER,
Like some sage as wise as Solon, fumbling
all the papers DER,
Doing this and nothing more.
Deep among the tables peering, long he
stood there. wondering fearing,
Lest the willy, sharp reporter should be
shown the open door;
But the spell was quickly broken, and polite
bows gave him token,
To report each word there spoken, and the
figures on the floor;
To portray the windy speeches, and the
spouterS on the floor,
Only this, and nothing more.
Pencil, quick, perform your mission. names
now take with nice precision,
Lomax, Hurley, Sanders, Boozer, Leslie,
weeping near the door,
Wingo, Wooley. Sanders, Bowen, Humbird,
Crews. Y. J. P. Owens,
Cain, DeLarge, forever blowin', Parker,
Drif1e, Whittemore,
Byas, Arnim, Chestnut, Richmond, Rainey,
Rose, and many more,
These and quite hundred more
Note the previous question Johnson, mark
the huge Augustus Thompson,
Catch the fire of lisping Langley, echo
Elliott's awful roar,
List the stalwart P. r. Rivers knock the
English tongue to shivers,
While the modest Jervey quivers, struggling
hard to take the floor;
Then with note and sketch abundant well
come to the Courier door,
Enter there forevermore.
Back into the street now turning, soul on
fire, and cdpM burning,
Our reporter, coming over every ballot cast
before,
Vowed he'd deal no more in nichndchS, but
would vote for Grant and Colfax,
Though it cost him fame and greenbacks, and
the friends he loved of yore
Even though the knell should greet him, as
he reached the Courier door,
Welcome, Sparnick, nevermore."
Turned he now to Gull Statistics from the
towns and rural districts,
Giving seed, and plant, and flower, names
unknown to books before;
Cotton, sorghum, sweet potato, cabbage,
cow-pea, rice, tomato,
Peanut, popcorn delicate, sweet majora,
hellebore;
Till the slogan rings ont loudly, from the
mountain to the shore,
iSeed-nadn! ! live forevermore.
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