The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-20
s. G.
Thursday Morning. July 20. 1871.


Thursday Morning, July 20. 1871.
..THE HERo1o F1sK,-The city authori-
Hies OF Boston will have to npologize,
now that Col Jim Fisk has shown him
self quite the hero Of the day, and his
gallant "Ninthers" ''trne men every
one." He was so nearly a,finished man
before that all he wanted TO make him
complete was military prestige,sand that
she hath nobly won." The biggest man
In New York today is James Fisk, Jr..
broken ankle and all He has seen more
teal war than Ben. Butler, and Boston
knows and feels.it. The Hub snubbed
him; he CON now sas5 The Hub. and
With interest. The Commercial Adusr-
tissr speaks, OF him in these gushing
terms. which some people may think .
little sarcastic:
: *'In our sympathy for the sufferers Of
-yesterday's fight. we mnst not, overlook
that champion OF order and truly gal
liant soldier. Colonel Fisk. Gaily capa-
rIsoned and formidabiy stocked viii; The
We8p0uH " sWbEt Hd Kuue oI huo ueHu u
dis brave little band, regardless as a
veteran of the tumult and danger that
environed him. Suddenly, in an un-
guarded moment, his right flank was
surprised by raging Hibernian. shela-
ieb in hand. The treaeherous foe crept
stealthily toward the advancing chief
tain, and brandishing high in Dir the
ponderous cudgel. brought it down with
tremendous 'thud' upon his unsuspect-
ing victims dexter limb, dislooating the
dnkla and placing the hero hors de com
DAT In the confusion that followed the
misoreant escaped, but the patience and
accomplishing endurance of the sufferer
as he was borne from the field Of battle
went to the hearts of lis brave mon and
struck every spectator with pitying ad-
miration. All honor to the man who
had 30 nobly proved his metal, and
shown to his feilow-citizens that beneath
the glamor In which unjust criticism has
shrouded his character. he carries the
elements whereof heroes are made
Then, in another paragraph. it extolls
him thualy:
she who hath ears to hear, let him
hear what the gallant Fisk says: ,l
.',' II received an order from the Govern.
" ~ sup al 0tnuSemeu AfOih C[oeSIn&
the ferry from Jersey City. I came
back,,to She Opera House and heard OF
-:.s::ss :.=S::ee!e nnh On my sword and
coat. ind tried to- get to the regiment.
The fighting Ind commenced. I told
Colonels SCOTT. and Clark that the only
way to save Us was to pitch into them -
ll''Brave words, that have tue smack and
apontanaoity OF true genius in them.
General Dix, in q ft OF inspiration, OK
claimed : Whoever pulls down the flag,
shoot him on the spotr aud mighty was
the name of Dix in the land. England
expects every, man TO do his dutyr is
the language that kindled to deathless
fans the fame of Nelson. Don't give
up the shipr shouted the. undaunted
Lawrence, and his words will ring un-
ceaaingly through the corridors oi
Time. 4, 'The.,only way to save US is to
pitch into themi' burst from the lips OF
the heroic Fisk, and on the booming
wave OF that thought let him paddle lis
canoo of glory forever" .,t
Fisk is no longer the coming man.
HeGis .'oqme." Tint broken kqkle is q
deathless Legacy to the brokers' unborn
heirs. ..,, '. . - i
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