The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-24

city have evinced most heartfelt sor-
row for the unfortunate victim of this
terrible tragedy. The procession ex-
tended for three squares or more, to the
rear Of the bier, fnnked on each side by
citizens on foot. The body was deposit.
ed in the family bnrying ground, at
Elmwood Cemetery; und the last sad
rites were performed by the above named
Masonic organizations. The casket that
contained the remains was beautifully
decorated with flowers. wreaths and
evergreens. and was conveyed to the
grave by strong friends and sad mourn
ers. Thus has passed away noble, ge-
nerous and universally admired young
man. Peace to his ashesl
ADVICE TO YoUSG MEN AND WOMEN,
TOO. o.-The Columbus S,tn, Of the 10Th
instant, gives a list Of names of some
twelve persons who have just left that
city and vicinity and gone to Texas
After expressing regret part with
such good citizens, the editor says:
eff our young men would be willing
to do the same class of work here, and
receive the same pay for it that they will
be forced to do among strangers and in
new country, none would lack employ
ment, and our country aoon regain her
wealth and prosperity. Men have to
work, no matter to what cline they 90;
and why is 1t not better 10 remain with
friends and among the companions of
your youth, rather than go West? Let
our young men stay at home. We need
them all to assist in developing the me-
chanical, manufacturing and agricul-
tural resources of our country. Let
them put their shoulders to the wheel,
tending their strength and energy to any
honorable work, and the result will be
ten-fold larger here than can be attained
elsewhere.
| Is POVERTY CR1ME?-If it is, then
there are many criminals, for many are
too poor to live in any sort nf decent
comfort.
The standard of honesty and excel
lence, III the minds of many men, is
money. Give an individual plenty of
Honey-fill his barns full, and examine
his title papers to broad acres of land
on which no mortgage lies-and what q
multitude of faults are hidden beneath
these things? Wealth hides more sins
than anything else. "He was poor,
but an honest man," Alb, there it is,
''poor" yet ''honest," they say, as if the
conditions were rarely allied. And that's
the way the world feels towards poverty.
Crime and poverty go hand in hand in
the minds of too many of us.
If men would learn to honor and trust
each other for their intrinsic worth
their wealth of mind and soul-their
talent, genius, industry, sobriety, &c.,
be he rich or poor, and lower estimate
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wealth Of purse, we would all be happier,
wiser and better. Genius would oftener
be rewarded and better appreciated.
"Pool, yet honest" men would be stimu-
lated to higher exertions, for they would
feel and know that honor, trust and
profit might follow such exertions. A
man should be honored and applauded
for what he is, not for what he has. It
was not your men Of wealth who gave to
the world the steam engine, the tele-
graph, the sewing machine, and thou
sands OF other useful and scientific in
ventions which have revolutionized the
whole civilized world; but men of
poverty, who lived in obscurity, and
under the ban of reproach on account of
such poverty. It has ever been thus;
and, we fenr, will continue to be 30, for
man by nature is ungratefnl, and money
rules the world.
The Washington Patriot. which is
always careful to be correct in its
figures, says it is estimated that the
Grant victory in Maine cost 5000, 900
over and above what WIS collected inside
| the State.
This statement suggests to us three
conundrums, which We beg the Radical
| press to answer:
First. Where did that 5000, 900 extra
come from, if it was not remotely con.
nected with the United States Treasury
frauds?
Second. If it takes 100000 extra to
carry one confessedly Radical State in
August, what will it take extra to carry
sixteen dead opposition States in No
vember?
Third. Are the people willing-from
present Indications and growlings-to
pay this extra, for the boon OF Grants
reelection?
Resolve us these riddles, learned
Thebans of the Treasury ring. Tell the
denf peODle how much thav will have to