The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-23

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That the negro element Throughout
the country is grsasslly coaeenssasipg
into q separate and disaass sparsy. oil
ths signs 4 tha times. asnly indicate:
Thby- kAvsalrady met. In one sxolusiva
oopve1ticn, aAsd SontensSS!!==.. y .;S;.!.sss;
principal amo3E ~hich Il onss to- bs hsld
in New Orleans and one IN Wsshi1gto6rd,
the object OF which, is to demand thnt e
|vSlored, naahrbe put .on the ticket With
afant' Byshis time. they have come to
EfuRN ap6sedAte dhkit. pc tst,and ;ihpaf-
tanne in q politis4l contest. and will not
be pnt off SHORT of its full. yal9e.. With
opt the 3Slossdlvote!as unity the H4dt
Gals will; be unable 70 carry the election.
We may, therefore, calculate upon most t
Of the demands made upon them by
the colored people being acoeded to.
Indeed. the conrse recently pursued to-
ward Parker, at Washington, is y sug-
gestive indication Of this result.
The New York Herald has two-oo-
lqmn editorial celebrating and illustrat-
ing "ths mysterious influence" OF the
New York 2Herald An influence that
reahiros so much explanation must be
not only mysterious, but minute. The
truth is, the Herald has been gradually
withering out of Tho politics of the
country with the gradual decay of the
powerful old man who established it.
The shrewd common sense of the elder
Bennett no longer shows itself in it's CO.
lumns, except BY fits aud starts; and
though Bennett the younger is said to
be fellow Of capacity and spirit, he is
too muqho engaged with the diveraions of
great fortune to ''knuokle down" to
the drudgihg and discipline essential to
the conduct Of newspaper. The He
raid is. in reality, headless monster,
kept going by sort of retrogressive
force that has not yet died out of it.
Mr.. EDITOR: Very seldom do ever
appear in newspaper articles, and when
ever do, it is done Eith delicacy; but
the existence of q public nuisance in
this city, compels me to ask small
space in your columns for the purpose
of calling the attention of tho city au-
thorities to that nuisance. While pass
ing through Assembly street, on Thurs
day afternoon, 1 was insulted by the
lounging and idle colored boys who in
fest that street, by being called damned
Jew. I, of course, took no notice of it,
and proceeded on my business. On
yesterday morning. while passing
through the same street, was acoosted
in the same manner by those boys, and
would not have taken notice Of it had it
not been repeated two consecutive DAYS.
I reprimanded the boy. who immedi-
ately drew from his pocket knife with
blade five or six inches long, with
which he attempted to cut me. I did
not attempt to take the knife from him,
for had I done so, would have been
jumped on by the friends of these boys,
who were men, and who dared me to
take the knife from the boy. What I
desire now to say, is, that such things
should not be tolerated in any oommu-
nifty; for if peaceable citizen cannot
walk the streets without being insnlted
and accosted with knife in the day,
what safety is there for person in the
night2 The idea Of boy twelve or
fifteen years of age carrying deadly
weapon Of that sort, is perfectly horri-
BILE; and hope the city authorities will
instruct their police to attend to this
matter, and see that these boys are dis
armed. Very respectfully,
AN ISRAELITE.