The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-11

moving spirits, to resume. the active -du.
ties Of HE. from whics they had stepped
aside. for q moment, TO drop q tear upon
the graves ot ahe departed, and to offsr;
up silent, prayer for the repose OF their
souls. 'i3lis tfsifr b.
"on E.ms'a eternal eampi1g.ground,s X.
Tnetr silent tents arc spread, t..
Tho bivonac Of the dead"
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F1CToRIAL AND PoL1TIcAn Fraud
The Richmond Dispatch thus pitches
into Harper's so-oalled Journal of
Civilization" How any Southern, Irish
or Roman Catholic family can patronize
this slanderous. villifying and untruthful
pspef, is more than ne can comprehend: !:
I'm Harper's Weekly. OF prospective
date May IL, is picture styled Negroes
Hiding in the Swamps OF Louisiana by
Sheppard: This is put forth aa compa-
MON OF another styled The Louisiana
Murders-Gathering the Dead and
Wounded. The Southern reader will be
astonished to sss such picture as that
OF the 'Hiders' attributed 10 AIR. Shep.
pard. OF this city; who has never prosti.
tuted his talents to eubserve the purposes
OF 'scurvy politicians;' but what will the
same reader think when lie learns that
the picture In question appeared about,
two years ago in Erery Saturday. a pic.
toriai paper, which has since been dis.
continued? It was drawn by Mr.. Shep-
pard. as We happen to know. for that
paper, and was styled Timber. Getters
in the Dismal Swamp!' A more content
cd set OF Africans are seldom met with
They are cooking and jolli6cating, and
tho pile OF timber stands near The cook
and the tents. and the reoreationiste'
countenaioes are indicative OF negro
bliss. It ia one of the happiest designs
to show negro life in the Dismal s wamp,
but could by no possibility answer Tor
.Hiders In the Swamps Of Louisiana
from tho wrath Of the whites. This
fraud 10 one OF the msanest ever prao-
ticed by publishers. The Harpere. to
gratify their vtndiotive disposition by
inf1aming the Northern mind speinst the
South, seize upon Mr.. Sheppard's draw
ing, and make il represent q scene alto.
gether imaginary. They show q diabo-
lical spirit towards their white fellow.
citizens in Louisiana, and foist upon the
public work OF art intended for an en-.
arely different purpose, to tho gross
wrong OF gifted artist, who could not
be induced by money to make g. drawing
for any such object as to libel his own
people,
MurdeTsEl3sthering the Dead and;
wounded. We suppose, IL just az far
from truthlulness 80 picture Of the
scenes In LoEisisna as il that .of the
tHidsss.' which was q real picture Of.
Timber Gesters' here In Virginia. ConId
there be more deteatable object Chan
that which. these pictures wers printed
IN widely circulated paper7 the Stirring
up strife In the bosom OF nation iust
out OF bloody civil war, and endesyor.
ing now to resume its former condition
OF peace and harmony. Such an ACT
should be suffioient to damn the Harpers
amongst all honest people. II shows
clearly how the system of infiamino the
Northern public mind by false pictures
and false statements OF Southern out.
RACES haa been pursued with the tenaeity
OF the bloodhound and the malice of the
Thug. How such feelings can be 40
long tostered and so pertinaciously and
devilishly carried out by acts, we cannot
understand. It would seem to be against
human nature. As Mr.. Toombs, OF
Georgia, said, the Southern indignation
at the wropgs done in this war OF malice
so disastrously waged against the South
since the war of blood, had been wearied
and worn ont. It had been exhausted.
and men turned away from it. unable to
keepit alive, and sought relief in their
daily syocations. Then. how is it that
our prosecutors can still continue their
nefarious war7 There is only one way
to account for it-Hpays. It is fostered
and cherished by aYsrice. The Offices: +:
the jobs. the plunder OF the Government.
ARE continued in the hands that now
have them by the war OF fraud, falsehood
and hate. That keeps alive this war,
which, without this reward to the sordid
hearts OF those who wage it,'would be
ended in day."
UNITED STATES CoURT-. .CuAR1Esros,
hiay 9.-In the District Conrt,; Judge
Bryan presiding, the following business
was transacted: !f,
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