The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-14

NA"J VIC Stcou bOu 1ebt ABntly upon D1m.
LOUISVILLE COURIER JoURNAL1sMs -
The Providence Journa! says: "We
scarcely open paper but we find in it
the evidence that the editor knows how
to manage our Indian affairs better than
the President and General Sherman and
the Secretary OF the Interior" The
editor who doesn't, ought to close ont his
establishment to the highest bidder and
quit the business.
When We reflect TINT the last victory
OF the Modocs was achieved in spite Of
the fact that the heroic and renowned
Robson, OF the Navy, was acting as
Secretary OF War, we are lost in wonder
as completely as ever Livingstone was
lost In Africa, and we defy all the Stan.
leys in the world to find US.
The Philadelphia Press tells as that
''association with printers ink excludes q
worthy and able man from local Judge
ship in England" The English don't
seem to be aware that with plenty OF
soap and water man who associates
with printers ink can have as clean
hands as anybody else.
The Boston .Espress declares that .n
hypocritical political cabal has made
MASSACHUSETTS, stink ip the eyes OF the
! world" We know now where to find
that lost Louisville reporter who once
told US Of the unfortunate family who
had been ''overtaken by the bitter pill OF
adversely"
The Rochester Express thinks it a pity
that Louis Napoleon hadn't some of his
il!ustrioos uncle's brains. They proba.
oily would have been OF advantage to
him; but. then. he was 30 fortunate as
to have some brains of his own that were
too good to throw away.
Motto for the entrance to the lava
beds: Who enters here leaves his SCALP
behind.
Wade Hampton says Sherman's men
burned Columbia. 8. c., and Sherman
DOW aaya Wade Hampton's men burned
it. It is hardly necessary to say that
Sherman was not the celebrated little boy
who cnt down the banyan tree with his
hatchet, and found it impossible to pre-
varicate about it.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says, in q
complimentary notice of Shakespeare
"Curiously enough, the great poet died
on the day of his BIRTH" Well, if he
did die on the day Of his birth, he got of
some first-rate poetry, considering the
brief period he had to write in. His
whole life may be called one glorious
play-time. He was no April fool, if he
was born in April.
Two crippled soldiers OF the late war,
representing each of the contending
armies, have established union of their
own for mutual aid and support, in the
CITY Of New York, and arc making an
humble livelihood on the street corners
by means Of o hand. organ. Mutilated
by shot and sabre, these poor fellows
who; in vigorous manhood, would have
taken each others life on the battle field,
have joined hands at last in good fellow
ship, and bear one another's burdens
with as much good will rs though they
had been messmates instead of enemies.
These crippled soldiers probably could
not define the word craftsmanship, but
they show spirit OF reconciliation and
willingness to mako the best OF the
present which many profesaed statesmen
might study and emulate to their own
credit and tho infinite advantage Of the
country.
Florida feas, says the Jacksonville
Union. are small subject to write about,
but taken in the aggregate they form
quite an object Of Consideration just
now they are as thick as hungry voters
at barbecue, and cause 80 much trouble
that they deserve a. little notice. As q
disturber OF domestic felicity they are q
success and as an inoentiya In Drofa ~ y