University of South Carolina Libraries
Xiooal Xtepoajs. Tko office of tkft Columbi* Pheenix is on G?Ws street, seooue ?loor from Plain. p Th? Southern Express Company gave as n proof that it can make fast tinte,'in bringing us an Augusta CoitstitutioM.*! ist, of Sunday last. This may betrnad nt our office. ? We beg te confess our acknowledgments to .ur fellow citizen, Mr. W. T. vaulter, for certain valiable services rendered_to us in a aeighber ing district. We need not be more particular, ia rnnkmg this our public acknowledgment of a private kindness. PUBLIC M?ETINO -".We have been requested to invite a meeting of-the citizens ef Oalumbia, this day, at 10 o'clock, at the Ration House op posit? Dr. Geiger's elfie?, to take steps toward? an organisation for tke protection of the peo? ple from, the outrag?? ot* riafcoas and lawless ?en. AU good citizens ara earnestly invited to be present. TJHA.BLB3TOIT Co nais?.-W? are Jadabtad to the kindness of Mr. Henry T. Peake, loper in - tendent of the Soerfh Qarolirja Railroad, for copies of the Charleston Carrier, af th? 1 st h and 15th ultimo. They may be Seen at eat office. They Ooataia -nothing of ?officient value for selection. We have aa ?soon nt ol the c?l?bration ef th? flag-raising at Port Sam ter, aad a fall report of Mr. Beecher's oration on the occasion. Ia tam speech, he urges-n c doubt te th? satisfaction of his hearers-thai the Yankee nation baa always been doing th* work of God da earth, particularly to his satia factioa. For which the Deity is, no doobt, es peoially indented. C?rta*ialy; if temporar] aueooM is the criterion, he is right. What say Byron on behalf of a Jewish damsel! **Tf the good only prosper, thon God ir witt , thee; If th? ?lave-ouly ala, thoa art spotless and free; If th? exile on earth be 41a o a fas Mt ea high, . Ltv? en ia thy faith, but ia miae I will die. I have lost for that fa th inore than thou canst bestow. Aa th* .? >d who permits theo to prosper doti know " We forget the re?K and our Byroa ii burned Toa DATK Tana.-VYe believe that the cult, .ration of the date tree has been successful^ tried os some ?f thc seaboard plantations o BoHth Carolina and Georgia. Wo ar? t opia on that ita cul ti vat i?? could be carried or with profit, frem the Ashley to the Rid Grandi Th? frujt is equally sweet, and nutritious, ail the tree is as protifto a-?-' the persimmon. I the East, w? ar? tolcTtry Von Martius, that th date tree has ?var bien considered the ben. factor of mankind. The life of the Wander ii - tribes in the desert eireles around the date tre< .nd the Arabian peet? ascribed such high in portan ce to it, that they maintain that ?he nol> trae was nat formed with the other plants, bu Crom the ?leda, which remained after the cn ation of Adam: The Persian enumerate? 36 attributes os peculiar to his palm, probabf With reference to the.career of the ann, for th tree is consecrated to - the sun, and the fruit < the aate ie call ?ri San fruit {BtTack.) In th primitive mythology of the Hindoos YT0 fin< Various references to thiz palra, ? . Telegrapliio. ~ News.Items. The Federal General Schofield commande the J-partmeit of North Carolins. Ga narai Tarry . aa. been appointed Military Governor, and has ?sued a proclamation emancipating tbs slaTss i ii that Stats. It is reported that the beaotiful eity of A? ^nsta is undergoing an ordeal moat heart-rend- | mg, that or bein j sack?d. Conscription of the Negroes. We are told that the enemy, haring gathered some 2,000 negroes in Sumter, proceeded to j class them, by dividing male? from females and children, on the twt> sides of the -road. This j done, the men were told: "We carry you to fill the army. We shall I make soldiers of you." To the women, they said: "Pbu are for the riee fields." Such a wail, such a howl, accordingWto our {formant, as was sent up by the miserable 'retobes, was never before heard along the weders of the Saetee. Since their departure, we are told that persons along the royte occa? sionally pick up a mis?rable mother with her I infant; sometimes the -child alone. Thc latter were earried off, in many instances, when jacaroely two months old. NATIONAL RELIGION.-The New Tori? Tribune j contemplates, favorably, the establishment rt a national religion, as a sort of sequel or com panion to the national debt. Thia is the next thing to establishing a copartnership bet wean Mammon and Jehovah. Whether Greeley or Bennet shall be cashier of this proposed bank'] iag house, is not ind icu tod, bat there will be ?host of tellers appointed from the pres? gang. RUMORS.-Tb i Augusta Constitutionalist say that a gentiernas oaoic ?ut of Savannah, during he past week, and states that he had seen it rated ?TI W-W York papers that France, Au r ia ?nd Spain had reeogmgad the Confederacy, | .nd teat they hod agreed to sustain our Go ?rnment by* armad intervention. Farthm ?articulara baye heen related, bat we refrain Vom repaati-H- thurn until the}' are corr oho itad. One thing ia certain, thj)t thora is soin .cw! behind th? curtain that has led to tin u-mistiee. Time alone will develop the faeta. Goa GUBRTSCV.-We observe, says th? Mi> edge ville Recorder, an uneasiness among rnaav nd traders particularly, abstaining from salt ig, lest our currency may become more depre . atad. There is BO ground, in our npiuion, il ia people eely prov? true to themselves, tc tpprehend sueh a result.. It is obliged te h ehatber we ha-r?a peace or not, the circulation .r th? next six months or longer. Let th -opie act with becoming discretion, patriotism .nd judgment. DEATH or Sev^sytn.-A Con fed arate ofno.?i vho ha? just returned from a flag of truce ex -ditton to Sister's Ferry, informs the August* ','onstitutioHalist, that-the Federal Adjutant ;?rieral whom he met, say? official inforinatiO'. tad been received at headquarters in Savannah >f Seward's death. TJol. Wm. Norrie ha* been appointed Com tussioner of Exchange, vioe Col.-B?beVt Oold. iisablec"' hy parolo. We understand that tb xe li ange of prisoners will be resumed at ai .arly day; the Savannah River being tho artery f uohuhasiaatioB. Ponis CiosBD?-^-The Chica.o Tribune ot th? 11th instant has a telegraphic despatch, dated at Washington City on thc day previous, stating that the President of thc United States had is? sued a proclamation closing ali the ports this side of Richmond, en-the Atlantic and Gulf coast, and on the tributary stream*, leading lo the -waters of both, to Brownsville, Texas, "until further,notice." What does this mean? Married., On the 2?h Apri', Ey Kev. Ur. Edwards, Mr. W. AUGUST?8 RLACX,.of Columbia, to Hiss JENNIE A. SUTLER, daughter of Col. David Shuler.-of Orangeburg^Distriet, S. C. . Funeral invitation. . Th? friend? and eequain&ncatT of Mr. and Bira. James daffy, are invited to attend the funeral of their youngest daughter, MART ELIZABETH, from their residence, at five j o'clock THIS AFTERNOON. j "AUCTION: s.vtrH?." By L. T.! Levitt. JOSEPH SAMSON. SALESMAN. WILL be sold^THIS DAY*(Ttresday,) Sd insi, at 10 o'clock, opposite Dr. Geiger's office, About 80-parif of MES'S SHOES. Conditions cash. \. may 3 1TJ Unlimited articles reearved'until hour of sale. Sundriet. By Franck Lance. I C. F. HARBISON, AUCTIONEER. I will cell TH 'S MORNING, at IO o'eloek, at .G.*A^Bed??Vlot, 60 gross S tefl P?ps? 9 -bunches Tara, let of ! Hazwrs, Dressing Combs, Red Flannel Shirts? Silver F?j kia, spoons, Ladle?, Ac. Also, a few gallons fin? Whiskey. Terms ?ach. may 1 By Jaoob Cohen. THIS DAT, at 10 o'clock, will be ?old, ea ear? ner ef Plain and Assembly streets, ?V200 in GOLD COIN. I ?hare CHICORA BLOCKS ADE JSTOCK. 6 hale? old KILLICKIKI?K TOBAO0O. Terms cash, may 2 1* Unlimited articles received until hoar of ?ale. =- ? s ! ! . ,,?.,* sam - Notioe VLL persona indebted to the COLUMBIA PH(KMX,-are requested to make imme? diate payment In the future, the CASH SYS TKU will ba rigidly enforced. may 2_JULIAN A. SULBY. . A.*- F \ UV A AN extra e.immunisation of Acacia Lodge will be held THIS (Tuesday) AF /WTEUNOON, at 4 o'clock, at the Hall in lie Collage Cain-pus, for th? purpose of confer? ring the First Degree. By order of the W. M. may 2 E. O. WITHINQTON,Sec'y. Headq'rs District of South .Carolina, COLUMBIA, MAT 1, lisa. SPECIAL OP DER NO. .-Extrmet. . . ?. .? a-BRIG GEN. ALBERT BLANCHARD . ie assigned as Commandant ef Post at Columbia, 8. C., vi?? Col. A. F. Radier, relieved, eeo* Br command Maj. Gen. LOVELL. (Signed,) JOHN M. B. LOVELL, A.A. A G, . HBADQ'RS, COLUVAIA, 8. C., May 1, 1865. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1. Jn accordance with Special Order No. Q oi funeral Lovell, I asaame command ef the Post nf Columbia, S. C. OaJL C. P. TOWNSEND, P. C. A.. i? ?p i-oin ted Post Adjutant urftil furtffer orders. ALBERT BLANCHARD, ney * 8 Brig. Gea. CtfranV ig Peet.