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$1 a Month, in Advance. ''Let our just Censure attend the tmo Even*."-Shaksprare. Single Copies Five Cents By J. A. SELBY. . COLtJMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1865. VOL. l.-NO. 43. THE COLUMBIA PHONTX, PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY JULIAN A..SELBY. TERMS-IN AD VANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Six months, $5 One month, - 1 ADVERTISING. One square, (ten lines,) one time, JiOcts Subsequent insertions, - 35 cts . . [Original. "My Tricksy Spirit." "Fine apparition, my quaint Ariel! Hark, in thine ear."-Shaksptare. Oh! darling da- ghter of the hour. Sweet Fancy, at a moment horn. That bring'st of every clime the flow'r, And wnk'st of every day the morn. Creature of love, and life, and air. Of dewy dusk jmd starr}* bright, Come with the sunset in thy hair. And glimpsing gold of wing in flight. Tiring memories of the pebbly brooks, From forests deep that green the shade.*' "Where every flower that upward looks, Beguiles some tear-drop Co the glade. And lift the silence from the grove, And crown it with a voice to spell The wandering heart: of those who love, And sorrow that they love too well. i "Weave for some sadder wings than thine A winding pathway through the woods, And spriuk with buds ot gracious shine The bank . of dark and sullen floods. And shake thy wl.igs upon the air, That seeds of beaut}-, suun'd by mirtb,fc Shall spring around the steps of care, T And'bide with blooms the scars of earth. Catch up the songs of happy birds, And for the sullen home of thought. Shape the glad airs to fitting words. That glide into the breast untaught. Music and mirth, and blooms of flowers, And haunting tones -*f love arc thine, And ?till, through all the changing- hours, Some soothing spell for hearts that pine. Steal to thc porch, where sorrow broods And sees no blooms and hears no song. And people all his silent woods, T And win him-forth to join the throng. -And bring the tripping elves to elide, With each a grace, or trick of art, "To pluck his sl<:eve, and. by his side, Make fond appeal to touc'n his heart. And summon Ariel, Oberon. Titania, Puclc, ntid, in a tric?s Each with his magic girdle on. Unfold some dainty dear device. Thine is the charm which, wed to Thought, From o'ut lier shoulder calls the wings, And with a whisper, from thee caught. The Care lorgets herself and sings. Sing thou for me and mine, thronjh hours, When native song denies to come. Anil bring for us thy foreign flowers. When none in all our gardens bloom. Tho? only hast the ch and, of all Who feed the soul with fruitage rare, To burst of time the dreary thrall. And sing forgetlulness tu car;-; To couch the sealed and vacant sight, Till skies unfold with stars, while soon, To soothe the raven breast of night. Comes forth, with sickle bent, the moon, lier gol.leu shield above the hills . She hangs, and points ber glittering spear, "While sudden, all the ocean thrills. And heaves his billows up to hear. And rush the winds idong the waves. And glow tbs woods in glad array. While, trooping forth from ancient graves, The myriad memories grow to sway. Yet, but for thee, wbat ear would list. What e-e behold the matchless bright, The music of that melodist, That shapes the ft rms and songs of night. THOU (ind'st the soul for common things, That darken on the common eye; For thee, the bird of midnight sings. And wings take color from thy sky. Thou, at the choir, the leader art, And with a single flash, thy strain Makes joyous way to head and heart, That kindle, ne'er to drowse again. Each feather shredded from thy plume, And floating down on evening airs, l3 as a sun-glance through the gloom, To lighten up a patti of tears. Each note of whisper, soft at dew, At ?lawn or dusk. is. as a breath, Melodious, like a carol new. Ol' wakening, from the damps of death The conscious sense perceives thee nigh, Era yet the thought ia touch'd, or vision And. from the deep. s'D'ls up a cry Of rapture, as at sight Elysium Be nigh, forever nigh, to soothe, When memory mort lier sorrow mea? sures, And bring to ago the pulse of youth, '?Vinn first it throb? with new found pleasures. W. (J. S. CAPTO OF MB. DAVIS. Preparation for Flight-Desertion of I hisrEscort - Threatened Attack of Guerillas-Betrayal by a Ferry? man- The Flight and Capture Arrival in Macon, <?c, dre*. When the armistice agreed upon by Gen. Johnston, of '.he Confederate anny, and Maj. Geo. Sherman, com manding the Federal army, was corn municated to Mr. Davis, and all hope of farther resistance on this side of the Mississippi thus vanished, he deter? mined to escape to Texas. "What were his intentions after arriving thee are not known to any one save his confidential advisers. A strong cavalry escort, consisting of Fergurson's, Vaughan's, Duke's and Breckinridge's brigades were selected to accompany and protect Mr. Davis and his family, and immediate personal friends, in their flight. The men and officers of all these brigades were con sidered of the Lruest Southern chivalry, and it was known that they had each faced death a thousand times during the sanguinary conflict which bas just terminated. The whole party, consisting of Mr. Davis, John H. Revgarj, Ex-Governor Lubbock, of Texas, A. D. C., Burton If. Harrison, Private Secretary to Mr. ( Davis, Col. Wm. Preston Johnston, and the brigades above mentioned, ".arrived at Abbeville. S. C., on tbe^tli of April, without anv particular mci dent having occurred along the route "7 When Mr. Davis arrived at Abbe? ville, which was on thefe?tfaj^Ajtril, he discovered that there wfiJumvWsa ! disaffection among his escort, and thej were determined to make no resistance in the event they were attacked, n< mat4er how great or small the attack ing force might bo. But little or no effort was made t< induce them to follow the fortunes o their chosen and once revered leade further. They all chose to rernaii behind, except six noble Kentuckians of Duke's brigade, who manfully re mained by him. The following are the names of th soldiers who refused to leave Mr. Day ii They all belonged to the 2d Kentuck; cavalry: Lieut. Baker, privates Sac ders. Smith, Heath, Walbert, an Harkness. Mr. Davis had, several davs befor leaving Charlotte, sent off his familj consisting of his amiable lady and fon sweet little children. They were ar companied by his wife's sister, Mi: Howell, of New Orleans, aad he brother, Midshipman Howell, C. ? Navy, Lieut. Hathaway, C. S. Arm; and perhaps one or two other ind vid uals. Mr. Davis arrived at Washingtoi Ga., on the 4th instant, and much t his chagrin, found that only eight me of his escort came up with him; an to still farther aggravate the case, ui pleasant rumors reached him of tL probabilities of au attack upon h family, who were one day yet in a( vance, by guerillas. Passing th rou g Washington, ho took the Sand?rsvil road, almost due South, but for certai reasons left the village to the right. At Irwin's Cross Roads, in Washin? ton County, a band of desperado made a demonstration upon the ca riages and ambulances containing M David* family, and again at Dubli but after hearing who the distinguish*: occupants were, and being nssun they could not rob the party witho first shedding blood, they desisted ar drew off. At Dublin they amounb lo at least thirty men, and consisted deserters from both tho Federal ai Confederate annie, banded, togetii for the purpose of highway robbery. Mr. Davis had, at midnight, on t Cth, overtaken and rejoined his fami six in'.lcs Not th ot Dublin, and p before the desperadoes organized thc intended to make the attack. In jv tice ;r> thom, however, it may he s; I that they, vilhins ibough they we upon learning who the party was, di? vided in opinion, and finally deter? mined to respect the distinguished statesman the South had honored as its chosen leader during the war. He parsed them unmolested. Leaving Dublin, or the camp in the woods near that miserable little vil? lage, on the morning of the 7th, the whole party traveled leisurely along until tliey reached the Ocmulgee river at Abbeville, Wilcox County, on the 9th. But before reaching there Mr. Davis had again separated from his family, 'retaining only a few persons with him. His lady crossed before him, but coming up on the same night ho was recognized by the ferryman, who made haste to tell his pursuers a few hours afterwards, whom he set across the stream. At Abbeville the party learned from citizens that the Federal cavalry vere at Hawkinsville, and at midnight left tlieir encampment and took the Irwin ville road. Arriving within one mile of that place at a late hour in- th? afternoon, they went into camp, from which they were destined to leave as prisoners. "When Gen. Wilson received orders from Washington, to take measures to arrest, if po>sible, Mr. Davis, Col. Pritchard, of the 4th Michigan, in command of one hundred and fifty men of his own rooj'ment.and perhaps fifty of the 2d Wisconsin, were dis I patched down the Ocmulgee, to watch the crossings. Going directly to Hawkinsville, in? formation was there received through unknown agencies, that Mr. Davis would cross, or bad crossed at Abbe vi ile. Going to that ferry, the ferry man a*, once offered 'to bet $100,00C that he had set Jeff. Davi? and hi.' family over the river.' Such was indeed the fact, and from thence tc their encampment was a straight ano smooth road. Mr. Davis had posted two vidette: respectively, on the Hawkinsville ant the Abbeville road, but from utter ex haustion they slept instead of watch ing, and were either captured or passet by before they were aroused. As a consequence, Co!. Pritchard': advance came up to the very catii] without being observed. The 2d Wris cousin made a detour and gained tin road in advance, whilst the 4th Michi gan came directly up to the camp whose inmates were all sleepiug, am perhaps dreaming, underneath greei oaks and beneath their own nativt blue Southern sky. i i "Grey-eye.I morn, I With one bright star upon her foreheai hung, ! Stood blushing in the Orient; Ami twittering birds came forth To carol out r.he day." Then giving the signal, the 4th Wis cousin charged into the camp, am captured all its inmates. Col. John ston and one or two servants wer alone awake at the time. They a first, thought that they had been at tacked by the hated and detested gut rillas; but the truth soon became know that they bad fallen into other hands. Leaving a guard over Mr. Davis, hi family and escort, the remainder of th 4th Michigan, supposing that a larg force of Confederate cavalry must b on ahead, went forward to attac .them. At a short distance they me the advance of the 2d Wisconsin, an firing at once commenced. Many vo leys were exchanged, Mr. Davis assui ing the men with him that they wer killing one another, and that he ha no men out upon that road. Aftf the firing ceased, it was ascertain that four men out of the 2d Wiscoi sin were killed and two wounded, an that of the 4th Michigan two wei killed an.I two were wounded, arnon whom was one officer. An official despatch was fir warde ythat morning, tho 20th dav of Ma 'back to Macon, containing "a brief a count of the expedition and its result ! and ai'nour.cing that as tho captui took place seventy-five miles from the city, it would take three days to enter the city. Nothing worthy of note occurred on the road from Irwinville to thi3 city. Mr. Davis? and his family were treated with the utmost civility by their captors, and meny tokens of affection and esteem were shown them by the people along the road. Going down the Houston road at noon yesterday, the reporter took a 1 position two miles from town, and I there awaited the arrival at 2 o'clock. Tbe advance guard came in sight, and quickly the whole party came up. First after the advance came a fine car? riage, containing Miss Howell, Lieut. Hathaway and two others. Next an ambulance drawn by .four splendid mules, containing Mr. Davis, his lady and little daughter. The sweet little girl occupied a seat in front and looked ont upon tho vast throng of soldiers and citizens, who crowded each side of the road, with a pleading smile. Per? haps the little girl thought that it was one of those pageants she had often seen assemble to do reverence to her beloved father. At every step the crowd increased. When the carriages crossed the Macon and Western Railroad, so vast had it become that it was necessary for men to clear the way with drawn swords and pointed rifles. From all parts o the city men, women and children, sol diers and negroes, flocked to the side walks and blocked up th? way. Pass ing the Brown Hotel, the throng mover, directly fnrward to Mulberry street an< from thence up to the Lanier House In front of that hotel the crowd ha< grown so dense that it was with diffi culty the way could be cleared. A last the carriage and the ambulane were stopped and the party'alighted They were received by Gen. WriIson' officer of the day, and taken to room prepared for them by Messrs. Logai and Mears, the proprietors. Gen. Wilson's steward says that h is a personal friend of Mr. Davis, th latter having partaken of many good meal with him at his restauran in Washington in the olden timt and therefore, he is determined t cater well for him while here. Not a shout or token of exultatio was manifested during the whole tim by the Federal soldiery,' while tb citizens looked on with countenance generally expressing regret. Mr. Davis, his family, and th gentlemen captured with him, wer sent forward by special train to At lanta. He is in feeble health. [Macon Telegraph. There are private individuals wb seem fated to fall in with adventure there are works of art the history an mystery of which never come to a end. Who would have conceived possible that a new romance copeen ing Mozart's Requiem should turn uj Yet Herr Jahn's new 'Life of Mozart ? (which may be noticed when it I completed) contains something of th I kind; detail of a frightful passage < the composer's last years, during whicl 1 it was already known, his iirfidelitic to his Stanerl were many and reckles The heroine was a. young, beautifi married woman, whose jealous hu: hand committed suicide, after bavin maned his wife!s beauty forever i presence of tho composer. To tl horror of this scene is ascribed tl dejection which notoriously darkenc the closing months of Mozart's life, an ''The Requiem" is now stated to faai been in part undertaken as an expi tory by one who was as superstitioi as he was affectionate and sensual, should he added that, by those wi have gone the deepest into tho subje( lien Jahn is accepted as a writer research and credit. I fy^S- [London Aihenoum. Knowledge, economy and labor a the virtues of a civilized man; tin form tho mc?t durable bas? ofsociet Woe. An Apologue. * A voice was heard crying from tba wilderness, and it came, saying: 'My name is Woe! Fain would I maks my home among the rocks! There would I find fellowship-there, by the lonely, ever-sounding sea-in the deep tracts of the wasted desert! Eut a will beyond mv own, sends me abroad among the habitations ot men. I traverse the highway's-I pafs ipto the cities-I must still seek the dwell- . ings of man-I must dog his foot? steps.' . And the people of the cities strove in terror when they heard the accents of that hollow-sounding voice, A deep fear fell upon all hearts, thorne crossed the seas in flight, some fled up into the mountains where the grey bird, among the sharp bald cliffs, builds his eyrie, and fancies himself secure. Others again luok (shelter among the cave?, where the adder hides and hisses. But the voice went with them into the cave", and upon the mountains, and it followed thc fugitives upon the great highway of the seas^ And thus, once more, ilia voice was heard to complain: 'Sorrowful and sleepless is this toil! Fain would I return to the wilderness; fain would I rest me beside the ever-sounding shore -on the'sharp crags of thc black icy mountain-hearkening to mournful winds that traverse the prey desert without rest; I would dwell only in dark and silent places! I am of the brood of the unlovely aud the un? loving! I seek the cloudy and tho sad! Give me voices from the .--lorm. and from the starless night! These better suit me than the crowd and the laughing city!' Then, another voice was heard, feebler and sadder than Lia own. It rose sudden beside him, even where he sat, crouching by a hearth where the fire had gone out in ashes, and there was no mare beat. The voice was human like his own! aud she who spoke rose-a woman, gaunt and wretched-and she crawled from be? neath the grey folds of his mantle, where she had lain unseen; and she stood up before the shape, looking him boldly in his blank visage. Theso were her words: 'And wherefore shouldst thou yearn "for the loneliness of the rocks and seas; the pathless desert, and the many-sounding shorel Thou hast brought hither a deeper loneliness. Thou hast made the city a likeuess unto them. From sea, rock, and de=ert, the desolation all fled when thou didst take, thy departure. The loneliness belongs only to thee. Wouldst thou fly from thyself! Thou canst not fly from mel Thou has: made me thine. Thou hast wedded me with a fearful sign; the earth bears proof of oiir bridal! Henceforth thou art mine for ever. Thou hast left me none other than thee. Thou shalt never leave me more!' And she crawled once more beneath the grey folds of his heavy mantle; and, in silence, with his iron staf:, Woe stirred the duli ashes upon the hearth; and he no longer yearned for the loneliness of -the sounding sea, t^ie bald rock, and- the pathless desert, for he felt that a greater loneliness waa there! For Sale, AFINE LEATHER-TOP BUGGY made of best materials and nearly af good as new. Also, one sett SILVER PLATED HAR NESS, nearly as good as new. Apply Boon to JOHN C. DIAL . may 20 3 HMELSKT ISTotioc. IWILL be found in the South Carolina College buildings, iu the Library. fro-' 10 a. m. to 12 rn. May 4 JAMES D. TRADEWELL. 20 Wrapping Paper. 40 OLD NEWSPAPERS ter sale at '.li - office. Price 30 and 40 cen*s a )0?