Columbia phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, April 27, 1865, Image 4
THE COLUMBIA PHON1X.
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. Shadow?-?.
Th?y ?om? o'er wastes of ocean hin?,
Through midnight's silent depths they cerne;
Npt na of. old, in innocent bloom, ;
With love lb look, t ?y rise to view;
With iey Iii? snd^vmlcen. eyer"
Sad-strean?in^ lib? mine-own with rears
The meurnfuV-gboat* of happy years,
They wave w?fdJiaade.and wander by.
A pallid brow and mqurnfnl glanoe,
Aa if ?aeh dread regret Ware doer?,
.Seek rises from hie lonely .tomb,
Aad walka as ia a wilderen tran?*.
I ery. the words of better day?
I speak in sob? each bl?js?d nam?,
My heart achill, ray brain aflame,
And madness ia my staring gase.
I stretch fond arms to mah? arrest,
Of each oaee laved aal cherished form;
Forget the death, the grave, lb* wornt,
And clasp a shadow-V*'my*reast. ?
Aad feel the ?old with n*w dismay- ..
The cold in ?ilene?, and that ?bill,
That follows fast tba nameless thrill,
That makes the past a present sway.
Obi sorrow! lat? each bliss, andsnin?! -
. Ohl shad?wv jai* snob bloom aad bright;
I know thee stiU'-thraagh eil tb? blight*
That Ulis of all that oac* was then.
The subtle instinct, swift te f??l,
?till traipathe^f nef ?at ?nu and- ?ye.
Opleoking, piercing through th* sky.
With chaileng? ?ver to reveal. ' "
By all th* joys I could not los?,
Which yet arejost, forever lost,
Thy sad attendance, mournful ghost,
I would'not, if I could, refus*.
Mo living bloom s* dear ?er, be,
As that which ?till for memory gi ewe,
And rather I triumph in th? woes.
That bring thee ?till, in meet, te me
Than cherish aught.of hep? te cheer,
Th? burden of th? lonesome day;
To rn? tkere cannot shine a ray,
So blsneing a? this midnight tear.
The grief to know that joy is gen?.
Hath still no ho^ab/end, to find
On* promise of a hhs* aoj^ind,
To make th? Memory ??i?a aloa?.
What though she drink? her'own bino rein,
amlf-seerifieed her hope forsakes,
Dying in ev?ry draught she, take?,
And brought again to life by,pain;.
Yet rather sh? craves the pain, abd prays,
Th? shadowy sorrow to ber sid? ;
Mere bless'e than if .a loving brid?,
Ewe warm and wooing on her gas?.
Egeria, the Mose of Counsel.
IV. APOTHEGM^.
The apothegm is tho most portable form
of Truth. Though stern of law, invariable
?sWMrtion, and inflexible itt essentials, she
if jet so flexible of form, that she accom?
modates herself to any compass. She
maj ba compared to that Afrite, among the
oriental genii, sealed up by Solomon, who
could be compressed into a quart bottle,
yet, escaping, could expand into a column
reaching to the skies. The apothegm
strikes home to the conviction, when the
argurasnt foils to reach the esr, the pro
verb teaches when the sermon halts, as a
well charged pistol will do more execution
than a whole barrel of gunpowder ex?
ploded idly in the air.
V. APPLICATION OF THE PROPBK MORALS.
You can only reach the proposed result
by an adaptation of 'the proper moral to
the special object. You apply to the sub?
ject the only Argument which will reach
him. Words to the deaf are impertinent;
colors to the blind are a mock; and the
odor of flowers to him who has lost bis
olfactories might as well be sssafotida.
Tho moral of th? steed lies is the spur of
tb? rider; of th? slavs in the eye and will
of his master; of the woman in the sense
of her weakness sud dependence, to which
all edscation should address itself.
X?. COKSf RVATISaf.
With the weak and vulgar mind. Con
servatiam implies nothing more than to
keep things aa they are, ao matter how
wanting in propriety and susceptible of im?
prorement-a condition agreeable only to
the timid, and to those in power. But this
sort of Conservatism is, in fact, destruc?
tiveness-end has been probably the true
but aeoret cause of the overthrow of eo
ctetiea and commonwealths. The tm?' law
of the race is progress and development.
Whenever civilisation pauses in tb? march
of conquest, it ts overthrown by the bar
bsrian. The people that cease to advance,
in th? notion that their mission is ended,
and their development complete, from that
moment begins to dedin?, ead must go ra
pidly to dacey. The Conservatism which
hopes to retard a legitimate progress, will
inevitably be crushed in its march. All
such efforts may ba likened to that of Ute
feeble old man who attempts to arrest the
speed of the locomotive, by thrusting his
gold-headed crutch between its wheels.
Trufj Conservatism is rather the bold spirit
which leaps into the car of progress, and,
teiziug upon th? reim, directs its move?
incuts with a firm hand, and an eye that
sees the proper goal fur which the race
should aim.
V|I. PATRIOTISM.
He who labors for mankind without a
care for himself, has already begun his im?
mortality. He who begins his work with
self-sacrifice, calls God's special sanction
upon his life, sod- is the certain object of
bia special csre. We gain from society
only aa we give. To accumulate, without
giving out, is to suffocate the human in our
nature. Io this respect we are like the
fountain, which, unless it ba drawn from
freely, will choke . with its own- accumu?
lations, and stagnate in its volume, though it
may be .pure in its spring. Doing, alone,
ts blessing, sad to do for a people, is a ser?
vice directly rendered to God.
For Sale or Bent.
f "XQTTAGR HOUSE containing fi ve roora?
W end necessary oat-buildings, with sixty
airca .af latid attached, two milos and a half
from the City, Ineuire at this effi??.
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?A LARGE and COMMODIOUS RESI?
DENCE on Senat? street, between Sumter
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to A. R PHI ttl PS,
April 18 fq? At Dr. Qeiger>
~ Headquarters,
COLUMBIA, S. C., Aram 19, 18C5.
NOTICE is hereby giren that no PASSES
will be granted at these headquarter*, te
any one, for tn? purpose of entering the ene?
my's lines.' Passes tor saab purpose mast be
obtained from Che Secretary of War.
By order A. F. RUDLER. Col. Com'g.
W. J. MBAtrso. A. A. A. G._April 'iO
Headquarters, den. Johnston's Army.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 14.
IT is announced to the army uial a suspension
of arms has beau agreed upon, pending ne?
gotiations between the two Governments. J>U
?ng ?ts continuance, the-two armies are to occu?
py their-present positions, a -J
Bf command General JOHNSTON- >
Aacaaa ANPzosotf, Lient. CeL and A. A. ?K
April aa _
Headquarters.
- COLUMBIA, S. C., Aran, f, 18?*.
CIRCULAR
ALL Officers on Poet Duty,at thia place will
malt ? a report to these Headquarters of aH
mea attached to their respective departments,
who are entitled to draw rations at this post.
All provision returns moat be mad? cub at tb?
departments and approved at these Headquar?
ters. By order
A. F. RUDLER, Gel. Com'dg.
W. J. Mr, A use, A. A. A. Q. April lp
Headquarters,
NEAR SMITHFIELD, N. C, Amt, 7, IS??.
SPECIAL ORDER N?. %%-MwiriM.
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VMAJ. GEN. MANSFIELD LOVELL is
. assigned to cemmaad ia the State es"
South Carolina.
* * . *
By command of Gen. J. E. JOHNSTON.
KiKLooa FALCONER, A. A. G.
ITEADQ'kS DIST. OF SOUTH CAROLINA;
i Aram IS, IMS.
ORDER NO. 1.
In compliance with tho above order?, tb?
undersigned hereby assumes command ha thia *
State. Until the names of the staff ar? an?
nounced, officiai ootnrmnicatioua to thea? heed
tiuartere will ba addressed to Lieut. J. M. B.
LOVELL, Acting A. A. G. at Columbia.
April 14 M. LOVELL, Major General, ?te.g
Headquarters;
COLUMBIA 8. C., MABOU 31, lSSi-H
SPBOIA L ORDER NO. -Copy. aBCsfe
J?UK CARSTEN is h?reby appointed Aotiag
Provost Marshal of this city nntil further
orders. He will be obeyed aa'd respected ac?
cord in gly. Bv order'
A F. RUDLER, Col. Comm'dg.
; W. J. Ma.\l.t.\u. A. A. A; G. April 4
Headquarters HihjEviy. of the West,
AUGUSTA, MAROK 4, 1865.
SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS NO. If.
I[Mriren4.J
COt. A. F. RUDLER ia hereby amiga??
? a? Commandant of th? Pott at Cohnabia
S. O. * * . . ? ?'?
By command Gea. BEAUREGARD.
Official: Gao. V7. BBBMT, Ooh and A. A. Qt.
HEADQUARTERS, OeuwBu.a 0"
March 15, ISM.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1.
In orjodienee to th? above cr?er, I hereby
assume oom ra and of this Poet.
By order ?f A. F. RUDLER, T<*&
_ Colonel Osesmeadbg. -
W. J. Msataw, A, A, A. Sr. laaseh Si