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The ofti?e of tb? O+lrmbia Pheenix ia Oil Gritos street, seooni door from Plain. His Excellency Governor Magrath arrived in thia city yesterday, and took quarters at the Shiver Home. The magazine, sitar ted. ajear the -river, con? taining about ten thousand pounds "of powder, exploded yesterday eveniog. As far as we could leam, no lives were lest. Watts-N te ROES.-It is suggested, by sundry citizens, that the wells in the burnt district should be eovered ia some secure way to pre? vent accidents. It is thought that a few score of the idle, negroes about town should be im? pressed nod made to earn their porridge, by doing some moderate degree of labor within their strength and adapted to tho delicacy of their constitutions. Certainly, the condition of daily food te these paupers should be daily labor, whether this be allotted by their owners or hy the eity authorities. It appears te be the Yankee plan and policy to set enffee to work, in seme fashion, and to direct h ia laben te a commendable promptness, by an occa? sional prick of the bayonet in flank or rear. We could certainly find bayonets fer "the pur? pose. _ Correspondence. ?KAU Sm: Enclosed please fiad cheek for 8500, a fund which I have been requested by tho members of my oompany to present te the sufferers in Columbia. Very respectfully. J. ME?GHAN, Captain Commanding Richland Cavalry. To HON. T. J. QoonwYN. COMJMHIA, May 1, 1S65. 'Capt John ?fetgha?-DEAR Sire I "acknow? ledge with much pleasure your letter of to? day, covering $500, as a donation to the Bufferers of this city. . For th;* most opportune contribution, I beg that you will preser.t to your command the sincere thank* of this cora muni ty, and receive fer yourself, personally, the assurance of my high respect and esteem. Very respectfully and truly, ;. . T. J. GOODWYN", Mayor of Columbia. MUSICAL GENIUS IX CuAnLssTON-.-*-On Easter Tuesday, Mr. Ball (?) and Miss North, (?) under the direction of Pr?, -sors Berkham and Gatn bati, were to have appeared at a cone erl at Hibernian Hall, Charleston. 'It is a mistake,*' ?aya the Courier, "to suppose that Charleston is deserted, er that it ever lacked musical proficiency, especially among ita daughters. Bnt the-modesty,*' Ac. It speaks eise who re, ia the same paragraph, af their "taste, and skill," and their Afresh and magnificent voices." Will none of our refugee friends from Charleston identify fer us these magnificently voiced damsels, who, most unlike the Hebrews, suffer themseves to take thc Charleston barp from its willows, sing for the satisfaction-of their ene? mies and conquerors? _. HONOR WOMBK !-J^E&ey scatter.jieavenly roses OD the path ef our earthly life ; they weave the happy bonds of love; and be na&tb the modest veil ot the graces, they nourish,with a sacred hand the immortal flower of noble Beut meats. Hie Banana. The Btnxrm-hw t.... -TiMTatnrUn^nmTiti fQ_ staoee?, and with a moderate degree ef success, as far North in our States as South Carolina. But here it assumes no hardy character. We hare no doubt that along the sandy slopes of Texas, proper pains-taking would make it Sourish. Fruit? and Hewers acquire hardihood in colder regieas. There was a time when it ; was thought that che grape could not flonrish in Italy, in those very provinces which are now 1 considered its native region. We are not to be discouraged by failures in our experimenta. Perseverance achievea through a thousand ob? stacles. And the baa ana is werth many expe ri? nses ts. It is nat only a delicious fruit, but of vast imports nee in all tropical countries: Both in tropical Asia and America, almost ! every hut has its plantain tree. Ia the great ?umoer of different forms of plantais, the sise, form and taste of the fruit are exceedingly different. The question has long since been started as to hew far this has been derived from one er several species. Ia America, there are oaly two especially distinguishable forms. The banana da terra, {with long, straight andeee id ed ly three-cornered fruit, on distinct shams, and with a fresh, juicy pulp,) and the Banana de St. Thome, (with smaller, blunt, roundish, and seit, sweet fruit). In tro? pical Asia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean the different forms amount nearly to half a hundred. Although the Banana has not been foand growing wild in America, with any degree of certainty, various points of Asia fur nish, at present, this plant in its origins! form; a fact which speaks most decidedly for the question of its origin, as it is rarely propagated by seeds, but principally by its sacker.?. Rox \ burgh found it growiug wild on the coast et Coromandel, Rutnphius end Blanco on ?be Philippines, Loureiro in Cecliin-China, Finlay? son on tho small island ot" Pulo-Ubi, near Siam, and so en to Ceylon. The nantes used for this plant in Asia and Au erica deserre a little further attenti?:*. In America-th.ii e ia no indigenous name, whil. Asia furnishes names in thc Sau-iciit, Chinese, iud Malayan languages, even to thc definitioi of thc different forms. It is very prohabJ* .hut all the forms ot thc Banana are derived iront a siugl^ stock, tba criginul locality 01 ?.h ie h belenes tu tropical A*ia, sine; the Ara? iieau and Asiatic pituita aie scitrealy distin? guishable systematically; nul tho genus Mtisa' it represented exclusively ix Isia, and not ii. America. YA SK LE 3Jri.rrAUV C'CVKBSOR,-We are ?old of a Yankee military governor ia Kei th Cam Una. These officers aro established in all th. .States, wherever thc enemy litre fou sd a par? tial foothold, and wc aro not to exaggerate their importance. We have lind one for 6eme time en the sea-board of .South Carolina, and, the Georgia seaboard has .Ween favored in the same mariner. But Gov. Brown still lords it ir. r.ke rest of the State, and Cov. Magrath still keeps his dignities in ours. As le the procla? mation of emancipation of slaves, that, we bw lieve, is virtuill}', if not solemnly, made, whor ever th? enemy plants his cannon, or unfurls his flag. But there can UAJIO military movement? de novo, while the trucoshaU continue. * Notice A LL persona indebted to tho CCLCTMBIA ?i. PIIC3NIX, arc requested to maka' ?mme l?ate pavmenc. In the future, the CASH SY& CEXI will he rigidly enforaed. I may * JULIAN A. SULBY, j DoMKSTic tiTFE.-How sweet is it when the heart expande and the mind kindles by r<?eiproof?v?Ki kindliness and knowledge! And sweeter far in domestic Hf? ia it to rest tba wearied heart and mind of the chastened expression of sympathy lightning np the w#Jl-knewn and belored^counte^ nanoo of one who bas often trenrced our sorrow? with compassion, returned long suffering to our tryiugaess, and show: en? during tdelity in our burden-endeared to us like a gallant ship, which, though tho gloss of its new paint and rigging may be wern lesa bright,., yot, in ii s very s^ar?, marks the tenacity with which its anchors have held, and its rudder answered the helmsman, through - many a storm and tempest. OBAVGK? AND LKMOVS IN CALIFOUNIA.-The attempt to grow ?ranges and lemons in Califor? nia is every year becoming more successful. The principal groves are at Les Angelos, where there are half a dozen men engaged ia the bu? siness. Oranges are grown in other places in tlie State, bat mainly in gardens,'and mr pri? vate u e. There wera about 60,000 oranges .md 80,000 lemons grown last year at> Lea Angelos; this year, acarly 100.000 oranges and 40,000 lemon shave been raised in that vicinity. The ?ranges grown this year are larger and in ?very way better than last year's crop, and ?old at the grove at $3 per hundred. Th? largest growers are two Frenchmen at the Mission Ssa Gabriel, whose crop last year amounted to about 95,000 oranges, bes?d? a quantity of lemons. The Sabbath is the green oasis, the little ?rassy meadow in the wilderness, when aftier the week day's journey, the pilgrim halts for refreshment and repose; where ht) esta beneath tue shade of the lofty palm treen, and dips his vessel in the waters of tba .aim, clear stream, and receives his strength t > go forth agaiu upon his pilgrimage in risa desert with renewed vigor%md cheerful? ness. Tit? past winter in Europa appears to have heeu more severe than in this ooantry. In Scotland, the snows Lave been almost auprece ien!ed. Deer and all kinds of game were starved out. Great numbers of aheep perished, . und' even houses were so covered up with soe>W, hal the ?cighbsrs had te assist in dig^in^ out ..he inhabitants. Tlie English poor have been trent sufferers during tb? veinter from the cold md want of employment, especially among the .etton si'innera? On Saturday, the 4th of March, the following Senators of the United States Congress retired from their seats ia that body: Nathaniel A. Farwel!. ?f Maine; John P. Halo, of New Hampshire; John C. Ten Eyck, ef New Jersey; Jehu S-Carlile, ?f (the eo called State of) Ya? rnia: Wi?, A. Ri chard?? of Illinois; Lazaras W. jewell, of Kentucky: Benjamin F. harding, of UFegoa; hud Martin 8. Wilkinson, of Min? nesota. If you hear a man say that he hasn't a friend in the world, you may be pretty, sure he doesn't deserve oae. A.*- F-\ M.*. A A REGULAR communication ?f Eiclw XV,Uu* Ledge will be beldTHI? (Wednes /V\aay) AFTERNOON, at 4 ?'?loci, at the Hall ia the College Campea A fall attendanee j is desired, aa the Second Degree will be confer? red. By order of the W. M. . i j may I l ir R, TOZH&, 8?er?t*ry.