Columbia phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, May 03, 1865, Image 3
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.