The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-20
THE SEASON.

AAe pasC lew oAyb nave gone far to indemnify us
for the unusual gloom Of the winter, whose re-
treating footsteps are on the borders of our land
The landscape is bathed in sunshine, the air is
balmy, the buds are opening everywhere and our
woods will soon be musical with those notes which
seem to have caught their mellowness from the
air in which they are breathed. Even now the soft
breeze is redolent with the jessamine and, before
the sun reaches his burning point our land will
lay aside its dull, russell hue and become gay viii,
bright tropical colors.
Spring commences on the twenty-frst day of
March; so the Almanac says. But this is mis-
take, and We are prepared to prove it. The earth,
the air and skies, birds and bees, trees and flow
ers-an volunteer their testimony to the effect that
the almanac man is behind the times Spring has
Already SET IN. About week ago our commInlty
was taken by SURPRISE on finding that the winter
was gone, and that the year had entered On it's
vernal quarter.
Spring has ever been the fayorite, the preferred
season Of the year. Autumn, with it's horn Of
plenty, Summer, with its waving fields of yellow
corn, and even Winter, each has peculiar charms.
But Spring appeals more exclusively to the sense
OF the beautiful The enjoyment derived from
this season. the pleasure bestowed by it's generous
hand, extends to every department Of nature It
IS the morning Of the year. In all ages and in all
climes by people Of every degree Of civilization,
have the charms Of Spring been sung. From
SOLOMON and HOMER down to the present Laureate
of England, or the humblest Of the MUSES. sons
every poet in every language has burst into in
voluntary song, and celebrated the beauties OF
Spring. z A.,
We In the South enjoy milder and much longer
spring, than our less favored brethren Of the
Nofth, where cold weather not unfrequenty lin
gers untal May, and summer follows close upon
a heoe ecofxp p,,,|o n
We not unfequently enjoy soft and balmy breezes
IN december and in January and spring general
ly sets in about the middle Of February The
helas and woods are covered with tapestry Of
the most delicate shades of green The plum
and the sweet bud are among the first of our trees
70 throw on grim winters icy chains, and burst
INTO joyous life of fragrant bloom. The violet
and the cowsiP, the buttercup and daisy here and
tnere MAKE their presence known, delighting Young
ana oid, the simple and the wise. (H we have not
the genuine English daisy, we have several little
MOWERS that resemble it, and some Of them are
popularly known here by that name. The hedges
put forth their green leaflets and the buds on The
trees that have been swelling for some weeks now
burst into leaf and blossom. The weeping fi, willow
with Us is one of the first harbingers of spring.
1t hastens to don its fairy mantle OF pale and deli
cate green. 5aE. " G- Nh 01#
The sombre hues Of the pine, the cedar and the
I've oak no longer delight the eye when con
trasted with the nresher hues Of more living green.
Inc plfds appear TO be the first to recognize the
return OF the faVorite season, and to chirp its
praises The robin sings his mathis with the dawn
Of day; the noisy, chattering blackbird. the most
socable OF the feathered tribe, joins his hundreds
Of sable brothers IN the grand chorus HAYDN
pag1ar;zed Of our own mocline bird his hesntif,1
solo, stWith Ver1ure Clad - NJ. XII .II N
We have no hesitation in saying that durine, the
months OF Spring this is the most delightful
cimate under the sun; best fitted for invalids and
lor an who Vou!d revel in the pleasure of exs
tence. Persons afflicted with disease OF the
aearS or OF the respiratory organs, and indeed Of
many other forms Of disease, win find winter and
spring residence here very beneficial. Our climate
oiters to the dweuers OF more Northern 1atitndes
the same resort as Nice, Naples, Egypt or Madeira
to the people Of Northern Europe Here they will
have the advantages OF mild, salubrious air.
proximity 70 the sea; rural sports OF every descrp
ton, together with all the conconitants OF an old
state Of civilization and society
Charleston, for this same reason also offers |
great Inducements to merchants from the interior.
to come hete and Lay in their supplies, in place Of
breashng the cold and stormy cline Of more north
ern cities. We can recommend this course with |
t4o AAASA0 SAs>1>.S>.co, S VIC Know C< wholesale
houses are fully prepared to meet the wants or all
visiting friends. Their stocks are LARGE carefully
selected, and offered at as cheap rate as they
can be sold in New York or Baltimore s,
The climate is now the onlyremsins Of our herit-
age. Our past history is being rapidly taken from
US, and even tradition is tabooed as sectional and
dlsloyal Our political rights and principles are
al gone. Personal liberty is ours only by yery
precarious tenure. our houses and lands are held |
only during the good viii and pleasure Of those
who love us not. Spring cannot be conHscated:%
and the song Of the hooking bird, though essen
italy Southern win not, we trust at least be in
terdicted as disloyal and treasonable. Let a
therefore, indulge in this altogether lawful 8 ca.
sure, the only one now left OF strictly Southern
2$SS3s9$* $ E. 7TI11-,l
$ We will close these random thoue hts abont
spring with the following beautiful lines OF a.
anonymous poet: .sS.t n
.ss " "O'er the naoistened fields
tender green ID spread; the bladed grass
Shoots forth exuberunt; ~ awSs..ss
Thawed by the deHcate atmosphere, put forth III
Expanding buds: while, with meI1iduous thrnat
The warm ebulhence OF Internal Joy, M 3s4sI
Tho birds hymn forth song Of graHtuee 8
70 Him VINO sheitered when the storm were deep j-l
ana fed them through the Waters cheeriea goom"