The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-18

May, tha' belovedr-,of the possz. The
green dad, flower. crowned nv tHtfi., .has
given as her ffst. .,'haltinssss III fRtbcertain
steps. One day. fresh, fair, ana bespti.
full; the next. raw. EastwinydS and de-
sestable. Yet the soft, trelaulots, shn.
dows that are almost Lights; tie tempered
light that is almost shade; the warm
flushed dawns. and purple.crowned sun.
sets, show us the treasures in the -eper-
toire-; of May, the adorable. Certaihly
with us she has no claim TO her spring
sisters She is in reality the first sum-
mer month, for there in dust on her
green garniture. The first flush OF bios.
so'ming is over. and the sweet, tender
surprises Of April are among things of
the past. Southern poets, in despite of
their surroundings. will crown May as
the month Of months, because the poets
o. Northern attitudes have done 80 be.
iore them aTs'ithey not eyes to7see
That the palingenesis is oyer?i. Have
they not.understaqdings to Comprehend
that the glory Of tie earth belon,a,.exd ,,.xdst to
April. with her celor, and warmth, land
resurrection of oil hidden tlingspJWhy
need we always take tie text fro;ma men
who have seen not will onr eyes? Why
translate the language ef. ,one Aemis.
phere into another? Yet May has htr
spccialties One would suppose that of
the twelve sisterhood she had superior
claims to be. regarded as tho month. Of
Love. Perhapgs so; but then the month
OF love is not the month of Matrimony.
Some have declared May ap 'unlucky
month for the nnptinl vop. Whether it
was that this n,ensis n,aioruns was spe-
cially dedicated by the Romans to the
elder persons Of their commuhitY. and
therefore i'll adapted to the beginning. of
new life, or.whether, instead of Elec.
ira, or .Merope, the lost Pleiad was Maia,
the. fairest Of them MI, it is difficult to
say. Certain it is that am ong tie Greeks
and Romans the torch of Hymeneus was
never lighted in this I'm on th. q aLaser,
too, than The Romans, is the 1distict: 81
"Marry in May,
Ahl woe tte'd 'da1i" .,
There are. indeed. nineteenth century
people who would more willingly go 70
the hymencal altar through rain, hail or
snow. than on the loveliest' and sweetest
ct May mornings We do not ask them
why this is SO, for we doubt whether
they could answer.e s.sAn old snpersti-
tion," is the only reason. But these
'.old superstitions" have run such deep
root into the human soil, that they can
not be dislodged. We turn with disgust
from the nympholepsis Of the, ancienta,
but ''the things which no man can look
upon and live;" comes down to Us in the
desert phantoms OF modern travellers.
We hear OF men decoyed from their
caravans by familiar faces and forms,
and left to perish miserably in the sands.
The chime Of church bells. the home
voices, the Alnla of armies are in the
wilderness Of Tin, and. when heard are
tokens of death. The most scientific of
travellers find themselves in the vast soil.
tudes OF land aud sea, brought face to
face with problems with which they can
not grapple. Let them account for
them as they will, there is residue in
explioable to the clearest human mind.
William Ramsey, an English savant,
saw ghostly 6le of horsemen in the
.'Wady ARABIA" where no horsemen
could be, and the Arab Interpretation
of the summons held good, for, in spite
OF all lis modern savoir and sceplicism,
he died within the appointed time,
Twelve days.)
SuPREME CoURT, WEDNESDAY; May II.
The Court met at 10 A. NJ. Present.
Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus.
tices Willard and WRIGHT.