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VOL. XXI 1, ^ 187Q> ' 3^> J> DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ;r - . ' vv.c- . ? . ;. . <. nt fvitiiia? j AT S0MT??; B. O.t BY GILBERT A FLOWERS. f Termo. On* y?*r...............00 < . git aMDtb*... ... ............................i* ?xi Ihre? months.M. > vO ADV?K'JfldgMlSNlt? inserted ?I tb* rat? ?f ON* DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS par ,qu*r. far th? trat, ONB DOLLAR tor tba ?Mond, and FIFTY 0BNT8 for each[subsequent Insertion, for any period leaf then three PjPOtDf OBI?ABIBS.^RIBUTBS OF RESPECT and ell eOiawunlentloni wt?lon subs.rve private laureate, will be paid tor aa advertisements. 1870. , 1810. MATES VILLE, S. C.* J. A. ?AYES~& CO., WILL CONTINUS DUBING TUB TSAR TO KEEP ON HAND A FULL 8UPPLY OF GOODS IN TH BIB LINS, C0N8I8TING OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GROG ERIES, ?HQ $>R8?HSH8M$, and hop* to merit a oontlnuanoe of the liberal patronage they have bern receiving. We desire to eall particular attention to oar trade io FLOUR. It ii our atm to keep for sale only good quali? fie* of FLOUR, and families may rely opon our Stooltai affording- tho beet grades or Extra and Family Flour, to be bad in the markets. Our g roce rios generally aro all FIRST-CLASS GOODS, sod our DRUGS and MEDICINES are war. ranted to be pure and genuine. Besides the usual stock of DRUGS and MED? ICINES, we keep always on band, we offer two invaluable preparations of our own manufacture. Anti-Malarial Specific, FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF Chills and Fevers. TONIC BITTERS, an admirable combination of TONICS adapted to all oates needing Tonio Medicines. COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds taken In BARTER for gooda at fair prices. J. A. MAYES A CO. Jan 1, 1870 ly . STOVES. Manufaoturod[by Harbeck, Conklin & Willis Manufacturers of Stoves, Tin and Japaned Ware, And Agon?a for Kaoline and Enameled Ware. For sale by L. P. LOltING, Agent, Juno 9--_Sumter 8. C. O7F. HOYT; SUCCESSOR TO P. HOYT, SO. CA. "yT^OULD^ respectfully inform bis friends and the public of Sumter, and ndjoiningoountics, that he has recently roceived a choleo soleo tion of LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS' Wato lies, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SPECTACLES, &c., &c., His stock embraces all 'the latest styles, and will be sold at reasonable rates. Sept 28_ SUMTER ? JVT ARBLE YARD TUE undersigned would most resp'Ctfuli) announce to the people of Sumter and sur? rounding country has he have just received a SPLENDID LOT. OF ive ck? rtol e> ? sod is now prepared to receive and oxecuto or dora of all kinds in his line, with neatness and dispatch. IRON RAILING FURNISHED TO ORDER. W. P. SMITH, SUMTER, S. C. NTO- 17 _ tf General Life and Fire INSURANCE mm. SUMTER, s. c. X. HE following Companies having complied with the Law, and deposited $20,000 each with the Comptroller General, offer protection to households against loss or damage by fire : Seourity Fire Insurance Company of New York, ABSOUS, $2.017.869 81. German Fire Insurance Company of New York, Asfletts. 1.058.054 61. Georgia Home Insurance Company, Columbas, Ga., Assettg, 468.731 10. Riohmond Banking Insurance Co., of Virginia, Assetts, 279.546 24. " Uftm A. WHITE, m March M _ Ag?ek Estate Notice. AALL persons having claims against the Es? tate ofW.W. MoCntehcn, deceased, will please present them doly proven. And all per* ?cns Indebted will piesse make payment to _ ' H.O. MoOUTOHBN> Adm'or. Jaa 10-tf 100 years a secret? ly, Cures as by magie 1,000 persons testify Pains, wounds, and Bufferings cease -t&" Physicians uso and recommend it SST $5.00 pots ordered daily for hospitals and public institutions in all parts of the U. S. jpHOBE JJAKER ^ALVE all Cuts, Burns, Bruircs, Sores, Ulcers, Caners, Sure Nipples, and Br ken Breasts, Chapped Lips rind H inds, Eruptions, Chil? blains, Bites or Stings of Insects, Ac ^iSfc.. A WONDERFUL CURE FOR PILES. Put up in OOo. siten (nnd $1 pots for families.) All Druggists everywhere sell it. DON'T BE ONE DAV Without it in the House. COSTAR'S" Standard Preparations Ana "CostarV Rat, Roaoh,&o. Extermina? tors. "CosfarV (liquid) Bcd Bug Exter. "Costar'?" (only pure) Insect Powder. "Costnr's" (only sure remedy) Com Solvent. SOLD everywhere. Ask for "COSTA K'S" (tiikc no other.) $1, $2, $3, and $5 sizes, order from COSTAR CO., 13 Howard.St., N. Y. GOODRICH, WIN EM AN & CO., Wholesale Agents, CHARLESTON, S. C. Blay 4_ly DR. TUTT'S Golden Eagle Bitters. The Best Tonic Ever Invented. Recommended by the best Physicians in the country for thc cure of Dyspepsia, Dysentery, Diseases of the Liver and Kidne}'s, Sick Headache, Loss of Appetite, Female Weaknesses, And General Debility. IT HAS KO EQUAL. ItisaMuro PREVENTIVE OF CHILLS AND FEVER, and is a GREAT STRENGTHENER IT EXIIILERATES WITHOUT BEING FOLLOWED BY DEPRESSION, nnd on that account is tho boat boverngo. IT IS 6 MOST DELIGHTFUL CORDIAL Tho most delegete Females taku it. NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT. ?pS3r Sold by tho Principal Druggists and Grocers. April '3_._ 3m SCHOOLBOOKS. Tho undersigned have rocontly published n series of NKW PICTORIAL READERS AND SPELLERS, adapted to the tastos nf holli taxes in Gio family ns ..''ell as tho school room. They havo been prepared by thc Ru v. Prof. J. L. REYNOLDS, D. D., bf thc South Carolina University. Tho series consists of six volumes, Reynold's Now Pictorial Speller.l?e. Reynold's Nerf Pictorial Primary Reader.2'ic. Reynold's New Pictorial First Render.-Hie. Reynold's New Pictorial Second Reader.OOo. eynold's New Pictorial Third Reader. Sile. Reynold's New Fourth Reider,.$l.25c. SCHOOL HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Told in n familiar style. Ry Professor JAMBS WOOD DAVIDSON, A. Al. Price 00 cents. Prof. REYNOLDS' WRITING BOOKS, in n series of numbers-20 cents each. A SCHOOL REGISTER to last six months, 10c. ATARLE BOOK for young children,-50c. per doz. The nbovo i ublicnlinns oro being extensively used in this Stnlo, North Carolina, nnd Georgia, nnd wo aro encouraged lo go on and publish n whole scries of School Doole* in all departments. Du tile & Chapman, Publishers and Booksellers, COLUMBIA, S. C. Also for salo nt tho SUMTER BOOK STORE. April 20 _Cm GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. ] WILMINGTON A MANCIIKSTKR R. R. CO. > WILMINGTON, N. C., Alorch 12, 1870. J afejBogg wwi ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, tho 13lh inst., Passengers for tho W. A M. R. B. will tn ko the Train at the W. A W. R. R. Dopot and the following sohodulu will be run : DAY EXPRESS TRAIN (Daily.) Leave Wilmington (W A W R R Depot) 1:00 A M Arrive at Florence.11:03 A M Arrive nt Kingsville.3:00 P M Leave Kingsville.11:40 A AI Arrive at Floronce.,.3:14 P Al Arrive at Wilmington.0:00 P AI NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN (Dally.) Loave Wilmington ( W A W R R Depot) 0:15 P Al Armo at Florence. 1:43 A AI Arrive nt King.ville.9 00 A M Leave Kingsville.3:4? P Al Arrive nt Florence.11 06 P M Arrive at Wilmington.6:! 2 A M WM. MAORAB. General Superintendent. Maret 17_145-tf_ QVWB~AND PISTOLS T3 KPAIRED BY AN EXPERIENCED WORKMEN, If left at ' O. T. MASON'S Jewelry Store. Marah 0 New Hardware Store, Main-st. under Smaller Hotel, L. P. LORIN G, --AOKNT TOR Messrs. King & Happman, HAI/TimouE, Iff. D. Would respectfully announce to hie frieudsand the public, that hq has received and opened, at the above establishment a ? Stock of Hardware and Family Utensils, embracing every article in tine Hue of business, wbivh he iuteuds tu sell at the LOWEST PH ICES, FOR CASH. Ile will koop alwayu in store, a completo assort? ment of Collin's Axe?, Amos' Shovels-and Spades, Trace Chitins, Hoes, Rakes, Pitch Forks, Crain Cradles, Soy the Blades, Guano Suives, Pocket ?nd Tublo Cutlery, Brass Preserving Kettles, Tin Ware, Window Ulats-all rir.es. Porsons in want of the most convenient and economical Stoves, cnn bo supplied with tho latestimprnvod patterns at prices which cannot fail to givo entiro satisfaction. May 20_ C. T.'MASON. WATCH MAKER AND sr M TE ll, S. C. flos just received and keeps always oa hand New nnd Bonutiful Styles of JEWELRY, F YE GLASSES, &C. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY RE? PA I KEB WITH DISPATCH. Marchai 1 y o ti ti JJ WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALER IN Boots, Shoes, Hats, Opposite J. T. SOLOMONS, Sumter, So. Ca. Feb 1ft tloet. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP, On tho Cor. of SUMTER und CANAL-ST?. Where nil kinds of Work in tho Blacksmithing Linc will bo finished in a workmanlike munnvr, ami at tho shortest possible notice. Ibo undersigned feels confident, from a scr.so of his experience, (in thu business for tho Inst thirty years) that ho can give satisfaction, both in prices and in tho execution of nil work on trusted to him. AV. C. STANSILL. April 20 3m W0FF?RD COLLEGE SPA UTA NBU IC G ?. H., SO. CA. FACULTY: KEV. A. M. SIIIPP, 1>. 1).. President and Professor Meulul and Moral Sei ncc. DAVID DUNCAN, A.. M.. Professor An?.iont Languages and Literature lt EV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D.D., Professor kogllsh l.iierature. WA RH EN DU PUE, A. M., Professor Natural Science. JAS. ll. CARLISLE, A. M., Professor Mathe ?mallee. REV A. li. LESTER, A. M., Profossor History und Hililiriil Literature Tho Preparatory Sch ?ol, under tho ?inmediato tuporvision of tho Fuculiy, Jno. W. SH I PP, A. ii., Principal. Divinity .School-Hov. A. M. Shipp, D. D. Hov. Whitefoord Smith, D. D. ; HOT. A. II hester, A. M. The first Session of tho Sixteenth Collegiate Year begins on tho first Monday in October, 18n'J, tho second Session begins on thc first Mon day in January, 1870. Tho course of studies and tho stnndnrd of scholarship remain unchanged, hut tho Faculty now ndmlt irregular students or thoso who wish to pursue particular studies only. Thu Schools also open nt thv sumo limo. Tuition per year, in Collogo Clossos, includin! contingent feo, $i-t in Specie, or its equivalent ii Currency. Tuition per ye ir, in Preparatory School, inclue ing contingont'fec, 944 in currency. Hills payable on? half in ndvnnco, Board, pc Month, from $10 io $15 in curroiiey. For further particulars address A. M. SIIIPP, President. May 19_ly St. Joseph's Academy. coxt>t:cTi:n BY TUB Sisters or Our Lady of Mercy, SUMTER, S. C. THE Colleglato Exercises of this First Class Institute, will bo resumed 'un thc 1st of September. A prompt ^attendance is requested in order tn fucililnto tho progress and nrraugo mont of tho clnsjcs. Tho new buildings nro spacious and olcg.mtly finished, furnishing ac? commodations for ono hundred bonrders. Tho extensive grounds lind piazzas aro ample for open air exercise, and young Indies arc thoroughly instructed in English Mathematic*, French, Ita? lian,Music, Drawing. Painting, Ac. Ac. Location healthy, air puro, wa or good, nnd terms reason ablo. For particular? apply to tho Superioress of St. Joseph's Acndomy, Sum'cr, or to tho Supo riorossof tho Sisters of Mercy, Charleston, who will ondonvor to tncot tho prcssuro Ol' tho times. Nov. 10 _ MUSIC LESSONS.. I Vocal and Instrumental. The undersigned having taken his rcsldonee at Sumtor, will givo lessons In Singing and on the PIANO and VIOLIN. lin will Hkowiso givo in? structions in FRENCH, O ERM AN and ARITH? METIC. TUNING OF PIANOS ATTENDED TO. For further pm t ir nIn rs, apply to hld at hil resldonee in Harria Street. H. C M. KOPF*. Feb 2-tr [from the Wilmington 8tar.] MEMORIAL ADDRESS. DELIVERED BY GEN. R. E. COLSTON, On the occasion of Decorating the Graves in Honor of the Glorious Dead of tlie "Lost Cause," at Wilmington, JV. C., Mag 10th, 1870. i Ladies of the Memorial Association and fellow citizens. A bendicent Providence hns merciful? ly decreed that Time ?hull be t ii o great healer and consoler of almost every lortn of human woe. Five years ago our laud was still reeliog with tho calami? ties o? war. The blood was hardly dry upou the battle fields ; tho dead were not yet all buried ; tho smoulderiug ruins wero still smoking, and the cohoes of thc dosing cannonades liad hardly ceased to resound iu our ears. All was desolation in the present-doubt and fear for the future. So sudden und so complete had been our full, that we lay ! stunned beneath the crushing blow with no strength but to sutler; no fticrgy but to despair I But time rolled on and brought heal? ing upon his wings The ruined home? steads have been rebuilt. The plow? share has turned up the soil enriched by the slaughter of war. The luxuriant grass hus covered up the graves of the fallen. Some years more, and a few slight ridges iu tho plain, u few muti? lated trunks iu the forest, will alone mark the spot where rose tho bristling fortifications aud thc red mouthed artil? lery shot out its thunders. And not in the material world alone has the gentle hand of Time closed the gaping wounds of war. It has also pour" cd its bal in in our sorrowing hearts, lt has soothed thc agony of recent bereavement and defeat; it has showed us that wc have still a country to live for; rt country which, if wo cannot-as wc once fondly hoped-raise to power and proud inde? pendence, wc can still love and render prosperous by the arts of pence, as we made her illustrious, even in defeat, by tho fortitude ol'our sn uggle, and now, though many bitter things arc still to be endured, and thc regvets for what might have been cnu uever cease to exist, yet the light of hope shines brighter and brighter before our eyes, nnd speaks to us of better days in thc future. Hut with time andsjreturtiiug prosper? ity, come also tho waters of oblivion, whose rising tide threatens to ingulf all the vestiges of thc past. Herc and there a stricken heart, wounded to its inmost core, and altino knowing its own bitter? ness, will cherish its sacred grief until Time itself .-ball bc no mote. But with? out a proper effort on our part, there is danger that tho corroding cares of thc present and thc absorbing exertions for existence may inti kc us or our descend auls forget thc rightfulness of our cause and thc heroic martyrs who fell in its defence. And beside all this, upon their fate and history lies there not tho blight of failure and defeat ? Those who fall in thc anns of victory and success need no monuments to pre serve their memories. Thc continued existence and prosperity of their coun? try arc sufficient epitaphs, and their nauics can never bc forgotten. But how shall those bc remembered who failed ? It is their enemies who write their history-painting it with their own colors-distorting it with their calumnies, their predjudiccs, and their passions ; and it is this one sided ver? sion of the conqueror? that tho world at hugo accept as thc truth, for in history as in thc present, "Tte Viet is !"-woe to thc conquered ! lt is true that when we thc actors in tho late contest, shall be sleeping in our graves, little will it matter to us what thc world may think of us or our motives. But methinks that wo could hardly rest in peace, eyen in thc tomb, should our descendants misjudge or condemn us. And yet is there no pos? sibility of this? They will bc told that their fathers were oligarchs, aristocrats, slave drivers, rebels, traitors, who, to perpetuate, thc monstrous sin of human shivery, tried to throttle out tho lifo of thc nation, und to rend asunder tho gov? ernment founded hy Washington ; that they raised parricidal hunds against thc sacred ark of tho Constitution ; that they were thc unprovoked aggressors, and struck tjie first sacrilegious blow against, the Union and thc flag of their country. What if this bo but false emit and calumny ? Constant repetition willgivo it something of tho authority ol'truth. Wc cannot doubt, it. Cur descendants will seo tl.uso slanders repealed in Northern and probably in European publications-perhaps even in tho very text books of their schools (for un for lunately we Southerners write too little) ' and ?hey may be compelled, likf-. our? selves, to look abroad for their intellect? ual nutriment. It is truo that our own j immediate sons and daughters will not believe these falsifications of history, but perchance their children or grand children may believe I ?icm. And those who are still cur enemies after five years of peace, rely confidently upon this result. A so called minister of the Fritted of Penco, but whose early and persistent advocacy of war and bloodshed proves that he obtained his commission fruin a very opposite quarter, has dared to say that "in a few years tho relatives of those Southern men who fell in our strugglo will bo ashamed to be seen standing by tho side of their dishonored graves." And ho who said this, mark you, is no obscuro driveller, but, ou tho contrary, ono of tho highest represent? ativo mon ?f the North; ono whom they delight to honor. No less a porsonngo than tho Kev. Shatp Rifle Beecher, who tendorod his Church as n shooting gal? lery for bandits to acquire sk.ilI to mar. der Southern meo.in Kansan-Beecher the abettor ?nd pane ?ry st ot John Brown the chief of those bandits-Beecher the burning and shining light of the North? ern Chureh, whose ntteranoes attract thousands every Sabbath. Il? says that in a few years tho Southern people will be ashamed to stand by the dishonored graves of their fallen champions. Fellow-Southerners, whose teachings ?ind influence can accomplish more than all other' agenoies combined to hurl back this foul slander in the teeth of that reverend liar ? Who can .best guard our posterity from the cor? rupting venom ot falsehood ? W ho oan so implant the right and justice of our lost cause into their souls as to pre? vail over all the calumnies of our .de? tractors ? Your hearts reply like mino, "It is the noble,"patriotic, unwavering women of the South." Yes, lot me repeat this last epithet, for it belongs peculiarly to them. Unwavering, true to the right, true to the South, in the past and in the. present, as they will be iu the future. This is neither tho time nor tbe place for vapid compliments or fulsome eulo? gy, and I speak only "the,words of truth and soberness," os all of you will testi? fy. We would bo baser than the brutes that perish could we forget what the women of tho South did to promote the success of our efforts. By night and by day they labored with diligent hands to supply the d?ficiences of tho govern? ment. They nursed the sick and wound? ed j they bore sorrows and privations of every kind without a murmur. What they suffered no tongue, no pen can ever express. Yet they never faltered; they never gnvo up ; ond they contin? ued to cheer tho sinking heurts of their defenders, and to hope against all hope, even when ull was over. And see how nobly they have kept their faith. While some men who once did gallant service in the Southern armies have alas, turned false for filthy lucre, where are tho ren egodes among Southern women ? Evcu wo who have preserved our truth un? stained, have wo not grown colder and more forgetful ? lind it depended upon us alone, is there not much reason to lear that our brothers' bones would still lie unheeded where they fell T Not that wo have grown indifferent or estranged; but tho claims of thc living and tho anxieties of misfortune have absorbed our attention. It is theso blessed Southern women, whoso tcuder hearts never forget, that deserve the credit of ull that has been done among us to preservo from desecration tho remains of our brave comrades. Unwearied by all (heir labors and self sacrifice during four ye ars ol'war, they were, like Mary, the first at. thc^giuves of their beloved dead Therefore to them wo may safe? ly entrust the holy ark of Southern faith Yes, it is for you, wives, mothers, daugh? ters of thc South-it is lor you, far inor< than fur us, to fashion the hearts and thoughts of our children. Wc have neither the time nor thc aptitude thal you possess for training the infant miuc from the beginning, and inclining thc twig thc way it should grow. You ar< now, or will bes?me day, tho mothcrt of future generations. Seo that yoi transmit to them the traditions aui memories of our cause, and of our glo? rious, if unsuccessful, struggle, thai they may in their turn transmit then unchanged to those who succocd them And let thom le.trn from you that, al though thc same inscrutable Providenoi that once permitted the Grecian eros,1 to go down before thc Moslem crescen has decreed thai nc should yield t< Northern supremacy, and that wc shouh fail in our endeavour, yet, for all that ire were right ! And this points to another prca lesson to bc instilled into their minds The worship of success, no matter hot achieved, is but too universal in th world. In the North it is the groa idol of thc day. Pigmies, whoso luck i was to come upon tho stage when thc could oppose to the 'exhausted remnant of the South thc unlimited resources c thc North, have been magnified int dem i-gods and receive tho daily ndora tions of thc multitude. So far does th i idolatry blind the northern people, thn they cannot understand our lack ol'adm ration for thc tuen whose ruthless cours deluged our land with blood, and whos tracks were marked by thc ashes of ou desolate homes. Still - less cnn thc comprehend tho love, veneration an enthusiasm, that wo still continue t feel for our own unsuceensjul leaders. The events of the last tun years hav impressed upon the Northern mind thu failure is ignominious, and that succe* no matter how iniquitous, is tho onl criterion of right. It is for you, Southern matron?, t guard your cherished ones against th foul idolatry, and to teach them a nobb and higher moral. It is for you I bring thc youth of our land to the; consecrated mounds, and to engrave i their candid souls thc true story of Ot wrongs, our motives and our deed Tell them in those tender and cloquer words that you know so well how to uf tell them that, those who lio hero et tombed were neither traitors nor rebel and that thoso absurd epithets arc bi tho raving? of malignant folly when U| plied to men who claimed nothing bi their right under the Constitution i their fathers-tho right of fcll'goveri mont. Tell them how wo exhaust*, evefy honorable means to avoid tl torriblc arbitrament of w?r, asking on to bo let alone, and tendering allianc friendship, free navigation-evcrythii reasonable and magnanimous, to obtn an nmicablo settlement. Tell them ho when driven to draw the sword, \ fought tho mercenaries of all tho worl until, overpowered by ten fold numbei wo foll ; but, like Leonidas and li Spartans of old, fell so heroically th our defeat was more glorious than vi tori Then from to sublime a theme tea oar children a DO less sublime lessan. Bid theta honor the right; jost because it is the right. Honor It when its de? fenders have gained the rich prise of succoss. Hooor it still more when they are languishing io the dungeons of op pression, or lying in bloody graves, like the martyrs we celebrate to day. Aod bid them remember that no triumph, how ever brilliant^ oan ever chango the wrong into the right. .Next to their duty to God, teach your offspring to love their native Southern land all the more ton? derly for its calamities, and to cherish the memories of their fathers all tho more preciously because they battled for tbe right, and went down io unequal strife. And should their youthful hearts wonder at the triumph of foroo over justice, teaoh them that tbe ways of Providence are mysterious, and not like our ways. For a time tho wicked muy flourish like the green bay tree ; but ho aboil not endure forever; aud far better is it to suffer with the righteous thun to rejoice with the unjust. Sooner or later, in some mysterious way tiiat we cannot now percoivo-in theit owu day, perhaps, if not in ours-the trt?th of our principles will J)c recognized. Meanwhile, bid them scorn "to crook tho pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift may follow fawning." Lot the sa? traps of tyranny ride in state Uko Ha mun ; but lol us and our descendants bo the Mordecais at tho gate, refusing to do reverence to those who represent noth* ing but tho triumph of might over right. Yet, while clinging to our principles and vindicating the righteousness of our motives, let our children learn also the Christian lesson of forgiveness. God forbid that thc bitterness of our times should be perpetuated from generation to generation! God forbid above all that this land should ever be drenched again with the blood of contending ar? mies, speaking tho some language and springing from a kiudred raco. Un tho contrary, may He grant that the causes of strife, being at last all extinct, peace and harmony may prevail, and make this land in truth, and not merely in name, the asylum of human liberty ! It is in order that these noble lessons may bc deeply engraved in the hearts of our people, that throughout tho South the memorial Associations of our genet ous-hcarted ladies aro calling us togeth? er this day from every town aud village iu the lund, to the cemeteries wherein their pious care has collected the prec? ious remains of our fallen brothels And it is peculiarly appropriate that this thc 1Urh day of May, should have been selected by almost unanimous consent us the great memorial day of the South. For it is on this day soveu years ago that the greatest aud most illustrious of our dead fellow soldiers yielded up his spirit to his Maker, and left his country to mourn the irreparable loss of ??TONE WALL JACKSON 1 To-day all nature smiles genially around us. Tho forest and tho field Ho all glowing beneath tho sunlight. Tho gentle breeze that fans our brows brings naught but the perfumes of sweet flowers and the songs of joyous birds. In this tranquil and beauteous resting place ot the dead all speaks ot calmness and peace. Tho busy hum of the distant city scarce penetrates this placid retreat, while tho mellow sounds ot the Church hells faintly ring in melancholy chimes, like a sud yet soothing requiem. But seven years ago this day 1 Shall I retrace belove your eyes tho picture that memory brings to mine? A scrubby growth of dwarf oaks, so dense as to bc almost impenetrable, blasted and scorched by the Ares kin? dled by bursting shells, and still con? cealing within in its gloomy depths thc ti-i ll ca (citied corpses of t lioso hapless wounded, too feeble to escape the fearful conflagration. As far ns tho eyes can reach, nothing to bo seen but that dreary region of the Wilderness in which Nature herself looks frowning, cveu in thc jocund days of Spring. Blackened ruins, tottering chimneys, crumbling fortifications and shattered oannqn whccls, alone murk the site whero once stood the quiet hamlet of Chancellors? ville. Trees riven -md shorn n few feet above the ground, as if by some gigantic scythe ; bushes, showing in every twig tho fractures caused by some monstrous hail, exhibit tho tcrriblo traces of artil? lery and musketry. No sweet perfumes nf Spring flowers here. To that pecu liar, acrid smell of thc buttle field, never to bo forgotton or mistasen by those who huvo onco breathed it; to that mingled odor of burning leaves, flesh, blood, anti powder-smoke, has succeeded the lur more repulsive scent of corrupt ion ami deftay. Thc wholo atmosphere is reckitiir with tho putrid emanations from hundreds of dead horses, mid from thousands of shallow graven; for, as wo ride this Sunday morning over that wasted battlefield ufa week ago, at every step wo sec ibo skeleton hands aud feet, washed out by the recent rains, nod Already blackened nod fleshless. And for fitting music in this Golgotha, not the tunoful song of suminor birds, but the pstiforous humming of carrion flios. Not the pensive sound of holy bolls On this Sabbath morning, but the sullen roar of tho still unextinguished forest, and tho irregular crash of burst? ing shells, as thc flume!)* reach and explode them. Such I remember this day Reven years ago, on tho bunks of the Rappahannock on tho desolate field of the great battle, And ycf, you remember, comrades for somo of you aro present here lo-daj who wero with mo there-you wei roniembnr that our veterans, inured t( all the vicissitudes of a soldier's lifo wrro enjoying the temporary rest nf?ci the fierce conflict. Our dead hud beet buried ; our wounded transported t< moro lom?te hospitals. Our hopes wert buoyant, for, though our groat leadei was prostrated for tho present by h'n wounds, we all looked forward to a timi not far distant wheo he would agait I lead us (o other viotories, which would ! at last bring blessed peace to the laud, I In th? oamps of the division, when j evening esme, the usual song ?od jest j were heard as before, exhibiting that i carolers gaiety so gratifying to behold, ! aa indicating a oheerful readiness (or all emergencies. Thus it was up to that j Sunday, the 10th of Maj seven years ago The sun rose cloudless on that Sab? bath morning-obscured only by the smoke of the still smouldering woods. In most of our camps servioes were held by* the chaplains, and attended by the troops tu more than usual numbera.*-* None but the omniscient can tell what prayers arose that day-many from hearts and Hps unused to pray for themselves-on behalf of th* beloved chieftain who, at that very moment, was deseendiug into tho shadow of the dark valley. But death, which he had so oftou looked in the fuco, hud no ter. rors for him. Both for this ayorld and the next he had fought tho good fight, ho had woo the victory; and wheo iii tho supreme hour his soul boheld the weird river of death, his hst words were : "Let us cross over the river and rest under tho trees." Ono minute moro and the oold stream was passed, and he rests forever under those heaven? ly trees whoso lo'ivesare for thtflpal ing of the nations ! Ah, my countrymen, could you have, seen and felt as I did, thc sudden chango in those camps of tho Wilder? ness, when the dread announcement came that evening, "Jackson is dead !" it would be a memory never to bo ef? faced from your hearts. Tho sounds of merriment died away as if the Angel of death himself had flapped his mu file J wings over thc troop?. A silence pro? found, mournful, .stifling and oppress ive as a funeral pall, succeeded to thc voices of cheerfulness ; and many were the veterans who had followed him from Harpers' Ferry to Manassas, from Win? chester to Port Republic, from Cold Harbor to Fedricksburg, whose bronzed cheeks wcro now wet with buming tears, and whose dauntless breasts were heaving with uncontrollable ?obs. Alas, tho star of our fortunes set wheo he fell, and thenceforth "unmerciful disaster followed fast und followed faster," until our meteor flag, conquered, but still spotless, and glorious went down forever! On this sad anniversary day let os, therefore, remember him, and with him all our slain brothers in arras, of whom ho is thc noblest representative. But how shall we, how can we do suffi eicnt.honor to their memories. We look in vaiu around us this day for a stately struoturo to commemorate thoir names. Nothing meeta our eyes, nothing but "A simple sodded mound of earth, Without a line above it; With only fragrant native flowers To sbow that ar y love it!" Imperial Ramo, rich in the spoils of a world, could eternize in marble ond in bronze the triumphs of her legions ; and the columns of Trajan us and Autoniuc, tho arches of Titus and Severus, aro still standing to-day to rescue from oblivion the proud names of her OfDsars. Greece, radiant with the prodigality of genius, crystalizes thc glories of her past ages in thc unrivalled outlines of tho Parthenon, while nature itself endows her with tho imperishable monuments of Thermopylae and Salamis. But alus, not for us, tho despoiled sons of tho war-wasted South,' to build Buch memorials to our lamented dead. Not for us to dedicate "the storied urn cr nnimnted bust." Yet let us not des pond if adversity still forbids us to erect proud mausoleums to our fallen heroes. Tho day will come, doubt it not, when returning prosperity will enablo us to do this. Biit meanwhile there aro other monuments, "net made with bunds," yet more lusting than brass, whose foundations it is our present duty to sink .-io deep that they may endure for? ever. They are those traditions and sentiments which live eternal in the hearts o? a nation, and become inter? woven with its very existence. The Israelite, descended from God's choseu people, nerds no lofty pilo to re? mind him of his deliverance from Egyp thin boudtige, so long ns tho Passover remains to him as a porcnniul memento of Exodus. His simple observance of his anniversary day hus outlived Solo mon's magnificent temple, merely be? cause, though conquered, dispersed, persecuted, banished, nothing has ever made him forget or neglect the tradition of his race. t Well, my fellow-citizens, oppressed and impoverished us we uro, it is in our power to establish for ourselves and our posterity forev?? ns unfading und signifi caut'a memoria). Let this day become the national Holiday of the South. Let it be celebrated each returning year by thc prayers of thc Church for the pros? perity ol' the lund for which these martyrs gave theta lives, and by the tribute Ol' praise paid by eloquent lips. Lot young ami old repair to th eso eon socrnted graves, to decorate thom with the graceful floral offerings of spring - Let these pious and touching ceremonies bu so cogra I'M d upon our national cu* toms that when our descendants shall a*k, like tho Hebrew children of old, "What mean ye by this servieo ?" they shall bo answered : "lu memory ol those devoted men who fought aud died to securo to our lund tho blessings of liberty and self government." Let theso solemn observances bo sacredly trans? mitted from generation to generation, i ano! they will remain a monument to tho I heurts of our posterity which shall eu ' dure us long us our langunge and our rnce-loi.g after the proudoit trophies erected to the triumphs of our adversa? ries shall havo crumbled into dust. And full well do they, who?o hallowed dust lies onto'< ) Jj)odor our feet, de servo all tho respect and veneration wc oan render to their momoiies. Thosf whose scattered remains have been col? lected herc by our Memorial AisoolaUoc . ' N-JVj .? . < . , I ' ', ?ver I think of theuf^r^i? devoted soldier* of jour uQftjV^JI swell? with t?ua?r>Hd ^^^SH^Bl the war to command ^**?|^5 troops (Vom no Ion t,u^^lljrS our late C?? o t D d er MIttjwifl I rocogniiod the samo^?H ao gentle-so obedieuv "ft^pSfc^^|Hffi knew how too?miuaod tMw?fti otio, so constant >nd v^^rjjj hardships that can ucvof W^jffi being able to sny'that, strict in roy disciplin?, "tW^^ gie one of our valiant aoldie.rfymj degrading punishment. ^^f-yV^^0?H ing heartily tho fuTl.ttteod to lho8? chiefs whoso .g??ius'^SK? our arms with PO many pp}or\ii\t^ffiR ries, ?nd to that '?l'-^'W^Vv^^^apP^ gallant offioevs whose*.'sVw?p^jffii^^ eduoation made it ?heir'd^y^^?^^? maud, as it waa the duty of?^t?^|Sk)^S obey, I bcliovo that tho rank 5ur troops wero, usn iAalN,v/Mt^|^H^ martyrs ol our cause. Tho wQt^^mp'^ never know, never a^rceiate'w?W^Msy^R, tiiiderwcnt for the yindtoatiuovtjKvSBffr5*, country. To ?ll the nnipoakabl^^wfflw|| tica which inevitably follow?-?'I^^?MS bloody footsteps of war, were ?dt|^d .?WW those evils resulting from' out' ^W^iS^P position. Cut off ft oin al!' the^'V^UsH they daily felt the want 'or.''/fi1vHm|fls| necessaries of life. Tho waot'df ftlwgf?'S when thc contiouarmhroh.es toro^TJB@M bleeding feet ; tho want of vtar'i^'^?HKi^ ing. when th<? pitiless b?nate ^-^sl^wS? driving rains pierced thou) to.th?.JtK>jil^^sM the wautof modiciuofl, wheo tho tVoo^nWji? and diseases of army lifo 8M>etetff?'t?i?jq?^ upon the hard hospital bod-^Ottl^i^wn^ than this, the want of needful./lood1;^^^ enable them to support the ?xha^t??j^a fatigues of war. Yea, fellow So'ttt??ffr^^| ?rs, the world will uot credit, ^,4^^?y^ our own posterity, perhaps, .wilt^dwS^ an exaggeration what is but the (Wrt?T|w?^ fact, as you well know, yrjta that.,i^mAQ there. Yes, for moro t h an -1'^Jf^MB^ and weary years tho Coofcderiifojc-^ as a whole, never knew wh?t ^' have enotigh to eat. As early: ?aCj?S^?^ winter of '63 the ConfodctaVe rtU^W^^ reduced to less than one third of t^V^? our enemies, . which . oxpef?a\T?pe%f^'f?'vs| proved to be necessary to supportl'*m^$ diors in thc field. Where ts- an&fi^$ example in all history ot an ?rm/i-neffti^^ er clothed nor paid, nor more tha^;*Wl$^ fed-always unsatiated, always,btfiima^^ lng for broad 'enough, aud yoi keep?u^.^ 'together and battling for moro thjinwo^ lingering years of such uuparellad pti ;r},* vationa. Aud remember boW-'tk??t>^& starving, rnggod, barefooted pr iVfct'pif ....'<$ marched, and toilod, and fought, thjfOu'^t?'^? tho burning SUBS of suuijter:--rthroi?j^^ tho frozen blasts of wtDter-r~^^m^H not only the native foroes of t-Tf-?fvl^^ (had there been none orbpt^'^t?raml would this day relato a 'differejaft.^"^^TO^ra but also the mercenary oftcourVn^?tJf^l nil oreutioo, collected and bought"i^iy?,:y Northern gold ; fought until ovorjjo'jt^??^ by irresistible odds, having l^st' ;t^|^fe best blood and the most of their brotJf'ert(V.^ tlicy yielded at last, loss to oumba^OTMKx to famine, but snviug bright A?O('^?#^S stained from the fearful ruin'; ' ; t?&Wo*? sacred honor, the honor of tlio Son^iu^M^^ And who, then, wer? -they; ''-^^'f^| humble, privates 'these atiortym??s?X$ lieroos, who were con teilt to q?jy^^^Bl known, expecting neither jows/d, . i*^,^ fame ? Most of thom possessed Pjtjl^^V^ lands nor slaves, nor any th .Og<yP<'w^WBB risk of their lives. JJut they thoujwflH not of this. They gave their ?v^??pg|SS their country, their principles, .i^jS^M sacred right to self government, .,r>h'?r)<?jt? ted froto'thc founders of the HaP)f|^I^H Politicians moy have been inoapd'b.?^^'Xity corrupt-commanders ititompcrard' incompetent-but h t us never Tpr^^JfE^ the rank and filo, when j. roperty-' never failed to do their whole duty^a*?jv<^ long as human nalino, oould - ondtt??',*^ with a heroism that has . never ( equaled, li a lia ut knights tbejr . .^ejfcf.faj Nature's own trun iioblcintfn^' t^<!a|ffl^J course might bo their garb, and uaWW-t/*^ Clich: exterior. ?iKi&ftw "IJrtive knights, and true ns over drew f^M?m Thuir swords with kitigti ly ItolautJ/i^V^^a? Or died ni Sohioski's side ~;-**^2?M For tho love of mnityr'd Poland, f'''^$9f3? Or knolt with Cornwell'* Ironsides . ".''VTODB Or hind willi groat I? iislftviis, \ . '.*V< ' Or on thc plains of Ansierlits Breathed out li/oir.dy ing nv?s !" Conn mles of those glorious day"i?f fya&?? ranks ure forever broken, and th?epfs???^ dit! r?giments whose nt irliai arrojy; t><??v^ glad bined our eyes and uar heurta frt^ngjK never answer ng-in hut lo tho r6Hw*^)3ri of tho la--t day W'KIH t liC I rutupfet' -e?' <*5 resnrmetion shall niuod ilia HcvcHqViojrlsXj the D?tiiU ' V?'^5 '.Thoy sleep their In?t slenp. ?.;' They'h iv? foirait tli-ir Issi hattie," - /.Vj.-J ''Ou Kaine's cl ero u I .?a-iiping j;r.,und .?i'^'V'B t ur.; ?pre i<|( v i *n|^^l And ll nor au i'd ? ?villi v.inun ro?nd ?, ".-.'jfW Tho Ijiv. uno of tim dead.'' \ .'? Jl^S T/ghly reit th/? sio h up in their foo-, -j mic brcus'-s ! Oreen f.iieyijr fee . iK$',tJ nitiutid over their s torod retutitis V t'*?jr< tho suu at morn a. d eve kiss lovhijjiy^ its crest ; let tho gentle dowa of hp^?^jg drop tenderly upon it ! Let the fl?iw"?Ji^ of earth and the birds ot the air lish it with their sweotesl odor?\'*m$i<fc most melodious Blinds, ?nd Jet lpwH| lund,-! and loving* hearts watoh OVC.r.fflH with jealous euro fur - .. . "lt ehnntod praise.'. .;> ''^'tffflSm With al! the wort t i?? listen ; ' , ' If pride, that swell* all Southam .'.l-^^TS&i . If comrades' tears ih?t^clister?.;, . -V If pilgrims' shrining f ive, If gr#f - \?\ '.^H Thni nought eanH iutb >>r ?ev< f/ ?i'y^j?ffl? If these esn eansecMt-i^<-ihii kp?i>^ *jrar5?tSH Is sacred ground Airxver '???'? '; JQS "9irv you have brok on yo'Jinprio^ said obe mao tji, another; 'jW " m.iod,, I cap ?^?^f*^h*6't1?er jo^tji