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The Store of T. ?ljc (Sntrrprisf. QBtEWVIlia, ?. o. WKDVCSBtY, OCTOBUt It. 1*70. The Greenville Enterprise I? the Largest Newspaper, and Eniofi the Moat Exbnia<*> Circulation of any Paper Published in the City and County of Greennlle. Death of 0?n?nl Bobert Edmund Lee. I'ublio Proceedings In Granville. The announcement in Greenville of the death of General La, which occurred et hi" home iawVirginin oo the 12ih Intl., pro duced here, as ever) where elre in the S<uth, the profoundest emotions. On the morning after the end event was known, the Mayor anJ Council of the City met. and the result was a proclamation hy the Mayor* T. C. Goweb, requesting the pnators of thej diffvrent churches to have the chuichbells^ tolled for two hours in the forenoon, and that the merchanta and other business men ahould cloae their doors. This accorded with the feelings common with all the citizens, and the requests of the proclamation were universally complied with throughout tb? City. The effect was solemn and im pressivc, and ? fitting manifestation of the deep concern felt hy all. The Mayor also called a meeting of the citizens to avertible in the evening of tho same day, (Friday, 13th lust ,) and several gentlemen were specially invited to nd? dress the citizens on the mournful subject we were called upon to contemplate.?K There wae accordingly one of the largest assemblies of cilizana, man, women and youths o< both sexes, we have ever teen in the Court Houati On motion of Gov. B. F. Pr.Bnr, T. C. C?owtc*. the Mayor, was called to the chair. The Mayor alluded only in a few words to the purpose of tho meeting, and called upon Kev. I>r. J, 1*. Bovce to ex plalif its obl-et. REMAINS OF ?B. J. P. BOTCB. Fellott- Ci(i*en*?I have been requested to announce the object or this mooting. Hut scarcely can this bo necessary. Tho suppressed whisperings of yesterday afternoon ; tho assembling of onr City Council this morning . the proclamation made by it; the tolling bolls ; the suspension of all business t-Kaay ; tho unusual site of this assembly of ougE^ttixons,'* and the habiliments of woo in which this hall is clothed, bnvo already sufficiently made! known the fact, that Qcn. Robert K. Lee is| dead. We bare assembled to testify to the! respect and lore which we have borno towards him, and to the sorrow with which our hearts are filled at bis loss. It is not necessury that I should speak of him in terms of eulogy. To others has boon assigned that special duty to night. But I may be pcrtnittod to say, that it is well, not only that we should tnaurn, but that we shouldgirc utterance to our sorrow, llo whom we, hare so much loved; in whom we hare rocogniiod, uot simply the noblest captain, but the noblest man of bis age ; in whoso wisdom and] skill we rested with unwarcring faith; that what man oould do, tLat would he ; to whom we have pointed, etan in defeat, with pfM as unto one w^om greatness has iu it, bc^F| most signally manifested; who knewj^onfto yield to the duty of allegianco to the only. Government which could now protect him,' and upon whoso fostering care wo now had claims; he who rose in this hour of dismay, above the anguish and disappointment and bitterness of defeat, and addressed himself toj present duty in tho education of those youths at Lexington ; ho who was tho very cnibodi-l mcnt of that character of high honor, nnd^ of generous consideration for others, which marks the race of gentlemen?now so rare within our land. This man, withal this, an humble Christian, relying upon tho merits o^| Christ alone for salvation, has passed from tho scenes of earth, and entered upon tho rewards' o( the heavenly world. That which is hisj gain is our loss, for we are left behind iu the] solitude of our woe, in the evils by which we] are surrounded, without the comfort of his presence, or the wisdom of his counsels. We may well mourn him, and not only we. The very foes of the past, can have little of bUt erness?nay much of honor and respect] to show to him now. It is true that the news has reached us to-nigbt that, with tho con-] currcnce of a member of the Cabinet of this; ) Government, an attempt has been made to] dishonor hi* memory, und that the flag placed " ft half-mast on the Custom House, at Suvaunah, through sympathy with the grief of this whole Southern land, has been raised to the top of the stuff, and unlurled ungenerously and insultingly by the Collector, whose action hoa been confirmed by tho Secretary of the Treasury. I can but believe such action to be the indication of the personal malice of two men. Surely the Government must sympathise with tho woo which so naturally fills the Southern hearts. Snrcly the head of it will not allow such nn occasion to pass away without manifesting the magnanity of soul which becomes a true soldier. Such an act would t;..i .i.- ? ! ? .? ? - vino mo i?<> oiii'im more nrmiyi than any other that oan be imagined.?I And I know Il.at such action would bel hailed with joy by large numbers at thef North who have lost the bitterness whichN war naturally engenders, have learned to admire the virtues and heroism manifested by the Sonth, even in what they regnid a mistaken and false cause, and w ho especial ly have learned since the surrender at Appomattox to honor the true greatness of the mnn who could fight valiantly and skillfully as long as he was to inset an enemy in the field, but who could also sheathe his sword with dignity in unavoidable defeat, without self-reproach, because still believing that hie csuse waa just, and Ilia, he had dons what he could to maintain it. Varied aa may be lite ideas men may have of that cause, there is no true mart who does not honor him who bore kimseli to noblv, beouute himself so noble > in nil its various phases. Why this very night we have had an illustration of this. The editor of the Republican papsi in Charleston has wiilien in terms which ao mm nonor. Maintaining Iiii own VlfWI as to the cause, he spake w< rds oI noble praise of the man. In lite midst of a se v? re parly conflict, the hittrrnfM of which has never before been witnessed in Ihie Stale, just on the very eve of an election when tilenoe at lead if not worJaof rebuke for oor sorrow might have been regarded the wisest courts for mere party sake, [he pUers the language of eulogy of Oon. I.ee, and diclarea that "the South loved him?I tho North honored him," Noble utterancel of one whoso whole sympathy is against IhoK cause for which Lee fought; worthy tenti K mint of the rpirit of true charity, which^ recogniru-s the virtues and excellencies tvrnT ol en o| poncnt ftnrt enemy. Sueli language,^ however, it but tb? lode* of the feeling off the woiltl, which feeognlxct in flen. Lee J l>0( of litv rnoit ill.ill iiou? and noble ni nl I W. DAVIS is literal litis evuiitrjr and oentury- has produced.-? The deee?n'lant ol lit* great friesd of Washington, Its has given lha only true r?pto> ductlon we here yet had of that great and noble chief of the past. And mingled with our sorrow may well be the emotion ol gratitude to Got^for the gift of such an onr to render illustrious the country in which he Ikeed?the century to which he belonged. It is right, therefore, that we should mourn and express our sorrow, and therefore I present for the action of this meeting the following resolu'ion*: Rrtol+td, That the clriom of Or-enviHe luve !?. ard with profound sorrow the iiilrlligcnce of the death of Ceueial Robert E. Lf?. AWwd,Hitt miiiglrti with the submis Ion with whioli they how to the afllietii g h?D<l of ilitln* Providence, U the emotion of deep gratitude to Cud that such s man hut ll*?d ami rendered illustrious the century and country to which he hclong-d. 7iVmM, That a committee of five he appointed to make anni gemenls for thede livery of a eulogy upon liim at some lutme day. n the city, and llmt the same eominil-l tee he charged with the doty i.f securing some suitable pet sun to perform that service. Rev. Dr. It. Manly was then called upon by the Chairman and addressed the meet ing . remarks or nit. n. manly, jb. In this spontaneous efTo. t of a united oommunity to do honor to the memory ol a "representative son of the South," there is no partisan olj- ct to l-e gained, no political distinction to be drawn, no animosity or ^clfishrcB to lie gratified. The homage we render is due fioin all alike. If the Sou'li loved him, the North honored him, and al| may join in bewailing him. We gather, not to dig in the grave, "with hateful assiduity, for root* of bit lei nees not to revive the tnt c.ir of past struggles, or stimnlate tlie ardor of impending conflicts; but to learn the lessons which Cod's providence writes on the tomb of one of earth's nohlesi he-oee, bssons which may tend to moderate rather than inflame the peculiar excitements of the limes, to divert our attention from current themes to '.he permanent interests,? which outlive wars, which affect remotest* ipwiemy, which will outlast time itsetr. v In taking my humble pnrt to night, inl giving expression to the sentiments of theg public, I cannot chiim to know anything of*. General I-ee except what you ail know ;1 and that, the world knows ns well. Ilia isS no limited fame, no temporary hrillinnceg flashed forth by some chance auccesa, andj peiishal-le ns the fortuitous meteor that oe-J casioned it. The civilized world was his witness, and his admit er ; and the coming age wiji revere him, more fully, more uniintintously, more cordially, when the clouds' Sand mists of pns?ing prejudices have been] ^dissipated by time of bis war record, others^ can speak more filly than I. It is to bis Pcbaracter as an educator and a Chtistian STthat I may most appropriately allude. H Yet tlieie is one fact to which a passing Preference may be allowed, in connection rfwith that early and somewhat disastrous ^campaign in Western Virgini >, which seem Ped to give lit tie token of the subsequent Ehrillianey of bis career. We all remember Show, after he had broken through ail the powerful considerations which claim-d him fftfor the Union causa, and drawn his sword Kin obedience to wh-t he regarded as hit Fparamuunt duty to his mother, Virginia, lie i wiia kept in the background, while others fjwere put forward; how he was patiently 5 throwing up earthworks along the Potomac, ? while others w ore winning laurels ; and how rat last lie wa* commissioned to the hopeless Pond impracticable task of defending with S insufficient forces the wild country of Weaetern Vbginia. lie saw the difficulty, npFprecialed the impossibility of the entei prise, (hut never murmured, nor sought to t-e ro ilieved. Some man must, mako the attempt 0. any fail, and it would as well lie himself as Inny one, who should stand or faM in llie gap, who should lend Ihe necersary yet hopeless struggle After the issue, he said to nn intimate friend, " I coulil have won that fight, but st the sacrifice of loo many men ; and after it had been won, the ground could not have been held. 1 could better bear the shuttle of defeat, than the South, in her Condition. could bear to lore Iter turn." That same care for " the men " chat acter ized him all through the war, and won all h-?nris to him. It was not possible to be onnfTrcted by ids obvious grief at the necresit ry sacrifices, the growing yet unshrinking sadness with which he saw bis most precious material sifted, his regiments decimated, his most daring men picked nfT, ami the line ol defence growing thinner and thinner, like u spring of steel hammered till it nl. most seemed transparent, letainirg scarce any thing but its wondrous temper, true steel to the last. I The same spirit of unassuming simplicity. Pand self sacrifice, which nerve I Itim through [the war, controlled his aolirsfl at ila close, ^nnd decided Ihe direction of his subsequent .labors, I It is easier to rise gracefully than to dc? ISCend. "It is success llutt succeeds " snvs the French proverb. When nil in pro*| or-* oun an>l progressive, even swkwardnes* a?-j sumes dignity, and lltt!<Htll looks mngnifi-1 cent, when wearing the victor's wreath. Itutl to hear losses and humiliation and over-l whelming disaster is the severest test of true] mngnanimity. I.a.I month witnessed the downfall of one of eatth'e moat remarkable princes, a man of no rommnn greatness. Af ter a conflict of not as many weeks as the years which I.ee endured, egair.et a foe] about equal in numbers, while Lee was oul^J numbered fourfold, he surrenders. His fall is graced with an epigram. "Since I can-] not die at the head of my army, I am come] to lay my sword at the feet of your majes I ty." Lce'e surrender was simple, sublime,' heroic, as his defence had been. No theat I rical display, no appeal to aympathy, no] eye to applause, nu craven plea for favor.] He had fought tils hsst, and ovei matclx d by numbers, he was conquered. It is not difficult to ho grand in victory, [it requires true gr<atncss to lie grand in dejfent, to hear failure so as to h ie no dignity, to forf'it no eoi. fidenee. to incur no just re'proaches of those who have liuxted you and |been disappointed. Never scsioely was one man more fully entrusted with Ihe whole! resources of a great people, with their treas I ire and their sons, to the last dollar and IheJ nil mi, wimjci >11 nnure roiiiu Iffl 1IIAI he had aaorificrd none of their confidence, for ft lied none of their affect Ion. They rlelc. ad every thing on one throw of the javelin ; they | laced that jtvelin In hia hand ; he threw ; and lost : hot their love, their tiuM. their heart* are hi* it It, not a* the pnaah-n* ly filling with all kinc 1?U (rtliDg of til* DMMlt, but II the eelruj judgment of their malurer reflection. No! voice would jr?il?rd?y have commanded a] a tder audience, or a more attentive hearing,] In all Ihie Southern land, Ih.m hie; and no death could eummone to a more universal] mourning. < I There is something grand In tlist pcraia ent silente of hla, daring these torturing years; lilrnM when fiiend and foe alike were eager for him to speak, silence amid calumny and misrepresentation, alienee alien they rought to entangle liirn in hie talk, silence alien they clamored for his Mood, lis spoke only to calm the raging passions, or cheer the despairing energies of the people for whom he woulJ gladly have died, to counael trust in God, quiet in. dually, honest endeavors to build up the ruined fragments, and rtti Icve in peace what we had lost in fatal war. It would have been sweet and easy for him, on that day of agony In Appomatov, t<? die asSnal on Gillum, when victory peich* ed on lha opposing banners. But he felt that duty called him and hie men to live, to live for the Country, to live for the women and eliildien, for the helpless ones of the present, and for thoae who should be the hope of the future. With scarcely an ester* Inal indication of the vulcanio emotion which he restrained and controlled, he turn ed to the next duty to be done, to make the heat of the bad esse, to strengthen the thing* that remained, the mournful rem. nants of a ruin-d people. That duty led him, ere long, into the ranka of the educators of the South, a noble recruit to a noble army, where he rose naturally and at once to the highest position and widest influence. To this work he con* ?vin-c?? inc ? i iiui itic rr Of 111" III*". I IIP boiindlm energies which flamed at the liead if an army, and which kind ed an electiic enthusiasm throughout all the rank*, to that hia own heroic fortitude imparted itself t<> the humblert private, weio now directed with consuming earnestness to the wotk of raining the young. The magnificent chief lain becomes a teacher of lioyt; the " king of men * devotes his powers to building up a college. Nor was lh>* inconsistent in tlie stiglilest degree eithtr with Ills former dignilie* or the principles that had their actu ntcd him. It was hut their legitimate de reiopment, under the new circumstances. The thoughtful men, who threw them selves into that war. were not actuated by Idiud passion ; still lest were tlicy influenced by regard to their present and immediate interests, by the value of their slnve proper Sty, <>r tl?c ambition of personal, official posi. hStion. Tliey knew that,however the conflict yjmight terminate, (and they could not ha* Rrecognita li iw doutiiful its result.,) tlieir Sown prss. nt comfort, ease and property Vwuoht suffer more from the war than Irom Ksiihmiesion. They were actuated by a no* Hirer nr.olive, aineere and lionoralde, even it Elmi-gulded. Tliey thought of their cliiidren. & ( I lie generations that were to come; tliey 'ISOw the progress of iuess and pi ma in JJ'he government, which sapp?d in tin ir view Hits foundation prl neiples. wliich destroyed J Rlliose cheeks and balance* whicli they had /Zhelieved indispensable to its permanence,and jj'li-y rt>a 'e the honest hut inefTecln il effort withdraw, so *? to preserve for posterity tethe institutions which wire I lie heritage of &lheir fathers. fli NN lien tlint s-fT-?rt failed, tlierc was no Rrnom to question what was the next duty o* .Cllic hour. It was then, and it is to day, a S? solemn duty?no/ lo (If'pair of the republic adenem! I.ee felt that he had dona, intfiKti-ii'nl field, t lie lo st that he could for those f^whoin he afT-c< ionntsrl v st yled "my people.'' nDefeated, disarmed, his notdo soul all hut mcrimhcd, he turns to labor for "my people" ipnlill, in that high and honoratde sphere of 2training the young tn< n of the land to act well ttthcir part in tlie life to which their country I fcslls them. There is no higher work than 1 this. Tho future leaders of thought und dec!' sinn in our country are now young men. This a is s great and wuiidrons country in which t Providence has placed tliem. The times that Taro passing on it, are crowded with marvellous 'events, and preparing for still more marvelous I ^destinies. And here it ttill our country. If 1 instead of our poor, lifeless words, wo oould Shear (iencrul Lee himself speak hero to-night, Two know well what counsel would come from Hbis lips, what anciu-ments to quiet industry, to >w7cnlm down the turbulent passions, to cultivate /a'he soil, to educate tho mind. This was the Vlanguage of his example?of his lite. Let it aW to us the mcssacra of his death. U Finally, General L-*e was a Christian ? foTliere was no parade about it, no esgerne-s Kiiliout Il.o pur.clilii't ami ceremonies of ex ISlrrnaldevotion.no overmastei ing zeal ft r tLthe peculiarities of the church to which he ?gwus sincerely attached, but a warm love '/afor God and for good m-n. 5j lie was not one of those | rofessors of re* laligion m ho are hunting on lot " sort of vnnppendage, cur!>d along simply with the Hi est, hut an ac'ive, energetic, wot king .yin. nih.-r of the body. 11m display e I in reQiligion the same calm, solid, unnff.-eled, yet rathorr>twhly earnest simplicity, which he did Bin everything else. vl If any ate prone to say, Christianity Rrniay do f?r women and children, and for Bmen who are like them, for Weak and rierv* jgoiis and sentimental people, l>nt will not Ptinswrr for strong men, for practical men, ?f<r men of the Itigh-sl type and noblest de velopmentf ;** it is a sufficient answer to Tpo'int to the life and the death of Hubert IK. Lee. I Gov. B. F. Pzr.iiT was Ihen announced bj Ltlie Chairman, and addressed the meeting. RKMJtCKH t r OOV. I-KRRY. Mr. Chairman, I.aditt and Qtntltmen? We have come here to night with sorrowing hearls to pty a tribute of respect to the memory of one of the purest, noblest and best of men. The Southern States aro now draped in mourning for the death of Q-n. eral Robert E. Lee, the Iteroie commander in their " Lost Cause." Had the South been successful in its struggle for self govern merit, the name of General Lee would have descended in history as seeond only to that of Warhington. It is said that, in revolutions, succees makes s hero, and failure a victim or a mattyr; but the memory ol Robert R. Lee wilt live in the hearts of his countrymen as proudly and as affectionately as if auroras had crowned alt his effort* and a.tcrifices. His wisdom, his heroism his unselfish ambition, and patriotic devotion to bis country, have gained Uie adml rauon 01 me worin, ana endeared Mm to foe* ant) friends. Every honest and palri olio mnn at the Norlli must feel proud of him as an American citizen. It may he true, aa my friend hat stated, that here and there we may find an official--a spiteful, malignant fiend??o far sunk iu infamy a* lo act as the ro'lector of the diatoms did in Savannah ; but they will he f*w and far bet wi on. It is hardly in the nature of tinworst of men to withhold their admiration f virtue and true nobility of oheraeter. General I.ee was the eon of General Harry I.ee of the American Revolution?the hold and dashing commander of a lejion Is of seasonable GO( throughout the w*r, in the Southern States. Ho *u a gentleman and I scholar, M well as a soldier and patriot. " Lee's Meinoire of tba War " la a work of rara ability. He wai the special farm lie of Washington, and It ia taid that hia mother ?ai the firat love of this immortal man, to whom he ad dressed Hn?s of poetry in his youth as " The S Lowland D canty." General Harry L-e war ii?l*|njnif cu o) v>??ngrPFs to pronounco ft i line ml oration on the death of Washington.? In that oration he firal und the riprrnion. " Firet in war. firat in peaee, and first la the heart* of his countrymen and we now ap ply this b<autifnl expietdon to tlia illustri* mis son of the orator. General Lee wa,, " first in war, first In pence, a?d first in the heaitsof his eountrymen." Jefferson Davis may hase been a more biillianl states man, and Stonewall Jackson may have diaplayed more military genius In the field of battle; but ia wisdom, nobility of nature, and grandeur of character, he surpassed all Ida compeers in that terrific strng/l*. .Out, Mr. Chairman, Indies and gentlemen, it is not my purpcar this evening to pass in review the noble character of the Illustri-] ous man whom we have met to mourn over.! or eulogize at length his virtues and uiIIk] tary career. Sorrow and mourning are^ brief in their expressions ct the heart. I now give pi ice to others who will sddres' you more at length, and do more ample justice to the beloved and illustrious dead. lie wa? followed by Rev. Dr Jambs C Fubman, who spoke as follows : itr.MARKs or on. j. c. furmak. There are two phasei of grief excited t>y tbo death of others which present themselves i in contrast. >Vhen we mourn the decease of) those well-known to us, and but little known SoJ others, of those whose beautiful lire* hitvoj awakened admiration and touched the decpe.-rCj cords of affection, but only in tho narrow cirelo' of domestic privacy, the sorrow which is felt, ia intensified by tbo very narrowness of its limits?it burns with a sort of focal heat. But when tho event, which comes to us with its saddening power, comes in like manner to in-' numerable multitudes, then the feeling of grief becomes infused and expandod with a feeling of grandour. Then wo feel ourselves to be liltlo units in tho countless throng of sympathisers, and our Own regrets aro but wavelets on tho heaving surface of a universal sorrow. The grief which would havo ''cen overwhelming if wo alone had known the dead, becomes! sublime as we realise it as not our own, isolated, unshared experience, but the common experience of untold nwmbers. Such ia 'he grief which we realize now, and which wo havo met this night to express. I The admiration which is felt for military greatness, though doubtless in many instances inordinate, is yet in itself a natural feeling. I Those who have treated of the emotion of sublimity, place among the causes which pro dure it, tbe conception of power?-and eipeci ally of power in exercise. The traveller who, Bin tbe narrow foot-path through an Afri can jungle, comes upon a sleeping lion, 9<>r hs who walks through a building wbcre^ tons of gunpowder lie at his feel exposed vcw, realizes the first conception?tliO| impressiveness of mere power. The impres-: usivcnc.'s of power in excrciso is full by him who gazes npon the approaching tempest as it IoiKCKL-ns me ncnvcns, ana wiiu demoniacal roar sweeps down forests and boute* in it* course,' and l?y him who lo<ika upon Niagara making its mad leap with a force which would liurl nil (be navies of the world to wreck and ruin in it* abyss, or who looka upon tho stupendous pile apon whoao aummit lurid flames and amoks roll heavenward, whilo from every doorway and window tho flcrco conflagration licks its victims as with tongues of Are. It is easy to see how naturally exciting to the human mind must be tho eight of an army.? Apart from the impressions made by its trappings, its hanncra, its musical accompaniments, its unique movements, and its immense nam-1 ibors?tho nuked abstract idea of its character and office as an inslrumont of power, must awaken in every beholder a profound sensation And then when hack of this mighty machine we go to tho thinking agent who holds it in his grasp; who wiolds it nt his [will?who is not himself swept along l>y its [movements, hut makes his volition tho rule [and.direction of its complex movements, and [wo havo in tho great military Chioltuin, ono [of tho noblest specimens of intellectual great[ness. Such was the grand old hero whose Itieain we mourn. History will put him in the very front rank. Against what odd* lie fought! and yt he nnnihilnted the military reputation of commander after commander in< an actual series, they too, picked from thej class for whom aervico and acicnce had donej everything. Von Mollke baa acquired liiatorio fame hy tho plan* which havo carried Prussian' atandard* to tbo environ* of Pari*. It i* not too much to *ay that, with Roikrt E. Lee in hi* front, the Prussian leader would still bo beyond the Rhine. General Ghaut never showed tho soldier more honorably than when bo declined to take the sword when the veto* ran defender of the Confederaey tendered it as the signal of surrender. That surrende, was only proof that the highest genius, and the highest courago cannot perform miracle*. Rut genius and courago in military men are not always aceorapunied with moral worth.? Not so here. The unblemished purity of his moral character was a* conspicucus as his soldiery qualities. It is said of the great Tbeban commander: "Ilis privato life was moral and refined; his puhlio conduct uninfluonced hy personal ambition or by personal hatred." This noble rocord would be as truthful on the tomb of Lee as on that of Rpaminondas. n is raki mat in a representation or one or tlie tragedies of Alschylus, when the poet win describing a pro eminently virtuoua and upriglit man, the whole.assembly rose and flied^ their eyes upon Aristidea. Mrthinka that even now, as by a aimilar impulae, "from the foreata of Maine to the savannahs of Florida; lr?m the eastern oeean to the wcatern," the eyea of tena ot thousand* of minda are turning to the bier on which rcata all that was mortal of our glorioua countryman. The writing* of hi* father. General llrsnr I.r.n, ahow him to have been a man who, in the cultivation of the moral character of hia children, added to the atrength of masculine' purpose, the tenderness of feminine assiduity And the son waa worthy of tho aire. Nor I* this all that we may say. A man may be virtuous, yet not be religious. He inny acrupuloualy regard the rights of his fallow men?and oonsidored aa a man among' men?rnny be governed by a pervading aclfreapcot, and yet he may " forget God." Not an our revered hero. We remember bla deapnteliea, in which, In no aplrit of ?|iieationable eapedlency, ho apontnneoualy, without oaten, latlon or parade, revealed the habit of hia mind in a devout acknowledgment of the providence of (Jod. I.ike (lardiner and Havelock, putting hia truet in the Divine Redeemer of ainnera, he haa left to hia countrymen and to mankind aa a priceleaa legacy, the example of a aoldler?blending the humility of the Chriatian with the highest atyle of heroiam. I therefore, with all my heart, aupport the [movement to provide a ruitnble eulogy of our idlttioguisbcd countryman. JDS?Prices charged Gen. Eahit, as irr?ng?'1, succeeded Dr. MaNlt. We regret that we have not been able to procure a copy of hia speech. The Chairman thea aooounecd the following gentlemen as the committee to procure some suitable person'to deliver a eulo gy upon the life and character of Gen. Lti Rev. Jam. P. Bore*. D D., Capt. W. K. Raklr. Dr. Atou-rcs D. lloaa, IIamus Hkattib, Jamks Bismr, The meeting then adjourned. During the'meeting a choir of ladles and gentlemen sang several appropriate funeral hymns, which added to the deep solemnity of the oceseion. Particular? of the Death of General Robart K. Lea. Lkxi!?oton, Va., October 18.?Thb community was plunged into profound for row upon the announcement of the death of General Lee. The verione church belle rang out their mournful dirgea A general eue^eneion of the dntlee of Washington College, Virginia Military Institute and the minor schools followed, and they will not Lresume again until ofte" the final intermenll Fof the greet chieftain. Every busines^ Chouse in tlie community was closed and Fcrapo affixed to the door. Even the colorPed barbers aliut up their diopi, and a general expression of deep giief was visible in every face. Washington College, the Col lege Chapel of the Virginia Military Insti'tute and the Episcopalian Church, of which Getferal Lee waa a communicant, were draped fn mourning a few hours after hi*j death. j General Lee had been alnr.oat entirely] Iunconscious since Monday night Inst, andj expired very peacefully and qnitely at half past nine oVloek Wednesday morning, lie was first taken rck on Wednesday even: ing, September 28ih, while just abont to sit down to tea, wh-n he suddenly link 'it Ids chair insensible1. He soon rencted, and in the course of the next ten days stead lly Improved, until it was hoped that he] was out of dar.g?r ; but on Monday even*] ing Isskgbe became auddeuly and rapidly: worse, and continued to sink unlit Wednes I day morning. During the early pirt ?1^ his sickness lie slept much, and spoke hul< very little, but waa rational when awakej and alwajs recognized those who ap-| proached him At limes his mind seemed .for a little while to wonder, and on s-vernl <occasions reverted to the army. He once rordered his tent to be struck, and at anolh ier time desired that Ilill should be sen' t?r. ?IIe suffered but eomparatlvely little pain #during hi* whi le sickness, and died with Soul a struggle. He will he liuried on Sat ] !ur<li?v, tfeluber 15'h, st 12 o'clock. The place selected for his interment is a vault In-nestli thn College Chapel, which stand*' in the midst of the College ground. This wos vhe first building he had erected nfter hi* removal to Lexington, having declare! that j |'i was proper that the first thing the ColI lege did should he to dtdicate a house to the services of religon. Here he w.ll appropriately re*t, snrronded I>t the monu nienta of his later year*, his remain* sentinelled by the mou< tains of that Virginia upon which lie has confrrred such iir.pei fall able fame, ' The Election To-day. J Tliis day's election is of vast inv t portancc. As onr paper is issued / onrlv tA.flrtV irn liat-n /vrtA !opportunity to urge every man who wan fa fo serve the State, and his welfare n? a citizen, and not his party merely, to turnout and vote. There should l>e no neutrals in this contest. We hope that the Freedmen in this election will act like trcemen indeed, and vote tor those best calculated to represent iliem, and in whoso honesty tlrev have confidence. Their rights arc as safe in the hands of the Reform Party as in any other. Why not show now a disposition to unite [with the white people and fearlessly vote for men who aro opposed to all waste of the public in' noy, and who will labor for low taxes, Slate and Federal ? Such men wo ought to elect, and such men wo have before us as candidates. Tableaux Vlvant. The tableaux exhibition* whh-h were provided by the ladie* of Greenville for the I.i?enefltol the I.adles' Wot king Sw-'iety of I lie Baptist Church, were concluded Mon-. ilny night; the first of the cries we no*] tice<l Inst week. On Wednesday evening it was our pleasonl fortune to witness the per { formances, and again on Monday ?veiling of^ this wok. Nothing of the k>nd ever shown in Greenville has exced-d it, If, i" deed, haa equalled them. The display of historic and dramatic scenes were admira. hie ; the m >io delicious, and some of it enchanting?heavenly, especially when the airing l and aliuek up " Maggie," or " n->n*J nie Jean," and some other pieces. This last piece, " Bonnie Jean," we may here men J I lion, was the composition of one of the greatest harpeiaof old Ireland, lor.g. long ago; and when tastefully performed on thej violin or harp is scaicely equalled for its plaintive lender, melting melody. I B it not the least attractive of the aocom panimenta wan the beauty of the young ladies. No need to trav*l to Mount Caucasus. [<>r the vales of Ciioa*a<n, to sea the elite of earth's incarnate angels, in the ahape of aro man. Come to Greenville. The young gentlemen concerned performed well and looked handsome. Great taate and judgment was displayed in the arrangement of the pier?*, cost nines, attitudes, Ac., and r? fleets great credit on the lady managers, of whom, we hellevs, Miaa C. D? - - waa chief. We have not pace to d? scribe them. The Fairy Queen, Flora McFlimsey, King Arthur's Court, Mc.J Brth's Banquet, Oliver Twl?X, Light of thej Harem, Cleopatra in her Burnished Boat.j Cinderella in different scenes, Woman's^ Rights, (an original and happily eoneeivedl caricature of woman taking man's place ). The Warning Bplrits, Ae., Aft , and othca? all deserving special comment, which we would he pleased lv> make, but must leave It to the imagination of our reader*. We are gratified to learn that the ladies 'have earned for (he Society acme two hnndred dollara. There was money in it ae welt as entertainment, the moat pleasing and innocent. ? < ? ? - ? I Several Frosts ibis past wesk. I are extremely low fo The War In I*ranaa. R The neat from FranM shows that thai Prussians hare retiied from acme parts oil the circle aiound Peris |?id retired to Yer-I esille*. which is near br. the oils brincl till in other directions. Uambkt ta, French chief of the war department' sued proclamation to the people ? Tour* ' ting that the Prussians nad beei driven off by a aortic; but It i* nnnif>i', In the absence of any pnrticuhirs of the fight ng. that they w.re willing to retire, and that, In all probability, come strategic move meet waa contemplated by the Pruasbtna We ahall hear aooo. Cotton Coming In. I Our farmore are bringing their Cotton to market in considerable numbers, to a much greater extent than we expected, considering the low prices prevailing. Those selling dispose of a sufficiency only to supply present necessities, and we hope a better price await* the quantity held in reserve. Price, lli@l2|. A Oreat Accommodation. if As an inducement of trado, Mr. Tnoa. W Davis, our popular merchant, has a wagon and Steam with which he deliver* all artioles pur rbascd of him, when desired, by persons ro siding within the City liasita. I Messrs. McBaa A Caoi.k, of the Greenville Mills, will likewise deliver flour or meal pur* cbascd there, they will also send for grisL [3 These gentlemen show an enterprising as Ewcll as accommodating spirit. a New University Bell. <| We rejoice to know that the Trustees of iFurtnan University have placed in the steeple' Jot their institution a new and well toned kBcll, which sends forth a healthy, vigorous jfsound, which Is quite in contrast with the olF/isj of the old one, which hail been cracked for |> number of years. This is another sign of F improvement and progress. LTennessee Correspondence of Enter9 prise. CNiannu.*, Tkkxrsrrx, Oct. 12th, 1870. 9 Jfesere. Ediinrt?Tha West is progressing S with a power and rapidity that compares with Iwvi imcik. auhihi, voiKianoogn ana Nashville, will bccoir.o great cities, and that very toon. Atlanta is now building "The II. I. Kimball House," with three hundred and sixty rooms for a Hotel, and it is to be opened on Monday next, two days before their great Fair. At one time, there were two thousand workmen engaged on the hnilding. They put up every thing ut once, and paint as soon as the hammer stops. They have just appropriated forty thonsnnd dollars to the Oglethorpe College, and are building depots of sheet and east iron; have tine churches, and support ministers liberally; arc about to inaugurate a eojimon school system, and furnish every one (with education. Thi-y keep, in a population nfj 25,000, about 5,000 builder*, or workmen, in erecting building*. Sometime*eleven hundred bouses arc going up at once. It ii a lire city. It will be a great city. Chattanooga has grcator natural advantage* and is steadily, but not so rapidly growing.? It* rivers, its coal, its iron, its fertilo land*, its railroads?coming in front north, south ^east and west?fuake it a great and important W cent re. M Nashville hns progressed rapidly. Tit." [Tlands, /ico and ihirr miles out of the city, sell [^for from $500 to $1,000 per acre. The Fair / Grounds, 70 acres, two-and-a half utile* from ? the city, were bought la*t year lor $500 per \ acre. Everybody is up and doing and getting ; rich. The Maxwell Hotel, at whfoh I stay, is ? a palace, aSHf the elite of Tcnncs-ce live at it ^ It dines at once 200 persons and I suppose v 500 est here daily. tfl Could we not wake up nt Greenville, and (j^build, educate?stir ourselves end go ahend j and keep up with the times? I hope the Air Line Railroad will soon wnl? >? ? > i k. t. n. | Proceedings of Council. fl Council. CiiAMBtn, Od. 4th, IH70. 7J ff. Benttie anil W. II. Perry. Alilermon elect. Tappearing, Were qualified and took their acuta. ? Council met In rcgnlar aeaaion. Prevent? f Ifiv llonnr tlie Mayor. Aldermen Shumate. * Ileal lie, Oreo r, Porrv, Strndlot and William*. % Alderman Renltic mnrod that the regular 4. order of I urine** he vnvpcndcd to take np the Ti'a?' ol M iritnret Or itit (or n?inu loderrn' 5 and ol??cenv l?nirtiMa,'** on the atrcefa thiv Tdajr. A'ler h?-a<ing the evidence in the Fcnve, nod argument ol cnunvel (or and ?agnin?t tho defendant. Al lennnn B*aitl?> L moved that the defendant tie imprisoned in Sthe County J< i* for two week*. Adopted 9 On motion of A Merman IVrty, the Clerk Nwii reqiieyted to retire. Alderman Stra -Hey moved that theC'erk Ktnd Trea?nrer ree-lve a aalaey of three ^hundred dollar* for hia aerviuea for the * prevent term. Adopted U /Idcimnii l*ei ry moved that we divpen*e rfTfor the prevent with the otlice of City At Ktomev. Motion prevailed. ?1 Alderman Shumate moved that we prot ceed ?o the election of a City Clei k A Bit. McOavid wm nnanlmotialy elected. The memorial of the retail liquor denier* prating a reduction of lieenve, wa* read. Alderman Iteattie moved that the price of retail liquor licenre he reitucd from f 800.00 to tliftG (H? per annum Motion adop* el. Alderman Perry moved that a Committer of Two, conaiating of Aldermen Hhumatand Beatlie, he appointed to approve ictait liquor dealrra' bonda. Motion carried ?Licenses were granted to tlie fdlowing per anna, on eoniphanee wMh requirements of Council, via: W K. Owing*. Ziou Collin*. K. Ilahn, J I.. Southern, J. L. Southern A Co., J. F lliuhtower The following fstitiona for Marvhal were before the Council, vie: Wm. Arnold, Ahner Burn*. Thomaa Saxon, "tandy .lobnaon, J. I. Itoae, J P, Kouee, I. I, llenning, Abn?r liat eon, Andy l.alimer, and Henry Butler IA eommunicatioii from J. C. Smith, in ref eren?e to the Hook and Ladder Company and Fire KukIiic Company, waa re d Ilia Honor tlie Mayor appointed the fol I ........ ; (tn I look iiml ladder OnmptBjr and Kir* Ergina Company?Aldermen Stradlay. Orrrr, ftnd Slin 11. i? t On tli* Admit* nn?l Richmond Alr-I,?n* Railroad Company ? Alderman Iioaltia. Per. ry, mid Stradlay. On C-m-lary (Jrnnndr? Aldermen Shumate, (ir?-*r ami william* On Stroet Light*?Aldermen Vlll!?mi, On-rr and Iloattie, K Il*tin in *>ci,ti-d *n account of $15 (Mi for work <l->ne on cldewalk "?d alreei.? t'ommittea appointed liy hi* Honor the Mayor In examine raid work, and report to noxi mooting of Council ? Uoaltio, Shumate and Perry. Altlorman Roadie moved llial Council ad jonrn to meet Thursday, the 6th in?t, at 8 o'clock P. M Carried A R. McDAVID, Clly Clark. CovitniL Cnxwaaa. Oct 6th, 1670. Council mot In Extra Hearlon. Prcaont?III* Honor the Mayor. Alderman C31 O - r, c* -a a nnuriiai*, rarrj, ?ir4<)li-y ai)<l Wll llama A*aant-> AMcrmin Grew. Mlnm;#* <>f iba U?t war* raad and confirmed The fo-li it ion of Murfftt O'unt, praylnjj to !>? relaaaed from brr Imprlaonneiit, ? ? h?li>r? tountll. Alderman Shumate moTid that Margaret r everything sold. ' rant I>m released from p<ifton on pijio] lie jail IrH Adopted. Th? eotiimiiiiicellon of P. Babeock waa dlscu?e-d before Council. Alderman Perry moved to refer the matter of lighting lamps to the Committee on Street Light a. Alderman Williams moved to refer to the Committee on Street Lights the propriety of placing additional lights on the South side of the River. The Communication of J. L. Southern, in r-feret.ee to billiard tables and ten pen ah. leys, w a diacutf'd. Alderman Stradlry moved to fix the license on ten-peny alleys at $26 per ia?um, Adopted. AM-rman Williams moved that Couneil i-mploy but one Marshal lor the present, (ml that he be paid * 1 20 oenla per day.? Adopted. Alderman Slredloy moved that I L lien' nine be elected aa Marshal. Adopted. Alderman Williams moved that the same ati eel foie- he continued at work on the streets until n> Xt regular meeting, under the direction ol Sandy Johneon and that lie receive one dollar per day for hia aervleea. Adopted. The Committee on F. Hahn'e Sidewalk recommended that he be paid ten dollara or the damages sustained by the overflow. Adopted. On motion of Alderman Perry, the ruTee and regulation* lor the government of the old Council were adopted. AMerinnn Slradley moved that the ordl* notice in relation to keeping up bogs be repealed Adopted. The Clerk and Treasurer made the following Financial Report: Cash on hand 7th Sept, 1870 ft 2 A3 I Cash ree'd from 7 It Sept. to 4th Cct. 82 03 *84 68 .Cash p'd o>'t from 7 th Sept to 4th Oct. 84 65 I Cash on hand 4lh OeU, 187A 18 j The nccoiint of P. Itabcock for *67.00 9 a iiu nrsisonluil f*.m ??? ??- ? ?. 1 I - i "" On motion of Alderman Shumate, In* account w?? ordered to lie paid. Adopted. Alderman Roellie moved thnt a Committee, confining of the Mayor with Aldermen Shumate and Hundley, b- appointed to r* e? ive proposals for the erection of a near bridge ?rro<? Reedy llivr, below McUee'a old rtnw Mill. Adopted. A Idem.nn Perry moved that the sanae Committee he authorixed to have tit* nee* essary repair* made on the Bridge at th? toot of Main etreet. A R McDAVID, City Clerk. Colombia, October 18. Sales of cotton, yesterday, 92 t ales?middling i:i| @1.14. Baltimorx, October 17. Floor steady?super 4.25. Wheat steady and firm. Corn dull and irregular?while 75 @95. Bacon firm?shoulders 15. Whisky quiet, at 90@91. Cotton very firar aad holders asking higher rates?middling I5{ ; sale* 450 bales, net receipts 100. Cmarlrston, October 17. Cotton active and firmer?middlings 141(a) I tjj ; rales 600 hales; net receipts 2,999; ?x< ports to Oreat Ilrittaiu 1,516; cosstwis* 1,007; stuck 2t),6Ul. I" SUMTER BITTERS" produce snch good digestion and quiet rest as Bryant 'escribe* in the following: " L'ke on* a bo wi-aps the drapery of hiscoueh around him and lie* down to pleasant dream*." In youlh, the imagination is employed principally in the future ; in old age, on the past. Of the former ciicunis<nncee, a dofi.-iency of experience is the cans.* ; of tKo Utter, an exeess. But how poignaat muit lie the rralixit en of the invalid who he* lii'Mirt aware of the'r-medial ffida o bar OLD CAROLINA BITTERS," that he did not make u-e thereof at au earlier ??y. Ir you wish y? ur children relieved of worms, us* Winemsii1* Worm Candy I A Sti bbokn Fact.?Th*re is aeareely anyr liseaso in winch putgative m>dicines ai* n?l rn'-re or le*s required, and mil.A suffering might f?e prevented w? re they mops gem-rally used. No person can fe*l well while a costive habit of body prevails; be* si'l. *, it soon g.-neiutes serious diseases which might have been avoided l?y timely use of U 'hart e Medicines For thie purpose DR. TUTT'S VKO ETABI.L LIVER I'lLL"* are cm Aden tly reeomtnended ; hey am mild, sa'e, ptonipt snd uniform in their actions. They contain no Meicury. I Person* may est snd driak a* usual, sad they may he taken at any time. AnrAD or tii* Num.?In many things, ihe North hn* for a long time he? n ahead of the South, merely because our people hare i innr iim utni NUTHnm^n. JVI nothing ??< 11?! wore palpably the cine than in the msnsfaclnrc nl itO'TO, eavhee, blinds, moultflui;*, Ac. Thrtt wan noticd by Mr. P. P. an ? Met prising Charlro> toninn, and he h-s now one of the targesI i> d most sucres-fiil manufactories of ilonrv, ?a*he? and blin Is in the whole country.? -tee h'fj advertisement, The tn let ore. pe >howi the rolor of the hair due to a deposition of pigment in It* substance. When the hair g'amla become -nfrehled, this pigment falls. One after another the haire become white, or fall out, producing haltln. *?. BaMms- ia "?'? 'o p'er-nt hut hnrd to cure. AYER'8 IIAIIt VKSOIt stops it: even restores the hair aoinetimea; always restores ita color. Immediate renovation ia at anee viaitile: softness#. frcahnea* and the gloss of yonth. Thia gieat oiiinment. should lie preferred aince it can he by Ayer'a Ifair Vigor, which ia I cauli'iilly clean and free from anything lnjiui.ua to the hair?Tribune, MpringviHo N Y. 20-lm Win.mnn'a Crystaliced Worm Candy ia "lily I weniy-ft ve ernta a bo* I A Torpid System. Romctianca, withnnt aay assignable cawr, the phyaieal strength and animal apirita give way, and a strange torpor falls alike on the body and Intellect. There ia little or no pain perhape, hut the natural vigor and claaticitj id the nervoua and muscular system aeetaa to hare departed, and an indifference to tha pleasure* of life. And even of ita grave res spnnsihilitie*. take* the place of that earnest Interest in both which characterise* every well balanced mind when in a healthy condition. Thia afafa of pnrtial collapse it oflcn tf>* premonitory symptoms of some serious malady. It indicates unmistakably that the vital powers arc languishing and need a stimulant. In such chsi'S the effect of a few doses of IIOSTKTTKK'8 PTOMACII BITTKRrt la wonderfully beneficial. Tha graat lonie wake* up the system from its drowse. The secretions and the circulation receive a naw impetus. The relaxed nerves recover their elasticity under the operations of the specific, like the slackened strength of a musical Instrument in tha process of tuning. Lethargy atul debility are replaced hy energy and vigor, the spirits rise, and life that almost seemed a hurden while the season of depraaalon lasted, heroines once more ei\Jn/at?le, Tbet each a radical change should h* produced hy a remedy entirely devoid of the powerful alkaloids and minerals ao ealenslvely used in modern praetioe, mar seam incredible to tbosa who pin their faith on the medicinal efficacy of active poisons, l>ut if tkcae skeptics will tak# tha trouble to enquire of those wba bav* tested the corrective and alterative virtues of the Bitters under the circumstances described, they will And the statement to he true. Oct A 20 * Removal fWlilK subscriber wonld Inform hie paJL trnns and tba public in gereral th?? ha ha# remove! his Tinshop to tha rooms over th- S'ore now occupied by Mr. Wm. l.n,ilni/? nnonalia the store of Mr. T. W. l>avi?, vh<*r? h? it prnp?r#d to oontlnnn to >l?? work in III* lin'. RKI*AIRINO done l>rou>|,tljr, nnd KKW WORK furnished to ordur on ahwrt nolinn. II. T?. GIBBONS. Oct 19 99 4