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The Greenville Enterprise
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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