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PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801.
NIGHT THE DAY, THOU
NO. 5&
* POETRY.
Tho Heroes of Industry.
nv. o', l*. n.
I,cf others write of those who fought
Oh many fi bloody fiel! -
Of those whose darling deeds wero wrought
With sword, ?nd speiir, and shield;
Btlt I will write of heroes bold,
The bravest of the brave,
Who lought for neither fame nor gold -
Who lill au unmarked grave!
Heroes who conquered many a field
Of hard and sterile soil
Who made the sturdy forest yield
To nnrciniitliig toil ;
Heroes who did liol idly stand.
lin! dealt such fearful blows,
That acres broad of worthless land
?Now blossom like tile rose.
Heroes of the plough and loom,
The anvil and the forge;
The delvers down amid thc uloola
Of yonder rocky gorge ;
Heroes who built yon 1 fly tower,
And forged its heavy bell,
Which fall li fully pro bi i ina ihc hour,
And marks its Hight so well.
Heroes who brought from every clime
Kich argosies of weall h.
Heroes of thoughts and deeds sublime,
Who spurned what came hy stealth ;
Who WOll a guerdon, fair and bright,
Ami left no.bloody slain
Ko hearth profaned-no deadly blight
Upon Clod's wide domain.
These world'whlo common workers CIMVO
No laurel wreath of "fame -
No monument above their grave ;
They toiled bul for a name
Among the lowly ones, who p od
Their weary way ?long,
With faith and confidence that God
Correct et h every wrong!
Kl"", i ."J 1 ."??mi- ..i
REMARKS OF vi KN- W, K EASLEY,
AT ?UKENVILLE, S. C.,
'On the occasion of tho mournful ceremo
nies of the Ladies, in decorating the graves of
thc Confederate dead, nt that place recently.
Cen. EASLEY said : t
{/.nina nf tho Manorial Associait mt : Tt
ts with 110 lillie embarrassment that I ott OUI pt
to address you, conscious how far 1 shall full
below thc beautiful rhetoric of my more foi t?
nate associate I desire not to disturb the
pleasant impressions which these singularly
becoming; and appropriate ceremonies and his
eloquence must have produced. This'snd day,
thc ?ti nive rsa l;y of the turning point in our
fortunes, these ceremonies, this multitude,
these young maidens veiling in sorrow their
bright faces, thus beautifully typifying tho
mournful fortunes of these proud States, once
so full of life and hope and energy, now so
broken ; the unsympathetic brilliancy of Na
ture; the green turf of this quiet churchyard;
theso silent sleepers, slumbering in dreamless
unconsciousness of the fate of that county
they loved, and in whoso cause tho bh^tl i-f
gomo of them was an unavailing sacrifice, lill
tho mind with thoughts and emotions which
so throng and.crowd up for utterance, that the
little I ahull have the honor lo fc.iy to you must
bc imperfectly expressed.
You have heard that overv wisc and culti
vated people have cherished the memory of
their di id. and seek to keep alive the. recol
lection of past glories by hulloing tombs and
monuments to thc memory of tho good and
Kreut whoso achievements have advanced, their
interests or adorned the history of their conn-'
try, conscious that that people cannot fall far
below the standard of their fathers ho con
tinue to remember ' with prido the glories of
tho past. What G rook: ; by the graves of
Thertnopyliti ; what Roman, by the tomb'of
Regulus, felt not that " it is a great and glori-.
6us thing to die for one's eountry !" And
centuries hence, thousands of .those who aro
to c?me after us, standing hy tho monuments
hereafter to bc erected to tho inomory of our
Confederate dead, shall bo filled with tho dc
fliro to equal their virtues mid to achiovo their
glory. Thus it in, that high aspirations and
noble resolves aro born and nurtured into lifo
and aotion.
And now, in this hour of gloom, wo hail
with hopo mid gratitudo this movomeut, inau
gurated by our eountry women, because it as
sures us that Woman, nt least, has not forgot
ten lier mission, mid that, unbroken by mis
fortune, sho still strives, by tho breath of lier
approval, to exalt and to honor those feelings
and emotions of tho human soul which elevate
and dignify humnn character. And thus it
has ovor boon, in former times as now, in all
othor countries os in thia, woman lins beon thc
noul of all that is good and noble. In all ngos,
* and among ?very pcoplo, bor spirit bas anima
ted the patriot's zeal ; her heroism tempered tho
soldier's courago, and her devotion strongth
I ched llio Apostles' faith. Though .soft and
I yielding herself as the spirit of gentlest peace.
wherever on earth there has been freedom or
j glory io win; whenever duty or honor has
i called the soldier to the field, she has distin
guished herself as thu soldier's friend. And
in that great contest-the smoke of which has
not yet cleared from tho (Irma m ont above us
-strengthened by the proud and free spirit .
of .our country-women, their husbands, and
brothers, and lovers, have gone, forth, und
I mingling in the battle, have illustrated the
j great strength and intrepidity of man, when,
i-with a full heart, he loves tho liberties of his
j country and trusts in thc God of his fathers.
; And so in all that is good and noble, her
j hand has been seen, her influence felt, eleva
ting ?lid purifying, softening and smoothing
1 down the rough asperities cd' mini's nature, ns
I if God had given her tho beaut ifni mission,
j willi go ti tlc ham] to loud him back towards
j that high estate from which, through her fol
ly, be is said lo have fallen. \o wonder, then,
j that by the highly cultivated in happy onur
tries, by rude soldiers in their camps and sail
ors in their-ships, and by ruder savages on far
oil'shores, wherever the earth fools a human
tread, she is cherished and honored, turnround
her still iingois what little of Edon has been
left to man.
Wheil we look around upon tho ruins of our
country; when we see her great cutes in ash
es, her towns mid villages, once gay with V
and prosperity, deserted ; wide tracts of coun
try, once fruitful from tho industry of man,
now w? ste and desolate ; co'Magc and mansion,
once the abodes of domestic bliss, now charred
and blackened, or left to silence and decay;
her finances broken; her people bankrupt;
society confused, demoralized, upon the verge
of anarchy; her labor system destroyed, ?ind
herself prostrate, ?iud powerless at thc feet of
an insulting and vindictive conqueror; when
WC look around upon all this ruin, and see, as
sometimes we see, some of her children prov- .
ilig false to her name and dignity, joining to
asperse her character, and fawning over the
hand that has smitten her, wc almost sink
with despair,, and begin to fear that the usual
fate of a subjugated people will overwhelm us
?duo, and that soon it muy bc Said of us that
" Freedom now so seldom wakes,
Thc only throb she gives,
is when some henri indignant breaks, i
To tell that still Blip lives."
But when we soo such scenes ns this; when '
we lind that the past hus not been forgotten .
winni, we lind that the heart of the inullitr 0
is sound, we renew our hope; wc fee11''1"*' ?
there is life ?ti tho old j ind yet.'! *'or w0 .
know if we preserve our se If-rcs poe* a uottor "
day will one tin if dawn upon /ur eon fi trir j >
nm! that, though it may not co"0 iu il:i< 't will
surely shine upon our ch'uVC"- U 0 ,,ovo J
not been utterly en,st dow destroyed, nor d
can we be. A people."''10 ,li,vc rul lort'1 tho
energies and crea?'d t,,fi rCMttro?s that we j
haye, shown nillieroatfid J who have endured j
as wc have Hdurcd, and fought ns we have .
fought sv^i time, riso above misfortune, ?
ami fro'' ruin spring to new and vigorous life. ^
Roasting ami .vaingloriousness aro cnn temp- -,
tibie, butti just pride is the Inundation of all j
Jilgh character, ?is well of nations ?is nf indi- ^
cullinia. And if anything can save Us" from fl
the baseness and servility which ever threaten
to sink the. character of a subjugated people,
it must be the proud ?iud cherished memories
ol'the, past. J>o not lotus forgot, then, that
our cause was ti good and noble cause; that it
was for the right of scll'-governiiicnt wc strug- ? j
g'ed - tho cause which hus. in every age, fur- ^
night I tho highest examples of human virtue,
and illustrated most the nobility of niau ; thc .
s uno noble cuise for-which, iut-lic olden time, j
.Miltiades struggled at .Marathon, and Hrutus
died at Pljillippi; tho same cause which, in ,
later limos, ' summoned Tell find his hardy
countrymen, amid Alpine snows ; and which
marshalled bi.neath tho sun of ?Spain tho gay
knight and swarthy, peasant, ? when Charle
magne and all his peerage fell ?it Ft ;ita rubia y'
tho same old and glorious causo for which, iu
A uteri Oft j Washington fought, mid in Rttropc
Kosciusko fell. And now, if thc cause was
riglltbon?, if we put forth all our strength, if
we cudi d nil of which humanity is eapablo,
if wo did not yield until our resources had
been exhausted and worn out with expectation
and continual toil of battle, there was no long
er nny help or hope of success, then thcro is
nothing in tho past of which wo may not bo
proud, and nothing but failure to regret.
In this great causo wo fought and fell ns
Carthago fell before Rome, and as Rome her
self foll boforo thc Goths. Wo fought and fell,
yet we havo tho proud consciousness that we
struck a manly blow. And though we hnvo
failed to accomplish the great purpose for
which wo strugglcd/wo have yet written ono
of tho most brilliant pago? itv the history of
tho ontions, and furnished many of the moat
brilliant oxamplcs of all that is great and ad
mirable inman. Tho skill of our generals,- tho
c?urago of our soldiery, the devption of our
people, viii li yo and triumph in history,, cre
ating sympathy, and calling forth from gener
ation to gonoration admiration and praiso..
If greece truo to the past-, and fail not be*
low tho standard pf it* virtuos, our country
will ono day emerge from its ruin, happy
and free. Truth is never lost; borne down
and trampled under foot' in ono agc, she ari
ses in tho next with renewed youth and accu
mulated strength, to triumph over wrong nod
to bear onward in thc grund nuirch of civili
sation tho destinies of np?n.
In this great cause wo'fought and fell ! Is
there one here who ts not proud of his coun
ty P Is there ono hore \vlio docs not obcrish
the glorios of our soldier^ do0d nod living?
Somo of them arc sleepily by \\s unconscious
of our vain efforts to empress Our'love nod
revere,,eo for them, nod some of them are '
listening in the crowd Und limping on the
fragments of .shuttered limbs; some of the
mon wh<?, amid the din and danger of the
battle, have horne up t?Volr country's flag on :
an hundred fields ; some of thc ayn wdio,
without undue elation, shouted with the vic- i
tors on the Chiekahomnny, and who saw un- ?
dismayed tho disaster of Gettysburg ; some of i
the men who made the bloody day nt Frank- <
lin or who were with Lee lit Frederick shu r<_', (
nt the Wilderness ?it, Spotsylvnnia, nt Cold i
Harbor, nt Peep ottoii, nt Petersburg, pla- \
ces their blood has aa nat ned, mimes their he- |
roism hos rendered (minolta) ! Have those ' i
men suffered and lough; und bled or died in j j
vain? Has this prontot*struggle of modern ! ?
times, all this toil of tin bnvouac and the bat- i
tlc, this great putting fb til of human strength I ,v
and of nil th? higher munn virtues, been | t
in vain? No 1 men die olid tin ir names and 1
places arc lost in tho (list with which they i
mingle, but great thougju and noble notions (
ucvor die, but live mu go on their endless ?
mission, sounding dowi the centuries in the s
deep, ? o .orous tones of 1 tornity : from genern- i;
tion to generation ina lijng and rei aspirin g l;
high resolve, nod runnijg and strengthening r?
and multiplying thnmscjvr? through the nges c
of Time Thus they wlq ."trike for the right, ii
light the battles of all ados ind nations. Sleep t
on, then brave soldier; ! ?on have not been
forgotten-you are, i dc?d, blessed. You n
have not soon tho ruinbtj your country, and t?
yet it is your, high a nj happy fortune that ri
your actions shall live centuries hence to clo- n
vate tho minds and to iutluonco the destinies p
uf mon. ' ,-- " " b
"^j^i^orioita past. Overpowered wc 1<
'M0Uj anot vanquished. Prostrate wc nre, I
h i ,A fallen. Our Covernment has vanish- a
-j our armies have melted away ; our sol- \\
lora aro in their graves ! liberty and fortune p
re gone j mournfully do ? wo stand by the ti
rave of our country-mournfully, but proud- r
for wo have saved her honor. Then, lot a
s endure, with manly fortitude that which e
rith manly courage wc sought to avert and t
t. shall not bc said of us that we have our a
ands on our mouths, and our mouths, iu thc e
ust. 'I
- _ ,.
IL-VI.TIMOUK, July 0.-Judge Bowie, Chief
miine of thc Court of Appeals, rendered nu .
iiiportiint deeision under the civil rights bill, '
ti thc case of the Commonwealth against Som
rs, for beating a ncgro. It was contended ,
>y counsel that, according to tho laws of
dairyland, a negro was not a competent wit
less against a white man. The magistrate
leeided that thc said law was null and void,
nd had been abrogated nnd superceded by the
livil righto bill, And required bail, which Sum
ir? refused to give, and wis com r.ittcd. Ap
diciitioti was made to Judge. Howie fora writ
d' habeas corpus, which he declined to grant,
rjvitt?r a written opinion sustaining thc mag
strate- Ile admits thnt there are doubts ns to
he constitutionality of the civil rights bill on
jilter points, yet not seeing clearly a brcaoh of
ihe Federal Constitution on a particular point
bearing on this rnso, following usage and thc
keisions of the highest Courts, hewn:} bound
ti) assume thnt Congress had not violated the
constitutional obligations and passed an un
constitutional ?mt. Thc prisonor was remand
ed to tho custody of tho olflccr.
The statue of ( Jonerai Washington, taken
from tho Virginia Military Institute by Ccu.
Hunter, in his raid up tho Valley, two years
nero, WHS sent baok yesterday by tho National
Express Company to Lexington, Virginia.
A NT HW EXPLOSIVK COMI>OI;NIV-Another
explosive compound, moro ""destructivo than
nitro-glycerine, lins been brought to light.
This chemical mixture is called sodium amnl
gam. It ia never manufuotured in largo quan
tities, though it has boen advertised for snle
in San Francisco, one firm claiming to'hnvo
as muoh as two hundred ouuoos for sale. Tho
amount is not largo, but When it is understood
that tho explosivo power of one ounoo of sodi
um is equal to thnt of. about twcnty-fivo pounds
of gunpowdor, pr two and; hulf pounds of
nitro glycerine, it can. readily bo conceived
that even flftoon ipr twenty, ounces exploded
in ono place would create immense havoo.-""
And vvlion ono further reflects that oven ?o
little a thing os a spoonful of wator ooming in
contact} with two hundred ouno?i of ?odium
would oauso on explosion equal to that wnioh j
would bo ooooBioued by tho ignition pf 0,000
pounds ot, powdar, or tho, concussion of 600
pounda pf- nitro-glycerine, wo oan form aome
cpucepti?ti of ita ireaiendosuf dc*iraotiyo pow
er. ..?', >i .' .... ' . . ,. ?-..<*
[From thc New York Herald.]
Income of the Government.
It is estimated by the Treasury Department
that thc iucome of tho Govermncnt from nil
sources for thc fiscal year which ended Satur
day, Jun? 30, will reach thc enormous sum of.
five hundred and (?fly millions of dollars. Of*
this three hundred and fifteen millions are de
rived from thc internal rovouuo, and two hun
dred and thirty-live millions from other sourc
es. One hundred und seventy millions can,?
from customs. Five or sir'years ago, Just
previous to tho war, the total income of tl.?
Government, and consequently tho expendi
tures, did not roach one-seventh or one-eighth
of this sum. Sixty or seventy millions a year
was considered then a largo revenue. Wind
ri revolution in our financial allai rs, as well ?is
?ti our social and political condition, within
the brief period of a few years ! Thc customs
yield nearly three times thc amount of our en
tire revenue anterior to thc war. One huu
Ired and seventy millions a year ?II the way
)f duties on foreign importations ought tobe
protection chough to home manufactures ; yet
vc hear the rich manufacturers of New Kng- !
and and Cctinsylvahia crying out lustily for i
nore. It is time that the masses of the pco
dc-the consumers -who have to pay this in
nercasod high prices, ?ind that tho great nj?,
jcultui'al interests of thc West and Middle
?tatcs, and of the South, if it had a voice in j
ho mutter, should look into a system of legis
iition that benefits a few ?iud a purtieularsCc
?on ut the expense of thc rest of tho country,
'engross hus been for some time, and is now,
mder the control of New England and Penn
ylvania protectionists, lt will be well for thc
nnss of thc peoplo everywhere, and purlieu
arly in the Wost, to remember this at the ap
(roaching Congressional elections. This great
OU ni ry, notwithstanding its tunny mid varied
iiteiCsts, has been governed long enough for
he benefit of one class and a small section.
The statement of such an extraordinary
mount of revenue must bo highly gratifying
J every American, for it shows thc wondrful
csources of the country, and our ability lo
loot, without difficulty till our liabilities, or to
ay tho entire national debt within a rcasonn
le period. These resources, too, willincrc.ise
.ss weighty, if" wc Haye pequi/tnA*H4 .I??......,*
Inion, and if our finances bo properly man
ged, lint with all these means and wealth,
rith till oitr capabilities and the bright pros
ed before us, we may throw away thc ndvan
iges we possess, and be plunged into batik
uptoy and ruin. Thc imbecility, corruption
nd.reckless extravagance of Congress are tho
vils wc have most to fear/ The members of
ho present Congress are, for thc most par!,
s ignorant of thc duties of legislation, and
specially of national finances as children.
'hey are mere local politicians and cannot
ais? themselves up to the height of great ria?
ional or international questions. Their vis
on is limited to mere party polities and their
wu selfish schemes.
Any one who has taken notice of their pro
codings during the present session can como
o no other conclusion. Then, as to corrup
ion and reckless extravagance, we have only
o look over thc list of bills passed and before
hat body to be oonvinced that it is the must
mrruptaml reckloss Congress that ever sa titi
iVashington. Tons of millions arc appropria
ed with- less thought or consideration than u
cw thousand dollars were in former times,
ind that for thc most infamous jobs. Tho
.cry atmosphere of Washington reeks with
corruption. Wc state what is notorious to
jvery one acquainted with that eily or watch
is what is going on there ? Here, then, lies
the danger, that all our resources may bc dis
sipated and only help to mako a corrupt ?ind
oxtravagant Congress more corrupt and reck
less still. Our only hope is in the people
Ls that they will bu sufficiently enlightened tu
return at tho forthcoming elections a difTcront
und better set of men.
Put we not only need n thorough chango
in Congress, but want, more capable adminis
trative officers. Mr. Mcculloch, doubtless, is
a very rospootable man and good country bunk
er, but oan he grasp tho vast subject of na
tional finance? Oh, how mtioh in need til
statesmen is this groat country. Imagine II
man like Mr. Gladstone having the control <it'
our resources-of an income of five hundred
and fifty minions, und whit would bc do with
it? Taxation would bo lightened, our legal
tender currency would soon bc nt par with
gold, and tho national debt would be but a
trifle, and would bo put in piocess of liquida
tion at once. Our actual situation muy bc
compared to that of a rioh argosy freighted
full of tho most valuablo trcasuro, but in the
hands of inoapablo ef?loors and a stupid crew.
Wc ought to begin to retronoh in ovcry do
partmont of tho Government, and reduce thc
rovenuo down to three hundred millions. Ta
king two hundred and .fifty millions ayeai
from the burdon of taxation would bo an im
menso roliof. Three hundred millions ough
to bo ample to pay tho interest on tho debt
curront oxp?usos of tho Govbrnmont, and t<
have a margin of twonty or thirty jnilllona n
n, permanent sinking fund to extinguish th
debt In faot, if legal tendera were to b
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used instead bf thc National bank circulation
for our currency, three hundred millions of
the interest bearing bonds could be bought ud
or retired at onco, mid the amount thus saved
could bc applied usa sinking fund. We urge
upon the people to consider, and the new Con
servative National party to take up these vital
questions in earnest. If now caudidutes for
Congress or any respecta plo party will go into
thc next elections upon tho platform of re
trenchment, abolition of tho National bank
aystemj.and a thorough chango of tho present
corrupt and imbecile Congress, success will
follow. S'uoFi o platform Vould beat all tho
negro platforms the Radicals eau construct.
President Lincoln's Last Telegraph.
We give below Mr. Lincoln's lust telegraph.
It is only important as showing that he con
sidered himself to possess full powers to recon
struct thc Union There is no hesitation or
doubt on his patt .ts to his authority to muko
what terms ho pleased with the South :
OFFICE U. S. MILITARY Tj-xronAPif,
WAU DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, April ll, 18(35.
Maj. Gen. Weitzel, Richmond, Virginia:
I have just seen Judge Campbell's letter to
you of the 7th. He assumes, as appears to
inc, that 1 have called the insurgent Legisla
ture of Virginia together, ns the rightful Leg
islature of thc State, to settle'all difficulties
with tho United States. I have dono no such
thing. I spoke of them not as a Legislature,
but as " the gentlemen who have acted as tho
L?gislature of Virginia in support of the re
bellion. ' I did this on purpose to exclude
ho assumption that I V.MS recognizing them
is a rightful body. I deal with them as men
laving power de /acta to do a specific thing,
0 wit : "To withdraw thc- Virginia troops
md other support from resistance to the Gen
ial Government," for which, in the paper
landed by Judgo Campbell, I promised a spc
lific equivalent, to wit: A remission to tho
icopic of thc State, except in certain cases,
1)0 confiscation of their property. I meant
his and no more. Inasmuch, however, as
Tudoo Campbell misconstrues this, and is still
iressing for an armistice contrary to the cx
dicit staion.?i??'- vurii?i nus ?IUWW?
u.cu ino* v irgiuta troops, so that giving a
ionsideration for their withdrawal is no longer
pplicablc. Let. my letter to you and thc pa
ler to Judgo Campbell both be withdrawn or
onntcruinndod. and be be notified of it. Do
lot allow thom to assemble ; but if any havo
onie, allow them safe return to their homes.
A. LINCOLN.
THE STAY LAW.-Thc ?'Charleston Newt,"
peaking of tho Stay Laws, say :
" Misfortune!? must not be remedied by in
ustice. Jackals prey upon thc dead. In
infos of war and general distress there arc al
lays men who fatten on the evils of thc land.
Speculators, extortioners, traitors, cowards,
;row wealthy in the Southern States during
Lc dreadful struggle through which wc havo
ust passed, but it will never do in striving to
leprive these wretches of their booty, to place
1 bar in the way of enforcing all just and
ighteous demands."
jC?r The radicals arc talking of calling a
Convention in September next to make an out
ind out radionl platform and put. Gen. Grunt
it once in nomination for thc Presidency, in tho
lopes of being able to gain a popular endors?*
neut of their obnoxious programme. It is
feared in Washington by the friends of tho
President that should an issue arise between
tho votes mist in accordance with thc Consti
tution and thc vote as prescribed by Congress,
un attempt will bc made to draw the sword by
ranging tho army on tho sido of Congress
against thc Constitutionally elected President
in 1808. ._
? NOTKWOTUY. - Henry Winter Davis is
dead ; Senator Lane has just shot himself in
a fit of mental aberration ; Stanton is not well ;
Sumner has hud a return of his spinal affec
tion, which next to his affection for tho nig
ger, troubles himself and every one else, and
Stevens bas water on tho heart, is dyspeptic,
old, nervous, and don't expect to live. On
thc other band wo find tho constitutional
Union men and Domoorats all healthy. Tf
wo may judgo from the few examples above ci
ted-?'curses like chickens oro going homo
to roost." Verily the ways of Providence
are past finding out.
46gr Mr. H. C. McCormick, ot* Chicago,
tho inventor of thc reaping and mowing ma?,
ohinc which bears bis name, has given .$80,
000 for the endowment of a Professorship in
tho Theological Seminary nt Hampden Sidnoy
College, V irginia, and 810,001) for thc endow?
mont of a Professorship in "Washington Col
lege, Lexington, Va., of which' Gob. Leo ia
President. Tho same gentleman, in I860,
endowed tho Theological Seminary of tho
Presbyterian Church of Chicago, with 8100,
000. Tho liberal donor isa native of Vir.
ginia, and is a decided conservative. His
radical friends ate not pleased at this direction
of hia benevolence, but Mr. McCormick don't
ear? muoh shout that.
[Savannah (Oa.) xUlvertiecft