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VOL. XVI PICKENS, S. C., TIIURSDAY, MAY 5, 1887. NO. 32 A LrCALHOUN UNVEILED. A UIRAND CIICIiMONY ANI) A MAO NIFICENT CELEB'.RATION. lhropittlOUs Skies--j.ay Throng. -CiOmilC R t r 4 e t s--)istingui1he(d Visitore--Tht+ Groat Procebsion--Other Events of the 1)ay. (Frotn the :ows and Courier, A pril 21 Robed in sunshiue, redolent with the varied perfumes of her numerous gar dens fannod hither and thither by ox hilarating breeze from the set, Charles ton, resting in the lap of her encircling bay, smiled a most gracious welcome to her guests on Calhoun Day. Nt ver was sky more clear or atmosphere more balmy. It was as if all the elemouts had combined to make a gloriou4, a perfect day. The heavy rains of Monday had washed the paved streets as clean as a now floor, showing of to great advant age this wondorful work of Mayor Courtenay's administration, and giving the soldiers the best marching route to be found in the country, while the rain and-wind together had cooled the air to as to make military exercise a piatsure rather than a fatigue. Man teemed in unison with the elements, and from early dawn, when curious visitors began to roam the streets, until late at night, when the last roysteror returned to his lodgings, all went smoothly and happily. The assembly at the Battery, the pro cession through the streets, the cere monies at Marion Square, were all grand spectacles, attended by inimmenle throngs and successiully conducted. At an early hour the city was aslir from the Battery to the Forks of the Road and from the Cooper to the Ash. iey, and long before the time for flu formation .f the procession gay crowds were wendi.lg their way from the remoter quarters of the city to positiotts where i view could be obtained of Oti or the other of the great events oI the day. Later, the streets were entlivcied by military companies marching to and fie, and the music of tumiierous ban:ds lillel the air. By 12 o'clock the But tery und Marion Square were black witi. the im mense thiongs of people, while, on both sides of the mile and a half of Meeting street, along which the procession was to move, and on East and Soiluh Battery and ICing, Calioun and Meeting streets, enclosing Marion Square on three sides, and the Citadel on the otlir, every piazza, balcony, .window, pa..pet and other point of vantage wa:; ocecpied by eager spectators. MLany of them pt Opik waited patiently for hours, and a -i crowd lingered at. Marion h&uu:re until the last act in the unveiling ci reuc,nics had been perfoned. Notitii,taUitimg the excitement and enthuaiaism of the day, and the unprecc-dentcd number of visitors in the ciy, no accident or dis turbanco of any kind occutired to mar the pleifcet suceet,x of the celebration. Truly, the ladies of the (Jalhuatn Mon ument Association may congratulato themselves on so brilliant a teimonition to their many years of garnest and con secrated labor. 'the assemtb;af;o of dis tinguisled perons was iaost notable, the gathering of visitors from all Irts of the State most lattering, tie mihtariy display the grandest that has beon sees in Charleston for many a long day, and last, but not least, the orator and the oration were worthy of the great imnto whoso memory was honored. TilE PoESSION A MAONIl-IcCi:NT I'AOEANT. Betimes in the morning the military were making their preparations for ien dezvous. Promptly at noeon the vast crowd oif soldiers and citizens who were to take part in the proces3sionl were get into line and the grand pageant moved elf in three divisions. Meeting street from the Ba! ery was by this time enitirely blocked with peCo pte. It is estimuated thait ther o could have been not less than 20,000) people gathered along the route of the parade. The approsch of the column was herald ed by an almaost ondlessm processmion of street ears, which had been pairkedl at the J3attery terminus of the City Rail way. Then came a single poleicean and the procession itself, which took thir ty five minutes to pass a given point, and which was composed as follows: The chief nmarshail mand assistants. Governor i chardson and slail' with Adjutant Generad Iohulam. Music. General Huiguenin and shie'. Music. Regiment of visiting troops coumpris ing the following companies: 1. Gordon iaghit Infan try, of WVintns bore, Capt. W. U. ,Jordan, Lieut. J. WV. Seigler, :32 men. Uniform of dark blue trinimmed in light blue, white cross belts and blue and white epaulettesm and blue kepies with white feather plumes. 2. G*overnior's U uards5, of Coluhambia, (Capt. Wilio Jones, .Lieuts. EX. E. Calvo and Geo. K. Wright, 85 men. Uniform cadet grey faced with black atnd trimmed with gold, grey kepies, white phaunes, epaulettes of white and gold. 3. Richland Vohumteer lRilles, of Co lumnbia, Capt. Chats. Nov.nhatn, Lienits. J. K. Aiston and Chas. Crones berg, 301 men. Uniform cadet grey trimpw II and faced with black mand gol, wite anmd geld epaulottes, cross belts amnd k(pies with white pompons. 4. Catawba Rifles, of Rock Hill, Capt. Allan Jones, Lieut. it. T1. ]Fewell, 30) men. Uniform cadet grey, faced and trimmed with green anid gold. 5,. .Greenville. Guards, Cap't.. .J M. Patrick, Liente. P. W-. Soyles and' WVi 11am Hunt, 30 men. SLtato regulation uniform. 6. Abbevillo Rifles, Capt. WV. C. Mc Gowan, Lieuts. A. WV. $mmitad (-y is Lythgoe, 30 men. Staite regulatio 'uni form. 7. D)arlington Giuards, Capt. E. R. Mclver. Lient. J. KC. McIver, Acting Lieut. J. S. I3urch, 30) mecn. UJnitm olive green, faced with buff and trhunmed1 with gold, green kopies with white and green pompons. 8. Florence Rifles, Capt. J. W. Elgio, Lieuta. XV. M. Brown and J1. P. Mc Neill, :30 mna. Stato regulation urni form. 9. Sumter Ligh( Infantry, Capt. H. F. Wilson, Liouts. Rt. A. Bryan, A. (. Phelps and L. W. Dick, 30 men. Stat< reglation uniform. lumbia, commanded the companies of the 2d brigade; Brig. -Gen. W.. James, of Darlington, the co'mpanies of the 3d brigade, and Col. J. Q. Marshall those of the Palmetto Re' iniont. Music. Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Capt. B. B. tams, Lieut. A. P. Prioleau, 3G men. The company is uniformed in grey, trimmed with crimson and gold, and paraded as infantry, with muskets and knapsacks, 1resenting a splendid appearance. Indeed, the entire regi mont of visiting troops attracted much attenrtion by their handsome appearance, their soldiorly bearing and their evolu tions. Music. Battalion of Citadel Cadets, 100 stron; Licut. A. L. Mills, U. S. A., command ing, Cadet Liout. W. II. Allen, adjutant. First company, Cadet Capt. C. B. Ashley, Lieuts. 11. A. Brunson and E. I;. Leo. Second company, Cadet Capt. G. A. Lucas, Licut. 1. 1. Bagr al. Third company, Cadet Capt. B. B. Jeter, Lieut B. L. Clark. Fourth company, Cadet Capt. W. L. Bo.:d, Licut. B. A. Laird. Music. First Battalion Infantry, 4th brigade, Liout. Col. L. )ol3. McCrady; adjutant, Lieut. F. J. Devereux, Surgeon Dr. P. G. )eSaussure, Quartermaster _Litut. J. 1l. Ileins, Judgo Advocate Lieut. C. B. Northrop. I. German Fusiliers, Capt. II. Sohachte, 48 men. 2. Palmetto Guards, (color company,) Capt. B. L. lull, 45 mon. .;. Ir'lt Volunteers, Capt. C. A. Mc IIugh, :1o men. 4. Montgomery Guards, Capt. D. O'N..ill, 35 men. i. Wmashington Light Infantry, Capt. J. Lamb Johnson, 52 men. Drum Corps. Secod Battalion of Infantry, 4th brigade, Capt. 11. H. Rutledge, con maidng. 1. Sum ter Guards, Capt. S. Hyde, Jr., (ii mna. Carolina Iiifles, Lieut. II. M. "1uckcr, Jr., 30 men. Mu.,ic. First llegimlent o1 Artillery, Capt. F. W. Wugener c.ommanding. 1. Pioneer Corps, Capt. F. Melchors. 2. German Artillery Band, C:ipt. An dreas Wagoner. 3. First Company German Artillery, disnIoutnted, Lieut. J. F. Meyer. 4. Second Comnpaany Battery, Lient. J. F. Lilienthal, total 150 men. 5. Lafayette Artillery, Capt. 11. L. P, lBolger, -1) mcn. Muasic. First :lhigade Cavaliy, (ken. C. St. (. Simk 1 . coin m:mliug. .1. (.leraen 1 [us.rs, Capt. J. Ancrumi Simlons4, 2-> nenu. 2-, Cimrltytoin Light. D)regoons, Capt.i S. C. 2tooney, 2., mJ;a. 3. -Etw Light )ragoons, Capt. J.. S. Prcher, 20 men. CIVIC 50('IeIn.:s, AND o(vIf,1ANS. 'i'e secon I and the third division Compilsed di hleron t civic societics, to gether with citizens and ladies invited to be present at the ceremonies. 'LTe fol lowing nenied hodies vere represented: St. Patuck's ILenevolent Societ.y, Ger aaaan Friedily Society, Mechaniec' Unaion No. 1, Vamn<crbilt leievolentt Associa Iion, all of Ci'lrIiston; the I igh School anid the College of Charlcston; the South Carolin )iviaion of the 'Travelers' Protective A sciatioi; lodges of the 1lasons, the Kniglhts of I'ythias, thie Odd Fcllowa, the Knights of honor; the Commissioners of Mlarion Square, the ollicers of the South Carolina Military Academy, civil and military oflicers of the Uniited States, civil and military oflieers of this Stato, memLers of the State Senate and House of Representa tives, and surviving oficers and mnem oers oft the Palmretto Riegiment. .The Landies' Calhomi Monumnt Asso eliatio wasl r~iepresented as follows: deont ; Mrs. II. W. D)eSaiussure, vice ptresiden t; Mrs. Josephl WValker, vice puresident ; Mrs. Josep)h Blackmian, cor respIondolg secretary; Miss Fannie E. D eSawuur, recordling secretarky; Mrs. M. A. Snowdi n, t reasuirer. Directresses- Mrs. .Joseph Aiken, MrI s. S. Atkins, Miss E. B. Checesborough, Miss Mtlaria C. Cheesborough, Mrs. Louus D). D)eSaussure, Mrs. Marion DIaBqse, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Fitch, Mrs. Cornelia G{raen, Mrs. Mary Gregg, Mrs. E. C. I egare, Mrs. John A. Leland, Mrs. .J. L ockwood, Miss Maian Porcher, Mr\Ls. Saml. Stey, M\rs. 'T. J. Pickens. A11 t tiadoo S'uare. The sceno on Marion Square at the ouitoet of the ceremonies at that point formed a brilliant and impjressivo piec tuire, thie features of which can scarcely he described in the cold language of print, bult will remakin indellibly fixed in the nuind of every one who was p)resent, as actor or observer. 'The great plaza was crowded to its utmost borders with such an assemblago asi is rarely seen anywhere. Every coun ty in lihe State wais rep)resented in the trong. .The dwellers in the city, who semed, indeed, to have come together from every sidlo ini obedience to a comn mon11 imll sel, found themselves lost in Iihe malt itudo of th eir visitors nd be1 h cameo as stranlgers ini sehlt of their owvn boont s. For a coniderable distance in speanker's stanid, pleople were maiissed togethker so denosely thait it wats impossi ble to pass the living barriers. They who were without could get no nearer, whkile thos.e who conistituited the chiarme'd iner circle could not p)ossibly have escapled from their position of high p)riv llego by aniy mleanls short of a halloon01, or ak battery of artilery, or somiethinig of that general chara!cteor. Far out from the cenltr thle plaza waVs crowded a great deal too thickly for comfiort, and ithe " touch of the elbow" is indeed a sig~n of a c'olon puro' b~ll~Ietweenl 11im whio gives and im wh] Vo receives it, there "anl be no0 question1 whtetver tat all 'oath Carolina hatd a comon object ini view y.esterdaiy. L.ook{ing dhownk from ay posjt of vantaigo tile greot square ptresented, for tihe most part1, the ap pcararnco of a sea of huma~ln heads-or nlimTan hats, to he mioro accurate-with: nInlbrellas and parasols for b reak ers, ando with now currents flowing in steadily all *lroundi( its shores without visibly raisin~ 'lio general' level. A great wave hadU 'tvidently dashed against the grassy sio pi mn front of the batlemnte(Ciade, a left many waifs stranded high and dr n its green summnit and sides. Ti< Citadel itsnlf eman to e .trn 'w.. all its hundred eyes, and particularly wide open mouth, at the wonderful spectacle presented to its view without s.o much as a word of warning. The lines of the streets weru wholly blotted out for the time, the crowd covering the plaza, the sideowalku and thu roadway alike with a common mantle of hunani ty, and producing the curious impres 8on that the sea already mentioned had burst its curbstone banks son:ehow, and overflowed to thu foot of the precipitous brick hills beyond. The brick hills, of course, had windows in them. The metaphor should bo dropped at this poimt., therefore, to avoid poSr;iblo em barassilent. Lvery window from base nent to ltic was full of bright, fair faecs, and very many of hers iot so fair, looked out fromu behind the chimney tops or peered over the edges of the roofs as though seeking a soft paving stone for their owners to fall on, if emergercy retiuired. The belfry of the Orphanhouse, a quarter of a mile away, was seen to be filled with spectators. T1'h0 church steeples nearer at hand sud donly assumed an air of peculiar bleak ness and extraordinary roominess as to their outside, simply becauso of the wasted space they afforded to the view in so marked contrast with all their sur roundings. T10 stage which occupied a large space between the monument and Calihon street, was scarcely less crowded than the grounds arouniI it, and preaented a truly anin:ated appearance on every account. The decorations were of the most elab orato kind, l)erhaps, that has ever been displayed in Charleston. The idea run ning through all the work was that it should be typical of South Carolina's garden and torest products. For this reason the pine, palmetto and laurel an peared conspicuously among the general features of the design. The view of the stage from any roint in front was exceedingly striking. First might be noted the lavish display of flags; city flgs, State flags, our m tional flags, and flags from the mastheads of ntarly every ship of every nationalityi iu port. These were particnlarly natice itble over and around the speaker's pavil ion, and of thenselves would have been a conspicuous feature. 'Ilto next noteworthy detail of the dis play was the long and wavy festoons of moss, which were stretched along the whole front of the stago. From the middle point of the reverse curve of each loop depended a graceful and emblem atic laurel wreath. ''hesu were twenty live in number. and were contributed by a number of ladies of Cliarleston). lIml mediately above each wreath rose a staff from Which a flag floated gaily, atlt, int deed, as aleltdy stated, the i number of Iber1)11 ls md bn 1 r111(-ti wts countiiless, and hind iheir etlct mul ch hel1ightcued by the lrcer.e which l tirre( t themwu iml.) life in keeping with the tlu t (tf exc"itc:ent around the mom+unent. Two of the mnct romarikatlc, an'd at the Fame time must appropriate of the details were palmetto t rees, ne 011n eii her side of the pavilion. 'hItey were brought to the city from Kiawah Islaud, )nd weme about thirty feet ill height, and ex cellent specimens of the treo. Against each of these trees was placed a shield, on one of which was the tamiliar '1)tiun spiro spero,'' al on the otlerthe c.pll ly familiar "A ii im)is o piulsilno parat i." The sptaker's stind was literally ei veloped witl il.tgs, an1d on the orator's desk was placed ia l) iiilieent plateau of roses. The whole effect was exceedingly attractivo, andtl was commented upon favorably for the good taste displayed in the arrangements, and for the magnifi cence of the exhibition. Immediately under the waving boughs of these symbolic trees of Stato n1 anu der the folds of an immense United States flag draped between their feathery crests, sat Mr. Secretmy Lamar, the orator of the occasion. On1 either sijdo and1( in tihe rearLl of his poIsitionl, were grouped the diist.iqi shed genitlemen whlo had aLccomp:IoIied imn in hlis pattriot ic mhission--, crohiry Firchhl, htees, M\r. T1. .1. Fergutson, asistanit United States commissioner of fisheries, and Mr. L. Q. Washington. Colonel IReginald IHart, a distinguished menmber of the New York Bar, though not con nected with Mr. Lamar's party, was also prosent. T1heo State was well rep)resented by its most p)rominient living sons. Among the number of those who were on the stand wvere: (Governor Richardso( n, L Aieuten ant (Governor M\aulin, Senator' Hanmpton, Senator IButler, Matyor Courteniay, Con-. gressmaun Ibhble, Congreismanii Hemp Shueppaid, ex-Governor Bonhiam, ex Governor Magrathi, .1udge Simnontoni, Judige Bryan, (Gen. ,Johni 1rattoni, (Gen. Ruidolphl Siegling, (Gen. George 1). .Johnston, (Cen. .James 11. Izlar, the Honu. WV. Porcher Miles, (Gen. II. II. Jutledge, ox-Attorney General Miles, Speaker Simnons, (Compitrohller General Stoniey, Judge A. C. Itaskell, the R1ev. C. d. Pinckney, the R1ev. C. A. Stakeley, Jludge Aldrich, Solicitor WV. Perry Murphy, Representative C. .J. C. Ihut son, Col. S. IB. Pickens, Solicitor H1. 1H. Newton, Cot. ,Johnu .1. Palhner, Col. Robuert Aldrtichi, Adjifutnt Generatl Bon ham, Mr. ,Jos. WV. Barnwell, Major II[. E'. Young, Stato Chemist Chazal, Major WV. H. lirawley, the Rev. ,Johnt ( . Wi son, lHon. .D. 5. HLen'.rson. MAVOltCUTNf Dpsa By 1 o'clock tihe crowd1 had settled into such order as could be exp)eted from so large a conecourse, the military had ias Rumedc( their places, adldinIg greatly, by their appearance, to tihe attraot iveners of the scne, and the ceremonlies wore b)e gun at that hour, wvithiout the deliay and coniufuusioni usually ineidlent to public oe M~ayor Couttenay, wvho pr(esid'ed over Sihe meeeting, openIed theI proceedingsi wi th fthe following address: Laidies iad F'elow-Citizens; Tis is a memoahl aniversary dlay! At ti hour thirty-sevent years agoI the most solemnI and1( imposing plublic paigeant ever seet nm Charleston haid (imergedi from this spacious s<quare and1( contigoum streets; it wended its waty through the greatest length of the city; it embhraced in its croiwdled ranks all the manhIllood of this comlununity iud( thue thousands whot had flocked( iln from beyond its bounda ries, while from window and( balcony Land every availalo standing p)iaco thlt fair daughters of our city anid State wvert sad and silent sp)ectators of these p)ubli< honors, given with one voice, and by common impulse, to our illustrious dead No one, however young, who wit nessed that publio demonstration o respect and affection can over forget th 26th of April, 1850-an entire cit shrouded with the omblems of mourning whilst uncounted thousands preserve< for hours a continuous and profoun< silence. "The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart." The last sad otlices discharged, the re mains of John C. Calhoun were burie< here, in the heart of this metropolis o South Carolina, contlded to us as e prceious trust, which om people havr watched over with jealous care, and al wlhc: suggostion the State has raiser the imposmng tomb v hich now onolosci his honored remains. Tbis thirty-seventii anniversary da vitno,sss the same devotion to the mem ory of the illustrious dead. It is, how over, peeuliarly touching, as the day o: successful cuhnination of the work o: the women of Carolina, in perpetuatintg the name and fame of John C. Calhoun "Whatever transports us from thi present to the past, from the near to the remote, widens the mind as well as in structs it; makes it reflective, sets il free; whatever recalls to us eminent per. sons, their commanding intellects and engaging parts, above all their fortitudt and srlf-sacrilice, reinforces our man hood, and encourages our virtue." The enduring bronze that is uncover ed hem, and will here remain a witnesl to coming generations of honor and venerat ions, is the tribute of Carolina'e daughters. It is sacred:as their thought, their sentiment and their labor. he truth, the purity, the nobility, the in tellectual and moral greatness of the dead, ate exulted in the gracious keeping of their tender and loyal hearts. All honor to them in their work o1 patriotism anl love. All honor to them in their unfaltering following, amid dire trials and fateful struggles, of this high purpose, and its final achievement thit day. To them lo our gratitude for rear ing this grand memorial, that will for" ever keep before us the form and coun tenance of him whose mind ruled se majestically in life; "who, whatever may have been the fate of some of his public opinions in the logic of events in hit country's history, has this (lay the hom age of his countrymen everywhere, foi his vast intellectual power, his higi moral purpose, his unbending will, hi, ursullied public and private life, and liii supreme devotion to duty. An appropriate prayer was now olfered by the Rev. Chias. Catenworth Pinckney, Rector of Grace Church, Charleston. TItl:T'AT'rI?' UN VEI LE!'. After a brief interval the apl)oited ial was given, and a band in thc ni:daL of the phiza suddenly poured fort! too iuslaritng t rains of ")ixie." Th< vast inultitode instantly recognized th< iuniiar strains before half a dozen notel had rotuded, and began to cheer. tx the Saamo in:,tant the cords were drawi by the hands of fair young girls, the llatgs that had closely draped the statue up to this tinie mysteriously quittec their place and floated away to the height of the neighboring standtrd, and the majestic forni of the great statesmar stood+l revealeI to the eyes of hi peopl towering high aboe their heads, as hI had tweretd inl life above the meni of hi lay atnd generation. It was antt iplr'essive noment, and it. sig ilnicartee s emed felt by every heart int the asseI)bhled host. 'ThIe shouting WaS quickly succeeded by a deep) silence, and ev ry eye became fixed upon the stern, bronzed face. ''he attitudo of the iigure is that assumed by Mr. Calhoun in dlelivering an address, and it seemed for a few moments as if the people fell themselves to be in his presence and ex p)ected him to speak to them again in the long-hushedl accents of wisdom and warm 1g. Thme silence was more pleasantly birokeni, however, by the voice of thc iving instead, anud the R1ev. ('has. A. Stakely reading the following om1 :, lYa s 1-: *. I. co1E:snonoro' HI. Wheii Truth looked froni her starry heights And called for champions brave, lie heard the summons and went forth is niative South to save. Her balance in his honest hands Fair Justice eager placed, WhVJile Wisdom, with her radiant crown Hi1 s subthle genius graced. The Constitution was his star, Anid guided biy its light, lit, striove to1 lte(er the S~hip1 of State Tlhroughi the dairknmess oif the inight. D)ishaonor, wvorse to him than death, lie sternly kept at b)ay, And, on the whmtest heights of Truth, Serenely took his way. .nvincible ini logic stern, All poitenit ini deto, lie sent the arrows nsinging back 'To the en1venomed1~( heart of hate. Ho bore the odlium of reproach .While b attling Ior the right; I [i prophet voice in clarion tones Foretoldl the coming night WhenI SunLS wouldh set o'er fields of blood Anid stars shine o'er' tihe same, When War's dlread torches, hot'and red O'er Southern homes would Ilame. O, prophet oif the eagle eye! O, patriot without stain! Tihiou'st given a priceless gift to (Is In thy in tarnishedl name. For this; we've itouight to hIono(r thee, (reat clahamioni of the Truth; And fain would have this hallowved spo A Mecca for our, youith. T'haat journeyinig hither they may lear To btattI le for the right, I haring 'Truth's orillamnmo aloft, Ualunted in th'. fiht TIhrouigh all our golden jasmine howeri And through magnolia's bloom, One name we'll waft onl wings of 'love, Thy honored name, CA L aHOU N. float it ab ove thme city's spires, Andt o'er tile bay's blue tide, 'Tell how lhe battled for the Sou'th, Andl battling thus--he died. We women ask no brighter fate, IWe seek no loftier fame, Than thus to link our memories With his immortal name. f 3 While History weaves for him her crown, r Tho fairest over seen, Carolina's daughters long will strive 1 To keep the garland green. HECRETAIY LAMAlt's ORATION. Immediately following the reading of this ode, Mayor Courtenay introduced Secretary Lamar, who delivered a most able and eloquent address upon the life and character of John C. Calhoun. Mr. Lamar spoke with like earnestness and ease, his voice being modulated with the skill of a trained orator, while his manner impressed every hearer with his own deep interest in tho subject of his address. It is needless to add that his audience showed that interest to the end, as was manifested by the attention with which his words were followed throughout, and the hoarty and sincere gongratulations of these immediately around him wl.u ho gracefully retired from the front of the stand and resumed his seat. The Rev. W. F. Junkin then read the following ODE, nY MRS. MAR(IAIIET J. PRESTON. SWritten by request, for the unveiling of tho Statuo of Johu C. Calhoun, at Charleston, South Carolina, April 2Gth, 1887.J 1. Stand forth, stern patriot! calm, severe, As in thine hour's supreme elation, When eager Senates thronged to hear The voice that thrilled a listening na tion. I1. Step from thy civic chair; receive The homage which thy people render: The best that grateful hearts can give To koep thy memory fresh and tcndol. III. Our City by the Sea, while yet Disaster lays its grasp upon her, Remembers her inviolate debt Of pride and reverence, love and honor. Iv. Her spires may rock, her towers may fall, Her centuried grandeur sink and porish; Her homes be ravaged, roof and wall, And ruin blact what most she cher ished; v. Yet while 011e spot stands firm and fair, Safe from the elemental riot, We'll place our patriot-warder there, Sublime in his majestic quiet. ' I. Through life his watch knew no : urcease; What then, if in the far Elyeian, Through the clear atmosphere of pieaco, He holds us still in vatic vision! VII. The eye so keen to note th wrong, The voice so firm for law and order; Shall we not own their guidance stro'ng I' roni mountain crest to ocean border? I in With reverenco for the power that led His mind to each profound conviction, We bow beneath his hand outspread, And here receive his benediction! ix. TucTn," with her mirror, at his feet, Gives back, without a wane of goy His whole consistent life, complete As some clear page of classic story. Stern d1 U:sTQe vows, by swordl and ihiield Her robes of regal state uponem her, T1hat she, as soon her scales could yield, As he-his Carolina's honmor! XI. And in her sovereign majesty, The CoSTrrUTION, with her token Spread openi on her hondled knee, Not one of all her fasces broken XII. Looks up to him, whose giant thrust Still kept at bay each p)ressing foenman; Ready to dio,--if die ho must, " 'Pro Patria!"- grand as any Roiman! XIll. See! ltisTron takes her diamond poa, To trace with calmness unimpassioned, k'rom first to last, his life, -for when' WVas statesman's life so purely fa1h ioned ? XIV. So tireless in its aim to wage Tewar of splendid word and action; So staunch amid the rant and rage Of envious and ignoble faction; xv. So like a lighthouse on a roJCkl, WVhon fast the surges swirl, and fas,t er; Still warning those who (lid 1but miock, Of tempest, shiipwreek, wrench, disas ter! xvi. Yet, ore the onset, doomed to die! D)isdaining lace, and fame and favor: -"-'My country !'' -still his latest sigh - - "I would have staked my life to save. her!" Year --when the stress of Peril caume, And war's wild ravago sore bestead them, HIe would have led her hoits through flame Of battle, even as H amptoni led thmem! lie would have died, like gallant Bee, As if a martyr's crown had crowned him, To guard his State's dlear sovereignty, With her Palmetto flag aroud him! xix. L"air Carolinal Mid the names That blazon thy heroic pages, Whoso record all our reverence claims xx. I'lace first, pl co foremost., 'roudest, bett, '1he inuno here cut, whose splendid story, Blown he uu:urtrd, -North, East., Mouth and Vest - Bemnttius your heritage of glory ! *Thle four allegoric figures on the base of the iloltIllmenlt r(epresellt rurnth, Jua tice, The Constitution and Iiistory. The bonediction Was then Pronounced by the 11ev. Johu 0. WVillson and the crowd dipcrs.ed. Theo \'ico-President'1 s utto of i me teen guniis was iired at White l'oint Gar den as the statuo was uuveiled. The tiring wts doine by a platoon of tie ier man Art illury, under tht direction of Major Geo. V. BelU, of (eneral J lugue uin's stall. 'T'l guns wero handled by the veteran members of the corpe, all of whom paraded at the Calhoun funeral thirty-se ven years ago. it lif ory t, thu Mo i )lumel,. Various plans were set on foot for the eretion of a nonuniont that should be worthy of Calhoun. In Ch arletston an isociation of the military and Iiri (e )a'tnents was organized and pro;ressed io siueeesfuily that i 1833 a charter was >btaineid, eo its to put the associn- ion on I llernlUlie t bisii:. TIhe fiunds cu olceted were frunl time to time turned over to Lite Laties' As;oeciationl. Other crgani rations w( re formed fur the samn pur lioie, and made some progress in the work. luit it was reserved for the Wo ms ob C.inor.xA, who in all her his ory have not only inspired her sons to Lheir best and bravest deeds, hut have ver been ready themselves to strive with luind and heart for her honor, to Llndertake andl( accomplish this sacred| luty, never forsaking their nol); pur )osu through the p:tny days of peaco, :he terrors of war anI the greater evils >f the years tlatt followed. Ont the 23d of ,January, Jl>, eleven ia-li's mntt at the residtenc'e of u'ine of :hair intmbt :r iu ChIarleston for thl' putr ose of foniing an a'.soCiatti(ln '' o id( Aie Callroun M11ontum itt Association in sillecting a sum suilicient to build a :nomlimi1nt to the memloi'y of Joh n C. lalh)on.'' They lroceei. ai. at oi.ce to orgtaize, framed 24 1 iin1 iteid a consti bttiot, ii which ulte society wirts atyled thed 'icdtit.; (.a1oi1 1it,;imnetnt Arso. iiationl," prIO\itd( that anyl onle mtight i)(culllr: a.t,ai'ni eL1 tn [iyllllalt f one tlollart il,to thOe trea" tyiilt , ('a'ted:( oLeera, .nti pr1pan- it reAL' r t be t distributed to Idies ii all iS ef the State, and onte i Irialy . It ,td to the youtng pople, w i ,t it al /f the i;Ch' eit. .dl't Co: " . TIi".ltii "ille:rs '.\ t r . J t r t 1 ' i tk . ':ieIt, thM rs. hl,m .\" ' i i. a 1 :\t. I Iary ray, ice-pnot'idts ; .\i n i'. U. Ch r,lbur >nhI ll : lt. i. !'tmti --r, clrrt > iond itcg t :t e .;: ; i l uit ('hi 5 s o ut:.i : a i ' nd 1 .as iih. A. lYat( , (t.i rn)a.t: ,i M , iLmilt\ en,) trela."l,'i. atr:'. "it.:k itl o '(d f'romt a rlti ron 'i' ' I I s i rc, anld Mris. t' o e 1i ob, rbm l 4 b -uu ti (ihlent, an[l ha, le i fth: i, i i.'. to tihe p,esent tim. A ttl,t'uer, of latles inere also (e1th t ati n st ne ' t tr:: al dity l in mi l:i t t'" i ati Is' 441 a t e t1.t_' 11';.tl , t' I eli a 141u t . 14t IItI ilj L,' I4 its; tll(' l ;, li . '& 114 i i 1i It In I S '. t w Asmeh:o",t:,l \' ... iuc .rp,ur i(t-ti, uetl the' Joints, uhliebl hadi beenc 'iii 44 ii it" dl, wt; re Iranmf('eo tito t lt: cuor1,r iiii t. A1 comillttee of prominuct gltti(:ntt'nt werec selectsd to tdvise and aid the ladtic's in the mal4nage ncnt of their tlirs, Jnil in 18I. they ieo,rtl d that the A: eoitltil 111ihtsafe Irbly netk ilcrIino ou tntoct .,f00i TeM.h \! Ju( i':1t4 , wase apof ne '.r i e iing otfj ililth 11r1n :1 1t4n of te priei'iont, coiprtt t he mSittiliby, ther stls iransse vegotnly 011et.,;n 11eco4p::ied y t heri brwe 1)1 1f. the A1ko 111'nt'ninl' I earnages,111 was foredon 1the1 delaiery 4l3 u drt Jomust t 11 of1 1 the1.4 ll 11ien. Win. E.a 1i3'\larti and(4 marche Iito ath CitadelSiiare, where the cornor-.4', 13 \stonejas id, at'4 a podiintl it feet I om9th 11of i4 the saly t1 1ty of i th ( :leel M14. W. (31 Ch\ui ihudrI4. J et Slid.Iuiat liafee.stn blok, tw.-oiriti tIit i inche tltitlitoflie i'V4 of teshedly 11W liid byireency thiiIt. I u .ie W . (lnie h34 Alrlter of Iei1 The1 4,lirt itepl t~ 44ei accompished thme hz4erilo tt AIsiatill diiiiidw J r1h1x their ilrts, b('uth encoiniged by t ~hieirt andr whe thel twar broke( out t.work 1of holding ~hernin en was.141. oni (iho ev. '1f 14acc 4olihI t.i IilThl ,(ben eiun thel fou r fear'ut1 mgle wit ii, tials tire hard0ip(lW, itt of1 i itns of.hope141 aml3 sretimrlo for (ver.o It i to the ouage a (lseflf er of tie 31e,tp)ri nothl , cihi cated to the memory of Mr. Calhoun. It seemed to many to be almost a mockery to expend this largo sum on a mere ornnental monuinent when thou sands of the people he loved so well were unable to give their children even the rudiments of education, and that no monument could be more in keeping with his character and the wishes he would himself have had than a school for the training of the young. But there was a serious difticulty in the way. Very many of the orgnal V subscribers to the fund, among them some of the largest contributors, were dead, many had removed from the State andl woro inaccessible, and it would have been assuming a very grave responsibili ty for the cp)nilxaratively small number t hat could ho brought together to divert the find even to so laudable a purpose. Under these circumstances the Associa tion appealed for advice to a committee of gentlemen, consisting of Mesers. Henry (lourdin, Isaac W. Hayne, W. D. Porter, James Conner, Wilmot G. DeSaussure and W. J. Bonnet, all of whom had been warm friends of the Association. It is sad to note, in pass ing, that not one of then survives to sec the coIUpletion of the work they wore so much interested in. These gen tlemen being unable to reach a full agreement, on their suggestion the ques tion was submitted to the lions. B. F. Duukiu and henry 1). Lesesne two ex chancellors of the State, who, after careful consideration, delivered an opin ion, in which they held that the invest moat of the funds in the manner pro posed woud not ho the kind of monu ment intended by that word as used in the Constitution of the Association. Accepting the dicision the Association proceeded to carry out the original plan. A general meeting was held on the 18th of March, 187d, when it was agreed that the general design of the monument should be a bronze statue of Mr. Cal houn upon a pedestal of native granite. A committee of gentlemen, with Major Hlenry E. Young as Chairman, the Ar socation having been deprived by death of the invahmlblo services of Gourdin, opt ned a wide correspondence with the view of obtaining an artist to execute the statue and design the base of the monument, and in 1-7J they recom mended to the Association Mr. Albert E. 1larnisch, a young artist, a native of Philadelphia, but residing and carrying on his )rofossion in Rome. Mr. Harn isch came to Charleston nnd submitted several designs, one of which, with some modileation s suggested by the Associa tion, was accepted, and a contract was made with Mr. larnisch for a bronze statue of Calhoun OI a pedestal of Caro lina granite, and four allegorical figures, reiresenting 'T'ruti, .J istice, the Consti tution and history, for the sum of $44, 00. Tlie funds of the Association had boon so .kilfully managed,and so well invested, that they amounted by that tine to up waids of $ih0,U0U, thus allowing an ample sum beyond the cost of the bronze work for the erection of the foundation and pedestal. The base of Carolina granite is thirty-six feet square, the height of the stone work thirty-three feet and of the fifteen, making the whole forty-eight feet im height. 'The statue of broize, cast at the San Mietle f'ounidry in Rome, represents Mr. Catlhoun in the act of addressing the Senate; he has just risen from his seat 1nd the tloak which lie wore has fallen up1)o01 the chair beh il him. The allegorical figtires which will sur round the base iepreseut T1ruth, .Justice, Constitution and history. TIlE 5A1tCoUi'tA(US. In 1883 the Legislature appropriated the sun of $30,000 for the erection of the sarcophagus which now encloses the rematins. T1hie marble shab which cov eredl the tomb was taken into the vesti hule of St. Philip,'s Churchi and leaned against thme wall.,1,u the great earth quakte of last Aiugust it was thrown <lown aind broken in tw.o just above the nerqition . 'The vestry of the church havi~e recently had it placedc( against the north wvall of the churchyard, near the .lpot whero Mr. Calhoun's remains wore interredl during the war, with an appro p)riate inscription. Notue Op,tiniso ivaii Ui. An editorial in the Nashville Advocate contains this sentence: "TIhank Goed the great body of Methodist preachers is composed utmost aol idly of evangelists im the best sense of the word."' That is good, and if the saying of Dr. Price, of Hlohstoni, who aeemus to have studied the subject, is true. the evanigelists in the worst 5(1ns( are not Methodists. We ouighit to be thankfuhfl for that. Dr. Price fears that "'thet greed for gaini--the aic curised t biirat 1or1 gold'-lics at the b)ottom of miuchi of the evangelistic activity seen in thesu days." T1hie New York Christian Advocate has no) misgivinmgs on the sub ject, but boldly aserts '"there are five hudred 'hypouri tea, imiposters and cranks of one sex or the other getting their living as temperance lecturers, evangelists, etc., in the United States ald( Canada.'' TIhat is a bad showing, out only proves what lhas been often s3aId: "T'he peoplto love to be hum hugged." In this~ matter they obtain expe&rienice at tooi dlar a price. God Iorbidl thait we shouijld throw a straw in dhe way of anty iimn who honestly tries to do good; but, brethren, make every stranger show clean papers.-Slt. Louis Southwestern Advocate. 'You are charged with meeting M. Smiithi on Broadway last night and as saulting him withki ? live minutes after you saw hinm," observed the court to a prisoner. "Whalit is your de(fenIe?" I[ iiid it ji s(elf-drefens'', your honor." 'In soil .deteiise? lie dlidn't strike youi first, didi lhe?'' ~ No, you r hkonor; lbut you see his iorae woni a raceS dho wn inl Ketucky and I hadnhil't seen li hiice the event."''--EJix. 14*Nx Eld, it ' M. A ,,-estiy. it is no longer questioned, it is ad moitted, that tIhe bilood of man is un proving. Thle cild(renl of to-dlay are better formed, have better mnusele and ihir ind s than onur anicostorsm. The (':iie (of this fact is (1uo more to the ;'enerlL use of Dlr. Harter's Ironi Tonio than any other source. * Mm of e PersIa is~ very ruiggedl, hence the P ersiiini rug.