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4 THE AIKEN RECORDER >d,ES IL R. DRAYTON, Manager. AIKEN, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 3, ISS7. YOLUME 6.—NUMBER 29. ^Professional Advertiseracuts. CALHOUN. Haviland Stevenson, LrroRNEv at Raw, Aiken, S. O. Special attention given to Collec- iou. O. C. Jordan, LTW>RNEY AT L.'- W, AlKKN, 8. C. James Aldkicm. Waltkk Ahilky. Aldrich & Ashley, Att’okxeyh at Law, Aiken,S. C. Practice in the 8tatc and United s for >uth Carolina. UNVEIHNft OF THE MONO-. MENT. Charleston Overflowing With I*iIgrijiis to the Shrine ot the Great Statesniaii. j Infantry, Fourth Brigade, Lieut. Col. j whose names were published yester- L. Deli. McCrady commanding. day. To these succeeded tlic carriages * Drum Corps. : containing the me»rW4rs and direct- Hecnnd Battalion of Infantry,Fourth resses of the Ladies’Qalboun Mouu- Brigade, ( 'apt. B. II. Rutledge com-! ment Association. I mni».u:^T CereiiioiiIct*--T\vei»l v Tliou- saml People Along I he Line of March—The Military Out In Force and.-the Civic Societies Turn Out In Unpreeetlemetl Number*—The Pro- D. 8. Hesdkiusos. E. P. Uesdeeson. Henderson Brothers, Lttoiineys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in tlie State and Fnited States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. Edw. J. Dickerson, i Ittorney-at-Law, Aiken, S. O. Will practi(!« in all Cfee .Courts of lis Slate (handing. Music. First Regiment of Artillery, Capt. F. W. Wagener commanding. Music. First Brigade of Cavalry, Gen. C. St. G. Sinper commanding. THE SECONI^ DIVISION*. This division comprised all the civil c<-M0iou Takes Thiriy-FIve Minutes 0 |.g a „j /a tj 0 „ s> Xe\^er^])erhaps, since to Pass a t.iven Point—A Splemlitl t j le fi, nt . ra i 0 f u ie imnfMTtal Calhoun Oi'Ation hy the Hon. L. C. I.uuiar. Condensed from Nrw* and Courier of Ajtril Ry 9 o’clock the streets were alive Avith the gayest, largest and most variegated throng of people that has ’been seen here for many years. The crowd wandered in every direction— some towards Marion square, some IV. (juitman Davis, attorney at Law*, Aiken, S. C. | Will practice in the Courts of this fircuit. Specia attention given to dlections. John Gary Evans, Attorney-at-Law. Will practice in the Counties dken. Edge held and Barnwell. -OFFICE Lichland Avenue, Aiken, S. C. Next door to Henry Busch & Co. |)r. B. H. Teague, Dentist. -OFFICE OX-*- (Eichland Avenue, Aiken, S. C. ir. J. H. Burnett, Dentist. -OFKICE AT- iraniteville, Aiken County, S. 0. towards the Battery, some towards tl>e hotels, and some to the various places along Meeting street where they had secured w indows or balco nies from which to view the proces sion. Flags fluttered to the crisp morning breeze from almost every huildingon the routeof the procession. It was a bright, bracing day, a glori ous April morn, with just a suilicient touch of early spring in the tempera ture to make a walk in the sun pleas ant, and the entire population of Charleston was soon in the streets. As the day advanced the crowd in the streets increased, until hy 10 o’cIock pedestrianism was almost im- j possible oh the sidewalks, while the 1 horse oars rushed along crowded to .ithe platform-w ith men, women and ° i I * . ■ , , children. j ON THE BATTERY. r. W B Courtney, Dentist, j 1{ >’ 11 oVloek t,,e • stre:,m of ,ravel j was divided, about one-third flowing in the direction of the Battery, an equal number in tiie direction of Ma rion square, while the others were safely housed in then special windows along the route. The First Battalion reached the general rendezvous first, taking up their position on East Bat tery. They were followed bv the regi ment of visiting companies, and then by the Artiliery, Dragoons and Cadets. Thousands of civilians followed them and in a short time *he place was densely crowded. It was a bright scene. The waters in the harbor were glassy, not a ripple disturbing the bosom of the water, in which numer ous vessels lay, gaily decked in bunt ing from stern to stern. The bayonets of the soldiers glistening in the sun, their handsome uniforms mingling with tins varied colors of the many brilliant parasols .aud dresses of the ladies, with the dark green of the trees in White Point Garden as a back-ground, formed a kaleidoscope of rich colors, the shifting beauties of which w ould defy the brush of an art ist. Gaily caparisoned staff officers galloped hither,and thither, moving tire troops into line, while the music of a half dozen military bands en livened the scene. THE IMtOCKS.SIOX—A MAGNIFICENT RAGE ANT. Promptly at noon the vast crowd of soldiers and citizens w ho were to take part in the procession were got into line and the grand pageant moved oft' in three divisions. Meeting street from the Battery was by tliis time entirely blocked with people. It is ^estimated that there could have been not less than 20,000 people gathered along the route of the parade. The approach of the column was heralded by an almost endless procession of street ears, which had been parked at the Battery terminus of (lie City Railway. Then came a single policeman and the procession itself, which look thirty-live minutes to pass a given point, and which was composed as follows: The chief marshal and assistants. Gov. RichaidsHti and staff w ith Adjt. Gen. Bonham. Music. Gen. Huguenin and staff. Music. Regiment of visiting troops com prising the following companies: Gordon Light Infantry of Winns- boro. Governor’s Guards of Columbia. Richland Volunteer Rifles of Co lumbia. Cataw ha Rifles of Rock Hill. Greenville Guards of Greenville. Abbeville Rifles of Abbeville. Darlington Guards of Darlington. Florence Rifles of Florence. Sumter Light I. faniry of Sumter. Brig. Gen. R. N. Kichhourg, of Ci - j lutulda, commanded she companies ot the Second Brigade; Brig. Gen. \\ . E. ! James, of Darlington, the companies >f the Third Brigade, and Col. .1. (1 have the civil societies of Charleston turned out in such large numbers or with such full ranks to do ho^ior to occasion of any kind. It is notour- prising, therefore, that this feature of the procession should have proved one of the most conspicuous and in teresting to viewers of the grand pageant, both by reason of its novelty and because of the splendid display The association was represented yesterday as follows: Officers: Mrs. George Robertson, President; Mrs. H. W. DeSaussure, Vice President; Mrs. Joseph Walker, Vice President; Mrs. Joseph Black man, Corresponding Secretary; 88 an oration that may justly he regard ed as a magnificent tribute to the great Statesman fully sustaining the ; producing the curious impression that the sea already mentioned had burst its curbstone banks somehow, and overflowed to the foot of the pre-| reputation of the distinguished orator, cipitous brick hills beyond. The brick hills, of course, had windows iu them. The metaphor should bedrop- POUTICS AND KELIUIOX. ped at this point, therefore, to avoid extracts from this masterly product- possible embarrassment Every win- ion. dow from basement to attic was full j At the eonclu.-ion of the oration the 'An Atlanta Clergy man's Defence ot the Episcopal Church. Its great 1c igth precludes its publi- j Atlanta Constitution. cation in full iu these columns but j St. Luke’s Cathedral was crowded from time to time we hope to publish at the morning service yesterday. The choristers sang particularly well. of bright fair faces and very many others not so fair, looked out from be- DeSaussure, Recording ! hind the chitnmey tops or peered over Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - S. C. |3y~Oftict; near Depot. ^INSTITUTE, AIKEN, S. C. ’RANK H. CURTISS, President. ) ESIGNED for the higher educa tion of young ladies and young Khtlemen. Course of study thorough Lnd exhaustive, covering a period nl fight years exclusive of coHegiate fourse of f-uir ye.ire. Each department Complete in 'itselL-Priinarv, Inter mediate, Grammar, Preparatory Aca- (icmic, Academic and Collegiate. KATES OF TUITION. Pku Moxrn. primary. U Intermediate ^ '•0 lirammar 3 W »rep. Academic,I 4 0,, [Academic, } Uollegiate. [jernian and French, each fcnstrumental Music Special Drawing Lessons. Painting, Oil, Water Color, Chi 5 (Hi 1 (K* 2 50 2 50 na, Lustra... 2 50 For any desired information con- jerning catalogue#, rates of board, or »ny other matters connected with the Institute address the President. A limited number of students de tuning beard may find a pleasant home n the funiilv of the President. FRANK H. CURTISS, Feb. 1* 18M7.-tf Pvcaident. SPRING NNOUNCEMEN’T! A New and Elegant Lino of mw DRESS GOODS JUST OPENED. | Seersuckers, Ginghams, ‘ Soudan Cloths.! Call early and get first selection. F. B. Henderson. William Turnbull Laurens Street, Aiken, S. C. riMIE public are invited to inspect JL my stock of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, *yvhich 1 am selling at rock bottom mces. I buy none but the best and 'sell as chean as the cheapest. Canned Goods in great variety and from the best houses. WM. TURNBULL. zens' dress, most of them wearing badges and carrying walking sticks. THE THIRD DIVISION. What might he termed the third di vision of the civic aud military page ant was one iu which for various reasons much of the interest of the day was centred. First, because it included the distinguished visitors, and the ladies of the Monument Asso ciation and the young lady unveilers. This division began with the Inde pendent v)rder of Odd Fellows and ended with a troop of cavalry of young gentlemen, the line extending for about a quarter of a mile. Among those who had been assigned places in tins division were the Free Masons, the Knights of Honor, the Knights of Pythias, the Commissioners of Marion square, the oil leers of the South Caro lina Military .Academy, civil and military officers of the United States, civil and military officers of this State, members of the State Senate and House of Representatives, and sur viving officers and members of the ]*5ilmeito Regiment. None of the fore-- going subdivisions paraded as such, but were individually represented in ot her parts of the general parade. Those who were represented as bodies, however, were as follows: The Independent Order of Odd Fel lows, 54 strong, in full regalia, under the command of Di.-trict DeputyGraiffi Master Gerhard Rieeke. The subdivisions of the order and their commanding officers were: South Carolina Lodge, No. 1, A. J. Tiencken Marion Lodge, No. 2, J. J. Rose. Howard Lodge, No. 3, H. Dublin. Schiller Lodge, No. 30, J. H. C. Ot- ? o n Tlie marshals in charge of the Odd Fellows and that part of the lire ex tending as far as the ladies of tlie asso ciation, were Gen. J. M. Johnson o! Marion, Messrs. It. J. Kirk, Geo. W. Williams, Jr., and Frank Jones. The foreign Consuls who attended tlie procession, hut who did not appear as such, were Consul Nicanon Lopez, of Charon, Vice (Spanish) Consul Frederieo Janer, Consul Cridland. of England, and M. Paul Du Jardin, Vice Consul representing tlie French Republic. The representat i ve.s ^f the officers of the Confederate army who appeared iu that capacity were Mr. T. D. War ing, of the old Washington Artillery, and Capt. C. A. Scanlan, of the First Regulars South Carolina. Next in the procession came the distinguished guests of the city and ot the Ladies’ Association. Tlie arrange ments made by the chief marshal for these were as follows: First carriage: Secretary L. Q. C. Lamar, orator of the day, Postmaster General Vilas, ex-Governor of South Carolina A. G. Magrath and Mayor Courtenay, of Charleston. Second carriage: Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild, United States Senator Hampton, ex-Governor of South Carolina J. C. Sheppard, and Colonel P. C. Gaillard. Third carriage: United States Sen ator D. W. Voorhees of Indiana, Uni ted States Senator Butler of South Carolina, Colonel W J. DeTreville of Orangeburg, representing tlie State of New Jersey, and Gen. B. II. Rutledge of Char'eston. Fourth carriage: Col. Hooker, rep resenting the State of Mississippi. Congressman J. J. Hemphill, Super intendent of Education Dawson, and Major W. H. Draw ley. Fifth carriage: Mr. L. Q. C. Lamar. Jr., Mr. L. L>. C. Washington, C* 1. Isaac llayne and the Rev. Dr. C. C. I’inckucy. * Sixth carriage: Gen. Rudolph Sieg- liii_r. the Rev. Dr. W. F. Junkin. the Marshall those of the Palmetto Regi-i Hon. Win. F. Coleock and tiie Hon. made by the various organizations,... * ,, .. ... ^feeutlernen were »liirned as follows: the members of which paraded in cni- • . T-- ,, „ . , . , ‘, . First carnage: Mrs. Geo. Robertson, rlrps^i irwwf of fliom wpnrinir t Fannie E. Secretary; Mrs. M. A. Snowden. Treasurer. Directresses: Mrs. Joseph Aiken, Mrs. S. Atkins, Miss E. B. Cheesbor- ough, Miss Maria C. Cheesborough, Mrs. Loiii# D. DeSaussure, Mrs. Ma rion Du Bose, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Fitch, Mrs. Cornelia Giavson, Mrs. Mary Gregg, Mrs. E. C. Legare, Mrs. John A. Lelatid, Mrs. J. Lockwood, Miss Marianne Porcher, Mrs. Samuel Sto- uey, Mrs. T. J. Picken*. The carriages containing the ladies of the association and other ladies and W. Porcher Miles. ment. Music. ; Seventh carriage: The Hon. James i G f ae0 jj int on purpose Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Capt. ' Simons, Speaker of the House of Rep- j xv lio gives and him who receives it, B. B. Sams, Lieut. A. 1*. Prioleau, 3G I reseutatives of the State of South Car ! there can he no question whatever, men. The company is uniformed in j dina, the Hon. C. S. Simontoii, i*nj- | t j iat ai i s out h Carolina had a common grey, trimmed with crimson and gold, , ted States District Judge, ex-Attorney i object in view yesterday. Looking the edges of Ihexoofs as though seek ing a soft paving stone for their owt - ers to fall on, if emergency required. The belfry of tlietfrphanhou.se, a quat- ter of mile away was seen to be tilled with spectators. The church steeples nearer at hand suddenly* assumed an air of peculiar bleakness and extraor dinary roominess as to their outside, simply because of the wasted space they afforded to the view in so mark ed contrast with all their surround- ings. Tlie stage which occupied a large space between the monument and Calhoun street, was scarcely less crowded than the grounds around it, and presented a truly animated ap pearance on every account. The decoration* were of the.most elaborate kind perhaps, that has ever been displ lyed in Charleston. The idea running through all the work was that it should lie typical of South Carolina’s garden and forest products. For this reason the pine, palmetto and laurel appeared conspic uously amojtg the general features ol the designs. The speaker’s stand was litterally enveloped with flags, and on the ora tor’s desk was placed a magnificent plateau of ro ;es, t ie contribution of Master H. Legare. The whole effect was exceedingly attractive, and was commented upon favorably for the good taste display in the arrangem uife and for the rii.ignifleence of the exhi bition. Immediately under the waving boughs of these symbolic trees of State and under the folds of an immens United States flag draped between their feathery forests, sat Mr. Secreta ry Lunar, the orator of the occa io.i. On either side and in the rear of his position, were gtouped the distin guished gentleman who had accom panied him in his patriotic misdon— Secretary* Fairchild, Postmaster Gen eral Vilas, Sena or Voorhees, Mr. T B. Ferguson, assistant United State* commissioner of fisheries and Mr. L. Q. Washington. Col. Reginald Hart, a distiugushed member of the New York Bar, though not connected with Mr. Lamar’s party, w is also pr s nt The State was well represented by its most prominent living sons. Among the*number of those who were on the • trdveriior Richardson, Lieutenant Governor Mauldin, Senator Hamp ton, Senator Butler, Mayor Courte nay, Coug cs man Dibble, C ngr ss man Hemphill, Congressman Fliiott, Ex-Gov. Sheppard, Ex-Gov. Bonham, Ex-Gov. Mairrath, Judge Sirnonton, Judge Bryan, Gen. John Bratton, Gen. Rudolph Seigling, Gen. George D. Johnston, Gen. James F. Izlar, the Hon. W. Porcher Miles, Gen. B. H Rutledge, Ex-Attorney General Miles Speaker Simons, Comptroller General Stoney, Judge A. C. Haskell, the Rev. C. C. Pinckney, tlie Rev. C. A. Stake- ley, Judge Aldrieh, Solicitor W. Per ry Murphy, Representative C. J. C Hutson, Col. S. B. Pickens, Solicitor H. H. Newton, Col, John B. Palmer, Col Robert Aldrich, Adjutant Goner at Bonham, Mr. Jos. W. Barnwell Major H. E. Young, State Chemist Chazal, Major W. H. Brawley, the Rgv. John O. Wilson, Hon. D. S. Henderson. THE CEREMONIES. By one o’clock the crowd had s#tled into such order as could be expected from so large a concourse, the milita ry had assumed their places, adding greatly, by their appearance, to the attractiveness ot the scene, and the ceremonies were begun at that hour, without the delay and confusion usu ally incident to public occasions. Mayor Courtney who presided over the meeting opened the proceedings witli an appropriate address. Then followed a fervent prayer hy the Rev. Charles Cortesworth Pinck ney, D. D. After a brief interval tlie appointed signal was given, and a band in tin midst of the plaza suddenly poured forth the inspiring strains of‘'Dixie.” The vast multitude instantly recog nizvd the familiar strains before half a dozen notes had sounded, and began I to cheer. In the same instant the ! c >rds were drawn by the hands of fair char-' y-’uog girls, tlie flags that had closely draped the statue up to this time mys- terioit *!y quitted their place and float- j cd away to the height of the neigh boring standard, and the majestic President of the-association; Mrs. M. A. Snowden, Treasurer; Mrs. Josepli Blackman, Corresponding Secretary, and Miss May Snowden. Second carrioge: Mrs. Tbos. Pick ens, Mrs. Samuel Pickens, Mrs. Ma rina Gregg and Mrs. Joseph Walker, Vice President. Third carriage: Mrs. Sam’l Stoney, Mrs. Eliza Legare, from Aiken, Mrs. Henry Grayson and Miss Marianne Porcher. Fourth carriage: Mrs, Elizabeth Fitch, Mrs. J. Lockwood, Mrs. John A. Behind and Mrs. Joseph Aiken. Fifth carriage: Mr. John C. Calhoun with Julia Calhoun (baby unveiler). Mr. Patrick Calhoun with Ben Put- nuni CallToun (baby unveiler), Mr. B P Calhoun with William Lowndes Calhoun (baby unveiler/, and Mr. W. A. Am r im with Sadie Ancrum (baby unveih r). Sixth carriage: The Rev. Jno. John son witli Floride Johnson (baby un veiler), Col. S. B. Pickens with Flo ride Pickens (baby unveiler). Mrs. Andrew Calhoun with Jas. Calhoun, and Col. Orville Calhoun with Adam Calhoun. Immediately following these car riages were the following: A carriage containing Mrs. Gov ernor Jt. P. Richaidson, Miss Belle McCaw of York vide, Miss' Coy You- maiiM of Columbia and Miss Annie Keitt. The marshals, or rather guards o£ honor, of the preceding ladies of the association and their lady friends were as follows: Mr. Clarence Cun ningham, marshal - in - chief, and Messrs. P. Nobfe Simons, W. Bott- neau Bennett, W. W. Butier, Samuel W. Picket!* Edward Or'yw Chisolm, W. Moultrie uourdm. Ed ward Frost, R. Goodwyn RhetP, Win. Robertson, Heyward Jervey, Daniel Huger and Julian Wells, all of whom acted under the selection of their lady friends. Another carriage contained the Rev. Dr. C. S. Vedder, representing tlie New England Society, and Dr. Mid dleton Michel, representing the South Carolina Medical Society. TUe mar shal of this special carriage was Mr. C. Fitzsimmons. Tlie other marshals in charge of the general line were Messrs. L. R. Staudenmeyer, William Gregg and E. B. Hume. As already mentioned tlie proces sion was closed by a troup of cavalry in citizens’ dress. AT MARION SQUARE. Tlie scene on Marion square at the outset of the ceremonies at that point formed a brilliant and impressive pict ure, the features of which can scarce ly be described in the cold language of print, but will remain indellibly fixe 1 in the mind of every one who was present, ns actor or observer. The great plaza was crowded to its utmost borders with such an assem blage as is rarely seen anywhere. Every county in the State was repre sented in the throng. The dwellers in the citj’, who seemed, indeed, to have come together from every side in obedience to a common impulse, found themselves lost in tlie multi tude of their visitors and became as strangers in sight of their own homes. For a considerable distance in every direction around the statue and speak er’s stand people were massed to gether so densely that it was impos sible to pass the living barriers. They who were without could get no neat er, while those who constituted the charmed inner circle could not possi bly have escaped from their position of high privilege by any means short of a balloon, or a battery of artillery or something of that general acter. Far out from the centre the plaza was crowded a great deal too thickly for comfort and if the “touch of the elbow” is indeed a sign . between him i forni (,t t,le K reat statesman stood re vealed to I he eyes of Ids people—tow- jering high above their heads, as he ! had towered in life above the men of ! his day and generation. Rev. W. F. Junkin read a beautiful ode by Mrs. Margaret J. Preston. The benediction was then pro nounced by the Rev. John O Wilson and tlie crowd dispersed. THE SAJ.UTK. The Vice President’s salute of nine teen guns wos fired at White Point Garden as the statue was unveiled. The firing was done by a platoon of t fie German Artillery, under the direc tion of Major Geo. W. Bell, of Gen. Hugueniu’s staff - , the message to com mence firing being transmitted to his father by Master Geo. W. Bell. The guns were handled by the veteran members of the corps, all of whom paraded at the Calhoun funeral thirty seven years ago. The following was the detachment: Col. Franz Melchers, commanding officer: Capt. Hermann Klatte, lieu- tennaut of section; C. H. Bergmann, orderly sergeant; D. Bollmanu, ordi nance sergeant; F. Puckhnher, 1st sergeant; F. J. Lilicnthul, 2d se:- geant; W. Ricppe, 1st corporal; C. Wulborn, 2d corporal. Cannoneers, first piece—J. H. Pat- jen, C. A. Cuinmann, E. Albrecht, A. Hinchen, G. Dreyer. Cannoneers, secgiml piece—C. Mey er, M. Bartel, J. J. W. Luden, C. F. A. Bultiuann, II. Viohl, J, C.Schlepe gtell. A Hcm.irlciiblc Wound. The remarkable casualities of war were never more strikingly illustrated than in the person of a Confederate soldier, at present a guest of the La fayette Hotel, on Camp street, New Orleans, and who, in the sense indica ted, may well be described as a livi ig wonder. This gentleman was a pri vate iu (he Thirty-first Lousi ma regi ment, of Baldwin’s brigade, and was with that brigade iu the memorable siege of Vi rksburg as an active partic ipant until disabled by the wound which makes Ids case so remarkable. While serving iu the trenches on June 14, but a few days preceding"the final surrender, this gentleman was kit with a Minnie ball in the right eye The eyeball was completely crushed, the bullet ranging inward. His death was, of course, regarded as inevitable, the usual remark, ‘ fatally wounded,’ entered against his name on tiie com pany roll. What pain was suffered, what apparent useless but anxious ef- re employed to save the life of _ soldier would’ undenake to fell. II Vs , sufficient for this? brieLrecoriPto recite as already sta'ed, (hat the soldier still survives, is in possession of vigorous mental and physical powers, is now managing for himself laigj planting and mercantile interests, the de mands of which have called hint to tins city, and that he still carries tlie Mitn.ie bullet lodged somewhere in It s head, as occasional pains and sup puration indubitably attest. Mr. Al eck Myatt, of Ouachita parish, La . is the gentleman to whom reference is made. The Rev. R. S. Barrett preached from St. Matthew: 7, 21,. He said: A correspondent writing recently in the Constitution, repeats the ancient witticism that oughPto be feeble now from sheer old age: “He likes tlie Episcopal Church because it has noth ing to do with politics or religion.” This venerable jest is kept alive by the truth that is in it. A truth and a lie linked together are like a cork and a hook on the same line. The truth keeps the lie afloat and the lie catches the fools. It is most true that tlie Episcopal Church has nothing to do with poli tics. The most strained relations, the intensest feeling, the wildest storm of political passion afreet this church no more than the wild waves disturb the calm of the deep sea. Look at the Episcopal Church iu those days of hot heart burnings and terrible strife within our memory. In 1SG5 the general convention met together as though nothing had hap pened. Churchmen from Georgia and Massachusetts shook hands and tlie work went on without a question, without ajar. Was this indifference? Were Jefferson Davis and Chief Jus tice Chase and Gen. Hancock and Joe Johnston and Robert E. Lee in different? These men were Episco palians. It was not indifference; hut a recognition of the principle that the Episcopal Church lias nothing to do with politics, but that her domain is religion and nothing else. But our ancient jester says this Chttrjh lias nothing to do with relig ion. Let us see. What is religion? One thinks it is regular attendance upon confession and other require ments of the Church. Another think;- it is ascetic severity. Another thinks religion is the glib recital upon street .•ornors of happy experiences aud ec static visions. Another thinks it is loyalty to certain traditions of Oliver Cromwell’s protectorate; tlie using of stereotyped religious phraseology of the “Barebones Parlia nent,” or the abstaining from those particular nmtsements which Charles II most enjoyed. Others think of religion as t’lcsubniissiou of the will to God; the coiis>c nlion of man’s whplc nature. Iiis amusements, his tastes, his plea sures too—the consecration of all, not the destruction of any part of Itis life*, i’hus men differ about tiie definition of religion; tints one thinks little of the religion of another who pronoun ces not his shiboleth or performs not A Booby Who Thumped His Own Skull. Haiti more A meriean. Tiie most unhappy man in Wash ington just ai this time is a young clerk in the Post Office Department. He is well known iu social circles, but. generosity, at least, forbids mention ing itis name. The story runs in this way: The young P. D. (J- «as about to take part in some private the; t i- eals, and one of the essentials was a picture of a jackass. So he sat down and addressed to Mr. Gray Douglass, a well known artist of this city aud a friend of his, tlie following note: “Friend Douglass: Please draw m* the picture of a large sized jackas-s b it come to see me first. Yours, —.” 'I he joke was too good to be laid away, and so it was given away, to the intense amusement of the young man’s friends, and still more intense discomfiture of himself. It is probable that Itis place in the cast will have to be supplied. I _ 1 and paraded as infantry,with muskets ! General of the State ot and knapsacks, presenting a splendid appearance. Indeed the entire regi- i ment of visiting troops attracted much ! attention by their handsome appear ance, their soldierly bearing and their ‘ evolutions. Music. down from any joint of vantage the j great square presented, for ihe most | part, the appearance of a sea of hit- j man heads—or human hats,to he more 1 accurate—with umbrellas aud para- ^ H. F. Warneke, Baker and Confectioner AX9 DEALER let GROCERIES TOBACCO an I CIGARS, Battalion of Citadel Cadets, l<t0 h A.. r-outh Carolina j Charles Richardson Miles, and ex- United States Judge Geo. S. Bryan. Eighth carriage: Comptroller Gen eral of the State of South Carolina W. E. Stoney, Congressman Win. Elliott, ! sols for breakers and with new cur- of the Ninth S-.uth Carolina District, rents flowing in steadily all around its Mr. S. 1’. Ravenel and CongresHiian 1 shores wit limit visibly raising thogen- S Dibble, of the First South Carolina eral level. A great wave had evi lently p)j stl j c t. ! dashed against Ihe grassy slope in Tenth carriage: Gen. C. I. Walker, ‘ front of the hattlemeated Cita lei,and Col. Win. Fleming, representing the , left many waifs stranded high and dry Stateof Florida, the Rev. Dr. Stakeley | on its green summit and sides. The and the Rev. John O. Willson. Citadel itself seemed to be staring Eleventh carriage: Mr. It. N. Gmtr- i with all its hundred eyes, and with a No “Pardon for Fitz-John Por ter.” 2W >e York Herald. “It’s a curious thing when so much has been said about the generous atti tude displayed by President Anhui to Gen. Fitz-John Porter, but do you know that there is another side to the story?” I The speaker was an old man well known all over this country and high ly respected. “Yes, when President Arthur had prepared the article which restored 1 Gen. Porter to eitizenshin and gave him the right to hold office, the word ‘pardon’ w«s written in it. Secretary its siguiffieanee seemed felt by every j heart in the assembled host The shouting was quickly succeeded by a . , , i , j dicated by a reversal palians are not religious because the\ do not talk about their religion and proclaim-aloud their professions ti the world. If we are wrong in this we have at least the injunction of Christ that we imlst not let our left hand know what our right hand do- eth. We remember texts in the Good Book about tiie Father who seeth in in secret. And tlie loud pn f.ssions of Simon Peter, “I will die with thee!” with its echo, “I know not the man;” and the hosannas of Palm S tnday, with their sad Good Friday a itithesis, “Crucify Hint!’’ These r. collections make us hesitate to make many professions, but rather to work on for God and say very little about it. 2. Some persons imagine the Epis copalians not very religious because we fulminate no anathemas upon those particular popular amusement.- which Puritanism lias laid under the ban. This subject I shall discus- next Sunday. It is enough now to say that we recognize no authority in Puritan tradition to define the forim of our recreation and pleasure. To Divine law we bow, but not to seven teenth century interpretation of it 3. Some people imagine we are not religious becauseove do not use a cer tain religious jjfFaseol'igy that has a holy sound. We do not say “Brother Blank” and “Sabbath” and the like Well, all that is passing away. Thesi things did hot make those great and good men, the Puritans, great am good. And if we will follow them let us emulate their moral strength and manly vigor and not imitate theii nisal twanr or their .sanctimonious aspect or their cant. 4. Some people imagine that tlie Episcopal church is not religious be cause it attends so closely to its own business. To this I say that our plat is systematic, complete and symmet rical, and that experience has taught us that our business will best be done by our doing it. My own experience is that while much capital is made on so called exclusiveness, yet the Epis copal church gets on as well with her neighbors us any other, has as few quarrels with them, says as few hard things about them, and sympathizes as much with them as any other church, and vet attends to her own business. Did you ever hear an Epis copalian say that the other churches have nothin" to do with politics or religion? I have personal knowledge of thousands, yes millions of dollars | that Episcopalians have given away j outside of their own church. An , Episcopalian endowed a Methodist just as fair in trade, just as convert* d in their pocket-books, just as patriotic to their country, just a* true to thef friends and just as loyal to their Gcrt as any man In the world. Our womc* t» av be cheerful, they dress the be- ‘ they can, they may be even gay, bn they tire just as virtuous, just as chaxi table, just as gentle, just as pious as any women that God ever made. Yea, no church can point to more men who combine goodness with their greatness than this church. In poetry she has her Wordsworth and Tennyson; iu literature her Addieon and Irving; m the forum Horatio Seymour and Wuw Gladstone; in war her Wellington, her Washington and herl«ee. 6. The agnostic George Bfiln recent ly said that one of 4he strongholds of Christianity was its religious hymns. And the best hymns, those good old hymns that have warmed the heart and elevated the piety of the world, are tlie product of the Episcopal church. The idea of any man having the audacity to say that church has nothing to do with religion which gave him “Rock of Ages” and “Jesus Lover of My Soul!” The ingraiitado to sav it of the church which gnvo him “Tiie Long Metre Doxology” and “Greenland’s ley Mountains.” Such a man ought to be prohibited from singing “A Charge to Keep I Have’* and “There is a Fountain Filled with Blood” and “I Would Not Live AI* way,” and nil the rent of the grand old hymns which have come from th# Episcopal church. 7. So we might mention the work that this church is doing to-day Ibr tiie study of God’s word. Any tninia- ter in Atlanta will tell you that thn world knows no greater Biblical schol ars than Lighttoot, Eliicott. Westcott, Hort, Geikie, Farrar and Frepch. This galaxy of Episcopalians has no superior, if it has any equal. 8. And where were the Episcopa lians nt the Reformation? Were they not nt the front of the battle? Perhaps it is only a coincidence, but yet it in true that there were eight great lead ers at the Reformation—four Episco palians aud four non-Episcopalians. The four non-Episcopalians, Luther, Calvin, Melancthon and Knox, died in their beds. ‘The four Episcopal leaders, Cratintcr, Ldtinter, Ridley and Hooper, died at the atake. Wero they not at the front of the battle? a Was there no religion in that? f 9. Foreign mission work is regarded a religious thing. Our latest statistics are for 1883. In that year, of the $9,- 000,000 given hy Protestants the world over, the Episcopal church gave $3,- 000,000. The hundreds of churchen gave two-thirds. This one church, with no religion, gave one-third. I get these figures from nou-Eplscopal sources. We have 71 missionary bishr ops and 3,000 other missionaries, and and the sea-girt Isles JonriHWrrmwr* TOYS, AIKEN, FIRE-WORKS, strong. Lieut. A. L. Mills, l*. I commanding, Cadet Lieut. W. H. Alien, Adjutant. First company, Cadet Capt. C. B. Ashley, Lieuts. H. A. Brunson and E. E. Lee. Second company, Cadet (’apt. G. A. din, Mrs. H. E Lucas, Lieut. LI. Bagnal. Third company, Cadet Capt. R. R. Jeter, Lieut. B. L. Clark. Fourth company, Cadet Capt. W. L. Bond, Lieut. E. A. Laird. Music. I Next came ten carriages containing Then came tlie First Battalion of' the thirty-four young lady unveilers, Young, Mrs. A. P. Calhoun and Mrs. Mary Calhoun. Twelfth carriage: Commodore D. N. Ingraham, Mrs. D. N. Ingraham, Mr. Geo. PI. Ingraham aud Mrs. Geo. H. Ingraham. warning. whoiy blotted out for the time, Ihe crowd covering the plaza the side walks aud the road way alike'with a common mantle of humanity, and It was an impressive moment, and ,, ... . , I nf State Frel high tty sen saw the words vhich would have stained the veteran soldier whose name had just been vii - , .. , , i dicated by a reversal of the famous . deep silence, and every eve became J . , .. . . i * r i court-marttal verdict. ! fixed upon the stera, bronze face, i ^ * , , , ; .... , . ,, , “You had better take out that i The attitude ot tlie figure is that as- , ,, , . . word,” suggested Mr. i*reliuliuveeu. sunted bv Mr. Calhoun in delivering ’ . I , , * ... , . .. “Why?” asked Mr. Arthur in sur- ! an address, and it seemed fora few in intents as if the people felt them - . • «. , „ ! college, and during the hist year the selves lo lie in his presence an! ex- ‘ 11 »<*> "'j^ 1 * .f| al . g / sl , Y. M. C. A. an to Gen. Porter he would fling it back! . .... o r,, . , the American Bible isocictv wer*' ^ in your face. To accept it would be an 1 ^ . a*,, , • • r .1^1 'members of this church. Th admts-ion of guilt. V, lien the doeo- j ment was signed the next morning the] . . ... obnoxious word had disappeared front ( K ree * m Z'‘ an tiais, u j t ,i as cheap. —«=*— 5. But what, yo*’ ^ ^ Monday’s issue of the New York 1 copal church d ^ ' 518 ie Ilerald contained the record of fifteen ion? She h r « ts reflfcS murders. Unman life is loo cheap i of lofty e’.. in this country but it will contiu-|joy lif 4 aiu j j MV **«*• eu- with ours in a glad “ Te deum lauda- mus.” But last year a missionary of this church. Bishop Hnnnington, suf fered martyrdom in Centra! Africa—a brave, true, generous, warm-hearted Christian, whose blood cries out against the man who would cast a slur upon the church he loved so well. 10. I have no time to speak of tha lutidreds of hospitals, orphan asylums and other charitable institutions which this church has erected and endowed. It Is true they are quiet, unobtrusive places, but they feed tha hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, nurse the sick, comfort the sorrowing, soothe the dying pillow and give a tear to the stranger’s grave. There is little roise orpensntion about them, but, after all/There was but lit tle of that about Jesus Christ, who went about doing good. Thank God, great and good men of all names rise above prejudice and recognize the work of our churoh. One of tlie great hooks of this decade is the SchafT-lIerzog Encyclopedia. Dr. Schaft’ is a learned Presbyterian professor in New York.' On page 729 of volume 1 we read of this church: •‘At no time in its" history has it been stronger and more vigorous than now; more alive with theological dis cussion and achievement; more com petent to cope with infidelity; more solicitous to relieve the poor and fal len ; more munificent lu Its' gift* for the conversion of the heathen, or More adapted to secure the esteemund fail the respect of tlie Anglo-flagen pe« pie.’’ The Asliville The Asliville letter to the Jfdu Courier: There Is no doubt b* this town Is booming, but iu terest of trutli allow an exp the cause and prospect of it ance. That it is a noted resort cannot be denied ; from this there is nothin recommend it must or o - milled. The dull mo places ate the lively' place. The dull mot: are the lively inonl’ This is in the : who would come spring.* There is a boo Why? Because • ’•onimu*. apart • **w*uai to J *<btttto be ad. “*** l‘» other at this ** at this place ?**«^**r places, perpetual - .A.-* peeled him to speak to them again in the long hushed accents of wisdom and warning. The silence was more pleasantly broken, however by the voice of the living instead, and the Rev. Chas. A. particularly wide open mouth at tlie wonderful spectacle presented to its, f , Stakelv reading a beautitul oile coin- view without so much as a word of; - ,, , , mi . . I posed by Miss L. B. Cheesborough. The line of the streets were I c J ^ religious as ** ’bifty ^ £ & \ ere * t t***dts ingonehundn j i* -yptWi its streets, &e % ^ lo,, *°.o4 dollars -tm business. Br,t _.<( Milg rantungta mid those th*U4|2»at to last lor - l-ersuad wfight ‘otterwlta hope A, J* give Uip a J n *h*re aretattfc hero th.* f everww la town of tha The *t*«*s*tti full of then.* * te Oi.Mm.al, ”**<**•* •derkablj*,' TbU^* ~ «l«» Dot and. Auiu. Yio money and. v ’ SECRETARY LAMAR S ORATION. Immediately following the reading of the ode, Mayor Courtney introduc ed Secretary Lamar, who delivered ‘ forced. uoso until Ihe laws are rigidly VI.-: Lai Vo tlie umai'j’uj °° t "a'y y dj 0 y '^A*?** this to want Uvcw* wha ’dftterwUe be benighted. Bmp# bat they ore Just os correct iu business! ev. peaces* ip*. Ssefe sstA&siis: mm*