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rtATBS, OF 8VB8ORJPT10N.-r?qW Sh\LXJiti ann Vtvft ?jur? par anuura, in *5rl*c9. . Two DofXAsI ul' ot"v of year. HETMTY-FIV? CEJCTB for ?Ix tuontbs. ? , , . Subscriptions ate not taken for ft leas forlod th?n xl* month*. . " " j? , BATB* OF ADVHRTI8INQ.-On? Dollar per1 square ol one inch for the Ant Insertion,?nd V?fty Cants per square for subsequent lnscrtionsless than tiireo mouths. Ko advertisements couuleless (Usu a bouaro. ... Ubers!coutracts wlllbe made withtho^wUhJne fco advertise for. tb reo, als or t weiro months. Ad vertising by contract must be confined to tho ltn modlato business of tho firm or Individual contrae Obiuiaiy Notices exceeding five lines, Tributes 'Of itespcot, and all personal communication or matters of individual interest, will be chaifV for 'at advertising rates. Announcements of wartages nnd deaths, and notices of? religious character, aro respectfully solicited, and wilt bo Inserted yatla FARMING AND THE SCIENCE*! I Editor Anderson Inidlujencer : Several indications have recoutly Up come prominent to show that the 8tudjy of thc Sciences is becoming a necessify foriour people, especially those of theijp who have a more intimate connection with farming. - I I wish to have a familiar talk s Uli my brother farmers, and show them, if i can,- how perfectly dependent ever,/| farmer is upon tho knowledge of tin1 Sciences by Bo.uebody who can make that kncwlcdge known ; and how impos-l aiblo it is for fanning to make progresa) without tho knowledgo in somebody of) the lawa whl ifc a kind Creator has pro vided for the benofit of his creature*. To ahow iu a familiar way how com pletely dependent mankind is for their livinj . on somebody knowing and ex plaining the Sciences, I assort this, and defy contradiction, that a man who does not use that knowledgo derived from those Jaws bf God called Sciences, cannot perform ono single act, except talking, that a horse cannot do. Ho can without science draw his breath and eat euch fruit as God has made grow wild. Thin being a fact, I am anxious to dull the edge of that prejudice which many good farmers have even of talking on the subject of the Sciences, by making it so plnin that any one who can read will understand mo. First, then, what is the meaning of the word Scionce? The word itself sim ply meatis "to know." But it has been further applied to a collection of the lending truths relating to any of the laws of God, properly arranged and sys tematized. Thus: Tho leading truths relating to that law of God which treats of the internal structure I of the earth, its various conten tn, ita various elements, put there for food for plants and trees, all arranged and systematized, ia called the Science of Geometry. Tho leading truths of that law which treats of the properties of mineral substances, all ar ranged and systematized, is called the Science of Mineralogy. Tho leading truths relating to that law which treats of all mattera calculated by figures, and of whatever can be measured and num bered, all arranged and systematized, is called tho Science of - Mathematics. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, &c, are branches of this. .. The Science of Chem istry has for ita object to discover the nature and properties of all bodies, which is done by decomposition and combination. By it tho elements of food which ?ny plant has taken, from tho soil can be exactly ascertained, and by it tbe soil can be analized, and whatever food it has. for plants can be also discovered. It would seem that every farmer must see how important this knowledge of this Science would be to farmers. Men who have studied the lawa relating to Geometry and Chemistry tell usthf>.?Gou bas placed in the Boil fourteen elements or ingredients for food for plants. Now, if a farmer can bo told what the corn he plants takes up by Us roots, and also ex t.ctly what the soil ho plants tho corn in has of the . food the corn wants, then when he knows what tho soil lacks,.ho will know what to apply. Hydrology is the Science which ar rangea and systematizes all the proper ties and laws which are contained in and govern water. Mechanics is that soienco which investigates tho forces by which al. bodies aro to bo kept still or put in motion, and put in a particular form or ahapo. Tho .powers which it uses are the Idver, pulley, screw,'axle, inclined plano and wedge. Botany ia tho science which treats of the structure of planta, the function of their parts, the latitude in which they grow, and their classifica tion and names. Metallurgy io more of an art than a science, and comprehends tho whole procesa of separating the ore from other matten?, and smelting and re fining the meta). Natural History ar ranges and systematizes a description of the earth and all its productions, and in cludes Zoology, Botany, Geology, Miner alogy and uah culturo* The foregoing contains a description ?,of those Sciences.which have a more in timate bearing on the advancement ol Scientific Agriculture, and by which all farmlntr - ohnratlnni? ara ^owlaJ on, in many cases the farmer not being aware of it, as I,Will now proceed to illustrate ; Snpp'csf a beginner to commence farm ing. Hojmust havo laud, and that clear ed aud fenced, a horse and plow ready ? for "fork/ Now, think how many of these Schncesi must be known by somebody before the plow can be started. To make . the irani God han modo a law there should bo placed in the earth the oro of iron ; s raiacrsiegbt then first finds the ore; then chemistry must find the composl tion ipt will make a crucible to statu beat enough to melt the ore ; tho metal .* lufgiA must bo at hand to smelt and separate the oro from earthy and othei mattera; then mathematica must ahovi how?the machinery must be made to beal it ?ito bara ; then the scionce <5f me chuica muet Bhow how to ahape lt intx "a inWahare, and mathematica muai a*in how lo make the atock to suit th< pjpw. Hero, then, somebody must knott tils whole array of' sciences before J r&w can be made and started to work ? ad still more of them must be koowr, ?fore a fence or a house can .be built flion get your eora aeed and start U ?,_? . u/i.ere at? y .vi i tn nat tn groin fn the ground or on top ? Ask the geo! LrM ?ud ue t,lu y?a that aU lho cl* /menu which God has made for food fa f plants are placed in the soil. Thet I there ia another law that talla os tba f God na? given to eeod a vitality tba / when placed in tho ground and bavt J moisture and heat? will aend o0* wt ir/:-- OF SUBSCRIPTION.-OVK DOM.?? ft d Pirrr CKXTl por iiiuum, lu advance. Two 1 'OLLAns at ?nd of rear. SKYKXT v-Fi VB CERTS for six months. subscript1 ms aro not taken for a less period finn six m. nhs. RATK.S OF A P y FR T/SING. -One Dollar per Ssjua e ol 'ine inch for thc first Insertion,and Fifty Cunts per square for subsequent Insertiouslessthal Ihrec months. No advertiseuieuUcounted les? than a s.iuare. i '.ru ' ?un I rael s will he made wit h thowe wishing to advertise for three, aix or twelve month*. Ad vert!.lng hy contract must be csi'ftned to the lin nie Hate busluess ol the firm or'' 'rl?ualcontrac ting. .lb tuary Notices exe edh ,, _ lines, Tribut?* of Hespert, and all peranuai communications or III itterr of individual Interest, will be charged for at advcrtiidug rxtes. Announcements of marriage* ami deaths, and not ices of a religion* character, ara respectfullysXiliciled, and will be inserted gratis. UNVEILING THE MONUMENT. Til? Tribute of the dulles of Curolliiu tu Our Heroic ili ad. From the Columbia llojisler. Yesterday was a day long to be re incrnbcred in the history of Columbia. Tlic occasion w.t.; a great and an impres sive one, and tito immense throng thal filled the city, gathered together from every quarter of the State and from sis ter Hintes, proved that the heart of our Southern people beats true to tlic memo ries and the principles it was designed to perpetuate. The city was full of visitors and tlic reside:.ts devoted themselves in earnest to entertain them. The hotels were lilied to their utmost capacity, pri vate houses were thrown oneu, nud hun dreds who-did not remain over night were taken to the lunch rooms pro vi ded by thc ladies and the Richland Battalion and partook of refreshments there. The Ladies of thc Monument Associa tion had tables spread in thc blore under Wright's Hotel, where dinner was served to the survivors from 10 a. m. till 3 p. m., and lunch from the conclusion of the ceremonies in the afternoon till night. The repast was not only plentiful, it was profuse, and more than enough for every one. Here the ladies exerted themselves tirelessly to keep the tables supplied, and merit thc thanks of the whole city, whose hospitality they HO well maintain ed. The.Ilichland Battalion also had re freshments for the visiting military in Clark's Hall, where they could drop in at option during the day. Here the members of the various visiting compa nies were taken and made at home. A treat was served at the South Caro lina depot for the military who came up on the 1 o'clock train, they not having lime to march to the hall before joining the procession. OPEN I KG OER E5IONI ES. At a quarter to 5 o'clock yesterday morning tho citizens were awakened from their slumbers by thc roar of two volleys of artillery, which was a signal for tho battalion to assemble for escort to the visiting military, and in a short time the streets were ulive willi citizen soldiery. The tap of the drum, thc strains of the bugle, the bright uniforms and the pol ished ?abres and bayonets glistening in thc rays of thc rising sun recalled many a vivid recollection of "the days that tried men's souls." At I). 15 a. m., a salute of thirteen guns, fired by the Columbia Flying Ar tillery, announced the arrival at the South Carolina Railroad depot, where the Richland Battalion were drawn up in waiting, of'he Caius containing thc Hornets' Nest Riflemen, of Charlotte, .Major Oenernl Rutledge, First Division is. C. V. S. T., and Brigadier General Scigling and the following companies of the Fourth Brigade of Charleston, nc coinptnicd by the Kutaw Band: The Irish Volunteers, Montgomery Guards, Charleston Riflemen, Washington Artil lery, Lafayette Artillery and Charleston Light Dragoons. As soon as the ta-ik of disembarking these commands, with their arms, horses mid baggage, had been completed, the line was formed, and the visiting milita ry, escorted by the Richland Battalion, preceded by tho Columbia Cornet Band, were marched up Main street to Clark's Hall, whens they nt once proceeded to regale themselves by a spirited attack upon a bountiful collation prepared for them hy the battalion. After n^.ple at tention had been paid lo the wants of I he inner man, tho visitors were escorted to their respective quarters. The morn ing was spent by them in walking and driving about the city, visiting Sidney 1V.-C, the penitentiary and other points of interest. The Sumter Light Infantry, of Sumter, ?md thc Kershaw Guards, of Camden, arrived atti.15 o'clock, and wero receiv f' at the depot by the Richland Volun teers. At 10 a special train from up the Charlotte Road arrived bearing the Jen kins Rifles, of Yorkville, tue Catawba Rifles, of Rock Hill,, the Lee Light In fantry, of Chester, and the Gordon Light I nfautry, of Winnsboro. These compa nies were received nt the depot and es corted up town by tho Governor's Gunrds. At 1 p. in. the regular day passenger train of tho South Carolina Railroad brought up the I .nee of the Fourth llrigade, consistinb of the German Artil lery, the German Artillery Pioneers, the Marion Artillery, tho Carolina Rifle Ba talion, tho Washington Light Infantry und the Palmetto Guards. They also were received and escorted up town by the Richland Battalion, the artillery fir ing n salute of thirteen guns as thc trail, rolled up to the depot. About the same hour, tho Northern bound train on the C .rlotte Road nr rived, having on Iwvird the Edgefield Hussars. 1 his troop was received by Major John Meighan and a detachment of tho Columbia Flying Artillery, by whom they were escorted to tho resi dence of Major Meighan, where they partook of a sumptuous repast kindly prepared for them by that gentleman. A detachment of the Star Fort Guards, of Ninety-Six, nrrived nt 3.35 p. m. and joined the procession immediately. At 3 o'clock tho German Artillery, of Charleston, fired a salute of eleven guns in tho capitol squnre to anuounco Ike opening of the ceremonies. THE PIIOCF-SSION Was formed, marched up Main street to i he post ollie;: and back to the State House. It is conceded to huvo been tho htigc-.t ami most imposing military dis-, play ever seen in Columbia. The pro cession entered the State House grounds. The military ranged themselves in convenient places about tho grounds. The right Ininti side of the stand was oc cupied hy survivors who had lost arms or h gs in service, the left by the Directors nf the monument Association and their invited guests, and thu centre hy tho or ator of the day, the officiating clergymen, lin- Governor, distinguished officer-) of lilt* Confederate army and other;*. Among those who occupied seats upon thu stand were noticed ex-Gov. M. L. Bonham, Kev. George Howe, D. D., Kev. .1. L. Gir.irdeau, D. D., Rev. A. M. Creilzberg. Hov. P. .1. Shani!, I). I)., N'.'jor S. P. Hamilton, General John 1). Kennedy, Gen. A. C. (?arlington, Gen. John Brat tom Jlist over the speaker's Hilde there was suspended the motto, "If 1 .nu to die now, I give my lifo cheer-1 lu liv (or the independence of South Car olina." On each of thc four corners of Ibo stand wa- an old hattie flag, and twenty or more of these guidons, euch showing marks of the linrd st rvice it has passed through, were carrie., upon the stand by the survivors and held there during the ceremonies. All the windows of tho capital were lilied with Indies, anil two large areas of seats had hecti provided for them out side und were completely filled. Tim number of penile on the grounds is esti mated nt not h*ss i hun 10,000. A detail of mmtiucl* from the Richland Battalion was placed on guard around the bane ol the monument. Tho following gentlemen, acted aa a committee of reception : Col. V. 0. Has kell, Major J. E. Bacon, Col. J. P. Pal mer, Major IV. H. Gibbes, Captain W. K. Bachman. The following were the committee of ushers: Messrs. J. M. Morris, J. (J. Mar shall, M. C. Robertson, J. M. English, J. ( ?. Maxcy, W. F y, Julius C. Walker, F. J. Brooke. While tho throng was becoming set tled ti.?TO was appropriate music from one of the bands on the ground. TIIK CEREMONIES. Governor Simpson called the meeting to order, and Rev. Ellison Capers, of Greenville, offered the opening prayer: I) most gracious God, our Creator, our Redeemer and our constant Benefactor, blessed be Thy name, that it hath pleas ed Thee to put into the hearts of the wo men of Carolina to raise this inonu ment to the memory of Thy servants, thc brave men who died in thc solemn discharge of their duty. Blessed be Thy name Holy Father, that'Chou didst give them giac^ to endure and to stand fast unto thc end of their courac ! That they did not count tiieir lives loo dear unto themselves to be freely laid down in defense of thc most sacred convictions of their soul?. We thank Theo, O Thou inspirer ol our hearts, for the good examples of our fa thers, our brothers and our sons ! May we follow them in all that is true, and no i ble, and good, and cherish their memo ries from generation to generation. Here, ? Holy Father, wc have assembled to dedicate to the memory of our brethren this work of woman'* devotion, and with earnest faith in Thy overwhelming pro vidence to ask Thy blessing upon it. Accept Lil i d offering ?if love from hearts that adore Thee, Heavenly Father, and protect and preserve it from all harm ot accident. May it ever be dear to our people. May it hcalasting blessing t< om State by reminding us that true virtues arc indestructible. That though thc will of man may be denied by Thy all wisc providence, the character of man ii ever to be preserved and precious ir Thy sight. May this monument bear tc the stranger a constant testimony Ut tin costly sacrifices which ttuc men must bi ever ready to make in assert.og and de fending their prir, ciples. May it re main for ages to come a wituess to thc love and honor Carolina's daughters be stow upon the memory of Carolina'* heroic dead! And when our peoph assemble, through their representatives in thc capital to discharge the itnpor taut trusts of legislation, may thc silcn soldier on this noble obelisk remint them of thc self-sacrifice and couragi which a faithful discharge of duty eve dcniuiiils. Erected va ih>; piesuncu u yonder sacred temple, consecrated tt Thy truth and worship, may this monu ment, Holy Father, be a faithful symbo of peace to our people ; the pcac which comes to thc good conscience ii tlie midst of life's disappointments nm trials ; the peace which romes to thc be lieving heart in thc time of trouble; th peace which conics to thc steadfast sou "which fears no foe with Thee nt band t bless;" tho peace which submissioi brings only when duty has been dom and Thy will, Holy Father, is fulfiller And now, O God, our Heavenly Fatbo bless the hands that will unveil the eve dear itnrt?C of the Confederate soldtei May they and all of Carolina's children I true to the valor and the virtue wilie "power could not corrupt, nor death te rify, nor defeat dishonor." To Thee, 1 Lord, we bring our service of prayer an speech, and ask thy blessing upon us, i the name of Him who laid down his li! for all mankind! And may theeloquei words which will bo spoken to us by tb honored servants to-day bo words of so* er/teert and truth, and prove a blessing i every bleeding heart, and strength to t all. And now, O God, unto whom a hearts are open, all desires known, ai from whom no secrete are hid, cleanse tl thoughts of our hearts by the inspirath of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may tru love Thee, mid worthily magnify Thy h ly name, through Jesus Christ Our Lor Amen. Governor ?Simpson then said: The ladies of the monumental Associ tion of this city, aided by Hie ladies the Stale, have been struggling for yei to raise thc necessary means to erect monument to the Confederate dead South Carolina. In this effort they ha encountered many difficulties, trials ai vexatious delays ; but with women und cause like this, there is no such words tail, and they have nt length succeed? and to day the monument is to bo u veiled and their work will have be done. Yes, yonder it stands in all beautiful proportioiis,a splendid specim of perfect art, an? long m?.y it stand a !nng will it stand, though voiceless a silent, yet speaking in tones of unrivall eloquence of tho heroic deeds of tin noble men of ours whose remains lie < tombed upon almost every hill-top n in every vale in this beautiful Southe land of ours; and long may il perpelu; thc nublo sentiments and princip which encircled tho deeds of these n with such a halo of glory. As a part of th?", exercises of thc d they have selected Carolina's most t quent son to deliver an address; one whoso veins flows a portion of that c reut which, flowing from the soil of old Dominion over this continent, g birth to the revolution of 177?,unsheii ing the sword of Washington, and call around him that heroic band of rev< tionary times by whom its independe was achieved. After these remarks, it is needless mo, now, to say that 1 have the honn introduce General John S. Preston this city. Governor Simpson's speech was gr ed with rounds of applause, and Gci al Preston's appearance was the sijj for its renewal. General Preston then spoke as lows : WI en the people of Israel fled f their oppressors, the God of their fat! hade them be of good courage, and hand clor cd tho waves of tho sea over countless hosts of their pursuers, their prophet stood Upon tho hank the holy river, and in tho name of God of their fathers promised them ertv, and for a country all thc land i i Lebanon to the Euphrates and to Western sea, and tho promise was filled. When thc patriot orator di ercd his eulogy on thc heroism of Greeks who had fallen in battle, bes in view of Marathon and Salamis, wh 1 Greece had driven tho Persian inv and redeemed her liberty. When 1 cus Brutus stabbed the usurper in I Roman capitol, he cried aloud and ' the fathers of his country hail 1 for : the tyrant prostrate in the du?t, Rome agnin is free" With all thc on the hunks of thc .Ionian, on the ?I of the /Kgean Se?, in the capitol ot Caesars-the theme was Utterly, trim ant, and redeemed by the '*MM1 of tyra sacrificed to her truth uni thal ri fice redeemed Israel and Greece iconic and made tie-in free again. ! is the kindling majesty of the then tho*? who praise the men who fallen triumphantly ir. the cause ol man liberty. To preserve the memory and hoi - to the veneration of posterity those have devoted their live? by heroic < to a just ami holy muse, is a duty which | imposes a sacred obligation on ail pconle -whether they bc beneficiaries ur tne ? Hullerers from tboso actions-whether ' they be redeemed or lost. My country- : men, we are not in view of the promised land-we are not by the resounding sea beneath whose surface the Persian ships lie ?haltered-we do not stand on the "Seven Hills'' and overlook regenerated Rome-we are not in the presence ol palms and laurels, wreathing the ppuils of victory, heralded by the shouts of joy uud the songs of triumph- with kings and priests to consecrate them. Hut here we stand on the dust of desolation, met with the silent tears of woe, mourned by the dirge ol'defeat, and over tiiis dust these women have builded this monument. Yes, it is thus ; and yet here, just here, beneath thc sun of beaven and amid the gorgeous bloom of nature's spring-tide, would to C?od I could persuade my trem bling lips to give right utterance to thc emotions of my soul-the sacred rever ence which fills my heart-the burning thoughts which crowd my brain-an I look at this scene and strive to rise to the solemn und mournful majesty of our theme to day. Oh, my countrymen, that I could say-that I dare suy-with tho Athenian, "It is liberty, liberty, Lni EltTY." In every attribute this monu ment is an anomaly. It is without prece dent, without example, almost vithout analogy in human history. It is Imo a column was placed in the pass of Ther mopyla; with the inscription, "Tell Sparta we are here in obedience to lier laws," and that column became a sanc tuary-un alter-revered by all succeed ing ages. The names of the martyrs and their nattered shields and broken javelins were carved upon it and a marble lion placed near it as an emblematic guardian -as near to it as that statue of Washing ton and that palmetto are to this monu ment. lt is true tho Athenians, after regain ing their liberty, placed a cenotaph at thc Pimms in honor of Themistocles, who, having tieen outlawed for treason, afterwards won that monument from lib erated Greece. And almost within om own day, within this country, an earthen mound was raised on the banks of thc Vistula in honor of that Thaddeus Kos ciusko who was thc trusted friend ol Washington aud fought for our liberty almost in view from this column. Po land, his country, was subdued and par celed among her conquerors. But tin devoted patriotism and heroic virtue o Kosciusko won the reluctant reverence even of the despotisms which had crush cd the liberties of his country and oblit crated its name from the maps of Europe and tho Emperor ol Russia tendered hi own sword to his prisoner, the Polisl patriot. "No," said the hero, "I do no need a sword-I have no couutry to dc fend." Robert Lee needed no swort after Appomattox. The body of Kosci usko was buried in the tomb of kings and all the women of Poland wept am wore mourning ut bis death. In Rome I could find no monument U Cola di Rienzi, the redeemer of dark cen turies of shame and oppression. Hi only garland ia a withered leaf from th blasted trunk of Roman liberty. " Whil the tree of freedom's withered trunk put forth one leaf, e'en for thy tomb a gai land let it be." When asked in th streets of Rome "Where are the mom menta of Roman liberty?" the Italia patriot took from the ground at his fc( a handful of shining dust and said "Here is Rome !" Go to tho bunks of that fust-flowin river, along which rich culture gave CJ ulting opulence, sending wealth, rcfim inent and virtue beyond its borders, an there, pointing to the now barren eartl say: "Thia is Carolina!" Go to tl groves of academies there, once reasoi ant with the voicer of science, philosi phv, '"rtuc and religion, now in gloom silence, and say : "Thia ia Caroline!" I Hut, still more, I Beaven ' story i vain, I reason upon the ethi cs of patrio ism in vain, to hud au example oraprii ciple from which to deduce the ?lighte justification or even excuse for this mo umeut before the world. It is built 1 these mourning women of a conquer? people, and here to day they dare dedicate it to the memory of men Til devoted themselves1 to a causo which th lost, and are thereby branded by t world as traitors to truth and to liberl Yes, these dead soldiers, to whose patric ism, valor, virtue, honor and truth tilt pure and holy women, witli fears of pio gratitude, are dedicating this consecrat testimony, stand to-day and in memo before the world ns defeated and c graded traitors. Their land has bc desolated, their "cause" proclaimed i famous before the nations of the ear ami yet these chaste women como lu and in tho light of thc sun of Henvi and invoking with holy and solemn ri God's own very presence, consecrate tin names to the admiration, the gratitu and reverence of their children. Th go to those churches anr! -.immune w thc Son of God at His .Itnr, and th come here and build nu altar to treas and infamy ! It is strange ! It is vi strange I I speak it in humble rcv?-.ence tl not even at tho cross and tomb of" Son of God did tlic women kneel witl surer trust in the Divine truth for wh He died than these women do here kr to-day by the monument their ha have raised in testimony of the truth which the Confederate soldier di They are pure and chaste women followers of the meek and lowly J? from Bethlehem to Calvary-and they bring their brothers, their husba and their children herc to-day nnd them kneel at thc base of a monuin they imvo devoted more than ten y< of their ". es to celebrate. Treason, defeat and infamy ! Oh, ? very, very strange! Human exam human logic, fail to remove tlic veil f this mystery. There is but one solut Where can it bc found? Blessed bc Omniscient God, who knows all tru it is found in the outpourings of His eternal truth over tho hearts and sou these women ot Carolina, and by t act under ita dictates, by their deed 1 to-dry, it is proclaimed, before God man, that the world's outcry of sh and infamy is a lie, adeep-i' rd, dan lie, and that this mount . .ac ( federate soldiers is the et.ilu^..i and Hubstanco of truth. Yes, womel South Carolinn, by all that is holy all that is sacred on earth and ht God, by all that is true, you aro just in placing this monument here, on spot, ns the altar, thc sanctuary, to w iu pious pilgrimage you mny lead ' ?ons in all thc days to come. Y'ou ! mutle this ground holy for all coi time, und here to-day those who these men fall on the buttle-field those who have grown in reverent them under your tutelage come ti sanctuary to invoke blessings on and to worship the valor which dcm cd this monument and the virtue v. i has builded it. p And now, you maidens, who- .. fa i died on tlic battle-field, unveil their < to the view of the men mol ?rome whom they died. Some of you p into life after their death, and thei i your veneration is but tradition np i mg to thc instincts of your nature v Hows with\our life-blood from the pul sations of your hearts. For that venera tion yon need no aid of association or of memory ; it lives in every faculty of your being ami in the vital convictions of your existence. Memory may be lost in ob livion-nature knows no apostasy. In obedience lo lier dictates, kneel in the pride and thc purity of filial piety, and dedicate this monument to tho truth for which your fathers died. Their justified spirits are approving your act. At this point thc four young girls, dressed in white, who were to perform the act of unveiling the monument, were handed from the stund to the base of thc monument by four one-armed Confed erate soldiers. Four ropes were sus pended from the statue, and one of these was placed in thc hands of each of thc girls, and, by means of them, they drew away the veil. Thc names of these girls are Miss. Cbever MeCord, Miss Roberta Heck, Miss May Dargan and Mis-s Bev erly Means. The one-armed soldiers who handed them from the stand were Col. John C. Haskell, Capt. S. L. Leap hart, Mr. S. W. Kowan and Mr. James Fraser. As thc veil fell from the noble and beautiful ami impressive proportions ol the monument, a hush fell upon the mul titude for a moment as they gazed upon it, and then their admiration and sym pathy burs? forth in rounds of prolonged and enthusiastic applause. A member of the Richland Volunteers who was on the ladder behind the statue placed a beautiful wreath upon the bay onet of the Confederate soldier, and tiki: incident was greeted by the assembhigt with renewed cheers. General Freston then resumed nm spoke thus : And now, my countrymen, standing b< this consecrated symbol of the graves event in our own history-the grandes and most pregnant event in the. histor; of civilization on this continent-if w look back through the time of twent; centuries, wo may see thc mighty repul lie of Home glowing sublime with th power of a thousand States, her curul chair on the thrones of an hundred king and the arm of Hornau liberty aweing subject world, prostrate ut her feet, t thc decrees of right and justice, when bc laws were more powerful than the con mauds of men or the cohorts of soldiers and these decrees are still her mont mente, challenging the adini ."tion an the adoption of civilized nations. On thc tomb of Alexander of Maccde was written : "This is the grave of Ale: ander-his monument is two continents They were the world's conquerors. Tl monument of our conquerors ia a const) ?dated power lrom the Atlantic to tl Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf; tl graves of our soldiers is thc sodden cart without a name "n which these wornt three days ago placed pale white llowci Their monument is subjugation and ob dience, honest obedience, to tho COOBO dated power of their conquerors. True philosophy and the religion thc I>or(i Jesus Christ teach us that tl hand of God is at al! times in the di pensntion of Providence. We dare II scrutinize His purposes, and mortals' i genuity cannot penetrate Ids desigi May all his visitations to us bo inessa]! of mercy to bring our faith closer Him, for the liberty of a people is t gill bf God. This monument of stone placed on the spot where these worn i stood shelterless in thc bleak win night, with their old men and half nak children, gazing thitherward at th I crumbling houses and the things sact to God but not secure from mau, burr to the ground by those who had slain t men whose effigy overtops that coluti lt looks toward that scene which you must remember, for it is seared with f on your hearts and brains. Go, ladi and call your sculptor here and bid li complete his baif-told tale and ca there in deep relief you? own ima: crouching and shuddering and huddl around the base, and then, if he eau, g it thc supernatural power to utter voices of woe and terror, as an underl< to the crackling flames of your hoi and the shouts of your pursuers. Is not this monument meant in par commemorate that scene? Many of, remember Columbia before that day i night. How beautiful the dear old t( was with its quiet, deep-shaded stre its comfortable, cheery-looking hou surrounded by gardens bright with e greens and gorgeous with flowers, r< lent of natnro's sweetest incense, ita ] plc happy, cheerful and busy in hoi prosperous toil. We all knew each o and every one trusted his neighbor, gentle charity waved her wand sceptre over us all. I remember ital ten months before its destruction. I come from the battle-lields around li mond, where the tliunuerbolts of were flashing perpetually. It wa I bright.moruing in the early May. I earth was moist with ?lew, the balmy was laden with the perfume and sp ling with the glow of flowers, the sht streets calm and quiet as if the war not raging. It was very beautiful walked up to this very spot, an fam with every foot of the ways, with e turn ami corner, as with my own li I went back to the battle-field far i and came here again one March u ing. In hunting for a morsel of foo my wife and children, I lost my among thc smouldering and still HUH ruins and was sickened by the stem decay and death. The conqueror w the capitol ibero and in that tel He was in your bous* and mine, an were shelterless. Like Sj Ila at At hp dwi un? come here to i^arn out history, but tu punish rebels-an course he could not pardon thc livii the sake of their dead. Tho day is past-the scene j changed. Thc memory is here-tl cord is there and there. When w history shall truly record UM str i which ended thus, every leaf ma j dripping with thc tears of grief and j but liol a page will be stained w stigma of shame. These women 1 wreathe their cypress around tho f , of martyrs and plant willows which j shadow tho laurels they have \ their anthems may be wailing ovi j marked graves and their songs i j from the shattered strings of Men harp sighing over lifeless imagcf I not romance nor poetry, not histor monumental stone, has recorded a braver devotion, of purer patriotism j that which tells the story which j by this mnnucnt to the Confederal j dior. His battered image ison thr i hie; his fame on earth, even with now but a pale and shadowy pha his immortal spirit, by tho deeds for his country, stands justified presence of a God of truth and And for what "cause" did these t thousand Carolinians die, and b; death win this tribute from holy \ and this justification before their For answer, look lor one moment annals of that country ?hieb the ( their fathers had given to them citizens and defenders, the highest : trust which can be reposed in mei ' j ?be;;,, ino power ami the welfare '. Commonwealth. Dur fatherd b ! valor achieved thal liberty and ? expanded the inheritance and gai II Commonwealth reared by wisdom foundation of truth, nod with it tho rich? est fruits which Mich liberty tun bestow. It waa ii form of liberty attained hy sis heroic valor ns that which drove the Persian hosts from tho shores of Greece. Dil its absolute principle was erected a superstructure of government every at tribute of which i?uded lo preserve and perpetuate that liberty and purify, ad vance and exact civil and social virtue. Its prerogatives and ils responsibilities i were regarded ns perfect for all the pur poses of government. For a time it i seemed to give . '.ive reality to the dreams and aspirations and the toil an.' ; struggles of mankind in all the preceding . ages. Other nations became confident I in its perpetuation, ami that confidence was seemingly justified by filly years of : enlightened and progressive order. To its own people it had become an article of religious faith, and it was to uphold, advance and perpetuate this sacred form, lo maintain tiiat absolute truth, and to realize that destiny, that these men, in that immortal faith, went forth to thc I death grapple. They died for the incar nate principle their fathers had given them in sacred trust ; they rebaptized it I in their life blood, carrying with them in death nothing but immortal honor. 1 And herc to-day 1 defy you, and these women defy the world, to look through its history and find a people who, in de votion to that truth, in heroic valor in its defense, in calm endurance and fortitude, iu meek submission lo, and humble reli ance on, thc God of all truth, in the very religion of patriotism, stand before the men whose names are on this monu ment. No, my countrymen, human ac tion bears no record ol' higher virtue and braver sacrifice than that which tells the struggle, thu full and tho woe, of the Confederate soldier. The assertion is ? beyond contradiction that never in tho history of national defence was there dis played a higher and purer purpose and courage than was manifested in the Con federate States; that never in fourjycars was there crowded in the annals of war n more brilliant record than that which marked the career of the Confederate armies. These armies,contending against un enemy who, having the world for a storehouse, was multiplied hy defeat foi three years, won incessant and glorious, though fruitless, victories. Their line? were not once broken by their assailants The tension of distance may have opened them ; it was never done by retreat The reason was that every Conf?d?ral! soldier felt that not only his country i liberty bul his own personal honor wa at stake in tho defense of that liberty. 1 see here men who lcd these soldiers fron thu iirsi gnu at Sumter to the last fecbli flash al Appomattox. We till saw tin wild enthusiasm with which they begin the fight and the stern religious cou rug* with which they met all its terrible trials You women saw the armor gleaming bright, polished by your hands, and yoi Baw thc battle shields and the brokei javelins. I ask you, did you ever sec on "trembling Aristodemus" come skulkini back to Columbia? Is there a Carolin' mother here who, Spartan-like, deiiici her son, or a wife who cried "shame" t her husband? Herc around this inonu ment you see the mutilated remnant < that soldiery. Let them answer to thi generation and to posterity. Did yoi sir, at Tres illian, or you, sir, at Rapidui or in any of your hundred battles, sc the back of a Carolina cavalryman? Di you, sir, nt Sumter sec a trembling han or a whitened cheek? General, who ton thousand pounds of powder toro til earth to pieces at Peteraburg did you sc a Carolina soldier skulking behind tli marred and shattered defences? N every ghastly crevice was instantly fillc by thc remnant of Mic South Carolit brigades driving back Jen times the numbers and strewing thc ground wil their dead. And when Lee at Appomu tux surrendered his eight thousand cinji guns and broten sabres, the ragged ten nanto of the South Carolina brigad were there, as their full rolls had bei among the first at Manassas. ll'.,_? "?. C-",..l. ti_Uno ?|,- n ??onion o? . ?,mm v .nwiiu.i, mesa a the men to whoso valor yoi*, medicate tli monument. They are your fathers, yo brothers, your husbands, nm! your soi Are you justified in building this mon ment and moistening it with proud ai sacred tears? The Athenian stalesm:i in his oration over the dead of Salan and Marathon, said but one word of t women of Athens ; it was* "Your gre; est glory is to keep the virtues the go have given you." So let it be. But neither Athens, ii Rome, nor tho world, lins given to stn gling liberty women whose glory cxci these now herc by this monument deep devotion, in earnest, active, c cient, working sacrifice. I oiler but o illustration. It is in view from win wc stand. Recall to memory that h pital down there by the railway statii ni which these monument builders f clothed and nursed seventy-five thousn wounded and sick and aying soldit Had that hospital escaped destruct! its walls v.ould have been ns grand monument to these women as that gri ite and marblo is to tho dead soldier, was a rnre spectacle of moral sublimi They shared their own clothing, tl stinted their children's food, not to vi by hirelings or slaves, but to take in tl own hands, on their own shoulders, fo clothing and medicine down that hill the hospital. These dainty, gentle i men bore those burdens down there, i even to the hour when Sherman's she aimed ut the hospital and tho Si House, were bursting over their head.' You men have seen those fair, dc'.ic women wasted, haggard, tottering I neath burdens which might have crus' thc stoutest of us. Amid all the ghin ness of that woful pageant, year a year they waited, praying for the t and wounded soldier and staunching death wounds. But it is not only hero in Caro thone things were done. My office duties in the service gave me thc ful knowledge, from the Potomac to Mississippi, of their labors and ?heir ferings, their sacrifices, their heroic < rage, their sublim?, almost snperhu: fortitude. It is a tamo talo to me no road of Spartan and Roman wives ! mothers. I have Keen with my own i j hundreds, yes, thousands, of Confede women whose story makes dim and I the proudest records of Greece and Rc ! My office was to gather and organize j soldiers for thc field. It gave mc i trouble; they caine to the first trot I call, their sabres sharpened and I haversacks filled by their wives i ditughtcrs, And with them came the v< of the women sending prayers and b ! ings with all that was denr in life, : tearing out ?heir hearts and off? them, In the name of thc God of Ti on the altars of their country's libcrt faithful resignation to His will. ' ? worked for us, they clothed us, thoj no, and, sending us forth to tho b: field, they prayed for us, and now they offer sacred and solemn rites sacrifices over our dead. Their re i and recompense will bo that their ? , and their prayers will he accepted i God of Truth, who, in His good tim i way, will give to them mid theirs tri ? livcrance. And herc to this monti i ? to which they have called us to da; i children's children of these women i como in reverent adoration of tho il com mem?rate?, mid in pious gratitude io the men who illustrated that cause, and to the women who consecrated this ' memorial, and in their prayers, herc kneeling to au immutable God, will be seech Him, by thu mightiness of His arin and the overshadowing of His spirit to give them those great and excellent things for which their fat bera died truth, right and liberty. And now, women of South Carolina, ' each one of you appealing to that ever present and eternal power "ll)' lier piritto lu (he anil ? Mi li lias gtvvu Ina imli, By her tenderest memori?n garnered nn Mrth, Hy tli*- legacy, IIIIXKI-IKIUKIII und precious, which nil. Would leave lo her rhllilron-thc rlptit to li? free Hy tho altar unco rime thc hymn mel tho prayer, Hy the li miii' ? li Ich Ilea teared in tts sui Itiulo t hore, Hy tho IMMIga >he hat MlNVlttl, the III* the han homo, Hy tho ilcfolatc exile through which oho mont mon rn, />'y the tv tri ?hr AIM hreathnl in Ihr rar nf her floit, Hy ihr faith th' rt?Mtet, oh .' Father, in thee," She dedicated this monument to the sol diers who died in the Confederate armies. After (Jen. Preston had concluded, the dedicatory prayer was offered and the benediction pronounced by Itev. Wm. Marlin : From everlasting to everlasting Thou art God, and with Thee are the princi ples of eternal truth, justice and mercy. In behalf of the true-hearted, pious wo men of the State, who have erected this beautiful monument to the memory of our fathers, and our brothers, and our sons, who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country's rights, and in Thy name we do solemnly dedicate this me morial tribute, humbly praying tho bles sing of Almighty God to rest forever up on the mothers, sisters and orphans of our Confederate Dead, and that Ho will soothe and comfort the bereaved and sor rowing here and everywhere. Ami now "may the peace of Chid, which passcth all understanding," keep your hearts ami minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His Son. Jesus Christ, our Lord, and thc blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son and Holy Ghost como upon and remain with us evermore. Amen. Then followed music by tho band and a salute from tho artillery and thc people began to disperse. Thus was concluded ono of thc largest, most enthusiastic, and at the same time most orderly, harmonious and satisfac tory demonstration that Columbia has ever seen. TUE MONUMENT ls forty feet high from the ground to thc top. The statue at the top is eight feet high, and represents a Confederate sol dier holding his gun with fixed bayonet. He stands with one foot advanced, bit head erect and his face looking boldly tn the front. He wears a cape, the left side of which is thrown over his shoulder, u sloucii hat, and all tho trappings of a sol dier on duly. On tho front die-stone beneath is writ ten the following inscription : This monument Perpetuates the memory Of thosu Who.. True to the Instincts of their hirth, Faithful to tho teachings of their lat hers Constant in their love for Ibo State, Died in the performance Of their duty ; Who Have glorified a fallen cause Hy the pimple manhood of their lives, The patient endurance of Butlering, And the heroism of death ; And who, lu the dark hours of imprisonment, In the hopelessness of thc hospital, lo the short, sharp ngony of the fluid, Pound Their support and consolation lu the belief That at homo they would not bo forgottei On the rear die-stone the following: Let thc stranger, Who may in future times Head this inscription, Recognize that these were men Whom Pdwer could not corrupt, Whom Death .could not terrify. Whom Defeat could not dishonor. And let their virtues plead for just jinlgmci Of the cause in which they perished. Let the Hoot!: Carolinian Of another generation Who may. read thia roll of honored nairn Remember That the State taught thom How to live and how to diu, And that from her broken fortunes Sho has left tuber children Tho ono priceless legacy of their memorh Teaching tt'l who may Claim the same birthright That Tilth, Courage and Patriotism Endure forever. On the west face of the base were ti words : TO SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAV 18(31. or THU 18( CONFEDERATE ARMY. On the east face of the base the folio i ug: ERECTED BY TH V, WOMEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA. On the front of the shaft is carvei palmetto tree, with a shield beneath on which arc cut the letters "C. K. A." On thc east and west faces of the sh are tho emblems of army and navy oft Confederate States. INCIDENT*! Ol' TUE 1>AY. While the crowd were dispersing af the unveiling, the band played Db and the crowd, as the familiar no broke upon their ears, rent the air w cheers. The wreath of flowers which \ placed upon the bayonet of thc stat ny a member of the Richland Volunte was presented for that purpose by a h whose sons had been, killed whilst t>e ?ne In that company. Tho Kershaw Guards, of Camd were represented in the procession bj detachment of twenty-two men un command of Captain .?. J. Mackay. 1 Hag carried by this company went oui the war with Captain J. 1). Kennet company, the Camden Light Infantry 1801. Across the street from tho Jtegi office was suspended the municipal of the city of Charleston, sent np by Francis Britton, Esq., member of House of Representatives from Chat ton. Tho lady friends of tho Reguter d rated th'.- entire trout of the office t wreaths encircling the names of Con erato Generals and of important bal of the late war, and over tho door t placed the letters O. S. A. in evergn draped in thc color? red. white ana I On thc door was the following m worked in arbor vita- : "Law and lib? the true reward of the citizen sold: Thc reverend and gallant Colonel i son Capers, of the Twenty-fourth 8' Carolina Volunteers, brought up frayed, sniokc-bcgrimcd and shot Hag of his old regiment. During war it was penetrated by nearly onel dred projectiles-flhot, shell and bu When General J ol iston's army sui tiered some of thc members of tho ment cut the stars from their flag ton testimonials of their services. Al battle of Chickamauga every man undertook to sustain tho colors was down. The company which carriel (lag was captain W. L. Roddy's comj , from Chester, and that veteran of i Ia hard-fought field (now living nt Hill) carried tho (lag in tho procr yesterday. Tho flag of thc palmetto Sharpshooter?, In charge of Colonel M. P. Tribble nod Mnior A. B. Todd, of the Eleventh Bri gade, S. C. V., was brought down with tho Palmetto Kith-men of Anderson. This Hag was presented by General Longstreet to thePalmetto Sharpshoot ers a few days before tho battle of Seven Pines, and waa unfurled in that engage ment for tho first timo. In that battle tho color-bearer and thc eleven members of the color guard were killed and woun ded successively in the attempt to up hold tho colors. When the last of the color support was shot down private William Poe, of the PP linette Riflemen, volunteered to carry them and acted with such conspicuous bravery that he was promoted to a lieutenancy. Thc flag was afterwards carried in tho Seven Day's Fight around Richmond, the bat tles of Fredericksburg, Sharpsburg, Lookout Creek, Carmel ?Station, Knox ville, Wilderness and ?-mottsy I vania. THF. COLORS OF THF. FIRST SOUTH CAR OLINA REGIMENT. Tho tattered and bullet-riddled old palmetto flag of tho First Regiment was brought up by thc Irish Volunteers, of Charleston, and when that gallant com mand and the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company were ranged alongside of each other in compnny front, just above the Heytttcr office, Col. James Armstrong, formerly Captain of tho Irish Volunteers, stepped out and saluted Captain Keenan and the Volunteers and greeted his old comrades in arms. Col. Armstrong spoke in substance as follows : "FELLOW-SOLDIERS OF THE RICHIJAND VOLUNTEER RIFLE COMPANY: Itaflbrds me great pleasure to look again into the eyes of your nublo command. The last occasion this pleasure was nflbrded mo was on the bloody battle-fields of Virgin ia. You then held tho position of the right company of Gregg's regiment and well did you sustain that honorable, and perilous position. Among all tho brave men who marched to the front in tho Confed?ralo war and remained there un til thc termination of our patriotic strug gle, J. feel free to say from actual obser vation not ono command surpassed the heroic endurance, the splendid achieve ments of thc compnny whose standard floats over you to-day." The survivors of tho First Regiment in citizens' dress in chargo of the colon were then marched in front of tho Irish Volunteers and tho Richland Voluntcei Riflo Company, which companies won bndges indicating their connection wit! the samo war regiment, and Colone Armstrong presented thc old colors, re citing to them tli?t their ohi flag war om they might well truly revere as an ox emphir of deeds of valor greater thai those of Caesar's legions or the grund ar my of Napoleon-a flag which lind 6>"s fluttered in tho breeze at the bcginuiii] of the war and had never been lowerei during a four year's bloody struggle Their old blue flag had never been cup lured, and thc gallant survivor who no\ held its tattered remnants for their in spection was thc ?arno bravo Sergean Dominick Spellman who last boru it i tlic forefront of battle. THE PALMETTO GUARD, Of thc Seventeeth Regiment, S. C. M (now First Rifles, S. C. T.,) which too part in tho ceremonies yesterday, is a historic crops and were identified wit the Confederate cause from the beginnin to the end. Commanding und sorviti tho Iron Battery and Cummings Poii Balteries in tho bombardment of Fo Sumter on tho 12th and 13th of Apr! 18<J1, ihey we:s relieved from duty i that post on thc 26th of April in ordi that their company of volunteers migl complete their arrangements for going Virginia with Kerenaw's Second Reg munt. This volunteer company servi thc cause to tho cud. Tho present cot pany reorganized, ufterjhe departure Captain Cuthbert for Virginia, und Lieutenant G. L. Buist, promoting hi to thc captaincy. This company was d tached from the regiment on the G th, November, 18(31, and served througho thc four years of tho war as an artille corps, excepting thc Inst four monti when they fought ns infantry. Tho t< companies originated from ono Burrc dered at Greensboro, North Curolit April 26th, 1865, and show a long list honored dead. They visited Columl to puy homage to the valor of their fall Confederate comrades. They . brow with them their historic standards. 1 first is the flag of tho famous Seco Regiment, which was borne by Ensi S. Gourdin Pinckney, of their Virgil veterans. Next were the colors ot I Palmetto Guard Volunteers, bel known ns Company I, Second Soi Carolina Volunteers, Kershaw's Rriga Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northi Virginia. Then the guidon of tho I motto Guard Aiiillci y, known aa Ct pany A, South Carolina Siege Train, t subsequently of Company B, Manlgau Battalion, Elliott's Brigade, Ant son's Division, Stuart's Corps, Ar of Tennessee. The Company col were boroo by tho surviving officers thc two companies. They brought w thom also, tho For? Moultrie Conten? standard. Several of tho old member company I, Second South Caro] Regiment, met tho Palmetto Guard escorted them. They came from 8uo Statoburg, Clarendon and Fairfield. CAROLINA MILITARY INSTITUTE CAD: Colonel J. P. Thomas brought d from Charlotte his corns of cadets. 1 were presented yesterday morning to Excellency Governor Simpson, ina remarks by Colonel Thomns, who pressed hts gratification ct seeing gubernatorial office of South Carolin: tho hands of a Carolinian who had been true to his State amid all the tc tations which had beset her pee Governor Simpson responded in hi some tern-i, welcoming the cadets to soil and commending to them the mt rios which tho occasion was inteudr; make sacred. Tho battalion boro tm colors of tho citadel Academy of Cha ten which were turned over lo then General Johnson ?l?good. HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT. A mceiing was held in tho Washin Street Campcl, November 4, 1869 b; ladies of Richland District, for the , pone of taking into consideration erection of a monument to tho Conf atc dead of South Carolina. The i ing was opened with prayer by the WilUiam Martin, and an address made by General Wade liumptor was resolved to ask the co-opor of all tho women of South Carolina, to appoint a committee to prepare a dross and nomiuato officers, said coi tee to report at tho next meeting. A meeting of tho Sooth Carolina m.lent Association was held onSatu November 20,1869. Thc com mitt the constitution trmuu their report tho following constitution was ado CONSTITUTION OF THE 80UTH ('ARC MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 1. This Association ahall have : object tho building of a montillie thc city of Columbia, by the won tho State, to tho memory of tho Carolinians who fell in the service Confederate States. 2. AU women of South Carolins become members of this Assoclati LUC AL ADVERTISING.-Vit are compelled to require cub payments for advertising ord- red by Executor*. Aduilulstratore ?nd other fiduciaries end here ?lt h append the ratea for the ordinary notices, which will only be inserted when ike money cornea with the order : ClUtiona, two Insertion?, .... |3.?t Ivitate Notlcci, thrcu Insertions, ? ? ? 2.0? Final Krttlements, fire insertions - - 8.0? ? TO CORRESPONDENTS.-la. order to rt ttl TO attention, communications must he arc?m(>?s(e? by the true name and Address of the writer. Re jected manuscripts will not be returned, unless tba necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postas? thereon. 4sT- We are not responsible for the views and opinions of our correspondents. All communications should be addressed to"Kd Itors Intelligencer," and all checks, drafts, money orders, Ac., should b* msde payable ta the order of E. B. MUKRA Y 4 CO., Anderson, 8. C. enrolling their names, and by contribu ting thc sum of one dollar. 3. The officers, shall consist of a Presi dent, a Vice President, a Treasurer, a Corresponding Secretary and a Record ing Secretary. 4. Tho President shall preside at all meetings, give the casting vote, and be in all matters thc general administrative and executive officer of tho Association. In her absence tho Vice President shall act. Tho Corresponding Secretary ahull conduct and tako charge of all corre? pondence. Tho Recording Secretary shall keep a perfect recordof all pro ceedings, letters, ?tc. Tho Treasurer shall receive and pay out all money of the Association, subject to tho order of the Finance Committee, and shall bo Chairman of the Finance Committee. 6. In addition to the above officers, tliero Bball be a Committee on Finance, who shall be charged with the invest ment and disbursement of all moneys belonging to the Association ; and who, with tue ? Hice rs mentioned and a Board of Directors, shall form an Executive Committee for the purpose of transact ing all business of tho Association. G. The President (or in her absence tho Vice President) shall call a meeting in Columbia of tho Executive Board every three months. 7. Committees shall be appointed in every District of the Stato to invite membership and collect funds, and these committees shall forward all names to tho Recording Secretary and all subscrip tions to tho Treasurer of the Association. 8. South Carolinians residing out of tho State shall bo invited to become members of the Association. 9. A regular annual meeting of the Association shall bo held in tho city of Columbia in the month of November. Tho following officers were then elec ted: President-Mrs. L. S. McCord. ? Vico President-Mrs. Wm. Wallace. Treasurer and Chairman of Finance Committeo- Mrs. J. L. Reynolds. Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. John T. Darby. Recording Secretary-Miss I.D. Martin. Board of Directors-Mrs. John Single ton, Mrs. John Preston, Jr., Mrs. John McKcnzio, Mrs. B. Levy, Mrs. C. Has kell, Mrs. D. Huger, Mrs. R. C. Beck, Mrs. J. S. Gaillard, Mrs. A. Snowden, Mrs. J. N. Whitner, Mrs. Wm. Martin, ^iss Middleton, Miss LaBorde, Miss tlark. Finance Committee-Mrs. L. Howe, Mrs. S. Fair, Mrs. John Fisher, Mrs. J. Waties, Miss Wade, Miss Hampton. The following appeal was then adopted, and sent out by the'Association : Women of South Carolina, there needs no urgent appeal to your sympathies in a causo so sacred as that which wc now undertake. The great tide of adversity which has swept over our unhappy lana has hitherto stifled effort in this direc tion ; but not, thereforo, have our hearts ceased to beat for tbe glorious dead. Scarcely is there ono among us whoso thought does not, on tho first mention of our object turn at on<:e{ with loving af fection, to sumo grave which this monu ment IB intended to honor. Mothes, widows, lusters, daughters, '-. hose hearts thus cling to thc soldier's grave, let us then unite with an earnest, loving effort in this holy duty. Let even our lisping little ones be brought to givo their mite to its accomplishment; that thus impressed upon their minds, they may never forgot to love and honor the memory of those who battled and fell in our cause. If a lost cause, even, therefore the moro holy. ' Even, there fore, does it become the more incumbent upon us to bring to this great sacrifico of pure purpose and heroic deed that hom age aud veneration which the world pays only to Buccess. With tho wish that all who have shared in a common sorrow may share also in the privilege of raising this testimonial to our lost heroes, tho annual subscrip tion for membership is put at tho lowest point practicable ; that thus it may bo within tho reach of those who, having little to give, have still th-.! right, through tears and suffering, to jcih us in tho ful fillment of this inoBt sacred duty. To all others-men aa well as women, old and young-to all who cherish tbe name of Carolinian and cling with a fond love to whatever is left to us of our "good old Stato," we would say give to us freely according to your means ; givo generously, give gratefully to tho memo ry of those who gave their lives for us. Tho Association then went to work making rcasonp.Mo progress for some lime. The following Juno Mrs. McCord. tho President, resigned her position and Mis. John S. Preston was elected to fill tho position. At tho end of a yeur Mrs. Preston, too, resigned, finding the duties of tho office too arduous for her strength. The Association then resolved not' to havo a President, but to commit tho management nf the affairs tc s. local ex ecutive board In Columbia, assisted by hulics throughout tho State. During this timo tho Association suf fered tho lo33 of ono of its Board'of Di rectors by the death of Mrs. Wm. Wallace, and two of their officers resigned c J ac count of their removal from Columbia Mrs. J. L. Reynolds, Treasurer, anti Mrs. John T. Darby, Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. Wm. K. Bachmnn and Mrs. J. 3 Bacon were elected to fill these offices respectively. Tho present Board of Directors are tho oflicers of the Association, and Mrs. C. Macfio, Mre. G. Howe, Mrs. C. Walker, Mrs. John McKenzie, Mrs. John Bacon, Mrs. A. Dargan, Mrs.. C. Beck, Mrs. B. Ijiw Af rsi. Xv. II. Gibbes. Miss LaBorde. Miss ' Wade, Mrs. 8. Board, Mrs. R. O'Nealo and Mrs. John Waities. At length Radical rule came upon the State, and in the despondency which for a timo Bottled upon tuo people, very lit tle could bo done. In August, 1871, the Association thought they had collected sufficient mnnoy to justify them in purchasing a s'jrM on.which to erect tho monument, ar.u thoy bought tho lot on Taylor's Hill orer looking Sidney turk and tho valloy of the Congaree. For this they paid the city of Columbia $600 cash. A contract was made with Muldoon, I Walton & Co., of Louisville, Ky., to havo the monument mudo and erected. All tho members of this firm and all tho architects and workmen employed on the monument, belonged to tho Southern army. The granite for tho foundation was given to the Association by Judgo John a Green from his quarry on Ino Congareo near Columbia. Alter work had been commenced on Taylor's Hill it wa1? found that, ibero waa a substratum of quicksand belo v tho BOU of tho hill which rendored lt unfit for tho purpose, the r.~jht of the monumont being too great to be supported on a small area of unsound land. Completely discouraged, the Board of Directors wero now at a standstill, becauao they had not only spent this largo sum of monoy usc leaulv. but they could not (Iud another situation In Columbia which would an swer their purpose Under tho condition of hath tho State and city governments they co-Id not of course ask them for a place to pat a monumont to the Confede rate dead. , . While they wero in this condition of (Concluded on Koort* f>Sp'>