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THE Daily Paper $8 a Year "I*et our Just Censure PHOHX. * l i Attend the True Event." BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING-, JULY G. 1866. Tri-Weekly $5 a Year VOLUME II-NO. 92 <*HE PHOENIX, PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY. tm GLEANER,. EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY JULIAN A. SELBY. STATE AND CITY PRINTER. TERMS-IF AD VA NC E. SUBSCRIPTION. Dailv Paper, six months.$4 00 Tri-Weekly, " " .2 50 Weekly, " "? .1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per square for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent. Weekly 75 oe uta each insertion. aySsT A liberal discount made on the above rates when advertisements are inserted by the month or year. ' tar Special notices 10 cents a lino. AGENTS. S. P. Einard, Nowherry. Samuel Drouthitt, Greenville C. H. Wm. Moore, AbbeviUe C. H. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. H. Our Gallant Dead ! MEMORt&L SERVICES* Addresses of Rev. Mr. Boggs and Col. MeMasttr. INTERESTING* CEREMONIES. The memorial services, on Tuesday, were, in all particulars, a complete success. The day -was very fine, and all connected with the proceedings entered into their respeotive duties with zeal and spirit. Like every? thing which our ladies undertake, the ceremonies of Tuesday reflected great credit upon their taste, liberality and the devotion with which they applied themselves, to secure the most suc? cessful results. The first ceremonies of the daj were those of the varions committee! appointed to the respective churches, viz: the Presbyterian, Episcopal Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Ca tholic and the College. In al these lay the remains of some o the gallant dead, and their grave: were mounded and decked witl flowers. Wherever a grave of a Con federate soldier, in or around thi city, was to be found, there did thest ladies repair to strew them with thei beautiful memorial offerings. As the hour for the formation o the procession drew , near, we wert gratified to observe that all places o business, in every department, wer dosed, and all engaged in them re pairing to the place of assembling o to the Cemetery. Mr. Hitchcock 8 other owners of omnibuses, th agents of the two Express Comps nies, and many other citizens havin kindly furnished vehicles, they wer flying to and from the Cemetery freighted with ladies and garland: for the most of the day, and thi generosity of the parties contribute largely to facilitating the c?r?monie and in producing the success wit which the occasion was crowned. At 3 o'clock, a very large proce sion was formed, under the marsha ship of General E. P. Alexander, tl procession numbering in its ranks s the surviving officers and soldiers i the late Confederate army at preses in the city. The procession was a companied by the reconstructed o band of the Richland Rifle Oompan whose services, throughout the whe ceremonies of the day, added xnu< interest thereto. The city bell ai those of the different churches we tolled, as the procession moved Elmwood Cemetery. On its arru there, it proceeded to the centi place of attraction-an elegant tei pie, which had been erected nne superintendence of Messrs Iv .fe Hewetson, architects, assisted Messrs. Swaffield, Kirk and othe This memorial building was nu beautifully and tastefully festoon and otherwise adorned. Chief arno the features of its adornment w< the large number of appropriate m toes scattered throughout the bou{ and evergreens entwined around I pillars of the temple, which was s mounted, on its cupola, by a la cross, wreathed with evergreen, give below some of the mottoes wh were intermingled with the wrea . on the temple : "Dulce et decorum est pro pa, mori." "Fallen heroes." "Only a private." *'The unknown dead." "Honor to the gallant dead." "Slain in battle." ' 'All is lost save honor. *' "Angels keep watch." "Oar gallant dead." "Green be their graves." "Off duty forever." "I would not wish them a purer death." "Honor to the brave." "With our shields or on them." "They fought like brave men." "We remember our fallen heroes." "Confederate dead." "To our heroic dead." "We mourn." "The Second South Carolina Cav? alry mourns its Lieutenant-Colonel. He waa gentle, yet so brave. "They lost the fight, but lost it without shame." "All crimson stains were on their breasts, not cheeks." "Bring flowers, pale flowers, o'er the bier to shed, A crown for the brow of the early dead, Though they united in vain for what was once ours; They are love's last gifts-bring ye flowers, "pale flowers." "Stoop hither, angels, from the skies, Thcro is noholier spot of ground, Than where defeated valor hes. By mourning beauty crowned." "Twine a garland for the grave Of the noble and the brave; And their names in glory grave, Who have died for ne." "They have crossed the river to rest under the shade of the trees." After the large assembly had sur? rounded the temple, the exercises were opened by the Rev. Wm. Mar? tin in a fervent and very appropriate prayer. The Rev. W. E. Bogga, for? merly with the army in Virginia, de? livered nu eloquent address, whicl was listened to with marked atten? tion. He spoke in the highest terms of the endurance, patience and forti? tude of the men who composed th? Confederate army, and gave aa illus trations of the various qualities anc graces which adorned the character! generally of these boys of the grey jacket, several touching anecdotes whioh brought tears to the eyes o many in the audience. He dwel upon the humility, humanity, patience endurance and morality he had wit nessed during his connection witl the army and in discharging th' duties of his office among his com rades. We regret very much tha we were unable to obtain a full report or even sketch, of this excellent ad dress. After Mr. Boggs had closed, Col F. W. McMaster proceeded to addres the audience as follows: When one of the great generala c antiquity, after wielding the power c a mighty repnblic for years, in th vicissitude of fortune, became a outcast and wanderer on the face c the earth, sought refuge from th persecution of his enemies on th coast of Africa, Sextilius, the Roma Governor of the Province, sent messenger forbidding him to set foe on the soil. Thus repelled, this gres general, whose command legions one obeyed, and at whose frown Rom trembled, now the victim of misfoi tune, disconsolate and broken-spiri ed, replied to the messenger: "G and teU Sextilius thou hast seen th exiled Marius sitting on the ruins c Carthage." History records no sui limer expression of the iueonstanc of fortune, and none more calculate to excite the pity of the one to who] it was addressed. To-day, ladies of the Memori; Association, with grief akin to that i the unfortunate Roman general, ye t assemble to mourn overa cause mut more sacred, and to cast funer wreaths upon the humble graves i I the soldiers who died to sustain th cause. Yon assemble in no spirit recrimination, with no bitterness l rancor, to complain of wrongs y< may have sustained; but dictated 1 motives of pity, love and devotio to lament for tho Confederate dei as friends and kindred, as countr men, as parents, as republicans, representatives of the heroes of '7 whom wo have been taught fro childhood to revere. Yon, ladies, a j assembled to revive the memory tho past-to pay homage to soldk who fought, for you long and we and in your poverty to strew roses the clayey mounds which cover thc mouldering forms, instead of erecti the marble shaft to blazon their dec of heroism. In honoring them, y do honor to yourselves by displayi the noblest attributes of nature; f( I "What is lifo worth without a heart to I \ Tho great and lovely, and tito poetrv And sacredness of things? The deeds of good men live af them; so it is with these sleepi heroes. Whatever the world may think of them, in tire face of hifth I Heaven, we believe they exercised a legitimate and constitutional right in determining their Government, and died in the vindication of that right Our condition is changed; the issue has established our relations to the power which controls us. Our sove? reignty and allegiance have been fixed by the inexorable law of force, and it would he unwise and unjust not to support the Government under which we live. At the inception of tho struggle, we conceived tho United States to be a Confederation of sovereignties for the preservation of life, liberty and property. With a natural and logi? cal apprehension of the loss of liber? ty, these soldiers resolved, as they had a right, from the teachings of the great statesmen and philosophers of this country, to vindicate their cause by peaceable secession. The sword was appealed to, and il de-1 cidcd. Although vigilant, active and brave, the race was to tho swift and . the battle to the strong. And like brave and noble people, We acqui? esced in the results, and bow with submission to the decrees of God! Once we lived in a republic, asso? ciated with others for mutual defence and protection. Now, the narrow confines of States are broken down, and tlieTe is no North, no South, no East or West. We live in a nation, an empire, with elective rulers. The word "national," which was repudi? ated by our fore-f athers as smacking too mach of absolutism, was gradu? ally introduced by public leaders of a j certain complexion, until it bogan to affect the thoughts and feelings of the mass of the people, and became a significant fact, making the power of the Government one and indivisi? ble. This abuse of language has per? verted the conception of law. Senti? ment was stronger than reason and the Constitution, literature stronger than logic, and Massachusetts, wield? ing the brattan f ulm?n of the West, has triumphed. The future historian, in tracing the causes which led to this result, will discover that this idea of nationality, fostered by the literature of New ! England, arose from the necessities of her condition. Stato sovereignty did not comport with her interest. With a bleak climate and a barren soil, the difficulties of existence were great without contributions from more favored latitudes. Tariffs, bounties and navigations were im? portant to build her cities and fertil? ize her soil. Thus a channel was created to direct wealth to her con? fines and pour the riches of a Union in her lap. To perpetuate this stream of wealth, it was necessary to demon? strate the Union to be a nation. The end is attained, and the harvest for her is bright, and will continue so until the great West becomes en? lightened in political economy, aa the South was before the war, and disco? vers that tho grand and noble plati? tudes of humanity, equality and one : country used by the Massachusetts j orators, proceed from tho narrow nnd selfish consideration of using that j one country to improve the precincts ? of Plymouth Rock, and enrich the | descendants of witch burners nnd blue federalists. I The soldiers buried here resisted this tendency to absolutism, but their efforts were futile. Their defeat mah vs the line of duty clear to us, and we must extract sweets from the cup of adversity. Our afflictions at the hand of the public enemy may, under Pro? vidence, prove our greatest blessings. But it is not entirely correct to say, the efforts of the South were in vain. Their graves are not idle piles of dust ; they have their history, which will excite sympathy even amongst those who were lately their onemiea. Sleep? ing truth is mightier than wakiug error, for it must arise and scatter prejudices like night's darkness before the rays of de morning sun. The principle^ vi liberty, conse? crated by tho blood of our fore? fathers, are still dear to many who ^ wielded the sword against these sol diers, although the sentiment of re- j spect for law and order, which is so j essential to stability and liberty, has | received a terrible shock. We ist ill respect the principles of the revolu? tion, though obscured by tho bticcess of the nation. We believe, like truth and justice, they are immutable. They are not dead, but sleep! Any injury to these principles finds com ponsationin the reaction which brings retributive justice upon the erring cues. "Wickliffe died, but ITusstook up his teachings. When tho dust of this martyr was sprinkled on the Rhine, some essence of it was infused iu the cup which Luther drank." The turmoil and excitement is over, the grave has buried the hate of every generous foe, and tho time of reflec? tion is como. Tho inquiry will natu? rally arise: What did those men fight for? Were thoy not brave? ?es, "their fighting was sublime." Had they no statesmen? The state papers of their President are the noblest the world has ever seen. Had they no Christians? What general of all ages was so holy, he seemed inspired? Jackson. What did those thousands die for? Mav it not have been for liberty? "Oh, if there ho on thia earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear. Tie the last libation liberty draws From thc heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." This country once boasted of the freedom of her citizens; but history repeats itself with slight changes. Ten years ago, who could have pre dioted, in free America, that the tinkling of a bell could consign citi? zens to bastiles and expatriate them, and military commissions could issn: death-warrants like a Star Chamber with ii mock semblance of a trial Who could have foretold that fret America would reproduce a Kaunitz and Danton, and Washington and Fortress Monroe would rival the dark days of Vienna and Paris, and mil? lions would approve? Who would have thought that in the nineteenth century, the relined people of a great city would worship a "beast," aa the Israelites of old bowed down before the golden calf? Think you those lessons are lost on the mighty North? There are multi? tudes of good and true men there who aro struggling to pour oil ou the troubled waters. Even amongst those who are manifesting the most rancor, there arc good men who will retrace their steps. Think you there are no philosophers there? Are there no statesmen road in history? Have they not meditated on the luminous pages of Gibbon, and tho graphic de? scriptions of Macaulay and Lamar? tine? When the storm ol passion ha* blown over, and the calm, serene ant generous feelings of humanity aik brotherly love have returned, thinl you reason will detect any difference between the struggle of '70 mid '61 between Washington obeying Virgi nia in '76, and Lee obeying Virgin? in 'Cl-any difference between tin teachings of Jefferson and Davis' Kays of light arc already beginning to illumine the horizon, and fanatic ism, alarmed, begins to waver in he: course. Repentance, then rocon structiou, law, order and justice maj soon come. Peace and some libertj are grad ..ally being extended; com meroe, with its harmonizing effects is weaving together the different sec tions; and a better acquaintance witl each other will soften asperities, re move prejudices and harmonize th< whole. Woman, iu her mission ot love w?l be an agent in this happy recon structiou. This ceremonial, to-day is a tribute to the noblest sentiment of the heart, which will be respondet to by generous people everywhere Your watchful care, during the war of the sick r.nd wounded, in hospital and priser, suffering yourselvc under great privations, will produc its effects for the common wea!. And here let us publicly acknow ledge our praise and gratitude t those angels of mercy who aclminis teved consolation and comfort t Southern prisoners in the North True to tho instincts of high humnni ty, they arose above the strife of time and manifested the eternal principle of charity and mercy. Rich the con solation of tho Divine blessing t thom, "Whoo I waa naked, ye clothe me, and in prison yo visited mo. To-day, you re-echo this nobility r nature in dressing the graves of Fed* ral prisoners, and in heaping gai lands on von.- own soldiers' gravee May thi.-i element of love ovoroom the bitterness of feeli i g which rankle in too many hearts, and harmony an good will permeate this wide domain By woman's gentle hands the seed aro sown, and we devoutly pray speedy and full harvest. Wo have learned our lessons wolli tho school of experience. Our prid< which was too great, has been abasee and wo begin to understand that In mility is a pearl of matchless pric< Our people, in tho past, were pr? eminent for knowledge in tho scient of government. But we neglecte too much literature, science and tl practical arts, tho hand-maids of high civilization. While cultivatin the graces which fitted us for state mon, our moro industrious neighbo were accumulating the resource which eventually fixed our destin; Now, we must direct our though from tho State to tho family-to t) development of the resources of tl country, and in a few years tho r vages of war may be repaired. Tho association winch you ha' formed, and to-day is publicly i augurated, may become tho instr ment of spreading happiness among tho destitute families of dead s< diers throughout the land, and ot tors v>ill commemorate your dee with those of tho soldiers you p your homage of affection to. What a field for the future histo an, the poet and orator, for eloquence and scng. The lires of some of these heroes whose graves you have this day decked wonk! surpass in romance the Ivanhoe of Scott. Hereafter the his? torian need not go to France for a hero-the neighboring church-yard will furnish him a subject. The fol I lowers of the victorious Alexander, : the mighty Ca*sar and Napoleon, the I great Washington, have not equaled . in heroism or suffered the privations j of these nameless soldiers, whose j graves you, to-day, ornament. Around, Petersburg, in the oam j paign of 1864, on a summer's day, an I officer saw a group of some twenty j veterans bathing. He observed bat 1 tie marks on each one; on some, ! three and four. In prison, at Fort [ Delaware, there was a colonel, who as captured, wounded in his fiftieth j battle - numerous skirmishes not ' reckoned. These nre specimens. ?These scars and bat'les have their j history. These men were parents, I husbands, brothers, friends. Some j one may have been the only son of i his mother, and she a widow, who ! wept at his death because she had no I others to send to fight the battles of I her country. Some one may have i been the lonely picket on the Poto ; mac, who shouted "Oh, Mary," and j "was off duty forever." Some may j have been young husband?, in the , prime of life, with genius, fortune ?and hope; and now, when his little ' children cry out "father," there in no i reply. Some noble sous,% whose ! hearts were a world of affection, anti ! pa? en te and sisters looked to their fu ! turo ns full of honor and usefulness. Are these figures of speech? Liook around yon and behold in thia assem : bly the living witnesses. I It would be invidious, ut this time, : to name any of the Confederate dead j buried here, for the most ot them ! were animated with the same patriot ism, and discharged their duties it j their respective spheres. But w< , would be pardoned by these ileepiuj j heroes themselves, if present, did w? . mention "the noblest Roman of then ! all," whose name, before the war. a the South, like that of Caesar, va: ! the synonyme o? bravery. In death : he oviuced the same imperturbablt spirit, and telegraphed to his Go vernor, ' 'I freely give up my life io: the independence of Sooth Carolina. ' Not for two hard-fonght years after : wards, was it determined that ther< ! was no such thing as the ?idepend i ence of a State. While pairing i j handsome monument, in this> eeme tery, erected over a gallant lieutenant I killed at Boonaboro, iny eye caugh the inscription "liberty and my coun try." Ah! my friends, this is the key note of all the sufferings we eudure< and dangers we braved Cali ye sucl men rebels? The vindicatory jnstia of mankind will repel the opryrobriuni Is this treason? Ia thia rebellion , Has it the essence of crime? "Rebellion, foul, dishononug word, Whops wrongful blight so oit hs.? fctaU.ot Tho holiest eauGO that tongue or "word Of mortal ever lust or gamed; liow many a spirit, born to bless. Il ?uh mink beneath that wiiheriu?; Ukuia Whom but a dav's, an hour's success Had wafted to eterual fain*.' If they failed, what doe3 it prove Success means nothing. "Might i right, " is the dictum of tyrants. Ritfb ' is eventually might, is the fiat of Jf hovah. If we failed, the victors liav nothing to boast of. We faced a worl in arms. England, France and Gei many were subsidized with Norther wealth, banking on the prospectiv ! capital of a conquered South. Th odds were greater than anything hii tory records. We will, then, cheris the memories of these soldiers in ou heart of hearts. They did all tba men could do. ! "Forget not the field where they perisher The truest, the best of the brave, ! AU gone, and tho bright hopes they eb< nabed, (.lone with them and quenched in tb grave." A Carolina matron first conceive the idea of preserving inviolate th ' grounds of Mount Vernon. Th ladies of glorious old Virginia fir. ? laid tho floral offerings on the grave of the Confederate dead around Wir ' chester. With heart and hand, brin your offerings bedewed with teart ! and lay them on these soldiers' graves forgetting not the loved ones of on stricken city who sleep in unfriendl i land? Bring, then, your rlowers . "Tho ?weet flower's tendrils proof of fei blenews : v ea strength; ?miso nre fling om foe ings ont, rho tenants of the he;, to bear na np." Bring, then, the cypres?, the rnyrtlt the rose, tho violet and the grand maj nolia, emblem of purity and patrio ism. Scatter them over these humb graves. Good men everywhere wi applaud your net, and angels in He ven will bless your grief while ye I perform this funeral rite. Here, communion with the dead, in sigl of your desolato city, you'may, for j time, hang your harps on the willoi and sing the songs of Zion. Brin ? then, your roses-scatter them < . their graves-graves of the heroes the "conquered banner"-and be comforted; for an all-wise God roign - eth, who will not break - the bruised reed or quench the smoking flax. During the speaking, the band played nevera! very appropriate mournful airs. At the close of th? exercises at the temple, the ladies proceeded to deck the graves of the soldiers, n large number of which was in one lot surrounded by a tenoe garlanded ??nd ornamented with ; flowers and evergreens. Thin cere? mony was very impressive sud a fleet ing, and many a tearful eye wa* around this dwelling of so many ot the loved .md lost ones. Daring this entire ceremony the band played appropriate airs, addititf to the mournful impressiveness of the j scene. i The ladies who initiated this move j ment, and hil the persons connected . with it, as members of committees ! and otherwise, deserve great credit j for the successful resu'ts which at j tended their effort* to pay such a > handsome tribute to the memory ot ? the gallant dead, lt will be a day i not soon forgotten in our community, j and we trust that each successive j year will bring with it a return of ; our ''memorial" day, so that the j noble deeds of lathers, sons aud I brothers, who fell in "the lost cause, " : may be perpetuated to future gene ! rations and kept green in the memo i ry ot' our descendant* forever. ! "~SPEClAir"?OTICRS.~ I.~.- - . "FnvNTAiN or Aut. HEALTHVXD Br.ATTY."' : Purity the "blood" anil enrich th6 sircara : upon which hie ebba and H?r.?. CMS (Le . QUEEN S DELIQHT and SAE?.U.=.EII.L> it enriches the blood ?nea it m thm and watery. Tor. many neglect th? condition . ol the blood, particularly among tamale*. I Poverty ot blood is a cnn: m on dlseaaa. Tbs i cbief symptoms arc "paleness," feeble ] pnlac, los? of appetite. indige?tion, fiatU ' lenee ar.d irregularity of ihr? bowels; kui 'spirit?, headache, nr*rvt>nsuc?c, debility, ! with languor Thtve pointa ats always j found to be connected with pool blood j Thc "Queen's Delight" a UTe-cxbiisyat I in? elixir, and should b* used st this .<?? I wm. Gci a bottle S* .r advertisement cl rtaht-t 1 Heinush, phj^rmaciats._ ' MESS;.*. L\ r.vn?: Ple?s* announce L. L i CHILDS, bs.;., aa a candidate tor tee Le j gialature, to HU the vacancy canned by the ; resignation of F.. J. Scott, E?q. : July 1 F PLTJSIPT7J5 CgTSt FOR 1H? LSQISLAT URE. MR. E. J. SCOTT having resigned hi? position aa a tm>mb?r of the Legialatu: j tor Richland District, we respectfully nomi? nate Majoi J F THOMAS to all II.? ve i caney. He is an .dd resident-identified by birth and education with ns He u a rip? scholar, possessing ? woii-balanced and comprehendive mind, that eminently i qualities him for a legislator June 2S MANY VOTERS. Dut?b,cr*> Lightulug FI y-Kl Uer Makes quick work with dies, and if rom j meuced early, keeps the honae clear sit I summer. Look ou? for imitation? u* i DUTCHER'S only. June 26 Imo MARRIAGE: AND CELIBACY, AI. Essay ot Warning and Instruction foi Young Men Ah>o, Diseases and Abuse? ! which prostrate tho vital power?, with ?ore means ot relief Sont free of charge in sealed letter envelopes. Address Dr. J ' SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Associa I tion, Philadelphia, Pa. April 19 3mo i COLGATE'S MOSEY SOAP. Thia celebrated Toilet Soap, m suan : univor?ai demand, is made from the i cbolceat materials, i? mild and ?mol j lieut iu ita uatnre. fragrantly sssntsA, ? and extremely be??flclal in its action : upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists ? and Fancy Goods Dealers. March 38 Iv BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE. j The Origiual ana Beat iu the World. The only true and perfect HAIR DYE. ; Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous ; Produces immediately a splendid Black or natural Brown, without injuring the hair ? or skin. Remedies the ill effects of bad ; dyes. Sold by all Druggists. Tho genuine , is signed William A. Batchelor. Also, RE? GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLE ' FLEURS, for Restoring and Beautifying , the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR, i Oct 25 ly New York Notice to City Tax-Payers. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, C OLUMBIA, Julv 2, 1366. TAXES on sales of Merchandize, sale? on Commission, ?ales at Auction, Ac, for tho quarter ending July 1, are due, and ' prompt payment of the ?ame is required st , this office. J. s. MCMAHON, July A 12_city Clerk. j Mortgages and Conveyances of Real E? I tate for ?ale st this office.