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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Horning* Jone ?. 1869. ^.?::,vrT-^_-. ?rt ?, ? ? T-.Y , ?, M Hollywood Memorial D*jr. The Richmond papers contain lengthy reports of the decoration of the Confede? rate gravee in Hollywood Cemetery, on Wednesday last From the Enquirer and Examiner we extract the following: The scene was beautiful and impres? sive. To see the noble women, and prat? tling bnt earnest children Mattering upon the graves of men who had died amidst the storm and fury of battle the richest offerings of Flora's kingdom? was most touching and impressive. The grounds have been handsomely laid off, the gotten paved thronghont tho cemetery, each grave marked in a permanent manner, and the memorial pile ol granite, in the oentre of the graves, so far constructed as to show that when it shall be completed it will be a beautiful and lasting monument to the brave men who sleep around it. The wives and mothers and sisters of the Sooth may rest assured that the last resting places of those they loved and cherished whilst living, will bo kept green and he properly attended to by the ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Asso? ciation.'. That the interest of the Asso? ciation and of the citizens of Biohmond has suffered no abatement, was folly de? monstrated yesterday1. In the city everything wore a, Sunday aspect. Many places of business were closed, and all who could leave v/ent ont to pay their tribute of respect to the dead, and to reader to the ladies of the association such assistance as they need? ed in their labor of love. The custom inaugurated by the Memo? rial Association of our city, of laying a yearly offering of flowers on the graves of oar fallen heroes, is a most beautiful one, and we hope the day is far distant when it shall fall into disuse. When thc present generation shall have passed away, that which succeeds it will take their places, and keep tho graves of oui soldiers, and their memories, green ir their hearts. They were brave men, and deserve the lasting gratitude of thc Seoplo of Biohmond and the who!? onth. This-the third anniversary of th< Memorial Association of Hollywood Ce metery-was celebrated with all the so lenin rites and ceremonies due to the sa cred occasion. The noble women o Biohmond have made the care and gu ar dianship of the soldiers' section of thi beautiful cemetery their own peoulia province, and each succeeding annivez eary the graves of our dead soldiers ar decorated with flowers by their oompaa sionate and tender hands. Many a sor heart, mourning for the lost and loved who fills a warrior's grave in that distan "city of the dead," is soothed and core f orted in the knowledge that kind heart and pious hands defend it from neglec ^ and time. There was neither harangu nor oration; no "sounding brass or tinl ling cymbal;" but a solemn, orderly gi thering of tho citizens of Richmond bearing wreaths and flowers, to be lai decently, quietly and reverently on tb graves of tho brave soldiers who yielde life for the holy cause of duty and coui try. None were forgotten. The naru less demi were remembered, and adorne by the same hands whioh laid their ti bates on the grave of Stuart, the Vi ginia Paladin, and the gallant Pegrar The "Lost Cause" ia dead in fast, but is a mournful satisfaction that we cs pay our homage to those who gave i life in defence of their rights. AU hom to the women of Virginia, to the wornt of the South, who formed and carried perfection their beautiful scheme-wi have assumed and so honorably di charge their sacred duties; who have d monstrated that sweet Christian ohari which is tho crowning glory of love womanhood. -o ?.Lt? Un Have Peuce!" The Washington Star speaks as folio' of the'd?coration of Federal graves Arlington, and tho desecration of the nt row homes of the Confederates: 1 'As WK FOBGIYE THOSE W>10 TRESPE AGAINST us."-There happens to be I the mysterious dealings of Providence that Providence which, nccordiug to he writ, marks the fall even of a sparrow about thirty graves of rebel dead ia t ceinotery at Arlington. On Saturday li the business of this oity stood still witness a ceremony instituted by t Grand Army of the Bepublio, of stre iog tho graves of soldiers with flowe The orator of the occasion lifted, as were, by bis own uloquence to the pl? of our couimou humanity, reasonod peace, forgiveness, and good will to I memory of our late enomies-in-arms. is proverbially oasicr for those to forg who have conquered, or for a man w a sense of injury to extend the hand forgiveness to his neighbor who hos jured him, than for those who have o quered to forget the bitterness of deft or for him who has committed wr< lu against anothor to kiss the cheek thu . ; \ proffered him. Tho Scriptures tell us way to punish an enemy is by proi HH^ forgiveness-and how by this act we r J\ heap coals of Uro ou his head. Sk . . ^ The chance interment of the poor re? mains aforementioned inside the palinps of the National Cemetery-there to min? gle with the dust and await, with all the rest, the coming of tho Saviour of man? kind-seems to have excited the jealousy of those entrusted with the management of this ceremony. A jfaard which walked over at?d upon th? graves was stationed to prevent the casting of - flowers on them. It was the valiant office of these sentinels to pick: the flowers that sympa? thizing friends had placed there, off the little mounds that marked the last resting place of the rebel dead. The eloquence of the oratorj when he reasoned of for? given 033 and good Will, seems to have smitten with poor effect upon the ears of the Committee of Arrangements, whose guard was engaged the while in such an exhibition of immeasurable meanness. Even the commonest axiom of human feeling waa forgotten, and the dignity and propriety of the occasion was lost altogether in the distinction whioh was ordered to be made by plaoing a guard with boyonets fixed to prevent tho intru? sion of any marks of sympathy for th? rebel graves. The show of sympathy for unfortunate rebels might have been better timed that on a day dedicated, it now appears, tc such exclusiveness. It ought not to hav< been made to provoke the jealous folb that showed itself on this occasion. I was bad taste to intrude such sympathy Upon a day thus appointed and appro printed. These graves without a t ri bu ti wonld have been more eloquent of mis fort-un0, wonld have plead with more el feet to the generous hearts of all gooi men and women there assembled, hui they been left alone without a token The guard, would then h av o had ai empty office to perform, and by thi reason one more conspicuously mean. Against such a'duty'tue living soldiet of the republic would have had a goo right to protest. They will certaiol never be oalled upon to do a duty mor contemptible than that set apart for thei on Saturday last. Every decent Amer can citizen will disclaim it. The offene will recoil in public sentiment with som unpleasantness upon the real offonderi and, though the circumstance is trivii in itself, and no harm oertainly to th dead hos been done thereby, there is significance in the expression of sue sentiments whioh it is the best hope 1 the future that the American peoplo wi learn to look down upon, and most th roughly outlive. Meanwhile, there u: very few but must both pity and despii the offenders not loss than regret the o fence itself. The New York Herald speaks thus 1 the despicable affair! DISGRACING PATRIOTISM.-That ollie of marines who so outraged all the d cenoiesof humanity at Arlington perha thought he was in some way common ing himself for great zeal to the powe that be; and either he has a most unjr tifiable opinion of those powers, or it a bad omen for the country, if they a to be pleased in that way. Does tl functionary reflect the views that previ near headquarters? Is it possible th we cannot see how to be patriots wi thu being brutes? Is it possible that our 1 spect for a great cause requires us to c eroise a mean supervision over the 1 tions and thoughts of those whose si rows differ from ours in their directio Is this horrible tyranny of a majority go into the sacred domain of the gnr too, and shall no one be grieved over, mourned with sentimental usage, if happened to be wrong? Shame on i zeal that pursues a quarrel beyond I grave. In the United States of Ame ca, freedom has been much cramped some time, but we have always desi! to believe that it was only necessarily Permit us, men in authority, to bein that there is still freedom for a worn to go to the grave of her son or her lo and cast upon it a token of her reme brance. If there is not, what better you than the brutal despots that mi Austria a by-word among nations? The following is the special despa to the Herald relative to the matter: The action of a lieutenant and sn guard of marines at Arlington, yes dey, in preventing people from throw florers over the graves of the Confe rato dead, is the subject of much 1 here, to-day, and tho general sen tim is condemnatory. It turns out that offioers of tho Qrand Army of the pnblio were not altogether responsi for what occurred. They merely ranged to have the marines there so to prevent people from making mistal but mistakes were made on the wr side. The marines misunderstood vt they were placed there for, and thou it was part of their duty to insult pe< who happened to throw flowers on graves of the Confederate dead. 1 lieutenant in command, whoso nam given as Shirley, but of which I am certain, was particularly offensive in manner. Seeing a lady throw a si bouquet on one of these graves, this I tenant rushed to tho spot, picked up flowers, and throwing them on ground at his feet, commenced staci] on them in such a manner as to att about him a crowd of,wondering ape tors in a very few minutes. Some ol lookers-on, learning the cause of lieutenant's rage, commenced to mur disapprobation, when the liento shouted out "D-n you, get away 1 here, every one of you, or I'll make Guards, como up here, and disperse crowd." The lieutenant accomps these words with angry gestures, swinging his arms about as if he int isd to pitch generally into the cr His guards answered his call, bul crowd dispersed without waiting to be bayoneted. Aa ex-Union volunteer, writing to the Washington Herald, gives the folio wing account of whet he Baw: While marching with the throng along the central walk of the oemetery, accom? panied by a?rerai ohildren whom I had supplied with flowers, I noticed a crowd and a squad of a?rerai marines gathered about a small plat in the gtouuds, to the right of the walk, jost to the North of the little foot bridge. We walked on across the bridge, and, haring giren oar tribute to the dead, wo returned. The crowd was still at the little plat.. Four marines and a sergeant, assisted at inter? vals by two officers, were pacing np and down, not oo the walks or between the graves, but literally across the graves of some thirty soldiers. Upon examina? tion, I found that they were Confederate dead. Several ladle*, erideutly not knowing that they were Confederates, and with no intention of exhibiting any special, quietly placed their offerings upon the graves. They wore at once accosted by the geards, who eompellec them to take them up. Several gentle? men were treated in ? like manner. ] saw one Union soldier who was foroed tc take back the offering he had made t< peace and forgiveness. An ex-Uoioi officer, well koowa to me, was orderet to receive back a few roses that he had without knowledge of the,, forbiddei ground, strewn upon the grave of on of these soldiers. Astonished, mystiflet and disgusted, I asked ooe of the guard the source of the orders. He told mi that they came from the superintendeo of the cemetery, whose name I do no know. The people demand to know fror whence these orders came, that the rc 8ponsibility may be placed where i should rest. They demand to kne whether a subordinate oan shape thu the policy of a government, or whethe the hoad of the Government and th army has sanctioned this act, and thc explains and interprets his oracular "Lt us have peace." They demand to ku o for what purpose were these dead Cot federates buried there, aod how lon they are to remain? Was it that the should be thus insulted, and are they I remain there as long as our nation liv? to bo on every anniversary literally troi den ander foot by the uniformed repr soututives of the Government, poiatc out as aa example that we will wrea vengeance ever upon the bodies of des enemies. The course pursued at Arlinj ton is in strong contrast with that whic prevailed ia Alexandria yesterday. The: all the graves were honored alike, flows having been strewn upon Confedera and Union without distinction. HUMANE AND JUST.-Tho Ber. hi Frothiogbam, however, delivered a di course ia New York on the day of tl decoration of the Union dead, which ia striking contrast to the above. I concludes os follows: "I mean all who died ia the war we equally victims. The Southerner and t! Northerner-those who fell with us ai t hose who fell against us-all were vi tims laid on the same altar. I wou wish that we do all this as ono natio Let ns strew these flowers not oo Nort ero graves alono, but on Southern grav also. They were equally brave, th were all equally faithful to their ide their valor was oommoa, their feeli was common, their endeavor was 001 mon, and the same devotion to tb cause was common to each; and each si was devoted to its ideal-one side co h entirely than the other. Northerner a Southerner each oherished his purpos each had hope, each was full of cot dence of the ability of his Qod; es opened his Bible; each made his pray to the same Deity who directed the b tie; they were common viotims, laid 01 common altar, in a common cause. C we ought by this time to be able to justice to the purposes as well as to I spirit of our foes. They bore more tl we did; they sacrificed more than did. Their homes were burned o thier heads by fiery shells, oars were 1 untouched. They were obliged to b their heads as conquered, we are pr leged to raise oars as conquerors, would drop a tear on one of their grn as quickly rs on oue of our own; an am willing to affirm that the guilt i not their's alone. We were all sine together. * * * These men fll their place, aot shrinking, not swervi They only knew that they were un orders, and in their place. Who? they wore, let us remember that they their duty; they were good soldiers, was a great word: sweet, lovely, it i die for one's country. A greater w is this: sweoter, lovelier, is it so to that ono's couutry shall be sweet lovely." -o INTERNAL BEVENUE BECEIITS Dur THE FISCAL YEAH.-The receipts fi internal revenue from ./ano 30, 186S May SI, 1809, elevea mouths of the cul year, amouut to $136,196,655, from customs about $166,000,000, n ing a total of over $302,000,000. I mating the receipts from internal r nue ut $25,000,000 for the pre month, which closes the fiscal year, from customs at $15,000,000, it will seen that there has been a falling oj the former from the last fiscal yea about $30,000,000, dio the custom ceipts will show a. ncreaso of al $17,000,000. In the aggregate there be.a falling off during the preses compared with the last fiscal yea; about $18,000,000. ' -o A writer in the Revohuion demand wives equal pay with wet-nurses. again this af ter? ming,) by the Post ^J. -W. Harrison, the'Blue Ridge Railroad Company, is at the Columbia Hotel, and Judge J. L. Orri ia , at the Nickerson Hoose. . . , ( , -r-^- O Henry Makey, (colored,) charged wita T"ne~murJer'oTMr.'~Alexander Reilly seve ?t'yeWrsligcr, bdt'<rho was convicted of manslaughter at the-late Court of Gene? ral Sessions for Riehland, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the Connty jail for six months, has been pardoned by Gov. Scott. ARREST OP A SUTI'OSED COUNTERFEITER. The ?hief of Police arrested, yesterday, an individual describing himself as John M. Oliver, of Virginia, upon the charge of passing counterfeit 25 cent U. S. cur? rency. Tho charge is sustained by the affidavit of Mr. Richard Weam. The not?is badly executed; but the glaring peculiarity is the position of the gilt figures on the back-being placed upside down. The accused was examined be? fore the U. S. Commissioner James Brown, Esq., and committed to prison. As the said Oliver arrived at this point by way of Cherawyit is likely he has dis? tributed bis notes in his route, and we caution the public to be on the alert for tho presence of such counterfeits. SKILLFUL WORKMANSHIP.-To Mr. T. T). Kline, muster machinist of the Char? lotte and South Caroliua Railroad Work Shops, aro we indebted for tho prompt and very skillful manner in which ho prepared several pieces of iron work in? dispensable in a printing office-"side" and "foot-sticks. Tho job would do credit to any establishment engaged ex? clusively on newspaper material. We were fully aware that in the manufacture of any article pertaining to cars or loco? motives, the railroad employees were au \fait; but we have positive evidence now of their ability to carry out Sam. Patch's motto, that "some things can be done as well as others." WHAT IS THE CAUSE OP IT?-The springs along the banks of the canal, from Geiger's mill to tho site of tho old bridge, have ah-oat entirely dried up. The water in the wells nt the Penitentia ary hes also nearly given out, which causes a great deal of inconvenience. While a gentleman in the lower portion of the city states that during the past week he has been forced to lengthen his well rope nearly fifteen feet, in order to got water enough for the use of his family. His well, heretofore, has been one of the best in the city. Similar re? ports are mude relative to other wells in tho Western portion of the city. What reason can be assigned for this general dry np? --o THE XIX CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MA OAZINE.-The first number of this new Southeru monthly, which has made such a sensation in Charleston, is before ns, Wo can only endorse the praise bestowed upon it by our city contemporaries.* There is not an uninteresting pago be? tween! the covers. The "Sooty-graphs," at which the Charlestonians hove laughed so much, aro a series of cuts, represent? ing members of the Legislature in vari? ous attitudes of public speech, and tho language thereof, while the literary de? partment consists of sparkling, racy and pathetic articles, which alternately draw on smiles and tears. Tho "Adventures of the Blockade Runners;" "Reminis censes of Confederate Camps and Fields, by Personue;" "Evening with a Spiritu? alist," and "The Old Lawyer's Story," are strikingly interesting. Tho editorial department is colloquial, amusing, and full of entertainment. Under the unique title of "Dishes aud Spoons," a special chapter of recipes is devoted to the la? dies: while tho planter and professional man may glean many valuable hints from tho caroful compilations of facts on agriculture and science. The work is beautifully printed, and tho exterior title page a novelty in tho way of magazine engraving. Politics are ignored, and the aim of the Century Company is to make it in cvory way a representative work, of which, os a, people, we may be proud. As a Southern magazine in in? ception and execution, we commend it to the public. Pried, $3.50 per annum. 35 cents for single njambers. Mr. F. A. DeFontaine, the business agent of the Century, is in Coln re bia* and will remain a few days, for tho surpose of receiving .subscriptions and advertisements. JOB OJOTOS. ia prepared to printing, from vii to pamphlets an material and Ara faction is guaran does not come np nooharge. With business men hav work North. be Phoenix Job Office conto every jgjjfif?' of g and business1'cards , books. With ample lass workmen, satia? te all. If our work o contract, we make is understanding our io excuse for sending Nsw AnvsBTisalpNts.-'Attention is called to the follo&ng advertisements, published the first ?ao this morning: D. 0. Peixotto A ma-Building Lots. J. 8. McMahon-nbtioe.. James Brown-Wea Paper. E. & G. D. Hope-ap Correspondents. C. Hoofman-Frui&nd Crackers. Meeting Directors Alwood Cemetery. The following are Se names of the townships into whiohVarlington Dis? trict has been dividectSherman, Lin? coln, Lonny, Brown, ?Thad. Stevens, Wright, Butler, Hollymfa, Sloith, Whit temore, Snetter, Humwrey/V?homas, Grant, Colfax, Kol li us. 1? V Abbeville, Horry, YcW and Union have gone Democratic. \ho majority in Abbeville was only 53; un the other Counties named, tho nijorities were very large. Laurens, Wob ably, has gone Republican. In thtklast named, the defeat of the Demoern was owing entirely to independent candidates. A New Orleans wife-beafceticonfronted in court with the swollen BM inflamed countenance of his wife, wa? asked by the Judge what he had to saylbout that, "Why, that's erysipelas; it sta heredi? tary complaint in my fa mi ly V was the response. I The Japanese are coming fi Califor? nia, 120 families being alreacY on the way. In tho course of time mliforoia will present a beautiful state d' things under the fifteenth amendment. \ Mr. F. A. Calhoun, of Abbeville, a nephew of the great statesman, lied on Sunday last, after a short illness. \ -o \ Thirty-one years under one minage ment, the AMERICAN HOUSE has Aro wu . from a small hotel to the largest iuVNew England. 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