Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Somo lingorcd at tho close of meeting To ?ivo thoir brethren friendly greeting; 1'vo not the power of repeating -1 All that was said that noon. Tor brilohor, ba?i?'r, lawyer, teacher, People of every trade and feature, All orMoliad thA,humble preacher '. That tboy had hoard that morn. The lawyer said, "He'll not snit me; No flowery strains nor fluency, No ?0M6 of philosophy, ; H?Q aormon did adorn." An old man onid, "Ho epoko too low, My hearing, io not good, yon know; Besides, he reads Foo much, and so > I cannot like the man." A ??nter o&id, "Ho is too tall; His hands too largo, his oyes too small; I do not like his looks at ail; . They've, sent us the wrong man. "And then hi? wife, depend upon it, Sholl not euit bore with that gay bonnet; I'm euro oho'had a flower on it; And she onr preacher's wife!" Another pious soul, sincere, Who gave foll fifty couta a year, Said to bia oonaort fair, "My dear, I never ia my lifo "Did go to church tu cri ti c is 0 ; But thia vain man" (he wiped his eyes, And in slower tono ho sighs) never will support." But there aro some, both wiso and good, A blessing to the neighborhood, Who epoko aa Christiano always should, With Christian charity. Ob, could the wind have talked and heard Each idle, criticising word! "Tho servant's not above his Lord," Methinks 'twould sadly moan. Useless attempt to please mankind; Fault-finders you will always And, Though All the virtues be combined In any great divine. E?lOgy on Robert EL Lee, Delivered In tile St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, 'on the Evening of the 1H tn October, by the Her. Dr. B. m. Palmer. - MR. PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN AND LA? DIES: I should have been better pleased had I hoon .permitted to sit as n mere listener to the eloquent tribute of praise to .the memory of the great chieftain who now reposes in the Valley of Death, whioh has just fallen from the lips that have closed. The nature of my calling ao far separates me from public life, that I scaroely feel competent to allude to the themes whioh naturally gather around his memory? When informed that other artists would draw the-?>icture of the great boro, I yielded to trio solicitations of friond?, ja the belief that nothing would bo left lor me to-night but to de? scribe the Christian and the man. "Tba are naturally familiar with the carly lifo of him whose name wo cele? brate, and over whose memory we this night shed oar tears; with his grave and sedate boyhood, giving promise of that reserved strength found in the maturity of bia manhood; with his academia ca? rear afc Weat Poiut, .where he received the highest honora iu a olaBs brilliant with, such names as that of Joseph 12. Johnston; how he served his long ap Srontiooabip in those duties which he isoharged as a graduate of that institu? tion; with his career during the Mexican war* which drew him out from compara? tive - obscurity: and you nm familiar, without repetition, with that great mor? tal and spiritual struggle through which he passed in one night of grief and an? guish; when, abandoning the service in which he had gained so much honor, he laid his sword on the altar of bis native State, and Bwore to live or die in ber de fence. It would be a somewhat singular sub? ject of Speculation for the philosopher if we were to disoovor that national charac? ter is so often expressed in a single indi? vidual as the representative of the alosa. It ia a'wonderful and remarkable field for speculation how great men are born in c?uatere sometimes, and as ono star shines in solitary strength from the ge? neral gathering of a great constellation, filling the sky with the glory which is in that combination, so it is a wonder? ful field for the speoulatiou of the prac? tical, physical, intellectual and moral philosopher, what should make a nar? row strip of land, here and there, all over the world, the mother of great men. This subject may well invite the atten? tion of the most philosophic mind to solve the problem how ancient Greece, with ita indented ooast, inviting to ad? venture, should have been the mother of boroea; how her poets, soolptors, artists, and her science, still; after the lapse of centuries, should have been the educa? tors of mankind, leaving grand and glo? rious monuments, snob, as modern civili? zation, with all its boasted reforms, has never been surpassed or scarcely equal? ed; to investigate the cause, why, iu the 330 years of American history, it should have been assigned to the Old Dominion does not reoognie? a select rac?, and se IeCt individuals of that raco, to make ?them. Bat preterrriitting al! speculation of that sort, when Virginia rjrifolds the scroll of ber immortal sons-not because other illustrious names do not appear iu the constellation, but because theirs shine out from among them-we read tho name of George Washington; and then, Mr. President, after an interval of three-fourths of a century, daring which other deeds are recorded, and names are traced that history will never let die, wo come to the name-the only name in all the anuajs of American history that can be named in this perilous connection that of Robert E. .Lee, the seoond Wash? ington. [Applause.] Well may old Virginia be proud of her twin sous, al? most a century apart, shining like those stars which, combining their glory, throw their splendor over tho world. Sir, this is not artificial rhetoric which Ruggebts thia comparison; because these two great names of American history are naturally linked together, the sug? gestion springs to the lips of every man. It is scarcely possible to disonss the traits of one, without dropping a hint of the mysterious connection which binds the two together. They were alike in the early history of their boy? hood, both earnest, grave and sedate. They were alike in that peculiar purity which belongs Only to a noble boy giving promise of a life, spotless, if not great, until it doses in death. They were alike in that commanding presence which seems the signature which Heaven Sometimes places on the puro sonl, when to that soul is given a fit dwelling; alike in that noble ooarage and commanding dignity whioh needs only to be witnessed to exercise a mesmeric influence, and wbioh subdues and melts with a power that cannot be repressed. They were alike in the remarkable combination and Bymnietry of their intellectual attri? butes, all brought up to the samo equal level; no faculty of the mind overlapped any other; but all wero so equally, so well developed in judgment and reason, in memory, in fancy, that you are al? most disposed to deny him greatness, because no single attribute of the mind was projected on an independent Beale, just as objects sometimes appear smaller to the eye, because of their perfect sym? metry. They were alike above all in that grand, that Christian virtue, which was the climax of the character in both, as told you so beautifully in the tribute j which has been rendered to bis memory by my friend, whose high privilege it was to be the compeer of Lee, although engaged in another sphere of public service. They were alike in their ances? tral fortune, and yet so strikingly dis? similar. The one the representative of a stupendous revolution, which it pleased Heaven to bless, and which gave birth to one of tho greatest nations of the globe, to which was assigned a continent for a homo. The other the representa? tive and agent of a similar revolution, upon which it pleased high Heaven to throw the darkness of its frown, 6o that by carrying upon his heart tho weight of this crush, he was at length stifled by it. And the nation whom he led in battle gathers with spontaniety of grief all over this land, strewn with graves and reddened with blood, and the tenrs ol' a widowed nation, in their bereavement, are shed over his honored grave. But, sir, these rude suggestions, which full almost impromptu, suggest what I do sire to throw before the audience to? night. I accept Robert E. Leo as the true type of the American man and Southern gen? tleman. A brilliant English writer has well remarked, with a touch of philoso? phy, that when a nation is rushing to de? struction, the whole force of the nation will shoot np in one grand character, like the aloe, which blooms and stands for a hundred years, then shoots up in one single sprout; and wherever civilizatiou bas worked r?volution?, it is possible to place the finger on individual men who are the exponents of the nation's cha? racter, after whioh others, though less noble perhaps, have, nevertheless, been fashioned. That gentleness and courtesy, that perfect moderation, that self-com? mand which enabled him to bo so self possessed amidst tho most trying cir? cumstances in bis career, clothed him with tho stainless attribute of a gentle? man, and a character such as that of the purest woman was uuited in him with that massive strength, endurance nnd power which gave to the people whom he led such momentous strength in the long struggle through which be pasfed. Born from tho general lovel of Ameri? cans, the blood of noble ancestry flowed in his veins, and be was the type of tho raoe from which he sprung. But thus democratic in bis birth, such was thu gentleness and simple majesty of his character that bis only peer in social life, perhaps, can bo found in the courts, and among those who have been edu? cated amidst the refinement of courts. In that regard, there was something beautiful and appropriate in the idea that he should becoino in later life the educator of the young; and, sir, it is a cause of mourning before Heaven that be was not spared thirty years to edu? cate a generation for the time that is to come for this widowed South; that in the days when the red banner of battle shall be unfurled again, her sons might fight ander his banner, or send forth those sons to sit at his feet as disciples of the Muses, and he a teacher of phi? losophy; BO that, with his imperial in? fluence, his more than regal character, his majestic form, and all his intellectual and moral attributes, he might flt those that should como in future, modeled after himself, to take tho trusts fallen from his shoulders, and bear them to generations unborn. But, sir, General is tbe ^ of'lh^ to 1865. They wrong tis, mr, who Bay that it was this Southern land that brought on the revolution of 1776, and thai the South desired the revolution of 1861. And wo are the heirs of all the glory of that immortal struggle; it was purchased with our blood, or the blood of our fathers, which yet flows in these veins, aud which we desire to transmit pure to the sons that are born of our loins. All the traditions of the past sixty years was a portion of our inherits ance, and it never was easy for any great heart or reflecting mind even to seem to part with that inheritance, and enter upon tho perilous undertaking of esta? blishing a new nation. Mr. President, it was my privilege once to be present and listen to a speech by one of the noblest sous of South Ca? rolina, whose name glitters among the galaxy of her great names-for South Carolina was Virginia's sister, and South? ern, and stood by the South in all her struggles. That little State, small in compass, barren in resources,' but great only in the grandeur of her men and the gigantic proportions of those whom she, Hke Virginia, hos produoed. I heard one of South Carolina's noblest sons speak on one occasion: "I walked," said he, "through the tower of London-that groat depository where is gathered all that to English hearts is precious-and when the guide, in the pride of his Eng? lish heart, pointed to the spoils of war, gathered through centuries, I turned and said, 'You cannot point to one single trophy from my people, or my country, though England has been engaged in two disastrous wars with it.' " Sir, this was tho Southern heart thal loved every inch of American soil and every part of that canvas which, as the emblem of ber authority, floated from spire aud mast-head. Aud it was onlv after the anguish of a woman in birt! that this land, which now lies in sorrow and ruin, took upon itself that great pe ril, and embarked in the revolution with tho experience of him whoso praisi is ou our lips to-night. Liko the English Nelson, he only re cognized tho word duty-"let every mai do his doty"-as tho only ensign o: motto. Tearing himself away from al tho associations of early lifo, and abau doning tho servico in which ho hal gained such honor, he made up his mini to embark in the cause, and, with mode ratiou and firmness, expressed his will ingness to live for his native State, an< do all aud auy duty assigned to him. accept him iu his noble teaching equally as the representative of the South in hi retirement. It cannot escape any Bpeak er, the dignity of that retirement, when beneath that apple tree at Appomattox he surrendered his Rword to tho genere on tho other side; then withdrawal from public observation, withholdiu himself from all conceivable complier tious, he devoted himself to the on great work which he undertook to dh charge. So, sir, this laud of ours obej cd; quiet, submissive, resigned, yt without resigning those immortal prii ciples which aro the convictions of a lif< time, aud which lie buried in the recesi es of tho human heart. Sir, all over this land of ours ther are men like Lee-not as grout, not i symmetrical in tho development of chi racter, or as grand in the proportion which they have reached, but who, lik him, are sleeping upon memories tin aro holy as death, and who, amidst a reproaches, appeal to the future and t the tribunal of history, when she sha render her Anal judgment of that str^f gio, and of tho people who embarked i that struggle. We are serene, r?sign?e obedient, sleeping upou solemu mem< ries; but UH said bv tho poet-prophet i the Good Book: "Hesleepeth, but tl heart waketh"-waketh as it looks fort from the watch tower into the futur ouly praying now to Almighty God tin those who have conquered may at lea have the grace to preserve our coustiti tion intact. Aud, sir, if it were rc privilege to speak to the people all ov< tho entire land, I would utter with pr found emphasis that no people ever tr versed the moral ideas which underl the character of the constitution at tho laws, that did not in tho end peri: in disaster, shame and dishonor. Wha ever muy be the glory of modern civil zalion and its vast achievements it st holds true t hat truth is immortal ai ideas rulu the world. Aud now, sir, li ave but a single word to say, and tb is, that the gruvo of tim noble hero bedewed with the most tender at sacred tears over shed on human tom I was sitting iu my study this nftcrno< striving to strike some parallel betwei tho first Washington and the secon and I asked my own heart the que tion: "Sitting upou the rniu of uti yo hopes would yon not accept tho far and the glory and tho career of Rob? E. Leo just as soon tis the fame and t! glory and the career of tb? immort mau who was his predecessor?" S: there is a pathos in fallen fortune whi stirs thu sensibility and stirs the fou tains of human feeling; and I am n sure) but that at this moment Napoleo HS tba strange guest of the Prnssi King,- is not grander than when ascended the throne of Franoe. There ia a grandeur iu misfortu when borne by a noble heart, a heart tl bas strength to endure without bondi or breaking. Perhaps I slide natura into this comparison, for it is my pi vince to teach that our hearts are me to taste both sweetness and human wi and through human woe tho henrt 1 comes pun tied-and what is true in 1 individual case is oftentimes intens true of a nutiou in the collective. shrunken form and drew the hood over her oyes, remembering her son who foll at Gettysburg or Fredericksburg, now to-night join us and ronows her dirge over him wbo was that son's chieftain and guide, commander and friend; .and the whole nation bas arisen in sponta niety of grief, rendering tribute of its love for him. Sir, there is a unity in the grapes as they grow in clusters upon the vine; hold a branch in the hand, and you speak of it; but there is another unity of the grapes when thrown into thc wine pipes, and under the feet of thoso who trample upon them almost profanely, and their rich forms mingle and their red blood flows together in a communion of wine; and such in the union nnd com? munion of the hearts that have been forced together by this misfortune, and we come here in a trne feeling of honest grief and affliction, to render tribute of praise to him upon whose face we shall never look again, until that immortal day when wo shall behold it transfigured before the throne of God. New York Advertisements. EST AB. BaOCH MORGAN'S SONS' 1690. FOR GENERAL HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES Is BETTER and CHEAPER than Soap. Doca UB work quickly, caeily, and with IOBB labor tban any other compound; cleans icin < to tos without water; removes stains from wood, marble and stone; cleans and brightens fen ices and table ware; for general house cleaning ia unequalled; polishes tin, brasa, iron, copper and steel; removes oil, rust and dirt from machinery; removes stains from tho hand which soap will not takeoff, Ac. Sold at all Grocery, Drug and Notion Stores. _," (221 Waahiugton street, N. Y. Wholesale, . ;J(J 0xfm.d ?Jcct> London. Aug 10 t7mo ~ M1JR^ELL~& TANNAH?XLT" COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION M Ell CU ANIS, No. 130 PEAUL STREET, NEW YonK. Cash Advances made on Shipments. ROBT. MURRELL. ROBT. TANNAHILL. Oct (j Ira The Saargest anc O] CHINA, GLASS, E. AN HOUSE - PURNI so UT ii o r i Oct 7 THE subscriber is now roceiv above, direct from the mu imf ac YORK PRICES. A fall lino of CHOK w ggMfek HARD) WE have recently made large adddition to have been had since tho war. All our o! New Goods at 1 CARPENTER TOOLS, ^oea^il Blacksmith Tools, /$TWW?*? Masons' Toola and Farming Im- ///f\ Iffl plementa, illilt\\j_ L-lILu-a Carri ago Material, ???lj?2iMft??fl Building Material, IttTf^S?iftfT Trimming Material and House- \??P>,i0M| furnishing Goods, ^^^^jnEH Our friends who favor us with their orders fo the hotUm of the market in these and all other i Sopt 25 3mo LORICB -o HART WHOLESALE, NO. 3 RETAIL, CORNER KING ? CIIAKL.KS1 Agents for Fairbanl A*: BUBDICK'S NATI01 PEALE HOES, IRON, STEEL, HOLLOW WARE, MILL STONES, AGRICULTURA! Sept 15 49* f Largest and most complete 1 "?a. $W J Manufactory o? Doors, Bashes, "?o J Blinds, Mouldings, Ac, in the ' -?? 4^- [Southern States. J "5? Printed Price List defies competition. Rend for one. Sent free on application. April 8_+lv Kinsman 8*P Howell, Factors and Commission Merchants. Liberal Advances made on Cotton and Naval Stores. Charleston y S. C. Sept G_3mH T. F. naomi-:. B. it. HUOOINS. U. C. HUDGINB. BRODIE & CO., COTTON Factors and Commission Merchants, North Atlantic Wharf, CHARLESTON, 8. C. LIBERALadvanccs made on Consignments. Befer to ANDREW SIMONDS, Eeq., Presi? dent 1st National Bank, Charleston, S. C. Aug 21 Hmo ESTA i lias H KU 1811. OUSBEIXOS cfc? 33 AIT ?'TTY. Booksellers and Stationers, 263 Baltimore titrett, Baltimore, HAVE tho largest and best assorted stock in tho city of School, Medical and Law, and Dental, Classical and Miscellaneous BOOKS. An immense supply ol general Bank and Counting-House STATIONERY. Blank Rooks made to order in any style of Binding and Ruling. Tho Bame careful attention given to Orders as to personal purchases. Inside Figures al ways. Send for Catalogues, kc. Sept 21 .Imo" ^"ine Gold Watches OF all descriptions, for Ladies and Gentlemen, for salo at WILLIAM GLAZE'S, One door North of Messrs. Scott & Williams' Bankincr House. Dec 16 Bagging. Rope, Twine and Cotton Ties. AFULL SUPPLY constantly on hand and for salo low, by J. A T. R. AGNEW. I Choicest Stock ^ RT HEN WARE D SH IN G GOODS ! .1 L TIM 0 R E. lng bis FALL and WINTER SUPPLY of the turcrs, and offerB them to consumers at NEW ALSO, 3E KEROSENE GOODS. 33. ?TAKrii33T. loiot ?VARE RIBS. our stock of HARDWARE, at lope prices than d stock AT CObT AND L'^SS THAN COST. ?educed Prices: FANCY GROCERIES, ?\ Wines and Liquors, of every t*.^ grade-an immense stock. Canner! Goods, Syrups, Chewing and Smoking To? bacco, Sugar, Coffee, Ac, EST PRICES. r BAGGING and TIES, will always find us at looda. TERMS CASH. : & LOWRANCE. "TV j?k. 23 . & CO., 9 II A Y NE STREET, IND MARKET STREETS TON. s. c. ks' Standard Scales o ?AL HAY CUTTER. GUNS, NAILS, CHAINS. TIN WARE, BOLTING CLOTH, . IMPLEMENTS. 3m Aug 27 E. H. HEINIT8H, DroggHt/g A. NEW DISCOVERY ! I < ! PHALOIVS ( TIT^IA;^ Salvation for the,Hair. 1 . ? but* CLEAR A^YATER! :,i WITHtWLSEDIMENT II . i - L OPENTi^THE LIGHT U?t iii i .fsaoi For Restoring to Gra^iair its Original Color] PHALON'S "ViTALLi^Hffers ut? terly from all tjy^iair coloring ^ preparations^ieretofore usedl';.. It is lbBrpid, sweet smellingj""' prec?mates no muddy or slimy ^.y mather, requires no shakingtinti & paris no stain to the skin. Hold ' it toYhe light and it is clear and.. cloul?ess. It leaves no mark on the seato; yet it reproduces in . gray hairtf^enaturalcolor that time or sicKTrB^flrnay have - bleached out of it^^^ C^Phalon's Vitali^^?M . is for one sole purposc>J|fiat of *\ reproducing,^' itli absa?rute cer?;,jr tainty, the natura^noior of the i hair. It is noWnintended as a daily dressio^nor for removing" j scurf or ?ondru?F; nor for cu* .> ring baroness; nor for stimula^ , ting t*e growth of the hair.-^ u Thes* objects may be accom-; : plishJd after the color has been/..! fixed the Vitalia, by Pha* lon's Chemical Hair Invigo- , rator. THE ViTAbr^ita harmless; and unequaled prepIratioh.?Qfi j the reproduction of Sie origi? nal hue of gray hair,alid noth? ing else. This is accomplished in from two to ten ajaplications&T according to thed^th of sh^d'^;.. required. Sg?royall druggist?,' K Ay er's V? 1 * . liv ?ti Hair Vigor j For restoring Gray Halr .fe), ils natural Vitality and Color.: ? dressing which ? is at onoo agreeable, healthy, and effectual for preserving .'the bair. Faded or gray hair is soon ? restored, to its original color, :' reith the gloss and freshness of youth. Thin hair ia thick? ened, falling hair checked, and- bald? ness often, though not always, cured hy its use. Nothing can restore' the hair where the follicles aro destroyod!,, or the glan.ls atrophied und decayed. But such as remain can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of fouling tho hair with a pasty sedi? ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.'. Its occasional usc will prevent the Bair? from turning gray or falling off,'ip?nd^ consequently prevent bnldnesa^, Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dangerous, and injurious to the hair, the Vigor ' Can only benefit but not harm it. -If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSIJ??J, nothing elso can he found so) &*^tj|ev. Containing neither oil nor dyo, it. does not soil white cambric, and yet ?asta long on the hair, giving it a rioh,%glos3y lustre and a grateful perfume. Prepared by Dr. J, C. Ayer & Co., PRACTICAL AND ANALYTIC AX'[?p^ik^j^ . ' LOWELL, MAfli?. ;'; j ? - '. V J J Ml j_'^?r.. PHIOB $1.00. _tiy_o. H. moy, Anent Bolted Corn Heal. OK BARRELS, in fino order, for sala by 8cnt > EDWARD HOPE.