The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 06, 1875, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Thursday Horning, May 6,1876.
Memorial Day.
As appropriate to this hallowed occa?
sion and in lieu of any thoughts which
we could prosent upon it, wo copy Home
passages of a recent address delivered
bofore one of the finest audieuces ever
assembled in Baltimore by S. Teucklo
Wallis, Esq., who is known far and wido
and most favorably as lawyer, poet, man
of letters, orator and true patriot It
was inspired by a contemplation of the
character'and services of General B. E.
Lee, and is a noble appeal for just judg?
ment upon the cause which lacked only
strength and final success to havo been
emblazoned on the page of history and
cherished in the hearts of men:
The men who fought in the same cause
with Lee, and aU whose hearts were with
them, ate bound in honor to abide by
the arbitrament they sought They are
bound tD accept defeat and its legitimate
consequences in as good faith as they
would nAVe accented victory. They are
bound to' obey the laws and support the
Constitution; to fulfill to the letter every
duty of citizenship, and answer freely
every call- of patriotic obligation. But
they are not bound to. defile the ashes of
their dead, or to submit in silenco to in
{'ustice or dishonor. They may havo
teen wrong. That is fair matter of opi?
nion, and posterity will judge them.
They may havo been unwise. There is
no absolute criterion on earth of what is
wise, and none of us have reason to
think, like tho friends of holy Job, that
we are the people, and that wisdom shall
die with us. But the men of the South
are entitled to stand before mankind as
a people who, believing they were right
and acting with what wisdom they know,
set hope and existence on the die. They
have a right to resent and denounce im?
putations on their purposes and motives.
When iuoj rca? in political journals and
discourses, pr hear from the halls of
legislation or the. bench of justice, that
for 6,000,000 of free-born men to separate
? themselves from a popular government
of which they formed a part and set up
ond.be governed by another which they
preferred, was "wicked rebellion"?on
? effort to overthrow society and turn back
the current of civilization?they have a
right to say that the time has come when
educated people should be ashamed of
such things. They are the froth of the
> angry waters, and should have passed
-away with the storm. Until they cease
to sully the stream, tho Berenity of peace
>'.ud brotherhood can never be reflected,
like Heaven, from its bosom.
Suoh devices and phrases are not new.
They are as old as foolishness and foul
language. I have before me a copy from
a Tory "Extra" of 1777, chronicling the
retreat of Washington across the Harlem
River, and denouncing the cause in
which he was enlisted as "the most
wicked, daring and .unnatural rebellion
that ever disgraced the annals of history."
The ingenuity and eloquence of our own
day, with all the modern improvements,
have not been able, I believe, to add a
single epithet to this pleasing expression
of by-gone loyalty. And yet, ten years
.after it was written, or, at all events,
after the revolution was over, I am sure
that all reasonable Tories, and certainly
all sensible Englishmen, would havo
? agreed to laugh at it and forget it. We
. are ourselves about to demonstrate, by a
centennial commemoration, how entirely
nature has recovered from the shock
which that "rebellion" was supposed to
have given. True, it was successful, and
that, unquestionably, makes some dif?
ference?but only with timo-servers. We
ore dealing now with moralists, and they
wiU never, I suppose, suggest that wick?
edness ceases to be wicked because tho
horn of the ungodly happens to be ex
- alted.. If Grant had surrendered to Lee,
they would still have died in the convic?
tion that'secession was a heresy ; that the
ways of Providence were inscrutable, if
not unconstitutional, (according to Story's
Commentaries,) aud that truth and rea?
son are not questions of numbers, artil?
lery or ammunition.
I mako these observations here in no
spirit of unkindness or contention. You
would resent, and with justice, the in?
trusion of post or present controversial
issues upon on occasion dedicated only
to reverent and gentle memories of tho
dead. But I feel, in common with all to
whom those niomories are dear, that
silenco concerning such things as I have
mentioned is no longer consistent with
proper self-respect So long as the bit?
terness of party can be profitably stirred
? by worn-out catch-words of the war, we
must, of course, expect to hear them
from the lips of those to whom profit is
a compensation for shame. But we have
a right to appeal from these to the men
who lead opinion, because they nro
worthy and entitled to lead it We have
a right to throw upon them the responsi?
bility which belongs to their influence,
their intelligence?nay, their taste, their
breeding and their manners. And for
saying this respectfully, but earnestly
and frankly, I know of no better occasion
than the present when we are honoring
one who, though a "rebel" of "rebels," if
there were any suoh, was, by common
consent, the soul of honor, and than
whom no man living dares to say that he
or his are purer or better. And when I
remember how his generous and un?
selfish nature would have scorned to
place upon a lower level than his own
the purposes and motives of the hum?
blest of the soldiers who gave all to the
same cause and the same country?living
or dying, in defeat or viotory, half-naked
in the field, half-famished on the maroh
and in the camp, but heroes always?I
feel as if I did his bidding in his earnest
protest against further maligning their
good name.,
Mr. Wallis read some extracts from a
letter' of the. illustrious soldier, which
had never seen. the.. light before, and
which show through what sad struggles
of both heart and mind he passed to
rjw he felt to be his duty. Many a
'feaUant gentleman, who fought beside
' ''?&? ib.*nv another in tho opposing
nost, as the eloquent speaker said,
grieved with 'as deep a grief as Lee, to
draw his swoid. This letter is their
completeiflndieaaiaa a* well as his own,
who here lay* Dare his heart throbbing
with a love for country and the country's
glory **d granr^ur only loss mighty
and sacred than the sacred love of right,
truth and honor. Indeed it was a great
cause which engaged the devotion of a
soul like Lee'sl It was s deep injury
Which he felt to bo meant and designed
against his country and section, and
all true constitutional government, which
could induce him, standing in the
Eosition he did, and loyal, true and
onorablo in every fibre of his being, to
abandon the service which ho bad
honored and loved. The letter bears
date January 10, 1801, and waa written
from Fort Mason, near San Antonio, in
Texas. It was addressed to a young
lady, a relative of his, for whom he had
great affection, and passages of it were
written as a message to her father. Al?
luding to the homes of two families of
friends, he said:
"I think of the occupants of both very
often, and hope some day to see them
again. I may novo the opportunity soon,
for if the Union is dissolved, I shall re?
turn to Virginia to shore the fortune of
my people. But before so great a cala?
mity befalls the country, I hope all ho?
norable means of maintaining the Con?
stitution and the equal rights of the
pooplo will be first exhausted. Tell
your father he must not allow Maryland
to be tacked on to South Carolina before
the just demands of the South have been
fairly presented to the North and rejected.
Then, if the rights guaranteed by the
Constitution are denied ub, and the citi?
zens of ono portion of the country are
granted privileges not extended to the
other, wo can, with a clear conscience,
separate. I am for maintaining all our
rights, not for abandoning all for the
sake of one. Our national rights, liberty
at home and security abroad, our lands,
navy, forts, dock-yards, arsenals and in?
stitutions of every kind. It will result
in war, I know?fierce, bloody war. But
so will secession, for it is revolution and
war at lost, and cannot bo otherwise, and
we might as well look nt it in its true
character. There is a long message, A?,
for your father, and a grave ono, which 1
had not intended to put in my letter to
you; but it is a subject on which my se?
rious thoughts often turn, for as nn Ame?
rican citizen, I prize my Government
and country highly, and there is no sacri?
fice I am not willing to mako for their
preservation, save that of honor. I trust
there is wisdom and patriotism enough
in the country to save them, for I cannot
anticipate so great a calamity to the na?
tion as the dissolution of the Union."
Alas! alas! that the hand which wrote
those touching, anxious words was not
near enough to the helm to avert the
shipwreck! Alns! alas! that no voice
should have been lifted in the land
potent enough to bid the whirlwind
stay! "Who lacked the wisdom?who
lacked the patriotism that Lee invoked,
it is not for me, in this place, nt least, to
say. If they existed, they wero dumb
and helpless, and the whirlwind came.
But I have read enough to you to show
the stuff of which some men wero made
wham they call "rebels"?enough to
show that they who fought, at last, against
the Union, were not always thev who
loved it least, or would least willingly
have died to save it.
Mr. Wallis concluded* with a touching
reference, not to the fame of Leo as it
attracts the admiration of mankind, not
to the qualities which enemies and
friends equally venerate, but to the deep
abiding hold which be keeps in all hearts
where no dwells as a household word and
an abiding memory. This precious love
is nowhere more deeply felt than in our
State, but it baa been nowhere so exqui?
sitely presented as in this discourse, and
all hearta will rejoice in its lofty appre?
ciation. His story and his memory are
linkod with all the hopes and triumphs,
the exultation and despair which mado a
century of those four bitter, bloody,-tor?
turing years. He was to us tho incarna?
tion of bis cause?of what was noblest
in it, and knightlicst und best.
Whatever of perplexity beset his path
before he cboso it, he knew no doubts
when it was chosen. Ho followed whore
it led him, knowing no step backward.
Along with it, through victory and defeat,
our sympathies and prayers went with
him. Around him gathered the fresh,
valiunt manhood of our State, and many
a brave young heart that ceased to beat
beside him, drew him but closer to the
bleeding hearts in all our saddened
homes. These arc tho ties that bind him
to us. Those arc tho memories that
troop around us hero to-night - not of
the far-off hero, belonging to the world
and history, but memories of our hero?
ours -the man that woro the gray. Not
in the valley where he sleeps, uot among
the fields ho made immortal, lives ho, or
will ho live, in fonder recollection than
where Culvert planted freedom.
?'And far und near, through vale und
hill,
Are faces that attest the same;
The proud heart Hashing through the
eyes
At soun*l of his loved name."
And when they tell us, as they do,
those wiser, better brethren of ours?and
toll the world to make it history? that
this, our Southern civilization, is half
barbarism, we may be pardoned if wo
answer: Behold it* product and its
representative! "Of thorns men do not
gather figs, nor of abramblc-bush gather
thev grapes." Here is Robert Leo- -show
us his fellow!
Governor Kellogg has commissioned a
number of Democratic officers in Louis
ana who wore reported as not elected by
the Kellogg Return Board, and it is
heralded as an act of remarkable liberal?
ity upon the part of the usurping Go?
vernor. Considering that, with all he
has done, he has not yet commissioned
half the Democrats and Conservatives
who were honestly elected, we don't see
where the liberality comes in, unless it
is deemed liberal to allow the people of
the South to elect even a fraction of their
public servants.
John D. Lee, the Mormon leader, has
been arraigned' for the Mountain Mea?
dow massacre, committed eighteen years
ago. The party, consisting of over; 100
emigrants, who were fleeing from Mor
mondom, were murdered at Mountain
Meadow, as is alleged and generally be?
lieved, by Mormons disguised as Indians,
under the leadership of Lee, and now,
after the, lapse of many years, he is
brought to the bar of justice to answer
for the crimo.
Cm Matters.?H you are asked to
lend your Phoenix, rmggest to the would
be borrower that he had better subscribe.
Beading matter on every page.
J. Barret Cohen, Esq., of Charleston,
is ct the Colombia.
Capt. J. J. Maekoy, the veteran, is in
the city?a visitor to the tournament.
The Dental Association re-assemblcd,
yesterday, but tninnacted very little busi?
ness.
The Taluiettoes and the Fh?onix boys
will accept our thanks for invitations
to their "receptiona," to-day.
"My goods advertise themselves."
Perhaps your goods know more than you
do.
Tho one thing needful for the perfect
enjoyment of lovd is confidence - Harne
with hash and Hausages.
As soon as a cloud puts in an appear?
ance in the West now pcoplo begin to
expect a tornado.
You can get all stylos of job printing,
from a visiting card to a four-aheet post?
er, at the Phoenix office. Pricea satisfac?
tory.
Drexol's Vienna Boll Cologne, a de?
lightful perfume; try it. For sale by all
druggists and fancy goods dealers. 25c.,
50c. and $1 per bottle
The Calhoun Literary Society of Wof
ford College will accept our thanks for a
card of invitation to their annual cele?
bration, on Monday evening, Juno 2S,
1875.
The 11<-mlrix House has changed
bands, but will bo kept up in the tmnic
popular stylo. Mrs. S. J. Wyatt, who is
a proficient in this business, now has
charge.
We are to havo another variety exhibi?
tion, and one of a superior character,
to-night, at tho Opera House - the Bre
mond Combination. The Augusta papers
speak well of them.
The firemen were busy as bees, yester?
day, and tho different engine houses
looked liko flower gardens and greene?
ries, and the machines tricked out in
holiday attire.
Many people leave off business and
settle down to a life of enjoyment; but
they generally find that they are not
near as happy as they were before, and
they are ofton glad to return to their old
occupations to escape tho miseries of in?
dolence.
The Press Association. -We havo re?
mained uncertain up to this time as to
whether we would take any direct part
in the proposed association of the press.
A meeting of press representatives is to
be held to-day, in Charleston, and we
trust there may be prosent a sufficient
number pervaded by warm interest in
the objects of such association to take the
first step to its successful formation. We
regret that circumstances prevent our
own attendance, but our best wishes
attend upon the deliWrations of our
brethren of tho pen and scissors.
The Tournament.?About 125 firemen
are expocted from Charleston this morn?
ing. The Eaglo and iEtna, with their
machines, and detachments of othei
companies, havo reportod to Col. Do da
mead. They will be met at the South
Carolina Railroad depot by committees.
There will bo ono of the old time livoly
affairs, without doubt. Tho tonk was
sunk and the judges' stand erected in
I Main street, yesterday, and all necessary
preparations completed.
Reception Committee.?The following
named gentlemen have been appointed
as the reception committee for tho fire?
man's tournament, and aro requested to
meet the visiting firo companies at tho
railroad depot on their arrival in this
city: Capt. W. B. Stanley, Col. F. W.
McMaster, Maj. John Meighan, Captain
John S. Wiley, Andrew Crawford, Jr.,
W. ('. Fisher, Esq.
? ? * ? m
As they entered a dry goods store,
yesterday, you would have said that love
dwelt in both hearts, and that a dove of
peace roosted on every shinglu on the
roof of their abiding place. She saw a
lovely dress, and she begged him to buy,
but he replied: "I can't, durling, not be?
fore next week." "Can't you, dear?" she
smiled. "Woll, I will wait." They bad
hardly passed out of the door before he
said: "I'd like to see myself getting that
dress!" And she answered: "You
couldn't buy one side of it, and if you
could, you aro too stingy and mean to do
itl"
? ? ? ?
The Owens Tboupb.?The Opera House
was packed, hist night?even standing
room being occupied. The successful
comedian was ably supported, it is true,
but the continuous and uproarious
mirth among his audience is not alto?
gether attributable to the high degree of
a comedy talent he possesses, but is as
much as ascrlbable, perhaps to the fact
that his plays are of a character as to
best suit his broad sense of humor and
his generous manner of portraying it.
The fun of his plays are so palpable and
so good, that both the uneducated and
cultivated of his patrons enjoy it The
hnmor of his plays are peculiarly of a
kind to be relished by the general run
of audiences. Mr. Owens as Major De
Boots, in "Everybody's Friend," was a
characterization well worthy of his talent,
while every one present enjoyed his
"Solon Shingle" in the best of humor
until the curtain fell.
? Pic-Nic or the Rin.e Club.?About
8 o'clock, yesterday morning, this well
diaoiplined and well-drilled corps as?
sembled at theft hall, corner of Main
and Washington streets, armed and
aqnipped for the target excursion and
other festivities on thin' their first anni?
versary. The club presented a hand?
some appearance in their tasty uniforms
of venerated grey; their arms were bur?
nished to perfection; their new white
opanlottPK tastefully graced their shoul?
ders, and every member seemed to havo
emerged from the hands of an attendant
who had prepared him to be the victor
in a contest for the handsomest and most
ioldier-like of the corps. At 9 o'clock,
precednd by the excellent band of the
18th United States Infantry, in their
fatigue uniforms of army blue, the line
of march was taken up. The company,
under command of Captain Hugh S.
Thompson, moved off as one man. Their
soldierly tread, precision of movement,
perfect performance of evolutions and
promptness of obedience to command
were highly creditable to tho ability of the
officers, as well as to the pride and appli?
cation of the entire club. We leave the
corps on the march to the Sohnetzen
platz, whero the exercises of the day
were consummated, and wend our way
back to the hall. Here wore gathered
tho wives and mothers, sisters and
sweethearts of the gallant rinVnwn, who
had come to lend their beautiful pre?
sence and devoted services to the occa?
sion, and by their smiles and cheering
words to impart increased enjoyment to
the festivities. '-'Twos ever thus siuce
childhood's hour"- the success of an
undertaking iK guaranteed and its inte?
rest enhanced by the aid of the devoted
und persevering women of tho land.
Tho soldiers of peace as of war look to
the fair sex for such token of esteem and
reward as they may be worthy of, over
feeling that "noun but the brave deserve
tho fair.'* The ladies, comfortably pro
vided with carriages and othe r vehicles,
beautifully dressed and imbedded in
Flora's richest offerings, followed close
in the wake of the company, and the
entire pic-nic. party, arrived at the
grounds within an hour after their de?
parture from the hall.
I)ut tho proceedings and attractions at
tho platz were what tho hundreds?wo
had almost said thousands - present will
remember for many a long doy. Shortly
after tho arrival of tho Rifles, the target
firing commenced and was kept up ener?
getically for a length of time, and many
good as also some bad shots were made.
Upon tho conclusion of the shooting,
the Rifles, with their invited guests,
disported themselves about tho beauti?
ful grounds, while- others adjourned to
the roomy centre building, where, after
a dance or two, the pic-nic dinner was
announced, and such a dinner. Every?
thing was in such profusion, that many
of the baskets wero unopened When
the eatables wore disposed of, the distri?
bution of prizes commenced. The fol?
lowing is the official record:
Active Members?Best average 3 hinds.
Mr. J. W. Muller, who scored 30, 43, 30;
total 105. Second average 3 shots, Mr.
Julius II. Walker, who scored '21\, 37,
40; total lOlJ. Best single shot," Mr.
Samuel Friday, who made 65 the first
shot. There were three members who
averaged in three shots 3', making ID in
one shot, and missing the target entirely
with the two others. There were eleven
members who missed the target entirely
with all three shots. Those cust lots to
determine who should receive tho tin
cup, and Mr. T. Simmons Clarkson was
the fortunate winner of the prize awarded
the worst shot.
Officers nf the Chth Best average 3
shots, Mr. W. ('. Swufliold, who scored
30, 0, 10; total 70. The best shot by the
officers was made by ('apt 11. S. Thomp?
son, who scored 4,"i. There was no prize
awarded it. Mr. Wiley Jones won the
tin sword awarded the worst shot made by
the officcra. Mr. Jones, however, made
10 the first shot and 12.J, the second, miss?
ing the target entirely only once.
Contributing Members nf the Club Best
average 3 shots. Dr. .1. T. Lyles, who
scored 10, 0, ltf; total S.S. Ca'pt. W. K.
Bachmau came next, scoring 4o, 20, \~>\;
total f"0.\ no prize awarded it. Colonel
Pearcc iiiado the best single shot among
tho contributing members, making 5U.
Thoro were many contributing members
who missed tho tirget entirely, but they
aro too numerous to mention.
Prizes >liran/e<i--BeHt average 3 shots,
active members, one silver goblet; second
averago 3 shots, active members, ono
silver cup; worst 3 shots, ono tin cup.
Best average 3 shots, contribnting mem?
bers, a silver cake basket Bost average
3 shots, officers of the club, ono silver
pitcher and two silver goblets; worst
average 3 shots, one tin sword.
Governor Chamberlain, "by request,
presented the prize to Dr. Lyles, with
the fallowing appropriate remarks:
Da. Lyi.es, Ladies and Gentlemen,
and MxMBEBS of TBS ltll'iiland RlKLE
Club: We aro all under orders to-day,
and acting in the spirit which is the first
characteristic of the true soldier?obedi?
ence to orders?I havo undortnken moat
nnexpectedly to perform the peculiarly
pleasant duty of presenting to you this
silver basket, won by you for skill in the
target practice here to-day. I say a pe?
culiarly pleasant duty, because I feel
that nothing could be more pleasant than
in any way in my power to signify my
cordial sympathy with this occasion?
with its purposes, its festivities and its
social influences. In tho presence of bo
much beauty and bravery, so much grace
md gallantry, I would bo glad to speak
? word which might deepen the current
of good will which we soe exhibited on
this anniversary. Wo stand amidst the
representatives of those great forces on
which the prosperity and strength of the
whole country rest -tho citizen soldiery
a1 ^..Tffff""!rii'qw,Tff^"wf,s^^
who defend its honor und represent its
power, and the social relations whioh
mark its culture and illustrate its gracos.
To yon, Dr. Lyles, though your head
is covered with that crown of honor,
which is ordinarily the exou# from ser?
vices or pleasures like these, has fallen
the honor to win this first prize for skill
in riflo practice. In the name of my
fellow-citizens of the Riehlund Rifle
Club, I now place it in your hands. In
itself beautiful, its chief beauty will be
in its association with the pleasures of
to-day. In itself valuable, its chief
value will be as a proof of the unde
cnying spirit which still make ?> up the
?ersoual and social worth of our people,
outh contended for it?age bus won it.
Let us accept it as an indication that we,
younger men, must atill fix our oyes on
the character and achievements of those
who go before us in age. You, sir, have
taught us a good lesson. We thank you,
and we beg you to let this testimonial be
an expression both of our admiration for
your skill as well as a bright memento of
a most delightfnl occasion.
Fellow-citizens, this occasion should
bo rich in worthv result* and influences.
May it add spend to the coming of the
good day, when nil trne soldiers of Ame?
rica, no matter on what fields they have
stood, or what cause they have served,
shall once more be bound together by
that spirit which alone can make us ono
people indeed?the spirit of patriotism,
of devotion to good government, of a
firm resolution by our acts and lives to
make all American hearts beat in unison
like the great heart of one mighty man.
Yon, Dr. Lyles, have shown that you do
not belong to that class which a witty
friend just behind mo has said, "arcfirst
in peace and last in war." May the spirit
which you have shown inspire us all.
Dr. Lyles, in reply, frankly admitted
that it was a chance shot, and kindly
thanked the Governor for his pleasing
rein.irks.
Col. F. W. MuMoster then performed
the very pleasing duty of tendering to
Capt Thompson, in trust, the medal of
the old Governor's Guards, with the fol?
lowing remarks, which were loudly ap?
plauded :
Mr. President and Gentleman op the
Riciii.and Rutjc CljUn: Thirty-two years
ago, fivcof our citizens, M. R. Clark, A
Palmer, Elias Pollock, W. W. Eaton and
Joseph Cooper, organized the Governor's
Guards. Jus. D. Tradewell was elected
its Captain; W. W. Eaton, who now oc?
cupies the proud position of United
States Senator from tho noble State of
Connecticut, was elected First Lieuten?
ant; M. R. Clark, Second Lieutenant,
and Joseph Cooper, Third. A number
of them did their country service in
Mexico, in tho Palmetto Regiment?of
them we honor the names of Major
Gladden, Adjutant Clarke and Captuin
Stanley. Fifteen years ago, that com?
pany was as full of lifo, hope and mar?
tial pride as the one you now have the
honor to command, Under Capt. Casson,
it entered Confederate service as Com?
pany A, in Kershaw's regiment, with 1'27
members; of that number thirty-one
offered their lives during the war on the
altar of their country; liftoen were per?
manently disabled; thirty-two broken
down in service wero discharged; seven?
teen were transferred, and twenty-nine
honorably surrendered with old Joe
Johnston's army. A number since have
died. That company was engaged in
thirty-three battles,* beginning with
Suniter and ending with Bentonville.
Its record is a part of the history of our
country, sud but glorious, but of this it
is not my province to speak.
My task is more agreeable, more in ac?
cordance with the fcRtive scenes and
cheerful surroundings nbnnt us, We
huvc had enough of the notes of sorrow,
and now wo would sing the songs of
joy. As the representative of that com?
pany which I had the honor once to
command, and in which, as a private, I
had the greater honor of doing my duty
at Suniter and first Manassns, and at the
request of my surviving comrades, it is
my pleasing duty to present to yon this
beautiful medal, which was highly prized
in the days of the prosperity of the Go?
vernor's Guards. This medal was given
to the company in 18*1(1 by its Captain, as
an annual prize for the best single shot.
It was preserved during the sack of Co?
lumbia by a daughter ol ono of its more
recent commanders, who this day lias
honored us with his presence.
In behalf of the survivors of the Co
\i rnor's Guards, permit me to offer it to
your company, in trust as an annual
prize, to be worn by the successful com?
petitor, until, perchance, some of the
survivors of the Governor's Guards
shall organize another company, bearing
the same name, when we desire it to be
given to the new company as an heir-loom.
Wo know, Mr. President, in the hands
of your companv its keeping will be
safe and unsullied. Your company now
is the pride of the city, as its volunteer
companies were in times past. As tho
turbulence of passion is subsiding and
the spirit of peace is hushing the stormy
waves of faction and discord, let us hope
the same spirit will animate your lives
and regulate the conduct of all our peo?
ple, North, East, South and West. The
rainbow of hope is advancing, spanning
the dark clouds of the past, and soon J
prosperity will extend throughout our
borders, unparalleled in tho records of
time.
May your mission be one oft peace,
which exceeds in muoh grandeur all the
martial pomp and splendor of war?it is
nobler and more enduring. But what?
ever it may be, whether war or peace, it
will be alike honorable to yourselves and
your country! To you, then, in full,
free and unrestrained confidence, in
behalf of my comrades, I commit this
relic of "Old Guard."
Capt Thompson, in accepting the
handsome medal, promised that it should
be properly oared for, and in the went
of a re-organization of the Guards, that
it should be returned. The other prizes
were then awarded to the successful
competitors. The applause had been
| liberal before, but while tho drawing of
I the tin cup was being decided, there
I was almost a continued and incessant
1 shout President Thompson informed
; Private Clarkson that as the blackberry
I season was approaching, he could per?
haps use it to advantage. Lieutenant
Jones received his miniature sword with
I the pledge that he would wear it proud?
ly?at least on the present occasion.
Three hearty cheers were given for Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, who wna present
The whole affair passed off success?
fully?reminding one of some of tho
frolics of the olden time. Mack Shelton
was in his glory?hero, thtre and every?
where. The Committee of Arrangements
? Ensign Riehhourg and Messrs. Chap?
man, Wuties and llryan?performed their
laborious but pleasing duties success?
fully. Several officers of the Schuetzcn
Verein were present, dressed in thoir
tisty uniforms. Tho following ia a list
of the officers of the Rifle Club:
Presidsnt?H. S. Thompson; 1st Vice
President?W. C. Swaffiold; 2d?W. R.
Cathcart; 3d?John T. Slonn, Jr.; 4th ?
Wilie Jones; Ensign?R. N.. Richbourg;
Secretary?Winthrop Williams; 1st
Warden?John P. Arthur; 2d?W. H.
CtUison, Jr.; 3d?J. D. Coohran; 4th?N.
Barnweli; 1st Director?L E. Ilendrioks;
2d?B. I. Boone; 3d?W. G. Childs;
4th?W. G. Beck.
A Unique Centennial_Westmore?
land County, Pennsylvania, proposes to
have a centennial celebration On the 16th
inst, to commemorate a peculiar decla?
ration, made on tho 16th May, 1775,
after the engagement at Lexington, when
the blood of the country was roused and
indignant everywhere else against tho
mother country. Westmoreland took it
submissively, and declared the unshaken
loyalty of the people of Pennsylvania
"to Iiis Majesty King George the Third,
onr lawful and rightful King." This is
something droll, and wo shall look to ace
what the Westmoreland people can mako
out of a reminiscence of this sort
List op New Abveutibementk.
Richland Rifle Club.
Dwelling House Wanted.
B. I. Boono?Citation.
"03."
Hotel Abbivals, May 5.?Mansion
House?J. R. Slawson, city; L. Slawson,
W. H. Harris, Ncwberry; L. H. Alexan?
der, Cum don; J. A. Harrison, 8. E.
Caughman, Miss L. Asman, Lexington;
C. F. Hoke, Atlanta; J. It Ferguson,
Pickens; W. L. Anderson, Ninety-Six;
W. E. Pelham, Newberry; J. 8. Da van t
D. Cardwell, city; H. D. Hamiter, Riob
i land; B. H. Tagne, Aiken; J. Jones, Rock
Hill; H. A. Tradewell, city.
Hendrix House?3. S. Brown, N. C.;
A. A. Williamson, N. C.; J. Fulmer, J.
Dent, S. Black, K. Sealey, Leesville; T.
F. Sigourney, Md.
Columbia Hotel?James B. Campbell,
Charleston; C. B. Walker, city; J. Trum
ble, John F. Newman, S. C.; W. J.
McDowell, 8.4U.E. R.; J. B. Cohen,
Charleston: W. T. McCorkle, L. E.
McCorkle, Williamston; J. M Seigier, G.
AC. R.
Consignees.?Per South Carolina Rail?
road, May 5, 1875: Thomas Earle, Mrs.
J. E. Morelica, Lorrick A Lowrance, J.
C. Dial, E. F. Hoi, J. Agnew A Son, J.
W. Smith, W. Johnson, F. W. Wing, G.
Symmors, Jones, D. A Bouknighta, J. &
A. Oliver, J. McKenzie, Miss TL W.
Goodman, Bowen & Lafar, O. Diercks,
J. Witcofskey, W. Steiglitz, C. L. Koe
nig, B. F. Griffin, L. HiBer, Jno. Altee.
Infection in tub Ars.?At this season,
the vegetable world takes a new lease of
life; but to the sensitive and delicate
members of the human family, it is a
time of danger and often of great suffer?
ing. The moisture which rises from the
earth and hangs suspended over it in the
form of morning and evening mists and
fogs, holds in solution, so to speak, tho
mephitic elements which produce fever
and ague, remittent fevers, rheumatism,
and many painful nervous disturbances,
and which aggravate dyspepsia, bilious?
ness and all minor affections of the
stomach and the bowels. This, there?
fore, is a critical period of the year?a
season when the renovating, refreshing
and purifying operation of the mightiest
of all vegetable tonics and alteratives,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, is salvation
to the weak, and the best security for tho
continuance of the health and vigor ot
tho strong. Now is the time not only t*
protect the system against the common
ailments of the season, but to prevent the
disorders incident to a warmer tempera?
ture. Let not the exhausting heats of
the summer months find you unprepared
to meet them. A course of Hostetter's
Bitters, commenced now, will put all the
physical energies in fighting trim, dou?
ble the capacity of the internal organs to
repol the causes of disease, refreah the
brain and clear it of all hypochondriacal
cobwebs, and place the whole physique
in an attitude of defence, with every
available point fortified and guarded and
as nearly invulnerable to unwholesome
influences as it is possible for the human
structure to be. A29
How to Rbstobb the Pkospeeitt of
tbb State.?Keep you money at home.
Do not send away for anything which
you can obtain as well here as elsewhere.
We do not advocate paying $5 for that
which you can buy abroad for even $4.90;
but when you can buy your Blank Books,
I of the best grade, at prices as low as
New York, then send to Walker, Evans *
Cogswell, Charleston, S. C., and purchase
what you need. All their Blank Books
are made in Charleston, and your en?
couragement will sustain a worthy manu?
facturing enterprise. jv MSlf
Philadelphia has a Matrimonial Help
Society among her other benevolent insti?
tutions. Its mode of operation is pecu?
liar. Every member of the society, in
the event of marriage, receives a stun of
money ranging from $660 upward. Tho
membership fee is $20, and email monthly
dues are required, t Whenever a member
gets married all the res* are ?Massed to
provide him or her, at the case may be,
with a nice little dowry. A marrying
young woman sen thus, by the payment
of a small monthly fee, provide herself
with an attractive marriage portion.
Young men have the same privilege. It
seems quite a good arrangement for two
impecunious lovers can get up quite an
amount of capital to start on us this way.
The young folks have no exeusc for not
marrying.