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mm ROBERT E. LEE. The Richmond Ditpatch, of the 13th inst., contained the following biograph ical sketch of our immortal Lee: Robert K. Lee was born at Stratford, in 1806. His family has been distinguished in Virginia for two hundred o - .years. Two of his grand-uncles were signers of the Declaration of Independence. His father was the famous "Light Ilorsc Ilarrj" of revolutionary fame, who served terms in the Federal Congress and as Governor of Virginia, and whose first wife was also a Lee. Hobert E. Leo was of the issue of a second marriage?the second son of Henry Lee and his wife Anne, daughter of Charles Carter, of Shirley. As, huwover, he borrows no greatness from his aucestry, but was himself the ''greatest of a great line/ we shall say no more as to his family. 'Robert E. Lee entered Wcst'Point Academy ia 1825, and graduated at the end of the usual term without having had a demerit mark. In 1829 he was appointed brevet second lieu tenant, and assigned to the corps of topographical engineers He served fur several years in this corps. In 1832 he was married to Miss Cusiis, the daughter of George" "Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of General Washington. In 1836 he was made first lieutenant, and in 1838 captain. During the Mexican war lie was on the staff of General Wool, and General Scoot as chief engineer. At the battle of Cerro Gordo, \pril 18, 1847, ho was brcvottcd nm jor for gallantry. At Chapoltepcc he was wounded September 13, 1847, and Was brevetted lieutenant colonel. General Scott repeatedly spoke of him in his dispatches as remarkable for his gallantry. Colonel Lee was next np pnintod a member of the B?nrd of Engineers. In 1852 he became superintendent of West Point Academy. In 1855 he was assigned to service in a cavalry regiment, which took him to the West. In 1850 lie was sent to Harper's Ferry to put down the John -Brown raid. March 10, 1861, he was made oolonel of cavalry in the "United States army. Ilis resignation of hrs oSBce in that army wa3 dated April 29, 1861. Early in 1861 the Convention of Virginia selected Gen. Lee as commander in chief of the forces of this State, her fortunes not having been formally united with those of her southern sisters. When the State joined the Confederacy lie became a Confederate officer. Alter the defeat of Gen. 'Garoctt by McClellan and his subse* quent death, Gen. Lee was sent to Northwest Virginia, where he did not distinguish himself. He was recalled by Mr. Davis, and, on account of his great skill as an engineer, he was sent to examine the defences on the Atlantic coast. In May, 1862, McClellan mirMiorl nn the neninsula. The battle ~r ; r of Seven J'iocs took place, :in which Gen. Joseph Johnson was wounded, and General Lec was put in l.is stead in command of the Confederate forces. Soon followed the great battles before llichmond from Meclianicsvillc to Malvern Hill, in which General Lee's name became famous the world over. In these battles more thau ten thous.ind prisoners were takcu, 52 pieces of artillery, and upwards of 83,000 stands of small arms. From this time forth the hopes , of the South were centred in Gen. Lee. The whole army was placed in his hands. He it was that ordered all the movements and was entitled to the CTedit for the strategy employed. lie ordered the movements which resulted in the famous batties of the following August?Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, &c. On tho 3d of September his army crossed the Potomac, and on the 17th was fought the grand battle of Sharpsburg. General Lee always claimed this as u victory. His army, however, returned to Virginia at once. On the 13th of December, 18G2, occurred tho battle of Fredericksburg, one of the mo3t complete succcssc of thes war. In 1863, May. 2d, the battle of ; tho Wilderness was fought. The success here, too, was complete, but Jackson fell. Here, too, Lee showed the greatness of his heart iu that celebrated letter to the dying chicftaiu in which he said for his country's sake he could wish it had been himself instead of Jackson that had been wounded. On the 4th of May the battle was renewed, and resulted in the defeat of the Federal army and its retreat, with a loss of 17,000 killed, wounded and prisoners, fourteen pieces of artillery, and 30,000 staud of arms. This was called the battle of Chancellorsville. General Lee again marched northwards. He went into Pennsylvania with his army, and there on the 2nd und 3d of July, 1863, fought the bloody battles which, though rather drawn battles than victories for either side, much more seriously damaged that nrmv whoso losses could not be rcDair cd. In May 1804 occurred the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, &c., &c. General Grant was constantly repulsed, but as constantly renewed his flank movement until he landed upon tho banks of the Jauics. There were many battles of moro or less importance during 18G4 and the beginning of 1865. April 2d, 1865, .occurred the evacuation of Richmond, and began the retreat of General Lee's army from Petersburg. April 9, ho surrendered a skeleton of an army to overwhelming numbers. And thus ended his military career. In August, 1865, General Leo was made President of Washington College. His name and fame soon mado that a popular institution. IIo continued to hold the position until his death. And now what shall we say of this peerless man ? l anguage fails us. Of him as truly as of that other illustrious one whom ho so muoh resembled might be said, "Ho was first in war, first in I peace,"and~fir$l_ in. the hearts of his j countrymen." He was a true hero i There was nothing common about him. ' A* Hoblo in soul as lie was perfect in physique, he was one of tli"8-grand combine "to give the world assurance of a mail." ff tho heathen could say that "whom the gods lovo die young," we may say that there is in contemplating General Lee's death the sad consoling reflection that it is not now possible for him to do ought to "diminish thcestiemin which his name is held by mankind. "The past," as Daniel Webster said, "The past at least'is safcnndliow" all his earthly life is past. He is now safe for a place in the pantheon of his admiring coUntryUien. "His is Freedom's now and Fame's? One of the few, the immortal names That were not born to die." Disfranchised Rebels. There is at theipro*ent time a political problem in die course of solution in the State ot'Missouri which is not without interest elsewhero -It had its oricrin in tho late war. and the Question " C f ! i9 shall the participants, or sjuipnthizcrs with the struggle of the seceded States remain, disfranchised according to the terms of the i\li?souri statute of 18(35? Governor McClurg, representing the men of the party now in office, contcuds that the rebels of 1865, are rebels still, and that if given the right to vote ihcy will control tho Stale in the interests of the old rebel clan, maintain disorder instead of order, and wage a relentless persecution against the IJnianists. Against these opinions tho Gratz Brown wing of the party protests. The men coa.po-ing it allcdge that tho disturbances are not the work of the rebel clement, but of a few ruffians who merely use the rebellion as a cloak to cover their dustardly acts, and that these bauds of outlaws are composed of men who care neither for north nor south. The truth seems to be that the latter pariy, and evidently what Missouri needs at this crisis is a State Government strong enough, and honest enough to compel the respect of -every one of its citizcDS. No such Government can be established so long as any significant number of the people arc denied the power to assist in establishing it. The cry of the rebellion is a "very old cry indeed, aad the men who at this late day permit themselves to be frightened by such a very transparent ghost are scarcely entitled to much sympathy. Among the participants in the late struggle for Southern independence, the cause they espoused 'is considered altogethe" lost and the North itself is uot more anxious for the restoration in letter and spirit, of the Union, as :s the South. The litter has seen already the advantages accruing to it from the extinction of slavery and the emigration to it oi white labor, and more than all, of Northern capital, pouring into its fields and markets. The scheme of disfranchisement was well enough to adopt in 1805, when war had just closed, and when it c>.uld not be known in what manner the vast armies of the South would, after dis membermcnt, accept- the siluath-n.? But in 1870, disfranchisement may suit the ambitious ideas of a lew politicians, whoscok to ri-e upon prejudice and misrepresentation; but regarded in a broader sense, it is a national crime. The armies ol the South arc today simply historical. They have no real exwt.-nr'A whatever. and in their minds .w.v ? tho issues of tho war are as bx-ckss now as their old organizations. The men arc there, it is tree ; but they arc wiser and better, and it they were permitted to have a voice and hand iu the election of the Goveruuient, would Oc better citizens than they ever - were in those days of uuivcrcal Southern discontent. Whatever of bitterness of feeling and practical aggression there is at the South at the present time, re-ult frotn disfranchisement, and not from recollections of a cuuso hopelessly lost. Men arc taxed but not permitted representation; they arc made subject to laws, but they are not allowed to assist iu framing them; they work in field or shop, thus aiding the prosperity of tl.c whole country, yet in the Country, evcu in their owu State they have no stake* Injustioo can go no further than this, and the sooner an enlightened public sentiment, whether led by Grutz Brown, iu Missouri, or by Brooks in Congress, enfranchises the whole southern people, the better it will be f??r the peace aud progress of the entire Union. Southern Cultivator for October contains another valuable article from Mr Burnett on growth and distribution of cotton and corn roots, illustrated bv / J excellent cuts?an able article from Mr. Gift on incrcaso of labor at the South ?another of Dr. Clow's admirable se* ries on manufaciure of Sugar?a suggestive article on rust in cotton, with a great many others too numerous to mention. For twenty-eight ycurs this admirably conducted and eminently prosperous magazine has labored vigorously for the improvement of Southern Agriculture, Horti^ltUre, &c., and we doubt not much of the progre-s visible of late years is due to its teachings Whilst made up iu largo part of communications from practical and experienced farmers?there are several panes in each Number devoted to inquiries j and answers, through which the farmer j can have doubts lon chemical and bo tanicaljquestions cleared up-?one of the Hrlitnrft Itoinar Pn?fi?B?Ar nf A itriAti'iira &c., in the University of Georgia.? Another department on diseases of animals and their treatment found exceedingly useful. The large number of its first class advertisements indicates a very large circulation, as advertisers rarely mis-judgo as to the best mediums for communicating with the public. The present number is printed with new and somewhat larger type, contains forty odd pages of reading matter and over fifty pages of advertisements.? Sub-cription only 82 00. Win. & W. j L. Junes, Editors aud Proprietors, | Athens, Gn. THE JOURNAL. CAMDEN, OCTOBER 21, 1870. The Death of* General Loc. We publish elsewhere,in our columns a short biographical sketch of the life of"the distinguished dccrtised. We are compelled by force of the emotions of our heart, to add our sfciaTl, unworthy tribute*to his memory. Jeneral Lee stands unrivalled in the estimation of the people of the South. Ho is oar true representative man,,jnnt2 we delight to do hiin honor. The disastrous termination <Jf the strtigglfcfor Southern Inde * 7* ;'? ?.3 1 pcndence has weighed down the spirit of our beloved chieftain, and at'last he has been removed to a happier sphere^ where Miis spirit, frecd'ftoni fhe impuritii s of"the flesh, will see that although the Almighty saw fit to bring upon us present woe and grief, his omnipotent purposes will yet work out for us great and happy changes, 'bbd we will exchange "the spirit of heaviness for the garment of praise." Great in life, General Lee has left us a nobler example in the quiet, calm and joyous death of the christian. Words are inadequate to express what wc desire, but in onr inmost heart we cherish and revere the memory of this great and good man. On Sutuday last, from 12 M. until 3 P. M., tho church and market bells wcro tolled, and there was a general suspension of business, as the funeral services of General Lee Were being held between those houn. The Eketioa. - rri. - TT_f? r> _r n .-4_ i r l* -i ue uiiiuu rieiurm rurij nas itru^ui a good fight, and all have done their duty. The great heart of the entire people has-been stirred, and wo have taught our enemies that we were a power in the -land. The canvass has been carried on with greater energy than any other in oiir recollection.? Both parties have battled for victory inch by inch, aud although we have been neatly deprived of our rights by the appointment of men as Commissioners of elections, w'ho were notorious partisans of Scott and his unholy crew, we have nevertheless exercised our rights at the ballot box without fear, and many of our colored fellow citizens have for the fir>t time exercised their rights as freemen, untrauiellcd and unintimidated. Totally Unnecessary. Gov. Scott, at iho instigation of one of his "pets" here, sctft over a constable "to keep the peace," we presume, on election day. The constable succeeded in driving one df his horses to death, so we learn. We desire, how ever, to say, that our citizens, both white and colored, know how to behave too well to require the services of any of ScottB constabulary, aod it is gratifying to kuow that at no election smce the war have we had a breach of the peace. , I The Great Charleston Fair. Tho South Carolina Institute, whom annual Fairs before the late war were so renowned, and carried such crowds to the city of Charleston, is resuming its efforts on a larger scale than over before; and if wo are to judge by the splendid Premium List, a copy of which has been sent us, the Fair this year is to be a grand success, and an important event in the history of the city and State. Besides a full list of the premiums to be awarded, the book contains a racy sketch of Charleston, illustrated with numerous engravings, and accompanied with an able artrele on the discovery and manufacture of the .vouth Carolina Phosphates, It is indeed a book worthy of?uy man's library, and no one who can procure a copy should fail to do so. The Fair will take place at the famous Washington Race Course, and will be accompanied by races, tournaments, balls, ?fcc. Besides, the exhibition on ihe llaco Ground, where, by the way, a handsotno extensive building has been erected, there will be excursions around the harbor) boat races, for sail and row boats, theatrical exhibitions, panoramas, &c., <fcc The fare on till the roads has been fedtfeed one-half for visitors to the Fair, and our readers could not plan for them* I selves for the first week in November a plcasanter excursion than to the Fair of the South Carolina Institute at Charleston, November 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 6th. i nL Rural Carolinian *6r October. ?The present number of The Rural Carolinian commences tho second | volume, and gives promise that it will equal, if not surpass, its predecessor. uoi. v. wyatt AiKen coounueB to snow i himself one of the strongest thinkers i and writers, as well as one of the most successful planters among tho agriculturalists of the South. His article in this number on Cattie for the South, is replete with sound sense and practical suggestions. _ i Hi r-7 I i i TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Porsoant to notice; a meeting of th< citizens of Kershaw was held at th< Town Hall in Catnden, tooffera tribuu to the memory of Gen. rdbf.nt E. Lee Gen. Kershaw was called to the'Chair and James M. Davis requested to act ai Secretary. On taking the Ghair. Gen. Kcrshav addressed the meeting as follows: ITcntlcmeh : Did I consult my owr 'feelings on this occasion, I would for bear speech, commune with mine owi heart and be still. In the silent chain here of the soul, Whence spring dccj emotions, whose heaving'tides lave thi shores of thc'spirit la ntf^-i n't he region: :of the uouttefable~the id'cdlnprehensi "bio?the Biiblifcne~tfec.,m?uWy'bf Ro bert K. Lee may most fitly be enshrined until some child of gcoius, whiJso rap spirit;dwolls near thef borders of tbelnfin 'ito may catch the echoes cf a highei world and'fibd eapansion for tfansccod ing themes. In hitn'there Vrfs a grander, a full ncss, a completeness of dcvclopmeo that'left nothing to desire, nnd furni.-h cd nothing to censure. His was s nature so<perf?ct, that like the circle it defied ilnalysrs or'comparison. - Tin experience of the living and the fain portraitures of history furnish neith'di its perfect prototype nor parallel, thougl the "father of h's country," Washing, ton, doubthss presents, in some of hh cliaracleristic?, and (none in the analo gie9 of his career, a resemblance as tha between star and star?bat they diffci as "one star differcth from another stai in "lory." In liiui, nature "gave tlx world ussurance of a man." lie woulc have been distinguished by all cbsdrven from all other men, at a glance, 'tin most casual. His form, his face, hi: voico, his bearing were God-like it beauty, power and grace. Z/e, 'ccrthfn ly, was made hur. "a little lower tliar the angeh," and man though he was "He ivn? a man, take him for nl! in all, "We may not look upon his like again." Cast io such a mould as this, with ar intellect as commanding, and a spirit at noble as human tenement can contain taught in the best schools of letters and science, trained up in the customs and ideas of the purest and most refined society; nnd resting his great soul or the everlasting "Ilock of Ages," he be came the great central 'figure 'Of the great rebellion?that grand?that glorious?:h?rt-holy lost cause of American Constitutional Liberty. A devoted patriot, he added ucw lustre to the then untarnished glory of the starry bannct of his country, at Ccrto Go'rdo, Ubn trcras, Chertftusco, Ohapulrepec and at the city of the Aztec Kings. An aeC'implis-hed -nod chivalrous soldier, proud of his nobble calling, he inpr?T?cd liis own high spirit and brilliant: c juire merits upon the youthful cadets of the country at West-Point Acad. my. A lover of the Union, he sln-aMied lib bright sword when brtfio to slain it with brother's blood, and mournfully-turned to l ev it. upon the altar of bis own tin live Virginia. Again he flashed it al her bidding, with a glory unsurpassed in the annals of human endurance and heroic achievement. lie sheathed ii once more and forever, where "in the voltimc of the Book," the doom tff hi? country was written, lost! lost'! lost! Doubtless, beneath the calm and ahftuiM placid, if not chcctTal countcnauc* which he wore after that momentous day there was a wailing Gethscmane -of wot that broke at last that great hear:, ani etushedoftf life He could not survive his Country's raio. Can we lament him ' fie has "fought the good fight-," fie hat "finished his course." His duty done henceforth he wears *thc crown," at illustrious inhabitant of one of tb< "many mansions" of his " Father'! House." Thithet let us fu'lotv him. ThoUgh we *nay Yiot mourn a life it nobly worn, so Worthily crowned it death, it in meet that We asscmbh and lay upon his honored bi?r, otii garlands of love and praise?Uufa'cfih;, flowers, fresh from the hearts of a grate ful people, and point the generation; to come to the undying glories of thai illustrious citizen, l.cro and patriot, Robert Edmund Lie. Gen Janrcs Chesnut, in pnsentinp the preamble and resolution, spoke as fo'lows: Mr. Chairman : The good of all the civilized earth udmired General Lee, white Ihosc in whose noble cau<c he fought, superadded our love. If the wishes of the Southern people could have ruled the event, our hen might havelirtd forever; but his course is run, his work is done) and well done it is. r'jM In all the trials of his charaet-r in the nice adjustment and cijuipiuse ol the several parts and the soliJ structure nf tin. tsliulu trluil n utriL'iriir rosfin. blance docs he bear to his groat proto type and countryman Gctrge Washing ton. Each in tho nrfifot of great men and mighty events, lilted himself aloft like a tower almost in solitary grandeur Thus, twice has Virginia presoutec to the world a faultless man. As a tribute to the memory, of the last of these, I offer the following pa per: Another great man nf the earth ha! fallen! Hubert Edmund Lee bos been culled from this life to a peaceful world ?thdre to rec< ive the reward of his exalted virtues. What noble associations cluster around that talismanie name ! Devoted patriotism, heroic valor, energy, endurance, justice, mercy, wisdom, unsullied honnuf, U nature of ab solute truthfulness, piety pure and fi-rvcut, with other attributes and qualities which enter into the constitution of n character truly grand?were all conspicuous in General Lee. While wo meet td pay our humble tribute of respect to the memory of our great leader, and to mourn his loss, wo console ourselves with tho knowledge that he lived long enough to attain a fullness of glory, and a completeness of character rarely vouchsafed to the mnnHnHnnei i .i' ' . + ' r? sons of men. Exemplar Mif the virtues , of his country?the nahiV of Lee will , bo immortal. We offer our sympathy to Otir'broth3 era of Virginian and to the family <jf the deceased for the irreparable loss we have sustained in common. 3 Resolved, As expressive of our fcelin?s"ot)'this occasion, a'copyoflhe forcjroinfr'be transmitted to the widow r of (Jeueral Lcc. ?. 1 REM ARKS OF COL. E. V'ROTKIN. 1 Mr. Chaiimun : In mcetirij; as we ' do to day, to pay tribute to the menrofy 1 of such t 'man as Robert K. Lcc, it is * easy to conceive how it was. that the 3 warrior men of Greece and Rome, and 2 our ruder northern ancestors, had thcii 3 hn /Acoliin trlion r?nn n: tlioir nilnliic liuru ?*yiDO?I',j vuv W! ?yv.. meo l]$1faiW-^pd they stood around alj'thatVas left, of one. thejr.'Wed'ap3 honored, and saw 'but an eiiipty * shelf, a frail tenement "of'cfrfy, the 'brigul eye dull,-the bold heart stilled foreyd'r, r' they could 'bdtlbih'lr, that bed'edn thai had led them on to honor riud'to fume, * was quert'clied fdrevcr/buc 'rather tlinl it "had nibhntcd upward, to'fionio bright 1 particular star to watch their way asii;had done in life. We k'no'w'by * the light of our better dispensalSbti, ' (hat though the beaulifdl fiction had a 5 sentiment tlmt yearned towards truth, '. the christian soldier, and the noble genr' flcnian has sd'Ught Ids rest, in "tire 1 house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 3 Mr. Chairman. I know few witfdsare best, but I claim the right, as an huiu' ble follower of our great captain, a simr pie spearmen in his rattks, to lay h r cha.piet, withered it may be with the * cares an,d soffotfs 'hut hfe around lis and make libation, 'though 'but a single ? drop of "sacred wine" upen his grave. RE.MAlfks OF COL STIANNON. J i Mr. Chairman and Friends?We . 'tnot to hang a votive i-ffcring on the i tomb ot Hubert ii. Lee ! An offering o! , profuund admiration, filial rcvcrcrtfcc. .l..i.ni..J .,unit "rhv.n.'sr t'niftvm. tion ! But, there glistens on the garlund , not one tear of regret ! VoU have, Mr. Chairman, truthfully and eloquently spoken of this great j man's life, as a circlc^-coniplete in all I its.psrts-?perfect in its <>yuinietry. and I proportions, and defying analysis ? Your address and the Ipreaniblc and 1 resolutions "both notice 'the wondrous [ similitude, in the roundness and completeness of his life -turd character, between him and George Washington. [ It is a patent likeness When Hubert E. JiCesadly sheathed the brightsword | lie had for over the fouith of u century, ever flashed on high, in the service of I the Unite.] States?when he resigned the commission he had so lone borne and honored, and said he would never j draw tluft sword but in the defence of Virgiuia?he mournfully turned his back upon the loved old flag and went I home to his Mother?old Virginia! The great old Mother, fa Iter first embrace, made her chosen son, her I ruler?the major general of her forces, and her executive in placing the cotnmis-ion in his hands said. '''FnWin war," we soon expect to hail you "First I in .pence, and first iu the In arts ot your country men." To that executive the presence, no doubt suggested the great Washington, and the then spoken words | uro now fulfilled prophecy For he, julio tittered above all thegCDCtals, I ? - -I - . ? ? T/liu Dure me "oouuicrii erups uuuiv mvy or rivalry, was world rccognizi d ' as "firs-t iu war." When conquest j came, "trho showed such an example of i endurance, fortitude, duty ? Indeed he \ was '-first iu peace, and a people's love, in all time, will proclaim him. ''first ' in the breferts of Ms 'ctfimtryujca !" ' But, his dwty is dote! ' Wo should "desire nothing contrary to lire constitution off our natures "? 1 We Tccognize, and believe in "God's progress. The sen, which, for near ) three score years and ten, ha*, without ' a cloud, illuminated our horifcon? has * it is true, set for us?its rays, Wight est at its close, but it blazes with renewed ' glory on happier scones. Who tnotrros.the translation ofBnoch, ' or K'ijah ? Why. should we mourn ^ over the translation of Robert Fr. Lee? ' IIis removal is his great gain?his memory arid example are ours forever, , and we will cherish them and fondly trust that his mantle will descend on worthy shoulders. Should we not take to heart his own grand words, "human virtue, should i ever bn equal to human calamity?''? ! Shall we not ficognize the kindness which has removed him "from the evil ' to come," ?rrd -even rejoice that this ? grand moid of humanity is borne aloft, > ere it was touched by -"decay's effacing ' fingers ?" REMARKS OF CAPT. DEPASjt. ' Mr. Chiti'rtntni i I cannot let this opportunity pass without expressing my ! concurrence in the resolutions which " have heen presented to this meeting by ' uiy friend, or rendering uiy humble " tribute to the thetiidVy of the distin1 gui-hed chieftain who has lately passed away from time to eternity. The death of a gdod man, though ' humble in his life, is at all times a heavy loss to those who ^have l'elt, while > living, the influence <5r his example; ! * .if nnn ibIiodu Kflfl UUL lliu umbu ut vrnv# nuvob v ?.uw bbfij so brilliant, so extensive in its i influence upon the lives and destinies i of thousands of others?who has united I in himself the greatness of intellect i si ltd of virtue, is indeed', a public calamity. Though born upon the classic [ soil of tuat laud which has givers birth to coun .less numbers of heroes, states* men. patriots and philanthropist*, ' among whom were none more distinguished than his own ancestry; yet the whole country claims the p ternity of Robert E. Lee, for in and through the whole, did he win those imperishable | honors that cluster like a halo of gh>ry i around his head, nnd which will reflect : their immortal lustre upon every son who breathes its pure and vigorous atmos phero, whether he is boru in the icy i j regions of the north, or breathes upon i j the soil of the sunny south, who, inspired by the virtues aod purity of his heart, tho power and genius of his iu, tellect. shall seek to emulate his dir-'in guiahcd and lofty character. For, The lire* of great men remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us, 'Foot -prints on the sands of ticnd. Sir, the life of such a luan teaches us that ours is onward?that we cannot remain dormant?that we mu*t he up and* "doing?that W cach""mf?T^ every one has gouc furth J hp command, that man rituiu-wpffoJutltfa' true and substantial happiness ere the night of death cotucs Vnen ud-nnnrratr fcork. ; ujuzuz JI i lti?ard/ora moment.UftfhoohoretL sceiiwantwlfle. "Btt'dW fliejrtuffc#sinn of nrtns, -ho etorly disltitgtiMre^himself in the war'witb-Mcxico When r that-waft ended; though *tij!loci>OI??St' ,with1 the U. ?&. army in a :-w ;' sioually relieved, ws find Itun .to. hskst elegant hoWeTipon ftrTiDgtoo-HeigWlf ; dispensing that1 refined and 'tidily, so' chard cterlatTcbfa liberaf and generous-heart. BtU soonihnfpufcft' frontier life, arid ibc ltfAWryof^ett "n> *ma> ^hfinpn ?A <m : more tragio character..., \\^r_wjtf/it{s vi.-age grihi, stem MoksUrid 'bU<w5m<f, ' bursted forth its dark anAjcrriblc hotL-,. rors over our own beloved c^untwi-jDuty caused, hint to PBpouso tlte*causfe of th<J weaker, but it waft iW'&aseof . Iris beloved South, thoupJT^lie tctnptiug honors were oflcri'd rfroiii the i ISorth for his flideptai^c; ?eVVn the . cotnnitttlB1 iff flic federal urrnV sbbb w?/ be "hUrleti agiririst the cause of-Jiucri^ W ,1.1 < ? <i ? > -ou T i*>ie Uhd the constitution. Wo all know the history -of this^'tfr' ^ , riblo struggle. We all Icnrw tTiiit.^4' n?;-| . # " Af * : more dcterminid resistance aghiosrojb ^ presniori and wrong, hod In' Ifehajf' olf the right, has heVtfr madb bV any w)#-' i . ( li . . II tJt UliL* pie rn ancient or modern innpa. uqc wc afyj know in that struggle,wlifcr& 1 th"U??arids gained imprrisbtiblc rcnowfr,' ro Robert E. Lee wan gitan thepreemT1 "netrce over ali?that he was pLe-graVid'-1: central figure'to whom all ohY ^crocir"1 yielded as chief. ' 'l''*r'0 Yet, with all this, when tile bloody strife was -over ?wlien *tlfc banner* of0 the Lo-t Cause was loieVtrr ftirlefl arifl' sadly laid awny, theft d.'ii 'Memoral urandcur of the man break forth "wiflr" hidro splendor than ev< n aiuill the rO'aY" of cannon, the clash of arhisi'aftd ftlij"1' shrielrsaud ^fTans of the wotifided'ahtf dying. Sheathing his ^voftf, retdfucd"" to him by a gallant loc!(who rofustd'tb " receive it when strrrc'ii'dcred.) hefJr^" i turned quietly to We f cacelul fCirc^ * j of a comparatively humble and obscure home, refusing public nmV.ifV-Mdtiot)S of display, even -the dfr repeated af-v^ to mots of -his*o1<J Co'fh'rudis tfi arm'A f6'' do him honor, because they so loVeS j the man that his very presence, wliirc-JJ ; vcr it was. filled their hearts' 1*1 ihT^' i hero of a hundred battles, Vho'had led" countless hosts to death and to vicforjf in the noblest of causes, was the tin**-, when that cause was lust, to tktouirf'" those who had So long and -so gallant- " ly followed him to rcthfii to their " htrtties and in the quiet dutics'of peate to endeavor to repair thr-ir broken fori tunes, to console their afflicted farailt\V,"' | and to "become faiihTuI and law ftMdirtg; I cit'ttens Aud as first in waV frfis ho to set theui an example, Mo wiis Ifid" Hi peace. In the shady rctrcat'uf feartTing aud science do we find him tftrthdf-' ing around hitu the youth of the coin try, the sons of the gallatit men Irttdni he had led in battle, 'ftrrd up6*n their minds impressing those truths and those principles which had rendct<- his own '' life so full of honor to himself, and to his country so useful! The last' cn^i of 1 this hero^Was nobler than the'flrstvfcfr ' in the hearts of these youths hSf reared a monument firmer than granite, "" and more enduring than' the everlasting*.r hills. ' / ' Amid these scenes and peaceful duties of life, the pulses of .his great heart ' 1 ceased to beat. In the bo-ora of his family and sur'-' rounded by friends, has Hubert E. Led sank to rest forever. Time has passed on all that was mortal f eternity has opened its portals td receive tiis all of immortality. Through death the just man ha.4 < to those bloonVcd in the full fruition of J their glories, the weds ofirhich gcrmin- ;l a ted in his pureatrd christian heart irhild flj on teahh. fl The preamble and resolution were V unanimously adopted and ordered to be J published in the Ctrmdc>t Journal ? ' After which, the meeting adjourued. For the Journal. ' To Csrollnai It is in entire accordance with odr own views to rest the matter betweed ua just whore Carolina stops r.s he de=siriis, but \rhilo we will willingly leave all the points uiado in.his lite volumin >us and exhausting article, including, as it does, the Various questions i(f Onidnnop^ " "irmrala." ''nnlikicia" and ^ - ? r ? ? "good taste," to the decree of that-tribunal, the public, if indeed it troubles.'' itself about us-, which ho claims, and 1 we do not shrink from. ' ' Hcieia one point that he makes ra* ' iher prominently, that in justice to us both, wo must make straight in your highly appreciated journal. The oliarge made being published, we are obliged to a>k yuu to answer it H for us, iu like manner, as we can completely disprove it, by distinct assertion within yoilr own knowledge, and the iuternal evidence of thJ thing itself. Carolina after speaking of'the exemption of others froW attack says i "But, Carolina speaks. lie. is a compdratiee stranger in this community (/) (and tell it not in Guth.) lie is caught and eatetP alive, &c., &C." It is just hero We would say to Car-* . olina, that when the article he cofn-> plains of abovo was written (which was the same day his own appeared) wo had ^ not the slightest reason for thinking him \ the author of it; and never had, until