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xi.MANNING.. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBE]8 88 MADE HIM A31 ON ) Interesting Incident of the Presi dent's Reception at Macon. SIGNIFICANT SPEECHES. A Confederate Veteran Pins a ponfederate Veteran's Badge on the Lapel of Mr. Mc Kin!ey's Coat. President McKinley and his party had a big time in Macon Ga., ast week. The party reached there on time and was received by the la-.g 3st crowd which has gathered in Maeou since the last yisit of Mr. Davis to the city. At the station was a reception com mittee consisting of a number ef the most prominent citizetns of the town, including United States Judge Emory Speer, Major J. F. Ulanson United States Senator A. 0. Bacon and Bepre sentative Charles L. Bartlet, of that Congressional dio rict. Drawn up in loe in front of the sta tion was the Utbb County Camp of the Confederate Survivors' Assocition. 400 strong, headed by Commander C. M. Wiley. As the President reached the old Confederates be was halted by Col. Wiley, who addressed him as follows: THE CONFEDERATE ADDRESS. "Mr. President: As commander of the Bibb county veterans association and the Bibb County Camp, No. 484, we ex tend to you and your party a most gen erous, hearty and sincere welcome to our beloved city. You, sir. have en deared yourself to-the hearts of all Confederate soldiers on account of the noble sentiments expressed by you in regard to our Confederate dead, I as sure you that these old maimed and in firm veterans, who have met here to do you honor today, appreciate such words of love and kindness, and uttered, too, by the President of this great country, and by one who xas a member of the Union army in the sixties. I hope and pray, Mr. President, that God in His infinite mercy may so direct the future legislation of this country that the living Confederates will be remember ed. This country and the Stars and Stripes belong as much to the Confed erate Veterans as they do to the Grand Army of the Republic. The South proved herloyaltyto this grand old coun try when war was declared with Spain, and now, henceforth and forever she will be found ready to take up aims to defend our country and our flag. "Mr. President, in behalf of these noble and brave Confederate soldiers of Bibb county, Georgia, I present to you this parchment, engrossed thereon in letters of gold the beautiful sentiment expressed by you in our capital city in regard to our honored dead." PINNING THE BADGI. As the President was about to pro seed Dr. Roland B. Hall, another vet eran, addressed him as follows: "Mr. President: In behalf of our no ble dead, and as Confederate Veterans, we are here to manifest our apprecia tion of the noble and generous senti ment you have recently uttered. Do uas the honor, sir, to accept and wear this badge of a Confederate Veterans' amp, 'which bears your likeness ana words, which should endear you to the heart of every Confederate" "I do not know that it will be pro per," said the president. "Rut you must," said Dr. Hall, and 'without further ceremony he pinned on the badge and the President march ed ahead with Judge Speer. The sight of the Confederate badge on the presi den't eoat as he passed through the lines of veterans called forth vociferous eheering, and as long as the President was in sight they cheered him. The President wore the badge during his stay in Macon. One of Gen. Whee ler's old cavalrymen also pinned abaadge to the lapel of his major genleral's coat, and the doughty little warrnor proudly wore it away with him when he left the city.. . The presidential party was driven in earriages to the stand where he was to review the troops of Gen. Bate's dims isn, Gen. Wilsen's army corps. TWO FLAGS TOGETHER WANE. As his carriage passed the Confeder ate monument an old Confederate veteran frantically waved a Confed ate flag, 'while by his side was the son cf the colonel of one of Georgia's hard est fighting Confederate regiments who was as vigorously waving the Stars and Stripes. When the President was .abreast of theme the two flags were brought to a salute side by side. The incident seemed to appeal to the presi -dent. Emblazoned on the monument were thee words of the -President about the graves of the Confederate dead.s The side walks were packed all along the line of march. and Mr. McKinley and the other celebrities were vigorous ly cheered. The following troops marched--:past the reviewing stand. Second brigade, 1st division, 1st army corps, Gen. W. W. Gordon, command ing; 3d United States volunteers engin eers, 2d Ohio volunteer infantry; 3d brigade, 1st division corps, Gen. W. J. McKee, commanding; 7th and 10th United States volunteer infantry. 3d North Carolina and 6th Virginia. The 7th regular cavalry followed. The .troops made a fine appearance. After the review a great crowd gathi ~ered about the stand. though a steady. soaking rain was falling. .Judge Emory Speer introduced the president, who spoke as follows: WHIAT:THE PRESIDENT sAID. On the 24th of this month, the day before Christmas, our peace comnmis siorners will deliver to the President .of the United States a treaty of peace. oeace with honor. peace with the bles -ings of liberty to struggling peoples East and West. I congratulate my country upon another fact: We have not only triumphed over our enemy, but we have triumphed over our own prejudices and we are now a united country. (Prolonged applause and cheers.) The President's speech was received with great enthusiasm. Speeches were then made by Generais Wheeler and Shafter, After a few words from Gen. Bates and Lawton, Gen. Wilson toca he stand ar~d made the speech of the mcaion. He said: -Fellow Citizens: It is with infinite pleasure that I address myself in words of peace to a Macon audience. (cheers.) Thirty odd years ago I came into this town with 15,000 cavalry thundering at my heels. (Laughter and shouts.) I was met with the roaring of cannon and the firing oi musketry. (cheers.) I was greeted by the burning of ware houses and the destruction of property, which I now profoundly regret. (Cheers.) The welcome that was extended to me then was of the silent quality. Laughter.) An illustrious citizen, then your chief magistrate, the Hon. Joseph E. Brown, after a four hours' interview speaking of me, then said to another , .chering of illustrious critizeas, at the head of which was Howell Cobb. "He is a clev er young man, but, gentlemen, he takes the military view of the situation. (Laughter.) That was a fact then, but now I come among you and I receive a differen. welcome. I was then a vic tor, today I am a captive. (cheers.) I must say I am a willing captive of your city. The fair women and the brave and excellent gentlemen of your town have, by their open and generous hospi tality, imprisoned me deep down in their hearts, and I would be recreant to every feeling of my own if I desired release from such pleasing bondage. Now, just ono word more. The Presi den : has come among you; your Presi dent and my President, and he comes as the exemplar and the head of the great American nation. (cheers.) He has done more for it than any president since the days of Washington, for he has added vastly to its extent and striven to make it a continental repub lic as the fathers designed it to be. (cheers.) He has extended its borders to such a distance that thle sun rises upon it in the east before it sets upon it i n the west. (cheers.) Twelve thou sand miles to the west lies the Philip pines, our new Oriental possessions, and two thousand miles to the east the beautiful island of Porto Rico. A line joining-one extremity to the other of these new possessions weald reach half way around the earth. (cheers.) But splendid as the President's work has been there still remains greater work for him to do: It is glorious work, and don't you forget it. (cheers.) It is work which justifies the President in saying we are at last one, and that the Confederate soldier should receive the same treatment as the Federal soldier. This is the work which the American people are profoundly interested in, for it touches their permanent and paramount interests, and I hope to see it speedily accomplished. I hope to see the day when our starry flag shall float everywhere from the frozen north to the sunny clime of Central America. We are too big and powerful and pro gressive to have neighbors on this Con tinent, and I trust that before the next administration of the President closes the flag will ff3 over every foot of the Continent from the northern extremity of the Dominion of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico." The allusions of Gen. Wilson to his capture of Macon in the sixties cap tured the crowd, but his allusion to the time when the Stars and Stripes would float over the whole Continent received more applause than any other sentiment expressed on the occasion. This ended the speech-making. The Presidential party was taken in charge by the committee and driven about the city until it was time to take their de parture for Augusta. President McKinley expressed him self as greatly pleased with his reception at Macon, particularly on the part of the Confederate Veterans. KISSING BY WHOLESALE. Hobson Smacked One Hundred and Porty-three Ladies in One Niight. Lieutenant Hobson, of Merrimac fame, broke all public kissing records one night in Chicago when he saluted 163 girls and women. It can be said that all of them did not. to all appear ances, want to be kissed, but the hero of the Merrimac treated all alike and kept it up until the material was ex exhausted.* Mr. Hobson lectured on the sinking of the Merrimac, under the auspices of the Press club, to an audience of 3,000 people, and when he had finished a de sire was manifested on the part of many to be introduced. A line was formed, and the people, mounting the platform, shook hands with the officer and passed There was no attempt at kissing un til after Mrs. Thomas McDermott Knight and Miss Mary Fowle, daugh ters of former Governor Fowle, of North Carolina, had passed. They are distant cousins of Hobson, and upon the rela tionship being announced, he bent his head and kissed them. Then the kissing fever seized the wo men, and Hobson made no resistance. In fact, he seemed to like it, and as each woman came up he grasped her hand, drew her toward him arnd smacked her soundly upon the lips. It Will Not Pass. In the United States Senate Wednes day Senator 3utler, Populist. of North Carolina, gave notice of an amendment he will introduce to the pension appro priation bill, pensioning ex-Confeder ate soldiers. The amendment follows: That from and after the passage of this bill every pension law now on the sttute books shall apply to every inva lid soldier, widow, minor child, depen dent relative, the army nurses and all other pensioners who may be able to prove their claim under the present pen sion laws without regard to whether said soldier was enlisted in the Federal or Confederate service of the civil war of 1861- 65, provided that those enlisted in Confederate service shall not draw any back pensions prior to the passage of this bill, but their claim under existing laws, shall begin and beeome operative with the passage of this bill. Terrible Explosion in China. A dispatch from Shanghai says a powder magazine situated in the centre of the Chinese camp at Hang Chow ex ploded, leveling a square mile of houses. It is estimated that 3,000 sol diers were killed, including the genera] commanding the forces. The Ameri can and French missions are both sup posed to have been damaged; but it is said there were no fatalities among the A mrians. TRiE MURAL TABLET To the Signers of the Ordinance of Secession UNVEILED AT COLUMBIA. A Most Interesting Event at the State House. An Occasion Long to be Remem bered. The women of South Carolina have erected monuments to the Confederate soldiers, monuments which will ever keep us mindful of the brave dead, and witnessed the unveiling of a tablet of enduring stone, in the lasting walls of the State capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 20. A tablet which in future years will call to mind the hopes and fears which sur rounded the sessions of the convention which ordained that South Carolina should secede from the union. The tricolor of the Confederacy was symbolic of the noble graces of the southern people. Red for chivalry, blue for integrity, and white for the purity of her women. The chivalry and integrity of her sons have made bright many pages of history, and now her noble women crown with laurels the memory of those who stood by the cause they thought was rig'ht. The women of the old South suffered all things; and endured all things without murmur in order that they might sustain their loved ones fighting for the Bonnie Blue Flag. And now that the war is over, it is woman who says that the memory of the just shall not be forgotten. It was woman's love which caused the sky to be pierced by tall, shining mouuments which dot the Southland, it is woman's love which instills into the hearts of the young reverence for those great men of the Old South. It was woman's love which suggested the erection of the memorial which was unveiled Tuesday. For the past eighteen months several ladies of Columbia, with Mrs. S. Reed Stoney, as chairman, have worked in cessantly to raise the funds, obtain the permission of the legislature, and to have made the tablet which was form ally dedicated Tuesday. The other ladies prominently connected with the movement were Mrs. Claude Girardeau, Mrs. H. W. Richardson, Mrs. W. G. Bateman, Mrs. J. W. Flynn and Miss Belle Martin. Gen. Milledge L. Bonham, comman dei of South Carolina division United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and for merly inspector general of the State militia was the orator of the occasion. He is a son of Gen. M. L. Bonham, one of the war governors of the State, ard brigadier general of the Army of North ern Virginia. Those were gloomy days in South Carolina when the secession convention was in session, and it was a gloomy day Tuesday, barometrically speaking. However, about 500 people, the majority being ladies and children, assembled at the State house to witness the solemn ceremonies. The tablet is situated on the second floor in the wall adjoining the office of the superintendent of education. A platform had here been erected for the accommodation of the speakers. On the platform were miniature palmettoes, whose green leaves showed up boldly in the sombre hall. In the large crowd present were many descendants of those whose names were about to be handed down to posterity on scrolls of stone. In one family alone, there were four generations present, the family of the grandfather of Col. D. H. Tomkins. When the hour for the exercises had arrived Gen. Bonham was escorted to the stand by Mrs. S. P. Salley, and Misses Emma Whitehead and Mattie Bailey, all descendants of or relatives of four or more of the signers. Seated with Gen. Bonham were Rev. J Win. Flynn, and Col. Jno. P. Thomas, Con federate veterans, and Col. Jos. Daniel Pope, dean of the law department at South Carolina college, and Rev. Win. H. Campbell, D. D., of St. Paul's par. ish, Charleston. These two latter were signers of the ordinance. The exercis es were opened with a very feeling prayer by Dr. Flynn, after which Col. Thomas in a beautiful preparatory speech presented Gen. Bonham. Just at this time Pinekney's band, of colored men, struck up the lively air of the "Bonnie Blue Flag." These colored men, sons of slaves, seemed to enter into the spirit of the occasion, and to vie with the sons of veterans in their participation in the event. The hall resounded for several minutes with the cheers of the audience. The State flag concealing the snowy shaft had fal len when the soul stirring piece was being played, and the cheers were re doubled. Again when the band played -'Dixie," "Auld Lang Syne," "Suanee River," and other Southern melodies, there was much entnusiasm. Gen. Bonhamn's speech at times thrilled the audience, which vented its feelings in frequent bursts of applause. He spoke of the act of the legislature ordering an election on the question of holding a convention. He spoke of the almost unanimous vote of the people; that such a convention was held in Co lumbia on December 1ith, 1861, but was adjourned to Charleston on account of the prevalence of an infectious dis ease in this city. He then spoke of the great deliberations in Charleston and stated that of the 169 members present, ea'h and every one voted for the ordin ane of seccession. The spe~aker paid a glowing tribute to ex-Chancellor Francis Hugh Wardlaw. who framed the ordinance of steession as it now stands. The sperker then quoted an article from the late Dr. Thornwell, telling of the manhood, the intelligence, the pat riotism and the courage of the men who compose the convention. The brains and the culture of the State were in that assembly. He concluded by recalling the fact that of the one hundred and sixty-nine illustrous men of that convention, but eight were living today. He spoke feelingly of the few that were left, two of whom, Col. Jos. Daniel Pope, and Rev. WV. H. Campbell, D. D., were on the stand with him. As he called the names of the survivors, the building rang with the applause of the enthusi astic audience. When Gen. Bonham had concluded there were calls for Col. ope h a cefully acknowledged the compliment, but declined to speak. Dr. Campbell then, by acclamation, made a brief speech. The fire of those trying days had not left him, and in stirring accents he said that the con vention had done what it had thought was right, and that he knew the cause was holy and right. The exercises having been concluded, the large throng surged up to the speai er's stand, to clasp the hands of the distinguished men who had stirred true Southern hearts that hour. The tablet is made of pure white Vermont marble and is four feet wide by eight feet in length. Its edges are nicely beveled, and the polish is of a superior quality. The top of the table is surmounted by a representation of the old State flag, with the crescent and the palmetto tree. Under this is a copy of the ordinance of secession and the names of the signers of the great writ. The work was done at the yards of Mr. F. H. Hyatt, and is fairly well execut ed. The .lettering is of the old fash ioned script and is pretty in design. The inscription is brought into relief by the lettering being painted black. The time has been long since the or dinance of secessi- n was adopted, and many whose names are there written have been -eunited with the nation's fathers where sectional jealousies are no more, and secession does not become necessary, as it was in South Carolina. There are a few people in South Caroli na who have the original parchment, which is framed in the office of the sec retary of state. There are not many more who know the purportof the ordi nance which is engraved upon the tab let. Following is an exact copy: THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION. The State of South Carolina-At a convention of the people of South Caro lina begun and holden in Columbia, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and thence continued by adjournment to Charles ton, and there by divers adjournments to the 20th day of December in the same year AN ORDINANCE; To dissolve the union between the State of South Caro lina and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The consti tution of the United States of Ameri ca;" We the people of South Carolina in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and or dained, that the Ordinance adopted by us in convention, on the twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight, whereby the constitution of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the general assem bly of this State ratifying amendments of the said constitution, are hereby re pealed; and that the union now subsist ing between South Carolina and other States under the name of "The United States of America" is hereby dissolved. Done at Charleston, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord eighteen nundred and sixty. D. F. Ja mison, delegate from Barnwell and pretident of tne convention. Thos. Chiles Perrin, Edward Noble, J. H. Wilson, Thos. Thomson, David Lewis Wardlaw, John Alfred Calhoun, John David Middletoa, Benjamin E. Sessions, J. N. Whttner, James L. Orr, J. P. Reed, R. f. Simpson, Benj. Franklin Xauldin, Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., W. Perrinean Finley, J. J. Brab ham, Benj. W. .Lawton, Jao. McKee, Thos. W. Moore, Richard Woodis, A. Q. Dunnovant, John A. Inglis, Henry Mclver, Stephen Jactson. W. Pinck ney Shingler, Peter P. Bonneau, John P. Richardson, Joun L. Maniing, John 1. Ingram, Edgar W. Cnaries, Julius A. Dargan;1Isaac D. Wilson, John M. Timous, Francis Hugh Wardlaw, James Parsons Carroll, Wmn. Gregg, Andrew J. Hammond, James Tompkins James C. Smyly, John Hugh Means, William Strother Lyles, Henry Camp bell Davis, John Buchanan, James C. Frman, P. E. Duncan, W. H. Easley, James Ha.rison, W. H. Campbell, T. J. Withers, James Chetnut, Jr., Jos. Brevard Kershaw, TI-os. W. .Beaty, Win. J. Ellis, P. L. Crawford, W. C. Cauthen, D. P. Robinson, H. C. Young, H. W. tiarlington, John D. Williams, W. D. Watts, Thos. Wier, H. I. Coughman, John 0. Geiger. Paul Quattlebaum, W. B. Rowell, Chesley I. Evans, Win. W. Harllee, A. W. Bethea, iE. W. Goodwin, William D. Johnson, Alex. McLeod, John P. Kin ard, Robert Moormnan, Joseph Caldwell, Simeon Fair, Thomas Worth Glover, Laurence M. Keitt, Don~ild Rowe Bar ton, Win. Hunter, Andrew F. Lewis, Robert A. Thompson, William S. Gris ham, John Maxwell, John E. Tromp ton,'W. Ferguson Hutson, WV. F. De Saussure, William Hopkins, James H. Adamis, Maxcy Gregg, John H. Kinsler, Ephraim M. Clark, Alex ander H. Brown, E. S. P. Bellinger, Merrick E. Cook, E. R. Hender son, Peter Stokes, Daniel Flud, David C. Appleby, R. W. Barnwell, Jos. Danl Pope, C. P. Brown, John MI. Shingler, Daniel DuPre, A. Mlazyck, William Cain, P. G. Snowden, Geo. W. Seabrook, John Jenkins, P. J. Dur ant, E. M. Seabrook, John J. Wanna maker, Elias B. Scott, Jos. E. Jenkins, Langdon Cheves, George Rhodes, A. G. Magrath, Win. Porcher Miles, John Townsend, Robert N. Gourdin, H. W. Connor, Theodore ID. Wagner, RI. Barn well Rhett, C. G. Memminger, Gab riel Manigault, John J. Pringle Smith, Isaac W. Hayne, Jno. F. Honour, Richard DeTreville, Thomas M. Hanc kel, A. WV. Burnet, Thos. Y. Simons, Artemus T. Darby, L. WV. Spratt, Wil liam Middleton, F. ID. Richardson, B. H. Rutledge, 2dward McCrady, Fran is J. Porcher, F. L. Gourdin, John L. Palmer, John L. Nowill, John S. OlHear, John G. Landrunm, B. B. Fos ter, Benjamin F. Kilgore, Jas. H. Car lisle, Simpson Bobo, Win. Curtis, H. D. Grcen, Mattew P. Mayer, Thomas Reese English, Sr. Albertus Chambers Spain, J. M. G~adberry, J. 5. Sims, Wmn. H. Gi't, Jamnes Jeffcries, An thony W. Duzier, John G. Pressly, R. C. Logan, Francis S. Parker, Benj. Fanuil Dunkin, Samuel Taylor Atkin son, Alex. M. IForster, Win. Blackburn Wilson, Robert T. Allison, Samuel Rainey, A. Baxter Springs, A. J. Bar ron. Attest: Benjamin F. Arthur, Clerk. THFE SURVIVoRs. Thaec eiht livimg signers of the or dnnewho were so eloquently referred to by Gen. Bonham arc Henry Mlclver, chief justie of the supreme court of South Carolina; James H. Carlisle, LL. D., president of Wofford college; Col. Jos. Daniel Pope, dean of the law fac ulty of South Carolina college; William D. Johnson of Marion, who ranked with Wardlaw, Inglis and Carroll-as chancel lor in the ante bellum days of chancery court; Leonidas W. Spratt. a retired merchant of Jacksonville, Fla.; Rev. W. H. Campbell, D. D., who spoke so stirringly Tuesday, Wm. Porcber Mi1',s, who is now a resident of Louis iana, and R. A. Thompson, a promin ent lawyer of Oconee county. INSOLENT SPANISH TROOPS. They Force Americans to Kiss and Salute Their Flag. The Spanish soldiers of the Battalion Colon, the men who plundered the town of Santo Domingo, Cuba, and who, when the protocol was signed, pro tested against peace and revolted at Puerto Principe, are causing the brawls and disorder in Havana. Since Decem ber 6th the battalion has disregarded the orders of Captain General Castel lanos, and instead of embarking for Spain, as was suggested in a friendly spirit by the American commission, they have remained there solely to cre ate trouble. They declare that they have not been vanquished, and, with bands playing, they parade the streets, singingSpanish songs, compelling peaceful residents Americans, Cubans and Spanish-to kiss the Spanish flag and shout "Viva Espana!" They are at present the po lice of the city. At 6 o'clock every evening they gather in front of the Hotel de Inglaterra and by their demonstrations keep the people in a state of terror. On Thursday the battalion attacked the people in the town of Regla, in sulting the women and beating the men. They wounded a boy on Prado street and the Spanish press censor permitted only this comment to be published: "An American armed with a rifle shoots a Negro." They robbed some peasants at a railway station, and un der censorshir : he incident was thus re ported: "Peasants robbed by a group of men, some of whom were armed." They declare openly that they will re main in Cuba until the last, in order to punish the people of Havana for their ingratitude to Spain. They say that the war with Spain was brought about, not by the desire of the Americans, nor by the Cuban insurgents, but because of calumnies heaped on the Spanish army in Cuba by the people in Havana. Women and children are fleeing to Mari anao, where they can be safe under the protection of American troops. In the meantime c-ime flourishes. Since Thursday six Laurders have been com mitted in the streets of Havana. A SOLDIER MIED Shot by a. Provost Guard for Disobey ing Orders. The Greenville correspondent of the News and Courier says Private John Mattice, of Company K, 203d New York regiment, shot and killed Private -ugridge, Company B, 2d West Vir ginia regiment, and seriously wounded Private aart, same company and regi ment, near that city on Tuesday of last week. Mugridge and Hart went into the woods near camp to shoot at a target with pistols, in doing so violating the order of the commanding officer. Mat tiee was on guard at the time, doing provost duty, and hearing the shots, he went into the woods to arrest the par ties shooting. He claims that Mug idge started away, but turned and fired twice at him with a pistol, and he then fired the fatal shot. The other side claims that Mugridge and Hart started to run as soon as they saw the provost guard, and that Mattice shot at them with his Springfield rifle while they were running. It is also claimed that Hart had possession of a pistol when he fell or was arrested. M~ugridge was in stantly killed, and the bullet, passing through him, struck Hart in the side, inflicting a painful wound. Dr. Bramlett examined the wound of Mugridge, and stated that the bullet entered his back, passing through, com ing out of his breast and hitting 'Hart. From this it seems that Hart was in from of Mugridge as they ran. Gen. Kline, commanding the division, or dered Mattice turned over to the civil authorities for trial, to be tried in the United States court. The prisoner is confined in the provost guard house for the present, awaiting an inquest. It is said that very hard feeling between the two regiments has resulted from the killing, the West Virginians being very bitter in denouncing the man who did the shooting, as they claim that there was no cause for the deed. ONE KICKER A Massachusetts Man Who Does Not Agree With the President. Mayor A. A. Perry, of Somerville, Mass., member of Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., has written a let ter to the pos severely condemning that portion of President McKinley's ad dress at Atlanta suggesting that it would be proper for the government to assist in the care and preservation of Confederate cemeteries. The letter says: "'Perhaps it is better for me to stay away from Grand Army gatherings for a little time, at least until I recover from the shock of the statements lately made 1y President McKinley at Atlan ta. I love the South and her people, and no one rejoices more than I at the splendid spectacle of a reunited country presented during the recent war with Spain. But I cannot yet believe that it is the duty of the nation to give the same attention to the graves of the men who sought to destroy it as to the rest ing places of those who died for its pre servation. God forbid that any word should come from my lips or pen calcu lated to revive the sad memories of the past. Let us extend the warm hand of fellowship to our Southern brothers. Let us give to them ungrudgingly of our love. But let us not do any act or approve any policy from which future generations may infer that the great American Republic, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, had become so blind that she could not distinguish between the savers anid hert would-be DID HER DUTY. South Carolina Furnished 78,000 Soldiers for the Confederacy. STATE HISTORIAN'S REPORT Compilation of Interesting Facts and Figures Regarding this State's Quota in the Civil War. Following is the annual report of Col. John P. Thomas, State historian of Confederate records for the year 1898: To His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe, Governor of South Carolina. Sir:-I have the honor to submit through you to the general assembly my annual report, together with the pa pers, enclosed herewith, marked A,, B and C, as well as addenda to report, marked D and E. Schedule A shows the total number of troops furnished for service, Confed erate and State, by South Carolina with other pertinent data-as appears from rolls filed in this office to December 20, 1898. Schedule B gives a number of rolls, in addition to those embraced in Sched ule A, bearing on the same subject, and augmenting the volume of service in the war. Schedule C is the financial statement. Addendum D and addendum E give acts in relatior to the Confederate war from the statutes at large of South Car olina, and the list from the adjutant's report, in appendix to journal of fourth session of the South Carolina conven tion, exhibiting the approximate esti mate of the strength of the force from this State in the Confederate service on 30th August, 1862. .In my initial report, made less than three months after my appointment to office and presented at the last session of the general assembly, after stating that I had found time to do no more than to ascertain and present the exact status of the office work when I as sumed charge, I added: "As for the future, in order to complete the work provided for in the joint resolution of of December 20, 1893, it will be neces sary to devise some efficient mode of se curing the rolls out and missing, and, this done, the next step would be for the commissioner and historian to se care the necessary data for the history that it is intended shall accompany the completed rolls-a history of the part taken by the State in the late war and that taken by the troops furnished by the State to the Southern Confederacy." I am profoundly gratified to report in God's providence, through persistent efforts and many ways and means, I have been enabled to accomplish the the work thus outlined. Not only have all the Confederate rolls proper-infantry, cavalry and ar tillery, including the field and staff of' regiments and battalions-been secured, but there have been obtained rolls of 80 companies of State troops, as well as a number of rolls of various kinds outside of the regular organizations, but close ly identified therewith-making a grand total of 598 in all. In addition, in furtherance of the work of my offce as defined by legisla tive enactment, there have been col lected and put in good shape and filed in my office many valuable historic sketches, connected with the rolls. It is not proposed here to give a thorough analysis of schedules A and B append ed to this report. They speak for themselves sadly and yet proudly, tell ing how South Carolina and the States Confederate with her rivalled "the grandeur that was Greece and the glory that was Rome" in their years of une qual and unequalled war. The following tables give the numeri cal results of the rolls in the respective departments of service. Few of the rolls, it must be conceded, are absolute ly complete, since many of them omit important data. In the matter, how ever, of the enrollment-which is the main thing-the figures, though doubt less below the mark,. may be deemed approximately correct. A careful collation of all the data at tanable gives the annexed results: Infantry-Field and staff 764, of which number 82 died in battle or from wounds, 10 were wounded, 24 were cap tured and 89 surrendered. There were 783 captains; 66 first lieutenants, 788 second lieutenants, 296 third lieuten ants, 2,423 sergeants, 2,039 corporals 36,570 privates, making a total of 44, 486. Of this number 6,237 died in battle, 5,080 of disease, 648 in prison, 6,562 wounded, 1,502 captured, total number of casualties, 19,420. The number surrendered was 4,469; desert ers 219. Cavalry-Field and staff 74, died in battle or from wounds 4, wounded 8, surrndered 16. Line officers-Cap tains 138, first lieutenants 109, second lieutenants 111, third lieutenants 36, sergeants, 455 corporals 388, privates 7, 767, total, 9,042. Died in battle 470. of disease 401, in prison 64, wounded 524, captured 194, total casualties 1,661, surrendered 1,551, deserted 17. Artillery-Yield and staff 54, died in battle 3, wounded 3, captured 1, sur rendered 8. Line officers-captains 85, first lieutenants 128, second lieuten ants 104, third lieutenants 14, sergeants 341, corporals 354, privates 7,133, total S.075. Killed in battle 213, died of disease 202, died in prison 18, wound ed 296, captured 80, total casualties 796, surrendered 1,222. Inthe State troops there were 16 field officers, 76 captains. 74 first lieu tenants, 104 Second Lieutenants 33 third lieuenants, 215 sergeants 0]191 corporals, 4,231 privates, making a total of 4,023. The grand total of troops sent out from the State was as follows: Officers 4,456, enlisted men 62,106, total 66,531. The total number of effective men was 57,486. There .;ere 6,924 deaths on the field, 725 in prison, 5,687 of dis ease, wounded 7,390, captured 1,776, surrendered 7,242, deserted 301. In addition to the above regular or ganizations there are other valuable and suggestive rolls, gathered from various sources, representing important lines of naval and military service in the war between the States, as: 1. Troops from South Carolina in Confederate service on 30th August, 2. Engineer corps. 3. Medical staff. 4. Adjutant general department. 5. Quartermaster and commissary de partments. 6. Chaplains. 7. Officers Confederate States navy. 8. Signal corps. 9. Officers South Carolina iron clads. 10. Blockade runners and their "cap tains courageous." 11. Individ"! records. 12. Oonfederate roster, by Col. C. C. Jones. 13. Roster by executive committee of the Survivor's Association of South Carolina. 14. General officers of artillery. 15. Regimental and battalion organi zation. 16. Charleston troops in the war. 17. Field officers taken from "List of Field Officers, prepared by the United States War Department." 18. General field and staff. 19. Hagood's brigade by Gen. Ha good. The entire record thus made speaks for itself. It exhibits the fidelity with which South Carolina redeemed the pledge contained in her o.dinanceofse cession. The tabulation shows an enrollment in Confederate service of 61,603 men, and of State troops 4,928 men,being a total of 66,531. Assuming, now, that 10 per cent. of Confederate and 25 percent. of State troops have not been enrolled-and this is deemed a conservative. -estimate-it appears that South Carolina contributed to the cause of the Confederacy a total of 74,000 men in round numbers-and this, too, with an armsbearing popula tion, placed in 1861-65 at less than 68, 000. Fifty thousand South Carolinians voted for secession! Seventy-five thousand stood for it on the field of battle!! The joint resolution of December 20th 1893, under which I received my appointment as the successor of the late Gen. Farley, provided not only for the collection of the Confederate .rolls for publication, but also for the prepa ration of "appropriate sketches of the part taken by the- State of South Caroliha, and the various commands from this State in the late war, to be published with said rolls." Having assumed theoffice of Confed erate historian as late as October, 1897, I have not had at my command time enough to write, history even had I felt myself authorized to take np that high role in the absence of explicit legisla tive enactment. I have, however, gathered from vari ous sources and filed in my office not a few valuable historic papers. The foll )wing is a list of these , pa pers, inclusive of those heretofore re ported by me in my last annual report: 1. Roll of Honor-Rivers' Work. 2. Rivers' accountof raising troops for State and Confederate service. 3. The Kershaw preface. 4. Walker's sketch of the Tenth and Nineteenth South Carolinr regiments, 1861-65. 5. Short sketchof McGowan's brigade in the last war between the States. 6. xist's brigade, Confederate States Provisional army to the spring of 1864, with certain official reports referring to the history of the brigade through the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864. 7. Communication of Prof. W. J. Rivers to Confederate historian, Novem ber 15, 1897. 8. South Carolina's dead, buried in Thorn Rose cemetery, Staunton, Va 9. Confederate dead at Hollywood, Richmond, Va. 10. Roll of Laurens county soldiers killed in battle or died during the war, 1861-65. 11. Roll of Confederate dead in Lex ington county, S. C. 12. Roll of Confederate veteransreg istered at reunion in Greenville, S. C., August, 1897, compiled by the Abbe ville Press and Banner from the Green ville News and and the Charleston Sun day News. 13. Rivers' organization and history of the Twenty-fourth/ South Carolina volunteers, amended. by Col. Ellison Capers. 14. Bowen's sketch of Sacond South Carolina rifles. 15. Rion's history of Sixth South Carolina infantry. 16. Charles' sketch of Inglis' Light battery. 17. Newton's sketch of company E, Fourth South Carolina cavalry. 18. Screven's sketch of company -I, Second South Carolina volunteers. 10. Pettigren's sketch of Pee Dee Light artillery. 20. James' brief bistory of Eigh teenth South Carolina volunteers. 21. Wofford's sketch of company K, Third South Carolina volunteers. 22. Salley's sketch of &Twentieth South Carolina volunteers. 23. Sketch of company H, Seventh South Carolina cavalry. 24. Heward's sketch of Tucker's reg iment, South Carolina artillery. 25. Sketch of Fifteenth regiment South Carolina volunteers. 26. Gregg's sketch of Gregg's bat tery. 27. Wilson's sketch of company D. First South Carolina cavalry. 28. Lucas' sketch of Lucas' battalion heavy artillery. 29. History of Fifth South Carolina cavalry. 30. Stokes' sketch of company C, Fourth South Carolina volunteers. 31. Gilbert's sketch of Brooks' Guards. 32. Fripp's sketch of "Stono Soouts." 33. White's sketch of St. Helena mounted riflemen. 34. Simons' sketch of Twenty-seventh South Carolina volunteers. 35. Albergottie's sketch of company F, Second battalion, South Carolina State trceops. 36. Field's war papers. 37. Several sktches of company B, T wenty-seventh Virginia cavalry. 38. Memorandum in re company E, Sixteenth South Carolina infantry; com pany C, Twelfth South Carolina infan try; Twenty-seventh South Carolina in faintry. 39. Record of Gen. J. B. Villiepigue. 40. Glover's sketch of Gen. D. R. Jones. 41. Sketch of Col. C. Ml. McCreery, by his sister. 42. War record of Col. S. B. Pickens. 43. War record of Capt. Richard S. DesPortes. 44. Hoyt's sketch of Palmetto riflesi compan B ,ort rment South Carolina volunteers; company C, Pal metto sharp shooters, in pamphlet form. 45. Roll of Washington Light infan-.: try in Confedei-ate service. 46. Rutledge's address before com pany B, Sixth South Carolina cavalry. 47. Tompkins' sketch of company C Fourteenth South Carolina volunteers. 48. Walker's sketch of Tenth rep. ment, South Carolina volunteers. 49. Inglesby's historical sketch of First regiment, South Carolina artil lery: 50. Charleston. S. C., in the war be tween the States. 51. Roll of compatiy C, Twenty-see-' ond South Carolina volunteers, 186145 52. Complete roll of company South Carolina volunteers, 1862-65. 53. Sketch of Irish volunteers. 54. Hart's battery, a poem by een Harby. 55. Roll of company C, Second talion, South Carolinareserves. 56. Evans' brigade at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg, by Col; F. W. M e in newspapers. 57. Sketch of Twenty-third South Carolina volunteers, frrm ning Times. 58. Confederate war notes ChesterLantern. 59. Sherfesee's sketch of Haieaba tery. 60. Riecke's sketch of Walters tery. 61. Iredell Jones' sketch eo Carolina College cadeti. 62. Riecke's sketch of Zouave cadets. 63. Trescot's tribute to Gen.p Elliott. Scedule C, classifies therXpe on account of the "Completiodof' federate rolls," and shows a of $108.28 to the credit of the fund As for the addenda matter& in relation. to the Warof taken from the statutea: ote. South Carolina, Ihave thugL: to publish since apart from then trinsic interest, as echoes fro n they give the legislature action which South Carolina from. 1865, in raising the State troop from time to time into service. The list of organizations from-, Carolina in the Confedete servic -o August 30,1862, is an interesting hibit, showing in the aggegate: Infantry, 28 regiments, two le gions, three battalions, two companies... .......... Artillery, two regimente, oe battalion, 18 companies.... Cavalry, two regiments, fve bat talions.......... Conscripts.sent forward, about seven companies..........1, Total................ A Exclusive; it appears, of company Thirty-seventh battolion, Virgini airy, a gallant corps of South ians, who served under the flag Of"b "Old Dominion." In,announcing.the .complei'on labors in the fulfillment of the, trust committed to me, and this 6a enlarged form and upon a broade - than that originally mp might here cloe .this report an e with a grateful sense of duty done* a high appreciation of the privelege corded me of vindicating the-trath history and of consummatng-a word justice to thedead and ofhonor to he living of our noble and self-sacrifiing Confederates soldiery. BualIwould be wanting -in myduty~ iflIdid not further recommend toto-1 general assembly the logical concluiin' of this matter- by the publieation i book form of the rolls collected 'withan appropriate sketch of the pary takeneb.. the State of South Carolin, andthe'va rious commands from this State in war between the States-agreeablj the joint resolution of the generala-. sembly, approved December 20,1 w the same being the thirty-third anni versary of the passage of the Ordinane of Secession of South Carolina. No argumentation is necessary to crease the obvious force of the props tion. The proposed publication as a matte of justiceis due to the cause in whichi South Carolina pledged her all in id* cation of her sovereighty. - Moreover the publication would b an act of statesmenship calculated to promote our State pride and to aug ment the felling of brotherhood be-'~ tween our people that wouldstrengthen'A the muniments of the commonwealth.9 My acknowledgements are due and are hereby tendered to those Confederate survivors who have interested them selves in my work, and especially to Mrs. Agustine T. Smythe andRey. DI. John Johnson, D. D., of Charleston, who have made valuable contributions to the rolls. Nor must Iomit to commend the ex cellent spirit shown by Private Jesse.9 McCartha, of company K,, Thirteenth regiment South Carolina volunteers. -M and Private J. B. O'N. Barkley, of company L, Orr's rifies, who were in- ~ strumental' in securing for this office the long missing rolls of their respec tive companies. I have the honor tobe Yours respectively, Jno. P. Thomas.. Gets Back Home. The President and his party arrived back home on Tuesday of last week well pleased with their reception in the South. Everywhere a stop was made the President was received with greet ings and demonstrations of an enthusia stic character, and during the entire week there was not a disturbing incident. The general impression prevailed that the trip had cemented to a marvellous degree the good feeling between North and South, and had brought into prom inence the excellent conditon and capa bilities of the army. The original ob ject of the visit, to celebrate the peace with Spain, .lost its significance direct ly after the President's memorable Ut terances regarding the care of the Con federate dead. A Fearfuldrime. A special from Leesburg, Ga.., says:: Ainm~'t horrible crime was perpetrated on tie eastern edge of Lee county to day and a lynching is almost certain. Two negroes went to the house of S. S. Moroney, a white farmer, knocked him down and bound him fast. They then committed a double rape on the person of his wife. and, after robbing the house of everything of value they could carry away, left. The alarm was given quickly and a strong posse started out in search of the criminals. - It is re ported they have been captured. If so [they have doubtless been lynched.