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'r - '''lW i lit . ('I W TIJICI'IttyEyIIM gg r A-11'-; E 2.A'; V.Li'iL'.4, An Inteet 'r Ing trt EnJe,yi 1 Day.-nti'l11 A m r Eqt 'c litcttnl (ltiotin -lli uch t4) 1a4t. lnough to Drink, anit a Lively and To the survivors, guests and Spectato's, Thtrsday, the 16th inst.., .was a memotablc aid Int1ecestig day. No more Splendid tribute c:m bo paid the liher'ality and generosity of Colim lia tlianl (le flei t) Ilat high :uticipalions r; 'igt_in every 0t)'soi, and the occa. I-iou, t\"i aill 't.1 its inrcdents, was tiul Jy i) to the ineasure of expectation. A larger i'portion of the survivors of the old ''w\'eltih live alooig th line of the (ar'lat, ('olnuia & Augustt Rail roadl. 'Coh'nel lanskelI was kimd eioiugh to) rdclltlco ih. thr'e to iere9 noiilol rtes, being romi all the sta fions aloiig the linie from ioek 11111 to (olntmhia only one cent a iile for the ronuid trilp. III Conseltnilce, whenl the Fairlit'li survivors boalrdletl the train ol the tortning o the 161it inst., the t'ain of five coaches seemed alh'ead ci'owd\"ted to overflowing, adt1 it wa 0 with ditliculty that. seats could be pro. Cured at. tilt, but despito the tininviting' CiretlI)i(;ances, old m:.r't, y'oung1 men'1 tiAl boys (a1l survivors ?) met, is at every' Statit1', and iiore was aldded to the avoirlupois of the mlovillg masp. ''ho train arrived at Coluimbia promptly at S.30 o'clock, and the. stur vivors w\ere iet, salutetl and escorted to te ('ohunlbia lotel by tie Iichlaind Sight D)ra1g0ons, l lith' (hiohtnhlia F ying .ArtIIlery, the liiichlantl \'ohmtirers:anl1 ti.' Govt'rnor"'s (naits, all 1nerlcl" the uonui:til ot' the gallaiit ( p': t :iJ I it -h ho-iv of the lNiebhutl \'ulunteter At the hotel the _uests foundt a rarel' latab le collation aw%A;itingr ihe111, All in ortler, and the large diniing. reom tilled, Colonel 11. C. i)avi., tiot 'i'd1 lent ot' the Association, ver\ l:'1ppi1y introduncedl 'aptain Uliior,'" The (aptailn, wilth soltdicr\y heml-iu,' a I :,l ' , bade the t'lct sohliers w"elino:e, hilei't't wt"eleeoiie to the ('omt. 11t01nWeahhtli's eal"ii, an:d his word vert' thodt'., wv ithl thunlcrs of aup in. ('olonel 1)a'i< introdint'l to ilt I ,'i gimol'iiu, Colonel ('ad. dons, o Yttt , 1 "o had at ouie tillte be1en ('olbo nel of ie lieginienit. Colonel done, spoke feli1.iughy of the grlid record i01 the old I;ghintilI, and of it'h satire diu of the su'vivot's to keep brighi and shinin,ig the netnories of the strug. gle. 'Tlhe old soldier was "hr' tl,, sweel and to the point, antd wheni the restm. ed his -cat was i'cted with g'enuilet enithusiasti' . When the iivitalion to) brei'akfaiist was retnde,1, './ -? tl 1b .arrlireo, 1ild in an inicredily shiort buiitor woas2 It.' presl~idin ieiius ot the - 'lie St'lotticet Platt/ was the ph:ne' V"s:'t 1ti tori te ituost ii nportianit p*aite ol' 1 t lot prop i'autt illi', :Ji w Wit h Je to. o.'iItt , ~~ed ii loiiluihin hllit's, t'oint ftoi'tle alono'tovey. V Paeeswer prtoo ided' or ith: i iuv i vor', anili t nice, las:tut rido 'ot' t go iiijll' b ronghiit thito Ithe m . i Geitnan p'lea t. grtou idi-, thle Ii'au.. At 11 .t o'c.lot'k thei uri'vor'S, theili fiendts andio gu~iests ialombld ini ith. uit' and we'lbel.tosten ,, tm-',, iitducet to the ait'utece ti'e torattor't if t' dha Sapi ilin dineits A ini't conoP' tof CJlm-'" 1.on. Theli c.hivah'ie. 'ainoiiI 1'r snl' di'rs ad'o2'' orls. ollhll~ii~e lie spoke ando spokte welI tot' a so'l h t , :uidt for1 t at ituinenilt tiuiii tIu iii' the ditd lie Iinte.rest o1' his l istent cirs fin'. Thle ora t'r, 'er th le Itme he inuw, thI rew a'itde hisI ith wit, .u-' seoiete 'to livec aga: in amidit the st irrtiin Scen'es of the ti'aj:o'le at . WitI toneht'ingt~ 1 paios anid cloquencei.'t, in toiM the tatle of their Sp'h:-ii tour'P-t atiti lIoiani f'oro'titde', tot' the todd- w ht wich they'~ ttctedl o f t h de l: sleni a 'u t stold iily tib utes' to l.eo anid llavis lie renehied the climax of hi: eleg:t :al pdol01ish ed oation, and tho teart-t Iled eves an ht learityv appolhaius .dofh le et syvopath bet*. weei .itroh 00' 0 f oolt. ,jotmo'o mt 'oiri-. cionite iredi uponti he comrtiade, who noow etandls bef'or'e you has aw'aked UtilI h'is lot the li liveliest r'mottins o gr'atiitutte. To be perm'itItedl to paric o.i p ut n. t) tatke so pr'omtinent a1 par in te aotitoIi tot' a regimen'tt so tilith fill aind Mo t~iuou as was the Twe.ltli ;-an hionori as b,ish as the cause I'o woch'~ it fought was hool'. I amu pow crhle- wiheni iywouild ta'V to tell hov9 pOini:ioly andh pa;urioiically' y'ou rte Spended'o to the callI of C'arodiai-ou~ Pashuly andJlio granlylh ycou t'oc-ht het n-i'h th b:a'httl-lmo of the (Conif'ed 0'ri;h' fromti ii o~ theeginnin tot the we utt ii if was lowteretd and folledh ami 'tS sta'ini'e' stars disappetaredot In thoo dl'akne tof tdefeat. T(he dtyz~ w!:jt'; o *ur kiiit~Iov ,rtialite o pa o i n. s the ropiiert <t'harlge oft whieb t'i lItormed by'Ji0 0ne ofi, Caro ilinio ao' "ilJed and Jo ch~ialou ons,gJ i'a l'wh 'onh l but letepor ttily i t'au'aand o io)d.prlivm, i t oeone his wa litio s to Ii 'tit'eari of)th mi ento hoc om he soi t' ( okitully to h- at 13Iut* lioom h:d It '''"'( en t'3t1o,,wher' they ~ leaIi, po .t 1er hune the i'miug hoqte' of t*1i w unris otlos t tiom hii l Stte whJich hd Murued, is fo.retver' stille'd, lk is e whic'h *'ve'r thr'obbed wi th the. loll les an tuL tsem .m l legs and cold. lie will never again net thinlt'n of the Tweltii le0-t;imenI, t'4 \homu he was- so aqlutionatel%" at 'tatcled, and of wh'i lh l:ts sluken lit the higlost teras of paise4 I ctvo your indnlgeie'o for a in 1amen.t to on able mt t naike brief mention of the r"eliatIions, which ('xisted t.t:t \We en ei, eral (.'otieer and the lumbll:le iltli itltal who has lad .the temllet 1 v' to :t-k his p}lace at tlls; reunion of gallalit men. . any of you knew Genural ( olmler only as a Commanlnder. To n, he was a I3felong . f{"iond, afl'ectiomn for whom came to lte ly inlerittnre. When I hear his namle mentioned thcre is lorne to uhe oi (le 1yrstic w iuds of memtony the, words wh'ich were told tme in ludtiing boyhood by my fatther" whose volce sects to speak to tit from the church\ard where hie btlr'uilessly sleeps; who said that when he Iindel in Chtat'leston a straittger ie sot'n iloumi kind ti'iends, benefiactors, in the Joer sons of 1Ienry W. Cononer. ai \1illita1n C. Courtney, (the father amt uncle of General Conner- whose m1ime81s wete as titiliar as household words and wero breathed with blessings around our hearthstones. The deep debt of gratitude which I owe Gieneral (;Xniner flr lavors bestowed and fin' the deep interest he took in liy welflare I shall tevet' be able to repav. I shall not speak of the great an(d 'orievoas loss the eountry sulstaineti el i Iis death. It eatnot. be mlleaSured lbv words. 'Mv, heart. is heavy and sad; and I offer. 'a tribtte of tears to the lmmlorv of or galhlt colu'ade alld gifted co'mmamtt er', .who en"joyed (he conlidteuco and el itt'd the adminiti ito of 1>ellder, Wilcox, A. P'. hiill andl .l.e--w\hose firnness and i arlestn: amlid.,t the terrors of battle have blet'ni equalled on1ly by the w\orth anld wisdom il, dis lilayied as the t l'nd au anil vi.er of our noble stahidrd-bearer, Govt'rtnor Wado lhu1npton. 1 tn cutalidenI that v\oll do liot look for any lt':w"1.'d or 1liin'tu addre't' othet'wiso I should not he able it) till (te m11t1<11re of y'olll- txi '-eIt't.m I "litn l;uiing" to try to s eit'ak: to voul inl th'e hilnguage tf' the h'art--a 1teart whivih tltou,h st': ntil by ,ol'roa ha .i'vrt'r t'it'st tl to thriobila Vith eve't'nele'1 e,' aind ret'''e'tt til l e ut111n who \t't1ret thel '1a\' -with !he pro'tudl ml'intries of (lte tan,'l or whic ti li ht t,' lit a 4I1 toill 1phk l whiit h t lt'y w'illingly ,a--i'iiel tlair li\cs -iltie:'\ i \iIt wiiil hich lot' itl\' ti io r :ti:nri' nt 'atil ch leri,.h;.ll itctll .. tinu1 o f o r oil' b!t' tl ld'1 ':ttlt , \t Ilit- ' hllalit a lt 'ahieelm n:: ,-hine in tlil' tirtant'ni nt of t t'an-.lii:a'- t:liale. W e'l' havIe:1\l' a l ed'l at ahi t-ll - - tt ala''o renetw\\" tlth ltill'it' i to re'.: \ t' ie rttollelti.: . i t re!iU t he ' ! n tit e, al t': aill ia Ui of te Innd and . r + p h it(I.t 1 i, in no i rit tit' sI ti. th:.1 we summlt on fr' ml t ol)he. o of the oad i,:t th lt ilrinI stnt whith .1shook :hle counlt' 1from lenl1-e to it't' nta1ren:1" 'il, which h'gedam tl t paef t ltti dit 'lant. ,tials into a red Sea, over hi: cht wIt w\'a- wildly ite ua tl bcoa atu IItIv which -,0 (it' thouiantl 5:1ik to r t i t , on ,rt . T1 h 'lat i.: no h 'ostility inl iot hl'tirt.' it bitter Ila ii otu- Ilreastz. it' a re il Ihth h ait of a s:lt red d l ty, to tom.. timleiii a. it"ourad.le. \'ho, dliviet l hv" di,ltln'i', -atbltm a ee one an1t her. it' w.' hae t thet~it'al "ostala'ie'i,i sip tao spi'eak i'otf teds iandtih het dtueis t ~vawaenzs, fith thii'e mem-au agheatili seei i the ontliier tt'his tl'ntl te atItletieli. Th uLon~ wh' Il o-i(i t.owed th. thig,l ast i'tl'ia wa:.am-rihen te tit' of toitph, and whojt stod tbe il untg' ii -e surrender, a tow hinicke r adapprecite u til:t huthe own!UCl' whoadide I ighti:i oni t Nr.it'-r sideare rankandtrlindoii thinanl the hwkenltint ii th-dy. It' proof were' watu'igt -to 'ow hat anthe peonie of te South' htr iitwheia remen' touh-sail thelir I fort'ir i.s, tha th era i trok can adire vitue mami lorli amnes th'eaa toe!ains.t t t', it as tlo be f1ntailI i the him'st'and enitthiati an erl uino wha,iiht tuppotd t'tr the hi hle. I li tin ithi'e ltof th inericuan pivt Ainh'~Ogia'az theiea-eme arandois tat wr a d upniyI 1,iden tis atisl', rave.~ th ere non fesher ' or more*tii~ I ulnn't !lnat,lere was n''I ii,aI; v the outhi whe the tiing of hisl dea tgkea feulia prie inpa i the sinu~ht, w hon o'fit' wa thir eit i toia hitt 'lt when haie wati wiitil' l thuen i,i whoset aai lii n doie.l Nl.inge jai g ha..e and ithe eart ofu traliIa. t' \\ys,~ old tat ' twereSt po5el.d u; Init tote :~uad tll eity t t Ii n'l ex'- 'ii t i n1 , the' telnder~ :ui tret -need hi sn' lai,i wlint at ItS arountiid to,liv 'nLe11riea whichn theouatatfios bof'ltime have ll'ao toteimmd-r-:daiaan, whieb i!adt 4aseititod thro rie,n> oiveCtothe darl r nu'ietutaled da e t --a-le h5al'.i'ei heetra Falthe ithe ylIbptl rursi't o tho he or.tyear and hl e,nt at'o post-thel hlungaer and hlatlaip wan uecomased y'eou othea on mour ch - thea couagel you displayed and the aor Of danger and of duty. Tht pulti of ti ptiirln from parents, 'olu' WIves and s( cl.ibliren, wvhu. Were deartu"cr t lr oit than ti lf1is ittelV, did hot deter vo't i'oin the b 1ertutli+llice 61' a proud luid s ttriotie it duity. You were not. unuio,d by the ri tiars tbici freely flowed 41dwn your Il mon L.er's cheek. in the inut '1y molan- It holy h."k 01 your lov i wit'yvou Saw tilrroredlnoit slrrow too deep 'forleara. b Your child, as it nestled in your irtns rl and gazed at. tihe -hrightt buttons on 8 yOtr coat, Was ill nuioln,elous of the it sacrine you were naking-=:'f 'tho i R.adnas of that scene, which brings r horcibiy to ml;.ad the pathetic parting a< of itor1101 atd Anldroinache. ' (> 1 your services on the coast .of J Carolint I amu not able to speak intel- ] Iltent ly, nu We were'iot thrown to- I trothielr.until (iregg's Bh'igade wlent to, r1 'irgilia. 1ut3 I a ui cunlidetl vou there iI gave pwoof of your unchilled fidelity ct and displayed that courage which (I aItervards blazed in one continuous t) gl t .. .t 1.1' I l'.v.PTERS11UuRO TO ( GTYS11U11. 1i I cannot mould iy thoughts iit) tn- l ished figures, as others of' your annuaill orators have done. When our hattle scarred colnmander, Cen. Saluttel Mc (owan, addressed you, his sublinie.1 aund soul-stirrinr sentences caused your blood to throb~in every pulse and to tilngle in every vein. It was the'voico which cheered iiil inspired us ac the iauntless and devoted hero led his Iirig;ade into a battle. Ilis voice is th e veryV mii dc of'iu nilhiood-goodn tess and v gelnerusity are secet in every litienitit . of his fice and in his breast beats a heart as fitlfI ias it is fe'arless. Wlhat (1 I Iave szaid, what I llm lbit &so stia to you, has at least the virtue of sill reitV. They ali e whe wotds of a comli rude, One of the proutdest retllections of wiise life is that he stoodt alon g Side of thie Inenl of the TIwelttih Reg I tlenltt for toutr year. t.d sa;w their hat-10 he-1ha1g strt in I mt ttr-like over fields ni here theyt bravel iered or hero1 it-lily died; wiho in thiet rence of' the urv'ivors Ot' thut, splendid coniand to-dav tetl; (1 e foce and inagntuI .l of lllttions Is stirringt and iroftouI 1d as ever thrilled the butsina breast t who a rec'O''nizets in this gather1in 1t3IVy t:titliiar a1ce1s that he s0 utteln sal1' t wVre:thed in the cl of-baitle smoke t aii'l lit uip by the re'lectionl of' the fire tla.hin'.t tromii their gus- gtis the suilid ot' vliell sweilled the dread 4, t lh ruis ot' w 'ar aa the echo of which t 'Yi clhlers nlhas they brok the still n]w of lhis chlarnuin"g sctt, litble ny . blood flow f':Itei; oi they awaee Let i lur bera'e-t the reeolhetionl of' tha t odld "l,;bl %ell" whicb I first heard inl thesnlliny hours of in% bot hood--whellni iintidt' otiL gi'ua tjace't iiiy heart blllound edt with hopie andt hiapp ies,:. \1,ho4 that witas n er y n an eVer forget yoir in-pliring ulcer as y,oi entered the li lit "1t liaine:;s Mill-as yolt bru':sted'"the 1t 'realers ot' batle 1,r t'ol iiarbor tht yoi tollotvel "'cll'sit'l livins rtret:t ft t "raer's Faril and iuto \\'hil~e - Oak 'wanlilp---wheln yol stood reatdv t.o chiairge tip ti.e niurdlterousl slope of dalvernl .Hill.. Mv heart went out to v youk oi the willap of1 adiration, ait ti every it'l.ri inelt"er of thlie Fir."sf Hei- tt eliti felt, at I tilt, that voi raved our a1 reg itun rilt 01 ldestrutiof oliOi t hatf dihvnd'n f thI ay at blnIasiSs, wheitn as- a i-ailed ini 'rolit atl tiaitk byv superior at n iii hers of(15 d icieatfe ai otd'eterin i ied iL t'eii con tidei of' vict ory over thle ti' r hiut which was heid~inig before1 te 4 storini of battle, unt il you c.Ine chia:'g- s iig ny tp to 01nr ass5i s 1tace-iot' ing te I hite, sein g hiinii flyinug froti thle field, sainlg 0111' lives aiid, wvhat was even ituOre pri''oni, t hat blue flag whieb 'I tuy gaflhint !oIiradles broni.lit withi I tin froini Charile'stOin to aUhIl to fte it"rest oif your i'euniiun, atfd ini fesfi i'iity1 of te alli'tfiotn they feel towar'd you1. I saiw ll you tt ov'ed fotr- ft ward at Ox 1hill, wheret P'ope let'C two i n11e1 de'ad onl fte tild llro)in whicth lie fted. 1 behiell thle Twllfh as it criossed ti the Potomnae atter' a for'ced niairch fromi Il ir'si" Ferryi, andu r'ushein'to 1 the Pt%ght at Sh:u-'pshurig, w~'hen A. P'. IIill's ILi t D ivisioni saved thle army fromn deital , w herie thle civalr'ous (' honeh I ixo Barne:iiiis rush~led to danger' and to dteath-h e w hose beauut iful and bi niignanit fa ce wvas encircle'd ini a ha'lt y I gloiry as his spirit ai'cenided to i bay.. 1n- Yout were tiunninidfuil 01'fIhe peris it whih enet'itt)inp aied you as lie Bnir adte adlv:aied exposed to thie faital tire l"-'rd, wIhethe fi P'otoma~c ian r'ed with l1'der'aIl.Id. I i'etolhect hiow splein didly you bhave~t'd on thiat Deceniiber l 'liat Frede'riek,biurg, w heire out' iltv ioni lo st Ca larger niunbeir of 111en1: hui wereI kiih. It',aita wvoutiled iin the r'e:nindiibr of the zrui: wheni par't of NIadte' Corpsifi got iinto our1 rear; wheni fte re~ar r:uk o4flt Brigade' had to haveu ab'out and1( fire to te rvair, whli!t thei' iot' rank ~va keep~infei back the enetyl in ori rot :y whee teai tophies w'j hi w h .e onwer fo'onen hin lie heli'n' o< eaoedb (i!ltho'e eathovthat nobl whchi thenIian, ey Grded e a'for ' hei totio t'lay preiou iear haviie: i been' ihed whostlt.1e a t' wos breahd a~ui of age in lcharoe whoe CinalI hie:iutbeit th.eobbed ithn devoion toh ~ itt leafto he 'eapltt of its Eni n w hieh it iernuafuit althee brat wn orks an I ~abed in ii oug the i>e:ad i which Nte Ilin'utusf of atr wlz!e hr-hed the nait'of w oea whih aro fae everv hi heait' lihenI t he h an d 1. i iins er wii fsalli' reverl forVet the part y'oui ('(nll he101~f i da i yo dtisplayd, whIaicIen i3lc.u t' iewan t u'1,', wri. ade enteret heu'eof II tthr, when t!" hir valor' wphicd lthe!t -weth~ of aii bid ier ou n itdt e :iiid oft the tintri..iA b'uerPrrin -, t' i''i: h tn Genra lodt'ede wved tode hi hat ioer ot1 cololof the baent tg ciosnhneiti the ruigeein t -he inen thatir rc the o unldig' fa'Cau.tInshalle-nree foIt voer'ne- t duenotat the Twit.es whs tahe frnt fro.yt: cxc o4wien th e'ea'ofta bu- 1 ten they wft'e fond of lngcrit.g'bltind y > thtit they could have the hsti slot. at c 10 onotny.' It, was thero tht . your a rave boy, Cdi. T. 1. Clybui'i, +ed $'ou g Ito tirat lttr' Oicf, of flatne, wliQVo you t 3tnained f( over eighteen 'lours, i h 'hero ovo' 'ote of your menC. vas a b ero for wIIoiln'deatlh had no terrors, tl 'horo, so =itativ of thetm fell dh hat It lood'dlouged ; tleld. I have alh ays f 3garded the cliarge of the Twelfth at s pottsylvania as ('n0 of the most strik- is 1' s0etes in the dread dr1atna of lyyar s ad well vorthy of remembrance. Thd b nlren ts of the occasion will not 1 itilt 'f nly d6cribing how' 'fot ti raved danger and defied death at a e'ioo Ford, S.econd (old- harbor, J eo. Botbot Fuzzle's MIll, Jones's it 'aflh, Itiddle a Shops, Boydton Plank- i >ad, )Vehon tIlroad, lteatis Sta- I on and White Oak {oad; nor your b ,)nstancv and courage during those h reary days -nhar Petersburg, When; tl 10 ain"y was reduced to a-more skir- I lish-linw; nor how iearlessly you U tred the foe as star after star faded 'ot the horizon of our Itope. With t to other regiments of the 'Brigade nil stubbornly stood at 'Sutherland i tatlion and covered the retreat of the :1 rInyr Your bold bearing was un- 'a ix&'t with fear as colnt al't' col- I inn charging catue. You resel'ved I nur fire until they were within >'fcw f 'et of the crest of the hill, who.u'ou'-f red with 'deadly precision.. -Tler f. etrcatl'ed---Uev ran--they "-'eturicdetr it to be repulsed. 'T'hey a'gain ad- v anceld. 'fhis thinu ther atre 'largely I Aint'orced and their Oghlt overlappedll to left of our line. Still von were I eilant and- unmintdful of the 1Irst'laty 1 t ntiture---selrnesertvatiot. ,They :ere in your fiont and on your flaitl. I on were as 1ih-1n under that terrible r re kis the Spar'ta's at Thermopyltr, t hse deathless' devotion to ditti vott u -ere rtady to (llnulate. You rrteiled I miy when ordered to do So, andtl you tced the neInty and continued firig I s you rietreated fr om the field. Your i afalbt" cotnrade, Lieut. Wade It. t eeves, and I wr1'e wountded and fiell I Ito the hands ot' the Second Cotrps I d 1 tiuust- stay (htht Ithev treated us hot \ mly huianely, but' hi&spitab'li. - They I '-upatlized with is and didt'evei'- t ling in their plu er to itike its coti- 1 >t'talle. I shall nevt' t(i)rget the gen- i rous t121inner in which solte of their i tlicers spoke of the thin gray line \ pped(i With steel which tleb' tunid it t Slifticult to dislodge, that ton-trht like 1 oultns in the best" dlays of" Rome. 'ilough sad at lena't at beit'g separated \ 'Ot lly Collrades to vhon ti u II' ionghts nonrnfllv turned, my sor \w was itutensitih'd to know' that the t I'uggle, 1he sacrifile' tihe were ilnak- C l was about it. be shrouded in de- I 4t, I could ti'el tny cheek glot\"With ride as I lay adti listenet to (he trib- I t thlat was'taid to MCtGowan's Irig- I le .Iy those that wvere at"rayei against t tent. The unequal conteit was rap. I llv drawing' to a 'lose. Lee's teeble I rces.er'e being harassed aund hetned c ton all sides. , WALL O STE:E1. SURROUNDED TIM. "ecakened by ltiine uad won out. by itignte and filting, they were' forced > y.ield-not to the foe, but to tate, ,'aillst which there is no arinor. 'I'lhti ob,le ol airmy wyhose dairing dleeds' tad utnparal lehed -nchiev'einent s hadl 'vaketied the applause of evert' civil ted coun htryt, at -the h)1iig' of itsI hiet', fokte( its flags anti -In -fl'ont of aldlenjrr cowtn its' tenl flthuand ties. Rob~lert .E Lee- the simtple toention of his iamue thrills every ouithern -heart to thle tr centre here have been 11o dartts of dletriction velled ait his ebaac:ter, wh'ichl re mhiles a polished nii r. .r inl which tihe or'ld (canh see the whbiteness of his sour. he was as generous as he was great, as; 0o(1 as lhe wn~s grantd. Our contttidenc I Ihunl and outr love for him were as I liitable as his fatnie. It has beeti tid that lie blood of Robert Br'uce owed in his veins, Hie was no0 less Lenowned thatn the hero of Bannock urn. Ini speaking of Robert E. Lee, 2111nt'emindedl of' Curratn's felicitous ~ords touichling tile 'toble blood of ,ord Edward Fitzger" ld, which is no0 'ss applosite wthent app)lIid to the lead r of Ihe Army' of Nottlhrn Virginriai 'iNhlert tlhn 'the rovyalty that first nnlelIld it, thait lilke arici streamt rose ill iitIt an 1( anbid its founitin." TIhere is an A raiatn plrov'erb which ays ''tile remieintbrantc of tile past is at isrh". It strikes the key-tnote to the irge of ourt surroWw lhei we recall lie tianyv chierished imnages 'atnd hal LIved rec:ollections of the puat. It' is r'ithi qiverinig lip) attd moistCteed e hat wie try to speak of our colfirat'es rhto sealed thte sincerity of their pri1n tlyles it as pure' and1( as precius blood s ever aniointed the sacred cause of iherty'-wh1ose fanie shiines attd everi r ill shinie in i nperishable glory. I any of them lie in un3kn"own g ruav'e enetath iin~.Iia's historic hills and1( lo'Jes of Shiarpjsburlg antd belleat h th'e oil of' Gettysbutrg: above which the i'hich God's btright and blessed sun ight shintes-over which [Heaven 's eathlere'd chorister's sweetiy warbile heir turning,sadri1al adthe weir'd v'idfly andt saly sighs as if in ynt ipathby for "t be run-et urning,t brave". ['ley at least were spared the~humilia ion of' defeat anid the igno nihny of its *ccompiIdanents. hlow sadt to con emaplate the desolation, antd despair t'ich followed the downfall of the onfedera'y! - ithl all save life and1( 10on0r lost, many' of our2 gallant comH -ades rt'C'uruned to Car'oina to find in uins the ol hlorbesteadi whuich had :adled'i their iunf'ancy, and around i-hich cluster'ed the most enadeairing nemuories. Tfhe faithful fat her', the 'otd mother, the sweet youngt sister, lhe darlhing and dev'oted wife gone romn e2ath o pea'e and haappiness in leaven.:'Well inight they 'h becathue oi It h tenider' lies ot' Catipheil's 'L~te of Erin": 'Whelure is tmy cabin (door, fast b,y thto ',lTd Sisimu' and sire, did( ye weep for its fall? Vibere' is ihe mother that looked onz my ('hi:tIhood?-? A nd1 lhe-re is the hloe-Om friend dearer t.4on all? )h 'i ny sd hM~'rt, hon)g aibahidoned by - i sure, Why' dilt it dote on a isst-Jadtig treas ['ear' 11t the rain-drop may fall without But be ao'W and1 raptuire they caninot re I a':i not here to discuss the righats f the ,ttes under *the conIstituitioni r'ameri by TIhiomas- JefTerson. The resCidentt 'of the Conifederacv has aly3 mid nobly' vindicated the' cause of whaicha he wvas the hiotnored andl chioset Jlhef. - De was singled out for pun. shmenottt'antd persecutioni. - Upon hise rood grey held wore poured vials of -ancor anti"*rathi. lie was deridod nid denoturced.-.manacled and conftin 'd tin a dungeon. He sILENTLY A,%D SU.B.3tLY 8UFFRED~ or the neonin ini whoesrvc ~th oat dars of his life woie passed. In the anp ai.d in thu cabinet,. in She, field nil in' the forum, the light of blas enius and/gallantry dit1ised its lus ons ays niniliIuined the land of is birth. Wh y tt-y to belittle' and lacken his charaer, from which any ing crudl,>r corrupt, inean or .morci Iss, is as ihr relovcd as the sea is com tho sky ? ''hero is no klain on his ield-It is as spotless as a star, lie I the truest t3 po of anl American Lhoiar, soldier and statesiap. Every. reeze that comes to hinm from his >ved south Is balmy with the allfee ion of, tilse who appreciate his worth lid value his hioosni. God bless eflei;soti.Davis I God grant. that con mtment ,and Joy may11% encircle the eart'of blUr noble old hiief ..to whon this i'ay otfer the homage of an hum le l ut devoted Southern soldier's cart. And I know my coninrades, lit what I have said' of Iresi'deit )avis finds a.Vcsponsive echo in.. the reast of verg.one present. There may -ba" ad doubtless are hose who w'obid havo us to fuwet the Ist--that past in which you, olonel )avis, and your comrados from Fair old, Lu,nenster, P'icketis, ' Richland ndl York, behaved so hildsonmelv and eroically---in whlch so lita'ny of them vent grandly dowt'to death. But, my riends, my conrades, if we were to rget the past we would be unworthy > call Carolina mother. Fbi-get tihe ast-the history of which has been rrit.ten in the blood of the bravest and the best of men-tld past, in Which you erilled your lives, in whieh - the hal. lilt and gloriotus Gregg{, the bold and rillianlt Barnes, the biravo and true varted lMiller, the high-min1idol and carless B'u'kter, who were the chival V of courtlge, who so nobly uphold lie Martia "l renown of Carolina, dded noW lustrc to the light of her amlne aind met death with fortitude and iltiotisl-tthe past il which the mllee it the ranks, the real heroes of thu rar, displayed m ore than1 Spartan ouragei exhibited inore than Rolmll oititude, accomnplished all that valor ind self-sacrilleiing heroisl could, rhose devotiol nl diaring searcelv imd-a ptirall'L in martial historv, who h-ngh uiltntunbered in every tight iroke throUrh tie.t ranks of the C'on and ultowedl the Southern Cross as it treamned over: tile crlnisol-crested raves of war and along with the tide 't triunph t'rolm l ichmloud to Gettvs mnr, ! W1hen Rtobert E'. Lee suirren ler+el tht; reltinlant of ills heroic armvl, V,c rnali:.eu that the ean .\vo as.. lost Ve silently atnd sadly submnittedl. We ledged our word to accept the result ' the issue, to yield a williliir obedi nee to the law 'the land; :ind 01 lighted faith has been sacredly kept. ' banishled bitternlesa 1111 our reOasts. But we did not give up our 11a11hodul when our men'' laid downl heir arins. We (1id hot surrendetr our :1ve And venleratill ti hr Caolina,be eth1 whso;e sacred soil the hoes ot' 411"r;incestor s have crumbled inlto kil: hrod du-t and where we hope to calml v reeline whel our lips are --ilent and ealed and uIrl. hearts Ito It nter tinob. ile recollectionls we crid ih of the 'Lost Cause" are si fixed 1s the tira1i11i n0'l:t i l a , tad eIs as its Stars' Thi0e dthlhipphe ijack the Jranu' hi, inneg tld low-so Goeastieti veft. 11eaks1 of'the blest liide enlitine ou'r 105 tehoee giraves-a uiso lng i the cause 111 aild whichOt'i!iC you,lte-w varlJ1 go,e dtned th1e "Jackestor o''ray," shine n siog ad nl sory. Generions vhi1et. Vnborn we,eJil l t meuregafthos 0 vhose 4)11 heroism an sufferCin h have'Ot 'roil. InThei eSs!ci 1 treiidie fmu utehthe i'se-c of histo ru will.hinsti e11 o thel men wodl rde vith I vtari *aptone Thend Forries-who mae'ede ilee, tilsoll andSuter tcatire,ard. oriill ors 1 nblei wams the forilglt en. heir si!en ( ht suffeing ande~ ub011 elf-hsacriti furis at thuemue ilo w)'fhi equence il cling: with11110 apture.iiTheiri nam'eus (~ae inscribed vih on lie crol lil of11 Southern ei haraterst tibilli:u ashe su iighait wit ofhs eloqeaid tht Die'mostenes,i vhae lie pronted t h Ile uneral111( 11a prenSoveCrhstesswth ll at ithornen ri's pronoucked the berlodatino rljie i liiehrt. lour th ummiersi ad f oa Prton pr'idounced the funieratl ratin >verj'Sl the arltiiansil whlol lfe spon the n~entof his eloquene ti'e hste toli unge'i he ued and thet intense and ('iin-e presse,i earelles w(it h' whoe CEi was pressed,i ui' icnd te blood) and bried1 the heat o the mhltid ta taed h- ton the to iument.lIS he majeticil hninner -inrhihe spoken Wil he danntls s i tpiity of 'or solain theros, his oweful tribut toeli lie purity ocaspiotis f the Cltiofeder siecs, li wOi&elel 110rthv 'l ton place i hestoy altngsihie ofse tle :)iressll of the reat ofrecin oator I li boaveo histw sons thie 11cause. Bu Sou ther tiberty-hoe 5)11 01heoism was the outh lie e of thlem wonl1l ito e froniltg of batle.d 'o fevre asln w sothe '1hohehoccsoned to thae eeth.ofhi heoi byn, nlowi corml fel rom ihis hps.r tl' llnUS idered as sacilee tioIi Inreat for hie good(i ofit 'the state ple011in. athe ii the fetocifdesfrathe bodyi lOf i'hi sn,th 'lai iieto r. li Butoi ~ mll 11he subli siit'. of the iflmlan rn Chrstedm. era Presti ntm stn' lips,(011 whichiem eo havs beed touch-2 iio'ad by a glowing wol fi1'11 'omierv's ment whiebi; . stadsin ront ofdhe itate lousitei. The iur e ote Confedrat Loliie(t hichrmutied (thp moni . mhoe has fbeent shieattered. Tht famIiliat lfors of' tGe nera eston idthe dud(st mor dtal'ii bhi ntom ill' pevr he 1 r enown wee ptresn t tile unveiingy th rnones4I t)o huicha te'dap.it of Cearoeli pontt witg1 priee. Thley were amonglst, thebavst andi be,e' hlo1sJe tt fthibeneath the. Star)saond barsd he t Codraer-whose deedsha lIf aringbig2htenth Apil,ges1 whitel the storyo1of tile glorte of orlo They) arae in yor hson or and wel.'i 11omedit youilh tClumia4it )o-da. It i1sa 11laddenhi'tan gatifyting Who omt the. mem~t>r abepthbl of pil, hI 1861, wo (ti Govorpor .(which .ho dignities and adorns)---whi(eb is noy" cotaiiuuthhid by the dttshing Captait Wilio J010s, Through the irteries of his heart courses the criulson .streIln of that nobfo old,soiu of York, Colonpl. aid wvallader Jons, tit iulnitive soldier and as brrtve a mntt as ever bitred a blade in battie,. whoeo white hair shonie like silver in the stnlight that 'flashetd upon the fatuous fil'ds where ho1eier e 'the ''welflh Itegiment, to victury. Ilere, too, .is the 'famous Itichland Volinteer Rifle Coupany. Of this company I can scarcely trust myself to speak. It occupied the right of the FirstItegiinent from the comincre munt to the close of the contest. Its tnembet's were bold and brave in hat tie. They were iy' intimate friends ttd Vatluedl coH1nrades. 'The limit.-3f time and1 the proprieties of the occasion force tne to leave- -un expressed much tore that might' be said concerning the Twelfthi Itegim-m:ut -of the perils they so proudly oeonn tered and tihe privations they so pa tiently endured. Altitough there are ninny others tiore. deserving of the honor which your kindness has be stowed upon tue, there is no 0110 by tlont it eculd be m,ore highly. prized or m1oreo gratefully r"eceived(. I httve spoken to you in tio lana.age of sin 'erity and truth. it has b)0t to ue a labor of love to speak of those glorious recollectjins wichi shine through 9thle ists of m11etory-thr1ough the tears and trials and troubles of interveniug years--which come back to us durin" mttny an hour ot' solitary iusing andi tispel tie darkness of the present in opening the vista of the past ; through which 11e gaz0 at the de rlv-renmetn bered,davs of our Dead Nation's rlirv. If I have succeeded in touchitng a sill 40c chord in the hurlp of at cotrade's feart, by awakening the nIemories of the past, in grounping tog-ether somte of the cherished dlays and .hleroic deeds which formn the rtion of youtr glory, in revealing the image of our long lost. comrades, the .sanctified sliain amidst whose "raves our spirits wan der, who walked like "aithf'ui through the valley of the sh:adow of deathl, thr"ougl the glootl of' this world to the g:lory of tie I1omne on I i rh, above file clouds, beyond the skies,-1 shall reel that. love's labor" has not been lost. (dtat'd 1he ttlctlories of vour fallen com11raIes, it' you cannot 'mark their graves. '1'he people of Athens in terret their dead heroes in the most beautiful suttrb of the city, except tiose that f1l at Marathon. These, in recogtition of their extraordinary val or, were buried on the spot where they" perishe'd. Our comrades were buried where they fell, having, like the u,toimbed Itolman on the field of Iirs'"11ia, tle glorious coveti g of I11avei's starry arch-a nobler rest ilgl-pia;c by tlr ttin vmult or maluso leut. I )evotion to our dead heroes does not detrtact from the 'nty Which we owe to the Gove'rhnnent. - Loving wi hat is 1(0.,t doe- not 'elsen ou lov t Ity to the 1lag' which prou(ily ftios 'rotn 1laitc to 1lar1enta hay; from tl Str:its ot" nca It, t'a 8'-iuShle. The (ltitlls of"'c nquest which diimcdl that 11:1r hav e (lisap-e ared beitioe the bless-. ( d ,ei gt' oft tilo s ipz aviil avern I - ty, and its starls non L hinie brsiehtly iiiisrn ainty.i t'&11 iieitr v;Fisret tVt~ t e pm ' wi-r th<v pi JhP', Thet ii u t the be.~' st ie ~V.ib i idie, Ol Gon' wthhsn and \i.\.[ ~'taiene in Iit'(i Abt tw o'clok i bontel.'zous and auity to deny fst'inieit e hd jutic to vals etween te imri'ts o)f 11i c pro Thame e,'t platly" fpont walieh Sig hei proras ofllaiica the fng sot hing inach on' thle groundtsi i. ai 11iehlb iatc lcarrying'olil ' w pize Mtouth of l)'first i an o31r.i A M. alla t hoi. 1 third. At c'.ai' co in thme llernoon,) (4th ie survivlr-i asenlid ina th hall to.t buii'le's (oTel iiues of1( the. I.ast meetting wer rea ltlO id lto ('co)ime. zi Th le eheion of onc -': i forke the en-i' sin yeaws an' iehnoruleedia theI'( first1( bus'in o the meeting. ntion l LieutenatClonise l 11, iieCo,lhl3 ofeYorkvile, aunioul.lce tosdeo the Asscit ieatn Coloneil Wileorkle ade som1i1Ze Il'ort te declie but al'lin a n ad Catai J. 'lti K)aise, olonie'Iel 'l oone Air . J. Bt the atch e lst aie . .ieth.e thei sur viivors' for te h"onort conferrd, andi mnagintm o thte Asisciat in. llc te oihier ol oeiers)liV wer hmimously~ t . re-enl t'eed. B'gte(eo~um' bMr"t. 1. *. IIave.e, n14 somtedhpp to theid Asoihatioe otmetit at't lins. bor4' nex year. 111 hg iT I)'tg)i s inviape4 o nI11 montio, rot's aelpted,z andi WemoinnsboreIi; 1ii walied ast o ~lili the111 plice it for th nex41 tet'lar metig the the''Aslsit i. J.a iotI. '4tiins l & p oinjtingt ii olione11 lhuttl. ',o he is,Clne .F nn Brown,t A of. the Fourtenh and Coloine N ~oton', of'heg 11 sl:es, a liiiu co Eite flit are heroLy tondeted to Captain Arnstroin.. of the gallant old First 1eginit, S. U. y, for his able atid eloquent uddress, and that hip be requested t\ furnish the AsjocIatin11 with a t copy of the sante. On motion Captaiti James Arnt strong was utnanlnoisly eleeled a honorary niber o' the Assuilatioi. lIe thunlked, the Associ:tiol . fur the hofor did hin. Col. Edwiarcl MuCrady, of 'har's ton, was elected orator fur the next reunnont. The business of . the meeting over, Mr. Carler introcltted A.itant mam Inspector General Mniigault. In a short. nddress toneral Manigault quested,the as I tance of' the gtirvjvors in getting up1) the rolls or the di(lriIat, colippanies o' the Iwcgimrt, which (lho law requires to be preserved iad k:' t on le. The large crowd left !Colninhitt oil Ithe special tril alt sevetl o'clock, wi utanly llatsant Uctuorles nlg to be cherished. May -tho day never be fur gott't. I At Somoe soft-Shecli Crubs. Tihis Is what U%ittith Iloilgilein sil wiien i4eaking of an tihpleasant xp-i encoee hitl on olrdII shil >i earW,h. toll. - 1e Iuddedl: "The b.itd etfe.c of" whic'nt I sai felt." Tthei Ie welit on to sa tat he had Severe pain, followed - by it ter"rib!'c attack of dIy intery. 'Those viekc ed e abs woulti hive beh'en the death of hint bul. for tht fat.t..that hie aways rarriedl P'AIRix i,i-i noal"d his vessel. 1?v-) Ptstiny )AvIs's PAIN Iirii 1 at, ihant by day aId byu.ni;ht for sure,r'lief. .r' Choleaa CHOLERA MORBUS CHOLEr'A INFANTUM ASIATIO CHOLERA 1 ALL CHOLERA DCEAGE8 YIELD TO THE INFLUENCE OF The GREAT R:Mni for every kind of BOWEL DISORON-R. Captain ira n1. Foss, of Goldsborougah, Mnine, say : "' One of my sailors vt: aittacI ctl severly with c!holcra incrh;us. Wc ad ministcred Pain liiler, and saved him." J. w. Sinnn., nr.ttleboro, Vt.-.tasa " In Cases of ciul'-r. >: s1 i i suddec attacks of umnmer com!int., 1 .vc sever found it. ALL TIIE DRUGGISTS SELL IT. GO TO 7) J.T MClly & Co. ---AND) BUY YOUII E X6iX ES, ' GiNS, PREISSES, 5.W MJ JILLS, FARM~ MIACHiINERY! nu-:1.owv wvj a1vi: A n-:w T'rirMiox1.us.. MiEss,li1. JT. MciCAnirEY & Co.-Th'le Ficek 1:Ee 'l Fuies we bouaght from you last fallhlave' give eni1ttire satisfactlin, iad wet take5 pleasure~ iii sayving that we thinik lhe Elip~s' Enagin. hais 110 supierior as5 a f.trin enigi ne. It taLkes less wood and waiter to rn it t han motttst enlginies, anid haus all lin' power thant. is guariateed. WNo. ('heerfullyv re4oiinendil it' to anhy piarities wishaing to buty ani enigine; as thme bes5t ini time Tl'lOs. .JO1HDAN, W. J1. POW ELL, A. J1. LA3Alt, WV. J. UIIA WFORD, J1. M. KIlHKLAND). Muss1ts. U. J. iMc:CA.n.iy & Co. -Gents: liii, F"eeder and14 (ondensor I bought fromt y0n. 10 is aill Itie t you represented it to be. It makes ihe best simple 1I. ever saw, an lirnlot a good yield. 1 recoinnnend It to all who wvish to htiiy to be sure to .pur ehase the Van Wlikhe Gm. 1ishing yout abunnt,tt Bulecess, I1 aml your s, &c'. .T -I ENiEY ItOYKIN. Micsais. 1i. J. McC'Atni-Y & Co.-Gents: Th'le Iifty-saiw D)aniel Pr-att Revolving I lend G in and1( Feedher I purchased fronm yo th rt of last Autgutst, far excels alny thng thbat, I havyo ever- seen. I have iiever beetn bettIer piheased with the workinmg of anyW mIl(lIacher. 1t runs lghter' than any otherni gin, mma kes ai bet ter samiple and tht larangenlmenat. of thle breaist is so you cani glia ihe seed( asi (cleani as5 one w~oiuld desire. Th'le F"e(der w~or-ks like a charmi, feeding biy lt'sseinlg Ithe drughit. My gint wvas htlr'i,, laii. fall. I shuall buy another Praitt ne xt, :;easoni. O. K. RABIB LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST !! jc iillAIER TI'IA N IVER, i OOts and1 Shoes fadeti to (Order Out of til lest. Matterial, VIne hFronelt (nilt Skcht Unot....... 00~ "t)d lIoia at111d Conigress (o'aites 5 how,uartrmi8tno'us uy.C.'2$5.5Q lbmital~ et'atIPotil 110O