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Confederates Capture Chicago. PKACC HATN HER VIC TORIES. Dedication of the Monument to South ern Heroes?Eloquent Address of W?do Hampton. The monument erected in Chicago to the memory ot Confederate dead wm dedicated with imposing ceremo nies on the 31st of May. Thoro was an immense concourse of people, and many prominent Confederates took part in the proceedings. Gen. John C. Underwood, who origi nated the idea of the monument, brief ly sketched the inception and progress of the monument which culminated in the great gathoring, and closed by introduoing as presiding ottlcer of the exeroises the Rev. Q. W. Bolton, pas tor of the Ceutennary Motbodist Church and poet-commander of U. 8. Oraut Post, N. 28, G A. K., whom he eulogized as the "embodiment of hon or, justice and morality, a broad rep resentative of the Union veteran, a humanitarian and a Christian gentle man." Dr. Bolton, on taking the ohalr, returned thanks for the honor confer red upon him, and in a speouh of some length delivered an eloquent eulogy uiK>n the soldiers of the late war, but h North and South. After an anthem by a double quartette, the orator of the day, Gen. Wade Hampton, was intro duced, and spoke as follows : The Boono presented here today is one that could not be witnessed in any country but our own, and for this rea son, if no other, It possesses a signifi cance worthy of the gravest consider ation. A few years ago, bravo men from the North aud from the South Btood faolng eaoh other in hostile ar ray, and the best blood of the country was poured out like water on muny a battled"id. Thousands, hundreds of thousands, of our bravest sloop Id bloody gravis; men <who gave their lives to provo the faith oftholr con victions ; and how North and South, standing by these graves wherever they may be, ?rasp hands across the bloody ohasm, and proudly claim Fed eral and Confederate soldiers as Amor leans, men who have given to the world as noble examples of courago and devotion to duty as can be enroll ed on the pages of history. Nor is this all that marks this occasion as exceptional and remarkable, and which would render It memorable in our annals for all time to como. No monument in the world has such an honorable history as attaches to yonder one. That marks the gravos of no victorious soldiers, but of tho fol lowers of a lost cume ; it stands not on Southern boil, but on Northern; the ine . who rest Under its shadow come from our far off Southland; and it owes its erootion not to the comrades of these dead soldiers, but mainly to the generosity and magnamity of their former foes, the citizens of this great olty. All honor then to the brave and liberal men of Chioago who have showed by their action that they re gard the war as over, and that they oan welcome as friends on this solemn and auspicious occasion their former enemies. As long as this lofty col umn points to heaven ; OS long us Ono stone of its foundation remains, futuro generations of Americans should look upon it with pridt, not only as an honor to those who conceived its con struction, but as a silent though noble emblem of a restored Union and a re united people. In the name of my comrades, dead and living, and In my own name, i give grateful thanks to tho brave men of Chicago, who have done honor to our dead heroes, not as Confederate soldiers, but as brave men who preferred imprisonment and death rather than freedom obtaine.1 by a dishonorable sacrifice of the prin ciples for which they were willing to die. *? Of tho G,000 Confederates buried here not one was an ohicor; all were privates, In no way responsible for tho tho unhappy war which brought an Iliad of woes upon our country. And yet these humble private soldiers, any one of whom could have gained free dom by taking the oath of alleg lance to the Federal government, preferred death to the sacrifice of their princi ples. Can any possible dishonor pos sibly attach to the brave men of Chica go because they are willing to recog nize the courago and the devotion to duty of these dead Confederates. Imagine, if you can, my friends, the despair, the horror of these poor pri vates, lingering in prison und dying for their faith. They died here, in what they looked upon as a foreign and hostile lund, fur from the land of their birth, with no tendef hand of mother or wife to soothe their en trance into tho dark valley of the shadow of death, and with all the memories of their far off homes and loving kindred to add the sharpest pangs to death itself. They were true men, and say if you please that they were mistaken, that they were wrong, no brave man on earth ean fail to do honor to their courage and their steadfast adherence to what they con ceived to be their duty. You, the brave oltizens of Chicago, in doing honor to their memory, houor your selves und humanity. Nor will you blame us of the South, while apprecia ting gratefully your generous action in behalf of our dead comrades^ for oherishing with pride and.reverence their memory. You could not respeot us were we to feel otherwise. Death places its seal on tho actions of men and It is after death that we " meas ure men." " A King once said of a Princestruok down; " 'Taller he seems in deuth.' And this speech holds true for now as then, It is after death we measure men, Aud as the mists of the past have rolled away, Our heroes who died in their tattered grey Grow taller and greater in all their narts '4111 they fill our mind as they nil our hearts, And forthoso who lament there is this re lief, That glory stands by the side of grief. Yet>. they grow taller as the years go by. And the world learns bow they could do and die. rite notion respects them; the Kaet and West, The far otT slope of the goldon coast, The stricken Mouth and the North ?gee That the heroes who died for you and for me? Each valiant in his own degree, Whether he fell on the shore or sea? Did deeds of which This land,though rich In histories, may boast ; And the sage's book and the poet's lay, Are full of the deeds of the men in grey No lion cleft from the riuik is ours, such as LQcerne displays. Our only wealth ft in tears and flowers, and words of everend praise. And the roses brought to this silent yard, A c red and white. Dohold I They tell how wars for kingly crown, in the blood of England's best writ down, Left Dritatn a story whose moral old Is tit to he given in text of gold; ' 'Ihr; Moral is, that when battles cease T'ho ramparts smile In tho bloom of peace. And HowoW to-day were hither brought From the gallant men who against us fought York and L monster?Gray and llluo, Each to itself and the other true And, so I say Our men in gr?y Have left to the South and North a tale Which none of the glories of earth can pale." We, of the South, measure our dead comrades burled here by the standard applied to men after death, and you, of Cbloago, have measured them by the same standard, the only standard by which we oan measure men, and by applying this you have shown that you have come to the ir.ighest standard vouchsafed to men, and ou this North and South can stand, with honor alike to both sections. Are any Federal soldiers disloyal to tho flag under which they fought because they join in decorating the graves of brave men whom they mot in battle ? Thousands of Federal soldiers rest under South ern skies, in Southern graves, many in unknown graves.' "Where some beneath Virginia hills And some by green Atlantic rills, ' 8orae by the waters of the West, a myriad unknown heroes rest. " Of them, their patriot, zeal and pride, The lofty faith that with them died, No grateful page shall further tell, Than that so many bravely fell." And when on Memorial day in the South the gravas of our dead aro de corated, gray-headed Confodurate vet erans and noble, devoted women, strew flowers over the graves of Federal sol diers. If tho humane, generous action of tho people of this city in doing honor to the memory of theirold antagonists, is denounced as desecration, it would seem to follow that tho decoration of Federal graves by " rebel" hands, should beiopen to the same criticism, but no denunciation by Southern peo ple for daring to houor the memory of men who wore once their enemies has met my eyes. Such narrow and* bigoted feeling as would prompt a discordant note on occasions of this sort are rarely found among true men and bravo soldiers, and I havo often thought that if the two great captains who woro engaged in that death grapple in Virginia had boon loft to settle the terms of peace, caoh sup ported by his faithful followers, the country would have had a puace Indeed, ono honorable alike to victors and vanquished and which would have prevented the evils brought about by the politicians. As it is, the South recognizes and honors tho magnamity of Gonoral Grant towards our great chief, General Lee, and deplores as an unmitigated misfortuno the assassina tion of Lincoln. I repent emphatically, that the untimely death of President Lincoln was regarded by all thought ful men of the South us one of the most Bcrlous evils which had befallen our section, and I venture to Bay that my Southern associates here present will btiBtaln my assertion. We knew that during tho war he devoted every energy of mind and body to a restora tion of the Union, und that result ac complished, we felt that his big brain and his kind heart would prompt him to deal kindly and leniontly with his fellow citizens of the South; for his highest, If not his sole aim, was to see the Union restorod, and It was a cruel fate that deprived him of what he hoped would bo the reward of his labors, and tho South of ono who would havo been her strongest protector in her sorest hour of need. Somo of our Northern fellow citi zens seem to paraphrase tho question. "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" by applying it to the South, but, my friends, we really are not evil. Put yourselves in our places and judge ue from tnat standpoint. In the convention whioh formed the Constitution, there were two parties which held opposite positions, one urging tho formation of a strong cen tral government, and tho other ad vocating the do. trine of State rights. It was attempted to reconcile these antagonistic views by a compromise by which it was declared that all powers not delegated to the general govern ment were reserved to the states, but like all compromises, it loft the vital question unsettled, and from 1787 until 1801 the proper construction to be plaoed on tbe clause of the Constitu tion jubt ro for red to had led to con stant and oft< n to angry discussion. This unfortunate condition of affairs was further complicated by the injec tion of the question of slavery into it and we all know what has been the re sult of these unhappy differences. These are now all dead issues.and I do not propose to discuss them. It was a wise philosopher who said to a general commanding an army, "Ido not choose to argue with tho comman der of ten legions," and when ques tions are submitted to the arbitrament of tbo sword the decision is generally In favor of the ten legions. The vexed questions which have disturbed tho country slnco the foundation of the government are settled, and reference to them is made only to show how natural the course of the South was, educated as the people there were in the school of strict State rights. Every Southern roan felt that a call made, upon him by his State was an im perative command and that his duty was to obey without hesitation and* at I all hazards. When the North called on its citizens to rally to the old flag, they responded to the summons from a sense, of duty, as did the people of the South to the cull made on them. State allegiance and State pride in oaoh case was the moviug cause which arrayod.millions of men! n arms in this country, and while tho war that brought them out caused untold misery to the country, it has taught a lesson to the nations of the earth, that Ameri ca in urms oan defy tho world. It scene-, to am, too, that It should inoal oulate another lesson to us and that is. that the time has come when the actors in that fearful fractricidal strife and those whom they represent shoujd judge their former opponents as they should themselves he judged. This can ne done without the sacrifice of principle on either side, as the oxamplo of our mother country has shown us. York and Lancaster, Cavalier and Roundhead, no longor wuge war on eaoh other ; all are Englishmen, proud of their country, and the red rose and the white are emblems of peHce and of the glo y of Old England. Can we not all bo proud of the urowess of the American soldier? ?It is not generally known that on the reoent visit of Cunfuderates to Chicago a committee was appointed to attend the funeral of the late Secre tary of State, Hon. W. Q. Uresham. This committee consisted of Qenerals Eltzhugh Lee, Hunton and Butler, and they remained at the cemetery until the corpse arrived, though the crowd was so groat that they were unable t> reach the grave. This serves to show the appreciation of the Confederates for General Gresham's high qualities as a soldier and states man. ?Oar readers will liudan interesting story in this issue from the wo ruin's edition of tho Nowberry Horald sod Sov. s. It Is a moat creditable proouc un, and tho fair author ou;ht to favor the publlo quit* often. A STHONG PLEA FOB PEAOR. POURING Olli ON THE TROUBLED WATERS. Clark Howflll Vrgea Both Factions in South Carolina to Quit Plghl log ?He Advise* tho Newspapers to in-mi the Way. The following address of Mr. Clark Ho well, editor of the Atlanta Constl tutlon, was delivered- at the recent meeting of the State Press Associa tion in Sumter: "I am not unmindful, Mr. Chair man, that I ?peak tonight to the re presentatives of a State which is di vided against itself probably to a greater degree than any other State of the Union, and from the bitterness of which division has devoloped a con tention which has permeated every condition of life, and created a false god of discontent whoso merciless de crees have levied tribute and com mand obeisance from every phase of human endeavor. "The public offlolal who has not become involved is an exception ; tho merohant who has not boeu fired to sa.v or do that which does not conipori with the placid and charltablu rulo of f>eace Is lonesomo In his solitude ; the armer who, in planting his cotton or his corn, has sown at the same time the seeds of angery may congratulate himself on the evenness of his temper, which makoB him a rarity of mankind; and, if reports which have reached Georgia are correct, the demon of Hate has even laid his uhholy handB on the pulpit, buried itself in tho er mine of the bench, and, not contented with Its malevolent Inroads upon the sanctified field of brotherly love, has aimed Its blows at tho ark of the cove Haut, which on>hrlnes tho heart of woman. It would be moat unnatural, in thia oarouaal of ill-temper aud bad blood, growing out of political Issues, tho press of the State was not affected by the ruling pasaion to blame some body for a condition which nobody ap proves. The 'outs' aro condemning tho 'ins,' and the 'ins' are retaliating in kind; houaoholda aro divided, com munities are asunder, and over and above It all la the black cloud of atrlfo and disorder, which, catching the con flicting emotions of factions and feuda, echoes them back in a din of turmoil and a peal of lamentation. '* I claim the right to apeak plainly tonight because I apeak aa a native. Midway between Allendale and tho Savannah river, in old Harnwell, did my eyes liest greet the light of life's day, and though my lot has been caat in tho aiater State, which stretches hands acroaatho Savannah, I havo over been proud of the state uf ray blrtb? the State which for generationa, haa kept my maternal anceators, under whoae aud their bones havoubleached, In whose name their blood was spilled, and on whose snored altars the life of more than one waa laid at a tituo when tho unity of her people boapoko their loyalty to her flag. Not on tho eara of a stranger have tho grating sounds of discord emanating from hore fallen, but rather on tboso of ono who, boing more than a sympathizer, hoars with aching heart the breaking of tho cordc of peace and tho dissonant murmura of personal contention. Fellow South Carolinians, look to tho glorloua past of your great State and ask if it justifies the conditions ex isting today ! I shall bo strictly im personal and impartial In what 1 say. for in a representative gathering of distinguished journals of the several sides?for I believe there are about six elements in the field now?I would not do violence to tho propriety of the occasion by making offensive align ment ; hut appealing to all, let me carry you back to Cowpens, and to Camden, and to Hanging Rock, where, under the iu-pn-aiion of the Intropid boldness of South Carolina chivalry, Andrew Jackson first began his career aa an American soldier and patriot. Did Pickena and Sumter and Marion?all noble sons of your noble State?and Lee and Greono, whoso moat brilliant service in tho Revolu tionary array was doue in the dofonae of the homes of your ancestors, against the combined forces of foreign ukgreasers and native Tories?did thee heroes write their numes In let ters of eternal life on the pagos of tho history of your State, that in the turn of a century their deeds might be for gotten and their examples be lost to posterity ? Just across tho way?over in Georgia?six counties beur the names of these six pa teiots ami there. they will ever atund as memorials to men whose heroism is reaplonduut in the shining pugea of Carolina's glory, ami whoso virtues should bo Ideal ] types of the, chivalry, the bravery und the patriotism of Carolina manhood. Go back with me beyond tho period which molded these raou of iron and see, If from Its earliest days the his tory of South Carolina was written to countenance civil contention and breed tho evl* results of fratricidal strife. It was Joseph Bluko. the brother of the great English admiral, who brought tho diaaenters to live among thuee people, that they migut worship as tboy please; It was (Jar dross who brought the Scotch Presby terians to breathe the freu air of this clime, and it was to South Carolina that the French Huguenots turned, when, weurlod and disheartened from the roligious intolerance of a-bigoted monarch, they answered the revoca tion of tho edict of Nates by plauting their feet on this soil to live in an at mosphere of peace, and worship in tho unraoleatedioomfort of.coutentmont und serenity. It waa on thia shore, at Georgetown, that tho immortal La Fayotto first put his feet on American soil, when he oame to draw his sword for American freedom, and, after the lapse of a century, as if to signify to the world that South Carolina was first in the new roll call of patriot*, it was her sons who roooived the iirst shot at Sumter and her sons who first turned from their fluids and their homos to baro their bosoms in tho con flict of tho war of tho Conferacy. " If the past has its lessons for tho future, let us profit by It! As brave aa were our anoeetors, lot us be ! For every shining star in tho Armament of the past glory of your State there aro conditions today which will make a counterpart above the horizon of peace. People whose ancestors were onoe led by tho peaceful Arohdalo and who went to war under the fearless Craven, and again who pluokod their decora tions for valor in the brightest Aelds I of our soldier glory, covering the pe lod from Independence hall to Appo mattox?sons of soions whose courtly Eolltonoss and high sense of honor avo been traditional for a century- - thoso people will not surrender to the despot of internecine strife and hum ble themselves ani<their past greatness by the continuance of an ugly and soemingless local agitation which, whether justly so or not, is making South Carolina the aubjoot of the jeers and rldloule of the continent. ?'To what agency, above all others, should we turn in Invoking the resto ration of harmony and in appealing for such dispassionate consideration of Issues as will enable men to meet as brothers and bury their differences in tho arbitrament of the majority, which la the truo essence of Demo cracy nod the corner stone of Kopubli can form of government? Naturally to the press, and it is to you, fellow journalists?to you, fellow South Caro linians, that I com ? in this spirit. "To tho man who holds faotioa above State my words will fall upon un willing ears, but to the patriot ie. press ?that to which 1 mo invited to address my remarks, in resiKmse to the senti ment glveu me by your chairman?I approach tho subject with oontidence that my words will not be misunder stood, nor my motive misconstrued. "To the faction 1st 1 say?'A plague upon both your houses!' You have more to live for than tho more triumph of persoual ends. You have a charge to keep, and you must keep it in a manner that will honor the past and glorify the present. Let the press start '?m strain and sing the anthem of peace until the populace will take up the chorus and echo the melody to tho farthest corners of the earth. If you are as successful at pence as you have been in strife, the world will resouud with your good deeds, and instead of outsiders commenting upon the stereotyped und mi-lit phrase that 'hell's broke loeso In South Carolina,' universal praise will be sung that, here in this State, tirst in so many things, tho advance gourd of the millennium has come to keep company with the historic tradition of the first shot on Sumter. "Glorify tho Statu and make peace with the uulon ! The war has been over thirty years, ami tho Hag o( the union belongs us much to South Caro lina as it docs to Massachusetts. Instoud of fighting among ourselves let us devote the same energy and make practica' iliust rations of the parable of tho bundle of fagots, by getting togother and fighting tho other follow. "There is a world of meaning in tho term, 1 tho other fellow,' as hero used, lie is a gaunt, determined, icon*? elastic enemy who cares not for tho sacred traditions of tha republic, and whoso chief occupation is the destruc tion of tho ideals which prompted our forefathers to establish a government of the people and for tho people of this country, and not for any other country. This enemy walks like a stalking horse over the hallowed truditions of tho past and makes merry music as he shatters tho inspired sentiments around which our national glory was built. I refer to that weather-beaten relic of the past who choked the struggling republic in its infancy, but who him self was choked out of existence as soon as the young nation was big enough 'to stand alone?the Tory. Ho departed with the last contury, and by some strange mishap ho has como to taunt tho dying yoars of this one ; hut by the gruco oil God und the patriotic resistance of tho American people, we will do with him as our rovolutionury ancestors did at the close of tho lost century, and wo will, liko thoy did, enter the new century with aclcau bill of health, as far as Toryism is con cerned. "Tho modern Tory is more Insidious than his protntypo of old. He is moro cautious, but'no less dangerous. If be moves along difforent linos it is because conditions aro different, but oppor tunity wc uid clothe him with tho samo habiliments of his unccstors. He sneers at the doctrines which, through the usage of time and good service, have become part of our fixed public policy, and tells us that JulTorson was a demagogue und that Monroe's bold contention that America belongs to Americans is out of date, and that it must yield to tho theory of 'Interna tional commerce'?un'instdious piotext which is being used in many directions as a Trojan horso to turn tho Greeks into tho walls of our independence and to surrender the control of our affairs to foreign shy locks. Ho views with approving equanimity tho construc tion of massive fortifications on the cordon of English possessions com manding tho gateways of too oceans around us; receives with stolid indif ference or positive approval tho news of tho lowering of tho stars and stripes from the flagstaff of tho public build ing of Hawaii, and when all America has centered its hopu and its desiro for the. construction of a waterway across N icaragua, to bo undor our control, ho salutes the raising of tho union jacK at Corinta, and sulks at the protest that it must come down or the United States will know the reason why ! " If any people of this country ought to know the Tory, it is those of South Carolina, for hero ho nourished and festered In the days of his early glory. Do you recall Tarloton? 11 was ho w bp, reinforced by tho Tories, marched his cavalry over tho Americans on the Wttxh?w, and whilo negotiations for surrender weropondiug massacred tho whole company , ami in the words of history, 'for this atrocious deed Cornwallls commendod him to tho special favor of t?o British parliament.' ! There aro Tarletons negotiating for I terms of surrender today, and tlieie I aro Tories helping him, and woo be to tho hoploss and bolpless participants when the modern Tarloton and his tory brigudo, in possession of the weapons of defonse, charge ouv national pros* parity und lock ugain the bands which were stricken from our limbs by tho insane idea of our rovolutionury ancestors that this country could take euro of itsolf without the consent of England or uny other nation on tho face of tho earth. "It wus Patrick Henry who said in his inspired and impassioned pica for independence : ' Wo are three mil lions, one-fifth fighting men, who aro bold und vigoroin, und we cull no man master.' It is tho modern Tory who nays: 'We aro seventy millions, with inexhaustible resources, with tho greatest country on which God's sun ovory shown, with mothers who have taught us what, it is to bu loyal and fathers what it is to ho bravo, and yet British gold has mado cowards of us all." M Wo aro of right, and wo ought to ho, independent. When the merciless hand of war had turned tho plowshares of the south into swords, laid waste its fields and checked tho annual response of tho soil to tho touch of tho husbaud man, the great wheels of Manchester's cotton mills ceased to turn, tho spindle and tho loom lay idle in their frames and hunger and destitution -seized a hundred thousand souln. Tho horn of plenty which tho South emptied an nually Into those eager arms was ex hausted, and with aching hearts and fervid prayers these poor, care-worn working people looked anxloustly for tho season that would bring thein Amorlcan cotton to put broad into ; their hungry mouths and olothe their I half-exposed bodies. At last tho war j cndod and tho first cargo of cotton I from tho South reached Liverpool. At Manchester a vast th rejig of idle I operatives mot it, and what followed is I told by Sorlbnor's in a most interest ing article on tho subject. I " One man,' It says, 'perhaps ? father who hud sat by a firoloss hearth, broken of spirit and helpless, whilst his young swarm cried for bread?a poor, gaunt follow, who, lifting his hut with tears running down his cheeks, raised his volc? in tho "D xology," one ajfcr another joining in until the whole muss bung in oao great, swelling chorus: " 'Praise God, from whom all blessing's flows; Praise Him all creature") here below.'" "And yet they say we are dependent. God forbid! "If dependent, to what country greater than our*, are wo thus rated? To England ? No. We wero once, but we whipped her twice, and unlesss our chivalry and our courage have decreased In proportion to the inoreaso in our numbers we can do It again if it becomes necessary?a trial, however, from which I hope we will over be spared, for I am not ono of those who desire conflict between this and' any other country?so long as they let us alono. Great Britaiu and ltd entire possessions, reaching around the world, might erect walls from uow until the end of mankind to shut itself , out of this country or to shut us out from it, and It is problematical if we would not be infinitely bettered by such action than wHhout it. Are we de Jtendent upon France ? No ; fo. there s not a material nor a uecossary staple that is sent us by that country that cannot be duplicated by our own. Upon Italy? No; for with Florida and California combined wn can give Italy odds and discount it in oithcr raw material or finished pro duct. Upon Germany ? No ; because wo could a thousand times more readily do without Germany than Germuny without tho United States. Thon upon whom are wo dependent? Upon no nation on the face of tho earth and upon no being but the Lord God Almighty, and we do not merit His divino protection nor His sacred blessing if we haven't the manhood and tho couruge to at loast mako tho effort to tako care of ourselves. Away with this talk about our being dependent on anybody and about the necessity of foruign couutries setting tne commercial or tho financial nut teru that wu must follow! It is an ignominious admission that our fore fathers made a mistake in declaring our independence, rnd as for me I am not as yet proparcd to admit that, and I do uot buliove that you aro. But de velopments abroad are of sufficient interest to demand your united atten tion and to call you from tho lie id of civil strife. Conditions are such as rcqulro hurmonious action among those who bellovo In tho triumph of Ameri can principles and who aro ready to defend the sentiment which is the corner stono of tho republic?that of tho equality of every man before the law, the rights of tho masses and tho principle that in this country there shall bo no class discrimination. Upon this contention tho eyes of tho whole country aro now centered, and on it you, as journalists and as patriots who lovo your State and your country,should unite in tho common cause that calls you to a patriot's duty. " And now in cqnclusiou, follow journalists, lot mo tako leave of you with tho assurance that what 1 have said comes from the hoatt. If 1 have ofrer.ded by frankness, I throw myself on your mercy. Measuro your judge ment by the golden rulo, and 1 do unto me as 1 would do unto you' If you came to Georgia under the samo cir cumstances. But perhaps in your do mestic contention you are liko tho housowifo who always complained about her own coffee hut who never permitted a guest to agroo to her in varible statement that it was very had, und who said to ono who had responded, ' Yes, madam, it is vile.' ' It's as good as you aro accustomed to getting, sir !' "We have our ups and downs in Georgia?and what State has not?? hut whatever may be our differences, let us abide the action the majority, und liko good citizens accept it in good faith. If tho majority should ho thought intolerant, so mn *j tho worse for it, for tiino 1b the co ?In arbiter, and it ovens all things.. " It do6's~not pay Jfep bo lutolcrant?it will not pay to treat a minority as aliens instead of citizens. 'The. reaction will eomo and the penalty will ba meted. I do not say that this Is boing done now or that it has beeu dono in the past, but 1 do suy that this charge is being made now and that It was made by those who, now In control, were once in tho minority and were bitterly com plaining of tho intolerance of the princi ple of vested supromacy, which thoy were attacking, in antagonizing tho idea, whether for causo or not, that the control of tho State belonged to those who hud been in possession for a century. If political affairs in those days were conducted on that principle, It was Intolerance, and the peoplo ought to have rebuked it. If, on the other hand, tho political administra tion of the affairs of your State is now to ostracise a large and most respecta ble element of citizenship and deny to it the prlvilogo of practical participa tion, that is intolerance, and it ought to bo i obukod. "You will observe that I do not ?peak us a partisan, hut us ono who eondoinns factionalism, which has characterized political developments in South Carolina for the past fow yonrs. In Georgia It Is said that thore uro two classes In South Carolina -the South Carolinians and the South Caro iueniaus?tho former representing tho now rogimouml tho latter tho old. Per sonally, I do not bellevo that any body in this State ever held, ovou in purpose, to the rieiculous theory that control should pass by inhuritunce, uud if so would think that tho revolu tionary wur hud been fought in vain ; hut 1 speak to you neither as a South Carolinian nor as a South Caroleenian, but as an earner well wisher of your State, without rogurd to political or personal differences and with a devo tion to Its future greatness scurcoly loss hopeful than is felt by evon the most eangulno and loyal bolievor in its final triumph, over all the per plexities involved in a divided citizen ship. "Let your aotlve and your patriotic press tako up tho cause of peace? in:.till into the hoarts of tho people State pride and loyalty, and love for the union and tho flag of our common country. "Thodostiny of your Stato la writ ton in ita fertllo valloya, in tho prlco leaa deposits of ita aoil, In ita buay mills, Ita great ocoan front and Ita kingly cltizonahFp. The division ol a day will paaa like tho clouds at night and tho dawn of the new day will unveil a vision of happiness and pros perity which will crown Carolina's brow with a diadem of matohleaa wealth and wreath ber with laurols of perpetual contentment. God speed the day I" Mr. Howeil has been eloctod an hon orary member of the South Carolina Press Association by a unanimous voto. This is tho Hrst time this honor has been conferred upon any one. ?Tho oldest capital in tho United Status is Santa Fo, whioh was thesout [ of government In New Mexico us far i back as 1050, and yet Its population Is I only 0,1H.>, according to tho last census. ? ?The buttons on a man's olothiug aro usually on tho right aide. On a woman's clothing they are on the left. THK WRATH Kit ANI> CROI?S. Columbia, s. C, Juue 4, 1805. There was a quick transaction from the cold conditions that ended with the beginning; of this crop week, to an extreme of heat, with, the highest recorded temperature for the lust decade of May or the first decade in June in forty years in Charleston, where the maximum reached 97 on June 1st and 2d. In various other localities where loss extended records are kept available for comparsion, they show that it was the hot test week ever known at this season, and rarely ever surpassed by tho waTin est periods in July or August. Many reports indicate temperatures of 100 I or over on the 1st,' 2d a"d 3d. There was practically no cloudiness drring the entire week, with the ex ception of a few foggy mornings over the Southern portion of the State. Tho continuous sunshinoand excesslvo heat dried tbe ground rapidly, and iu a few places rain is needed, and it would bo highly beneficial over tbe entlro State, more especially on light soils that be come dry quickly, although crops are not suffering for the wunt of it. It was an ideal week fur farm work, and plows and hoes wero kept busy witb the result that crops are now fairly well cultivated anU generally freo irom grass und weeds. This hot, dry weather has tended to equalize tbo previous ubuurmul conditions by supplying some of the heat lost dining April aud May, and to reduce tue previous excessive raiu fall to nuariy scusonable amount. Its effect on all crops has been very favorablo. It was the indicated need of coro und cotton, and perhaps more particularly for peaches, plums aud berries, which are bogiuning to ripen. The mean daily tomperature rauged above tho normal on each day ol the week, except on May 2iilh (Tuoadny), with departures of from 3 U) 12 doirrou? pur <Juy, tbe lauter generally un thu i2d and 3d (Sunday uud Monday). On May 'ZLxx the departure was 10 degrees below tbe normal, making a rise ol 28 degrees In ton days. The uvor-ago dally temperaturo wus about 14 degreos higher this week tlian last. ' Tbe highest temperaturo reported was 105 ou thu 2d (Sunday), from Ella, Lexington County. The lowest re ported was 50 on tho 28th of May, from Greenville, Liberty, Looper's and Spartanburg, making tho weekly range In the State 55 degrees. The mean temperature of tho wuek for tho State was 82.5, and tho normal for tho same period is approximately 75.5. There was no ruin in any portion of the Stato during tho entire week. Tho normal rainfall for tho same period is approximately 1.00 Inches. The winds wore very light during tho ontiro week, from tho west und berth during tho early portion and latterly southerly. Cotton made rapid improvement in growth, color, and .possibly stand, although sumo correspondouts say that "patching" or replanting is still necessary and that some of the late planting is slow in germinating. " Black-log,'" or "sore-shank " was had in places aud makes recovery slow. A row state that it is still dying on sandy land but it is not common now. Also that some fields ulanted to cot ton have been plowed up und planted to some other crop. Cotton is small for tho season. Fields aro huing cleaned from grass very last, and chopping to a stand is ncai ly liuishwd. Corn lias been much improved by the hot weather and has regained a healthy color. It is generally small for the seasou with an uneven stand. Bottom lauds nearly all planted. Bud worms und cut worms less active than heretofore, but they hnve al ready damaged the stand very much on bottom lands. Fields generally well worked aud free from grass. Peas are being sown in with corn ut this time us well as alone. In somo sections idle lands aro huing sown to poas. October oats are ripening and gener alty-pi'omise a full crop. Tho general condition-of spring oats has improved very much,, h?b its condition continues to vary with localiiy, from very good to poor. Bain will soon be needed for it, as it is just in the milk A number of reports state that rust has appeared in whoat, and is serioiis in a lew places. Wheat has headed well, generally, and will soon bo ready for harvesting. The rico crop continues to grow well und looks very promising at this time. The hot weuthor has dried tho boggy lands so that plows could be put ou aud preparations for planting Juno rico are well under way. Melons havo improved greatly, but insects continue to eut the plant at piuees, and others t-uy that the. hot sun wilts tho vines. Potatoes along the coast are yield ing u large crop, but they uro not doing as well In the interior. Sweet potatoes uro not growing well, having apparently not fully recovered from tho setback by tho cold weather of the pre vious week. Peaches have ceased to drop and a full crop is now beyond peradventuro of a doubt. Plums are said to ho ripening pormaturely, and are not good. Varieties of wild berries are very plentiful. Sunshine has been very beneficial to fruit und berries. Tobacco has shared in tho general Improvement, noted for crops, due to tho hot woather. Gardens wilted during tho daytime, under tho influence of the boat, and must soon have rain or olso will deteriorate. Vegetables abuudunt. Truck splpment to Northern markets continue heavy from tho coast coun l ties, where tho industry is centered. All correspondents agree that tho crop pro..peets improved wonderfully during the past weok, hut that rain is the present indicated need. THE) RUG ISTRATION CASK. i lie <;i on ixl > or 10.xco.ption Mutlc by tin' State?The Cane Will Go to the Supreme Court. The Richmond Dispatch of the 6tll Inst. gives the following iuforintttion in regard to the registration ease from Smith Carolina now before the Circuit Court of Appeals :. The oaso of the South Carolina su pervisor of registration whom Judge t hill unjoined a few weeks ago from the perforuiaueo of his duties, bus been ap pealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals now in session hero, and will ho heard on an appeal in that court before Chief Justice Fuller and Judges Hughes and Seymour. The assignment of errors hy the At torney General of South Carolina to tho decree of injunction issued by Judge GotY in the case is us follows : 1. That the suit Is, In effect, a suit against tho State of South Carolina and in violation of tho tlAV?nth amend ment of tho National Constitution. 2. That the supervisor of registra tion who was onjoinod is not amenable to the United States Circuit Court in bis political capacity, and all the mat ters and thlugs complained of relate" to the political duties of the office, f 3. That tli.? bill present* no queition ; arising undertho Constitution and luws I of tbo United States. 4. That tho bill presents no case upon whiuh a bill lu equity lies, pluin and adequate remedies at law being available to r dross the matters com plained. 5. That the juriadiotionul amount of ?2,000 necessary for the circuit court 4s not atllrmod in the hill. 6. That there is no sit Indent aver I ment of Irreparable injury und stuto mont of facts supporting it in the bill and positively sworn to. 7. That the Circuit Court Judgo er red In holding that tue registration laws of South Carolina are in violation of the Constitution of the United States and duprivo the pluinlitT of his rights as a citizen of the United States. All of these quostions urn cogniza ble on appeal by the United Stales Circuit Court of ?pponls sitting here, except the third and seventh, which presont Federal questions anil are cog nizable in the Supremo Court of the United States. Tho court may therefore docket tho case and consider the grounds of ap peal; and if in the course of trial it finds necessary to do so, it may certify the Federal questions up to the Su premo Court for its decision and may aftorwurds proceed to deal with tho case on all questions ruigi d on appeal. This is what tho appellate court meant on Friday when it announced Unit, it was unanimously I) the opinion tliut it had jurisdiction t aar the >>\> peal. Tho case will ih< fore bo hoard on tin* appeal us ?: \ lie U may bo tliat the appellate uourtwill bo of opinion that the suit hoi ?w could not bo maintained ,*>u the g.ouud as signed t hem. respectively, ol too F?d eral questions raised in the third and seven assignments of error* If so. they will get to tho Supreme Court, but if the appellate court should be of opinion that, there was HO error in respect to flvu of the assignments then tho caso will go to the tjupriuue Court on the. third and sev nth as signment. Kacis About iUoniw.Me. Prom tho Ureonvllle Mountainoer. lu ?'Consular Reports," Muy, 180?, Cousul-Genorai Prank MobOn, of Prank fort, furnishes soino reliable in formation on tlio " Usus of Monaztte in Europe." He says " the most ruoeut and important application of monazito, which had latterly greatly stimulated tho demand for it in this country, is its use as Impregnating material for the hood, or mantle, of ths Invalid) B eent gas-burner in vented by Dr. Auer, of Vienna, which is now made and sold in immense numbers by the Deutsche Gas-Gluhlioht Gesellschaft at No. ? Molkeiimarkt, Hcriin. The value of monazito for this purpose is due to its high* resistance to lire. The distinctive feature of the Auer Burner is a hood net of line guu/.u, which surrbunus the Hume, und tiy greatly increasing its itioaudc6conce, producos a white intense light with out Increasing the consumption of ens. This hood is made- of cotton thread, loosely woven in the I Of in of a sack or net, closed at one end anu open at, tho other. This is then impregnated with a solution uf nionuzito or the oxidos of cerium and lauthanium, prepared by methods, the secrets of whiohois not tfisclosed. The Impregnated uottou tissue boiug now stretched upon a wire frumc and ignited, the cotton is burned away, leaving a skeletal) of in organic matter derived from inonuzllo, in which each thread and mesh is per fectly preserved. Tliis frail but highly refractory guu/.e like hood Is the 11 ill closed in an argand oiiluiuoy, aUitchcd to the burner, and will last for several months." This incandescent Gas-Llgut Co. gets its monazito from Norway and Brazil. Mr. Ii. do Hueu, of Hanover, gets his supply of inonazitu from the United States. Mr. IS. Merck, ol Darmstadt, would he glad to receive "samples of tho Auiarieuu inonu/.ito, with specifications as to its price and conditions of shlpm< nt." " A sump'e of American mineral, with a certified analysis and specifica tions us to price, quantity offered,.con dltlons of shipment, etc., if sent to Messrs. Edward Zelt & Co., No. 1 Brandstwlote 20, Hamburg, will re ceive duo attention.'' It will in.; seen. Mr. Editor, [ruin tho al7?^o>H'4Mf)ort that the cause ul the activity i n im >mt/.:; ? la a seen t locked Up in one house or in tine head. Thon . of course, can he no extensive demand for great quantities while "twis. com pany controls tho market Tlio -ex pense of analysis is in the way. too ', though it is reported thu the mona zito in this country nits i high per cent, of value. It ruiiy he of interest i state that I Prof. Wathiiii. oi Fur man University, has discovered an inexpi u.*d ruothod ] of separating tho mineral fromotiior matter which can not be separated by water. Ii. T. U. ' Tue: Cotton Puospeot.?Tho Now YorK Chronicle has issued its annual bt&toment of notion acroago, stand and condition. The estimated decrease in acreage by states is us follow*: Nor*h Carallna, ~0 per cent.: South Guru* lino, In per cunt.' Georgia, 13 percent.; Florida, 5 per cent.: Alabama, II per cent.; Mississippi, 10 per cent.; Louis iana, II per cent.; Texas, II \> r cent.; Tennessee, !? per cent.; oth ? states ami Territories, l-i per cent. The average decrease is 11.(1 per e, nt Tlie aoroago is 17,707,003 u^itinst :!i>. 410,247 acres last year. Tho small de cease in Florida is duo to larger plant ing of boo island eotton. The urop i unquostionably lato. The weather up to May 2 was not favorable. It is not certain whether permanent Injury^)as resulted or not. Probably serious harm has resulted in only limited I a>'cas. Cultivation has not hen us thorough Ha it was a year ago. There has beon very heavy decrease in the taking of commercial fertilizers, but of home made fertilizer a slightly greater use is reported. Tho condltltlon of tho plant was less satisfactory at the close of tin) month than at the same (late last year. Tho.States of loss promise are the Carolinas and Georgia, but the plant is late almost everywhere and so is farm work. The condition' is not necessarily unpromising, but more depends upon luturo develop ment than has beon the case in other productive yours. ?A country minister remarked to his wife Sunday noon, "There was a stranger in church this morning." "What did ho look like.-"' asked tho wlfo. *' I didn't sco him." "Tuen how did you know there was a strang or there r" "I found a dollar bill ia tho contribution box." ! ?Prof. W. II. Wallace, until re cently u member of lue faculty of tho Columbia Female College, has ; hern ohoson suporinteudont of tho grudod schools in No wherry, which is his home, lio will accept the- posi tion. ?West Virginia alone now mines more coal than the whole South did 1U years ago. ?AUINKT ? llAN'Jt.8. I Oliiey In Mario Srereiury ol Sta?e und Mari..im Succeeds Olimy. Washington, .Uido 7 ?Vi.an nouticeu. ?Iii lato tili < alt?' noon ofs5Sr~ transfer of Attorney ?.i. n< &l Oiue\ to the head -f tho .stau Depart m nt created uo surprise here, m it, lind b? m well unu.t>iocd for BOVorul ".uy-t .at Mr. Olney urould suecc al to th that place in the Cabinet, made vacant >.v iho uoat'u "f Secretary Gresbatn. It ia probable'bat Mr. t.) ncj t-mri:.w morning wil take the oath of office aa bi nd ol tho State Dopartnl< m. Too President at one time 'joutempi at* od otber dhnugos in bis Cabinet anu a rearrangement ol several of the port* folios, and in this connection con sideration was given to tho transfer of Secretary Smith to tho Department Of Justice, but this and other trans fort, were dually abandoned and tho President conoludcd that the du)pleat plan would he merely to h'l the vacan cy caused by Mr. Oiuey a promotion. Too appointment of Judge Judson Harmon of Cincinnati as Attorney General came In tho nature of a sur prise. Ui> name had not cv? n been oahvassod us among the probabilities. Tbore is the boat of authority fortune statemoni that tbo President hud sev eral men under consideration and the-' portfolio of justice might havq been bad by Mr. Jus. C. Carter, of No v York, ?\ u . a- counsel for the gov ernmuut in i 10 Uoriug Sea arbitra* tlon and the income tux casos, and by Mr, I'redoj'ick K. Coudort of New York, had tbej b eu disposed to ac cept it. Secretary Carlisle knew Judge Harmon ; ? r iousily and bot)) udtnirod aud respected Iii? ability, It was In;, probably, vim II rst presented his aatuo to Mr. Clcvolitod. ISx-Govornor Campbell of OUlo,~"a close friend of Jmlye Murinen, also warmly supported him and tlx Prosi* hunt BOOUrod also from ox-Governor Hoadley of Ohio, who is now living in New York, aud whoso law partner blarmou was a most favorable r< port a- 10 ins ability ami stand ing-^AftoM* tho I'ro^io-Mir, otloivd iJj^-J^oTlolio of justice to Judge llarnion by wire this uftornoon ami liumeaiutely upon re ceiving a favorable reply unuouuoed the appoint im nis. oanvassing the situation tl: Cincinnati, O., Juno, 7. - When tho appointment of Judge Judson Harmon bocatue Known bora thisuftcrtin on, at torneys from tho cour t, and their of? doors rushod to tho olll ?>? of Judaro Harmon, of tho IIrm of Harmon, Cola? ton, Goldsmith .v lloadioy, to con* grautulute tho new Attorney Gon ral and ask lorn date for :t fai'owoll din ner from tho bar. Judge Harmon said he received a letter from Presi dent Ciovoland to-day and replied to it by wire?, but ho had no knowledge of his appointment until advised by tho Associated Press. Ho went to Columbus to-night on personal ibusi nesu and does no) know when ho will go to Washington. Judge Harmon is not only reeO}>ul/.od as inn ol tho foio most lawyers ami jurists ol t.'.is StiitO, but as tun-, of the most nopulur citi zens. He was born m ar this city 411 years ago und has always lived n-rc. His fathi r, II \. I1'. Harmon, wu- u Baptist um liter woil knowu through out tho "Ohio Valley. Judgi Harmon graduated at l) unison Uuiveri ty, n Baptist im it. tloii at ('? ? e? nvJI o, Oi:io in 18(50, and b>!gun Ihe prutlco of aw in Cincinnati in IHOT?. II ? was a Ut publloaii until l>72. when he beeemo a Grcelcpito. Ho was oh ( ted suoerlor judge in 1878 ro*oh ulcd In is*:; and when ex-Gov?.rnor Gcorgo lloadioy wonl to Nt v V'ork In ls-<7. Ju Ige Har mon resigned fr,?in tho boneh to be come the I I'm of the llrm of Uurmon, Colston, Goldsmith .v Ho dley, which represents several railroads uu ! other large corporations, und svlf i whloh llrm bo will v. uitln io Mis counuctl in. When Judv-e Harmon resigned in 1887, Governor Poraker appointed Judge Wl liam Tuft, now I n ted States Cir cuit Judge and former y SoliotorGen 01 nl, to the vacancy. Good Auvict* vom Hot Wkatiikr.? The Washington Post glvos the fol lowing rule- lor oh.-1 rvanoo during the summer season : Don't worrj about tho wputher. Don't walk on tho sunny slut^rOf t'.o Street. ^^^r I) >i****0rfiv.: to, DouM fal ?w^7 an umbrella ii you uro cxo ^ Ion - \ > the smii's ravs. / J^ou't d *!)k' liny Hi in>> to excess. Ice wat" r*--4j8puiinost us bad as any! n eis?-. Don't ii%o u f.in. Tho cxoreho of working it will i vi icomo nil tlio good you c <pcricnco Dou'i think II I? \ <? liotUnt ilay you over uxp rlcnecd, noil if yooT'do think It. (lnn'l .say i'. D.m't bo afrit id of p;i aplrati >?. 11 hi a good sign, an . it roui <?< s tho tcni* 1 pornturoof tho hotly. I If you follow out tho majority of tlufeo ilon'ts you will fool thai you followed ; u injunction to ke< p cool. !>??it*! f. "l it a duty to look :i' kho thoruiOmotor every ten or flftaou miiiutc?during tho middle of the day. I) in't Miak?- a meal largely made up nf in outs. Vrogotiil>'.ort C'Utio at this t<oa*on of tho year enpooially for tho Iv'iiellt of num. At < ioncuAl, .N. ('., Mr. and Mr-. B >w< n ivhh sitting In their (pileI Im in-, passing tli" evening in rend inj* um| cm vi!i>i'. ? !>??!) tin \ ?vor ? aroused by llio stealthy nnpr 11 mi of footrtops on tho oalsldo, idiil after taking n survey I'm* pr-'tni-e-s. t'-y I''surtp'd t'loiV usual pastime. Not long, howuvur, after tho*, got quiet tho sizzling of a fuso planted in a dynamite bomb began, und in less time than it takes to toll tho story an explosion occurred, blowing up the lloor on which the oh) couple wore. Tiro shock was ithout all the injury dono toolther Mr. or Mrs. Ilowon, but the Mooring was complete ly demolished. Pvangollst fife, wiio lias boon ronduotlng successful revivals in tho South, is at present holdino a sorlos of meetings at Manchester. < > Services are hold (luring the morning and . veil ing, und all the business house--. In cluding the Saloons. ClOSO for services. One merchant refusod to close his store and Mr. Fife went, to the place i ami prayed for the proprietor until ho closed the c-tuhlishtncnt and went to church with the OVftltgllst. A lootl paper has taken clVcr.se at the svango list's methods and denounces him a- a humbug ami blasphemer. ?Arrangements have at lost been completed for building the Washing* ton ami Baltimore electric road he twoon the two oltlos. a director of the company olllcially advisis tho manufacturer's Record that tho Whio norK kins syndicate, of Philadelphia, whioh company m a heavy stock holder in Philadelphia, Baltimore ami j Washington street railways, has be come interested In the now lino and I will take a port ion of tho bond i ? ue.