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ESTABIE N 1 N - C T ESTABLISHIED) IN 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1887. PIE$.0AYA CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS. Twelve Historic Banners of South Caroina Stored in the Attics of the War Department. Special to the News and Courier. WAsinGTOX, June 15.-The sug gestion of Gen. R C. Drum that the Confederate flags which were cap tured during the war, and have for twenty years been stored in one of the attic rooms of the war depart ment buildings, should be returned to the respective States to which they belonged has caused a great deal of comment. The letter of Gen. Drum to the Secretary of War is itself one of the most notable contributions to the history of these times. It is the letter of a brave man and a true sol dier. Gen. Drum's Letter. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGT0N, April 30. 1887. Hon. William C. Endicott, Secretary of War : Sir: I have the honor to state that there are now in the office (stored in one of the attic rooms of the building) a number of Union flags captured in action, but recovered in the fall of the Confederacy r.nl forwarded to the war department for safe keeping, together with a number of Confeder ate flags, which the fortunes of war placed in our hands during the late civil war. While, in the past, favorable action has always been taken on applica tions, properly supported, for the re turn of Union flags to organizations representing survivors of the regi ments in the service of the Govern. ment, I beg to submit that it would be a graceful act to anticipate further requests of this nature, and venture to suggest the propriety of returning all the flags (Union and Confederate) to the authorities of the respective States, in which the regiments which bore these colors were organized, for such final disposition as they may determine. While, in all the civilized nations of the Old World, trophies, taken in wars against foreign enemies, have been carefully preserved and exhib ited as proud mementoes of the mili tary glories, wise and obvious rea sons have always excepted from the rule, evidences of past internecine troubles which, by appeals to the ar bitration of the sword, have disturbed the peaceful march of a people to its destiny. Over twenty years have elapsed since the termination of the late civil war. Many of the prominent lead ers, civil and military, of the late Confederate States are now honored representatives of the people in the National councils, or in other emi Dent positions lend the aid of their talents to the wise administration of the affairs of the whole country, and the people of the several States com posing the Union are now united treading the border road to a glori ous future. Impressed with these facts. I have the honor to submit the suggestion made in this letter for the careful consideration it will receive at your hands. Very truly yours, R. C. DRUM, Adjutant General. The endorsement of the Secretary of War upon this letter as follows : WAR DEPA RTMENT, May 2G. 1887. The within recommendation is ap proved by the President, and the Ad jutant general will prepare letters to Governors of those States whose troops carried the colors aud flags now in this department, with the offer to return them as herein proposed, the history of each flag and the cir. oumstances of its capture or recap ture to be given. WMt. C. E~NmCOT T, Secretary of War. In accordance with the instructions from the Secretary of war, Gen. Drum prepared the following letter which was sent to Governor Rfichard son : WAR D)EPARTMENT, ) ADJUTANT GENERAL's OFFICE, W4sn;NGTON, June 7, 1887.j % Governor J. P. Richardson, Co lu2mbia. S. a. Sir; The President of the United States having approved the recomn mnendation that all the flags in the custody of the war department be re turned to the authorities of the re spective States in which the regi ments which bore them were organ ized, for such final disposition as they may determine, I am instructed by the honorable Secretary of War to make you (in the name of the war department) a tender of the flags now in this office belonging to late volun -teer organizations of the State of *South Carolina.I In discharging this pleasant duty I beg you will please advise me of your wishes in this matter. It is the give its history, so far as it is possi-? t ble to do so, stating the circum- I1 stances of its capture and recovery. tl I have the honor to be, very respect fully, your obedient servant, ti R. C. DaUx, Adjutant General. a THE SOUTH CAROLINA FLAGS. ti Among the captured Southern ban- w ners are twelve flags which were cap- ff tured by the Federal troops in battle tl or were picked up after the surren- li der of Charleston. Some of them are fl of very great historic value and it is e1 hoped that they will be carefully pre- sE served when they are finally turned c: over to the State of the valor of a whose troops they are so precious a d memorial. The following is a brief tc diescription of these flags and of the s circumstances attending their cap ture: S Confederate battle flag, captured p from South Crrolina regiment at the p battle of Sharpsburg, September 17, p 1862, at the stone wall in front of ft the 1st brigade, 3d division, 9th army S corps, by private Thomas Hare, Co. u "D," S9th regiment, New York Volun- 11 teers. Private Hare was afterwards g killed. ei Confederate battle flag, captured ir at Malvern Hill, near James River, tl Virginia, July 1, 1862, by Sergt. W. 0 J. Whittrick, 83d PennsylvanN Vol- c unteers, Butterfield's brigade. This S flag was taken from a South Caro lina - regiment, who piled up their f dead.to resist the attack of the brig- O ade. V Flag of the 11th South Carolina S Volunteers. Inscribed Port Royal, h Cedar Creek, Swift Creek, Peters- tl burg, June 24, Weldon Railroad. r Flag of t .e 16th South Carolina 3 Volunteers, was captured by Capt. J. s] W. Scott, Company "D," 157th Penn. b sylvania Volunteers. It was taken e from the hands of the color bearer on ti the line during the engagement of f< April 1, 1865, at Five Forks, Va. f Confederate battle flag of the 27th 2 South Carolina regiment, captured il by private F. C. Anderson, Company l: "'A," 18th Massachusetts battalion. s South Carolina State flag, no his.- fl 1ory. Confederate battle flag, captured it )y Gen. Sheridan's forces Septem- fi er 13, 1864. from 8th South Caro- b Ina infantry. ti Battle flag of Sumter Flying Ar- h illery, captured in the battle of Ap- fl pomattox Station April 8, 1865, by s Chief Bugler Chas. Shorn, 1st Vir inia Veteran Volunteer Cavalry. 3d n brigade, 3d cavalry division, Gen. b2 Custer commanding. t Battle flag of the Sumter Heavy l1 Artillery, captured in the battle of g Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by u Sergt. George J.- Pitm an, Company u C, 1st New York Lincoln Volunteer lI Cavalry, 3d brigade, 3d division, Gen. h2 Custer commanding. e: Garrison flag, "Secessionville," tl James Island, S. C., defences of fi Chaleston, captured February. 1865. tl Presented to the war department by C Brig. Gen. A. Schimmelpfennig. d Garrison flag, "Fort Moultrie," 1b Charleston harbor, captured February i. 18, 1865. Presented to the war de partment by Brig. Gen. A. Schim- C melpfennig. . Garrison flag of the Citadel of tl Charleston, S. C., captured February c 18, 1865. Presented to the war die- s partment by Brig. Gen. A. Schim. ti melpfennig. t TE MATTER RAIsEs A STOR31-PRlES- S IDENT CLEVELAND FINDS HIE CAN- a NOT RETURN THEM. WAShINGTON, Jur;e 16.-The fol lowing letter was sent to the secre-b tary of war by the President to-day F in regard to the disposition of the flags captured by Union forces dur- C ing the late war: "I have to-day considered with more care than when the subject was orally presented to mec the action ofa your department directing letters to to be adcdressed to Governors of all I States offering to return, if desired toa loyal States. Union Aags captured during the war of the rebellion by Confederate fprces and afterwardsr recoverd by Government troops; and to Confederate States, flags captured by Union forces, all of which for many years have been packed in boxes and stored in the cellar and at tic of the war department. I am oft opinion that the return of the flags in the manner thus contemplated is notc suthorized by existing law, nor jus I tifed as an Executive act. I request,I therefore, that no further steps be taken in the matter, except to c:gam-I ie and inventory these sags and adopt proper measures for their pres ervation. Any direction as to final disposition of them should originate with Congress. C '-Yours truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.'' t The following statement with re gard to the President's action con ernin<r the proposed return nt bat. e flags was made at the White [ouse to-night to a representative of ie Associated Press : "When the question was proposed te President by the adjutant general n important feature suggested was ic return to the loyal States of flags hich had been captured' by Con >derates and retaken by our army at le time of the collapse of the rebel on. They, with such Confederate ags as had been captured from the nemy by our troops, it was repre nted, had for a long time lain un ared for and neglected, packed way in boxes in a cellar of the war epartment, and had been removed the attic as a better place for their ,fe-keeping. "The disposition of the flags, which ,emed to be answering no good pur ose where they were, was the main oint; and the consideration was resented to the President that some ags had been returned to loyal tates upon their request in individ. al cases, and the rest if desired, iight as well all be returned to ether. The return of the Confed rate flags which were with the others i the department was suggested, but iere was not the slightest thought f interfering in any way with the aptured figs now held by any tate. "The fact, apparently received with tvor by the country, that lately in ne or more cases Northern troops isiting their late antagonists in the outh had returned to them flags which ad been captured in battle from lose whose hospitalities they were !ceiving; the further fact that orthern troops who had with in a bort time been visiting Southern attlefields had spoken in the warm st terms of the kind and hospitable eatment they had received from >rmer Confederate soldiers, and the act, too, that soldiers from the forth and South were just gather ng at Washington to meet in friend y conception at the national drill, cemed to indicate that if the Union ags were returned to the loyal tat:s which had lost them in battle would not be inconsistent with the raternal sentiment. which seemed to e prevalent, to offer, at the same me the Governors of States which ad been in rebellion the return of ags which we had taken from their oldiers. "The right of the department to iake these returns being questioned y the President, such right was dis netly asserted and precedent al >ged; thzereupon his oral assent was iven to the proposed action. The iatter was dismissed from his mind ntil comment thereupon within the st day or two brought it again to is attention, when, upon personally xanmining the law and considering be subject more carefully, he satis ed himself that no disposition of bese flags could be made without ~ongression al action; whereupon he irected the suspension of operations y the letter made public this even At a reception to Gen. Fairchild, ommander-in-chief G. A. R., in few York, last night, tendered by be Alexander Hlamilton Post, Fair hild delivered an impassioned peech upon the proposed return to be Southern States of the flags cap red in the late war. Fairchild poke under strong excitement, and loost his first utteratice was: "MIay God palsy the hand that rrote the order, may God palsy the rain that conceived it, and may God alsy the tongue that dictated it." In the course of his speech Fair. hild said: "Since about 1867 the G. A. RI. as been the friend of the South, we ave no sort of hate or malice gainst our old foes anywhere and re ready to extend them the right aad of fellowship. Nothwistanding 11 this I most emphatically assert hat the Southern States have no anner of right to take from us the es of the late rebellion in the hape of Rebel flags. What would dissouri, Maryland, Mississipi, South 3arolina and other States do with he flags if they had them ? Would he Governors or these States place hem in their State capitals as em idems to be revered and to tLach oming generations treason ? No oyal Governor of any State in this inion will receive them. They will ay : "These are relics of a dead )st. We are members of the Union f States and cannot receive these ~mblems of treason.' " Fairchild concluded by stating hat he spoke in defence of the South. ~rn people, whom lie felt sure would eel insulted by having those flags brust upon them. After Fairchild's address, resolu ions were adop,ted as follows: "That the president of the United States, having approved the recom mendation that all battle flags in the custody of the war department be longing to Southern States in rebel lion during the late civil war be re turned to the respective States which bore them, for such final disposition as they may determine, this post views with surprise the action of the President, and records its protest thereto; that the sacrifice of blood which captured the emblems referred to was a sacrifice to liberty, national union and to God; that no sentiment of generosity and no expression of magnanimity is involved in the sur render of these covenants of national honor; that it now only remains to direct that the battle flags of the Usion be distributed among repre sentatives of the so-called Confeder acy as a fitting acknowledgment of the righteousness of the 'Lost Cause;' that this post expresses its disappro bation of the act of the first President of the United States who has held the office disassociated from memo ries of the war for the Union." The telegraph to-night is bringing prc.tests from a number of Northern States, some of them through the Governors of the respective States. It is None of their Business. Atlanta Constitutioa. The Philadelphia News is our au thority for the statement that the United Presbyterian Church will not in future aid any young men who use tobacco. This is not an exceptional instance. Various religious organizations in different localities have during the past few years taken steps to keep tobacco consumers out of the minis try. All this is very natural and very wrong. It supports Hobbes's theory that the natural state of mankind is a state of war. ' When men become civilized and Christianized they no longer indulge in a free fight when ever they meet. But they do the same thing in another way. They seek to crush each other in political strife and business rivalry. They do what is infinitely meaner. They take their supposed virtues and twist them into a scourge for the torture of those whose tastes and habits are different. Why is it that so many narrow minded, bitter and malignant men are always agitating something that they call a moral reform? It is the outgrowth of a desire to make war npon somebody. When a man wants to worry his neighbors with impanity he does it in the name of the Lord, and in the guise of a reformer. Hundreds of millions of people use tobacco. Among them are somie of the best men and the wisest divines of our time. Those who do not like tobacco should let it alone. They have no right to abuse and leg islate against men who exercise their personal right to use the .weed. If men would view these things from a common sense standpoint, they would see that most of our al leged reformers are trying to mind everybody else's business but their own. They are great nuisances just now, but their names will be forgot ten by the tifne the next generation is ready for business. The world has its cranky spells, just as it has epidemics. They run their course, and then people take a rest to recu perate for the next craze. Keep Cool ana Cut the Wires. Phtiladelphia Record. It is now nearly a year since Pres ident Cleveland issued his proclama tion ordering trespassers to remove their wire fencea inclosing the pub ic lands. But, in spite of the efforts of the Interior Department. most of the fences are still standing. Since the processes of the existing law are too slow to break up the lawless combinations that have taken pos session of the public domain and in closed it as if it had been their own, more vigorous measures should be put in requisition. An organized force of cowboys wouild soon tear down the fences. Caught with Trunks Full of Opium. SaN FAnscisco, June 15.-George Connor, who arrived from Chins to. day, was arrested by custom officers. His trunks were pacl5ed with opium worth $3,000 and a letter written in Chinese, supposed to contain instruc tions from a Hong Kong Chinese syndicate, was found. The detect ive believes Connor is the agent of a great opium smuggling ring. ut a Full Takes the Pot. -ei Odean.s Pigay1un. "Fair is th~ finsh of a St,mmer's dawn." LARGEST VINEYARD ON EARTH. hat Irrigation Has Done on a Naked Plain. Chico, Cal., Enterprise. There has been a great deal writ. en about Senator Stanford's im nense ranch at Vina, but the only ray to get an adequate idea of it is o pay the place a visit This an Nterprise reporter did a few days .go. Stanford's ranch begins at the Cahama County line, and the first 'iew one gets of his land is not pre >ossessing. It is nothing but a bar en, treeless plain, where the bedrock rops out in spots and everywhere ies but a few but beneath the surface. Vothing will grow here except a hort, dry weed, but the sheep like ,his weed, the plain is therefore one rast sheep range, for Senator itanford is a man of varied re. ources, and manages to find a use or all the land he owns. As you approach Vina the aspect >f the country suddenly changes, Lcd you jump from sunburned plains nto the midst of green alfalfa fields Lnd vineyards. The former are made )roductive by frequent flooding from rrigating ditches. This flooding is ood for the soil, but bad for health, tnd if it makes alfalfa, it also makes nalaria. The water is broaght in litches to Deer Creek and turned in o the fields uitil it stands in a vr.st ake. As soon as one crop of alfalfa s cut, another is raised in this way, dl the year r-"nd. It is used very xtensively for stock, in the place of iay. But the vineyard is the wonderful eature of the Stanford ranch. It ex ;ends for several miles up and down >n each side of the road as you ap roach Vina, and back from the oad as far as the eye can reach. In ome places the vines are large, in >thers they have just been set out, nd in the latter case they are sup ?orted by an army of stakes. This vineyard contains 3,500 acres, and is the largest in the world, but still the 3enator is not satisfied, and pro. Doses to have 5,000 acres. More vines are being set out every year. The prettiest sight of all are the old Greek vines which form the nucleus )f Senator Stanford's vineyard. rhese vines are all old and stand rully five feet high. The trunks are larger than a man's arm. The branches are trimmed off at the bot. ;omn and allowed to grow out at the ;op, until the vineyard looks like an yrchard of young peach trees, and they are all prunned off so evenly that they make one level floor of green as the eye glances across them. The vines already require the at ention of several hundred men, to ake care of the grapes they produce; and will take a small army of men to attend the crop each year when all the vines get to bearing. The winery already in use on the ranch is a large building, but now Senator Stanford is'having a brick structure erected which covers two acres. The walls are already up, and 140 pillars are being erected, to support' the roof. rhe building is to hold the wine vats and casks, and is a sort of mammoth proportions, but so is the vineyard, and so will the crop of grapes be. One could talk about the vineyard and winery all day, but there are other things to be mentioned. .Next to his vines, in Senator Stanford's esteem, come his fine horses. 0f these there are large bands to be seen, all beauties and of the best blood. The Senator makes a spec ialty of raising fast horses, which he sells for fancy figures. Every ani mal is spirited, beautifully propor tioned and looks sleek and smooth. The two stallions to which he breeds all his mares are Clay and Whips. The former the Senator values at $10,000. Clay is a rather small, brown horse, kind and gentle in dis position. Whips is a fine large bay, full of life and beautifully built. In fact, the Senator considers Whips the ideal of horseflesh and beyond price, The animal was expected to make very fast time, but was lamed in his early training at Palo Alto, and hence is used only for breeding pur poses. Several horses have beer lamed lately on the Palo Alto track which is considered too hard, and the Senator intends to build a training track on his Vina ranch. Negotia tions are now in progress for the pur chase of the Copeland estate, whicl adjoins Stanford on the west, next tc the river, and when these negotia tions are completed the track wil probably be built on this land. Ther all of the fin stock iwill be brough to Vina, which will be made head quarters for the training de1 art muent. Other features of this won e u ramph deserve extended te The nine large barns for the horses, which are made as comfortable as most dwellings; the barns where the T Holsteins have their quarters, kept as neat as a parlor; those fine old Holstein cattle themselves of mon strous size and beautifully marked in rt black and white; one cow in particu- G lar, which is being fattened for beef, to weigh 2,500 pounds, and which h now weighs nearly 3,000; Senator e; Stanford's handsome two-story res- c idence, with its extensive lawns, F flower gardens and statuary-all of these things attract the ettention and excite the interest of the stranger. o But then everything about this great ranch is of interest, and after the vis itor has spent the day in examining the different features he still feels how little he has seen. The ranch is one of the wonders of this wonderful d state. a More About the Great Three C's. s Edgefield Adcertiser. z Gallia diversa est it tres partes. a Gaul is divided into three parts, and R so our town and community is di. k vided into three classes on the pros. b pects of the Three C's. Those who b are sanguine that it will be built, and at an early day, those who believe it e a possibility, or a very remote proba bility and those who do not know or believe anything about it, agnostic as t it were, but who only wait and wish y and pant for the work to commence. We might name these classes the 1 San-guines, the Luke-warms, and the t Jerry-me-diddles. The Advertiser d wants to get square on the record as V a Jerry-me-diddle from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. 8 But enough of badinage. We advise 1 our readers that our most intelligent local magnates are sanguines, the best men all along the line are san- e guines. Mr. McCaughrin, president f of the Newberry bank, a most level- s headed man, is not only a sanguine F but an enthusiast, which is one de. t gree hotter. Mr. Green who had 1 thrown up his grading contract near I the Saluda river, has been notified C by the managers of the Three C's to commence anew, and we believe has 1 gone to work again, this too is en. couraging and looks like business. Senator Butler who to our thinking t is to be the Head Centre of the Three ' C's, so far as this end of the line is e concerned, in other words will have 8 It built-and who alone can lift the Agnostics and Jerry-me-diddles up 'i to the light and belief which fills the sang'uil. es, is still absent. When he returns i-e may know more and willi then tell .uore, in the meantime let us console ourselves with the wordsi of the poet that . "All things come to those who wait." 4 and certainly we of Edgefield, have I done our part in the waiting business. Why the Crow is Black. Z. L. White, in the American Magazine. The Indians of the extreme North west had some very remarkable legends about the creation, in which the crow takes the leading part, bringing order out of chaos. Per haps the most curious was that1 which accounted for the raven coat of the crow. One night while making a tour through his dominions, he stopped at the house of Can-nook, a chief, and begged for lodging and a drink of water. Can-nook offered him a bed, but, on account of the scarcity of water, refused to give him anything to drink. When all the rest were asleep the crow got up to hunt for the water-bucket, but was heard by Can-nook's wife, who aroused her husband. He, thinking that the crow was about to escape, piled logs of gum wood upon the fire. The crow made desperate efforts to fly through1 the hole in the roof where the smoke 1 escaped, but Can-nook caused the smoke to be denser and denser, and when the crow finally regained the outer air he had black plumage. It was previously white. How Would Bras Do Chicago News. While monuments to noted persons are being unveiled almost every day in various parts of the country, it seems sad that no memorial has been erected in honor of the man who in-1 vented European war rumors for commercial purposes. Where is the Bakery? WVilson (N. C.) Advance. Captain Caraway says the stingest -people in the world live in Florida. IThere is a man down there, says the gay and festive captain, who.is so stingy that he uses a wart on the back of his neck as a collar button. There is a good deal of quiet but effective sarcasm in this world. It is now binted that the Rev. Sam Jones is an evangelist f'nr'revenne only." EXCITEMENT IN LAURENS. Se he Negroes Reported to be Organizing for Mischief. -- sp Special to the rews and Courier. at LAURENS, June 18.-Hoover, who Ju cently caused so much trouble in eorgia and made himself notorious to iroughout the country, is said to th ave visited Laurens County. Wheth- ci it was Hoover or some other like to iaracter the' fact remains that ta oover's influence pervades the col- ac -ed population. Near Cedar Grove, tr; oung's township, the negroes have m ganized themselves into secret or- th anizations known as Knights of p( abor. Each member is sworn to ra erpetual secrecy. and to mutually cc istain and protect each other. The th ieetings are all held with closed w oors and armed door-keepers and m rmed pickets. Notwithstanding the T' ery great precautions of secrecy, er >me of the purposes of the organi- tb ation are known. The meetings ar re held from two to three times each m 'eek. Among other things that are T nown are that the negroes have C, een made to believe that this country vE elongs to them-at least, they say di -and that they will maintain these fu Ktraordinary claims with their lives. 0; 'hey think that they will obtain R ieir rights quickest by exterminating fr ie older whites and enslaving the m oung men. The young w( men they tr ill take for their wives. The whites Ay 1 the neighorbood are alarmed, but fe ey are determined as brave men to al efend their hearthstones and the c; 'omen with their blood, if need be. fc A cavalry company has been or- c< anized with Dr. W. J. Westmore- tr md as captain, and application has p een made to the Governor for arms. tc Col. J. H. Traynham, on the Gov- V rnor's staff, under instructions from si ',lumbia, will proceed at once to the a, cone of action to investigate and re- a; ort such steps as may be necessary cl D protect the country from vio- a mce and bloodshed. Capt. L. E. tl rby, of the Laurens Guards, will ac- s, ompany Col. Traynham. f: I hav'e just read a letter from W. '. Cooker, a very reliable and sub tantial citizen, in which he says: ti I am no alarmist; the emergency is tl pon us and we must prepare for it. tl 'he scene of the trouble is about t, ighteen miles from here, and I can ti ive no further information to-day. a J. T. J.' tj 'HE NEWS AT THlE STATE HOUSE-AN g APPLICATION TO THE GOVENOR. f: COLUMBIA, June ~19.-The whites a n La.urens County- are evidently t ,larmed about the possibility of an nsurrection'- among the negroes, and d >erhaps their fears are well founded. lovernor Richardson and the adju- r ant general have been communicated b vith. While Governor Richardson a nows that the alarm may possibly be t false one, he has taken immediate a etion, 'and should it be ascertained a hat there is really danger of an >tbreak, the militia oft the State ill be ordered to a short summer mcampment at Laurens. Governorr lichardson has placed himself in ac >osition to obtain.reliable informa ion from Laurens. The following etter was rcseived by the Governorr oday:c CEDAR GROVE, LAURENS Co., S. C. Governor Richardson, Columbiar 3ear Sir-The negroes under the ?oover influence have organized ,hemselves and hold weekly meet ngs. They meet from midnight to o'dlock and make speeches, saying hey will kill out the white men andr >ld women, take the youngjones for vives and make the white children york for them. They say theyc vi burn the whites out. They are ex iorted to die like brave men, to go heir graves with bloody feet. They ind their members by an oath never o reveal their secrets. At their 1 neetings they are guarded by pick-. ~ts. An outbreak may occur at any ime. We have met and organized cavalry company of fifty members nembers and would be glad to bej ~urnished with State arms at once with all necessary appurtenances.i lhe negroes are watched by a com-i nittee of whites. The negroes are all armed. They are armed by the ~lub. We don't know where or how ~hey get them. The letter is signed by the secre ~ary of the new company and the names ofill the officers are given. Oh, What a Fall There Was in Eoston? Phtiladelphix Call.3 The changes of a century in Bos k: 1787-John Adams and John] Quincy Adams. 1887-Mike Kelly) and John L- Sullivan.1 John B. Lester is the name of a, very hopeful citizen. He is suing Ben Butler to recover $7f>,000 for property confiscated during the( nator Butler on the South-i he True Position. The following is an extract from a eech delivered by Senator Butler Greenwood, before the schools on: ine 15: "It is no disparagement to anybody say what, in my judgment, is true, at in the field of statesm-,nship and vil life we have no cause for enter-, ining a feeling of inferiority. Not king into account the distinguished hievements of a long line of illus ous men of the South who did s uch in aid of the establishment ;o? e Government, in formulating 'ts - >licy and placing it in the front. nk in the family of nations, and >ming down to a later period-l . ink we need not fear compariso ith the most conspicuous achi7 ents of the men of other sections' he Constitution prepared by South n statesmen for the government of" e Confederacy is a model of wisdom,:: id in many respects an improye ent on the Constitution of 1789. he laws passed in pursuance of this-* onstitution are as exempt from ad ": rse criticism as any similar pro icts of the human intellect, and iiy adapted to. the operations a completely organized systen of epublican Government. It detrcta=, om the ability or patriotism of no" an to say, what I also believe tobe ue, that the State papers issued :r. Davis, as President of the' Con deracy, will take rank among tlie >lest papers of the ablest of Ameri= n statesmen. In 'correct and pro und exposition of true and sound - )nstitutional principles and doc= ine, they' are unsurpassed by^ t roductions of any period of the his; ry af Constitutional Government : . ith unbending and fearless adhe= on to the truth as he understocd;it ad a conscientious devotion to d 3 it was presented to him to di1' 2arge, he has maintained the r ad admiration of his friends, bsffie' ie malignity of his enemies, and. irvives to a venerable old age :, Lithful exemplar of elevated princi les and upright life. So that you, oung, gentlemen, the rising genera on, upon whose shoulders must. ie duty and business of cond icti ie affairs of the country, need irn your faces in shame when mpt is made to stigmatize thees eters of your sires by the appp on of 'rebel' and 'traitor.' 'N ' eed you offer apologies, when the ilse and unjust charge of incompe~ mncy is brought against them. Turn a the record, which is worthy of the tudy and respect of .all men, and2 isprove them. Remember that i ecent regard for the virtues and sac-' ifices and achievements of those whbo-% ave gone before you is not incra istent with the most loyal fidelity to g he new Union, and that truckling"'. ubserviency is the surest avenue, to .loss of self-respect, and the inevi able cause of contempt in others. A~ can who permits or joins in the:tra ition of a parent, whatever that pa ent may have been, is a despisable reature who wears the badge of deg adation on his brow. But when he dds volume to the current of2iiss epresentation and abuse of a virta ,us and honorable parent by joining he band of traducers, he invokes and eceives the scorn and contumel of very human being whose good opin on is worth cherishing, and brands3 imself with the mark of coward, andM eeks the level of the creature who ias fallen so low, and become so ~ nean as to be beneath the contempt f an honest watch dog. Do not inderstand me as inculcating a spirit f sectionalism or dislike to the peo le of any portion of the country. ~ar from it. I would rather inspire Sfeeling of good will and cordial in erest in a common country. Thait is :~ >est accomplished, first, -by a proper elf respect and self-appreciation, Lnd, second, by a mutual regard hich the first engenders." Senator Butler here alluded to the 3air bill, and spoke forcibly of the iducational wants of the South, layd ug special emphasi% on the need of ndustrial training. -- Marriage in Laurens Special to News and Courier. L AURENS June I7.-J. C.. Garling on, editor of the Laurens Advertiser, Lnd Miss Annie Frierson, a charming Lnd accomplished daughter of Rev.; S. 0. Frierson, were married last - light at 8.30 o'clock, in the Presby erian Church, in the presence of a - arge crowd of relatives and friends. 'he church was beautifully decorated. iessrs. E. P. McKissick and F. P. scGowan were th:e ushers.. The ~ >ridesmaids, Misses Lula Frierson mnd Hattie Jones, and the grooms. nen, Messrs. Lee Simpson and Mac. eth Young. The marriage cere-3 nony was performed by the Rev. E. ). Frierson, the wedding march beingd endere by Mrs. J. E. Wilkes.