The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, June 05, 1890, Image 3

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' Poetry. My I.nst Jokt'M. When 1 w;m u baby exceedingly young. 1 inado up u number of very line jokes; And I said : “if 1 hud but the use of ■uy tongue. What fun it would be to enlighten the folks T’ Hut now ['in a man and exceedingly old; 1 know how to talk, and would gladly speak out, Hut things go so wrongand t'.ie world is so cold, I cannot recall what my jo!o s were about! [Valentine Adams. IN MEMORY 0HE£. Thousands of Confederate Vet erans and Leaders GATHER ROUND THE SHRINE Gen. Joe Johnston Unveils the Grand Equestrian Statue. FITZHUGH LEE LEADS THE PARADE Richmond's Streets Smothered in Bunting and Thronged with Strangers. COL. ANDERSON’S GREAT ORATION. A Loving Tribute to the Leader of tiie Lost Cause. Richmond, Va., May 29.—Never in the history of this capital, which has been the scene of so many public <b ra- onstration* and has witnessed the pomp and circumstance and experienced grim war’s vicissitudes as no other American city ever lias, have the streets of Rich mond presented such an animated ap- ine Fifth Maryland regiment mus tered 450 muskets and made a fine ap pearance North Carolina turned out in force. She had about 1,000 men in Hne. headed by Governor Fowle and staff. Veteran Organizat ions. Following is a partial list of the or- i gnnizationa of Confederate veterans par titillating: J A. N. V. Loumiaua division, 18 men, II. II. , Marks eomuander. New Orleans. Rowan county, N. C., Veteran regiment, 100 men, Capt. C. R. Barker commander, Salisbury, N. O. Clinton Hatcher camp, 75 men. Col. E. V. White commander, Leesburg, Va. Pickett-Buchanan camp. 150 men. Col. ' Samuel H. Hodges, commander, Norfolk. Va i 8. Bowie Strange camp, O. V., :*» men, Gen. T. L. Rosser commander, Charlcttes.-ille, Va. Stonewall camp, C. V., 100 men. Col. W. R. McDowell commander, Portsmouth, Va. Maury camp, C. V., 75 men. Col. D. M. Lee commander, Fredericksburg, Va. A. P. Hill camp, C. V., 100 men. Col. H. R. Smith commander, Petersburg, Va. R E. Lee camp, C. V., 00 men, CoL W. A. Smoot commander, Alexandria, Va. Army and Navy, C. 8. of Maryland. 1,000 men, Gen. B. T. Johnson commander, Balti more, Md. Confederate Veterans camp, of New York, 150 men. Col. A. G. Dickinson commander, New York city. Camp Garrett, C. V., 3J men, Capt. C. L. Thompson commander, Huntington, Va. Ewell camp, C. V., 40 men. Col. J. E. Harvill commander, Prince William county, Virginia. Winchester camp, 7<) men, Col. E. Holmes B'jyd commander, Winchester, Va. Louisa county, Virginia.. C. V., (H m m. Col. T. Smith commander, Louisa county, Virginia. Frederick county (Md.) camp. 30 men. Rev. C. Randolph Page commander, Frederic county, Maryland. Thirtieth Virginia infantry, 300 men, Maj. R. O. Peat rose commander, Caroline county, Virginia. 5N ashington, D. C., C. V., 10) men, Alexan der Hunter, commander, Washington. Randolph Thirtieth Virginia Infantry, 00 men, Lieut. W. H. Wilson commander, Bev erly, W. Va. Person county (N. C,) Veteran Association, 60 men, J. A. Long Prescott commander, Rox- Ooro, N. C. Cab ‘11 Graves Camp, C. V., 75 men. Col. George C. Cabell commander, Danville, Va. Ninth Virginia Cavalry, 300 men. Gun. K. L. T. Beale commander, Westmoreland county, Va. Henderson, N. C., C. V., 10 men, mounted. Col. W. II. Check commander, Henderson, N. C. At the Monument. The line of march \v.ls down Broad street to Nineteenth, to Main, to Eighth, to Franklin, to tin* moanuient. At 2 o’clock the procession r *.i lie I the mon ument and the or;: ni/. itiona were massed around it. * distinguished guests were seated in . pavilion lacing the statue and the • r s stand. The ceremonies of the unveiling will now proceed according to the pro gramme already detailed in these dis patches. Richmond is about as poorly pro- ! vided with restaurants as any city or its ? in the country and tin* pro'-lnii of multitude of vis- A number of mg. lie named eaeft state aini rue cmei I representatives which it had sent to th * exercises. As he named in succession Reagan, Longstmd, (Gordon, Hoh v ! Hampton and Johnston, each n ime was grated with prolonged cheering. After a brief invocation by Rev. Charles Minnigerofb*. « »f the Episcopal church. Governor M* Kinney iutroducetl j Gen. E.irly as chairman of the meeting, i He was greeted with prolonged applause -c - j i iiroviiliiig food to.- tin' i itors is a difl'r-uU on . (IEN. ROBERT E. LEE. pearanc*' as they do today. The strains of martial music (ill the air and once more the erstwhile quiet streets resound with the measured tread of marching hosts, respleudant in brilliant uniforms, with gorgeous banners aid gleaming steel. Dense throngs of eager, enthusiastic humanity crowd the pavements, the buildings are smothered in red. white and blue bunting and the stars and stripes mingle harmonionsly with the colors of the Confederacy. State colors are swung like banners across the prin cipal streets. Strangers 'Within the Gates. Full 50,000 strangers are within the gates of Richmond today. From north, south, east and west they come to wit ness the unveiling of thif equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee and to honor the memory of Virginia's famous son. For three days the incoming ti'ains have been crowded, and all night long the streets were tilled with the sound of fife and drum and the tramp of march ing men as the visiting veterans and muitary organizations arrived and sought their quarters. Every southern state is represented by organizations. Maryland and North Car olina particularly turning out in force, and from the Empire State come the New York camp of Confederate Veter ans and the Southern society. Among the more famous organizations are the Fifth regiment,of Baltimore- the Wash ington Light Artillery, of New Orleans, and the Palmetto Guard, of South Caro lina. The Parade. At 12 o'clock the parade moved promptly down Broad street from the comer of Adams. Mounted police led the wav. followed by the Stonewall band. Then came the marshal of the day. Gen. Fitzhngh Lee, mounted on a magnificent iron gray charger, followed by his aides, with Gen. John R. Cooke, chief of staff. These were followed by a long line of carriages with invited guests and then came the veteran cavalry, Gen. Wade Hampton commanding. The Farmers’ COL. ARCHER ANDERSON. and cheering. Taking the gavel from Governor McKinney's hand. Gen. Early announced in a few well chosen words the orator of the occasion, Col. Archer Anderson. Col. Anderson's Address. When the applause had subsided, Col. Anderson said: Fellow citizens: A people carves its own ; image in the monuments of its great men. Not Virginians only, not only those who dwell in the fair land stretching from the j Potomac to the Kio Grande, but ail who beat j the American name, may proudly consent that posterity shall judge them by the struc- j ture which we are hereto dedicate and crown j with a heroic figure. For, as the Latin poet ; said that wherever the Roman name and sway extended, there should be the sepulchre of Pompeii, so today in every part of America the character and fame of Robert Edward Lee are treasured as a “possession for all | time." And if this be true of that great name, what shall be said of tire circumstances which surround us on this day of solemn commemnrntlonV That at the end of the first quarter of a century after the close of a stu pendous civil war, la which more than l.ill),- UW men struggled for the mastery during four years of fierce and bloody conflict, we should see the southern states in complete possession of their local self government, the federal constitution unchanged, save as re spects the great issues submitted to the ar bitrament of war. anil the defeated party, whilst In full and patriotic sympathy with all the presc-nt grandeur and imperial promise of a reunited country, still not held to renounce any glorious memory, but free to heap honors upon their trusted leaders, living or dead - i all this reveals a character iu which the American people may well lie content to be handed down to history. All this ard more w-ill las the testimony of the solid fabric we here complete. It will re call the generous initiative and unflagging zeal of those noble women of the south to whom in large measure we owe this auspi cious day. It will bear its lasting witness as ; the voluntary offerings of the people, not the governments, of the southern states; and. standing us a perpetual memorial of our great leader. It will not less stand as an enduring record of what his fellow citizens deemed most worthy to be honored. Virginia's Honored Sons. It Is the singular felicity of this common wealth of Virginia to have produced two stainless captains. The fame of the one, con- ur.N. Frrznuon lee. eating houses have been o]>- netl for the i occasion, but these provi \ adequate to the requirenn eiLsinn. it has bee-.i msces . izens to exercise tho ir pr, talitv, and a large nun.is- wholly in- of the oc- .i-y fur the cit- vt r-iial hospi- ■ of strangers THE LEE STATL'E. Alliance, mounted, 300 strong, followed, preceding tho veteran infantry and the volunteer organizations. . The military occupied positions in line in order as their states seceded. South Carolina came first, followed by Mississippi. Alabama. Florida. Georgia. Louisiana, Texas. Virginia, Arkansas. ■ North Carolina, Tennessee and Missouri. Historical Incidents. Many historical and sentimental inci dents were recalled by the parade of the Marylanders. They earned four his toric flags, which have leen in fifty pitched battles and ninety engagements from first to last, from first Manassas to Appomotor. Tho William and Mary college stu dents carried a standard that was the flag of Virginia when she was a British colony. It greatly resembles the last adopted Confederate flag. The union is modeled after the British union jack, and the field Is white, except thnt at tho end Wo three rei white and blue bars. On one side is '-Willbuiialmrg, 1774." On the other "Raleigh; Cave.” The students of Washington and Lee f. .I.b, ore > iin’v ,sY' caj, Vi'i.k 41b. ‘ Jjm -tnd cu TioJ '■. itUiiLy in.’, u. ' »tf • aiT.isi u n u, i-* [i.-tn r, It be :rs Ike iomb udi eoe.t of ev.nj of the fam ilies uf Washington and Lee. It Is tnihU- of univi rsity colors, and on it are th.- following dates-. 171H5. in upper left band corner. Ume when Washington':} name was given the institution; 1870, in upper right corner, when Lae's toMad. |-jo data of fnundaHo ■ i can. I ell y name houses. Last night every public hall was filled i with cots. Nearly 5,000 Confederate j veterans slept on cotton ticking spread over straw, the only bed that the eom- : mittee on e ntertainment could provide. The MiliLii-;,-' Hall. The formal festivities wore opened last evening at the Richmond theatre with a military ball. The theatre h:id been decorated for the occasion with an elaborate display of (lai;.: and bunting. From the center at th ■ nigh ceiling was swung a e: nippy of streamers in the colors of Maryland and Virginia. The same colors prevmled in the plush drapery of the balconies. Along tho border of each of the balconies were the coats of arum of the Confederate states, while between them hung banners of plush. In the center of the stage was a fountain l.aif hidden from view in a bower of blossoming plants. Against the stage drop in the rear stood a bust of Lee. On either side was a stack of Confederate colors and beside them the coats of arms of Maryland and Virginia. The boxes on either side of the stage were dressed in the Confeder ate colors and the colors of Maryland and Virginia. Miss Mary Lee and Miss Mildred Lee, daughters of Gen. R. E. Lee, assisted in the reception of the guests. The Army of Northern Virginia met in the hall of the house of delegates last night and heard an address by Gen. E. M. Low, of South Carolina. The election of officers for the ensuing year was then held, after which the body adjourned to Sanger Halle, and partook of a banquet. It was the largest gathering of the asso ciation since the war. UNVEILING CEREMONIES. Col. Anderson's Oratian—Gen. John s', on Pulls the Cord. , Richmond, Va., May U0.—With blare ; of trumpets, lieatiug of drums and the j booming of cannon the monument to Gen. Robert E. Leo, creeled by the ladies of the south, was unveiled in the presence of a great multitude of jieople. During the passage of tho pro.vasional column through the princ pul streets of the city there was a continuous ovation. Its program was much impelled by the crowd that filled the streets, and it was . dock v>h .i tho monument 1. An euor nous crowd was there.. . in froo of the monu- served for the distin- t’le <i dor of the day mid bdies. It was well filled when tin proee.tsion ar rived, and the grand marshal dismounted and offered his arm to Gen. Joo John ston to escort him to the seat re served for him. When Governor jMcKinney, Col. f Anderson and the other distinguish ed guests and offi- 0 •••'•■ - cers of the occa- | sion hail taken positions on the front of I the stand, the pjpeession passed in re- | view lief ore them, the veteran infantry i leading and the veteran cavalry and i volunteer infantry bringing up the rear. (’rcliiiilnary Kver. lse*. j' When the lu-gnjiization was complete i and something like quiet could be liad, i Governor McKinney, as president of the Lee monument, arose and called the as semblage to order. Governor McKinney said it was his desire not to perpetuate animosity or excite bitterness of feeling in any por tion of this country, but to express the love and adoration of the people of the : south for those who had ralien in their i behalf. That feeling was uneonquer- ! able and eternal. Amid all the southern ' states there existed a finding of love for the Confederacy. “Which, be sajd/’is ! now dead." wernor McKinney called attention to the fact that all of the Confederate | reore-'ientiul in the irnther- GKN. LEE S RICHMOND RESIDENCE, sccrated by a century of universal rcverance and the growth of a collossal empire, the re sult of bia heroic labors, has been commem orated in this city by a monument in whose majestic presence no man ever received the suggestion of a thought that did not exalt humanity. The fame of the other, not yet a generation old, and won in a cause which was lost, is already established by that impartial judgment of foreign nations which antici pates the verdict of the next age, upon an equal pinnacle, and millions of our country men, present here with us in our thoughts and echoing back from city and plain and mountain top the deep and reverent voice of this vast multitude, this day confirm our solemn declaration that the monument to George Washington has found its only fitting c<*mpleraent and companion in a monument to Robert E. Lee. It is tbe recognition in Lee of the principal elements of high ideal—courage, will, energy', insight, authority—the organizing mind with its eagle glance and temperament for com- majid, broad, based upon fortitude, hopeful* ness, jo^ In battle, all exalted by heroin pur pose ano .tindled with the glow of an uncon querable aoul; it is, besides and above all, the unique < >mbin?\tion In him of moral strength with moral beauty; of all that is great in heroic action with all that is good in common life, that will make of this pile of stones a sa cred shrine dear throughout the coming ages —not to soldiers only, but to all “helpers and friends of mankind.” The orator then went into an elaborate bio graphical review of the life and character of Gen. Lee. His marriage to the great-grand daughter of Washington’s wife formed a tie which connected him by daily association of family and jdace with Washington’s fame and character, and it may well be believed that Lee inaoe Washington his model of pub lic duty. Lee’s personal appearance and moral char acteristics in his early manhood, and his ser vices in Mexico, especially at the battle of Contreras, were sketched lightly. “History,” said the orator, “will record, as Scott himself ■ nobly admitted, that Lee was Scott’s right arm i- Mexico” After leading up to the period when it became necessary for Gen. Lee to make his choice of which side he should fight on In tbe coming conflict. Col. Anderson said: No more painful struggle ever tore the heart of a patriot. He had served the whole country in a gallant army which commanded all his affection. He better than most men knew the great resources of the north and west. He knew northern men in their homes; y 'f; A i.r^L* at.ui \ ment ba.1 been r gaifibori guests. raon consent wount nave oeen ae moi nt 10 command ha 1 h * never commanded.” After Gen. Johnston’s retirement from se vere wounds, Lee assume 1 command of the Army »*t .Northern Virginia. The loss of Richmond a*, any time would probably have j been lat i. to tho Confodoracy, and this i»ct wiil explain and just.fy in Lee’s conduct ! many apparent violations of soun.l peiindplos ! of war. the various movements and the re- sultani. hultles by which he sought to effect I this object—the protection of Richmond— ; were sketched with a bold hand. His cam paigns ag.tinst Mc-dellan and McDowell raised him in the minds of friend and foe W the full stature of a great and daring leader. The advance to the llapidan, the invasion of Maryland and the battle of 8harpsburg were outlined. Here Lee, said ths orator, gave the supreme proof of a greatness of soul as much above depression under reverses as elation in success. In such moments the army feel the lofty genius of their leaders. They acknowledge his royal right to command. They recognize their promt privilege to to low and obey. Tc such leaders only is it ^.iveil to form heroic soldiers. Such were the rugged, half starved men in gray who stood with Lee at Sharps- burg. It is the vision of som * such moment, perhaps, that our sculptor, Mercie.has caught with his eve of genius an l fixed in imperish able bronze. Tut* u- netai has ridden up. it seems to me. in some pause of battle, to the swelling crest of the front line, and, while the eyes of the soldiers are fastened on him in keen expectancy, but unwavering trust, the great leader silent and alone with his dread responsibility—is scanning, with calm and penetrating glance, the shifting phases and chances of the stricl en he’d. A Commanding Figure. Such is the commanding figure which will presently be unveiled to your view; dull indeed must be the imagination that does not hence forth people this plain with invisible hosts and compass Lee aliout, now and forever, with the love and devotion of embattled ranks of heroic men in gray. The campaign of 18tt3, with the battles of Chaneellorsville—which, in the « rater’s opinion, will rank with Blen heim, Austerlitz, and Jena as a model battle —and Fredericksburg, resulting in forcing the Union army behind the Rappahannock, is next reviewed. Gettysburg and Grant’s cam paign in i864, iu which he steadily beat back Lee, who crossed his path and confronted him at every turn, bring the orator up to the evacuation of Richmond, when nothing re mained to the Army of Northern Virginia,but its stainlesi honor, its unbroken courage. In the last solemn scenes, continued Col. Anderson, when strong men, losing all self control, broke down and sobbed like child ren, Lee stood forth as great as in the days of victory and triumph. No disaster crushed his spirit; no extremity of danger ruffled his bearing. He looked the stubborn facts calmly in the face, and when n » military re source remained, when he recognized the impossibility of making another march or fighting another battle he bowed his head in submission to that power which maxes and unmakes nations. The surrender of the frag ments of tho Army of Northern Virginia closed the imperishable record of his military life. What a catastrophe! What a moving and pathet - contrast! Our belief in it rests upon the unanimous testimony of tho men who lived and acted with him. among whom nothing is more com mon than the declaration that Lee was tho purest and best man of action whose career | history has recorded. In his whole life, laid i bare to the gaze of the world, the least friend ly criticism has never discovered one single deviation from the narrow path of rectitude and hoi or. W rit was strained eulogy when Montesq.iK u of another great soldier, Turennc, that “iiis life was a hymn in praise of humanity.” Is, if applied to Lee, the Ian- : guage of sober truth. No man can consider his life without a feeling of renewed hope and trust in mankind. On the one side, complete and dazzling tri umph after a long succession of humiliating , disasters; on the other, absolute ruin and de- ; feat—a crown of thorns for that peerless ; army which hitherto had known only the victor’s laurel. But the magnanimity of the conqueror, not less than the fortitude of the vanquished, shone out on the solemn scene and softened its tragic outlines of fate and doom. The moderation and good sense of the j northern people, breathing tbe large and gen- | erous air of our western world, quickly re sponded to Grant’s example, and though the i north was afterward betrayed into fanatical and baleful excess on more than one groat : .«.• f!cr« «-r p'tA-.<» " «i\ii v\a. wore rapidly cxiitigti rhero whs to be no Iv a >d. ' America. When the lloii> u .>«» rising over the Confe.lerai i . . the close of the conte-i to < for tho inscrition for a • lass c > . -i may be rendered: “They di-d i. i ■ i county—their country perished with i •n.” Thus would have sjioken the voic oi d --p tir. | Far different were the thoughts of Lee. He i had drawn hi* sword in obedience only to the j dictates of duty and honor. But, facing the ! duty of the hour, Lee saw now’ that the ques tion submitted to the grea/t arbitrament of; war had been finally answered. He recog nized that the unity of the American people i had been irrevocably established, lie felt that it would b» impietv and crime to dis honor by petty strife of factions that pure and unselfish struggle for constitutional rights which, while a single hope remained, had been loyally fought out by great armies, led by heroic captains and sustained by tbe patriotic sacrifices of a noble and resolute people. The Reunited Country. He therefore promptly counselled his old soldiers to look upon the great country thus reunited by blood and iron as their own, and to live and labor for its honor and welfare. His own conduct was in accord with these teachings. Day by day his example illustrated what his manly words declared, that “Hu man virtue should be equal to human ca lamity.” After a brief reference to the re mainder of Lee’s life, passed in the dis charge of his duties as president of Washing ton college, the orator ended his address as follows:— As th * people saw him fulfilling these mod est, but noble, functions; as they saw him with antique simplicity putting aside every temptation to use his great fame for vulgai gain; as they saw him in self respecting con tentment with the frugal earnings of his per sonal labor, refusing every offer of pecuniary assistance; as they realized his unsellish de votion of all that remained of strength and life to the nurture of the southern youth In knowledge and morals, new conviction of his wisdom and virtue gathered force and spread abroad into all land i. The failure of the righteous cause foi which he fought denied him that eminence ol civil station in which his great qualities in their happy mixture might well have afforded a parallel to the strength nnd the modera tion of Washington. But what failure could obscure that moral perfection which places him as easily by the side of tho best men that have ever lived, as his heroic actions make him the peer of the greatest. There are men whose influt nee on mankind neither worldly success nor worldly failure can affect, “The greatest gift the hero leaves his his race is to have been a hero.” This moral perfection, breathing t ie very spirit of his Christian faith, is no illusive legend of a succeeding generation, exaggerating the worth of the past. The Lessons of His L*.fe. There is about this exhibition of moral ex cellence the same quality of power m reserve that marks him as a soldier. He never failed to come up to tho full requirements of any situation; his conduct communicated the im pression that nothing could arise to which he would be found unequal. His every action went straight to the mark without affecta tion or display. It cost him no visible effort to be good or great. He was not conscious that he was exceptional either way, and he died in the belief that, as he had been some times unjustly blamed, so he had as often been too highly praised. Such is the holy simplicity of the noblest minds. 8uch wae ; tbe pure and lofty man in whom "’e see the : perfection of Christian virtue and old Roman i manhood. His goodness makes us love his j greatness. And the fascination which this | these states to the lOreniGSt ranx among in< -utui. %vuo in ceaeurubetl lor m*ra nations of the earth, are lens a subject for over Europe. As has been stated, the pride than ihis one Heroic man. this human | product of our country and Its Institutions. Let this monument, then, teach to genera- ! tions yet unborn these lessons of his life. Let ; it stand, not as a record of civil stcife, but as a perpetual protest against whatever is low and sordid in our private and public objects. Let it stand as a memorial of personal honor that never brooked a stain; of knightly valor without thought of s*lf: of far reaching mili tary genius unsoiled by ambition; ot heroic constancy, from which no cloud of misfor tune could ever hide the path of duty. Let it stand for reproof and censure, if our people shall ever sink below tbe standards of their fathers. Let it stand for patriotic hope and cheer. If a day of national glo itn and dis aster shall ever dawn upon our country. Let 1 it stand as the embodiment of a brave and virtuous people's ideal leader. Let ir stand as a great public act of thanksgiving and praise, for that it pleased almighty God to be- Atow upon these southern states a man so forme 1 to reflect his attributes of power, majesty and goodness. Johnston Hulls tin* Cord. At the conclusion of his address a wave of applause swept over the crowd, until Hands were f iedestal is forty feet high, larger at the ►ase than at the top. By itself it would stand a noble and impressive monument. The material is fine granite, which takes on a 'xN-tutifnl polish, and is much used for mortuary memorials. Cn the eastern mid western panels is th • simple word • , Loe*‘ in large raised block letters. Tbe ends of the pedestal an* rounded and l**nutifully carved. The whole stands like a magnificent altar, appnxiched by many stejui ix*r- foctly in harmony with the massive grandeur of the superincumbent bronze. The statue is nnqu humbly the finest equestrian st-itne in America. It im presses the beholder with aw.* by its magnificent beauty and harmony. It conveys the impression of Lee’s dignity of Ivaring. No picture can reproduce it Like the great painting Beatrice Cend, which no painter has sticc eded box towards her, she op^ied it. It oon- merits afterwords, wnen you had hold of tained a necklace of due diamonds, 1 ** was empty.” which bad been selected some time be- “1 don t pretend to account for it; that fore, and set according to Mrs. Tunstall’a b* your business, I suppose, Percy re directions. She examined them and ex- pj* c d- “Of course, if the money was ctly < •pymg, so is Morcic s Lee. tired and throats were hoarse. When, in a meas ure, silence hrul been seen red, Gen. Joseph E. Johns ton arose from his seat behind the orator's stand and, leaving the plat form. walked to ward the monu ment. On either side walked a vet eran ex-Confeder- ate from the sol- ' • - GtH FROM Tltlt DIARY OF INSPECTOR BYRNES. By JULIAN HAWTHORNE, Author of “Tho Great Bank Bobbery," “An American Penman," Eta 7/ms' (IEN. JOHNSTON. ICopyrlght by O. 5L Dunham, and published, aie irom im* sui- through special arrangement by tho American fliers' home—Joseph Marion White mifl Press Association with Cassell & Co., Now York J. J. O'Neil. »nJ Loudon | Reaching the foot of the monument he took in his hand the end of the long rope which held the great white veil alxrat the statue. A gentle pressure and the veil parted, and, falling on either side, disclosed the beantifnl out lines of the statue. As they came into view a shout went up from the assemblage in volume so great that it almost drowned the boom of the cannon. In a minute the whole crowd hud broken from the ranks and , was flocking about the base of the statue I cheering and tossing hats and canes in the air. The crowd on the platform re waving o. partly CHAPTER V. A FATAL MEETING. HE shop was a very large one, and was full of customers, for tho holiday sea son was at hand, and tho wealthier portion of tho community was presenting itself with precious gifts. Tho cus- tomers wore chiefly ladies, though there was also a fair sprinkling of tho other sex. There were also tho salesmen and the walkers, and perhaps a few other per sons whoso offico was not to promote sales but to prevent appropriations of stock by individuals who had not gone through tho formality of paying for it. Vet it seemed impossible that, among such a multitude, tho eyes of a detective should he able to fix upon tho malefac tors, and nevertheless a successful theft was a very uncommon occurrence in the : great jewelry shop. When Mrs. Tunstall heard her name, she tarred with a start, and her vivid At Sanger nail there was a military Put pretty faco paled. “Don’t stay,’’ ftr&krtt sas&jstt l * ““ i »-i™ zu* —• stou s staff, gave a dinner in honor of his old commander, having among his spondee with cheers and handkerchiefs and flags. When the crowd had been partly cleared from th - field a sham liattfa was inaugurated, infantry, cavalry and ar tillery participating. In a cavalry charge a negro was knocked down and badly injured. No other damage was done. The only other accident re ported during the day was one in which Mai T. M. Baker, a distinguished son of Charleston, S. C-, was badly hurt by •\ Vick of a horse. Tin' Evening Festivities. East night the city celebrated the un veiling of th-' monument with liauquets. reception.^ a.id pyrotechnics. At the governor- mansion a reception was given to the distinguished guests from the other states. At Maj. F. M. Boy kins' a reception to visiting Marylanders was tendered. At Sanger hall there was a niilitar guests Governor Gordon, of Georgia; Governor Fowle, of North Carolina: ex- Governor Lee. Senators Reagan, Daniel. Carlisle and Hampton, and Hon. Roliert MeLano, of Maryland. The pyrotechnic display was given the field opposite to the view of 50,000 people. monument in HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT the use of running any risks?” “I liavo as good a right as anybody to bo here,” Percy replied. “If wa both happen to bo here at tho same time, what of that?” “What is tho matter? You look quite till” sho said. At this moment a salesman, having dis patched an adjoining customer, pro- 1 sonted himself before her with a “What can I do for you, madam?” Sho handed him a card and said, “I have called r.tout Inception of the Enterprise That It; that necklace; it was to have been ready Now Completed. this morning.” The man took the card, Gen. Roliert E. Let* died on Got. 12, j bowed and hurried off. Site turned again 1870. On Oct. 24, 1870, a call was issued ; to Percy. Her muff was in her left hand, by Gen. Jnbal A. Early, asking the sur and as sho turned sho laid it upon tho vivors of the army of Northern Virginia : G las3 counter, on tho sido furthest away to organize a Lee Monument associa - him. His sudden appearance had tion. In pursuance of this cull a renre eTidentl y disconcerted her. sentative meeting was held in the First me t her look and thought how Presbyterian church in Richmond on charming she was. She was dressed in the 25th of October. It was called to i fine black velvet trimmed with soft furs, order by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, who j and woro a wonderful bonnet, adorned A. Early as tern ( with birds’feathers and sparkling points; ( nominated Gen. Juhal porary chairman. Hon Jefferson Davit 1 was made jieniianent president, and the - long list ot vice presidents was headed I by Maj. Gen. James B. Gordon. The Association Formed. It was resolved to form an association to ere-t a monument at Richmond tc the memory of Robert E. Lee as an en during testimonial of love and devotion i to his fame, and for the purpose of te I curing the requisite efficiency an ex ecutive committee of seven, with a president, etc., was appointed to invite and collect subscriptions, to procure de signs for the said monument, and to dc whatever else is required in the prem ises. Thus the monument movement was formally inaugurated, with (Jen. Early as president of the association. All portions of the state organized memo rial associations and proceeded to ac tive work. In a short time $20,000 had been collected.' It was necessary that this sum should be invested, it was sent to the lute W. W. Corcoran, who invested it to very great advautage. The Lee Monument associations were merged into the State Monument asso ciation: tile governor, the first auditor and the treasurer of the state were tc represent the state Virginia and three lady members of the original ladies’ as sociation were to serve on the lioard of directors of the new organization. By this time the monument fund had reached $60,000, mast of which had been collected during the administration of Governor Kemper. Growth of the Fund. In the meantime, when Fitzhugh Lei came into the executive office the Lee Monument fund had sufficiantly in creased to insure the success of the monument. The Lee monument was indeed one of Governor Lee's net ideas. After many meetings of the board the present location at the head of Franklin street was decided ujion. Mercie, oi Paris, was selected as the sculptor. On the 27th of October, 1887, the . neo-stone of the monument was laid with 1 splendid ceremonies, the United Statee Marine bund being cemspicuous in the “If a delicate silken veil was bound around it. Her oval faco, with Its bright eyes, small straight nose and rather full lips, was perfectly pretty; and now tho blood, which had been driven from her checks for a moment, camo ebbing back beneath tho transparent skin. Sho was lovely, luxurious and rich; thoso diamonds in her ears would have paid all his debts, and ho believed that sho would relievo his necessities in a moment had she known of them. But how impossible it was to tell her! How inaccessible she was, though ho could have thrown his arms around her as sho stood there! He felt a helpless rago—an impulse to seizo upon her and make off with her bodily. If ho only had had money—money, and plenty of it—there wat. nothing so wild that ho would not havo ventured to pro pose it to her. What a power money was in tliis world! All this time ho stood gazing at her and saying not a word. “What is the matter with you, Percy?” sho repeated. “What makes you look so? You are making everybody notice us. Aro you”— Sho hesitated. “I am sober, if that's what you mean,” i he said. “If wo were alono I would i show you whet is the matter with me! Good God! Is there no place in tho world where wo can bo alono together for half an hour?” Some ono touched him on tho arm. Ho turned savagely. It was only a gen tleman who begged his pardon. He had left a cane standing against tho counter; ' it was not there; he apologized and went J off. Percy camo round to the other sido of Sylvia and leaned on tho counter, tak- ! ing her muff in his hands. “I can’t stand this,” ho resumed. “I never see you at all now. I have as the or- mucl, . ri 8 t,tto 860 y ou “ any of your “ acquaintances. You keep out of my pressed her approval. “It is twenty-five hundred dollars, is it not?" sho said. “Twenty-five hundred dollars,” re peated tho salesman, softly. Sho looked around for her muff, which Percy liad just replaced on the counter. She slipped her hand in it and uttered an exclamation. Then sho scut a quick glance over the counter and on the floor. “Have you seen it?" sho said in a star tled tone. “I beg your pardon,” said tho sales man. blandly. Percy Maintained a gloomy silence and an abstracted gaze. "My pocket book—and some money In tKinli notes. I had them in my muff,” she exclaimed. "Have you” sho went on, turning to Percy. He looked at her uncomprehendlngly. •What is it?" he demanded. "My puree—and tho money. Why, you had my muff just now. Didn't you" "Did 1 have your muff? I wasn't aware of it. I know notliiug about it,” said ho, unconcernedly. "But I can't loso it—it must bo found - it was right there!" sho exclaimed again "It can't havo disappeared into nothing!” "liny I inquire if tho sum was a largo one?” put in the salesman, softly. “Why, yes! there were twenty-five hundred dollars and somo smaller notes in tho purse. 1 liad brought it to pay for tho necklace.” By this time several persons liad col lected, drawn by tho evident agitation of tho handsome young lady; among them was a small, bright looking man, with an alert and confident manner. Ho sub jected lire. Tunstall and Percy (onkeen but unobtrusive scrutiny. “Perhaps you put it in your |x>cket,” Percy suggested, who, on hearing so largo a sum mentioned, had begun to arouso himself from his curious apathy. Sho put her baud in tho pocket of her | dress and felt in it anxiously, then shook her head. “No,” sho said, "and, besides, 1 recol lect it all now distinctly. I put tho money in my purso when I went out this morn ing, and put tho purso in my muff, as I always do. When I got hero I took out tho [>urso and took thonotesfroin it” “Pardon me, madam,” interposed the bright looking man at this point; “I am connected with this establishment, and it is my duty to investigate casesof missing articles. Can you state what was tho de nomination of tho hills representing the sum of money—twenty-livo hundred dol lars I think you said?" “There were four bank notes,” Mrs. Tunstall replied; “ono of athousand dol lars, and three of fivo hundred each.” “Thank you,” said tho man, making a note on somo tablets in his hand. “Do you recollect tho numliersof tho notes or the banks they belonged to?” Sho shook her head. “I didn't look,” sho said. “You took these notes out of your purse, you say” “I took them out so as to havo them ready, I was a littlo nervous about car- ryiug so much money, and I thought if I should loso tho purso I would havo the money separate. But now it is all gone!” “After taking tho notes out of your purse, what did you do with them?” pur sued tho bright looking man. “I held them in my hand in my muff; iu this hand,” indicating her left “Then, just ns I camo up to tho counter, this gentleman spoke to me.” Mrs. Tunstall hesitated and colored. “I am acquainted with him—slightly ac quainted with him,” sho said at length. “Will you obligo mo with your name, sir?” said tho other, turning to Percy. “I don't know what my nnmo has got to do with itr returned Percy, rather I ^Yuom brusquely. “Who aro you?” Leave L.nes Tho man turned back tho lapel of his coat and showed tho badge of tho Central Detective bureau. “I am attending to my business, sir,” ho said, “and as you were in this lady’s company at tho timo the loss occurred you will bo needed as a witness, if for no other purpose!” Ho pronounced tho last words in a peculiar tone, which caused Percy to turn upon him sharply. “What do you mean by that?” ho de manded. “I mean, sir, that it L proper for me to mako a note of your name,” tho detec- tivo replied. Of course, if there, somebody must linvetaken it out” “Yes, sir, somebody must havo taken it out," tho detective repeated, fixing Iiis eyes upon tho young man. “Well, you don't mean to accuse me of it," I suppose," rejoined Percy, with a laugh. "1 am not accusing anybody at pres ent, sir. What does the la.ty think?" "Oh, of course, that is impossible!" said Mrs. Tunstall, looking much dis tressed. At this moment a gaitleman entered the shop, glanced this way and that until ho saw Mrs. Tunstall, and then camo straight toward her. As he approached Percy recognized him; it was Cuthbert Tunstall. The two men bowed politely and coldly. (To be continued) ii FOR C. & D. AND 0. & S. RAILROADS I’sEsiDssT’sOrricE } C. A 1). andC. A 8. RAILROADS, V Charleston, 8. C., May 1, 1880- J Jq and afltr May 12, the trains on these roads will run as follows (Sunds/ tx- cspled)every day: DOWS TSAIS. Leave Wadesboro 5.25 A M Uennetts 5.40 Morvcn’s 5,55 McFarland 0.10 Leave Chcrnw 8.48 Cash's .’7.00 Society Hill 7 18 Dove's.— . 7.80 Floyd’s 7.88 Darlington 7-60 ‘ I'nlmelto 8 08 Arrive al Florence 8 15 rr tbais. Leave Florence 8-10 P •" Palmetto 8 25 Darlington 8.85 Floyd’s Dove’s SocietyHill 9.12 Cash’s 9 17 LenveChcraw 9.48 McFarlan 10.08 Morvcr.’s 10.20 Benneit's 10.85 Lake Wadesboro 11.00 Freight Train going up. Leave Florence Arrive Darlington Freight going down Arrive Darliu3toii Leave Darlington Arrive Florence P M 8 lo a n. 9 05 a m 2.00 p ui 2 30 p m 4.10 p m 0 A. F. RAVENEL, Pren. II Master Transportation. N OBTHEA8TERN RAILROAD. OiiarlkstoaN, S. C., May 1, 1890. On and after this date the foRowing schedule will be run : GOING SOUTH. No. 27, Daily. Leave Florence *1 35 a m Leave Kiugstree 2 29 a m Arrive Lanes 2 50 a m Leave Lanes 2 50 a m Arrive Charleston 5 (10 a m No. 23, Daily. Leave Florence *8 30 a m Leave Kingslree 9 4(1 a u Arrive Lanes 10 07 a i Leave Lanes 10 07 a i. Arrive Charleston 11 59 a ra No 53. Leave Lanes *7 50 P. M. Arrive Charleston 9 30 p in. Train on C & D R R enct* with No 23 Train conn cts at Fior- GOING NORTH. No, 78, Daily. Leave Charleston Leave Kiugstrce Arrive Florence No. 14. Leave Caarleston Arrive Lanes Leave Lanes Leave Kingstrce Arrive Florence No. 52, Daily. Leave Charleston Arrive Lanes *1 20 a m 3 00 a m 3 00 a m 3 17 a in 4 20 a in *4 30 p in 0 29 p m • 29 p in 0 40 p in 7 55 p m *7 00 a in 8 27 a m * Daily, f Daily except Sun Nos 52 runs through to Columbia “I havo no power at pres* v * a Central R 11 of S C. Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N, C., making close connection with W. & W R R for all points north. J. R. KENLY, J. F. Divinb, 8upt. Trans. Geo’l Sup’t. T. M. Emerson, Gen’l Pass. Agt. I!LI1\«T0N OOLIIBIA AM mi'STA KAHMA May 1, 1800. 00IN0SOUTH GOT. M KINNEY, THE RECUMBENT STATUE. [Over Ucn. Lee’s grave at Lexington, Va.] he knew the bravery ot tho nortbe~n soldier* who filled our regular regiments In Mexico. He was above the prejudices and taunts ot the day which belittled northern virtue and courage. He knew that, with slight external differences, there was a substauHal Idenilty of the American race in all the states north and south. Lee’* Views on Slavery. He was equally above the weak and ras- slonato view of slavery as good in Its df, into which the fanatical and unconstitutional agitation of the Abolition party had driven many strong minds in tho south. He regarded slavery os an evil which the south hod in herited and mnst he left to mitigate, and. If possible, extirpate by wise and gradual iucan 1 .,: c- He, If any man of that time, wa* capable of weighing with raininess the duty of the hour. With him the only question then, as at every moment of his spotless Ufq, was to find out which way fluty pointed. Against the urgent solicitations of Qen. Scott, tu defiance of tho temptings of am- bitlon for the evidence is complete that th* command of the United States arniy wq-s of fered to him—In manifest sacrifice of ail hi* pecuniary Interests, he determined that duty brde him side with his beloved Virginia- He ; laid down hie commission and solemnly de clared his purpose never to draw his sword save In behalf of his native state. The orator I then carried his audience with him through ] the battles of the late war In which Gen. I Lee’s army participated. In the attack on Cheat Mountain he laid his plans with skill j aqd vigor, bnt the attack ended with foliar* and mortification. Tbe verdict of the gen eral p -bile cn Mm at this time, the winter of MB, might have been summed up In the hie-! Iselao’, lodsmsn* n* (laths who "hv com. • ng conspicuous in the j " lr J 0 ’ 1 would be content to see wo aa parade. On the 3d of April the statue my other acquaintances do—but you was shipped from Havre on the steamei know perfectly well how dangerous it is. Ot lello, reaching New \ork on the 80th And you could not have chosen a worse May A 8 ' Bn<1 am ' nng ln Ru ' ll,nond : place than this.” Sho lient forward and On the 7th it was unpacked and “ in a whisper. ” I expect Mr. Tun- drawn through the streets from the i f taU m T a >' come ,n at , an y moment. He depot to the jiedestal. thousands of en- kDCW 1 was coming hero this morning thusiastic citizens—men, women and about tho necklace, and said something children—having hold of the ropes. about intending to try and meet mo. Do A beautiful and inspiriting recumbent I go! It will only make it more difficult figure of iu marble, by Valentine, hereafter.” r ' t .F PX r i “ St0 «- This w,u “It cannot be more difficult than it is socintii in .but^' ' tWnu""^ , "ft’. r ^ Ued . ^ “I Lexington association. sliould like to meet him and havo it out No. 23. Leave Wilmington «<H5 |> » Leave Marion 9 33 p m Arrive Florence 10 20 a nt No. 50. Leave Florence 3.tt) a ti Arrive Sumter 4.'5 a u Leave Sumler 4 35 a ie Arrive Columbia 6. J5 a m No. z7 Leave Wilmington •1C.10 0 n Leave Marion 12.40 p m Arrive Florence 1 20 a in No 62 Leave Sumter t 9 45 a ui Arrive Columbia 10 55 p m No 58 Leave Florence f8 25 a n Arrive Sumter 9 35 a m No 52 runs through from Charlest*n via Central R R. The Sculptor, Marius Jean Antoine Mercie is recog nized by all artists in Europe as a man of genius. Besides being a sculptor he is a pawter of renown. He is associated with Falguiere in with him, if he wants to say anything!; What is there he can say, for that mat- 1 ter? He has no business to interfere.” “You don’t know him!” “He doesn’t know me, if ho thinks 1 care for him! Why sliould wo mind? If i THE STATUE Off THE PEDESTAL. matchless [combination eiertx la HtaaM a symptom and a source In use of moral heallh. As long os onr people truly love and venerate lyirn; there will remain In them a principle qt for all the stapandons wealth and power wtiteh (a (be ban' thlrtv roars here I If red witli halgniere in care tor Him: wby should wo mind? If | making the Lufay- tho worst comes to the worst, it would ette statue which ; only throw us together I am ready for m designed for La- it— ar0 you?” | srsrsa dent's house, in la ‘ £ 801 * ow W1 U mako mo wish never Washington city. 800 you again. Nothing of that sort Mercie is 45 years ia possible. I never thought of such a of age. His bronze i thing.” statue of the young j "Such tilings havo been thought of, David, in the Lux- j and they aro possible. You are not happy einbonrg palace ; ^ y 0U arc , no . 7> gylvh, and you know it SntMont" « h2 not 'f “Cie‘7 “d respectability go I masterpiece. It ‘° «« devil, where they belong, and cn- | 1872, Others call the j J°.Y*fe in our own way? There aro other ; plates in the world besides New York or | America.” “Here > > the necklace, Mrs. Tunstall,” said the voice of tho salesman. He was standing on the opposite side of the coun ter, with tho box in his hands. She was thankful for tho interruption, for she was becoming seriously alarmed at Percy's manner; and, drawing ths M, Mxxcn, was shown in ...... — Mnse of Art on Pegasus—“Gloria Vic- tus," 1877—the greatest of his achieve ments. He has, however, done no work more important to his fame than the equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee, Pujol's Superb Pedestal. A weed or two remains to be said of the pedestal, which is at the same time a strong and elegant piece of arebitec- ture designed bv Pujol, also a French- . ent to mako you ’ivo it, however. “Oh, I havo no objection,” Percy re turned, carelessly. “Hero is my card,” and ho handed it to tho other, who read it, nodded and slipped it into his pocket. “Now, madam, what did you do after this gentleman spoko to you?’’ “I answered him.” “Did you still hold tho money iu your hand?” “No,” sho said, after a moment's thought. “I took my hand out of tho j muff and left it lying there on tho coun ter.” “AVero tho purso and the money still in it?” “Yes.” “Whero was ho standing?” “Ho was facing mo, on this sido.” “So your hack was turned on vour muff?” “For a minute or two—yes.” “Did any ono approach you during that timo?” “Not that I remember. Of course, somo ono might havo come up behind without my knowing of it.” “What did you do next?’ “I think tho salesman camo up then and I spoke to him about tho necklace. Ho went off to get it,” “And you continued your conversa tion with this gentleman?” “Yes.” “Was ho in tho samo position as be fore?’’ '‘No—yes—I don’t remember!” Sho had suddenly become embarrassed and the color flow into her cheeks again. She glanced at Percy with a frightened look. There was a short pause. “Does your memory servo you ou that point, sir?” inquired the detecuve, turn ing to Percy. “I hare no particular recollection," lie replied; “but I know that when the salesman camo back with tho necklace this lady was between me and tho door and I had her muff in my hands.” “That agrees with my own Impres sion," said tho detective, dryly. “I hap pened to bo looking at you at tho time. Did you notice whether there was any thing (n the muff at the time you were holding it?" »Dai!y. f Daily except .Sunday. “There was nothing in it. I put my No 53 rune through la Chnrleelou, via hands inside, and if there had been any- I Central R R, arriving Manning 7 04 1‘ ». tiling there I would have felt it” L *" , 'V 0 4 - p w ; Charleston 9 30 P M. “When you first spoke to the ladv. I ?°, 69 ,t 1 F ‘ or * 1 ,,c « , *"> C Jt D you wero between her and the door, i 7ft ...i 14 -u.. AT* Af . . . a a ai ai. nos 18 and 11 maze close connection at Afterwards, you went round to theothcr j wi | miDgloa w i th W * V/ K R for .11 p.in,. sido of her. I want to bo sure I have j North the details all right, you know What Trt i B on Floreno. R. R. I.av. Pee D*. was tho occasion of your changing d|llly exoept 8llD(U , 4 40 p w lrri „ Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returning tear* Leaving Lanes 8 80 A M., Manning 9 10 A M. Train on C & D R R connects at Flcrenct with No 58. GOING NORTH. No 61 Leave Columbia. •10 35 p n Arrive Sumter 11 68 p m 11 58 p m Leave Sumler Arrive Floreoce No. 78. 1 16 a m Leave Florence, 4 36 a m Leave Marion 6 20am 1 Arrive at Wilmington, No. 69 8 36 am Leave Sumler [6 37 p m \ Arrive Florence No. 63, 7 60 p m Leave Columbia *5 20p m Arrive Sumter No 14 6 32 p at Leave Florence •8 16 p u Leave Marion 8 55 p m 1 Arrive at Wilmington 11 45 p m ’round?" “I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking of what I was doing. While she was talk ing with the salesman I had nothing to occupy roe; I didn’t even remqmbei: that I touched the muff until you jked me." Tho detective glanced over his tablets, and said, slowly: “The quRition is, how Rowland 6.80 A. M., arrive Pee Dee 8.50 A.M. Train on Manchester A Augusta R. R leaves Sumter daily exoept Sunday, 10.6C A. M„ arrive Rimini 12.01 P. M. R, turning lesvs Rimini 18.15 P. M,,ar rive Sumter 1.80 P, M. to reconcile tho two facts- that tbs' muff j, B RENLY G^r' U Pt ' had tho puree and money in it when you first sooko to the ladv. and a few mo- Mnniurer F.MMERSON, Gen’! Pas* Agt