Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tit?* VWW * r WEB?ESBAX, MAY IS. "^?'T??^iSS&^^I^?? waa founded lo'l^p and the 2?rue Southron in J866, H' tt^;TF??fc^?ta?:%;?? Soitthron now bas r?J'^e^^tnbra and influence -' of both of the o?tf'papers';" and is-maa i gy festly the. best advertising medium in '.'.. Sumter. .... - Attention : Advertiser s. .The.rff?atchman.-and- Southron will Jierea?ter be published on Wednesday, \ytfnd a^ertiseraents should be sent in " Bot' feter' than Tuesday . afternoon ? v,T%aif?es of contact-advertisements must O rn ado ^Monday ruomin g.; B ^ ~ THB B?G??G CARNAL. From the stic that has. been made by ^ our; lo^l:. correspondents:-itk the fotf V.-?a?te* of the State, it is probable that ^~the people of South Carolina have con? cluded that Sumter bas on its hands a * mate for the Columbia Cami. Oar readers.will no. doubt, therefore .be pleased te learn from the com muni .ucationr of "Citizen," in our paper to I day; (and- whoy wfe: are pleased ; to say, 1 ^n^s^.wh?rwf - he speaks,}. that the ^ canal will be finished this week > . Ivis true-that some differences-have 4h?e? developed; but they have not ia N terfered with the progress of the work th^cainal:1 We are promised a full ? ' i^ow^ ot it ?ik the nest issue of our . "paper? -."./ "." . ' . . I : TOO MtTCH LAW. ; ?s? This vf a? remark frequently heard, I ;?sd^ ii' ^^^ainly the truth if laws are yrpotreDfore^. .. There are Town .Ordinances, if we nustake: not,, to remove;ao&> prevent the .v?erecti?Q:\. of.-.gates - opening opon the aire?is ^??r>'pro1iibtt the leaving of vehi ^el?ir. imatfende^ -uj)oa Tue-1 streets ; to | V^grof?bxififc. use of profane and other . improper language upon the stre?rs-;--tb prevent cows, dogs, &e.t from running at large upon the streets, and perhaps ymmy mote that are" known .to be vic :.~&tt?fta%? .Would knot be .better.for ~'thej Towa I Council Vo repeal all ?rdi .f^nances; that cannot be. qr th at: are not i intended to-lie enforced ? A?* -TUffPOBEARTtPPCT. :. ,:_ Now^iatjthCre is ar . vacancy ' in* the .c&jpreare: Cenrt of the United States oc : ^noi?e&hj the deathof Justice Woods, the duty of selecting a Judge to fill the tame is incumbent upon .the President; [i$i^-[m?iw>wxoi no duty, that he has teen cal led ^poa \ to * p?rfor m since his Station more important than Chis, i^pf iWrtVthe single, exception of Justice ^'jpg?d, ~??? ; ?Ja?gesi ..of th? Supreme . ?&art are federalists. While-the re .panlicana-sere in power they saw'to it ; that .OG ly men of their opinions were -^veaWsoat in tie Supreme Court, and ..:f^^m??t'.''!s that that august body is '?ot representative in its character, and , as a matter of coarse when the funda Bseatal law of dbe land is -interpreted, -the decision ofaH'spch questions is in : yarnthry badly tainted with a partisan j ? great evil which ought to be j ; remedied as soon as practicable. This j cao hcikmeJa>a measure by the Presi- j 1 ent selecting a man to SH this vacancy, j ? %ho is a democrat in the truest sense of! % the word. POLL TAX. : TherL?g?slature, at ?fe last session, ia what is known as the general sup? ply hill, changed the law in regard to those liable to poli tas, by reducing the ?go fro? sixty-years to fifty. So that now only male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and fifty are deemed (taxable polis. There are possibly a Bamber of citizens between fifty and sixty years who in making their tax retarns this spring eharged themselves with a poll tax, being ignorant of thc j change in. the law. If there be any snch persons they can be relieved of the same hy notif?ing, Capt. W- R De?gar, oar county Auditor, who will he glad of the opportunity cf making t bo correction. INTSE-STATB ENCAMPMENT. We have received the prospectus of the -?rst annual Inter-State Farmers' Sommer Encampment, to be held at ?'p?rtanburg, begining Tuesday, Au? g?st 2d, 1887, and continuing until Saturday; August 6:h. The Encamp? ment will bc under thc patronage, of tbePatrons of Husbandry of thc State of Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. This Inter-State Farmers' Encamp-! meat is the result of the combined I efforts of the friends of Agriculture, in \ all its departments, to fill a want long j felt by those uvst heartily interested j ia thc material progress of our Southern ? States. The prime ^Iject of this Exhibiticu ! is, that the piudueiog classes all over j the country may meet annually in j friendly rirsiry and competition, for j the pcrpess of displaying what each has wrought during the year. Surh 1 gatherings are highly beneficial, not ? _^eniy because it is amid such suroound iugs that thc. flagging energies and' droopings aspiration of the multitudes are quickened into activity, and they return to the quiet of farm and shop determined to equal. and. if possible.! surpass ihe triumph they have witness j cd. Several of these lutcr-State j Encampments are, and have boen for ! years, ii? the most successful operation: io.other parts of the United States, at j which there attend annually hundreds of thousands of visitors from all the j various occupations of life. They go ? away benefiited. !*nd fur this* Durpose mainly was this Jk^vampaient inaugura- ; ted Mpnafacturcrs. or others desiring further information will addre? Chas, j ?jHf-?'Carlisle. Sec'y., Spartanburg. S. C., or Hon. J*>hn W. WcHWd. Sec'y. Inter-Siate lx.au*. Fair Forest, S, C. ??Esrr?ed Women's Separate ;Bs tate In Alabama. A distinguished member of the SoUtb Carolina bar, than whom there is no better authority, says the Colum? bia Register, sends .us the fol -lowing Alabama case, recently decid? ed in the Supreme Court of Alabama. No case could stand more completely along-side of the recent decision in our own State as to the points had under consideration. Heard vs. Hicks cuts up by the roots every device to use the separate estate of the wife to secure the .debt of a husband or any other party. It will be seen at once that the most careful legal methods were pursued to secure the purchase money by the pledging of this separate estate ; but the. Alabama .Court . brushed: all the devices away as- ?egal cobwebs and de? clared them all void f COLUMBIA, S. C , May 12,1887. Editor Regier : Inasmuch as some newspapers profess to know more law than our Supreme Court, and have been rather flippant in their . criticism of one^of its late decisions, I send you the following case, recently decided in Ala? bama, February 4, 1887, as appears by the Central Law Journal of the 6th of the present month. LEX. .MARRIED WOMSN' -Sf pirate statu? tory estate. Husband's debt. In Alaba? ma a mortgage by a married woman and her husband of her separate estate to secure his debt, followed by aa absolute conveyance in payment thereof, and a subsequent conveyance to the husband and a mortgage by, the husband and wife to secure th- ~~:rckase money, arem all void. ' Hearu vs. Hicks, S. C. Alabama, february 4, 1887.-1 South. Rep., 639. . {TronTour Regular Correspondent: J WASHINGTON LETTER. W4SH?XGT03T, D; C., May 13, 1887. .The reunion of the Army of the Cum? berland^ th e . American- Sargical Associ? ation, and tbe annual convention of hotel proprietors are the most important gatherings of. the week in this popular rendezvous of?, all kinds of . National interests. ? Tt was the eighth annual convention of "taine host'7 of the American travel? ing public, and the primary object of their meetings is to give the proprietors^ managers and clerks of hotels a chance to talk over matters of mutual interest. They all want to know, (you know) the best manser ;of getting rid - of dead j beats, and about all. kinds of fire escapes and such things. In addition to this interchange of experience, ; information" and ideas, a mutual benefit "insurance association is carried on, and during the seven years of its existence the associa? tion, has paid out to its beneficiaries the sum of $77,371. It is seldom that so many epicures meet around one table as banqueted together io-the large dining' saloon of Willard's Hotel"on. Wednesday night. The banquet was given to the visiting bonifa?es by the local hotel proprietors, and such a feast it was as filled the guests with enthusiasm and prompted them to give the palm to Washington for entertainment. Nearly .two hun? dred proprietors and .managers, repre-r sentiog the leading cities and the lead? ing hotels in the United States,, and a few specially invited guests composed the companys. The tables and the room were profusely decorated with cut Sowers and potted plants, and here and there stood immense specimens of the confectioner's art in fanciful and appro? priate designs. The menu was very choice, and the company was a jovial one, hardly needing" the inspiration of the band, which discoursed popular music from an adjoining room. It was "nearly eleven o'clock before feasting gave way to oratory. 4'The President bf the United Stages/' was the first toast-,, proposed by Toastmaster Garrison , the ex-president of the associ? ation. To this General Black, the Commissioner of Pensions, responded io an eloquent strain 'twenty, minutes long.; He never once mentioned the name of any particular President, but be painted a graphic picture, easily rer cognizable, of Lincoln as he remember? ed him away back in 1850, when, as a lawyer, he used occasionally to visit thc little frontier village in Eastern Illi? nois, which was (yen. Black's, home He paints Lincoln in his rusti? simplici? ty and his homespun suit as an instance that Presidents do not always spring from the aristocracy, and then, enlarg? ing upon the power and the greatness of the Presidential office and pronounc? ing the President of the United States the foremost man in the world, he roused the company to enthusiastic ap? plause. Yesterday.the visitors were taken on a drive to Soldiers* Home, at noon they had an interview with the Presideut at the White House, in the afternoon they had a sail to Mount Vernon, in tbe evening they were taken to the thea? tres, and to-d?y they are having a round of the public buildings. The chief event of the reunion here of the Anny of the Cumberland was I the unveiling of the statue of Garfield, | whk-h took place to-day amid imposing ceremonies. There was an immense concourse of people at the unveiling, j and the President and Mrs. Cleveland' occupied seats on the Grand stand, while Mr. Keifer, who once figured herc as Speaker of the House, you remec?- i ber, and who, for some inscrutable rea? son was chosen orator of the day, was j there to perform his part. Gen. Sheri? dan, the president of the society of the Army of thc Cumberland, rode in a carriage ir? thc parade with Gens. Sher? man,. Bueii and Rosecranz, thc three surviving of thc Sve commanders who succeeded one another at the head of i thc Army of the Cumberland. Among the basy preparations for the Drill is thc pyrorama which will bc ex? hibited each night, and which will rip resent the naval battle in Hampton { roads between the Merrimac and Mon-1 iior. Unlike a panorama, thc war ves- j sols io this case arc rc;-.!, arc ?cen j moving about and real guns are (ired, ' depicting thc shock and fire of battle I vividly; Thc illusion is su-r'n that thc j spectator seems to be sta :.'!*, og 0u the S shore of Hampton Roads fu thc dis- j tunee can bc seen Fortress .Monroe and | a number of vessels of the federal fleet, j anchored near by. The drama opens i by the appearance of thc Cumberland, j which sails in under full tail and tack? ing around drops anchor. The Merri- ' mac then appears and thc work of de- ! *truction begins, eh din 2 with thc battle i between the Merrimac and Monitor, and the final burning of the ^Merrimac. The flame.* leap to thc rigging, ap- ! parentiy, thus mimicking thc awful j splendor of; the thrilling scenes in j Hamilton Roads. i The College Presidency. To the event that Dr. McBryde re? signs the presidency of South Carolina University, we hope the Trustees will elect ex-Governor Hugh S. Thompson to the position for many reasons. He is a polished scholar, a most affable gentleman, and thoroughly familiar with the practical work of education: As the first Democratic Superintendent of Education, elected for three terms, as Governor for two terms, and as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury he has achieved a reputation and popular? ity in our State and abroad which would give an eclat to thc University by making him its President. He would be popular with hts students and yet his military training would insure thorough discipline and system in the College. His ability as an orator and ready speaker would also lend -dignity to the presidency on all public occasions His long service in executive positions familiarizes him in advance with many of thc responsible duties of the presi? dency. His selection for this position would arouse a new enthusiasm for the College, and carry on without inter? ruption the good work which President McBryde is now doing.-Anderson In? telligencer. ? mm ? i ?-? The State Press Association. The Thirteenth Annual Session of the South Carolina State Press Associa- [ tioo, will convene in Charleston on Thursday Evening, June 2d, 1887 at 8 o'clock. Considerable time will be devoted to a discussion of matters pertaining to journalism. J. E. Boggs, Esq.. of the Pickens Sentinel, is the Annual Orator, with W. M. Jones, of tho Spartanburg Herald, as Alternate.. The first object of the Association is business. The following topics have been named for discussion ; the Regu? lation of foreign advertising agencies and prices; The subscription list ; The "effect of sensational- publica-, tions upon the morals of our country ; The press as an educator ; its responsi? bility for the moral status of the read? ing world ; Is it expedient for, or in? cumbent npon, newspapers to publish items of doubtful moral purport? It is proposed at the close of the meet? ing to take a trip to New York by the Clyde Line of steamers. Tickets from Charleston to New York and return, good foe thirty days, will be sold to newspaper representatives and : their families, at ?20 each * Provided, a party of twenty-five can be made up. The steamer will leave Charleston on the 8th of June. Getting Beady for Their Washing, ton Trip. Capt. G. J. Patterson of the Lee Light Infantry, Chester, wrote a few days ago to Adjutant and Inspector General Bonham, requesting him to detail an officer to drill the company preparatory to their trip to Washing ton on the occasion of the National drill. General Bonham has detailed Maj W. Arthur Metts for this pur? pose. The Adjutant and Inspector General has received from Washington about 50 army overcoats and knapsacks to be issued to the L. L- I. for their use during their stay at the National Capital. Captain Patterson's company is the only company entered from South Carolina for the National drill. News Items. The measles seem to be epidemic in the upper portion of this State, and it has been the cause of more deaths this year than has ever been known before in South Carolina.. United States Marshall Boy kin, of South Carolina, has succeeded in get? ting the necessary funds with which to settle all unpaid witness claims against the government for the years 1884-85 -86 This will be good news to United States witnesses. . The N. Y. Herald wants Henry Grady nominated for the Vice Pr si dency on thc de meera tic ticket, and the N -Y. Sun wants Heory Watterson, and the democratic party wants neith? er, and will not have either of them, aud don't you forget it. It is stated that the history of Cald? well, who is now in Greenville jail for robbing the Air Line Road of freight, continues to develop A gentleman of that section says that he became very much offended on one occasion because he was not requested -%o ask the bles? sing at the dinner table. From ail accounts the summer uni? form for the Due West Female College must be one of the neatest and prettiest ever used by that Institution. The hats are black straw trimmed with white. The dresses are also of the same strik? ing contrast, white jerseys and black skirts. We reckon that the girls are just too charming for anything. The Greenville County school teach? ers must be happy. They have been receiving their pay as soon as the work was done. This laudable way of doiog business may cause that county to be overrun with applicants for schools. Nothing can help a county or town as much as well regulated school ma? chinery. Dmiel Hand, of Guilford, Conn., to whom Geo. W. Williams, of Charles? ton, has restored properly worth seven hu:? tl red thousand dollars to settle a debt, has made a xviii io which he has provided that at his death thc interest of one hundred thousand dollars out of his estate shall be devoted perpetually to thc education of the colored children of thc South. Mr. Hand is eighty eight years old. The general Astern estimate places tho growing crop of California wheat at 25.0?"J0 OOO bushels A San Fran? cisco trade paper of recent date says ?his is entirely too coMsorvatiro. Thc coming cn>p bids fair to be not, less than 3'*,OOO.OOO bushels, and there is a pos? sibility of ?H exceeding o5,000,000 bushels, which is certainly an extreme? ly ^ratifyit^; outlook, although from a speculative standpoint it may not be re? garded with mueh favor by those wlio arc accustomed io style themselves thc .friends of wheat.' Toe Fvcnch propose having an exposi? tion in Paris in 1889 in celebration of the centennary of the first French revolution lt is natural that such monarchical pow? ers as Russia, Austria and Germany should not favor a demonstration in honor j of the event that <;ave absolutism iu Eu- | rope its first shake.and they have accord- j ingly refused to participate in the expo- j sit ion. Thc first French revolution was j historically considered an offspring of J thc American Revolution, and therefore j thc United States should make a special 1 effort to be prominent io a* demon tion intended to celebrate that n ing of tho French people against despotic rulers Justice Woods, of the United S Supreme Court, died on last Satur and Washington correspondents been engaged-for several days in jectures as to the person whom President will name as the success* Justice Woods. The names likely to be considered are thos Attorney-General Garland, John J dolph Tucker, of Virginia ; Ji Jacksoo,.of Tennessee; John T. 1 gan, of Alabama, and Senator Geo of Mississippi. The negro question, which has t bled the Episcopalians of this State several years past came to a direct i in the Convention in Charleston week^ upon the matter of admittit colored minister as a member bf body, and resulted iu the withdraw: two ministers and the lay de?egates'f fourteen parishes, who opposed course. The Bishop and the reniait of the delegates continued the wor the Convention up to adjournm Several attempts to settle the diff?re resulted in failure, and it is not .km yet, until the churches review the ac of its representatives, what will be final termination. There is some i of carrying the matter into Court, call is published for a meeting of Greenville parish to consider the act of its delegates who withdrew from Convention, and the tone indicate disposition to censure. Says the Cleveland Sun and Yu Calhoun was the father of secessi It was the result of the constant ; eloquent preaching of his one idea nullification that made South Carol secede in 1861. There is little do of the story which Major Poore reh to the effect that General Jackson night on which be died asked his phi pian to mention, the mistakes of career which posterity would most c sure him for. The physician gues various things and finally gave up. is none of those you mention,* said dying man ; 'the great mistake of life was that I did not hang Calhon The white women of Marion must the most disorderly set of their race this State, if the Pee Dee Index's count of the police court proceedii are correct. We copy the folio wi from it i Fo'ur women, three white, one c ored, were brought before the Coun last Wednesday on the charge of d orderly conduct. One white worn was adjudged guilty and fined ten d lars, but a new trial was granted to bad on Monday, and she was acqnitt because of there being no ordinac covering the offence charged. Darlington is to have a Baby Sho and great is the rejoicing amongst t mothers of that town. ? MEMOftIAL~ADDRESS. BY DR. JNO. S. H?G?TSON, MAY lOtb, 1887. Ladies and Gentlemen : Oa another Memorial occasion we mi around the graves of our fallen dead, to honor to their memories, and to bring aga to mind thc gallant deeds and noble beari of those, who leaving far behind the corafoi of borne, the peaceful avocations ot life, t happy household, the loving and tbe love donned the "Jacket of Gray" and upon d tant fields of war and bloodshed laid dov their lires a sacridceupon the altar of Libert We come this evening, not to do honor victors in a mighty strife, not to crown wi the laurel and the bay the returning hosts a grand and successful army. Ah! no, oi gathering together at this time is for the fu fillment cf a duly, solemn and pathetic-r-ll bringing of garlands, formed of sad-eyed ir mortelles lo lay in sadness and in love upc the graves of heroes of the lost cause, cause, though lost, irrevocably lost, sti dear to the heart of every true son of oi own Southland. And we feel that it is em nently fitting on these occasions that tb? should be made as their name implies, tru! "Memorial Days." .There may be a nc South ; there is happily a fraternal feelin being developed between the North and tl South that will make of this a united cou mr in prosperity and resources unequaled in tl history of the nations of the world. In tl disastrous convulsion of nature that cause to shake, and tremble and fall in ruins tl historic old "City by the Sea," there arose i the North, the South,.the East and the We: a grand army of charity whose work wi never be forgotten by the sons and daughtet of Carolina. We bless them for it; but w believe in the immortality of principles, lbs they are the same, yesterday, to-day and foi ever j and though dimmed by time and cii cumstance will rise again in the broad ligb of truth, assert themselves and aid in th building up of this whole country that w now claim as our own. We fought forth sovereignty of the States. "These unitei colonies are and of right ought to be free an< independent States." was the asseveration o our fathers in their Declaration of Independ ence. "Each State retains its sovereignty freedom and independence," was the ieconc article of thc first Constitution or ''Articles o Confederation" of these United States. Tlx King of England acknowledged the Unitec States, naming separately each State to b< "free, sovereign and independent States.' And though darkened and hidden by the vafr? desire for a centralized government, the doc? trine of the sovereignty of the States wc trusi will soon rise in its truth and nonjesty and become again the safe-guard of our country. We fought, my friend?, for the free and inde? pendent sovereignty of our State, and wc fought for our homes. Love of State and love of home ! Can lhere be anything dearer to the heart of a man than his own country and Ins own home? Where his allegiance is due! Where in's loved ones are 1 These twin sentiments, my friends, love of State and love ot' home have been called "the giant arms, compensating for poverty, starvation, disHStcr, wounds and death, which for lour long year* bore aloft that tattered standard which flashed athwart the pathway of the ni tious like a bot meteor across the tranquil courses of the slurs-which floated over Stuart's knightly plume, over the brave riders ol thc chivalrous Hampton, which fell in folds of woe on Stonewall Jackson's bier.and whose Ust furling broke the heart.of bee " And in the language of another, "thc South only proposes to maintain i n viola te ancesl m I faillis of its own, lo enjoy iu> own cherished mem? ories, and to honor and revere those grand men who Hore themselves as heroes in the most trying of crucial times, keeping their faith pure and unspotted, looking to thc heights of glory for help, leaning, upon their own strong arms tor victory, and amid ail reverses, all tribulations and sufferings, as? serting a stoicism and virtue that were equal to every demand. The best and noblest men -the men who fought against fi ve-fold:their number and charged the glistening heights again and "Again." That immortal band which, ns a worthy foe Says, "with tattered uniforms but bright muskets for four years carried the revolt on its bayonets, opposing a constant front to the mighty concentration of power brought against it; which receiving terrible blows did not fail to give the like; nnd which, vital in all its parts, died only with its annihilation." lt is these we would speak of this afternoon, whose courage was grand beyond expression, whose endurance of the hardships of the march and bivouac was wonderful-these patriots, these heroes, who died in defence of their country, their homes, their rights, and all that makes native land dear lo the hearts of men. I ask fo be allowed to address a few marka. 1st, to the Ladies; 2d, to the Vet ans of the Confederate Army, and then the many children, girls and boys, I pleased to see presenton this solemn Occash Ladies-Women of the South-let us hack in oar minds to the Spring and Sumr of 1861. The trump of war has sounded sacred soil of sovereign States has been vaded by a ruthless foe, and the braves ot' South are gathering together in answer the call of patriotism and of duty. The mo ers of the South ! Are there any of mothers of that day with us now ? Here n there throughout our sunny land you ir. find one and another, but the great norn' of them have gone on before to join the an of the blest on that other, that brighter sho Ob J the mothers of 1861 I Mothers of blesi memory! How they loved their boys, b oh ! they loved their country more, and fr the elegant mansion on the bill tops and fr the lowly cot in the valley the mothers bf their sons "Go my boy, may God be w you." Wives of 1861, it may have been bride of but & Jay, fell upon their husban necks-silent am! weeping gave them up t< country's cause. ."Sweethearts, young, ber tiful and joy oui, su "rounded by the brij skies, the lovely flower.* and the glowing i licip.itions of th? spring-time of life, witl sad face and a "tearful eye bade adieu to I youthful soldier clad in In's suit of gr* Many within the hearing of my voice can c to mind those days. And, Oh! do you r remember those fine looking, robust f lows, in the bloom of life, and those de cate fair-faced youths in the buoyancy hope, crowding the cars in laughter, amid t roll of drums, the waving of fans, with flo ers thrown to them by trembling hands, a; farewell smiles that covered aching heart And do you not remember how roany them returned in wooden boxes, or limp home with mangled bodies, or never returne but filled unknown graves on far-off batt fields ? These are they whose memories meet to-day to do honor to. Some of the lie just here. A mother's boy, a wife's ht band, the sweetheart of some fair Southe maiden, who mourned their loved ones Io! They may be strangers to us, we may n know their names, but they were Confedera soldiers, they-laid down their lives, with J the joyous anticipations of happiness and love, for the cause they held so dear. Al W omen of the South ! your who suffered mind and body, yon whose pleasure it was minister to the wirnts of the sick aud woun ed Confederate soldiers, you who.plied l busy needle, you who sung by the music the wheel and loom by day, and watched't! bright knitting needle as it flew fast aud rap by the dim caudle light at evening, you wi worked and planned and prayed for thelovi one3 away amid the hardships of camp ar the dangers of battle You. can never forg tho3e days. You can never forgot to < honor to the lone dead of our country. Yt can never forget to hold in sacred mernot the Confederate dead ! And oh ! let me et treat 3 ou to teach to all around you-tho who in the war times could just toddle fro knee to knee and wondered why "Papa went away and returned again no more, tho: who have entered upon the world of exis ence since the war cloud passed away, ac those who are now around you, the des children of your homes-teach them to lpv bouc and revere the very name of Confede ate soldier, and even to hold dear to the hearts the c.^use for which we suffered, ac for which so m?ny of the noblest and brigb est of Southern yo?th and manhood gave c their lives. And mothers, do-not, I implor do you forget to teach them to honor the nan and the character of one Still living-tl grand old man without a country, the gre statesman, the born leader of men, the tn patriot, the high-toned Christian g<jntlemai President Jefferson Davis. He lives in tl hearts of his countrymen. We love him ft his honesty, for his patriotism, for his cou age, for the enemies he has made, the eneraii he has. And so loving him we will revel him while he lires aud cherish his memor when dead. And now, Veterans of the Lost Canse, So diers of the Confederate Army-and are yo not proud to bear that title?-1 turn to you I raise again, in our imagination, the red crossed banner of the Sooth. Oh! how you hearts leap within you the spirit of the va ?ant soldier though crushed is not deac What recollections cluster around that ta tered banner. Hew we rallied as its folds ur furled and waved in the breeze, that battle flag of a proud and chivalric army; hoi proudly we bore it aloft amid the thunder ings of battle and never permitted its sacre folds to trail the dust. I call to mind now brave boy of Greenville, bearing aloft th standard of the 2d S. C. Infantry, the regi meal commanded-many months by our towns man, Co!. Graham. Ia the thick of the Sgh the fatal bullet strikes the gallant Randolpl Bacon. Cryingout, "Holdup the flag, boys,' he falls and dies. The ladies, God bles them, took the body of the noble boy am tenderly laid it away where now it rest in the valley of Virginia. Ah ! the recollections are sad, still we lov to linger in the mazy past, and live ove again those days of war and bloodshed, o hunger and hardship. We love to think o the rapid march, the bivouac, and bring u] from memory's depths the overhanging boughs of some friend-y tree under wbos protection we wrapped our blankets around us and lay us down to watch the twinklinj stars, or perhaps gaze upon the face of th* peaceful moon and wander away in mind t< the home of onr boyhood, the loved one there and other days of joy and gladness then perchance to meditate upon the morrow': bloody work and the fearful issues of tb< coming day, and falling into tbe arms o balmy sleep to dream of father and motbei far away in our own sunny Carolina, or wif< and children enshrined within the soldier': heart, or the girl so dear to our hearts tba we left behind us. And, ah 1 soldiers, it is with mingled feel? ings of joy and sadness that we think of thos? comradss-iu-arms who in defense of home anc country, in the thickest of the deadly affray, received the fatal shot and with a moan sank to the earth, their spirits speeding away tc serve an everlasting enlistment in the glori? ous army above. And the bivouac/ don't you call it to mind, brother soldier? The happy sceues around the camp fire at night! The day's march is over; in some sequestered wood the regiment camps: the fire is made, the water is brought, the supper is cooked perhaps it is a roll of dough around your ram-rod or an ear of gr%en corn roasted be? fore the fire-the frugal meal is over, and we gather around the camp fire to talk of home, friends and other days, the merry joke is told, the song is sung when all join in the chorus-it may be "Dixie," or "The Bonnie Blue Flag," or the strains of "Gentle Annie" are wafted away upon the evening breeze friend, don't you remember it? Oh! the happy soldier boy! but some distant voice strikes up the strain of "Home, Sweet Home" -silence reigns-it brings to mind scenes of a peaceful, happy past: the family circle, the fond sister, the loving mother and the doting father, there is a moisture in the boy's eye, and "Something on the soldier's cheek Washes o fl" the stain ol'powder." Tattoo sounds, the roll is called, we hear the "taps" a?d lay us down upon the earth for our bed and the broad canopy of the heavens for our covering. Vears have passed. O ir country has been draped in the habiliments of mourning. Our noble banner, waved triumphantly upon many a hard con tested buttle field, has been furled and laid away. ()tir sun went down behind the bl:.ck cloud of overwhelming numbers, gathered from every part of the habitable globe, and though the ".Memorial Days" bring sad and lonely feelings io our ticarts wc cari never forget those whose li^ht of life was extinguished amid the booming of can? non, thc groans of the wounded and the dying, whose feeble utterance caught up the sound and with tho b.-ntlc erv upor their lips passed away and became their country's honored demi ! Never can we lay aside the memory of ihose who in their country's ser? vice sickened and died. Never forget those who amii! thc pestilential odors of a military prison, far from the comforts of home, and the care of loved ones, upon their little beds of straw breathed their lives away. Oh ! no, comrades, never forget these. They are link? ed indissolubly in memory 's casket ; and let us teach our children to honor and revere them, that even to generations 3*et unborn the lOih of May may be a day sacred to thc memory of the Confederate dead. And while we live ns each May returns with its balmy air and lovely flowers, lei us weave beautiful garlands to deck thc resting places of our country's dead; let us bring our children here, and upon this sacred soil tell of men, of broihers-in-arms, who died in a holy cause, ? and who shall never bc forgotten so long as breathes one true hearted Southerner. "Wc mav scourge from the spirit all thought of ill, In the mid-night of grief held fast. And yet, 0 brothers! Be loyal still, To the sacred and stainless past." Now, to these giris and boys I will speak a few words and I am dowe. And what shall I say to you ? Shall I tell you of the loved Stonewall Jackson, who ibis afteruoou 24 years ago wounded and dying, whispered : "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." and his spirit crossed the boundary line 'twixt earth and Heaven. Shall I tell you of the plumed knight of Vir? ginia, the gay, the gallant Stuart, who upon receiving the news that bis daughter, his little Flora, was dying, replied : "Twill have to leave m/child in the hands of God. Hy duty to ray country requires rae heje." I I could tell you many a tale of bis gay, hap? py manner, his cheery songs, his ringing laugh ; I could tell you of how he led Jack? son's veterans at Chancellorsville, bis ringing voice heard high above the thunder of battle; Ah ! I could tell you how, day after to-mor? row will be Uventy-three years ago, wounded and dying, he turued to friends around and saying, "I am going fast now, I ara resigned, God's will be done," the great, grand cavalry leader furled his battle flag forever. Shall I tell you-Yes I mu3t tell you, children, of the brave Sergeant Kirkland, of our own State and our neighboring County of Kershaw just above here-who at the battle of Freder icksbu rg saw beyond the stone wall the wound? ed and the dying suffering and famishing for a drop of cool water. He heard their moans and their groans, and the heart of a soldier was the heart of a man, and rashing to his General he asked if he might take water to the wounded and the dying. The General replied : "Why wiil yon ask my-leave to go Where not a living mau Could meet the strife, seen re of life? But-He may keep who can ! The thundering guss still rent the air, The battle raged as hot, And all around the sodden ground Was ploughed with hissiog shot. Vet straight between the belching lines, Lftaping the road-side wall, Eight through the clang the Sergeant sprang, And dared to face it all. In either steadfast band he held A brimming w'ater can, -Which through the crash of cannon flash He bore from man to man. With blessed draughts the fainting soul* He roused to life again, And parching lips were soothed with sips That dulled the stre^of.pain. He raised the dying to bis knee From off the weltering sod, And with a word none other heard Dismissed his soul to God. It mattered! not, as on he moved Where dead and wounded lay, If tried and true they wore the blue, Or, true and tried-, the gray ! And, as to many a gasping mouth He held the full canteen, His hurrying form, amid the storm Of raking shot was seen. A gradual lnll hushed down the roar, A pause fell on the strife, As though it were foul wrong to dare To touch so charmed a life : And slow and slower boomed the guns Along each watching line, As to and fro they saw bim go On errand so di/ine. And when the sultry hours were passed And mid the-wounded none Had missed nnquafied the healing draught, And Kirkland's work was dooe, A shout that rent the very Heavens From either army rang, As o'er the wall, alert and tall, " The Sergeant lightly sprang. And not a man among the ranks, Who saw the odds he braved, In bine or gray, but seemed to say, Thanh God thai he is saved.'1 I could talk on and on of those days of long ago, bu* time forbids that I should trespass longer upon your patience. This afternoon by the side Cf these graves, where lie true sons of the South, J desired to call to your minds these thoughts of days gone by : of a Confederacy of which it may be truly said ; "No nation rose so wL^te and fair, Or fell so pure of crimes.:r I wanted to tell you of the Confederate sol? diers, and ask that you ever keep in your hearts a niche sacred to their memories. They were not rebels ; they were patriots iu the truest sense of that word : contending only for those rights and privileges, that freedom and independence which as sovereign inde? pendent S'ates they bad for a time delegated to the United States, in their Articles of Con? federation, and afterward ic what is termed "The Constitution." Spurn from you every thing that reflects upon these, the true patri ots of our land, love to read and to hear of their gallant deeds and noble devotion to home and country. And "I charge yeu, children of the South, Be faithful to the trust Which time must soon depute to you Guard well our soldier'3 du?t. " The South, a stricken mother, loves All honor thus to show The sons who slumber on her breast, Unconscious of her woe. Then, year by year, as rose-crowned May The custom calls to miud In sweet profusion scatter flowers Where'er such graves you find." My task, a pleasant, though a sad, one, is finished. Farewell, companions of other days. "Somewhere yonder, past the sunset and the night, we hope to meet you and see your smiles again." ? ? "Parent and husband, brother and lover, Cover them over, perfumed be their cover, We'll crown in our hearts these dead heroes of ours, And cover them over with beautiful flowers." ? * ? ^ Chipman's Pills, ask your druggist for them Chipman's Liver Pills are the best for chil? dren as they are mild in their action. THE MARKETS. SUMTER, S. C., May 18, 1887. COTTON.-About 5 bales were sold dur? ing the week ending the 18tb. The market closed firm. We quote : Ordinary 9 ; Good Ordinary 9} ; Low Middling 9?: Mid? dling 9}] Good Middling 10. CHARLESTON? S. C., May 17, 1887. COTTON.-Market closed firm. No sales reported. Quotations are : Middling lOj. WILMINGTON, N. C., May 16. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Sales of 200 casks at 3Uc. ROSIN.-Steady at 85c. for Strained and 90 for Good Strained. CRUDE TURPENTINE.-Virgin $2.30, Yellow Dip ?2.00, Hard Sl.20 COTTON.-Firm on a basis of 10? for Mid? dling. 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