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THE PEOPLE'SJ VOL 12.-NO. 28. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1902. THE CONFEDERATE LARGEST ATTEND. YET KNOWN I The Hospitality of Grei THE GUESTS WERE LAVISII "PEARL OF TI The Good Order and l)ecoriui Surpasied.-The Spet The first session of the South Car olina division, United Confederate Veterans, was held on Wednesday, Aug. 6th, in the auditorium of Chicora College, which had been tendered for this purpose. Every seat in the spacious building was occupied when the presid ing oficer, Gen. Thos. W. Carwile, of Edgeileld, called the convention to order at 12 o'clock. An earnest and fervent prayer was made by Rev. E. 1'. Taylor, of this city, invoking the blessings of God upon the veterans and their deliberations. lion. W. L. Mauldin was then in troduced and delivered an address of welcome on the part of the local camp of veterans. Mr. B. A. Morgan, city attorney, welcomed the veterans and other visi tors on the part of the citizens of Greenville. To these welcoming speeches the response was made by Gen. Carwile in a brief and happy manner, after which he introduced the annual orator, lion. Robert Aldtich, of Baruwell, who was received with much applause, and who spoke as follows : ANNUAL ORATION BY COL. ALDRICII. "Another year has come and gone and we meet again to grasp hands that have never faltered, to look into eyes that have never faded and to commend the cause in which we were im perilled and in which many of our fel lows gave up their lives; that cause about which history has been written, orators have spoken, ;poets have sung, and yet the half has not been told nor never will be told. Since last we met some of our brethren have crossed over the river, and let us hope to rest under the shade of the trees of eternal life. Some have not gone who, per haps it is not saying too much to say, it would have been better for them if they had gone. " I will endeavor to show you in a few words that in fighting for the cause of the Confederacy we were right, in undertaking the struggle we were wise and made no mistake and that the greatest calamity that ever befell this country occurred when we did not win the victory. Our forefa thers announced in 1776 that all. peo ple are entitled to be free; that all gov ernment rested on the consent of the governed and when the government became destructive for the purpose for which it was Intended the governed had a right to throw it off. That principle they announced to the world anad with a heroism unsurpassed they caused that principle to triumph. " In 1860 we decided, as it was our right to (10, that the government had become destructive and we reafilrmed the right which came down to us from our forefathers to throw It off and es tablish a new one. The greatest statesman of that time, Horace Greely, said we had a right to do it. The ma jority of the statesmen said that whether we had the right or not they did not intend for us to exercise it. Then it was that our State called upon us to stand against desolation. How we performed that duty has never been hdid in full nor never will be. As long us the mountains stand, as long as the rivers flow where Lee and Sackeon fought, as long as blood and ashes con scerate gthe soil, so long will that cause stand as a monument to South ern soldiers. (A pplause.) Colonel Aldrich then referred to the taxation of the South. The North erners, he said, inaugurated a system characterized by us as the protective tariff system by which they took the greatest portion of our eariiings. This system made the most productive part of the country the poorest. What is the condition today ? The total re ceipts of this section last year amounted to $462,000,000. Where is It? It is gone to enrich Northern mnanufacturers. How did It go ? Everything that you use, everything .that the Southern planters use in the .productio~n of their crops is taxed from ~3 to 150 per cent, which causes athe production of our section to go togthe North. We are merely slaves to the Northern portion of this cour. try. Suppose we could keep this money In our'own quarters year after year. In ten years from toay we would be the richest and most prosperous people under the sun. It was our rIght to be so and we fought for that right and muld have been bastards If we had not. Two hundred and fifty million dlolifurs are paid out for pensions, we pay one-third of that amount. When I think ot these things I can't agree .with my countrymen that it would have been better to have failed. We had a right to establish a government for ourselves, we had just cause and but forjaccidents would have succeed.. ed. Our failure wa not for the want VETERANS' REUNION. %NCE OF VISITORS [N THIS STATE. .nville Was Unbounded. I IN THEIR PRAISE OF TIIH IE PIEDMONT." i of the Occelion Were Never ches and Addreesee. of heroism on the part of our men. " Our cause," said Colonel Aldrich, " was sanctified by the care, prayers : and many tears of our glorious women. While every Southern soldier has done justice to the women in his heart we have not done justice ourselves by a them. That monument to tha women must go up. (Applause.) if you r don't send in your contribution soon you will not have the opportunity to g do so before crossing the river. In a speech 1 recently heard Capt. n Richard Pearson Hobson make he gave c gave the following as his reason why 14 no monument has ben erected to the women of the South: " That if all the S men of the South were to collect upon o an open plane and dig down to the , solid granite and collect all the white marble in the world and put it block upon block until it reached the bril- tl liant heavens it would not be high p enough to commemorate their mem ory." Colonel Aldrich himself paid a high tribute to the noble women of this n Soutbland. If the tumes were to chango and the people and men of today were called a upon to face the question of another a struggle, not forgetting the sacrifices that would have to be made, the terri ble loss of property, the loss of lives and innumerable other disasters, but e1 remembering that were it not done , that the names of Lee, Jackson, y Hampton, Kershaw, Jenkins and a liost of other heroes would be taken B from history and the fame that sur. rounds the soldiers and the women of the Confederate war I woul.I nerve my heart to the duty of the hour and 3ay we are standing on the right, fire I As long as you wear the name of Con federate soldier never admit it was an error or a mistake that challenged fate A for our step. Colonel Aldrich con cluded his remarks amid loud and re peated applause. At the conclusion of this able and interesting address, (en. C. Irvine hi Walker, commander of the Army of H Northern Virginia department and i formerly commander of the South T Carolina division, U. C. V., was intro luced. He expresed great pleasure C in having an opportunity to again face the veterans of the South Carolina pl livision, which, he said, was the in largest division in the entire South. le iC cferred to the first reunion held seven ai fears ago when he became commander d )f the division. There were only twenty H 3ight delegates present. Last year in ui Dolumbia, he said, there were enrolled 1,700 delegates. General Walker con- Be %luded his remarks with a glowing w ,ribute to the late Gen. Wade [lamp- i ,on, whom lie succeeds as commander hi >f the Army of Nort,bern Virginia. lie bi hen formally presented the gavel of at south Carolina division to his successor, w Ren. T. W. Carwile, who accepted It tli en a few but well chosen words. The 3onventioni adjourned. ca Cc 01 The second day's reunion proceed- 01 ings began at 10 o'clock. Capt. R. HI. t,r Jennings, a one-armed veteran, in the m ibsence of the chaplain, asked God's ti, blessing upon the reunion, Hie prayed that at each succeeding meeting the cc veterans be more closely knitted to- ca gether in the bonds of fellowship and am brotherly love, and as their ranks be- tv~ come depleted those who remain will ti be living epistles of all that is true and L, noble, andi that they bring no reproach fs upon the cause which is not lost. b Hon. James W. Austin, of Atlanta, ci was then introduced to the audience, 8 and he delivered the speech to be y found elsewhere In our columns. Mr. o Austin is a native of Green villb Coun- $1 ty, and his father and mother, Dr. and al Mrs. W. HI. Austin, were among the c most interested listeners in the audi. J ence. lie is a grandson of Dr. Man- E ning Austin, who commandled a corn- ii pany in the Hampton Legion the first b year of the war. c The memorial exercises In honor a of Gen. Hampton followed, and the ci memorial read by its author, Col. ,Jas. a A. Hoyt, was unanimously adopted by p a rising vote. Col. Hoyt was followed by Glen. M. C. Butler, wuo spoke in b high praise of the illustrious dead. y Both addresses are printed in this e Issue. t1 Col. James Armstrong next adldresg- o ed the audience in general and the b ladies In part,icular, and his witticisms kept them in a roar of laughter. lie a spoke of his life of "single bleased- I ness" and candidly admitted that it t was not his fault. In his desperation i he a ppealed to the ladles to take pity e on him, referring especially to the I pretty youug lady sponsors and maids I of honor. He admitted that auch a union would be an exemplification of i May and Decetimber. " But,," said (Iol. I Armstrong, "I repat that If one of I these prett yotn ladies will take pit ott me and comne fward .I will glady commit my keepn mnto her hands."' The wot0Is ha scatoely fallen from his lips when Miss Gertrude Eperon of Stamter, ap eur for Camp, ik ersn den. n a bewtc. nlyprtt young woman, walked up beside hit extended her hand and said: " er I am, Mr. Armstiong, will you hay me ?" Col. Armstrong first turned as whit as his naturally florid complexioi would permit, then red and finally a blue as an egg plant. The audience howled, many press ing forward to extend their hands it congratulation, while the young lad3 looked into his face enjoying his con, fusion. Col. Armstrong was desper ite. The crowd continuing to shout and ipplaud with one convulsive effort, he reached out and put his Arm around aer waist, and bcfore she could r& ease herself from his grasp, implanted kiss on her left cheek. It was then omebody else's turn to blush. About two o'clock the line of parade vas formed and marched down Main treet to the park, where a delightful arbecue was served. The reunion convention adjourned ine (lie at 6 o'clock this evening after harmonious session of two days. 'he election of otlicers resulted in the nanimous choice of Gen. Thos. W. 'arwile for division commander; Gen. iminerman Davis, first brigade com iander; B. 11. Teague, second brigade amiander. In like manner the fol )wing veterans were chosen to serve n the State pension board : Wm. 1). tarling, of Columbia ; W. II. Hardin, f Chester ; B. M. Lebby, of Charles )n. Resolutions of thanks offered by en. J. W. Moore, of Hampton, to ie citizens of Greenville for their hoe itality were adopted by a rising vote. The meeting place for next year as left to Gen Carwile, division com ander. Maj. W. M. 1F'ester, of Spar mnburg, and W. W. Luumpkin, of Co tnbia, made beautiful and entertain ig speeches just before adjournment, ad the convention united mo singing: When the roll is called tip yonder." he benediction was pronounced by [aj. W. M. Foster, and thus was end. I one of the most, delightful sessions 3t held by the veterans. UTLER'S TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON. PLENDID SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND SERVICES. .s a Cavalry Leader and as is Statesman Withouit Fear and Without Reproach. The tribute of (en. M. C. Butler to 8s friend and commander, Gen. Wade ampton, which was read before the )nvention of Confederate veterans on huraday, is given herewith omrades and Friends: It is eminently proper and appro :iate that we should suspend the cere onies usual at our reunions and ded ate a few hours to paying homage id respect to the memory of our most stinguished comrade-General Wade ampton, who has died since our last eeting. He was literally, and in the fullest use, my immediate comrade, as he as. of many of you here today. With e exception of brief int ervals, when was in command of an infantry 'igade, or we were absent from the my disabled by wounds or sickness, a were in the same command from e0 beginning to the end of the war. General Hampton began his military reer in the Confederate army as lonel of the Hampton Legion, an ganmzation made up largely by him through his influence, iIe con ibuted freely from his own private eans to its equipment and prepars :n for service in the hield. The Legion was composed of eight mpanies of infantry, four troops of valry, and a battery of horse t,illery, afterwards increased to ro. It was kept together until Lo summer of 1862, when, as a egion, it was broken up. The in untry retained the name. The cavalry y the addition of six troops was in easedi to a regiment known as the acond Booth Carolina cavalry. The irst brigade of cavalry of the army Northern Virginia was composed of ro First and Second South Carolina ad the First North Carolina. The ebb Legion cavalry, the Phillhps and off Davis Legions of cavalry and [art's battery. P'ending the organ atlon and getting together of th.is rigadle, General Hampton was put in )mmand of a brigade of infantry, fiter the organization of the first rivalry brigade, General Hampton wai isigned to its command in the latter art of the summer of 1862. He remained in command of thu rigade until the 9th of June, 1863, rhen he was promoted to major gon rat and assigned to the commando0 Lie First Cavalry Division composes f Butler's, Rosser's and Young' rigades, ranking in the order named After General Stuart's death fron mortal wound at Yellow Tavern,. it fay, 1864, General Hampton became lie ranking major general of cavalr a the army of Northern Virginia. The avalry corps of that army consisted o: lampton's, Fitz Lee's and Win. HI. F *0e's divisions. General Hampton, although the anking major general, was not placed n command of the corps unti leptember, 1864, when M. C. Butte mas promoted to major general an< resigned to the command of Hampton' tivision. It Is due to t,he truth c aistory to say that General Lee from some sinister influence, had no luly appreciated General Hampton' Migh military qualities until after th battle of rrevilliau's S" ation, on the e II Lh and 12th of June, I 864, where, e with only two division%, H1aipton's and Fitz ILee's, he defet ed Sheridan 0 at the head of a largely huperior force, I turned himn back from his contemplated s raid to join Hunter in the valley, and compelled him to seek shelter undor - Fe leral General Boats in the Pa munkoy river. After defeating Sheridan, as above - stated, General Hampton moved across the front of General Lee's army, met Wilson at the head of two divisions at Sapony church, twenty miles below Petersburg, returning from his raid down the Soutiside railroad towards Staunton river, and defeated him, after an all night tight, scattered his forces, capturing his artillery, and ambulances and compelling him to make a long de tour with the remnant of his command to regain Grant's lines. When it is remembered that Trevil lian's Station and Sapony church, near Stoney Creek station, are about equal distances from Richmond in opposite directions, and that Hampton, practi cally with the same troops, defeated two columns of cavalry, each stronger, better equipped and better mounted than his own, within a period of two or three weeks, the magnitude and im portance of the achievement may be realized. After this, the closest and most cor dial relations were established between Generals Lee and Hampton. The former not only trusted him with im plicit confidence and sought his advice on many occasions, but entertained for his personal and military qualities the highest esteem. And well he might, for my candid judgment is, Ilaipton's defeat of Sheridan at Trevillian's Station saved Richmond from an attack in the rear and probable capture. And his defeat of Wilson near Stoney ('reek, in a measure paralyzed(l Grant's cavalry forces and impaired the prestige of its former successes. The importance of this service is further enhanced by the fact that both Sheridan and Wilson were rioldiers of great ability, dashing, accomphlished, perhaps the ablest cavalry commanders in the Federal service. More than that, I do not think it would be ex travagant to say they clommanded the best equipped and best mounted cavalry in the world. General Hampton remained in Vir ginia with the army of Northern Vir ginia participating in all the operations of that incomparable army until January, 1865. Butler's division was transferred to South Carolina at that time. Wheeler's division of cavalry reached Columbia in February, 1865, with the remnant of IIood's army. The two divisions United in Columbia. Wheeler, as major general, ranked both Hampton and Butler. The former was promoted to lieutenant general and placed in command of the two divisions and retained command until the surrender of Johnson's army at Greensboro, N. C., in the latter part of April, 1865. Before the final arrangements of capitulation between Johnson and Sherman, both Hampton and Wheeler left Johnson's army at Greensboro, in tending to join the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi dt partment, leaving Butler in command of the cavalry of Johnson's army. Their p)lans, however, were changed and they decided to abandon further' re sistance to the United States armies. This is a brief andi imperfect state ment of General Hampton's military career. I have not attempted to give in detail, (for t,he limits imposed by an address like this would not per mit.it), of his splendid achievements in that long, perilous and unequal struggle. You old battle-scarred vet erans, gallant survivors of the great est armies the world has ever known, know and appreciate the value of those achievements and services. Let us hope the present andi coming genera tions will not allow the Illustrious and brilliant career of General H[ampton to grow dim or lose any of its lustre as the years roll on. Those of us, who have personal knowledge of his great exploits, military and civil, cannot in the course of nature expect to linger much longer on earth, and must necessarily commit to those who come after us, the guardian ship of Confederate valor-and the paitriotic purposes of their high en dteavor. There were three Confeder ate cavalry leaders who are entitledi to primacy in that brilliant galaxy of splendid dashing sabreux, who taught the world so much In the use of mounted troops in offensive and( de fensive operations of armies-G4enerals Stuart, Forrest anid Hampton ranking in the order named, not necessarily in merit. It, would niot be profitable or ap propriate at this time to draw com parisons between them. The friends -and admirers of each would naturally tgive the palm of merit to their p)er I sonal choice. The cold criticism of Shistory will in after years assign to ,each of these great soldiers his proper Splace in the order of military merit. SWhen that Is done we need have no Sfears, as to the p)lace our distinguished rfriend and comrade will occupy. SGeneral Earl Van Dorn may properly t be placed in this competitive list for ,the first place among the great cavalry soldiers of the world. All had one i quality in common, strong, vigorous, I robust constitutions, a quality not to 1 be ignored in the make-up of a success r ^ful cavalry leader. SI can speak advisedly from personal s knowledge andh almost constant associ f ation with General Hampton. Hie was , a man of most temperate and abstemi t ous habits, and in the many long, s weary, exhausting marches, engaging B In almoat daily combats with the en emy, which sometimes swelled into fierce battles, he never seemed to real ize what fatigue was. Superadded to his physical powers was another crown.. ing quality, which enabled him to 1)as so successfully through so many exact ing trials of endurance, namely, un varying equanimity of temper and dignity of deportment. lie never lost his head and raroly his temper. lit = never swore an oath or took the name -- of the Lord in vain---leaving, I fear that painful necessity, which sometimes th arises im managing a column of rollick- at lug horsemen, to his lesH fortunate sub or:linates. pc As these ceremonies are in the na lure of memorial services, tributes of n affection and esteem for our departed t comrade, and as there are others who t wish to avail themselves of the oppor tunity to show their appreciation of a him not only as a soldier and states. man, but as a man and great exalted sll citizen, I cannot with propriety enter into the details of his brilliant military services and no less brilliant achieve- a ments in civil life and pursuits of a peace. Sufilce it to say that he parti- a cipated with brilliant distinc!:lot mo the first battle of the war at Manassas, and t in the last at Bentonville, N. C., con tributing in the meantime by his con- th nanding military talents, genus, in tuition, or whatever it may be called, a to the glorious triumphs and achieve ments of the Confederate struggle, v especially in the army of Northern C8 Virginia. his antagonist never got the to bettor of him. No honorable soldier, whether friend or foe, ever suffered al indignity at his hands. No act of oppression either within eq his own or his enemies' lines ever br marred his exalted character, or his ? reputation as a soldier and gentleman. General lampton had in a higher p1 degree than any man I ever knew a tin knowledge of what is called woodcraft, wl the topographical maimlinct. lie had So0 been a most successful field sportsman e( in pursuit of wild game, and in this pa way had cultivated a natural talent for 801 locating objects and catching at a sol glance the topographical features of the country in which he was operatn. This gave him a great advantage over H( an antagonist who was deficient in such qualities, and like Stonewall Jackson TI and Forrest, he was constantly doing the unexpected, doing something making some movement for which there was no rule laid down in the books. As a sportsman and perfect horseman he had learned the value of secrecy and celerity of movement. The result was the enemy was bafled ed and misled, and often unprepareci for vi the audacity and suddenness of his al.tacks. 7 t No sketch of the military side of (e General Hampton's character, as im-t- the perfect even as this may be, would be - satifactory that (lid not make sone mention of that band of invaluable as sistants the mounted scouts. Shadburne on and Hogan, and Scott and Sparks, and do Ashby and Doolin, and Griilui and the of other rollicking, fearless, dare-devil me cavalrymen detailed from their respoc- of Live commands for special service, as for scouts were literally the eyes and ears e" of the general oflicers of cavalry and i through them the commanding general ( of the army. They operated between 1)t the lines of the two armies, often with- an in the enemy's lines, vxercising a hold, let audacious, sleepless vigilance, relying re upon their nerve aL(d cool courage andl w upon their faithful horses and ever- w ready trigger, they rendleredi services m to their generals and country of incal.L culable value. All honor to the gal- gr lant, dashing fellows who watched to while we slept and kept, us advised of 1e0 every movement of the enemy. If _w< the true, unadorned st,ory of their ox- m<l ploits could b)0 written they would ro stagger the crediulity of any reader, of That story will never be written, but re if General Hampton could be con- ml suIted, I am sure ho would approve ha my wordi of commendation of these me adventurous, faithful aids in cornnec- ] Lion with his life. tal And now a word as to his services I to his Stat,e since he sheathed his swortd. In that connection, too, it was my sto good fortune to be int,imately associat- br< ed with him, and I am scarcely willing an< to trust myself to speak in detail, for Iho fear I may inadvertent,ly and almost im avoidiably indulge in egotism, which is never in good t,aste. r Is womnderful leadership in that 2 great anti memorable p)olitical revolu- le tion in this State in 1876, his eletin andl installation as Governor, his suc cessful administration of that high oflce, surroundted by such apparently hopeless difllculties, his prominent part in connection with his fellow countrynmen in reseluing the Stat,e from the dlepths of political tdegradation and humiliation, establishing peace and law and ordler where theme hiad recent ly been reckless debauchery in the p)ublic service, st,arting the people at< again on the road to prosperit,y, public up and private credit b)y his wisdom, saga- W city and patience, his election to the di U nitetd States Senate where his scholar- cS ly attamnments, high character, un selfIsh idelity t,o his State and country th reflected so much renown and honor m< upont that State and country, arc all as events of such recent, occurrence that Ji I need not do more than atdvert, to ric them. (0 I violate no confidence and I trust W no rule of p)ropriety when I say of my w own knowledge that when lie was m turned out of this high oillece, where re he was serving his const,it,uency so ac- In ceptably anti ably, lie suffered the one ce great grief of his life, which shiroudied Lr his declining years in sorrow andi re- T gret. Not that the oflce was essen.. gi tial to his happiness or peace of mind, bi but in view of his groat and illustrious fr services and sacrifices for his people _ and country,.ho had a right, to expect: *r The World's Greate For all forms of fever take JOHNsoN It Is 100 times better than quinine ind nine cannot do In 10 days. It's splodib feeble cures made by quinine. COSTS bO CENTS emu to say: " Well (ono, thou good id faithful servant." (eneral Ilatmpton b )re this disap. itutinent with patience and charity r the authors of the injustice, and >ver relaxed in his love and devotion his State. lie was sustained rough life by a composurc, and luauliuity of demeanor which nothing >peared to ruffo, by a high, exalted, ght-miniedness and unseltish, self. eriliciug patriotism, by abilities and I ,tainments of a very high order, by I unswerving fidelity to duty, by the idowments, qualities and mtanners of gentleman. These principles, reinforced and rengthenuel by assurances and belief the sufliciency and power of faith his (od, suistained him inl dleath, id will support and comfort him in at endless, boundless, fathomless ate of eternity. Lot me commend to you, may old, iteran friends, survivors of the great t and bestarmies that ever struck a ow for a good cause, and especially you' younf. 'eople, lot me, with an .ectionato benediction, commend to u the glorious, splendid, illustrious e of our departed comrade, and his ually glorious death, when he 3athed almost with his last gasp, Peace on earth, good will to mhan." In the long years of our intimate es onal and political association in les of high excitement and anxiety, en the ambitions and passions and netimes resentinents of men were .ited, never a harsh or unkind word sed between us. This, to m0, is a tree of intense satisfaction und con at;on. c )YT'S TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON. A A NI) 'IC11E STATI;NM A N. 0 te Spirit Aniniaating tie Con- p 'e(lerate' 501(11ier ini W Ar alnd1 I L'he following is the memorial ofier- t by Col. .James A. iloyt, of (reen to, at the reunion oxercises on the inst., held in commemoration of 1n. Wade Hlampton, tihe soldier and statesman, and which was a most creating feature of the reunion : L'he Confederate hosts are marching to victory I The world looks back. rd to Appomattox to hear a Nation's tth-cry I The (lark and awful night the Confederacy had then come, and 1 n were unprepared for the final shock the contest which had been waged four years. It was an era more st,ful than any period in the world's tory, where more battles were fought t thin a given time than on any other rtion of the globe-great and terrible ,ties in which hundreds and thous d were slain on both sides. Our great ider said the time had come to sur uder, and yet even at that moment, ion the flag of truce was going for Ard, some of Lee's ragged, half starved an were driving the enemy in front of em. In altogether another sense the thin ey line that disappeared at Appomat x has achievedl victories that are not is Important contributions to the )rld's history, and today for a passing ment amid the sacred pleasures of .tnlon we pause to recount the vIrtues the slaIn who died In vaIn for free mn on the field or who have made a :ord since that has challenged the ad ratIon of the men and women who ye known the Confederacy only as a mory of the past. .n memorializing our own great chief n in war andl In peace, let us recall no of those who were his compatriots the triumphant tide of war and in the ars of bitter anguish, when the utest race that ever fought was ught low in the dust of humiliation, I in the brighter days that came with pe and reconciliation to take the place haggard waste and sup reme despair. L us enter with tFather Rtyan the won >us woodland where he heard a grand morim strain that came in solemn asure till his soul, with comfort esed, "Hank down among the lilies With folded wings to rest. "iThrough the forest's twilight aisle Passed a host with mufled footsfep's, l a martial rank and tile; And I knew those gray-clad ligures, Thus slowly pashing b, Were the souls of Southern soldiers Who for freedom dared to (lie." Look yonder at Albert Sidney JIohn >n, who on Shiloh's bloody Ilel d yielded >his noble and unselfish life even ien wieked and cruel slander was agging down his name, and his vindi tion swiftly came to rebuke and silence o vIle tongues of his traducers. HIe us among the noblest and bravest, and e South will ever cherish his glorious imory and unstained character. Bwift the eagle's wing there goes Stonewall ekson, in whose ears rang the victo >us shouts of his own soldiers at aancellorsville, as he passed to his re urd with a crown of glory won and his urfare accomplished. The civilized yrld recognizes the fact that the supre ist attribute of his character, though nowned as a militant soldier, was thme flexible devotion of his soul to the oss of Christ, an humble, faithful, ln ipid follower of the lowly Nazarene 1e warrior priest, Leonidas Polk, the eat and might leader of men, who unted it joy to meet his Master while ttling for the right and whose life was eely given for the land he loved so elI. A. P. Hill, whose pure and noble ,irit joined the martyred host on the: - -y.a\ LL~ 1L(]1%.. t Fever Medicine. 8 (HIIM, and EVE)HU IONIC. does in a singlo day what slow ul cures are in striking contrast to the IF IT CUR ES. aet battle plain, as it were ; Jeb Stuart, he bold and daring cavalier whose unoral knoll pealed forth amid the boom )f his own artillery; gallant Ashby's talwart form was laid in an early grave tudor the shadow of his own Blue Ridge, vhero the murmuring waters of the henandoah sing a requiem over his arthly remains ; the matchless Pelham nd the peerless Pogram; the dashing, esourceful Morgan and the incompara )le lorrest ; and Jenkins, glorious Jon ins, with his fearless, steady eye that aughod with triumph when the battle itorm was raging ; Kershaw, the cheva br without reproach ; Kennedy, the .enorous, lofty spirit that know not fear; 3arnard E. Bee, an officer of tried cour go and undoubted capacity whose glorious career was onded at Manasaas, where he gave his tirst orders in battle ; Milleigo L. Bonha,, of noble bearing and soldierly mien, who had served in three wars ; James Conner, kindly, enial, chivalrous and true ; Stephen Elliott, Jr., famous for daring and skill ful lighting ; N. G. Evans, the hero of Stone Bridge and Loosburg, commended for " dauntless conduct and imperturb able coolness ;" Maxcy Gregg, the brave soldier and true patriot, who when his ammunition was exhausted said he would hold the position with the bayonet - Johnson Hagood, distinguished for gal lantry, and recommended for promotion by Beauregard as " a bravo and merito rious officer ;" Abner M. Porrin, who roll dead while leading his brigade hrough a destructive tir at. the "bloody ngle " on the 12th of May, 1864 ; Clen nt 11. Stevens, known as the "iron ierved " and renowned for his mochani al genius applied to the alt of war; Vllm. H1. Wallace, whose service in war ald in peace was with honor and lidelity; amuol McGowan, the lion -hearted, who on lasting honor and distinction in vil life and on the field of battle ; Brat ni, the beloved commander and tona ous soldier whose gallantry was never arpassed; Anderson, reticent and al. 'ost stoical, whose soubriquet of Fighting I)ick " best describes the osti late of his mon ; Mart Gary, the in repid, dauntless soldier and born leader f men ; States Rights Gist, the fervent atriot, and Manigault, the cultured ontleman and accomplished warrior. 'hose men died bravely for the cause icy loved or lived to serve their coun ry with honorable intent and purpose. 'o these we add " lie countless thousands In that mighty phantom host, T'rue hearts and nolble patriots Whose names on earth are lost. 'l'here the ' misniug' found their places TIhose who vanished from our gaze l.iko brilliant, flashing meteors, And were lost in glory's blaze. Yes, they passed, that noble army They passed to meet their hord, And a voicO within ins whispered: ''They but marched to their reward.'" ' Sunny South, weep on ?" Thy sons lustratod the spirit of their forefathers, ut they came not back from Appomat ,x without hope and were not dismayed t the task that lay bef'ire them though hey look upon " homes whose light was uenched," and their memories wore ied with "the graves without a stone, ho folded 11ag, the broken sword," the pun without its soldier. " Yet raise thy lead fair land I" Trho folded thag its stainless still, the hbrokeni sword i a bright, !(o blot. oin thy recordl is found(, no treasoJn soils thy3 fame." There is yet hops to lure us on to ~reater victories, where courage even of ihigher type will be required and where nanhood's strength will mo us on (coNTIINUED ON FOURII P'A(GE.) CASTORIA For Inf'ants and Children. hbs KInd You Have Always Bought ear the CESA R'S IEADI HOTEL. 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