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THE IMMORTAL LEE.
^ *d 1(,rii ughlv drilled and
' aDd maV *» ^.aed with the
in the conntv. &n ^ < ’ I * K ' ri '-' uced organization.
CHATHAM ARTILLERY.
has in* ° * nd honored organization, which
S ° ntheru upon many a
bloody battle field, preacnted a moat admi'ra-
‘PP««»nce. Under command of their
eteran and iBnatrioua Captain, John F.
ea n, the Chatham’s earned in our late
straggle for liberty a name of which tkcy
may well feel proud. Including the offi-
era, w o are aa follows, they had forty men
m ranks. Their uniforms, with the excep-
Uon of caps, are somewhat similar to the
uards, being English grey with red cuffs
and collars, but after another pattern:
Captain—John F. Wheaton.
Tirst Lieutenant—James Miller.
Second Lieutenant-R. F. Harmon.
First Sergeant—W. O. Baker.
T^^ d « b€rgeantr ~ Geo - p - Walker.
D - Kreuson.
r ourm Sergeant—Geo. B. Clark.
Their old brass guDs, presented by
General Washington, beautifully burnish
ed and shining brightly beneath the glanc
ing rays of the sun, were mounted on the
new carriages which recently arrived from
New York, and of which mention was made
m the News, and were drawn by large mag-
nificent bays furnished by Messrs. Moran A
Keilly. With the guns a history is connect
ed, they being the old original guns of the
company which were buried during the war
from prudential motives, and which
exhumed only a few weeks since.
THE OGLETHORPE LIGHT INFANTRY,
a name and organization familiar to every
citizen of Savannah, and whose
IV mpcra-
Grand Demonstration
Honor of his Birth.
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January 20 1872.
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Election licaet. - •
the City of Sarannah. .
tsFin ATI VE DEMOC RATIC
ticket.
APT KII SCENES AND INCIDEV
TS.
co> ?
Be;
'iilar Xoiuination.
fob MAYoB"
UOS. EbW.yltU 0. ANDEBBON.
FOB aldermen:
henry bmgham.
JOHN L. VILL ALONGA,
RICHARD D. ARNOLD,
thcS- h. HARDEN.
JOHN A. DOUGLASS,
JOHN <’UN>IN ’HlM,
FRANCI8 BLAIR,
EDWARD LOVELL,
jlVjBUS
H. MEYER,
wy McMahon.
ISAAC
vhunner.
AP0U8T P
H-JSTTER.
jMUJl-l
U'ant Not the Honors.
la oar yesterday’s issue tho comm’unica-
tos fiom several parties whom “numepous
citizens" b»d honored with nomination fur
Aldermen on the “People’s Ticket,” were
published, declaring that they could not ac-
L, t 6J ii distinguished |>ositions. This
morning we have some more of the “same
sort,” to wit: .
Vr nm Remshart states tliat he is not a
nndiiate for ildenuan, and that his name
, u used without his knowledge or consent.
w r 1 Y. Connerat desires it to be under
stood that he is not a candidate tor Alder
man.
Eiitor Morning News:
Please announce to the public that I am
not a candidate for Alderman, and any use
of mv came to the contrary is without my
consent and against my wishes.
Respectfully, Johs ft. Reilly.
TO THE VOTERS OF SAVANNAH.
Jlv name haying been used for Alderman
on the ticket headed by Dr. Walsh, without
mv knowledge or consent, I respectfully in
form the public that I am not a candidate.
Simon Guckenheimer.
Savannah, January 20,1873.
Editor Mornimj yews:
Please inform tho citizens of Savannah that
I a’u not a candidate for Alderman. My
u&mebas beeuuaed by some parties with
out my cousent on a ticket headed the
Workingmen s> Ticket.
Kegpectfully yours.
Jas. J. McMahon.
TO THE CITIZENS OF SAVANNAH.
1 am not a candidate for tho position of
Alderman.
Henry Sulteh.
Editor Morning -Veins ••
Please anuuuncethat I am not a candidate
tor Alik-rman. L aiu thankful to my friend*
fur the nomination, but will not run.
John F. O’Byrne.
January 20th. .
TO THE PUBLIC.
1 am uot a candidate for Alderman.
John .Schwarz.
Savannah. January 20,1873.
Edl ot Morning Aetcs ;
Pleaie announce to the citizens of Savan
nah that 1 am no candidate for Aldermanic
honors.
Very respectfully,
Smos E. Byck.
Editor Morning Xtics:
Please state that I am not a candidate for
office. li. F. Ulmer.
We are authorized to stare that Mr.. M. J.
Solomons is uot a candidate for Alderman,
. and will not serve if elected.
Eliior Marring News :
Please announce to the public that I am
not a candidate fur election to tho office of
an Alderman, and return my thanks to those
kind friends who have tendered me the com
pliment of a nomination.
Martin Helmken.
If declinations continue to roll in at this
rate there will be ao candidates for the
“People” to sling ballot* for. Better stick
to the Conservative Democratic Ticket.
The Late As^assinat i<*n.
The dastardly assassination of a colored
man on Satnrdav night by gome unknown
person, as mentioned in yesterday's News,
oils for acme action by our city authorities.
Such crimes as these should not be per
mitted to past unnotioeJ, or the fair fame of
wr city will he tarnished. The city pays a
detective force, and it would certainly seem
to be the duty of this force to ferret out the
peipetrators of such crime*, .♦few months
since a colored watchman was murdered in
our port, and although attention has fre-
<jucntly been called to the matter, we have
■heard of no steps being taken to iuves igate
'hii affair. This is, indeed, singular, and
the non-action ot those in authority is ex
citing considerable comment. Something
•certainly should be done, and that without
■delav.
Political News*
^derstand there were three political
meetings held last night: One in the inter
e8 ‘ °1 Hon.^.Solomon CoheD, one of the
Workingmen, and one of the Republican
Committee. At the first and third meeting
commntees were appointed to wait upon Dr.
M. and request him to withdraw
his name as a candidate for Mayor.
At the WorkingniL-n’s meeting Dr. Walsh
*as nominated for the Mayoralty, and a
coauaitfct; wa* appointed to wait upon him
^d apprise him of the honor.
Ihe three eommiitees met at the residence
J* Dr. WaUh, where an exchange of views
took r, ^ u:e , when it was determined to put
the ques.** 00 te dispute to a vote of the ifiree
committees was done, and the result
•bowed that the ^ aiJx<0 °f to® assembly was
^t the Doctor rema'** ** ' eid ’ Snd BO
he will.
bett erg lf r i d for t’o.ta *** .
’ B - Crane, Bermuda; J. C. j i ,” ok “ cr '
t-t ” Jo hn A. Parker, New York; Bis.
Galveston, Texas; Henry Marcliman,
g’mwail; Chas. Padgett, No. U A. A G. R.
arleB Jenkins, ; C. Pratt, Grifiin,
u ! “*““1 Lyons, Fox Bank, S. C.; N. F.
•him r ’ Lnmber City, Ga.; W. J. Nor-
ttiTiil *°° d ’ G&; n ' L - Sand ‘
Pi- ;i* Ga; Judge ftm. Edwards, Micanooy,
;Hamilton McGrath, New York; John It
" cS »J, Provide--
°t*ilaka
Yesterday was a memorable event in the
history of Savannah, and will ever be refer
red to by our people with pride and pleasure
Early m the morning there was an unusual ac
tivity observable upon the streets and hand
somely uniformed members of the different
military Companies were seen hurrying in the
direction of their respective armories The
anticipation of a grand demonstration in
honor of the natal day of the South’s beloved
chieftan the immortal, peerless Lee-had
drawn from their homes at an early hour
thousands of our. people, and by nine o’clock
South Broad street from Drayton to lYhita-
ker street presented a moving mass of heads
The balconies, stoops and windows were
thronged with gaily dressed ladies, whose
bright faces were wreathed with smiles of
welcome for tho momentarily expected gal
lant soldiers. Shortly after nine o’clock the
sound of music floated upon the moraine
breeze, and there was an immediate sti°
among tho assembled throng, as r
THE SAVASSAH CADETS
turned into South Broad street, preceded by
their excellent drum corps. Their neat and
attractive uniforms, and fine soldiery bear
ing,were particularly noticeable,and revived
the enthusiasm which greeted their first
appearance, armed and equipped a short
time since. There were forty-six men in
R.ne including the officers, who are as follows:
( -a “ a 1 n John W. Anderson.
First Lieutenant—H. M. Branch.
Second ^nontenant—R. M. Butler.
Second Lieutenant, Jr—Clinton Bacon.
First Sergeant--G. R. Robinson.
Second Sergeant—-H- ft - Butler.
Third Sergeant—Robert-Lachlison.
Fourth Sergeant—E. A*. Philpot.
Fifth Sergeant—\Vm Puda,'.
First Corporal—James Blacks‘.'ear.
Second Corporal—W. M. Mills
Third Corporal—R. 8. Mell.
Fourth Corporal—E. B. Peak.
Fifth Corporal—M. Kollock.
Treasurer—D. B. Kennedy.
Quartermaster Sergeant—W. C. Workman.
The Cadets marched down to east side of
Drayton, and were drawn up in line on the
green facing south, where they were
INSPECTED BY GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON,
who expressed himself as highly pleased.
After the inspection the command was re
formed, and marched and countermarched
on South Broad street, stopping at tho resi
dence of the Captain, where the company
received
the persuasive power of eloquence, to com
mend it to vour hearts. The story of that
grand life, which has so recently come ro an
end, it best told in the simple and se.cre
language of truth, and the character of him
who made that life so noble and so virtuous,
will be best delineated by the plain recitil
that recalls the virtues which gave it lustre,
and tells of the genius that has crowned ii
with u dying gluiy. To do this properly, is
a task of no ordinary magnitude, for the
- gallant grave of him who was that country’s ablest
deeds on the famous fields of Virginia, have defender. It is with feelings sucb'as thtse,
deuce, R. 1.; A. N. Lightfoot,
a o-aia.; Post Master, Augusta, Ga.;
L Ponce, Atlanta, Ga.; P. S. W
S. C.
S lggms,
*’ox\ If
- —(imply Dumpty.
^ -ii' attendance greeted the unrivalled
' Dam P l Y Troupe on their first ap-
^ at the Theatre last nigh t. ’
-v. are un &ble, owing to our crowded col-
kiir*' U \ 8iTt morniD S the notice we
’ ut endeavor to do so to-morrow,
only gay that Humpty can’t be beat,
be r! «f'° U Waut to en i°y * r ®al hearty laugh
0nh * n * to-night.
^ T| »* Election.
^kbrlv atan ‘ iiD S the excitement of tho
u '° D - 70Bter(1 *y> there were “many
•ibiati * W ^° ^ oun( l time to discuss the local
1 &Dd "' i8el y prognosticate who
^oicf-l^Ai"* 10 wouid not be tho people’s
at the option to-day.
4lJ ^ ut ual Building and Loan
At g A*Hociation.
held lag; 160 *- 118 toe above Association,
If* tlie following amounts were
0i at 33 per cent.; $1,000 at
^L^and^oop at 34A per cent.
Theatte h * nge ° f Schedul «*
in 1!°** trav elera is called to the
^•rlesio- V fe . icii6< hde of the Savannah &
Railroad.
but 1011611 * you ' u And a large selec-
Cheviot fittiu. 1 1
TIIE OLD BATTLE FLAG
ol the First Georgia Regiment, which was
brought to this city by Lieutenant Grisby
Thomas, of Columbus, who was in command
of the regiment at the time of the surrender
and into whose possession the battle scarred
trophy fell, and who has sacredly preserved
it ever since. A notice of this flag appeared
in these columns a week or two since.
During this time, the various other military
companies, who had received their uniforms
arrived upon the ground, and while the
column was being formed, we had a fine op
portunity of observing them, and will notice
them as they passed before us.
THE REPUBLICAN BLUES.
This fine company organized in 1808, and
whose career, in tho times of peace as well
as in war, has been most honorable and
gallant, anticipated making their appear
ance with forty members, but the failure to
receive the balance of their uniforms, which
were shipped and should have arrived on
Saturday night, doomed them to disap
pointment. Their uniform, which we have
already described, is very showy, and al
though Hie Company only had twenty-three
members in line, their martial bearing and
splendid appearance was extromely gratify
ing to their numerous friends, and we
noticed many ladies on the balconies waving
blue ribbons to them in token of welcome.
The Company was under command of First
Lieu^pnt J. T. McFarland, their honored
Captam, George A. Mercer, being prevented
from participating in the parade, by reason
of his legislative duties.
The officers of the Company are as folows:
Captain—George A. Mercer.
First Lieutenant—J. T. McFarland.
Second Lieutenant—C. W. Anderson.
Second.Lieutenant, Jr.—W. W. Chisholm.
First Sergeant—R. R. Dancv.
Second .Sergeant—J. P. Williamson. Jr.
Third Sergeant—F. Molina.
Fourth Sergeant—W. G. Morrell.
Filth Sergeant—H. A. Denmark.
First Corporal—J. A. Griffin.
Second Corporal—Win. Grayson.
Third Corporal—R. S. Anderson.
Fourth Corporal—R. M. Gomez.
We noticed that
THE OLD COMPANY COLORS
which, we understand, have always been con-
sidered*the handsomest in the State, were
carried by the veteran member, Mr. C. C.
Casey. These colors were imported from
England prior to the war, and at a cost of
$1,500. The company had their own drum
copps of colored warriors in uniform, con
sisting of three kettle and one V a »® drum
and two fifes.
SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS.
The magnificent display made by this
gallant veteran organization, to vhoso ears
the whistle of the casual minnie and the
whizzing of the genial shell are familiar
sounds, was the subject of universal com
ment.- The battalion of three companies
paraded 151 men, with their own excellent
colored drum corps, some of the members
which can also bcaet experience on the
tented field. The uniform of the bat
talion, .fine English gray, with scarlet
facings,kaud the usual insignia of rank,
is as *eat as it is beautiful. In
the ranks of the gallant organization, of
which he has long been a member, and was
Lieutenant-Colonel during the war, we no
ticed the well known form of our honored
Chief Magistrate, Col. John Screven, who
had returned from aj business in Atlanta
to take part in the display ta fcsnor of tho
wreat Leader, whom he loved when living and
reverej now that he has passed away. The
waving of luM-dlterchiefs by the ladies and
expressions of admirauca from the m«n, at
tested most forcibly the great popularity of
the Guaid“ and their gallant and chivalrous
CpmnSndci, Basinger, who wore for
the first time thejnagmfent sword awarded
’-4^ recently as the most popuW volunteer
- .city.-
ofilcei of this U4;riion are as fol-
The oAk *
lows: ,. -v .\Y, S. Basinger.
Major Commanding
company A.
Captain—Geo. W. Stile®.
First Lieutenant-1
Second Lieutenant—A. A “„ W , 1 ! nI k_ onB
Second Lieutenant, Jr.—H. R. Symons.
First Sergeant—C. Barnwell.
Second Sergeant—L.C. Strong.
Third Sergeant—J.r.SmiUi.
Fourth Sergeant—J. ft- Fretwoll.
Fifth Sergeant—J. G. Allen.
First Corporal—M. B. Barnwell.
Second Corporal—A. Barnwell.
Third Corporal—G. C. Heyward.
Fourth Corporal—ffm. Law.
Fifth Corporal—J- A. Gross.
company e.
Captain—Thomas F- Screven.
First Lieutenant—H. * ia V e ^!? iaI ? I ' -
Second Lieutenant—H. H.
Second Lieutenant, Jr.—C. J- Bane.
First Sergeant—J. C. Thompson.
Second Sergeant—J. W. .Burroughs.
*riiird Sergeant—A. McNultv.
Fourth Sergoant—J. Q. A. rfimmons.
Fifth Sergeant -J. T. Freeborn.
First Oorporal-D. ft’. Schaffer.
Second Corporal—P. P. Huger.
Third Coporal—T. L. Robertson.
Fourth Corporal—H. L. Ferrill.
Fifth Corporal—E. F - Folker.
COMPANY C.
Captain—John R. Dillon.
Second'Lieutenant^H^C^Cunningham.
ngna
Second Lieutenant, Jr.—John Reilly.
First Sergeant—C. It. Morrell,
Second Sergeant—ft’. F .SjW“.
Third ^rgeant^W. H. Tnrner.
Fourth Sergeant—W. H. Chaplin.
Fifth Sergeant—Geo. N. Lewis.
First Corporal—W. P.Mmor.
Second Corporal—J. M. Dryan.
Third Corporal—J. Vi adl v-
Fourth Corporal—T. B.Catherwood.
Fifth Corporal—W. P. Hunter.
a prominent place in our history, turned out
about fifty members. Their uniforms are
elaborate and beautiful, English grey with
buff facings and trimmings, and caps with
large white plumes. The writer, an old sol
dier himself, was struck with the splendid
physique of this company. With probably
half a dozen exceptions the men are among
the largest in our entire vojunteer corps,
and their showy uniforms only rendered this
the more noticeable. It would be unneces
sary for us to say anything in regard to the
career of this gallant company, the first of
the South to respond to the tocsin of war.
and hasten to the defense of Virginia
from the invaders. Their deeds have oft
been rehearsed in song and story, and will
ever live in the remembrance of a grateful
people. ^ In the rauks were many of the vet
erans who had followed Lee from Manassas
to Gettysburg, and by their devotion and
gallantry, added to the undying fame of
the glorious army of Northern Virginia.
The officers in command are:
Captain—Robert Falligant.
Fir^t Lieutenat—Sandford W. Branch.
Seconu Lieutenant—J. Brown.
Third Lieutenant—Wm. B. Mell.
First Sergea.ut—Wm. O. Price, Jr.
Second Sergeant—Frank Myers.
Third Sergeant—M. P. Usina.
Four^Ji Sergeant—W. T. Marshall.
Fifth Sergeant—J. F. Brooks.
Color Sergeant—Henry L. Dawes.
With the company iti full uniform was
their late Captain, A. F. Butler, now an hon
orary officer, who could not forego the plea
sure, of leaving his present home, Augusta,
to come here and participate in the first pub
lic demonstration, since the war of the Com
pany he had so often led to victory and re
nown. .
GEORGIA HUSSARS.
The gay, dashing, brave cavaliers were out
to the number of forty-five with the follow
ing officers:
Captain—J. Fred. Waring.
First Lieutenant—R. J, Davant.
Second Lieutenant—W. W. Gordon.
Second Lieutenant, Jr.—M. G. Prender-
gast.
First Serge int—H. P. Miller.
Second Sergeant—R. M. Demere.
Third Sergeant—W. G. Cooper.
Fourth Sergeant—G. N. Saussv.
Fifth Sergeant—D. L. Roberts.
First Corporal—F. C. O’Driscoll.
Second Corporal—Frank Wiyter.
Third Corporal—G. H. Remshart.
Fourth Corporal—S. McA. White.
Quartermaster Sergeant—J. K. Munner-
lyn.
Secretary and Treasurer—A. J. Euapp.
The company being disappointed in re
ceiving the uniform of their organization,
improvised one for the occasion, and made
their appearance in citizen’s dress, with
black felt hat, and with black plume, and
equipped with belts and sabres. They were
splendidly mounted, and nearly all being
“vets” in the service, and accomplished
horsemen, presented a most admirable ap
pearance. The “Hussars” are knowu for
their efficiency and bravery during the most
trying ordeal^i the history of our nation,
and are among the most popular volunteers
in our city.
?HE PARADE.
The above companies constituted the
military participating in the parade. At
eleven o’clock the column was formed on the
south side of South Broad street, and march
ing east, counter marched towards Bull
street, filiug past the residence of Colonel
E. C. Anderson, Jr., where they were
REVIEWED BY GENERAL WADE HAMPTON.
who, together with Generals Lawton, Ker
shaw, Jackson, Johnston and other noted
citizens was standing on the portico. The
sight presented was a glorious one, and
awakened feelings of the grand past in the
breast of every true Southron,
The command then countermarched, and
filing up Bull street, proceeded to the
grounds in front of the Theatre, where it
was halted.
JOHNSTON LIGHT INFANTRY.
This spirited young organization were
greviously disappointed in not receiving
thoir uniforms, but were determined to have
gome show in the honor of the day. They
accordingly assembled in full force at their
drill room, and proceeded in a body to the
residence of Colonel Anderson, and ten
dered their services to the committee as an
ESCORT TO GEN. RAViTON
to the Theatre. The offer was accepted, and :
preceded by the Washington Cornet Band,
the company was formed as an escort body,
and proceeded up Bull to Hull street, and
thence to the Theatre, whero they halted,
and wheeling into line, faced the side-walk
with uncovered heads as the General and the
committee passed into the building. The
committee escorted Gen. Hampton to the
stage, whose appearance was the signal for
loud applause from the crowded house. As
soou &s this subsided Gen. Hampton was in
troduced to the audience by Gen. Lawton,
and, with a few preliminary remarks, com
menced his
ADDRESS ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF
gen. lee,
A lengthy synopsis of which wo present
below, regretting that its length prevents our
giving in full this eloquent, chaste and
beautiful tribute to our immortal chief, as a
soldier, statesman, hero and Christian. Gen.
Hampton said:
Whilst appreciating the compliment that
brings me Before yon, it is with a profound
sense of my inability to “rise to the heignt
of this great argument,” that I assume the
duty your kindness has imposed. Nor would
I venture to do so, Coisrades of the Con
federate service, were it not that it seems to
mo no duty can be more sacred than that
which bids ever7 true man of the bouth, at
ah times/by all means, in *11 places, to pay
homage to the character, and honor to the
memory of our great leader. To myself,
-hose good fortune it was to follow that
•n* ^“us Chief, from tho beginning to the
illnsti* tnarvelous career which has
close of tn# . gjde of those of the
placed his name Iby . who witnessed
world’s greatest his
was sustained bv
Ms constant fa.tll in tlie justice of our cause,
encouraged by Ms kiccjncss, and honored M
Ms friendshi^-this call to jo.n ib doing
honor to his memory, bas the sanctity and
the tendernoss that death, and death alone,
can give. Once again, and for tho last time
?“ m placed on duty in the service of my
in’i'Vmimander and the TOlce that surn-
° l n. me Keen waking many of the proud-
““ U th ough sandea:, emotions of my heart,-
eat, tnougu w ho, though
f-°Mad «r.^th" It ™nid Ui become
de ^ d \vf«<l£rate soldier,, who is not a nmo-
»2ie to the faith for which ho fought, to re-
f t0 jegt the honored grave of Lee, and
fuse to deca Ui Und I would reverent-
while the hniuDie g hallowed spot,
ly mshm't poir' hd wnhe^ byjhe side^of
seems but poor a —gj La , with suen
‘ hoB « r h ‘™r' e a r t“red there, let me hope
lavish hand, scaiwne accepted in
that my votive offering ^ Relieve me,
the »P in V°m^heart which feels profoundly
it comes from a ’ 1 ® ar , j taking from the
that calamity which wlnie tarn ^ ^ whom
bereaved South that son of the heart
centred so much of the jus-pr* ■ ,
Lee great, and of the virtues that made him
good, would more than consume the time al
lot wd to this occasion, and the picture then
presented to you, though drawn from life
itself, by the hand of truth, would seem al
most too bright to belong to humanity.
But to those—should there be such—
who regard the portrait as too highly
centered m it; for twenty-five years he had
served under the flag that belonged to the
wiiole Union, and he eoul 1 not but know
that he had liimse.I made no small contribu
tion to the glory that attached to that ban
ner. To leave it now was to give up the
proudest memories and the most cherished
associations of his life, but to light under it
against Virginia, he felt w.,uiil brand liis
name a* traitor to the land that gave him
birth. The school in which he nad been
life
mgnij
full to
colored, let the record of
overflowing with heroic deeds, and of
character crowned with every virtue, speak
for itself. By thus holding up to your
view the record of that Heroic and unblemish
ed life, my task will be best discharged,
while the lessons such a life should teach
will sink deeper into our hearts-and those of
our children thau any words of eulogy, how
ever deserved, or any power of language,
however eloquent, could inculcate. But
while a proper respect for the great dead, as
well as fur ourselves, impels us to do rever
ence to his memory, the fulfilment of this
duty overwhelms us with bitter grief, for it
recalls to our weary hearts, all those hopes
that lie buried in the grave of Lee. When
the Trojan Chief, flying from his ruined city,
under whose •‘high walls” he had prayed to
die, was urged by ths Carthageman Queen
to recount the misfortunes of his country,
with a heart broken by the loss of friends,
of kindred, and of native land, ho exclaimed:
“In/andum, Jiegina } jubes renocare dolo-
rem; qucpgue miserrima ipse vidi."
These pathetic words of the Trojan exile
wake a sorrowful echo in the heart of many
a patriot in the desolated South, as standing
amid the ruin of his country, he looks, with
moistened eye and saddened heart, on the
centred so much otrae ju.. ,.» ^ of hl ,
felt gra titnde i,Jlf e stK" D '‘down the first
countrjTOen, 8 d depr ived humanity
of their hlKhe,t
for g-, 8 h&
aa for myaelf that the ^ ^ of
Erfcr^uZ^mibU of fancy, or
where the deepest grief for the failure of our
cause—exulting pride in the heroic struggle
wo have made—profound sorrow for the
martyrs of that cause—and a strong sense
of the duty we owe to their memory are all
blended—that I come to speak to -you of
Lee.
Robert Edward Lee—clarum et eeriera-
bile nomen—comes of a race whose names
have won honorable mention in history for
centuries past. It would be impossible to
record here tho deeds, or to recall even the
uametff those who have made this family
so illiKi'ious in our annals.
In one of the letters of his father, writ
ten in the last years of his life to one of his
elder children, speaking with just pride and
rare discrimination of that son, whose char
acter I am now endeavoring, though with
feeble and unequal baud to portray, he says:
“Robert was always good, and will be con
firmed in bis happy turn of mind by his
ever-watchful and affectionate mother. Does
he strengthen his native tendency ?” The
hdvt that dictated, and the hand that
penned these lines, have long been cold iu
death; he to whom they were applied, after
a life dedicated to virtue and illustrated by
glory, has just gone down to his grave, fol
lowed bv the prayers, the blessings and the
tears of his afflicted countrymen, and no
nobler or truer epitaph couid be inscribed
on bis tomb thau those, simple and touch
ing words: “he was always good.” Turning
from the contemplation of the boyhood of
Lee, so full of promise, we find hiin at the
age of eighteen entered as a cadet at West
Point, where, as everywhere else through
life, his character and his auility placed him
iu the very front rank. During his whole
academic ours© he never received a de
merit or a reprimand, and at his graduation
he stood amongst the highest iu a cIsbh
among whom were such men a* Joseph E.
Johnston. (Loud applause.)
Leaving West Point with the rank oi
"Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, he
was engaged in the duties of this depart
ment of the service tiil*the breaking out of
the Mexican war, when he was assigned to
duty with the Central Army, as it* Chief
Engineer, with the rank of Captain. With
his career daring that war you are too fa
miliar to require more than *an allusion to it
here. You remember with what rapidity he
rose from comparative obscurity to high
and deserved prominence—how he con
stantly received, as he richly merited, the
warm commendation of his Comm nding
Officer; how he returned covered with
honors and decorations, and how he
wa* universally considered even then, as
one of the ablest soldiers of Che country.
The high reputation he had achieved iu
Mexico caused him, when the opportunity
was presenter by the formation of two new
Cavalry regiments in 1855, to be promoted
Lieuteuant-Colooel, and assigned to duty
with the 2d Cavalry, which was then com
manded by one, whose name is justly en
shrined iu the heart of every Southern pa
triot—Albert Sydney Johnston. From this
time until the momentous year of 18bl, he
was employed with his regiment in the or
dinary routine of duty on tho Western Fron
tier. One occurrence which took place dur
ing this period, however, deserves notice,
not only because it brought him promi
nently forward, but because the circum
stances attending it foreshadowed darkly
and unmistakably, the progress of that feU
spirit which was soou to convulse the coun
try with the horrors of civil war, threaten
ing to extinguish the sacred tire of liberty
in the blood of its worshippers. This was
the first invasion of Virginia by a baud of
Northern outlaws, under leadership of tho
infamous John Brown, having for its avowed
object, the inciting of the blacks to massa
ere the whites, and giving the State over to
rapine, arson and murder. Lee was sent to
suppress this flagrant outrage and to bring
the perpetrators to justice, a task ho accom
plished promptly and successfully. The
sympathy openly'expressed in many quar
ters for these outlaws, and the apotheosis
of their leader, who expiated justly, but in
adequately, hi* crimes on a gallows, caused
reflecting'mind* to pouder anxiously on tho
critical juncture of affairs; and doubtless,
during the lull in the storm which was so
soon to sweep over the South in all its fury,
Gen. Lee was not unmindful of the.daugers
hanging over his country, nor uncertain of
the duty every patriot owed to that country.
From the time of thi* flagrant violation of
the laws of God and of man, events hurried
on with such fearful and ominous rapidity,
that the most sanguine began to lose ail
hope of a peaceful solution of ©ur political
difficulties. Their worst fears were real
ized; all efforts at mediation failed,
and the beginning of the year 1861 found
the Cotton States withdrawn from
the Federal Union, and arrayed under
that new Government which was des
tined tc have, if the briefest, yet the most
glorious national existence ever given to a
people. Of the causes which led to this
result this is neither the time nor the occa
sion to speak; suffice it to say, that in the
exercise of thi# right of withdrawal, which
they felt to be as unquestionable as inaliena
ble, the Southern States resorted to the only
mean* by which they believed their honor
could be-vindicated and their liberties pre
served. Not until the heat of passion, the
mists of prejudico and the venom of hate,
which have t.o deeply stained American an
nals during the last docade, have subsided,
can the true story of this last £re&t Revolu
tion be giveu to tho world. Then will tho
impartial historian bo called on tc tell with
what heartfelt reluctance the South, driven
to desperation, severed the bonds, no longer
fraternal, which bound her to that Union
she had so largely aided to make, and threw
oil' a Government which her wisdom, had
mainly formed, and which her patriotism
and her genius had so greatly illustrated.
But leaving the discussion'of these ques
tions to the future historian, they need be
touched on here only in so far as* the con
duct aud career of Geu. Lee were influenced
by them. After the secession of the Cotton
States, all eyes were turned to Virgiuia. The
action of thi# great State was in accordance
with her ancient renown. She stepped
forth a* a mediator, and exerted the influ
ence her character, her position, and her
E atnotism authorized her to u«e. It would
e difficult to over-estimate the influence
which she could of right ©iaim. It was one
of her sons—a Lee—who first offered in Con
gress tho resolution, declaring that these
States were and of right ought to be free
and independent; another son of hers drew
up tbe Declaration of Independence, and
yet another led the armies of the infant Re
public to the establishment of it* liberties.
Her sons fought from Massachusetts to
Georgia, wherever tho common cause de
manded, and it is not too much to say, that
without her aid,*the Independence of Amer
ica would never have been established. Nor
did her patriotic efforts aud sacrifices end
with the war of Revolution. Rich herself in
an almost boundless territory, she gave an
empire that union she had forme l, be
cause slie “preferred the good of their
country to every object of smaller import
ance.”
Noblp mother of States and of njen by
whom State* are made, aim has Uved to see
weapon# of her own children dyed in her
blood, aud to feel “how sharper than a ser
pent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”
But true to the great traditions of her
mighty past, she felt that she had the right
to speak with almost parental authority in
the great crisis which had come upon the
country. The tones in which she urged con
ciliation and forbearance were grave and sol
emn, befitting the occasion that called them
forth, aqd her conduct well became her old
fame.
When Virginia found all her efforts to pre
serve peace wore fruitless, and that the only
alternative left to her, was to tight for the
subjugation of her sister States or the
South, or to aid them in their struggle for
indeDendence, as she had done in 1776, she
coul5 not hesitate for an instant. True to
tne gr.a®* memories of the past—true to the
gj.at teachings ui jmmortal sons—true
to that Declaration of Independence she had
framed—true to ths spirit of liberty that
had alwavs^inspired her, she took her place
jraudly in the ranks of the Southern Con4|
ederacy.
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bare enumeration of the deeds that mads "educated, held these doctrines of political
H " 3 ' faith, and it is not surprising that he should
have imbibed the same views. His father
had entertained the same convictions, as his
correspondence shows. While he was Qov-
ernor of Virginia, iu 17U2, his name had
been suggested for the command of the
forces on the Western frontier, and to a
question from Mr. Madison, asking if he
wonld accept the position, he replied in these
words: “One objection 1 should only have
aud that is the abandoning my native coun
try, to whose goodness I am so much in
debted. No considerat.on on earth could
induce me to act a part, however gratifying
to me, which cou'd be construed into disre
gard or forgetfulness of this Commonwealth.”
He expressed the same opinions in the
Legislature of Virgiuia, at a subsequent pe
riod, declaring that “the State of Virginia
was his country, whose will he would obey,
however lamentable the fate to which 'it
might subject him.” It is a significant fact,
in connection with this question, that Wash
ington himself, catholic as wa* his love tor
the whole Union, always spoke of Virginia as
“his country.” It is not singular, then,
that when Virgiuia called her sous to defend
her, Lee responded promptly to the call,
painful as wa* the struggle to quit a service
in which he had won great distinction, aud
which still held out to him every allurement
that could tempt an ambition less pure than
his own. How deep was the pain Cfcuscd
him by this step, is shown in the dignified
aud manly letter in which he tendered his
resignation, and in that touching one to his
sister written on the same day. In tnia let
ter we see evidences, not only of the painful
struggle in hi* own mind, but of that unal
terable devotion to duty, which was then as
always the ruling principle of his life. “With
all my devotion to the Union,” he writes,
“and the feelings of loyalty aud duty of an
American citizen, I have not been able to
make up my mind to raise my hand against
my relatives, by children, my home. I have
therefore resigned my commission in the
army, and save in defence of my native btate,
with the sincere hope that my poor services
may never be needed, I hope I may never be
called on to draw my sword. Think as kind
ly of me as you can, and believe that I have
endeavored to do what I thought right.”
These words, which the writer could not
have imagined would ever meet the public
eye, give tbe key, uot only to the conduct,
but to the character of Gen. Lee. “I have
endeavored to do what I thought was right.”
As soou as the resignation of his commis
sion became known in Virginia, the Gov
ernor of tbe State appointed him to the
command of all its military forces, with the
rank of Major General, and this appoint
ment was unanimously confirmed by the
sovereign power of the State, in Convention
assembled. To invest this action with all
dignity aud solemnity Gen. Lee was pre
sented to the Convention, and the Presi
dent, in an address singularly felicitous in
manner aud language, -notified him of his
appointment, and told him that Virginia, on
that day, committed her spotless *word to
his keeping. The reply of Geu. Li e, char
acterized by the modesty and simplicity
which marked his every action, wa* in the
following word*:
“Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Con
vention: Profoundly impressed with the
solemnity of tho occasion, for which 1
must say I was not prepared, I accept the
position assigned me by your partiality; 1
would have much preferred had your choice
fallen upon an abler man. Trusting in Al
mighty God, an approving conscience, and
the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote my
self to the service of my native State, in
whose behalf alone, will I ever again draw
my sword.” From this time until Virginia
became a member of the Southern Confeil-*
eracy, Gen. Lee devoted all his energies to
the task of organizing tho forces of the
Stato and putting it in a proper couilition of
defence.
Soon after the Confederate Congress met
in Richmond, Generals Cooper, A. S. John
ston, Lee, J. E. Johnston aud Beuregard,
[aipplause] were appointed Generals, rank
ing in the order iu whioh they have just been
namei}. Gen. Leo was not called on to take
an active part in the earliest operations in
Virgiuia, nor did he participate iu the first
rude shocks of those greau armies which
then began to crimson her soil with that
precious olood, afterwards so lavishly, and
alas! so fruitlessly poured out iu her de
fence. It was not until the autumn of 1801
that he was assigned to duty in the field,
when ho wa* sent to supervise and harmonize
operations in Western Virginia. The cam
paign iu this quarter was not successful, and
a few of those acute military critics, who,
from their safe retreats in newspaper offices,
used to tell us glibly, how field* should be
won, censured Gen.*Lee for this xailure. In
4he absence of all official documents, all of
which have been lost or destroyed, it would
be palpably unjust to cast any blame on him
for the conduct of this campaign. But one
man now living, can speak knowingly aud
authoritatively on this subject—the 'great
statesman and pure patriot, who then pre
sided over the destinies of our young Re-
E ublic: he who, after dedicating himself,
ody, aud heart, and soul, to the cause in
which we fought,has lived to bear vicariously
for us iu his own person, with the sublime
endurance of a martyr, the sufferings, the
humiliations, the wfongsof tlu^rhole South;
need I name him, my friends ? Does not
every heart in tho South distinctly frame the
answer, and does not every tongue utter the
name of Jefferson Davis? [Immense ap
plause.] He ha* spoken on this point, and
spoken in no doubtful or uncertain tones,
aud to him I leave the vindication of Gen.
Lee, in this, the only instance in which one
breath of hostile criticism has ever risen
from the South. When standing by tin-
grave which had just l>een closed over our
great Captain, Mr. Davis, while paying a
noble tribute to hi* memory, referred to this
part of his military career iu the following
language: “When Virginia joined the Con
federacy, Robert Lee, the highest officer in
the little army of Virginia, came to ltich-
mond* and not pausing to inquire what
would be his rank in the service of the Con
federacy, went to Western Virginia under
the belief that he was still an officer of the
State. He came back carrying the heavy
weight of defeat, and unappreciated by the
people whom he served, tor they could uot
know as I knew, that if his plans aiul orders
had been carried oat, the result would have
been victory rather than retreat. You did
not know, for I would uot have knowu it, had
he not breathed it in my ear, only at De
mand of Pope, who will be deservedly
damiird to everlasting fame, (demonstration)
for me orutaLty of nis orders and for mau-
guiatmg a system of warfare, which was
properly denounced by an English journal
at tbe time as “casting maukind two centu
ries back towaru barb.*! ism.” Easily foiling
this new pretender to military fame, Lee
brought him to battle on the historic field
of Manassas where {Southern arms were
again crowned with the glory that had once
before been shed upou them on the same
spot. Ioilow;n^ up ifiis brill ant victory.
Lee struck the Federal Army at Chantillv,
aud drove it iu contusi *i into the f rtitica-
tious of \\ ashingtoii, wuere its brutal and
braggart commander sunk at once into the
insignificance from wbicn only bis own pre
sumption had ever raised him. Thus it will
be se< n hat Lee, iu the short space of two
mouths with a force at no' time exceeding
seventy-fire thousand (75,000) men, defeated
in repeated engagements two Federal armies,
each of which was uot less than one hundred
and twenty thousand (120,000) strong, re
lieved the Southern Capital from danger,
and even threatened that of the North. But
the campaign, great as it had been, was not
to end here. Throwing his arm% into Ma
ryland, Lee swept down from that State on
Harper’s Ferry, capturing it with its g.irn- i
son of eleven thousaud ill,000) men, aud Tiim } Co ^P 8 » w *>jch had recent,\
seventy-two (72) guns, aud tficu again ran- !
centratmg his troops on the nortn of the I
Potomac, he fought the brilliant and bl«K>dy
battle of Sjharpsburg. In this greai fight—
for great it was, though the Southern i.rrns
failed to gain so decisive a victory as had so
generally attended them—Lee, with only
tmrty-seven thousand (37,000) men repulsed
every attack of the enemy, who hr uglit into
the field an army three times as Svimig as
his own. Is this not glory enof'gh for one
campaign—for one army—for ol© man ? Yet
the story of these great deeds is scarce be-
K uu —fhfc glory sot yet at its zenith. Before
even this campaign ended “Fredericksburg”
was to be inscribed on those Southern ban
ners, which were already so covered by the.
names of victories as scarcely to leave room
for another.
After the battle of Sharpsburg, the troops
had a short period of repose in the Valley of
\ irginia, but movements on the part of the
enemy soon rendered it necessary for Gen.
Lee to put his columns once more in motion.
Aoout this time McClellan, who had always
been governed by the laws of war as recog
nized among civilized nations, was super
seded by Burnside, in command of the Army
of the Potomac. The new commander de
termined to occupy Fredericksburg, in order
to secure good winter quarters for his
troops, near his base of supplit s. His move
ment looking to this object was detected by
Lee, ami when the Federal Army was con-
“THK FINEST ARMY ON THE PLANET”
had vanished for “reasons well known, to
that army,’' as their Commander delicately
expressed it, leaving as the only mementoes
of_their proud advance seventeen thousand
(17,0U0) of their number on the battle-field,
together with fourteen (14) guns and twenty
thousand (2U.000) small arms. This battle,
or rather series of battles, has been dwelt
on at greater length than the preceding
ones, because tbe ability displayed by Lee
on this mt-morabie occasion was of the very
highest order, and because of the m. urnful
interest that will always link the genius and
the fate of Jackson with this glonons field.
After the signal defeat of Hooker both
armies resumed their former positions, aud
two plans for future operations presented
themselves to General Lee. One was to
wait in his l.nes another attack from the
enemy, ami the other was to draw him, by
skillful maneuvering, from his strong and
threatening position. The first named plan
was open to so many grave objections that
he preferred the latter, full of nsk though it
was. In accordance with this determination
he put his troops in motion on the 3d of
June, and threw Lougstreet’s corps round
to Culpepper C. H. Ewell, who nad suc
ceeded Jackson, followed LongsUeet, while
been
11, re
mained at Fredericksburg, in obs*-rvaiiou of
tbe euemy. The F* 1 ral commander seemed
totally unable to c. ipreheud the move
ments of his enemy, ami ho halted for some
time in his old position.
While he was hes rating, Lee had sentEw-
ell to the Valley, iu-re he captured Win
chester and Mar;in-burg, destroying the en
tire force holding tiu-se places. About four
thousand (4,00x1) pnsxmers, mauy small arms
aud stores, with twenty-nine (20) guns, wore
the trophies which fell into Ewell’s hands,
while the Valley was freed from the enemy.
Besides these substantial fruits of victory,
command of the roads across tho Potomac
was obtained, thus enabling General Lee to
transfer
THE SEAT Of WAR FROM VIRGINIA TO MARY
LAND
or Pennsylvania. He was not slow to avail
himself of this opportunity, and on tho 24th
of Juue, the two corps present with him
were thrown across the river, Longstreet
crossing at Williamsport and Hill at Shep-
ardstown. Ewell, who had crossed two days
previously, occupied Chambersburg, on the
23d, when the whole of the infantry was
tractive, but for tbe recurrence of the same
unfortunate accident which, on nearly the
same ground, snatched from the hand of
Jackson the richest fruits of victory at Cban-
cellorsviile. Longstreet had turned and
routed the left flank of the enjmy, and as he
was forming his invincible corps for the final
charge, he wa* accidentally wounded by his
own men. The assault was necessarily sus
pended; the enemy availed himself of this
pause to rally and cover himself with breast
works and thus escape the almost certain
min that would otherwise have befallen him.
It was on this occasion, when the battle was
raging with its utmost fierceness, that an in
cident of the most touching and dramatic
character occurred. The Southern troops,
pressed at one point by overwhelming num
bers, gave back, and it seemed that their
fine would be broken. At this supreme mo
ment, when the fate of the day was tremb
ling in the balance, Lee, placing himself at
the head of that gallant Texas Brigade that
never faltered, ordered the men to follow
him. Then was witnessed a scene never be
held since the time when Washington's men,
seizing his bridle-rein, besought him not to
expose himself so rashly; a scene which even
amid the carnage of the battle wrung tears
from eyes all unused to weeping. Not
one man advanced to the charge; but from
one end of the line to the other, rose high
above the din of arms, the cry,
“LEE TO THE REAR.
We will charge, but you shall not go. ’
Touched beyond expression by this devotion
of his troops, the sreat Captain yielded to
their wishes, and he soon saw through the
tears that almost blinded him, the mou who
faared death only for him, sweeping away
the enemy as the whirlwind drives before it
the leaves of autumn. This charge, which
cost the lives of half the heroic brigade that
made it, restored the fight, and night found
the enemy repulsed on every side.
CLOSING SCENES OF THE WAR.
The heart sickens as it recalls the death-
throes of that once mighty army, whose
bayonets had for four years sustained tb.
liberty of the Soi^h, and it would fain draw
a veil over the mortal agony that wrung the
heart of its commander, when he saw all
was lost. He had done all that man conld
do, and he felt%ow that the time had come,
when it was his duty as a soldier, and as »
Christian^ to save the farther effusion of
blood. No thought of self entered into the
consideration of this question. In his own
concentrated on tbe 27th. The cavalry had wo jd», “the quest on i» whether it itnght,
unfortunately been left in Virginia, and its I nght f Uke the_ responsibiii:y.
absence was severely felt by Geueral Lee, as
be needed it to mask the movements of his
infantry, aud to obtain information.
Tbe first act of General Lee, upon enter-
centrated on the Heights of Stafford, pre- r ing the country of the enemy, was the pub-
When Virgiuia, in the exercise of her re
served rights of sovereignty, resumed the
power* sue bad delegated to tht Federal
Government, she summoned all her sons, by
the allegiance they owed her, to rally to her
defence. Nobly did they respond, and few
indeed were the renegaaes upon whom that
call fell unheeded. It came to General Lee
while he was at Washington, and it aroused
in his heart emotions of the profonndest and
most anxious nature. It found him high in
sank, but still higher in reputation, in the
Federal Army To this service be bad dedi
cated, as hd’exptessed it, $he best years of
his life; all his hopes and ftspirationg'were
earnest request, and begging that nothin’
he said about it. * * * y e t through all
this, with a magnanimity rarely equalled, lit-
stood in silence without defending himself
or allowing others to defend him, for he was
unwilling to offend any one who was wearing
a sword aud striking blows for the Confed
eracy.”
After his return from Western Virginia,
General Lee was ordered to South Carolina
aud Georgia to superintend the coast de
fences iu those States, j,inl he remained
there until the spring of 1^C2. He was then
recalled to Richmond, and was, by a general
order, dated March 13th, “assigned to duty
at the seat of Government, and under direc
tion of the President, charged with the con
duct of military operations iu tho armies of
the Confederacy. In this position he re
mained until an accident opened the way for
the more immediate display of that mighty
military genius which has covered his name
and his country with eternal honor. The
great soldier who had hitherto commanded
with such signal ability, tho army in Vir
ginia—General Johnston—[thuudering ap
plause]—having been severely wounded in
the battle of Seven Pines, on the 31st of
May, General Lee was appointed to succeed
him, and assumed command on the 2d of
Juilfe. From this time until tho close of the
war, the history of General Lee, is the his
tory of the immortal Army of Northern Vir
ginia—that noblest army that ever trod this
earth. To record the unparalleled achieve
ments of that army while directed by the
genius of Lee, would be a task far too great
to come within the scope of an address such
as the present. That wondrous story—than
which no brighter has ever been traced ou
the'page of history, belongs to the histo
rian. It will be bis to unfold to our wonder
ing posterity that grand panorama whereon
is portrayed this “bloodiest picturo iu the
book pf time.” He will tell of the constant
sufferings—tho devoted patriotism—the un
flinching courage—the heroic deeds of that
noble army, as its great Captain led it from
victory to victory, iu such rapid succession,
that the world stood amazed alike at the
prowess of the men, and the genius
of the Commander. All these details
pertain to tho great drama upon
which the curtain has just fallen, aud they
go to make history. But without encroach
ing on the domain of the historian, it may
be permitted to me to recall to the remem
brance as briefly as may be, the prominent
features which marked these last three ter
rific years of war, and gave to Lei tho place
he holds among the great soldiers of the
world.
Do you not remember—what Southern
heart can ever forget—how Lee, called un
expectedly from his duties in the Cabinet,
to lead au army to which he was an entire
stranger, grasped that army at once, with
the hand of a giant, and hurled it with the
forpe of a thunderbolt upou his enemy, driv
ing him in tb6 great fight of the ‘‘Seven
Days,” demoralized and defeated, to seek
ignominious shelter under the fire of his
gunboats ? These were the first operations
of General Lee on a suitable field for a dis
play of his powers, and the result was a mag
nificent success. The enemy who had been
threatening Richmond were driven, by the
combination of bril iant strategy on the’ part
pf the Southern Commander and des
perate valor on ihe part of the Houth-
ern troops, to seek Bafety in flight;
our people were relieved of a great anx
iety, and our soldiers—those best judges-
felt tl)|tt they were onpe again iu the hands
of a great Captain—one whose genius hail
already gained the confidence, as his kind
ness was goon to win the love they had cher
ished for their former leader.
Leaving this subject, however, to follow
the career of Lee, every step of which Is il
lumined by glory, we see him hurrying from
Ihe James river, where one defeated army
was cowering under protection of gunboats’
to meet another army on the Rappahannock’
which was marching “on to Richmond.”
These troops, from whom the Federal Gov
ernment expected results of the utmoat im
portant, had been plaoed under the com-
aratory tocrosing the river, Burnside found
ms able antagonist confronting him on
that field, which was soon to be made mem
orable as the seeuce of one of his most brilli
ant victories. Foiled in his attempt to secures
a strong position on the south bank of the
river, Burnside determined to attack Lee iu
position. As the heavy fog, which hid both
armies ou the morning'of tne 13th of Decem
ber, slowly drifted off, the Federal troops
were seen moving to attack the Confederate
light, held by Jackson. The story of that
assault is soon toid; it is the story of all the
fields where Stonewall Jackson fought.
Boldly as the assault was made, it met a sud
den and bloody repulse; nor was it again re
newed on that portiou of the line. The sound
of the guns engaged here had scarce ceased,
when the deep roar oi artillery on our left
told that the enemy were sweeping on iu the
first of those il*oipera>o charges, which left
half of their ar-saoiling columns dead and
wounded before Marve's fatal hill. All efforts
to storm this position were repulsnf with
tefrific slaughter, and night ieil ui^i field
over which tho Southern cross fio&ted in tri
umph; [Applause.] tit termination of a cam
paign seldom equalled in the magnitude and
glory of its achievements. One result of
tnis battle, a result which had followed every
engagement between the two armies, was
Thv removal of the Federal Commander, who
vs as superseded by Hooker. This officer
spent tne residue of the winter in reorganiz
ing h|s discomfited and dispirited army, so
that When spring opened ho was prepared to
take the fiol 1 with one hundred aud f.irty
thousand (140,000) men, fuliy equipped, aud
constituting, in his opinion at least, “the
finest army on the p'.auet.” Lee still occu
pied ins old pusitom near Fredericksburg,
with a force of less thau forty-five thousand
(45,000) men, Longstreet’* corps having
been sent to the south of the James river.
Availing himself of the absence of this corps,
Hooker determined to turn Lee’s left, winch
w^ffld force him—in the language employed
ou this occasion by the Federal commai.'dcr
—to “either in gloriously fly, or come out
from behind his defences and give us battle
ou our own ground, where certain destruc
tion awaits nim.” These were the boastful
words in which he—forgetful of the example
of Pope, and unmindful of, if he ever knew
the scnptual injunction, “let not him that
girdeth on his harness boast himself as he
that putteth it off”—addressed his troops.
Iu order to cover his real movement he
crossed one portion of his army to the south
side of the nver, below Fredericksburg, aud
with the rest of his command he passed the
liappahaunock aud Rapid&n above their
junction, eoncentratiug his troops at Chan-
ceiiorsvilie, on the 30th of April.
As soou as Hooker had drawn his columns
together, our great captain moved to meet
him. No operations of his aro marked by
greater boldness, celerity aud brilliancy thau
those attending that terrific conlhct, which
was soon to light up, with the fires ofdiath,
the gloom of that great Wilderness, which
held in its dark recesses the two hostile
armies, on that eventful night of the 30th of
April. Leaving Early with a small force, to
hold in check the euemy, who wa^threaten-
iug Fredericksburg from below, Bee boldly
threw the rest of his army against Hooker.
The conduct of this movement was commit
ted to his great lieutenant, whefwas destined
to fall on tnis his most glorious, but to us
fatal field, where victory was dearly purchas
ed by the life blood of Jackson!
Marching all the night of the 30th, Jack-
son encountered the enemy at nine o’clock
on the morning of the 1st of May, an J he
immediately proceeded to carry oat the or
der of Lee, which was to “attack and re-
puise the enemy.” When Hooker found that
Lee had “come out of his defences to give
battle” instead of “ingloriously flying,” he
seems to Have lost what little head he ever
had, and he at once retreated to Chancel
lorsvilie, wnere ho began to fortify bis po
sition. The strange spectacle was thus pre
sented, of an army more thau eitrhty
thousand (80,000) strong, which* had
moved out only the day previous ip
tho coufldent assurance of victory
covering itself with breastworks aud two
hundred (200) pieces of artillery, to save
itself from a force uot half its numlK-r. And
if anything could add to the strangeness of
this spectacle, it was the fact that this small
attacking army had in its rear another body
of the enemy of not less thau thirty thousand
(30,000) troops! But critical as was Lee’s
position, he was equal to the emergency.
With a small force, he threatened the enemy
iu front, while JacLson was sent to turn his
left flank. That success attended this move
ment, it is scarcely necessary to say, for
Jackson conducted it. Blunging into the
gloomy depth* of the great forest, he passed
with his usual rapidity aud secrecy across
the whole front of the enemy aud at five
o’clock in the afternoon he was .completely in
rear of his right flank. While Hooker was
busy congratulating his army in foolish or
ders, ou having turned Lee’s left flank, Lee
had effectually turned his right, aud was
ready to strike one of those heavy blows he
so often dealt. As soon as Jackson gained
the position he desired, he struck the enemy
with his accustomed irresistible impetuos
ity anil his tried veterans, led in person by
their beloved chief, swept everything before
them. But the very vigor of their attack
and the ardor of their pursuit produced con
fusion in their rauks, and owing4o the dark
ness of the night it became necessary to halt,
aud roform their line. Fatal pause f F. .r at
that moment Jackson, who had ridden for
ward to examine the position of the enemy,
was tired on by bis own troops, and fell In
tho very hour of victory, struck down by the
men who would willingly have given their
own lives to save his. Lee had lost “his
right arm,” and the South a soldier whoso
very name was a tower of strength to her
and a terror to her enemies. An English
writer—one who distinguished himself in the
Crimean War—has so happily drawn the
character of this great soldier,'that I cannot
refrain from quoting the language applied
to him, for even at the grave of Lee,
THE SOUTH LfiOFH A 1LAR TO IHE MEMORY OF
JACKSON.
Speaking of Virginia, this writer saj3:
“She haa given to the couutry a hero whose
name will last to the end of time, as an in
stance of the combination of the most ad
venturous and at the same time, felicitous
daring as a soldier—the most self-sacrificing
devotion as a patriot, and the most exalted
character as a mau—one who conld unite the
virtues of the Cavalier and of the Round-
head without the faults of either, and be at
once a Havelock and a Garabaldi." [Ap
plause.] The fall of Jackson stopped the
farther pursuit of the enemy, and uns ces
sation saved the Federal Armv from utter
destruction. Stuart was placed in command
of Jackson's Corps, and as he was unac
quainted with the ground or the position of
tne troops, he referred the renewal of the
attack until the next morning. In the mean
time the Federal position had been
greatly strengthened, while their force
nail been increased by the arrival of a fresh
corps. As tbe . rst rays of tbe sqn began to
pierce the heavy cluud of Bmoke left by the
last night’s battle the Southern troops
shouting, “remember Jackson,’’threw them
selves against the breastworks, bristling
with artillery ami steel. The struggle was
obstinate and doubtful, until Lee, who had
gradually extended his left, formed a junc
tion wtih the Corps of Jackson, when plac
ing himself at the head of the combined
forces, he stormed the works, aud drove the
enemy in complete rout to seek shelter be
hind an interior line of fortification. Lee
immediately prepared to tarry these
wqrka, and thus destroy at one
great blow, the already defeated Fede
ral army. But this blow was arrested,
just as it was about to fall, by the informa
tion that a force almost as strong as his own,
was advancing to attack him in rear. In
his front was an army still double bis own,
while another was threatening to strike
him in the rear. This was a condition of
things to call for the exercise of the highest
military qualities, and the genius of Lee
Droved adequate to the demand made on it.
Taking a few brigades, he moved fa fitefct
the advancing enemy and drove him aoross
the Rappahannock on Monday night. The
next day he hastened back to crush Hooker,
but the bird had flown—
lication of the noble address to his troops,
dated Chambersburg, June 27th, 1863, in
which he complimented the troops, and
urged tbeui to obey all orders and refrain
from any excesses that would sully their fair
reputation.
This order, pervaded as it was by the
spirit of Christianity aud the dictates of
humanity, confers greater glory on its au
thor than the most brilliant of his victories,
for it shows how solicitous he was to miti
gate the horrors of war. Coming from one,
whose own “beloved home” had|jbeen de
spoiled and desecrated; who had seen his
country siAjected to a fate which finds no
parallel in the history of civilizeu warfare,
save in the cruel devastation of the Palati
nate; wfio had witnessed the perpetration of
atrocities at which humanity shudders, and
who was at the head of a victorious army,
every man of which had in his own person,
ur the persons of his kindred, felt these un
utterable atrocities—it constitutes the
BRIGHTEST JEWEL IN THAT CROWN OF GLORY
which Lee has won for himself. Well may
the .South be proud of the leader who, when
time and opportunity held out the alluring
temptation of inflicting merited retaliation,
could restrain the angry passions of his men
Believing that it was right to do so, he
surrendered the little remnant of that band
of heroes, who had followed him through
three years of blood, of victory, and of
glory, and he sheathed forever his spotless
sword.
“Never hand
Waved sword from stain so free;
Nor purer sword led a braver band;
Nor a braver bled for a brighter land;
Nor a brighter land had a cause so grand;
Nor a cause a Chief like Lee.”
The end had come: “our sun had gone
down while it was yet day;” that cause, so
§ rand, sanctified by the tears, the prayers,
le life-long agony of our noble women, anti
glorified by the devotion, the patriotism, the
blood ef our men, fell when the sword of
Lee was surrendered; and with its fall, the
military career of our great Chief ended
forever.
The military career of Gen. Lee has been
traced at far greater length than was desira
ble on such an occasion but as rapidly as tbe
subject would allow. It bas been my object,
not to embarrass the narrative by any criti
cisms of my own, but to let the great actions
which marked that career, through its whole
progress, speak for themselves. From these
actions, the verdict of history will, after all,
be made np, and that verdict, neither the
praise of his friends, nor the censure of his
enemies, will be able to influence. We place
him, without one doubt, before that august
by appealing to their unsullied reputation I feeling assured that his motives,
aud oy reminding them that “vengeance is | deeds and his virtues, will be_ judged by
> Lord: ” *“ "
vengeance
mine, saith the Lord: I will repay.” Nor
can anything prove more fully the influence
Gen. Lee had over his men, than the fact,
creditable alike to tho Commander and to
the army, tiiat his order was most scrupu
lously obeyed. But the sublime lessou of
generosity and magnanimity he gave on
this occasion was, unfortunately, lost upon
the enemy, as his subsequent conduct
showed, for South Carolina and Virginia
Avere converted into deserts wherever his
army penetrated. This conduct on the part
of tho enemy, however, only brings out in
stronger and brighter colors, the character
of Lee, for
“Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate
crime;”
and defeated as we are, we would rather
that fate should be ours, than to have been
successful by the perpetration of evil deeds,
or the commission of crimes which would
forever have stuined our cause aud disgraced
our triumph! [Applause.]
GETTYSBURG.
Gen. Hampton here gave a review of the
events leading to the battle of Gettysburg,
and the inability of the Confederate* troops
to hold the position they had won.
Grand as .Lee had always appeared when
victory sat upon his banners, he was grand
er stiff, when his bleeding columns slowly
and sullenly fell back from that fatal biff
which they had won, but could not bold.
No rebuke, uot even au impatient gesture,
nor au angry word, met lua tried and de
voted veterans, as they moved defiantly
back. Riding to meet them amid the storm
of shot and shell, he cheered and encour
aged them by words of almost fatherly affec
tion, and rising far above all personal con
siderations, be had the magnanimity to ex
claim : “This is my fault
IT IS I WHO HAVE LOST THIS FIGHT !’
Noble words; which should win for bis
character greater admiration thau any vic
tory could have bestowed! [Applause.]
The great struggle was over; Lee had
failed to crush his enemy, but he had left
him too weak to strike back. Failing, how
ever, of full success, with his ammunition
exhausted, his communications threatened,
he had no alternative but to withdraw to
some position nearer his base. Maintain
ing bis line in front of the enemy for
twenty-four hours, inviting an attack, he
then withdrew, without any attempt on the
part of the enemy to molest him, and on
tLe 14th Lee crossed safely into Virginia.
The campaign of 1863 virtually ended here,
though there were several* unimportant
movements on the^art of both armies, du
ring the next few mouhts. ending with
Meade’s abortive attempt to force the South
ern line at Mine Run, on the 28th of No
vember.
The opening of the next campaign found
Lee, on the 1st of May, 18G4, on the South
ern bank of the Rapidan, his encampments
extending from that river to Gordousnffe.
Tho desperate fighting of the last two
▼ears, the insufficient supp y of food, and
the barbarous policy of ;he Federal Govern
ment in refusing to exchange prisoners, had
reduced the Army of Northern Virginia
to less than forty-five thousand (45,000 men
at this tune. This statement of its numbers
was jeceived directly from Gen. Lee himself,
so there can be no question of its correct
ness. Opposed to this small army was a
force upwards of one hundred and forty
thousand ,1,n n/w '* “
posterity, as we, his countrymen, judge them
now.
‘His grandeur he derived from Heaven alone,
For he was great e’er fortune made him so;
And wars, like mists that rise against tho sun,
Made him, but greater seem, not greater
grow.
‘His ashes in a peaceful urn shall rest;
His name, a great example stands to show,
How strangely, high endeavors may be blest,
Where piety and valor jointly go.”
At the close of Gen. Lee’s military service
he retired quietly to private Ufe, and though
the record left by him as a private citizen
is aB noble as any portion of bis whole career
it was unfortunately for the {South and for
the world all too brief.
To this task he devoted himself with al!
the intensity of his great nature, and ho was
found at his post when he was summoned to
the presence of that God whom he had
served so long and so well. When he rallied
from his first attack and we were cheered
by the hope that his precious life would be
spared, a friend called to congratulate him
ou his convalesence, and to express the hope
that his health would soou be perfectly re
stored. Shaking his head gravely and plac
ing his hand pn his heart, he replied, “No:
the trouble is here.” The trouble was in
deed there, for the sorrows, the afflictions
and the wrongs of the people whom he loved
so well, were snapping one-by-one his heart
strings, and he fell at last, dying as trulv
for the South, as if he had fallen in ner caub'
on the bloodiest field he ever won in her de
fence. And^ thus he passed away from the
scene of his labors anil bis glory, to appear
at the bar of that Great Judge, who alone
can and will decide, whether the cause in
which he fought was right or wrong. But
though he is no longer with us, his example
his fame and his virtues are still left to us
and he thus is not dead.
“But Btfew his ashes to the wind.
Whose sword or voice has served mankind
And is he dead, whose glorious mind
lifts thine on high ?
To five in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die.
“Is*t death to fall for Freedom’s right?
He’s dead alone, that lacks her light l
And murder sullies in Heaven’s sight
The sword ho draws.
What can alone ennoble fight ?
A noble cause.”
[Tremendous applause. ]
At the conclusion of this address, amidst
enthusiastic applause, some one cried
‘THREE CHEERS FOR QEN. HAMPTON,”
and the building fairly rung with the hearty
response, succeeded with the well known
tigar” of tho Southern troops.
AFTER SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
We must now retrogade in our account
and record the movements of the different
companies after the parade, who were not
present in the Theatre.
The Guards proceeded to West Broad
street and complimented Mrs. Mary Mar
shall, relict of their oldest Captain, with
regular military salute. After visiting sev
eral other places, they returned about two
o’clock to their Armory where
A SPIENDID COLLATION,
with their invited gnests aud the offieers <
the Savannait Cadets proceeded to the resi
dence of Captain Robert FalLgant on Andeij
son street, where they were very haudsomeij
entertained. Ou their return they were mo
at the corner of Bouth Broad aud BuUttreet J
by the Cadets and escorted to the house t
Lieutenant H. M. Branch, of the Cadeti
where they partook of a tine collation aq<|
spent a very agreeable hour.
The glorious Hussars, fall of fun anil
frolic, wrre here, there au l everywhere me*
with cordial welcome, and had a good tin
generally, and duriug the afternoon treated
Bay street to a regular cavalry charge*, witH
(Lawn sabres, which created quite a pleas!
urablo excitement. During the eveuiuJ
various other charges were made by the gajl
cavaliers, which we do uot find mentioned
in our favorite military tactics. W« lovJ
the Hussars for the old memories it revives
of the times when we had our “headquarters
in tne saddle,” and as they dashed down thq
Bay yesterday we felt like vaulting up otl
the back of a spirited looking equine stand!
ing near, and joining in tbe “charge.”
The Johnston Light Infantry were down
on the Bay also, during the afternoon, and!
although unnniformed and without armsJ
they presented a very tine appearance. Wa
make our most graceful bow for a compli-j
mentary salute to the Morning News.
THE CONTRIBUTION BOXES.
The excitement incident to the parade
doubtless caused many to forget the contri
bution boxes which had been placed at con
venient points by the ladies of the Memorial
Association, for donations to the Lee Monu
mental fund, but nevertheless quite a neat
sum was realized. The boxes were in posi-j
tion at a late hour yesterday afternoon, and,
we trust that donationsVere liberal.
THE CLOSE.
All agree that tho display by our volunteer *
military was in every respect a grand and
imposing one, aud was highly gratifying audjj
creditable to our city. The demonstration
was emphatically a public one and was par
ticipated in by all classes, business of every
kind being virtually suspended. Tbe birth
day of the Grand Commander of the Army
of Northern Virginia should ever bo observed
by the Southern people as au event that
gave to the world a hero aud Christian
soldier, whose like has never been seen be
fore or since, and tbe grand, enthusiastic
demonstration in Sanannah yesterday
satisfactory evidence that Georgians, at least,
will do this honor to him who has aptly been
termed a second Washington—“first iu war,
first in peace, first in the hearts of hie
countrymen."
Kecorilei-’s Court.
There was a lair attendance of the irre
pressibles at the Recorder’s reception yester
day, but tho desire to witness the grand cel
ebration was so universal that the unfortu
nates prevailed upon their friends to raise a
contribution to release them. .In this way a
better financial exhibit was shown on the re
cords. None of the offences were of a seri
ous character, and the fines were small. The
consequence was but few additional guests
were received at the Hall street mansion.
Especial I!
Under this caption the following placard
was circulated in certain quarters yesterday
afternoon. We had not heard that either
Hon. E. C. Anderson or Hon. Solomon
Cohen were in the market on “purchase
bent,** and aro somewhat astonished that
“the enemies of the poor man” (who ever
they may be) instead of enjoying the mag
nificent military display yesterday should
run around selling people to people who
don’t want to buy. This placard gives the
flat deniai to such reports, aud “the enemies
of the poor man” had better take a back
seat. Hear:
At this instant I have understood it l^as
emanated from the enemies of tne poor man
that Dr. Walsh sold out to the Hon. E. C.
Anderson, or the Hon. Solomon Cohen.
I have tho highest opinion of both gentle
men, but I have no sympathy in that direc
tion.
Dr. Walsh desires to know who published
this falsehood before the people. At tho
office of the subserilier $500 will be paid for
the desired information.
W. M. Walsh, M. D.
thousand (140,000) strong, thoroughly equip- A splendid collatig
ped, and with inexhaustible resources upon tlj e tender of their gallant commander.
The Federal Government | awaited them. The “Guards,” as in times
gone by, were not averse to “a good square
meal” after their long tramp in tho bracing
*“ and lull justice was done to the sub
stantial. A number of invited guests were
present, including officers of several of the
oompanies. After the eatables had been dis
posed of sparkling champagne and inspiring
punch were brought to light. Speeches and
sentiments were the order of tlm hour.
Brief addresses were made by General Ker
shaw, Major Basinger, Colonel Olmstead,
Colonel E. C. Anderson, Colonel Wm. T.
Thompson, and numerous others. Colonel
John Screven, in a happy sentiment to
the Republican Blues, the old comrades
of the Guards* was loudly applauded,
when alluding to the time of anld lang
syne, when his father was in com
mand of the Gnards, and the father
of Lieutenant C. W. Anderson, was Captain
of the Blues. This was responded to in very
neat and appropriate terms by Lieutenant
Anderson, who was present. The occasion
was a most convivial and pleasant one, and
was conclusive evidence that the Guards are
as genial and accomplished at the festive
board as they were gallant and brave on the
battle-field.
The Chatham Artillery honored Bay street
with their presence after the parade and fired
a stunning salute from their “bull dogs” in
commemoration of the day. They subse
quently repaired to the Pulaski House where
they were regaled with a most sumptuous
repast, tendered them by Captain A. P. Wet
ter, an honorary member of the Company.
The well-known reputation of the clever
Chatham* satisfy us that they were not be
hind their comrades in having a pleasant
which to draw.
had given the control of all military opera
tions to Gen. Grant, an officer who, thrown
bv accident to the surface, had the addition
al good fortune to rise there, when the re
sources of the Confederacy were well-nigh
exhausted. He is said to have expressed a
profound contempt for what had hitherto
been regarded as one ot the surest indica
tions of au able Commander—skillful man
euvering—aud he placed his whole reliance
in using superior numbers, “to hammer con
tinuously until by mere attrition” his enemy
would be crumbed. This system, looking as
it does for success only to the employment
of brute force,[requires rather the strength
that numbers give, than tbe genius of the
soldier, but the bloody sacrifice of fives it
involved was a matter of slight consequence
to tbe Federal Government, ao lung as the
mercenaries of Europe and the slaves of the
South could be us^d as substitutes for the
patriots of the North, who could thus fight
safely for the Constitution and the Union.
But the South, cut off from foreign aid—
with the ear of the world closed againt her
by the misrepresentations of her enemies—
surrounded ou all sides by danger—subject
ed to treatment which violated every princi
ple of civilized warfare—with thousands of
ln r sous sleeping boueath the soil they had
died to defend, or b\ a worse fate, perishing
in Northern prisons—tiad no resources Bave
in those heroic armies which had so long up
held the cause of their country. Hardships,
starv ation and the buffets of the enemy were
diminishing these daily and she had mo
mercenaries fight battles for her sons. All
that she could do was to fight a6 long as one
ray of hope was left to cheer her, aud this
she did do. The end was not far off, but be
fore it came tbe Army of Northern Virginia
was destified to leave to history
A RECORD
GLORY AS BRIGHT AS THE
BRIGHTEST
inscribed on its pages, and Lee was in his
last campaign to surpass even his former
achievements. But how can the story of
these achievements be told in a few hurried
pages ?
The relative positions of the two armies
have been stated, -as well as the condition of
each. Grant, in pursuance of the plan he
had adopted, moved across the Rapidan on
the 4th of May, with a view to turn Lee’s
right flank, and thus force him to tall back
on Richmond. His passage ot the river was
unobstructed, which he regarded as a great
success. Lee, had he chosen to do so, could
have struck him then, for be had been ap
prised from Washington of the contemplated
movement, as well as of the numbers of his
enemy. £(e preferred, however, to draw
Gran j into the tangled depths of the wilder
ness,before delivering the plow he meditated.
As soon therefore as the Federal army had
penetrated the forest, Lee, not regarding
his vast superiority of numbers, threw his
small but determined army on the vast force
that had come to crush him. Once again
the deep solitude of these dark woods which
had been shaken bv the thunders of Chan-
cellorsville, was broken by the scream of
shot and shell, and the roll of musketry; the
struggle was long, bloody and obstinate, but
Southern arms, as on many another gory
field, overcame the disparity of numbers,
and Vfer« crowned with success. The enemy,
m a contest of two days, was repulsed on all
sides, and Grant’s first move had ended in
discomfiture. 8evere as was the loss sus
tained by the Federal armv on this occasion,
it would have Deen much heavier, if not {tea-
time.
In the forenoon the Oglethorpe Infantry
proceeded to the residence of Judge Walter
Chisholm, on Gaston street, where they were
presented with the memorable flag of the
Company by Captain J. M. B. Lovell, in a
neat speech. This flag was entrusted by
General Frank 8. Bartow to his partner,
Captain Lovell, when the Company left for
Virginia in 1861, with the request that the
latter should preserve it carefully. At the
close of the war Captam Lovell expressed a
desire to return the flag whenever the
“Oglethorpea” reorganized, and in accord
ance with this purpose yesterday delivered
the handsome colors, originally a gift. fr om
the ladies of Savannah to the Company.
Captain Falligant received the flag and re
sponded on behalf of his Company in his
usual felicitous style. The flag was carried
during the parade, and was entrusted at the
dismissal to the care of Mrs. Branch, whose
three noble sons share in the glory of the
oorpe.
At half-past three o’clock the company
Hotel Arrivals.
Pulaski House—A L Smith,, W T Jake,
So Ca; J K Evans, H Dempsey, Augusta; Jas
Gawdey, New YorL; J F Rowes, G H Martin,
Baltimore; Wm N Yeaton A A Alexander,
Philadelphia; Geo E Wills, Boston; T F
Smith, Brunswick; G W McLeod, Swains-
boro; Robt Bacon, Mitchell; D H Pope, Al
bany- G Hunter and wile, D Hunter, J C
Ward, Albany, N Y; Geo 8 Holmes, Phila;
W W Briggs, Danbury - ; Miss Hilden, Carl
son, Ga; M Mallory, T P Chambers, wife,
daughter and nurse, Ga; 8 G Curry and
wife, L L Beer, Mrs Beer, Providence; Capt
W S Cheesman, s s H Livingston; R R Dix
on, Louisville; B A Salter, lennille.
Screven House—C W Pike, M J O’Brien,
Ga; J W Bennett, A A G R R; Jno J Davis,
Columbia, 8 C; H LcSnear, Albany; David
Flanders, Macon; M Hunter, J L Singleton,
Scriven; W A Ross, D W Prime anil wife,
New York; C Irwin, Vermont; Jas Baggs,
city: T W Seary, Md; H W Hook. Phila; 8 L
Graham aud wife, Tean; E H Clarke and
wife, Miss Clarke, D Dessan, F Lewis, New
York; Jno M Poor, Geo T Comers, Boston;
H J H-inJ, Phils; JC Lovett, N Y.
Marshall House—L B Thiel, Phila; L II
Clinton, G L Fox, Geo ii Tyler. 8 D Eaton
and lady, New York; J W Shackelford, Co
lumbia, 8 C: L C Strong, J H Einstein, R W
Adams, H G Knapp, Jno G JUitch, city; Mrs
Brown, Miss S -iitb, Mr.-> Lai ranee, Georgia;
B H Tlieus, So Ca; J T Grosty, Baltimore!
Wm J Nickler, s s Saragossa:’ Mr Shandal,
Quitman; W Clary, Jessup; T 8 Hooper, s s
Saragossa; E C Hames, JllAJKR; W R
Hogan and brother, Lawrence, Ga; P Mc-
Dav, s s H Livingston.
European House—L N DeLarranaga,
Louisville; Henry Clere St Lamberts; F F .
Sawiu, Chas Schafer, Mike Stanton, G E
Kenter, Mr Lav sky, Mr Woskresenskay, Mr
Raynold, Mr Sabaleft, Geo A Beane’ ilisa
Fannie Beane, B Greene, Fox’s Troupe; C II
Bunis, Madison, Fla: J J Fitzpatrick, Ire-
land.
Correspondence.
THE SREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY.
Saxtons River, Vt., Dec. 28,1872.
Editor American Grocer:
Be kind eeongh to inform us through your
valuable paper as to the reliability of “The
Great American Tea Company,” a specimen
of whose circular 1 enclose, which are being
scattered profusely in this vicinitv. Very
respectfully yours, H. G. J.
Answer.—So far as the general commer
cial standing of the Great American Tea
Company is concerned, we do not know any
thing against it. We presume it pays for its
goods and is making moDey; but when it
comes to the statements of that Company,
as contained in the circular sent us by our
correspondent, of the groat reductions iu tho
price of teas, of its great business connec
tions with all the principal ports of China
and Japan, of its saving the consumer from
five to eight profits, of relying upon getting
only pure and fresh teas, and ali that sort of
talk, we would advise our friends to receive
them with a very large grain of salt. It buys
the most of its teas here in New York, just
as nearly all the jobbers and wholesale gro
cers do. It sells them as high, or higher.
If there are any specially bad lots of teas on
the market, it is almost sure to get hold of
them, and, from its long experience in ma
nipulating, can put the “high hills of Asia”
flavor into them, so as to deceive nine-tenths
of the consumers who patronize its club ar
rangement. We bave no doubt that our cor
respondent is selling better teas thau this
Company offers, and at as reasonable rates.
The above v e copy from tho American
Grocer, a well-known journal of established
reliability.
*We have constantly on hand a full assort
ment of pure teas, selected especially for
this market, which we offer at figures rang
ing from eighty cents upwards.
janl7-tf Putzel A Son.
Street Humor.
We have beard it rumored that A. & S. Mitch-
ell, the Popular One Price Ciothlcra, at So. 127
Broaghtou street, 2d door from Bull, h?.ve re
duced the prices on lueir c!o:biag—geutlciue-’s
furnishing goods, hats aud trunks—and meeting
John Knowaall, whom, by the waj, we hardly
recognized, he being dressed in the height of
fashion, he told us that he bought bin entire out-
(ft of ▲. k S. Mitchell, at 10 per cent, belcw the
charges cf every other house he’s be^n to. Their
stock la large, aud the selection good; and tho
beauty of it is, they can mit all classes « f cus
tomers. In order to convince the pub ic of what
they profess t j do, they invite a call to their
handsome establishment. jaa'8-tf ^
Time white Drees Shirts, and a large assortment
Underwear, to be bad at A k 8 Mitchell s. ftf
Affect Ions
For Throat Diseases and
of the (’heat,
••Brown's Bronchial Troche*’’ are of value. F ;r
Concha. Irritation of tho Throat enwd by ooij,
taaual axertiop of tha vocal organa. In apo.k-
tag, in public, or alnglng, thay produce benifleial
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