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AN OUTLINE OP COL. JONES' ORATION.
Col. C. C. Jones began his address
with a graphic sketch of the centennial
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KOIlFRT A. GBANN1SS, Vice I
Col. Charles C. Jones' Oration
—The Annual Meeting of Mid
way Society—The Old Se
lectmen Re-Elected—The
Laying of the Corner
' Stone Postponed Un
til May 8th.
Midway church is now the Mecca
of the remnant of those who, in the
palmy ante-bellum days, worshipped at
its shrine. They, and their descendants
and the descendants of Midway’s mem
bers who sleep their last sleep, oome
annually, like tho pilgrims, to render
reverence to the Deity at the nosed
fane from which they onoe drew inspi
ration and spiritual consolation.
They gather together and preserve
scraps of unwritten history to rescue
from oblivion tho traditions of the past,
and to commemorate and perpetaate
the noble deeds of their ancestor?.
Scattered by the dire results of the
war of Kcenion to the remotest bounds
of the continent, ala.-! this is all that
they can do in tho premises.
It was the last of the yearly convo
cations than was held yesterday,
day was ushered in with weeping skies,
aod as the morning advanced the down
pour of rain increased until locomotion
out of doors was well nigh impossible.
The Savannah, Florida &, Western fast
mail was delayed 40 minutes, and it
was about 9 o’clock a. m, when the
train drew up at McIntosh station. The
rain was descending in torrents and the
prospect for the celebration was gloomy.
An hour passed away without any let
up in the rain, and then consulting the
orator of the day, and taking the nense
of tho score or more visitors, Marshal
Scaoy decided that nolens volcns. good
or had weather, the programme should
be carried out.
A PROCESSION IN TIIE RAIN.
There was a mustering of vehicles,
all topless, apd drawn by steeds of eve
ry description, from the marsh tacky to
the stately roadster, and the procession
moved off to the joy of every one. It
passed between hedges of Cherokee
roses, and through swamps treliised
over with yellow jassamincs, whose
fragranoe filled the air, and, despite
the drivin 5 rain, reached its destination
in safety. Quite a number of the beat
citizens of the oouoty and a few noted
strangers from abroad had assembled,
including a considerable detachment of
tho Liberty Independent Troop in their
new and handsome uniforms.
As tho hour was late, there was no
delay in proceeding to business. Rev.
James Stacy, of Newnan, Ga., was
elected, and William Quartorman was
appointed secretary after the doxology
had been sung by tho choir.
The marshal of the day, Mr. T. G.
Stacy, ann muced tho programme,which
began with tho rendition of that grand
old hymn, “Coronation.” Next came
an eloquent and beautiful prayer from
Rev. James Stacy, D. D., after which
the minutes-of the last meeting were
read f.nd confirmed, followed by the
reading of the articles of incorporation
of the Midway Society, passed in Au
gust, 1754. New members were then
enrolhd, and the old board of select
men was unanimously re-elected. Next
in order came the address of Col. C. C.
Jones, Jr., J. L. D., whijh was listened
to with rapt attention.
TUE ANNUAL DINNER.
A recess of thirty minutes for din
ner was taken, and a sumptuous and
delicate spread of good things showed
that old Liberty>£48 still the land of
Goshen, and both citizens and guests
did ample justice ho the choioe viands
set before them.
When the meeting re-assembled,
tho following resolution offered by Mr.
Thomas W. Fleming was unanimously
adopted by a rising vote:
Resolved, That the -thanks of this
meeting be tendered to Col. C. C.
Jones, Jr., LL. D., for bis very im
pressive and eloquent address delivered
on this oocasion, and that a copy of the
same be requeated for publication, and.
a fund be raised for that purpose; also
that 500 copies or more of the same be
printed in pamphlet form and disposed
oelebration of the founding of Midway
church in Liberty county, on the days
of Dec. 6 and 7,1852. On the Sab
bath preceding that celebration, he said,
Rev. I. 8. K. Arson, D. D., the pas
tor of the ehnreh, delivered an
quent preliminary discourse. The oele
bration began on Monday with a salute
of guns at sunrise by a detachment of
the Chatham Artillery, and soon sll the
roads and approaches were thronged
with vehicles of every description, filled
with patriotic pecple, who had turned
out cn masse to do honor to the
sion. The gallant and venerable CdL
William Maxwell was president of the
day, assisted by Capt. P. W. Fleming
and Abril Winn, two old commanders
of the Liberty Independent Troop,
grand marshals. A band from Savan
nah furnished the music, and soon, on
the Snnbnry road, an imposing proces
sion was formed, led by the chairman
of the committee of arrangements,
bearing a broad banner inscribed with
appropriate and stirring legends.
When the procession had leached
the ehnreh, after an ode for the occa
sion by the Rev. 8amuel J. Cassels had
been iuog, the oration was pronounced
by John B. Mallard, the historian of
the church and community. Then fol
lowed the laying of the earner stone on
a green plateau in front of the chuTcb,
with prayer and itzprosivc ceremonies,
followed by salvos of artillery, a gener
ous banquet crowning the events of the
diy.
Again the next morning dii the peo
ple assemble iu large numbers to com
plete the programme that had been ar
ranged for thb centennial celebration.
Another procession was formed and
marched into the church, bearing with
it the distinguished orator, Hon. Wil
liam Law, of Savannah, a native of
Liberty county, of whom Cel. Jones
thus gracefully spoke: ‘ The Hon.
William Law, than whom do more
courteous gentleman, eloquent advo
cate, profound jurist and^fair-minded
judge ever adorned society ami main
tained the standard of true excellency
in this region, delivered an oration re
markable for its dignity, appropriateness
and eloquence.”
The exercises of this interesting
caaion were concluded with another
bountiful feast, which was enlivened
with numerous toasts and sentiments
and eloquent responses from guest and
citizen.
A TRIBUTE TO THEIR FATHERS.
The orator paid a beautiful tribute
to the patriotism, piety and veneration
for their fathers which had prompted
the people thus to honor ihtir memo
ries by the imposing celebration.
Speaking of the bold stand they took
for liberty in the war for independence,
he said: “Sir James Wright was not
far from the mark when he located the
head of the rebellion in St. John's
parish and advised the Earl of Dart
mouth that tho rebel measures there
inaugurated were to be mainly referred
to the influence of tho descendants of
New England people of the Puritan
sect, who, retaining a
strong tincture of republican or Oiiver-
iao principles, entered into an agree
ment among themselves to adopt both
the resolutions and association of the
continental congress.”
The orator, in moving language,
then proceeded to portray the sterling
patriotism, hcrioc devotion to principle,
aod great sufferings of the Midway
people throughout the revolutionary
war. He spoke, too, feelingly, of the
destruction of the first house of worship
by ‘ ribald British soldiery” and the
erection of toe present staunch edifies,
which has withstood the tempests of
icarly oue hundred years. Then fol
lowed a concise, but exceedingly inter
esting, recital of the events of the war
in St. John’s Parish, much of it being
unwritten history. The ambuscade
and death of .he brave General Sere-
vena by the forces of Col. Prerost,
within one mile of the chnrcb, tbe he
roic defense of the Son bury and the
repulse of the enemy at that point,
which, after the fall of Savannah, was
invested by sea and land and forced, at
length, to calipulate, tbe several battles
that oocurrcd near the church and in
the parish, acts of personal proves, etc^
were given with graphic power and the
precision of a trained historian.
The events of tbe war having been
narrated, and the names of the leading
participants mentioned, the orator pro
ceeded^ state the deplorable condition
of St. John’s Parish, after it had been
oTennn by the enemy, subsequent to
the fall of Savannah, it was only
ptraBeied by the Invasion of Sherman's
fonts, whora enormities vffl forever
blot the esoatehson of the wlon
• men nr BISTORT.
Here,” said the enter, “dwelt
Hall and Button Gwinnett,
signers of the declaration of indipen-
4ms, Richard Hovfej and Matthews
. a ■
Hoses Also, Bsejamu Baker, Cols.
Wflfiam and John Baker, General
Daniel Stewart, Col. John McTntoeh,
*nd many others,
His sketch of old Sunbuxy in its
palmy days, once the rival of Savannah,
but now desolate and forsaken, with
nothing left save the lovely and un-
changable foot prints of nature, was
particularly fine.
The eloquent orator made this com
forting remark, however, in view of
the desolation of church and eounty:
“Although the thsdowe of penury and
desuetude are resting upon thia vener
able church, there are memories of ho
ly men and virtuous women, of worthy
deeds and ugnificant events, of noble
’aspirations ' and elevating influences
which the lapse of years hat not oblit
erated, which the mutations of fortune
have not consigned to oblivion.”
Hie orator closed his address with a
deeply interesting sketch of the history
of the time-honored tabernacle, subse
quent to the cessation of hostilities in
the secession war. It was replete in
references that brought sadness to every
sen of Liberty county. The orator’
final remarks, however, displayed the
rainbow of hope in the skies of the fu
ture and were peculiarly appropriate
and impressive. It was one of the
bleat effort* of the orator-historian. Of
course,a brief outline, like the foreg' in^
does not do justice to Colonel Jones’
oration, which was not only clcquent,
but full of historical references which
were not only valuable, but exceedingly
interesting.
The Late Captain F. W. Daw
son.
In the death of Captain Dawson,
of the Charleston News and Courier,
reported elsewhere, southern journal
ism sustains an irreparable loss.
Captain Dawson was a masterful
man. He held his position as the
head of Carolina journalism—and,
indeed, the bead of affairs in Caro
lina—by the force and power of his
nature, rather than by tact or man
agement. And at last his position
as leader had come to be practically
undisputed. To his infinite and last
ing honor it can be said that this
leadership has never been abused, its
opportunities never wasted, its power
never prostituted, its suggestions
never misdirected. South Carolina
is a better and a more prosperous state
because he lived in it and gave his
life freely and daily to her sevice.
For as much to be written in truth
and sincerety, as this is written of
him, over their graves, the best and
proudest men might be willing to toil
through life and to meet Death at
last, as he met it, unfearing and tran
quil. To have made the state better
for having lived in it, and its people
happier for having moved among
them—no better than this could be
said of any man; and this, in deep
and sorrowful conviction, we write ot
F. W. Dawson to-night.
In the differences that come be
tween all self-respecting journalists
we have had our frequent jousts with
this gallant and lamented gentle
man. It is pleasant, even in this
hour of grief, to remember that never
for an instant, did the pen of either
rankle in the breast of tbe other, or
even the heat ot discussion * disturb
the deep and earnest friendship that
for years existed between us. Within
the past month we had from hfehand
a letter so full of manly and generous
appreciation of a trifling courtesy,
that it carried back a fraternal letter,
the sentiment of which, we may hope
to-night, abided with him to his death.
In spite of their differences, editors,
we think, stand closer to each other
at last, than men ot any other pro
fession. Though apart, they are
essentially together. Every day they
see wbat is best and brighest of each
other, and, reading between ihc lines,
as laymen may not do, they breed a
sort of comradeship, akin to that of
the shouk!er-to* 1!loulder brotherhood
of the march and the camp! And
to-night thinking oi the gentle and
handsome face Chat is stifled now
m death—of the courtly and gracious
form, now fallen forevermore—of the
brave aod hopeful* personality which
but this very m orning we followed
through the columns of his paper,
but now blotted from earth and from
men, we led some thing of the keen
ness of bereavement that toadies
those who gather about his bier aod
through a mot of tears look down on
the smitten Kps and the folded hands!
From this, issacs thoughts' may
not be writ down or ottered—but
that befit the silence that nukes
sacred! So from this midnight
a fellow-seder, whose works not yet
ended, and who hath not yet found
release from tlu: straggle and the
cocflct,. send* up this prayers *0bd
keep thee, cor irade! God rest thy
soul ia_ pearx, thou
Mr. H. H. Sanford is growing i
rare Japanese flowers, among them the
Peons, a beautiful specimen of that flo
ral kingdom. Mr. Sanford reoeived the
shraba only a few weeks siooe and they
are blocming right along. It would
pay parties to go out to Dixie Nursery
just to see the new flower.
Among the recent prominent ar
rivals at the Piney Woods we notice
the name of Mr. W. S. Shields, of
Knoxville, East Tennessee. Mr.
Shields, though quite a young man,
ranks among the leading financiers
of his city, being cashier of the City
Bank of Knoxville. He belongs to
an old and honored family; being the
son ot Judge Shields, of Grainger
county, one of Tennessee’s distin
guished sons. Mr. Shields comes to
our Southern clime for rest and recu
peration.
“From Ear-Room to Pulpit.”
The Rev. Sam W. Small delivered
this remarkable lecture beforo a good
audience at the opera house, last week.
When the curtaiu rose, at a quarter
pa«t eight, tho distinguished leoturer,
Rev. Dr. Hinton, aud Capt. Charles P.
Hanscll, were seen on the stage. Cap
tain Hansel], as master of ceremonies,
announced that Dr. Hinton would in
voke the divine blessing on the assem
blage. Dr. Hinton proceeded to offer
an appropriate prayer, when CapUin
Hansel! advanotd to the footlights, and
in a few eloquent words—words appro
priate and befitting the occasion—intro
duced Mr. Small. Every one had
heard much of Mr. Small, and listened
with undisguised interest for the first
sentence which fell from his lips. And
they were eloquent and burning words.
Notwithstanding tho brilliant reputa
tion of the speaker, the audience were
quiekly convinced that it was not over
estimated. From the first utterance to
tho lo3t sentenco the audience never
flagged, never lost interest, but hang
with breathless attention on the sharp,
incisive words and sentences which fell
from the speaker’s lips in a steady
stream. It is impossible to portray, on
paper, the lecture. It was inimitable,
aed delivered in an easy, flowing style,
showing the speaker’s wonderful com
mand of language, and a vividness of
descriptive powers, which mast hare
been heard to be appreciated. The
evils of intemperance were portrayed in
language which left no doubt aboatthe
ipeaker’s personal experience. The
devotion of a loving wife, during the
years of his dissipation, was pointed in
graphic, yet tender language, told in a
mannor which bronght tears to the eyes
of many. The speaker’s fund of anec
dotes appeared to be inexbaustible.And
every one fitted—fitted close. His al
lusions to alderminie boards, when
considering the question of licensing
bar-rooms, brought down the house.
The environments of the average Meth
odist preacher, when taking hold of a
new work, tbe advice tendered him by
the “leading member” were given in a
manner and style which convulsed the
audience. Some of the speaker’s hits
were most palpable, and were keenly
enjoyed by all. Mr. Small is a finished
elocutionist and an orator of extraordi
nary powers. He catches and holds as
audience, who never lose, for a single
moment, tho interest which he excites.
His arraignment of the law, of ths
State, for legalizing tbe liquor traffic
was as scathing and sweeping as his de
nunciation of the men who sold it.
Now and then, throughout the lecture,
sandwiched in between a telling anee-
dote, the speaker would startle the
audience with some terse thought cr
epigram, wbieh fairly thrilled the
nerves. Throughout the lecture were
occwtaoal bunts of eloquence which
dfested rounds of applaaeejjroui the pit
the gallery. His peroeatiew
was grand and sublime. In this fi
nal flight of oratory, he held the large
audience spell-bound, as the reiilsil
sentences feB from rmpemfoned* Spa,
painting and pietaring n me wifafc
Mali, but
which will, some day, burst upon the
esraptured vision of the
the ndeamad, as they enter the ular-
naldty, where God end purity trip.
The peorfy gates swung bade at the Ind-
ding ef the sflrer-toogusd orator,
mgpmpeeefth* new JcruMm
msb. As if in^ired, the speaker, look.
the l;t -at White Throne. This
of the lecture
the hzgs and handsome chureh began
to fill, and before the time tor preach
ing every seat and chair pomibly to be
had was filled, and the sides were
crowded with intended hearers, stand
ing. Many had to be turned away,
not being abb to gei within the doors.
It was indeedn flattering tribute to
the speaker.
At 8 o’clock, Mr. Small commenced
Ms sermon from the 12th chapter 1st
Corinthians, 3rd verse: “Wherefore I
give you to understand that no
man, speaking by ths spirit
of God, calleth Jesus accursed;
and that no man can say that Jesus is
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.’’
He handled the subject well, and from
the very outset held the rapt attention
of Ms large and intelligent audience.
The speaker portrayed in vivid colors
the effect of the spirit of God on
mankind, and per contra the
evidence of the want of the
spirit, as manifested by the so-called
Christians of the day; the devotees of
fashion and those imbued with the
worldly conventionalities so common
in our churches. -
Mr. Small announced that he was
not preaching to sinners. There was
ample application for his discourse
among church members, and he
gave them some plain home thrusts in
a way calculated to leave a lasting iw-
presioo. His pioturs of the two fac
tions of a church, one meek, loving,
and God-serving people, the other, and
unfortunately the larger class, who
could see no evil in the euchre party,
the boll, the wine-bibbing, the theatre
going, Ac., was a telling one, and
tbe contrast, os presented by bim, left
no room for doubt in the mind of his
audience as to wMch faction was endow
ed with the spirit of God.
We will not undertake to follow the
eloquent speaker; sufficient that he in
terested, to the fullest, his audience*
for one hour and fifteen minuites, at
times becoming grand in-his eloquence.
We eon but predict a glorious career
for Mm, for he has undoubtedly been
given talent of an unnsual order, and
his reclamation from sin and the devil,
as portrayed in his own glowing words,
are bat examples of bis teacMngs.
May he live long to serve the great
Master, as now.
Another Fire.
A little after 2 o’clock Monday morn
ing an alarm of fire was sounded. A
bright flame shootiog up in the north
western portion of the city quickly
showed the loeation of the fire. It
proved to bo the residence of Dr. W.
G. Patrick, on Calhoan street. The
fire department turned out, bat it was
so for to water—the cistern in front of
Mr. Ainsworth’s—that it was some
time before enough hose could be coup
led up to reach the fire. In the mean
time the crowd worked hard to save
tho effects of the burning building.
The Bom boose, next door to Dr. Pat
rick, occupied by Mr. H. M. Cave,was
also burned. With the exeeption of
some kitchen furniture most of the
effects of Mr. Cavs’s houie were saved.
The adjoining residence to Dr. Patrick,
occupied by Mr. A. Fleioher, was saved
by the backet brigade.
Dr. Patrick had $1,600 in the Hart-
ford, Hansefl k Merrill, agents—$800
on house, sod 9800 on furniture. A
portion of tbs latter was saved, though
is a badly damaged condition. Dr.
Patrick estimates Ms loss, over and
above insurance, at $2,500. Mr. Bass
hod his house insured for $500, in the
Hamburg—Bremen, Hansel! k Merrill,
is. Mr. Cave had $300 so bis
furniture, with James F. Evans, in the
With every true Irishman the love
of native lead amounts to n psssioo,
and no matter where he may wander,
or under what flog he may make Ms
home, he never forgets the old sod that
gars him birth. Tbe history of Ire
land is a sad yet glorious one. Denied
ail nationality, curbed and fettered and
oppressed, her sou have blazmed her
name with glory under a hundred for
eign banners.
Her songs ore the sweetest that ever
moistened the eye with tears; her wit
sparkling as the stars that gleam in her
native skies; her elcqueaoe born to the
purple that commands respect, and her
blood has sanctified, every field where
the sword has been drawn in the arbi
trament of war.
Denied the right of self-government,
they have in other lands held op
thrones oo which the proudest kings
have reigned, and wherever liberty
struve to break her chains, Irishmen
have fallen nearest to the foe.
In our own land, from the days of
Washington to the days of Lincoln and
of Lee, Irish valor has been pre-emi
nent, and tbe mild, inspiring strains of
Dixio or of Yankco Doodle have
awakened no grander responses than in
Irish hearts. To day, all over this
land of ours, whose air ii so pure no
ilavo can breathe it, Irishmen will meet
and boost and glorify their native land.
Irish citizenship is ono that any na
tion might be proud of, but loyal as
they are to their adopted country, for
this day, all aro Irishmen again. To
day the Timcs-Union salutes Irishmen
everywhere, and places in ,its button
hole the green and glorious shamrock.
—Sunday’s Timcs-Union, Jacksonville. 1
Mr. Stephens and Secession.
Tho discussion commenced in tho
New Orleans Timcs-Democrat over the
position of the late Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens upon accession, has taken a
wider range than was expected. Mr.
Stephens did not believe in tho expe
diency of such a step, although he de
fended the right of sccciahn. He was
a lovtr of the Union. In the speech
delivered by him before the Legislature
in Miiledgeville, November 14th, 18G0,
Mr. Stephens, distinctly stated, that, in
his opinion the poople of the South
should not sccsdo from the Union in
consequence of the election of Mr.
Lincoln to tho Presidency of the
United States. lie urged the 8tatc to
stand by and aid still in maintaining
the constitution of the country. “To
withdraw from the government because
n has been constitutionally eleoted,”
he aaid, “wonld put us in the wrong.”
The effect of this memorable speech
was that the scc?sdon movement wae
believed for a time to have been quiet
ed in Georgia. The ' speech attracted
national attention. President-tleci
Lincoln wrote to Liberty Hall for a re
vised copy, of the address. In answer
to a letter from Mr. Lincoln, Sir. 8te-
phena reiterated the substanoe of Ms
Miiledgeville speech, but declared his
position upon tbe right of secession.
He wrote the newly elected President
that tbe Union was formed by tbe con
sent of independent sovereign States.
Ultimate sovereignty,” arid be, “still
resides with th:m separately, which
can be resumed, and will be, if their
safety, tranquility and security, in their
judgment require it.”
What Mr. Li&eoln could not under
stand m bow Mr. Stephens, in orgo-
iog again*! the expodiency of ssctn*
sion, could have finally gone into the
movement. Mr. Stephens, being m
states right man, of ceruse, sided with
Ms State when it finally seceded. What
some of our Southern correspondents
appear not to understand js bow Mr.
Stephens, being a member of the
Southern Confederacy, should bare
•till been a lover of the Union and a
bitter opponent of fecctssfoo.
Mr. Stephens’ position seems to
bare bzen perfectly phi a ted consist
ent.—Augusta CbraeHe.
G. PATRICK
Homeopathic Physician and
Surgeon,
THOMAS VI LL*. . . . CRUII.
Can b« found aa oBco 1U Bcoad atr»*t vat
Sior*rman») or at rosldsnos. OtlfcowB Uttmt,
I Crawtard, vbea m* m*
w. W. BltUCK, M.
Office, up-stairs,
ot Broad and nctcfcar slrseta. [ati
IJl S. DKKLK, M. I).,
Office in Iiaycs Building.
B«'std#ur«—Cursor Collage arenas autlCsft
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THOHA3VILLE, GA.,
BURIAL CASKETS
COFFINS,
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