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For the Banner of the South. Bugle Breath. Oh, glittering vrallH of rar sounding abode, Let me go! I am weary of sighing; Thy tremulous air, breath-shivered, grows thick With laments tor the dead and the dying. I have called, gallant souls, from the kies and the prayer Os the lips of the women who loved them, I have whispered a wail on the pitying breeze, As eartii laid her brown hand above them. T have thrilled through the corpse with a fierce battle call, I have stirred the calm blood till it bounded; I have strengthened the failing, and gathered the lost, By sorrow and darkness surrounded. I ride on the wave of a music-born cry, Where soft ripples swell into billows; ’Till the courier, Air, bears the harmony off, Waking soldiers from dream-softened pillows. I gather them in with my rattling note, Shrill-breathing, I bid them not falter, Where soldiers should tread for the cause they espouse, For the flag, for the hearth* for the altar! But, ali! after batfle, comes sorrowful dirge ! I am weary and sick of the story— A funeral march, a riderless horse, ».nd a dead soldier shot into glory. Break, then, brazen walls, let me go, let me go, To the hills, the blue hills over yonder, Where Echo and I, from the swaying pine tope, To the shores of the still lako may wander, ; . i oi, i And startle, perchance, some lonely one there, By whispers of melody airy, Or gladden the ear of the oarsmen below, With the song of the boatman’s good fairy. Best, rest in the valley, rest, rest on the hills, No banner, save peace, shall bellying, When the war-weary buglo shall utter no more, Its wail for the dead or the dying. Ma-ovn, Ga., April (sth, 1868. Anonymous. ».«.♦ [From the Southern Opinion. C. S. A. THE CONFEDERATE DEAD IN FLORIDA. The Tallahassee (Florida) Sentinel says: Wo have already alluded to the fact that the 20th of the present month is the day set apart, by common consent throughout the South, for decorating the graves of the Confederate soldiers. We are glad to know that the noble heroes buried in the Tallaliasssee Cemetery will not be forgotten. A stroll through the “silent city of the dead” on Sunday af ternoon last, brought us to the quiet and beautiful spot where now repose a goodly number of our “unreturning braves.” The place is no longer a reproach to our city and our people. Under the direction of one of Florida’s most honored and gifted daughters, the graves have recently been overlaid with a durable grass sod, and the neatly-cleaned walks have been tastefully bordered with the same. In deed the whole enclosure now bears evi dence of affectionate remembrance and gentle care. We are not permitted to give to the public the name of the honor able lady who is chiefly instrumental in securing a result which is as honorable to herself as it is creditable to the city which js graced by her residence in it. The work of sodding the mounds, of bordering the walks, and of clearing up the enclosure so neatly, has been well performed by Thomas Hughes—the faith iul servant of Madame Murat. In order that the improvements recently made in the burial ground of the Confederate dead, may still further testify to the fact that those brave men occupy a “green spot in our memory,” it is very desirable that a largo quantity of small wild olive trees, or other suitable evergreens, should be immediately sent to Thomas Hughes, at the Cemetery. The season is late for planting : but by using extra care, with very small trees, it is believed that many of them could yet be made to grow. All who can possibly spare a few of these trees are earnestly requested to do so. Remember, ladies—all who have not forgotten the sacrifices made by our fallen heroes—remember the annual return of the day on which you decorate Confed erate Graves. Let bright flowers in pro lusion, borne by sad maidens and sorrow ing matrons, send up sweet incense Irom the green mounds of the pale sleepers ; and, in your name, let your chosen orator, on that day, bear eloquent tribute to the memory of those for whom— “ The mu filed drum A tad roll has beat The »oldierH’ last tattoo ; No more on life’s parade shall moot The brave and during few ; On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.” • MONUMENT TO GENERAL GIST OF SOUTH CAROTIN A. A handsome marble monument has been erected over the grave of General S. R. Gist, of Charleston, S, 0., Killed du ring the lute war, at the battle of franklin, Tenn. The monument is erected by the widow of the General. It is ten feet high, and consists of a broken fluted marble column, surmounted by a laurel wreath cut in marble, the column C. S. A, elevated upon a marble pedestal, with a main and second base, the whole set in brown stone. On the front of the main base is this inscription : IN MEMORY of STATES RIGHTS GIST, Born in Union Uistrict, S. C., Killed in Battle at Franklin, Tenn.. November 30th, 1864. Over the above on the second base is a Palmetto tree cut in bas relief. On the reverse side of the main base is the inscription : He fulfilled a hero’s And a patriot’s part. CONFEDERATE GRAVES IN THE. SOUTH The" Atlanta New Era suggests that in consequence of the scarcity of flowers, the anniversary for decorating Confeder ate graves be changed from the 26th of April to the 10th of May. It says in that latitude they have no flowers at an earlier period. As thousands of these graves—and, indeed, the greater portion of them—are far north of Atlanta, it would, perhaps, be far better to adopt the 10th of May. But had we not better suggest the name of some distinguished Southern lady as director of the cere monies and request her to fix the day ? We nominate Mrs, General N. B. For rest, for the position. —Macon Journal (£ Messenger , April 3. INFORMATION WANTED. A short time before the surrender of General Lee’s army, James G, Peterson was furloughed from Richmond, Ya., and started for his home in Coosa county, Ala, hut finding his health would not admit of his reaching home, he turned to go to Jas. T. Peterson’s, in Edgefield Dis trict, S. C;, and has not since been heard from by his family or relations. Any in formation relative to him, whether lie be living or dead, and if dead, where buried, will be gratefully received by the under signed. Address me at Holly Springs, Dallas county, Arkansas. Thomas Peterson. ADMIRAL SEMMES PRACTISING LAW. Admiral Raphael Semmes has established himself in the practice of law in Mobile, Alabama. He bas associated with him his gallant *son, Oliver J, Semmes. THE TOMIfoF ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON. “Town Talk,” of the New Orleans Times , gives us tho following : A lady correspondent in a recent stroll through the St. Louis Cemetery, in this city, visited the gravo of Albert Sydney Johnston, and found a written epitaph pasted upon a rough board attached to the tomb. In her note to “Town Talk,” our correspondent begs us to find out the author of the epitaph, and sends us a copy : IN ME MORI AM. Behind this stone is laid, For a season, Albert Sydney Johnston, A General in the Army of tho Con federate States, Who fell at Shiloh, Tennessee, on the 6th of June 1862. A man tried in many high offices and critical enterprises, And found faithful in all His life was one long sacrifice of interest to his country ; And even that life, on a woful Sabbath, Did he yield as a holocaust at his country’s need. Not wholly was ho understood while he lived, But, in his death, his greatness stands confessed In a people’s tears. Resolute, moderate, clear of envy, Yet, not wanting In that finer ambition which makes men great and pure. In bis honor, impregnable ; In his simplicity sublime. No country e’r had a truer son; No cause a nobler champion ; No peop e a bolder defender; No principle a purer victim— Than the dead soldier who sleeps here. The cause lor which he perished is lost ; The people for whom he fought are crushed ; Ihe tiag lie loved guides no more the charging lines ; But Lis fame— Consigned to the keeping of that time Which, happily, is not so much the tomb of virtue As its shrine— Shall, in the years to come, Fire modest worth to noble ends In honor, now, our great captain rests. A bereaved people mourn him ; Three commonwealth’s proudly claim him ; And history shall cherish him among those Choicer spirits, who, holding their consciences unmixed with Blame, have been, in all conjectures, True to themselves, Their country, And their God. miiis ©i mimm IT From tho N. Y. Home Journal, and oilier Sources LITERATURE AND ART ITEMS. The Queen’s “ Journal of Our Life in the Highlands” is to be translated into Welsh. Her Majesty has requested the Rev. J. Sones, Rector oi Llandyssil, New Quay, Cardiganshire, an eminent Welsh scholar, to undertake the work. Anew and complete edition of the poems of John G. Saxe, with numerous additions and revisions, in one elegant volume in the style of the “ Farringford Tennyson,’ will shortly be published by Messrs. Ticknor A Fields, Barton is hereafter to have three hun dred dollars a month for writing for the Atlantic Monthly. Mrs. EUet, author of “ The Queens of American Society,” etc., is engaged on a new work, “ Society in Washington under the Presidents.” Dr. George Derby, of Boston, has put forth a little pamphlet showing that an thracite coat, as commonly used for heat ing purposes in our houses is slowly poi soning the whole community with carbonic oxide gas. Ihe author advocates the use of steam and wood furnaces for heating dwellings. The Court Journal denies that Capt. May no Reid will make his permanent home in this country. Rossini had a small party on his birth day, in spite of his not being quite in his usual health. Madame x\lboni, Gustave Bore, and M. Berryer were among the guests. Auder, inspired by the great success which has attended bis “ Premier Jour de Bonbeur,” has set to work upon anew opera, which is in three sets. Not bad, this, for a man in bis eighty-fourthyear. Signor Rossini, it is said in the Gazette aLusteals has resigned his author’s rights in “ Guillame Tell.” He concluded to do this on the occasion of its five-hundredth performance. The French Society of Dramatic Au thors, at the instance of M. Emile Augier, have voted the sum of three hundred francs toward the erection of a monu ment to Ponsard in one of tho squares in Vienna, the poet’s birthplace. A pension of two hundred pounds per annum has been conferred on Lady Brew ster, in consideration of the scientific labors of her distinguished husband, Sir David Brewster, whose death took place a few weeks ago. Mr. Dickens is advertised to start on his return voyage to England on the 23d of April, Shakspeare's birthday. Dickens has favorite days. He started for this country on the 9th of November, Lord Mayor’s Day. Unlike most people, Fri day is a favorite day with him. Many men will never begin any work on -a Friday. Dickens regards Friday as his lucky day. Miss Olive Logan was arrested in Co lumbus, Ohio, recently, on a warrant issued by Mayor Bull, for not having procured a city license to lecture there. A city ordinance provides that this is necessary, but it had not been enforced during the past winter. Miss Logan pleaded her own case with marked ability and grace, and, after paying the license, left the city. Sheldon & Cos., who have assumed the publication of the Galaxy , announce that that magazine will be greatly enlarged, It will be enriched by the addition of new departments of criticism and social discus sion ; will be elegantly illustrated, and will commence in the next number anew story, “ Beechdale,” by Marion Harland. The Catholic Publication Society issues a volume of “ Tales from the Diary of a Sister of Mercy.” The author is C. A. Brame. Jerome Thompson has recently com pleted, and put on exhibition, a painting of the scene immortalized in the well known poem of “ The Old Oaken Bucket.” The artist was a personal friend of the poet YV oodworth, and he has depicted the home of the latter with genial sympathy and tidelity. In spite of the hard times, first-class pictures continue to bring high prices. At the recent sale, by Messrs. Leeds & Miner, of a collection of foreign and American works belonging to Mr. Knoed ler. a picture entitled “Charity,” bv Dubafe, Drought $4,400 ; one by Meis sonier, “ The Philosopher,” was sold for $3,600 ; Gifford’s “ Home in the Wilder ness” brought $2,200 ; “ Early Morn ing,’ by Sontag, sold for S4BO, and a flower piece, by Robie, brought $1,500. These prices give a fair indication of those which prevailed during the sale, the receipts if which amounted to $27,637. Some of the;finest works were purchased by gentlemeh from neighboring cities. The Beaumont sale of paintings, which took place at the Leeds Gallerv, New xork, on the evening of the 2d inst., was very well attended. Among tho paint ings sold were : ‘ New England Scene ry. by Church, $700; “ Westphalian Landscape,” $250, by Biersladt ; “ Fish ln g Boats off Scheveningen,” $1,550 ; “ The Bashful Suitor,” $025 ; “Landscape’ with Sheep,” $490; “A Shrine in the Tyrol, $400; “Entrance to the Grand Lanai, Venice,” SSOO, “ Evening Re turn from Harvesting,” $350; “October Sports,’ $450; “ A Night Market in Amsterdam,” $1,850; “ View on Lake Lucerne, $390 ; “An Approaching Storm,” $240, S . work of peculiar interest, both for iG age and authorship, has just been re issued by too Catholic Publication So ciety of this city. It is entitled “An Epistle of Jesus Christ to the Faithful Soul,’ and was written by Joannes Lans* pci gius, Prior of the Carthusians and translated from the Latin by Lord Philip Howard XIX. Earl of Arundel, during ms captivity in the Tower of London. Ihe present reprint is from the London edition of 1610. —♦ -CV* From the Nation. A Song. 1797. I. Tho shadow has darkened upon the land. Tito shadow of douth and fearful gloom— Our bravost dio by tho foo man’s hand, Our truest pino in the prison tomb; But gather togothor, true moa of all; Let hand grasp baud with a brother’s love Tho darker to-day is the cloudy pall, The surer the light from the suu above. H. For, years ago, when the white sails shone Os a foreign foe on our Irish coast, We fought like true moil, but not as oue, And the land of our love was darkly lost. But now in union, us true men all, Hand grasping hand with a brother's lore, We’ll scatter the cloud and lift the pall, And bask in the smile of the sun above. HI. koung hearts tender, and old heart* true, Step not back from the forward way; Remember bow such as ye have diad For Irela»d’s cause on a former day. Then gather together, true men all, Hand grasping hand with a brother’s love; The darker to-day is the cloudy pall, The surer tho light from tiro suu above. IV. Ring out the chime of the brav# old time. The foremost blade has the bravest stroke; And pour along like a flood of rhyme, To break for ever tho focman’a yoke. Then gather together, true men all, Sumd by the flag in faith and lov# : The darker to-day is the cloudy pall, The surer the light from the sun above. ♦ LATE IRISH NEWS. Tiik Fentan Trials. —The Fenian trials in Cork, says the Nation , are pro ceeding in a manner but little in accord ance with the wishes of the officers of the Crown. Disagreement has followed dis agreement ; and tho Cork men, on the whole, have gone far toward vindicating the character of Irish jurors from the re proach which the course of the prosecu tion in Dublin were calculated to cast on them. Projected Meeting of Irish Clergy. —We have reason to believe that a grand Convention of the Clergy who signed the Declaration will take place in Dublin, or some where else, within this year ; and from that will issue a programme at which the heart of Irish hope will beat more warmly than it has for three and twenty years. Fenian Placards.— Waterford, March 17.—This morning Fenian devices were discovered in green print on the posting walls in several parts of the city. The harp without a crown and a pike, with, the words “remember the martyrs,” and’ “the heroes of Cork,” Ac., underneath. They were promptly destroyed by the constabulary. The printings were "done during the night, but the police have strong suspicions of who the parties are, and are on the qui vice. The Jacknell Prisoners. —lt is probable that after a short interval all the Jacknell prisoners will be liberated by the Irish Government, aud possibly Captain Nagle among them, on certain conditions. Four men were released on Saturday, named Rooney, Kelly, Lawless and Hurley. They were conveyed by the midday train to Cork, and shipped for America, the United Siates authorities paying their passage-money. These all belonged to the crew of the Fenian cruis er, and are Irish-Americans. They seemed to be nothing the worse for their confinement in Mountjoy Prison. — North ren Whig , March 21. The Illustrious Order of St. Pat rick. — The announcement that the ap proaching visit of the Prince of Wales to Ireland will be made the occasion ot a Grand Installation of Knights of the 11- lustrious Order of St. Patrick, and amongst others, of his Royal Highness, is exciting great interest among The Irish people. So far as practicable, tho coming ceremonial will be the same as in 182 L the Lord Lieutenant, of course, officiating as Grand Master, in the absence of the Sovereigns of the Order. His Royal Highness will bo created an extra Knight of the Order—a position held bv the late Prince Consort. Thk Ounce OF Wales —The IM man thus announces the gratifying and triumphant event: Prince and Oalcraft.— We have two events to chronicle this week—the Prince of Wales it to come to Ireland; and two more Irishmen arc sentenced to be hmined at Manchester ! Allen, Larkin, O’Brien. These, it seems, were not sufficient to appease the manes of Brett: Thompson and Mulldv are to follow them on the scaffold for the same cause. And tho Prince of Wales is to visit Ireland. A Singular Case.— ln the Record Court at Cork, last week, a singular case was tried, which lasted for two days. In November last a shoemaker named Howe, who resides in Mallow, went to Queenstown with his wife to see off. his brother, mother, and three sisters, who were emigrating to New l r ork, in the city of Antwerp, one of the Inman steam ers. Ho lingered so long on board, taking farewell of his relatives, that the tender went off without him. lie ap pealed to the captain to put him ashore, but was obliged to complete the voyage. After some difficulty at New York lie got back, and found his business conside rably injured, and then brought an action for false imprisonment and detention. For the defence evidence was given that repeated signals were given to warn the persons on board that the steamer was about to start. Baron Deasy, in charging the jury said he thought no blame was attributable to the officers of the compa ny. The jury found for the defen dent on all the issues — lb. The Liverpool Post, in regard to the Fenian trials at Manchester, says : “The verdict of the jury in the case of William Pherson Thompson, charged with partici pation in the Manchester Ilyde-road out rage, is certainly an astonishing instance of human perversity. Mr. Justice Lush summed up in the clearest possible man ner for an acquittal. He pointed out that the witnesses who swore to the man had to swear to one whom they saw for the first time among forty or fifty others; that of the eleven persons in charge of the van, not one had identified Thomp son; that the evidence of some of the witnesses had been invalidated in mate rial particulars and that, finally, ‘the most consistent and compact alibi lie bad ever known,’ had been established in Thomp son’s case; yet the jury returned a verdict of guilty, without any manner of hesita tion. The sentence was passed as a mat ter of course upon the verdict, but the verdict is one that must be reviewed by the Home Secretary.” Transmission of Shamrocks to Eng land. —Limerick, March 18. —It may appear incredible, but it is, nevertheless, true aud authentic, that on Saturday and yesterday evening at least 3,000 packages containing shamrocks, and addressed to all parts of England and Scotland for Irish relatives and friends to display as emblems of nationality and the patron saint of Ireland, on St. Patrick’s Day (Tuesday), passed through our post-office, a circumstance unprecedented in the an nals of the limes we live in. For Man chester some large and tastefully made up packages were transmitted to be de livered to respectable parties. During the early part of this month similar let ters were sent in large quantities to America, containing the native shamrock embedded in its own soil. This, doubt less, shows more than tongue, will tell of the feelings of Ireland and the Irish ai the present time. In the first week of March two cases, fully laden with sham rocks, and marked “cereals,” were sent hence by railway to Queenstown, on route to Massachusetts and New York, ad dressed to a seed merchant there.—Cor respondence of the Freeman. The Jesuits. — According to the latest published statistics, the order of Jesuits comprises 8,168 members, of whom 1.581) speak the Italian language, 2,422 French, 2,111 the various tongues of Northern Europe, 1,148 Spanish, 898 English. The entire order is distributed into twenty one provinces. From authentic records it appears that there is an increase of nearly 100 members yearly. Those on missions all over the world are 1,335. Vela’s great painting, “Napoleon < n his deathbed,” has been bought by the French Government at 25,000 francs, and is to be placed in the vestibule of the b:. Cloud palace. 3