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6 L. T BLOMK &CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. "AUGUSTA, GA., JUNE 13, 1868. TERMS: One copj*, one year, invariably in advance $3 00 “ “ six months “ “ 150 Single Copies IQ To Cluds. —To any i>ersou sending us a Club of 15, one copy, one year, vrill bo given. To Clubs of 20, or more The Baxneoi will be furnished at the rate of $2 50 per annum, 4-g--- in all eases the names must be furnished at the same time, and the cash must accompany each order. /yy Dealers will be supplied on liberal terms. /A,y All Communications, intended for publication must be directed to the Editor, Rev. A. J. Ryan ; and all Business Communications to tho Publishers, L. TANARUS, B;.ome & Cos., Augusta, Ga. A few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. Agents for The Banner of the South : General Traveling Agents.— Lieut. W. A. WRIGHT, W. B. FITZGERALD, A. WINTER, and JNO. A. COL VIN. Charleston, S. C, —EDW. LEE, and Capt. JAMES ARMSTRONG. Savannah, Ga.—E. M. CONNER. Macon, Ga.—C. J. CAREY. Atlanta, Ga.—T. C. MURPHY and W. J. MANN. West Point, Ga.—P. GIBBONS. Greensboro’, Ala.—A. H. WILLIAMS, Beacon office. C uthbert, Ga.—G. F. BUCHANAN. Manning, S. C.—ARTHUR HARVIN. Columbus, Ga.—-JAS. RYAN. Nashville.—W. C. COLLIER, A. SETLEFF. Knoxville, Tenn.—-JAS. MALOY. Pino Bluff, Ark.—JOHN r. MURPHY. General Agent for Florida.—J. EVANS FROST, Jack sonville, “ Mercury ” office. Olarkosville, Tenn.—J. W. FAXON. Montgomery, Ala.—W. J. RYAN. Jacksonville, Fla. —C. C. BISBEE. Huntsville, AIa.—DAN’L O'C. MURPHY. Columbia, S. C. —PAT’K FAHAY. Petersburg, Ya. —ROBT. KENNY. Richmond, Va.—JOHN H. WALSH. Washington, D. C.—J. J. WILLIAMSON. Sandersyille, Ga. —E. A. SULLIVAN, I*. M. Corpus Christi, Texas.—RlCH’D POW ER. Mobile, Ala.-B. McGOVERN. Wilmington, N. C.—D. DRISCOLL. Bairdstown, Ga. —O. A. ?>IcLAUGHLIN, P M. jgQ5~ The paper can also be obtained from news and periodical dealers everywhere. - Specimen copies will be sent to any address, on application. Special Notice. —Father Ryan ear nestly requests that all business letters in regard to the Banner of the South, be directed to the Publishers, as he has not the time to devote to their considera tion ; and that only contributions to the journal be sent to him. His other duties, so many and pressiug, do not give him time to answer half the communications he daily receives. Back Numbers. —All the back num bers of the Banner can be furnished subscribers. Agents Wanted.—We want Agents in all parts of the country—good, relia ble, active men, who will take an in terest in extending the circulation of The Banner of the South. On Monday evening Father Ryan left for Savannah, to deliver an oration at the Catholic Pic-Nic, which was to take place on Tuesday. He returned on Thursday morning, and will, we understand, remain thenceforward with us, permanently. New York Correspondence.—ln this number wc give the first instalment from our New York correspondent, “Tyrone Powers.” This ?iom de plume will be recognized as that of a gentleman well and favorably known to the press and people of the South as a graceful, vig orous and accomplished literary and po litical writer. It gives us pleasure to announce that “Tyrone Powers” will con tribute frequently to the Banner of the South. We understand that a Pic-Nic is in contemplation, as a compliment to the Catholic Sunday School Teachers, under the auspices of Father Ryan. It will take place, we believe, on the 24th of June, at Berzelia. Only a limited num ber of tickets is to be sold, and it bids fair to be one ol the most pleasant Pic- Nics of the season. So far it has been kept very quiet, and we hope we do no wrong by alluding to it thus publicly. We expect, by all means, to be there. On account of his precarious health, and his many pressing duties, Father Ryan requests us to announce that he is obliged to decline all invitations to lecture. This announcement will be an answer to several communications lately received by him to deliver lectures and addresses. A Deserved Tribute.—The Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer publishes the following account of a cane presentation to the worthy Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. It was a deserved tribute to a deserving officer and excellent gentleman: A BEAUTIFUL WALKING CANE. The employees of the Western & At lantic Railroad presented to the Superin tendent of the Road, Major C. Wallace, in testimony of their high respect and esteem, a beautiful walking cane, which we did not have the pleasure of seeing until yester day, when it was exhibited to us oy our fellow-citizen, Mr. Er Lawshe, who pos sesses, as our readers well know, a highly cultivated taste for the beautiful. The cane itself is of East India Malaca ,. ele gant aud durable. The head is of solid 18 caret gold, in the form of an L, finely carved, bearing on one side the following inscription: “Presented to Major C. Wallace by the Employees of the W. & A. R. R., May 9, 1868,’' and on the other, a train of railroad cars. The ferrule is of solid silver, steel pointed. We learn that this beautiful cane was gotten up by the house of “A. Cox’s Sons,” of New York, one of the oldest and most celebrated of the walking stick manu facturing establishments in the United States. 1 Its cost was slls- This beauti ful cane may be seen at the jewelry estab lishment of Mr. Lawshe for a fevf days. The ladies and gentlemen of our city would do well to call at Mr. Lawshe’s and see it. It is said of the employees of the Western & Atlantic Railroad that they never “do anything by halves.” In the case of this presentation to their accom plished and courteous Chief, they have fully sustained their well-merited reputa tion. A Memory. BY MOINA. One bright memory shines like a star In the sky of my spirit forever; And over my pathway it flashes afar A radiance that perishes never. One bright memory—only ono; And I walk by the light of its gleaming; It brightens my days—and when days are done It shines in the Night o’er my dreamiug. Ono bright memory—whose golden rays Illumine the gloom of my sorrows, And I know that its lustro will gladden my gaze In the shadows of all my to-morrows. One bright memory—when I am sad I lift np eyes to its shining, And the clouds pass away; and my spirit grows glad; And my heart hushes all its repining. One bright memory —all have passed Back into the shadows forever; But it, far and fair, bright and true to tho last, Sheds alight that will pass away never, Shine on—shine always—Thou star of my days, And when Death’s starless Night gathers o’er me, Beam brighter than ever adown on my gaze, And light the dark valley before me. Augusta , June 6 th. DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. As our readers are already aware, the eminent statesman of Pennsylvania, Hon. James Buchanan, died at his residence in Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pa., on Tuesday, June Ist, 1868, in the 77th year of his age. The Altoona (Fa.) I Indica tor thus alludes to the death of this dis tinguished citizen : DEATH OF IION. JAMES BUCHANAN. Ex-President James Buchanan died at his residence in Wheatland, near Lan caster, at half-past eight o’clock yester day' morning, in the 77th year of his age, and after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Buchanan’s career is well known to our readers, as for neaVly half a century he has been prominently before the pub lic. Born in Franklin county, in this State, in 1791; graduating at an early age at Dickenson College, Carlisle, and studying law under James Hopkins, of Lancaster, he was admitted to the bar in 1812. When twenty-three years old, he was elected to the Legislature ; at thirty, he took his seat in Congress, as a member from the Lancaster District, and held that position ten years. In 1833 he was ap pointed Minister to Russia and vacated that position two years afterwards to take bis seat as United States Senator, and was re-elected in 1837, arid again in 1813. In 1845 he was Secretary of State under Mr. Polk ; in 1853, Minister to the Court of St. James, and in the year 1856 was elected President of the United States making the fifteenth who had been chosen to that position. Friend and foe alike will give Mr. mm ©j Buchanan credit for having been an able man, as in all the different public positions he occupied previous to the Presidency, he exhibited the most extra ordinary capacity. His latter position he occupied at a time when the worst pas sions of sectional agitators were at work, and the men whom he had gathered around him in positions of trust, were for the most part of the South, and if he erred it was an error of judgment, into which he was imperceptibly led. The agitators of both parties were determined upon an irruption, and Buchanan could riot, if he would, stay the inevitable result. Since the last position which in public life he occupied, he has been living seclud ed in his beautiful home at Wheatland, and his rapidly failing health, for the past few years, had prepared his friends for the closing of the scene, and the fiual exit of a man who has identified himself with the history of our country for nearly half a century. Peace to his ashes. A dispatch from Lancaster gives the following interesting account of his last moments, and also of his obsequies : FUNERAL OF EX-PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. Lancaster, Pa., June 4. — Mr. Bu chanan’s funeral was the most imposing ceremony ever witnessed in this country. It extended all the way from his home, at Wheatland, to the city of Lancaster, a distance of a mile and a half. Delega tions from the cities of New York, Balti more, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, York, Reading, Pottsville and from tho National Congress, as well as from Associations, benevolent, political, and otherwise, walk ed over the route. In all, about 3,000 persons were in the line of procession. The family carriage of Mr. Buchanan conveyed his immediate mourners, in cluding Mrs Johnson, formerly Harriet Lane, and the Rev. Edward Buchanan, only brother of the deceased, was present, with his entire family. The mansion at Wheatland was thrown open to the public, and the body exposed in the hall. The ex-President was dressed in a satin shroud, white necktie and high collar. His face looked very natural. The coffin and hearse were of a solid, plain character, as directed by Mr. Buchanan himself. A band of music played a funeral march on the way to the grave. The Masons assisted through out the ceremonies, and their burial ser vice accompanied the religious rites. Clergymen of all denominations assisted at the grave, but the immediate ceremony was read by Rev, Dr. John W. Neven. Wreaths of laurel, ivy, and immortelles were deposited upon the coffin. The funeral was not merely a political ceremony. It was remarked that the Republicans of the county did equal honor to the ex-President with his old party as sociates. The bells of all the churches were tolled, business universally suspended, and people crowded the streets through which the procession passed. Woodward Hill Cemetery, standing on the edge of the city in an opposite direction from Wheat land, was crowded by a respectful assem blage of people long before the procession arrived. Mr. Buchanan gave explicit directions in regard to his funeral to his executor on the Saturday preceding his decease. He requested that there should bo no large or expensive monument placed over his remains, but that there should be a simple, but substantial, oblong tomb erected, the capstone to be the finest and most durable marble, on which he special ly requested should be cut, in Roman letters, the following inscription, and nothing more: “Here rest the remains of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States. Born in Franklin county, Pa., April 23d, 1791 ; died at his resi dence at Wheatland, Lancaster county. Pa., on ,” adding, “with the day of my death, now so near,” which was June Ist, 1868. In the same interview with his execu tor, who was one of his intimate friends, he said : “The principles of the Christian religion were instilled into my mind in my youth, and from all I have observed and experienced in the long life Provi dence has vouchsafed to me, I have only become more strengthened in my convic tion of tho Divine character of trie Sa viour, and the power ot atonement through liis redeeming grace and mercy.” At the conclusion of the interview, he remarked, in reply to an expressed hope that he might live to see the country fully restored to peace and prosperity, and his career completely vindicated : “My dear friend, I have no fear of the future. Posterity will do me justice. I have al ways felt, and still feel, that I discharged every public duty imposed upon me con scientiously. I have no regret for any public act of my life, and history will vindi cate my memory from every unjust as persion.” The will of Mr. Buchanan will be opened to-morrow. He is under stood to have left a legacy to the poor of the city of Lancaster. His estate is com puted at three hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Buehanairs last words were : “Oh, Lord Almighty, as Thou wilt !” THE CATHOLIC CENTRAL UNION. This organization inaugurated its thir teenth annual convention in New r York on Sunday. The chief object of the Union is to provide for the sick and dead, or other unhappy accidents that may happen to their brethren ; to support them, all over the United States, and even in Germany; to have their children taught in Catholic schools; to give infor mation to German emigrants which will be useful and needful to them, while they cannot speak the English language, as otherwise, they are very often led astray. It originated in Baltimore, on the 16th of April, 1855, and has spread since then over all the States. At the last anniver sary held in Pittsburgh, the number of societies recorded numbered two hundred, representing a membership of thirty thousand. Its ranks are mainly filled by mechanics, who receive aid trom the local societies whenever they make a tour in search of work; and tho phase of its benefits, in common with its other objects, has given it a firm hold on the German heart—a fact illustrated by the addition of one thousand members, which were enrolled yearly since 1855. At the last meeting it was arranged that the next meeting should take place in New York city, and should be preceded by the usual procession through the principal streets to a church where the members should join in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In pursuance of that programme, the societies were notified te meet at the rendezvous of the Union, in the Germania Assembly Rooms, in New York. The streets and avenues in the neighborhood were subsequently occupied by bands in uniform, members in attractive regalia, with banners, independent rifie and cav alry companies, and clergymen officially connected with the Union in all parts of the country. High Mass was celebrated at the Church of the Most Holy Re deemer. The sermon was preached by the Rev. W. Wayrich, C.SS.R., based on the Pcnticostal narrative in the Acts of the Apostles. He commenced by alluding to the descent of the Holy Ghost on the Apostles—which was called, he said, to remembrance by the Church on that day' in one other high festivals ; and he then dwelt on the spirit of God guiding His Church in the way of all truth, and lead ing mankind to seek salvation through her instrumentality. The preacher next referred te the societies, remarking that the members had been guided by the blessed Spirit of God to his Church, and they should make every effort to extend the blessings they enjoyed to others. One of the modes by which they could accom plish that object was by' showing as they had, by their good example, the results of a faithful adherence to the faith which they professed. As Catholics too, they should remember that they owed whatever aid was in their disposal, to the Holy Father, who now needs the help of his children over the whole world, and it was to be hoped that in their deliberations as a convention they would give the subject their hearty consideration. At an early hour on Monday morniner. the delegates again attended Mass. Re turning to the assembly rooms, Rev. Father Leingruber, Rector of the Re demptorist Order, came forward and bade the delegates welcome to the city. lie regretted that an urgent engagement of Archbishop McCloskey prevented his performing this very pleasing duty. The Archbishop on Tuesday morning, preach ed to the delegates in the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, and subsequently addressed the Convention in their hall. The following gentlemen have been elect ed permanent officers : John Amend, of St. Louis, Mo., Presi dent; Mr. George Baldus, of Buffalo, First Vice-President; Mr. Max Phillips, of Milwaukee, Second Vice-President ; Secretary, Rev. P. Stoller, O. S. F., of Syracuse. Addresses were delivered by several delegates, and were chiefly exhorting the Union to further the interests of the Cath olic Church in general by the support of our Holy Father, the maintainance of Catholic schools, and manifesting devotion to the Holy Father. For grand and methodical effect, we do not hesitate to say that this is the most imposing Catholic celebration ever held in the United States. Catholic Standard, June 6. A man who marries a frivolous showy, woman, fancies he has hung a trinket round his neck, but soon finds it a mill stone. ART MATTERS. UNDER TABLE ROCK. ■Regis Gignoux, who has before painter! pictures of Niagara, which have attracted no inconsiderable attention, has just coin pleted one of Table Rock, with winter effect, which is unquestionably the best thing wc have yet had from him. 1 hat is to say, he approaches it closer to nature, closer to a thorough realization ot the grandeur and might of the cataract, and presents us with a work that very fully realizes the ideal we all ol us have formed of this stupendous work of nature. IV<■ are all standing under Table Rock. Gazing upward, an immense shelf of stone reaches above our heads, and we feel almost annihilated beneath its op pressive darkness, relieved only by the glints of sunshine which sparkle through the passage that reaches before us. Pen dant from the rock are huge icicles that reach to the ground, while off in the dis tance we catch a glimpse of the summit of Niagara rushing onward, sparkling and dancing in the sunlight, while all below is an impenetrable mist. The first impression of the picture i that of height. We do not remember to have yet seen anything pretending to be a portrait of Niagara in which the height and volume of the fall is so truthfully and admirably expressed. And tins, too, by what is little more than a mere sug gestion, for the fall itself is but a minor portion of the picture—the Table Rock, with its accumulations of ice and snow, being the principal feature, and that to wards which the eye naturally' wanders. This rock, too, is deserving of more than passiug notice, painted, as it is, with a method that fully conveys a just idea of the substance represented without de scending to the laborious processes by which Preraphaelitism endeavors to pre sent nature through the tortuous paths of mechanism. Being almost a portrait, Mr. Gignoux has had but little necessity to call upon his imagination in the composition, bin. his treatment of light and shade, the strong effects of sunlight which relieve the som breness of the rock, and the entire feeling of loneliness which pervades the enthe picture, should none the less call for ad miration, and this, we think, those who have seen the work will be in no way loti: to bestow. Taken as a whole, this is unquestionably the most successful pro duct of Mr. Gignoux’s brush, and we heartily congratulate him upon his admi rable treatment of a most difficult subject , one that might have daunted the courag ■ of a less capable and confident painter. Like all good American things—prim a donnas and the like—the picture will short ly be sent to Europe ; not, however, it i -be hoped, before an opportunity will be afforded the public of witnessing it in some of our public galleries. “ THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET'” Coming to us with tender memories of the past, and bringing in its train many a pleasant recollection, is Jerome Thomp son’s picture of the “ Old Oaken Bucket now on exhibition at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. Mr. Thompson has painted here a picture that must, from the very associations which hover around the sub ject, appeal directly to the heart of th spectator, and the result is that the com fortable parlors in which it is exhibited are daily crowded with visitors, and th exhibition has proved a most emphatic and decided success. In his illustration of WoodworthV popular lines, the painter has given us a picture of one of those quiet, home-lid landscapes in which we all of us liav revelled in the breathing spells of the summer time, enjoying the dolcefar nit )■' beneath the sunny sky, and listening f the drowsy hum of insects or the purling of babbling brooks. To the left is l!k. quaint, cosy, farmhouse, which we all of us know by heart; down the centre of the picture stretches a bit of deliciously paint ed country road; to the right wc cate’, glimpses here and there of " Tlte wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it.” Off in the distance stretches a mountain range; while here, in the immediate fort ground stands the well with “ The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,’ at which a couple of youngsters are re galing themselves. All these Mr. Thompson has treated, not only well, but poetically ; and, it fault there be, it is in the distance and portions of the sky, which are at tine unpleasantly blue and cold. For the n. the picture is, pure and simple, apictun of nature, viewed by the eyes of a tender lover of it, and for that reason a pleasant and loveable work. Pictures such as this may not, perhaps impress us with a feeling of awe or no - rence ; but they touch a chord of the heart that is good and pure iu our nature, an ; doing this, d< much that is good for ar —good for the humanizing of man. [ Eew York Express.