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sion was a very interesting one, and the
tribute well deserved. The Cane was a
beautiful ebony stick, ornamented with a
gold head, elaborately ornamented, and
was presented by the Choir.
Mr. Spaeth has gone to visit his old
home in Germany, and takes with him
the good wishes of hosts of tiiends for his
site arrival there and return to his adopted
city.
NEW STORY.
THE CMJDMT MILL.
We shall commence in the next number
of the The Banner of the South a beau
tiful story with this title, translated trom
the French, expressly for tins journal, by
a talented and accomplished young -ao) ol
South Carolina. It will run through sev
eral numbers of the paper, and will, no
doubt be read with general interest.
TO CORRESPONDENTS,
C. 11. 8., Nashville, Tenn—Yom* Poem
is respectfully declined on account oi the
subject. It seems to be in bad taste. Could
you not woo your Muse in some other
theme?
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stant received. All right.
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requested.
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all sent.
The Hancock Weekly Journal.—
We had the pleasure, a day or two since,
of a visit from Mr. W. H. Royal, one of
the editors and proprietors of the Journal
The paper is published at Sparta, a
thriving town in Hancock couuty, 0a,.,
and is a very interesting sheet. The
publishers are practical printers, and
tlicir paper has the appearance of pros
perity. As an advertising medium, we
commend it to the public generally.
Mr. Royal, we understand, will visit
New York during the session of the
Democratic National Convention, and
will, doubtless, give his readers full and
interesting reports of the proceedings of
that body.
We extend our good wishes to the
publishers.
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A Catholic Priest in Prison for
Refusing to Give .Testimony. —Rev.
Father Lambert Young, a Catholic Priest,
of Frankfort, Ky., declined to give testi
mony in a case in the U. S. Court at.
Frankfort, a few days ago, and has
been imprisoned in the jail at Louisviljle
Ky., by order of the Court, f6r contempt.
The circumstances are briefly these;
On the 30th of January last, a mob
gathered at the Frankfort jail, took there
from a negro man, charged with having
cobimittcd an outrage on an Irish girl,
and, it is alleged, hung him. The civil
authorities, being unable to suppress the
mob, sent for Father Young, who went to
the jail, saved the life of the jailor, and
secured a hearing for the Mayor. Father
Young now holds, and very properly, too,
that he was permitted to go into the mob
only because of his sacerdotal character,
that it was improper for the civil authori
ties to use him as a pacificator because
of his Priesthood, and then endeavor to
force him to testify against parties whom
he saw on that occasion. It is not in,
any factious spirit, or spirit ol contempt,
he thus asks to be relieved from tes
tifying on the witness stand, but putely
from conscientious motives, holding that
he would, by so doing, be degrading his
priestly character, violate the obligations
of his sacred office, and prevent Priests in
future from responding to the call of the
civil authorities in similar cases.
The reporter of the Louisville Journal
says that the Rev. gentleman is as com
fortably situated in the jail as possible ;
but urgently calls for his release, and the
interposition of the Government, if possi
ble, to this end.
Give us Credit.— Our Sandersville
(Ga.) cotemporary does us honor in re
publishing our articles; but it would great
ly advance the interests ot the Banner if
it would give us the proper credit. No
journal appreciates such courtesies as
these mere than we do ; afid wc suicly
feel very grateful to our brethren of the
Press generally for the very kind recep
tion and courteous treatment which they
have extended to us.
ft CIRCULAR ™ nyEOPLE OF THE
As Corresponding Secretary of the Pe-
Memorial Association, it becomes
mv duty to seek your aid in a cause
which is so sacred, so precious, that we
would do and suffer all things for its suc
cessful prosecution; but circumstances
deny us what would be equally the pride
and joy of our hearts to perform. We,
therefore, come to you, oppressed with
the magnitude of the work, asking your
sympathy and co-opcration. And what
jg the cause for which we plead ? “Is it
that wc slMcl' Sav, come with us to crown
with laurel, and celebrate in song, the
victors of a righteous, noble struggle, to
rejoice with them that, the conflict ended,
the warfare accomplished, they return
with shouts of victory and glad hosannas
to their happy homes, their long forsaken
altars, tlieif expectant and exulting loved
ones?" not this, not (his, oh Cod! our
hearts, arc in the dust, our laurels wither
ed, our homqs desolated, and our warriors
return no mo/e! “They have fought
their last battle, they sleep their last
sleep,” and it is on their graves we place
the roses of our grateful oifeetion, and the
immortelles of our undying remembrance.
All along the lines of this belcagured
city can he found the little hillock which
marks a hero’s grave ; while, in distaut
homesteads, in every Southern State,
weeping mothers mourn these loved ones,
absent from their firesides, absent from
the consecrated cemeteries of their
fathers! Shall these 7,000 graves be
neglected and uncared for ? Shall they
be trampled into nothingness by the very
beasts of the field, and be ploughed into
the soil which they died to defend ? b or
bid it, ye mothers, ye sires, ye maidens
of the South; forbid it, ye comrades,
who battled at their sides; forbid it, ye
legislators, who arc jealous for the honor
and integrity of your Commonwealth;
forbid it, oh! God, Thou God of the
fatherless, the widow; find the friendless.
We, as an Association, offer you the
pittance which the ravages and desola
tions of war have left us; we oiler you
the willing labor of our hands, and that
of our noble young men who have toiieu
with us ; we offer you a spot made ours by
the patriotic generosity of our City
Fathers; and we say to you, help us to
take these bodies of your noble sons,
reverently to lay them in honored graves,
and to rear over them a proud monument
worthy of our cause and their deeds. Is
it not fitting that here, where the last blow
was struck, where half-clad, starving men
stood up so heroically amid such scenes
of terrible carnage, pressed and finally
overwhelmed by legions of the foe, the
admiration and wonder of the world, is it
not fitting that we should thus honor their
memory, and cxultingly exclaim, these
are our sons/’ proudly committing then
names to posterity. Our receipts outside
do not exceed S3OO ; up to this date, all
the dead have received equal care; now
we are making’ efforts to rescue from dis
tant battle-fields the “slaiu ot our city,
which draws largely on our impoverished
treasury, and unless this appeal shall be
liberally responded to, the traces ol
Father, Husband, Son, must perish from
the earth. Then, shall we lay them by
the side of our noble sods, whom we are
now gathering from mountain, hillside,
and valley, send them to slumber in their
natal soil, or leave them where they fell.
No, no ! let us deny” ourselves anything,
everything, rather than deny to these
scarred, and maimed, and toil-worn mar
tyrs, the sweet repose of a consecrated
grave, uutil the last trump shall summon
them to mansions prepared above. Con
fident that we shall not plead in vain, we
leave the cause with you, awaiting your
action to carry out the plans before us.
Mrs J. M. Wyche,
Cor. Sec. Ladies’ Memorial Asso’n,
Petersburg, Ya.
Mrs. IVm. T. Joynes, President,
Mrs. John Miller, Treasurer,
Mrs. G. Pannill, Recording Secretary,
Mrs. J. M. Wyche, Corresp. Secretary,
Mrs. David Callender,
Mrs, Win. Simpson,
Executive Committee.
[Correeponclynee of the Banner of the South.]
MEMORIAL DAY IN BALTIMORE MD.
Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1868.
Messrs. Editors: Saturday, June 6, being
the day set apart by the ladies of Bal
timore for the decoration ot the graves of
the Confederate Soldiers, was appropriate
ly observed.
Long before the appointed hour, num
berless carriages filled with the tairest
daughters of the Monumental City, ah
bearing beautiful wreaths and bouquets ot
bright dowers, were observed making their
way to “Loudon Park Cemetery.
The afternoon was lovely and bright, and
added greatly to the beauty of the scene.
The locality selected for the last resting
place of “our noble dead could not be
more fitly chosen; the graves are situated
in a magnificent grove of oaks, which
slopes to a vale on the west side of the
grounds, are in regular rows, and all num
bered. There are about two hundred and
fifty buried here. j
The ceremonies commenced about half
past three, and occupied over two hours.
The graves were literally covered with
flowers of all kinds, and the fragrance as
cended to Heaven as an incense to the One
above who had, in' His inscrutable wisdom,
seen fit to lay prostrate the noble spirits
reposing there.
Home of the devices were beautiful.
Amoug these I particularly noticed the
emblems of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and
underneath, in large letters, formed of
cedar and white orange blossoms, the let
ters C. S. x\.
I heard that the latter was the
handiwork of an ex-Federal soldier; a
truly noble man, who honored in this man
lier his fallen but gallant foeraan.
The graves have been sodded regularly
every year by the ladies, but are at present
without headboards. A collection was taken
on the grounds for the purpose of supply
ing the want which amounted to over
two hundred dollars. Rev. L. D. Huston,
a Presbyterian minister, delivered some
appropriate remarks. *
Decoration of Confederate Graves.
Ever since the close of the war, tho deco
ration of the graves of the Confederate
soldiers in Loudon Park Cemetery has
been sedulously attended to during the
month of June, and on Saturday after
noon that work of love was repeated.
Never did the cemetery look more beau
tiful, and the spot where repose the dead
of the Confederate States, is one ol the
most desirable within the sacred precinct.
The “decoration” was announced to take
place in the afternoon from three to five
o’clock, and from tbq earlier hour there
was a constant stream on foot, and in
vehicles, through the tortuous avenues
to the oak grove, where lie the loved
dead. There are some three hundred
graves in regular order, the partition
paths running north and south, and from
the western bound, a gentle slope descends
to a quiet and pleasant vale. The scene
was touching in the extreme. Aged wo
men bent with the weight of years, mat
rons in the meridian of womanhood,
maidens in the flush of youth,, and little
girls taught to love the memory of those
who fell in the defence of a cause sacred
to their hearts, were there, and each had
a floral offering to lay on the altar ol
crushed and withered hope. There was
a commendable absence of everything
like frivolity, and every voice was sub
dued by the solemnity of the occasion.
About half-past three o’clock the work
of decoration began, and was pursued
until every mound was almost eutirely
covered with offerings. An aged lady
approached two graves, to which, tor a
time, she appeared to pay special atten
tion. Beautiful wreaths of cypress, in
terwoven with white blossoms were
carefully laid at the head of each,
while bouquets were scattered in prolu
sion the entire length of the little mounds
which marked the spot where repose the
remains of her two sons. Many noble--
hearted women who aided in the work,
mingled their tears with the earth which
rests above the brave, but pulseless
hearts, and breathed a deep invocation
that God will gather them to himself.
This beautiful tribute was participated
in, by all classes of ladies. There were
those who reached the place weary and
worn, bearing in one arm an infant,
and in the other, an offering of flowers
to bedeck the graves, and none appear
ed more happy than those who brought
the smallest offerings. For three hours
the work went on, until the whole space
occupied by the Confederate graves
presented the appearance of a conserva
tory of the rarest productions ol Nature.
Baltimore Gazette , June 8.
[For tho Banner of the South.]
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
Among the. records of the war deserves
to be placed the short history of a four
footed heroine, which vies in interest
with almost anything of its kind.
Michel Fitzgibbon, private in the sth
Confederate Regiment, Granberry’s Bri
gade, Cleburne’s Division, and now in the
employ of the S. C. R. R. Cos , at Char
leston, obtained at Randolph, Tenn., a
full-breed Newfoundland pup, which
from her birth-place he named “Ran
dolph.” As she grew and became used
to camp-life, the best qualities of the race
became developed. If anything, such as
a hat or pipe, was left by her master at a
place however distant, at the word of
command she would run buck and bring
it to him. If lie procured a chicken,
and tied it down, leaving her to guard it,
she would be alongside of it on his re
turn, even though he had been absent for
hours, and no one but he dared to touch
it. And so with many of her traits ot
sagacity.
But her crowning merit was lair fear
lessness and faithfulness in battle. He
had trained her to carry his canteen and
haversack during action, and there, by
his side, through the hottest of the fight,
would be the faithful animal, perfectly ur ; .
moved , amid the roar of cannon, the i. :-
tie of musketry, and the hail of bullet-
Indeed the field of battle seemed to have
an irresistible attraction for her. Just
previous to the battle of Murtreesb■to’
she had a litter of pups, and Mike had
placed them all in care of a farmer whose
cabin lay about three miles from Mcr
freesboro’. She was confined with h r
charge in a shed room with a small win
dow.' The battle opened. In a short
time the dog rushed, panting, into the
line, and running up and down until site
.found her regiment and master, toon I ,
accustomed canteen and haversack, vrhi
she carried, as usual, until the fight ende i.
The farmer afterwards told him that. • t
the sound of the first gun of the Latt e
he heard the crash of glass, and hasten
ing around the bouse, found that she h ■ 1
jumped through the closed sash, and w. -
tearing down the road towards the figl. ,
leaving the pups to take care of the;
selves.
She was three ydshrs'in the army, pre
sent with her master throughout the ha
des of Belmont, Farmington, Perryvill
Murfreesboro’, Chattanooga, Shiloh, and
Missionary Ridge. At Shiloh she was
lost awhile, but rejoined her master at
Corinth, 18 miles distant. On the retreat
from the ill-starred field of Missionary
Ridge, she was killed by her masteiV
side at Ringgold Gap, receiving a shot
in the shoulder, which ended her eventful
cereer,
Mike is not ashamed to say that in
cried like a child at her death.
A. F. G
GEMS OF PROSE AND POETRV.
Beautitul Answers. —A pupil of
Abbe Sieord gave the following extraordi
nary answers :
Q. What is gratitude ?
A. Gratitude is the memory of ti.c
heart.
Q. What is hope ?
A. Hope is the blossom of happiness
Q. What is the difference between
hope and desire ?
A. Desire is a tree in leaf, hope i- a
tree in flowers, and enjoyment is a lr.
in fruit.
Q. What is eternity ?
A. A day without yesterday or t -
morrow ; a day without end.
Q. What is time ?
A. A line that has two ends—a path
that begins in the cradle and ends in the
grave.
There is not a mote that dances in the
sunbeam, not a particle of dust that we
tread’heedlessly under our feet, that does
not contain within its form mines of
knowledge yet unworked For, if w
could read them rightly, all the records
of the animated Past are written in the
rocks and dust of the Present.
absence.
To watch the long bright hours linger by;
To seethe rosy flush of Morning break
O’er shore and sea, o’er upland, hid and lake;
To see the Even darken, deepen, die;
To see the Moon her nightly duty take
The soft, grave glory of her royalty;
While, evermore on heart, and lip, and eye,
Weighs the dull sense of something lost or gone
That leaves no loveliness in things most fair,
No music in tho ripple’s whispering tone,
No glory in the golden autumn air,
No joy in life’s rich hours told one by one;
This is the heavy cross the absent bear i
The indirect influence of Jesus’ life,
feebly as we have obeyed it, is the hope
of modern civilization. He reveals th
deep hues of our sin by the radiance of
His spotlessness, anti the light of Divine
goodness He casts upon it; He prompts
and encourages to good and holy works
for humanity by the constant and gentle
pressure of His recorded life upon the
consciences and sympathies of men ; and
through the ordinances that commemo
rate Him, in the lull of worldliness, and
the sacred silence of communion. }R
sheds comfort, and strength, and faith, and
peace, into hearts that are wounded, and
bosoms that long for help.—[Thos. Htai:
King.
WOMAN’S HEART—prom the german
God’s Angels took a little drop of dew,
New fallen from the Heaven’s far-off blue,
And a fair violet of the valleys green,
Shedding its perfume in the moon's soft sheets,
And a forget-me-not so small and bright—
Laid altogether gently, out of sight,
Within the chalice of the lily white:
With humbleness and grace, then covered it;
Made purity and sadness near to sit;
And added pride to this, and sighs a few,
One wish, but half a hope, and bright tears two
Courage and sweetness in misfortune’s smart,
And out of this was moulded—Woman’s heart
To-morrow may never come to
We do.not live in to-morrow. We ec
not find it in our title-deeds. The u.uj
who owns whole blocks of real estate,; cii
great ships on the sea, does not u\\ n
single minute of to-morrow. To-morrow
It is a mysterious possibility not yet bora
It lies under the seat of midnight— -
hind the vail of glistening constellation
—[Chapin.