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For the Banner of the South.
Can this be Death ?
BY CABBIF. BELLE SINCLAIR.
fan this be Death ? oh! beautiful Eugene—
And does the “King of Terrors” come with such
A gentle summons ? There is an icy coldness
On thy brow—the music ol the littlw voice is
Hushed !—the chock is pale and white—the
gniile lies hid beneath the drooping lids—
The dimpled hands move not in gleeful sport—
go still and pale he lies iu this unbroken
Slumber —so beautiful in Death ! it seems
A gentle sleep with pleasant dreams around him 1
And is this Death
That lingers on this fair, sweet child?
And do the white robes that are round thee
Now, enfold an angel form ? Ah ! who
Would wake thee from this quiet rest, and
Call thee from that seraph baud on high?
How peacefully he sleeps upon the snow white
Sheet—the little hands are folded on the
Pulseless breast! —the light curls parted o’er
The baby brow—the eyes half-closed, as if
'Tvvere sleep had closed them. And yet ’tis
Death! fair child! that lingers on thee.
These cold, dull fetters, and the icy coldness
On thy brow—the pale, white cheek—the faded
Smile, and this unbroken silence, tell its
Thou art dead! And he will wake no
More from this sweet sleep! Then, mother,
press once more those tiny hands in thine,
And for the last time part the soft brown
Curls above the snow white forehead! the
Prattle ol that little tongue is hushed—and
Oh! if thou canst think ’tis but a gentle
Slumber now—to-morrow’s gloom—the sweet
White flowers that twine above the little grave—
The empty cradle—and the vacant chair !
All idle now !—the little shoes that bore the
Busy feet around have now no wearer—and
Tbou’lt feel, ah! sadly feel, that this is
Death that claims thy beauteous boy!
How quietly the moonbeams
Fall—how bright the stars shine in their beauty!
Softly! gently, they rest upon the pale face of the
Dead at this dread midnight hour, while
All alone I watch beside the couch of Death i
How still it is! I thought I heard a sound—
Twas but a gentle breeze that moved the winding
Sheet—and all is still again! I fancied that
I saw him move, and heard him breathe,
Yet, no! it cannot be—Eugene is dead!
Calm, sacred, silent midnight!
I love to sit and gaze upon the quiet stars,
And watch the silent moonbeams as they fall
1 pen the sleeping world! But midnight with the
Dead—to be the only watcher by a still, cold
Form!—to look upon the face of the pale sleeper,
And know that this is Death ! And yet, if
Death would come as peacefully to ail as to
Eugene, me thinks it would be sweet to leave the
Busy world with all its cares—to fall asleep so
Sweetly, and wake iu yon bright Heaven!
Oh! does Death always wear a form so beautiful?
And are flic Angels all as lovely as Bngene ?
Then what a bright place Heaven must be,
And how I long to be there!
Long years ago—
’Twas on a night like this—l watched
Beside a little form as still, and pale, and
Cold! —the little bauds were folded like Eugene’s;
The flaxen curls were parted from the fair white
Brow ! and the sweet face wore a bright smile
In death! They twined white roses o'er the
Forehead fair—and when the evening
Shades were gathering round, they laid
Her to her quiet rest—our baby sister!
And, Ella, thy fair angel face seems looking
On me now, and I can feel once more thy
Arms around me !—for, oh! I know you linger
Near me in my midnight watch beside the
Dead ! I know you’ve come to welcome Eugene
1 o thy own bright home! And jot she stole so
softly to my side I did not hoar her footsteps!
Ah ! who can feel alone, e’en with the dead, when
Sin h fair forms are with them ?
The lamp burns dimly in the
Silent room —the stars shine in their quiet
Beauty!—the moonbeams bend above, and kiss the
Pale face of the little sleeper here; while at this
S ileum midnight hour, 1 am alone with, the
Dead boy and my own thoughts! No sound is
Heard to break the awful stillness, save now and
i hen a gentle breeze that moves the shining curls, or
Lingers on some leaf or flower! Shine on, bright
stars! linger near the silent moonbeams, and
I 'sill watch beside the little sleeper here till
Morning dawns! Eugene is dead! for him
l here is no waking on the morrow. But thou
Shalt rise more beautiful than now, in that
Biezht morn which knows no night of sorrow!
S ', tiieu, while thou art yet so young, so pure,
s • lovely!—ere sin has left one dark trace on
lay soul, or sorrow made one furrow on thy brow—
V« e give thee to the Saviour! But, oh! thou
‘t so beautiful, Eugene, in this unbroken
S.-ep, that ore we twine these pale white flowers
Above thee, and place the Summer turf o’er thy
Hark grave, we move the dimpled hands! and part
* ::e Simn Y locks! and. kissing those mute lips, weask:
f ‘ i this be Death that lingers o'er thee!
Distinction and Difference.—An
English paper has discovered the line
which divides a distinction from a differ
ence. It says that “a little difference
frequently makes many enemies:” while
"a little distinction attracts hosts of
ifiends to the person on whom it is con
ferred.”
It is related of a drover in the “olden
time/ 5 who went through the State of In
duua on toot, buying hogs for the Cin
emnati market, that there came a heavy
decline in the market, of which he was
hot advised until he arrived in the city
‘‘ >ping for an advance, he put his proper
ty out to board untill his money was all
gone, when he was compelled to sell at a
net loss of several hundred dollars. Re
turning home, he was questioned as to
ins profits. “Well,” said he, “I reckon
uidn’t make much money out of the
and hiO 1 had the company of the hogs
THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG,
Beautiful Scenery—The Order of Battle
Selection of the. Field—Confederate
Valor—Remains of the Dead—List, of
the Fallen Braves of Georgia Buried
Upon the Field.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Gettysburg, June 9, 1868.—This has
been one of the saddest and most suggest
ive days in my whole history. I have
spent it in surveying the battle grounds at
this place, where, in the month of July,
1863, two mighty armies met in deadly
conflict, and for three long and bloody days
contended with heroic obstinacy and valor
for the splendid prize of victory. The line
of battle was about eight miles in length,
and from various points of elevation the
whole field of strife was visible to the nak
ed eye. The position which Gen. Lee
selected for his headquarters commands
the whole range of hills and valleys on
which the contending columns moved to
glory or the grave.
In the entire eircleof our travels through
the North and South we have never beheld
a more magnificent and lovely landscape
than is here presented to the view. The
green meadows stretch away to the utmost
limits of the human vision; the rich wheat
fields spread out on every side with luxu
riant growth and living beauty; a cluster of
noble hills is crowned with solemn groves
and smiling orchards; occasional crystal
streams sparkle in the mellow sunshine,
and then the whole wonderous panorama is
enclosed by a wide circle of mountains of
varied hues and surpassing grandeur. It
seems like a desecration of nature to have
converted this charming plain of Ceres in
to an altar of sacrifice to Mars.
The Confederate line assumed a circu
lar shape, and was a very long one, whilst
the Federal forces were massed in a much
smaller space and in a much stronger posi
tion. Lee was the attacking party from
first to last in this protracted and disas
trous conflict. At sundry times and in
divers manners, he moved his majestic
columns over a wide extended plain, in the
face of the murderous fire of the enemy,
and his flanking movements were executed
with the utmostcelerity and boldness, but
failed, simply because it is not given to hu
man strength and skill to compass such
heights as his men assaulted, when crown
ed with cannon and raining down ceaseless
showers of leaden hail. When our great
Captaiu found thy position of his foe to be
impregnable, he withdrew his troops in an
orderly manner, and retired slowly and
safely from the scene of conflict. No un
prejudiced historian can award to General
Meade the honors of the victory of Gettys
burg, because his antagonist held the posi
tion until ho got ready torelinguisii it, and
then retreated across the Potomac to renew
hostilities on his own native soil. The
sublime bearing which the Southern troops
displayed on this hard fought field chal
lenged the highest admiration of their en
emies. The citizens here frankly admit
that the Federal dead which fell m this
fight exceed in number the killed of the
Confederates. I have met with no un
biased man in this town who does not
cheerfully concede the superiority of Lee’s
generalship over that of his adversary on
this grand theatre of carnage and death,
but the universal testimony is that the
great error the former committed was in
not following up the fruits of the first day’s
victory, and when he failed to do this, in
not moving to the right in the direction of
Washington, and thus compelling Meade
to abandon his strong entrenchments to
seeure the safety of the Capitol. All the
people with whom I have conversed bear
witness to the general good conduct of our
officers and men iu their march through
this country. They spurned to invade The
sanctities of home or to violate the rights
of the sex, and the sanctuaries of the liv
ing God were preserved by them with a
sacred jealousy and honor.
In point of fact, Meade did not plan the
battle of Gettysburg, and, therefore, can
claim no honor for superior skill in this
particular. He had selected the Pipe
Creek hills (which are about fifteen or
twenty miles south of the town) as the
theatre for the grand conflict. Howard
is awarded the credit of choosing the field
upon which the battle was fought. But
the most intelligent observers in this lo
cality do not hesitate to say that no Gen
eral deserves the glory of planning this
battle; for the troops themselves, in a
somewhat disorderly retreat after the first
day’s battle, fell back to the heights with
out any order from the officers, and for
tified themselves strongly to meet the suc
ceeding assaults of the gallant Confed
erates.
My heart has been saddened and my
eyes moistened at the spectacle of the
bones of our brave brothers bleaching on
these bright hills, and partially buried in
these fertile valleys. They arc continually
upturned by the rude ploughshare, and
are profanely exposed on the surface of
the soil. Some ol the humane citizens
there proposed to gather up the remains
of our dead and to have them decently in
terred in some suitable locality, but the
authorities ol Pennsylvania interposed an
interdict on the movement, and even
threatened, as I have been informed, with
severe punishment the movers in the mat
ter. Such is my information whether true
or false. There are many Confederate
graves there designated by a black board
erected at the head ol the sleeper, and with
his name and company written upon it,
but these graves are destined soon to be
obliterated under the operations of agri
cultural pursuits.
• here take the liberty of urg
‘g their families and friends to secure
and compensate some suitable agent or
MIBl! fII' BBWm!
agents to visit this place as soon as practi
cable to gather up all this sacred dust and
carry it home and lay it softly in the bosom
of its native soil to sleep in the circle of
departed kindred tiil the great rising uay.
This, we are sure, is a feasible enterprise*
and should be immediately inaugurated'
Dr. O’Neal, of Gettysburg, has kindly
prepared and published a record of our
dead, and has accurately described the
particular locality in which each one is ly
ing. I herewith subjoin a list of the
names he has furnished me for the benefit
of all interested parties :
LIST OF GEORGIANS BURIED ON THE FIELD
AT GETTYSBURG.
J W Law. 4th reg’t,|
Lt Col Winn, 4lh!
regt,
E A Ward, 60th regt, i
W F Nash, 9th regt,;
W F Brown, 15th
regt,
Capt J W Atkins,
53d regt,
Wm Riggers,
M E Hoggs, Bth regt,:
A A McGeary, 9ch
regt,
Belcher, 11th
regt,
W W Mathes, Bth
regt,
I C Eago, Bth regt,
T W Clements, Bth
regt,
T Elmor, 7th regt,
Jas Crampton, Bth
regt,
II Sparks, ITtliregt,
I) I> Mann, 17th regt,
J J Marnell, 57th
regt,
Sergt J MBisnaugh,
Bth regt,
E W Clyett, Bth regt,
E II Tate, 15th regt,
Lt C A Potter, 11th
rc sC
S liichardson, 11th'
regt,
John Laughlin, 15th
regt,
J C McCallar, 11th
„ regt*
S S Sparks, 57 th regt J
A L Short, 17th regt, i
Lt S 11 Echols, Bth
regt,
JWP, 11 tli regt, 1
J C Dickson, 15th
regt,
Sergt J C Oliver, 11 th
regt,
Sergt E P Sharp,
11th regt,
Corp W A King, Bth
regt.
GW Harrison, lith
regt,
Lt A M Parker, lltli
regt, _
John Mills, 9th regt, 1
T L Lyday, 9th regt,
J D Gordon, Bth
regt,
Sergt S B Shcus,
59 th regt,
W M Weaver, Bth
regt,
W M Lewis, 11th
regt,
Lt W H H, 15th
reed,
Col J Wasden, 22d
regt,
T Ware, 15th regt,
Lt Col J C Mounger,
Bth regt,
B W Dyas, Sump
ter’s Ga Battery,
M Keane 27th regt,
S Goljes, 12th regt,
CONSERVATIVE SOLDIERS & SAILORS.
CALL FOR A CONVENTION TO MEET IN NEW
YORK ON JULY 4.
T The following call lias been issued for a
National Convention of the Conservative
Soldieis and Sailors by the National Ex
ecutivc Committee appointed by the Cleve
land, Ohio, Convention ot September 17,
1866
W asiiington, D. C., June 4, 1868.
. ln pursuance of a resolution of the Na
tional Executive Committee, appointed by
the Soldiers and Sailors’ Convention, which
assembled at Cleveland on the 17th of Sep
tember, 1866, a national delegate conven
tion ot all who served in the Union army
or navy during the late rebellion, and who
are anxious to rescue the country from the
ruie ot the Radical party, is called to meet
at New lork City on the 4th day of July
next. . Delegates will be chosen from each
State in such manner and of such numbers
as the se\ eral State Executive Committees
mu) prescribe, and each delegation will
east in all the proceedings of the Conven
tion the number of votes to which its State
nin}' be entitled iu the electoral college.
General Grant is the candidate of the
Radical party, which, for three years past,
ha.> prevented the accomplishment of near
-1) all the avowed objects of the war, and
till ued to I lie destruction ol the Constitu
tion and the Union the powers confided to
it for their preservation ; but he will be no
stronger before the people than the policy
he represents if the Democrats and Con
servatives cordially unite and nominate
against him a statesman or a soldier whose
record ot patriotic service is as unques
tioned as his own. The momentous issues
between the two parties will then be fairly
considered, and the reason, not the preju-
J M Wright, 44th
; T re sb
John Brown, 12th
! regt,
IIM Boring, 4th regt,
- Hangman, Ga
Cav,
A M Patterson, Stli
; regt,
T L Guery, Sump
ter’s Ga Battery,
Mai P Bremen, 61st
regt,
W Young, 61st regt,
Col Jones, Columbia,
Ga,
J II Crosby, 16th
regt,
JDKeid, 16th regt,
W B Elrod, 16th
regt,
W P Hubbard, 18th
regt,
J W McGinnis, 53d
regt,
W B Butler 4th regt,
Corp Wells, Ga,
J C Jordan, 15th
regt,
T H Lauren, 24th
regt,
Lt C A Bailey, 10th
i regt,
J B Forrester, 24th
regt,
E T Johnston, Btli
! regt,
C L Walker, 26th
! regt,
W 11 Braeewcll, 49th
1 regt,
Richard Jawlt, 51st
regt,
J 8 Haden, 13th
regt,
Jas Corns, Bth regt,
J B Willing, 38th
regt,
W L Brewer, 51st
regt,
J Hodges, 3d regt,
C Gregory, 3d regt,
D II Moncrief, 3d
regt
S W S, 3d regt,
J A Dance, 3d regt,
H II Young, 2d regt,
T Deaton, 2d Ga Bat,
M Lewis, 22d regt,
J R Gibson, 22dregt,
Jos Powell, 38th regt,
J Branch, 61st regt,
Frank Botts, 61st
regt,
Clinton Bachaler,
61st regt,
J N Scarboro, 61st
regt,
Lt Wood, 38(h regt,
Lt C C Brooks, Ga
Legion,
Lt T II Barrett, Ga
Legion,
Lt J Howzc, Ga Leg,
Lt Woods 60th regt,
J A Ileeves, 13th
regt,
choffe 1 tLe Pe ° l>le wiU determin e their
. The P nr POse of this Convention is to ad
vise and co-operate with the Democratic
party in presenting to the nation a candi
date for President who will command the
support of all who desire to extinguish the
revenges of the war, abolish the military
despotisms now ruling the South, give
back to the Southern States the rights of
self-government and of an equal and fra
ternal union, and restore to the Nation an
economical and Constitutional Govern
ment.
Col. A. W. Bradbury, Me.
Gen. J. Donahue, N. H.
Muj. J. B. Coit, Conn.
Col. Lawrence, Rhode Island.
Gen. James MoQuade, N. Y.
Col. C. M. Zai.iop, New Jersey.
Gen. J. Knipe, Pennsylvania.
Gen. E. Maulsby, Maryland.
Col. P. 11. Allabaok, Dist. Col.
Col. L. D. Campbell, Ohio.
Col. T. E. Bramlette, Ky.
Gen. John Love, Indiana.
Col. T. L. Dickey, Illinois.
Gen. G. J. Pakkhurst, Michigan.
Gen. Edward Bragg, Wisconsin.
Gen. Willis A. Gorman, Minn.
Gen. E. B. Brown, Missouri.
Col. Peter McFarland, Kansas.
Gen. J. W. Denver, California.
Col. Ely C. Kinsley, Mass.
National Executive Committee.
marezed.
On Wednesday evening, 10th inst., at the residence
of Mr. Jos. D. Kavanagh, by the Rev. J. F. Kirby, Mr.
John O’Connell, of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Clara,
only daughter of Major Isham Thompson, of this city
A ID V E R T 1 S K MEN T S.
J. J. BROWNE,
GILDER AND PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTURE R,
135 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Old Pictures and Looking-Glass Frames Regilt. Oil
Paintings Restored, Lined and Varnished.
my3o—ly
HHHHSTGt 1808.
THE OLD AND RELIABLE HOUSE OF
CSKATT 6c TURLEY,
AUGUSTA, 0A..,
Is always prepared to offer to the public, at wholesale
and retail, athoroughly complete assortment of
STAPLE GOODS,
—AL£O—
French and Swiss Dress Goods,;
CLOTHS, CASSIMEIiES, CLOAKS, SHAWLS,
EMBROIDERIES, LACES,
HOOP SKIRTS, NOTIONS, he., ho.
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O’Dowd 6c XMEulhcrin,
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA,,
HAVE ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
TEAS,
SOAP,
STARCH,
CANDLES,
.. TOBACCO,
LIQUORS,
SEGARS,
BACON,
LARD,
FLOUR,
AND EVERY THING
Usually kept in a Wholesale and Retail Grocery.
PRICES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
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Kenny 6c Gray,
ISTo- 238 UroaG Street,
DEALERS IN
READ Y-MA DE CLOI JUNG,
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS,
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL KINDS,
And everything usually kept in a
First-Mass Mottling and Tailoring Establishment.
JB3P - An examination of their splendid stock is cor
dially invited.
Augusta, March 21, 18C8. ts
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS.
James A. Gray 6c Cos.,
228 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEO.,
Beg to inform the public that they are now receiving
THE LARGEST SPRING STOCK OF
SOOFUPX,*: KHIX} PAmCY XIKY GOODS
Which have been received at this Establishment
for the past twenty years.
These Goods have been purchased EXCLUSIVELY
FOR CASH from the most eminent Importers of the
United States, from the Manufacturers’ Agents direct,
and iu large quantities from the recent celebrated
Auction Sales ordered by Messrs. Benkard h Hutton,
one of the very largest Importing Houses iu New York
Having full access to the vi ry best Houses iu the
world, and purchasing side by side with the largest
Jobbers in the United States, we can confidently and
truthfully assure our friends that WE CAN SUPPLY
THEIR DEMANDS FOR DRY GOODS, EITHER AT
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, AS CHEAP AS THEY
CAN PURCHASE THE SAME IN NEW YORK.
Merchants visiting the city, will please make a note
of this fact, examine our assortment, and judge for
themselves. We would respectfully invite the closest
examination ol both styles and price.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.,
apll 228 Broad Street.
GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS,
Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
The undersigned, Lessees of this
OLD AND WKLL KNOWN WATERING FLACK,
Announce that, encouraged by the liberal patronage
received last season, they have largely added to their
accommodations, in comfort and appearance,
and are prepared to entertain
FIFTEEN HUNDRED GUESTS.
TIIE BATHING ACCOMMODATIONS
ARE IN FINE ORDER.
HOT AND WARM SULPHUR BATHS,
So eminently efficacious in many cases, are at the
command of visitors, at all hours.
In addition to other amusements, they have provided
anew and elegant
BOWLING ALLEY AND BILLIARD ROOM,
CONVENIENTLY LOCATED.
PROFESSOR ROSENBERG’S CELEBRATED FULL
BRASS BAND,
Has been engaged for the season.
A GOOD IAN'EIIA STABLE
Will be kept on the premises.
The completion of the Virginia Central Railroad to
Covington loaves only twenty miles staging, through a
beautiful mountain country over a well graded turn
pike.
Terms: $3 per Day a.pet §BO per Month.
Children under ten years of age, and colored ser
vants, hail price. White servants according to accom
modations. [mylG-lm] PEYTON h CO.
To the Public.
The undersigned, so long and favorably known as
Broom Manufacturer, and Seater of Cane Chairs
maker and renovator of Mattrasses, Ac., would re
spectfully inform bis friends, and the public, that, i 1
addition to his former business, he has supplied a
want long felt at the Southwestern portion of the city ,
namely, a
GENERAL NEWS DEPOT,
Where all the leading NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS,
and MAGAZINES can be obtained at the LOWEST
RATES. I am also agent for the Banner of The
South, New York Freeman’s Journal, Charleston Ga
zette, he. Metropolitan Record, I.a Crosse Democrat,
Police Gazette, N. Y. Herald, Tribune, Times, World,
Harper’s Weekly, Frank Leslie, or any of the leading
Newspapers or Periodicals, delivered in any part ol
the city on the morning of their arrival. Earnestly
soliciting a share of public patronage at my Old Stand,
Corner York and Montgomery streets, Savannah, Ga.
niay23-lm E. M. CONNOR
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
ILIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By FRANK 11. ALFRIEND, of Richmond.
This is the only full, authentic and OFFICIAL
history of the Life and Public services of the great
Southern leader. Mr. Alfrieud has had the co-opera
tion and assistance of the leading Confederate officials
in the preparation of this work, as will be apparent to
all on examination. Send for specimen pages and cir
culars, with terms. Address NATIONAL PUBLISH
ING CO., Atlanta, Ga. myO—6
SPECIAL NOTICE.
STEEL AMALGAM BELLS.
Every School and Plantation should have oik. Will
sell those now on hand cheap. Those desiring to
purchase will do well to call soon.
Price, complete, from £7 to $lO.
P. MALONE,
Augusta Foundry and Machine Works.
May 19th, 18G8. my3o—tl
Augusta Foundry
AND
M A CHIN E WO R K JS.
WRIGHT & ALLUM’S
IMPROVED COTTON SCREWS,
GIN GEAR, SUGAR BOILERS, SUGAR MILLS,
'GUDGEONS, ALARM BELLS,
AND ALL KINDS OF CASTINGS,
DONE AT SHORT NOTICE.
HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR OLD MACHINERY
IRON, BRASS AND COPPER.
PHILIP MALONE.
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