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[From the Atlanta, (Ga.) Intelligencer.]
“The Harp of the South.”
I3Y MliS. IS. A. HAItrEB.
“The ha*p of the South had awaked her song!
She had tanked for ages—had slumbered for long—
But aroused by cruelties, disasters, and wrongs,
Boldly struck forth, warbling minstrelic songs.
Aroused from my slumbers of midnight profound,
I listened, enraptured, to minstrelic sound;
The minstrel I knew not, but my heart it leapt forth. ,
In sisterly love, to the child of the South.
First in her lay were the deeds of our Braves,
Gallant bearings ou the fields of war, blood stained
graves;
It shook the tall leaves of our old forest pine,
As it whistled the greatness of Jackson’s mind.
IT r strains on the chivalric lore of a Lee,
Trembling, stooped o'er the grave of the martyred Bee;
Hut Morgen’s name thrilled on the wire— it swept
Through the clouds; but listen ! hark!—the minsirel
wept I
Os a Stewart, a Beauregard, a Longstreet, the Hills,
It grandly swept on, in majestieal trills;
>,'o (pavers of harp-strings, as it dwelt on each name
Which is proudly enrolled on the annals of Fame.
She smiled at the the deeds of Ithoderic Dhu,
Triumphantly warbled the praise of our true;
While the blade of a Graeme more resplendent ne’er
shone
Thau those by the sons of our “sunny laud” borne.
And now that the swords in their scabbards lie still,
And fancied peace waved from valley to hill,
Food for minstrelic song she had plenty in store—
Os deeds to be re-acted “never”—“nevermore.”
As I listed methought the “Grey Minstrel, ” long dead,
Back to earth on a mission of mercy was sped,
To the youths of the South, that they might not forget
There was health, “there was life in the old land yet.”
She sung in wild chorals of the famous, the strong,
Till the woods of the South re-echoed with song;
The deeds of woman more gently were blended,
And the lay of the minstrel of the South was ended.
Atlanta, Ga.
FUNERAL OF VERY REV. BENEDICT J.
SPALDING, D. D, OF LOUISVILLE.
KENTUCKY.
The solemn obsequies of this eminent
clergyman, of whose sad and startling 1
death we elsewhere give an account, were
celebrated in the Cathedral of Louisvile
on last Friday.
The remaius had been borne to the
Church soon after his demise, and were
visited by thousands of Catholics, who
mourned for their spiritual father and
friend ; and of all classes, who hastened
to pay this tribute to one whom they
respected in life as a blameless clergy
man, a learned scholar, an excellent citi
zen, and a distinguished son of Kentucky,
The Clergy, especially, gathered to unite
in the last sad offices. On Wednesday,
a Funeral High Mass was sung by Very
Rev. J. M. Lancaster, V. G., of Coving
ton, and the Office of the Dead chanted
by the Clergy in Choir. On Thursday,
High Mass was again celebrated by
Very Rev. Mr. Lancaster, and in the
afternoon the Office of the Dead was
eli minted.
Friday was the day appointed for the
conclusion of the offices, and for bearing
the remains to their final resting place.
By 9 A. M. the vast Cathedral was filled
to repletion, and the streets adjoining
were occupied by crowds unable to enter
the Church, but desirous of uniting in the
procession. At the appointed hour, a
large number of Clergymen, from the
city and Diocese of Louisville, and from
neighboring Dioceses, entered the sanctu
ary. The solemn High Mass was celebrat
ed by the Right Rev. Dr. Lynch, of
Charleston, who had arrived that morn
ing. Never did the majestic offices of the
Church seem more impressive and appro
priate. The sanctuary filled with Cler
gymen, many of them venerable for their
years and labors in the Ministry ; the
vast assemblage, moved with grief for
their loss, or hushed in silent awe, as the
sad funeral tones of Mozart’s Requiem
Mass, feelingly sung by the Choir, swelled
and rolled along the vaulted arches; the
Church draped in mourning; the colored
light of the stained-glass windows, ming
ling with that of blazing tapers andelouds
ot incense; above all, the remains of the
Pastor, who, but a few days ago, had
moved among them in health, snatched
: \yay so quickly and startlingly, now
lying before them rigid in death ; all
combined to fill the soul with a sense of
religious awe, and forced us to bow be
fore the inscrutable dispensations of Di
vine Providence in life and death, and to
unite, with heartfelt fervor, in the
Prayers of the Church lor the Departed.
After the Mass, the Right Rev. Bishop
ascended the Pulpit, §nd delivered a
brief eulogy on the deceased. He spoke,
as he said, without preparation, at the
request of the Clergy, and yielding to
those feelings of personal respect and
attachment lor the deceased, which had
made him hold it a duty to come to unite
with them in these last sad offices. He
referred to the years of college life,
spent together so happily in Rome; and
to the character which the young Levite
then manifested; his clear intellect, his
correct judgment, his straightforward
honesty of thought and expression, and his
simplicity and purity of character. All
these gave him a high position in their
ranks, # and made his youthful associates
look forward toycarsof signal usefulness,
as he ministered iu the Church of God.
He spoke briefly of the ecclesiastical
career of the deceased, of his strong
Catholic faith; the foundation, as it
were, of his character; of his love of
justice, of his charity, and of the entire
devotion of his life to the cause to which,
in his youth, he had given himself. In
conclusion, he spoke of the warning
which the death they all deplored, gave
to all, to prepare in health, and while God
gave them time, for the approach of that
dread hour, at once unavoidable, and un
certain, when man shall render an
account of his actions and words, and very
thoughts to an All-seeing and just God.
After the sermon, the Bishop returned
to the sanctuary, and gave the solemn
Absolution. And then the funeral pro
cession was formed, exceeding anything
Louisville has ever seen before. The
members of twelve different Catholic
Societies, their banners draped, in
mourning, and bearing their beautiful,
appropriate insignia—a column of nearly
a thousand men—marched on foot, lead
ing the vast procession. The hearse was
surrounded by Clergymen as pall bearers;
the relatives of the deceased, and nearly
one hundred Clergymen, and then depu
tations of the Sisters of Charity, and of
other religious orders, followed in car
riages ; the Mayor and City Council
came next, followed by a long line of
private carriages. Last, and most ap
propriately’, hundreds of the children of
the Catholic Schools, which owed so much
to the care and exertions of Dr. Spalding,
closed the solemn line. The streets were
crowded with a hushed multitude. Many
places of business were closed, and many
houses draped in mourning.
The vast procession, which occupied
nearly’ two hours in passing any point,
and was fully three miles long, marched
through the streets and up Broadway, to
the Newberry Road, which it followed to
the beautifully situated new Catholic
Cemetery. Here the appropriate prayers
at the grave were recited by Rev. Robert
Able, senior Clergyman of the Diocese,
and the mortal remains of the Very Rev.
B. J. Spalding were consigned to the
tomb, to await the summons of the
Archangel, in the hope of a glorious
resurrection.
It is rare that any community lias
given so marked and so deep a manifesta
tion of respect and veneration as we have
witnessed on this sad occasion. The city
mourns for him, the poor weep for their
true friend and father, the Clergy for one
who was of them—their guide and their
support. The Church prays for her
earnest, faithful Minister, who has been
called to give an account of his steward
ship. Requiescat in Pace. — Oath. Tel.,
Aug. 12.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
The Ladies of Spotsylvania County,
Ya., and vicinity, have organized a
Memorial Association, for the purpose
of rescuing from oblivion and desecration,
the Confederate Dead, and of paying to
their memory the respect and honor
which they have so justly deserved.
That this object will commend itself to
the sympathies and co-operation of the
Southern people, we feel assured ;
For these scattered ashes were once
your own “flesh and blood I”—are the
remains of your overt dead —the relics of
Father, Husband, and Son.
They have, moreover, perished in behalf
of a cause once inwrought with every fibre
and sympathy of our souls; and to which
they 7 and we sacrificed, in conscious
rectitude, every interest, and they even
life.
To leave them unhonored and uncared
for, would be to stultify every conviction
of our conscience, and tmmple upon the
most righteous and sacred emotions of
our humanity.
The purview of our Association is
National. It covers the great battle
fields of Chancellorsville, the W ilderness,
and Spotsylvania C. H., togetherwitb the
scattered and solitary’ dead of the vicinity,
and thus is seen to include this entire re
gion, with the exception of Fredericks
burg.
Among the dead heroes of the Army of
Northern Virginia are representatives of
every Southern State!
In in the furtherance of our object, we
have already 7 progressed far beyond onr
expectations.
A beautiful site, containing fifteen
acres of land, situated about half a mile
from Spotsylvania C. H., between the
Confederate and Federal lines of battle,
has been secured, laid off, and apportioned
to the dead of each State.
Those who perished on the Spotsvl
\ania C. 11. battle-field—those who died
at its field-hospitals, and all the scattered
BASfITISM ©lf ffSi a
dead in its immediate vicinity 7, have
already been interred.
With the exception of SdOO, received
from other States, thus much has been
accomplished by means raised in our own
and the adjoining counties.
Our home resources are now exhausted,
and unless we obtain the means to com
plete our sacred purpose, from the people
of the Southern States, it must be aban
doned.
But we have no such expectation, and
now confidently appeal to the people of
these States to help us in our enterprise.
Help us through your Legislatures, as
Cities and Communities, and as indi
viduals, and let the work no longer be
retarded by your want of sympathy and
co-operation.
Contributions should be sent to any of
the subjoined Officers :
Mis. Dr. A. J. Boulware, President.
Mrs. John R. Samuel, Vice President.
Miss Emily Browne, Rec. Sec’ry.
Miss D. R. French, Cor. Sec’ry 7 .
Mrs. R. C. Dabney, Treasurer.
Address Miss I). B. French, Cor. Sec.,
Sunny Side, near Fredericksburg, Va.
Any donation will be thankfully re
ceived.
Spotsijlvcniia C. IL,Jan. 7,1867.
A skeptical young collegian confront
ed an old Quaker with the statement that
lie did not believe in God. The Quaker
8 id:
“Dogs thee believe in France?”
“Yes, for though I have not seen it,
I have seen others that have ; besides
there is there is plenty of corroborating
proof that such a country does exist.
“Then thee will not believe anything
thee or others have not seen ?
“No, to be sure I won’t.”
“Did thee ever see thy own brains?”
“No.”
“Ever see anybody 7 that did?”
“No.”
“Does thee believe thee has any ?”
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Lott’s Post Office, Edgefield Diet., S. C.
July IC, 1868. angl*
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