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SOUTHERN BANNER: MAY 7, 1878.
L*tfco.* ot‘ Ex-i'tvsitl k 1> =-
vis to ilia Macon M
rial \ssociatio ».
AilSSl-tSIPI'I i’nv, MS" )
An t» 11, »«7»* )
0<»uileim»ii—1 Minori ty i ir« i inv
in iliility i«* ,- .e |iw>*ni :»’ 1 1 •
ot'iliH corner stuns or' *\i in nt**M
to In* uivctol at Mhiiui. Ga . i'i
honor of o ir «l«-a<l Ci'iilitli- me -*»l-
dtvrs.”
Tin* event presents every attrac
tion to me; it i in»|iiren by the
Ladies’ Memorial Association; the
lii nitinictit is to la* located in the key
stone State of the •' nfcd<*r.ite arch ;
and to coniinem -rate tiie sacrifices of
tlio-e who died in the defense ot onr-
inliei 'ted and “inalieiiahle ** rights.
What though we were overborne
by mi 'hers, and accessories not less
efficient, truth is not to In* measured
1-y sue ess in maintain nz it ajainst
force — nor i- the ulory less ••< i ini
who upholds it in the lace ntieipial
otl-is, inn i- u net rather nine toll s
credit I lint lie co inie.i all else a-du-t
in lhe haianeu uhen weighed with
l.o i.ir Mul du y. On many astric .eii
tici-l our soldiers stoou lew a.nl faint,
but f.-atlcss s ill. lor they wore the
u.nioniy of enquesiioniog c.nindence
in tin* .cclituih* ol their ra ise, ami
knew how to die but not to surren
der. Let not any ot t lo ir surviv -rs
iinpiiirn their uiiili by oft-rnnr the
peiii.ential plea hat “they believed
they wi tv right.”
Be it nura to transmit to posterity
our unequivocal testimony to the
justice of their convictions, their
virtues, and the scantily of the
motives by which they were acmated.
I- ir meet that this mn'umeut
should have originated with tile la
dies of the laud, whose swif denial
was con piettous through all the trials
and sufferings of w ar, wlio-e get. I**
minis!ratio s in the hoapi'.als, and at
wayside refectories, so largely coii-
tri’ nted to relieve the sick and the
wounded, and whose iiuiallerii.g
devotion to their country’s catt-e in
Ute darkest hours of ottr struggle,
iLu-traitkl the fi le.it^ of the sex
wliieh was Iasi at the: cross and first
at the sepulchre.
1 am profoundly thankful to them
for inviting me to represent them, as
their orator, on the approaching
occasion. Had it been practicable
to accept, their request would have
been, to ue. acoutiuand, obeyed with
«o other reluctance, than the con
sciousness of inability to do justice to
the theme.
Tnaiiks to the merits of our Con
te lento dead', they need neither
Orator nor bard to commend th-ir
deeds t-» the present generation ol
t’ eir countrymen. Many fell far
from home and kindre i, and sleep
ia unmarked graves; but all are
gathered in the love of those for
whom they died, and their memories
are It ill »we<l in the hearts of all true
Co federates.
By the pious efforts of our people,
many humble cemeteries, suclt as, in
their improvement, were possible,
have been prepared, and the Con
federal c dead have been collected in
tiicm from neighboring battle fields.
There 'annually, with reverential
affection, the graves, alike of the
♦nown,and the unknown, are decked
with vernal flowers, expressive of
gratitude renewable forever, and
typical of the Impe of a resurrection
and re-tiuioii where the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
rest-.
To ho remembered, honored, be
loved by* their people is the reward
bestowed on our Confederate Dead,
ft is the highest which a good and
purely patriotic man could desire.
Should it be asked, why then build
this monument? the answer is, they
do not n< ed it, but posterity may.
It is not their reward, but our debt,
ff the greatest gift a hero gives his
Race, is to have been a hero, in erder
that this gift may be utilized to
coining generations, its appreciation
fcy contemporaries should bo ren-
deied as visible and enduring as
possible. Let the monument, rising
from earth toward heaven, lift the
Blinds of those who come after ns, to
♦ higher standard than tho common
list of success. ft fig*
man is .non .or duty, not for exj>e-
diency ; iha< when an attack is made
<ui the eotnii\iinity to which he be
long-. by which lie is protected and
to which hut allegiance is line, his
tir-l obligation is to defend that
community; and that uuder such
condition- it is heti er to have “fought
and lost than never to have fought
at all.”
Let posterity learn by this monu
ment that you commemorate men
who died in a defensive war; that
they did not, as has been idly stated,
submit t<> the arbitrament of arms
the questions at issue—questions
which involved the inalienable rights
inherited from the ancestors, and
held in trust for their posterity; but
that they strove to maintaiu the
State sovereignty which their Fathers
left th- in, and which it was their
A’
duty it possible to transmit to their
children.
Away then with such feeble excuse
for the abandonment of principles,
which may be crushed for a while,
hut which possessing the eternal vi
tality of truth, must in its own good
time prevail over peri.-halde error,
L- t this monument teach that hc-
roi-m derives its lustre from the jus
tice of the cause in which it is dis
played, ami let it mark the difference
between a war waged tor the robber
like purpose of conquest, and one to
repel invasion—to defend a people’s
hi-arths and altars, and to maintain
their laws and liberties. Such was
the war in which our heroes fell, and
theirs is the crown which sparkles
with the gems of patriotism and
righteousness, with a glory un-
ditnmed by any motive of aggrand
isement ir intent to inflict ruin on
others. We present them to poster
ity as examples to be followed, and
wait securely lor the verdict of man
kind when knowledge shall have
dispelled misrepresentation and delu
sion. I- it unreasonable to hope that
m itnre reflection and'a closerstndy
<>f the political history of the Union,
may vet restore the rights prostrated
by the passions developed in our
long and bloody war? If, howevei,
it should be otherwise, then from our
h* rots’ graves shall come in mourn
ful tones the
Acsnrej fit:
And if onr children must obey,
They must, but thinking on our day,
‘Twill lees debase them to submit.”
Yours faithfully,
Jefferson Davis.
Armageddon.
Dr. Baldwin, the author of this
celebrated prophetical work, says,
Iiu-sia will conquer Turkey early in
1*78 ; England and Turkey will unite
against Russia; many .ff.rts wifi he
made to check liu-sia’s designs; yet.
Iiu.-sia will take all the countries this
side the crossings, ami is then u*
cross over into Asia. And then the
Russian empire has still two great
final works to do. The first is to
destroy the Roman church in Europe,
and the second is to attack the
United States, which will occur some
time near 1878, and in doing so both
Russia and monarchy will be des
troyed. Wc may look to 1878 as
the victory over monarchy ; as the
possession of the world by the
Christian Democracy, and as the end
of war forever and the erection of the
millennial republic.
The United States are poorly pre
pared as a uation, by defense, to
resist such an invader; but wc are
careless; wc would as soon exhort
the man in the moon as to exhort our
nation to bo ready for the danger
before it comes; they would consider
us afflicted with lunacy to preach for
truth the predictions of the Scriptures.
Yet, within twenty-six years from
the date wc are writing, (1853,) the
most awful tragedies ever imagined
will be realizod by the world. It is
to be the finishing point of the indig
nation of the Lord, that was to rest
upon the world for so ntauy years.
It is to be the battle of tho wine
press, the battle of Armageddon, and
the battle of the great day. The
United States mast, be the battle
field. Oar policy will be to let them
enter the country and roach the
Mississippi or the Ohio valley, and
then pour hail and brimstone into
them. Wc shall fight with certainty
ofeucoess. ;
Personal Points.
Genaral Grant’s cottage at Long
Branch has l>een leased at $3,000 for
the summer, season.
"*Jk' r .-’"V .
It is stud that Bayard’Taylor got
so siek at sea that he threw up his
hand while playiug euchre.
'a wealth is estima
ted af $10,000,000 mostly accumu
lated by judicious-advertising.
a
Mr. William H. Vanderbilt has
given $1,000 for the enlargement of
the library at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn.
Jannuschck ia the happy possessor
ol $191,700 worth of jewils, most of
thpm presents from the crowned
heads of Europe. »
Gen. Williams, of Grand Islaud,
Cal., owns a farm of 11,000 acres, of
which he has sowed 6,000 acres in
wheat and 2,000 in barley.
Mistah Conkling, in the estimation
of the Philadelphia Press, is a ‘‘gar
rulous, reckless, imprudent and un
exampled political and mental fool.”
The widow of Rossini, the musical
composer 1ms just died in Paris, and
it is understood, has loft..the fortune
amassed by her husband to an asylum
for singers.
The venerable Mrs. Sarah J. Hale
still writes for Godey’s Lady’s Book.
She is in her eighty-ninth year—a
rare instance of physical and mental
preservation.
Rev. Francis II. Wall, who has
become vice rector of the. American
college at Borne, was a graduate of
St. Francis Xavier’s college in 1872.
He is very eloquent.
Governor-General Dufferiu cost
Canada about $130,000 last year in
cluding the staff of the vice-regal
residence and his trip to Columbia.
Ilis salary is $58,666.
The cotton crop for the last eight
years has been 31,570,212 bales.
For the eight years ending with
1861, when slave labor was used, the
crop was 28,797,841’
“ Bob,* the sorrel war horse which
Stonewall Jackson was riding when
he received his fatal wound, is st’ll
living at the age of twenty-three, and
retains much of his old vigor.
“I am acquainted with your
broshers-itt-law, sir,” said a guileless
would-be reporter to Mr. Greeley.
“ Then yon know a couple of mighty
mean men. Good morning,” re
sponded the philosopher.
Mr Ball. rd Smith, one of the most
accomplished journalists in the conn
try, lias retired flout the New York
World, and taken the position of
manaueing editor of the Sun. The
Sun is to lie congratulated.
Lord Kinsale is the only peer who
ran remain in the presence of the
Briti-h sovereign with his li-nil cov
ered on occasions of state The
privilege was centered by King
John in the thirteenth century.
Tilings are coming to a climax.
The M r s R. B. Hayes temperance
society al Washi igton have “ Resolv
ed that the society discard th- name
of Mrs. Ii. B. Hayes and denounces
her as couple, e a fraud as her hus
band.” There now.
General. Carl Schnrz was not
wounded during the war, Imt that
ought not to interfere with his reti.e
ment under full pay. The rebel
bullets meant well.but, being aimed
at Hehurz’s legs, their tailtire to suc
ceed in their deadly mia-iou will he
understood. —Chicago Time-.
George Eliot is a- timid as a c ild,
and refers to others with a simplicity
that recalls Mrs. Bmwnjug. Site and
Mr. Lewis have h m glit a country
place in the beautiful country of
Sttrsey, where they will p-i-s their
summers and autumns hereafter, hut
will not give up L union altogether,
as has been reporied.
George Francis Train’s recent visit
to Boston uas, according to his own
published eon less ion, completely
'* psychologize. I tit.- demonology ”
which for oiaoy y<nr» *ms m de him
an eiieiuv of tne city, niter.* ’its early
assort ti ns ami aff ction* eelite****!.
He uow gr «-i usly pr uhesi s a great
future tin Ko* vital • 1 : ! S»
L&W OSTOTXCEiS.
j a DOBTCU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carnosviile, 6a.
anlS-1873-tt’
g 13. THRA8HEU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WatKinsvillc, Ga.
Office ia fonnor Ordinary’s Office.
jaa35-1876-ly
p G. r .I 3 >1 St ON,
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
For
and
Office over Post-Office Athens, Ga.
feb3-1875-tf
JOHN W. OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tocoa City, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties of tho West
ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of the Northern
Circuit. Will give special attaniou to all claims
entrusted to his care. oct2A-1875 1y.
D. C. Harrow, Jr
Pope Barrow.
garrosv Itros.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over Tulmadge, Hodgson & Co.
jsn4'ly
0 I». MIIVL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, On.
Prompt attention given to nil business ami
the same respectfully solicited. janll-ij
Lamar Cobb. IIowell Cobb.
£^«fc H. COBH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, On
JjOflico in Denpree Building,
feb22-187#-ly
JAnorew J. Cobb.
Alex 8. Erwin.
pRWIN <Sr COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, On
Office on Corner of Broad and Thomas streets,
over Childs, Nickerson & Co.
feb22-1876-ly
Garden Seed!] Ahead of All
COMPETITION
AND
GRASS SEED.
We nave now t. e largest s tx- ot Seed in
this part of Hie State, all of li.cli ure Fresh,
ota ain-'Ie package of old Sw. iu our stock.
We have aison large stock of
STEEL HAIR ItltUMIES.
Tho fourth lot since October last. Our
HltUtfS,
Paints,
Bead,
Oils,
Varnishes, Turpentine,
We can offer at low prices.
V. W. LONt. & Co.,
septl ly At ens
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
AT0 G-TJSTA, GA.
The Leading Hotel ot the City
Noted for its cleanliness, uii.i the excellence
of its table
RATES—*3 00 PER DAY.
The Proprietor solicits from Vie citizens r|
Athens u continuance of that lihe.ul patronage
they have ..en-.tofore gn > n him.
B.F.BROWW,
<>ctlH lm. Proprietor
^SUBUBY . McCCBRY,
Attorney at L»w,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice in the Superior Courts of North
east Geoigia and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
Aug 8. 1876 tf
James K. Lyle, Alex. 8. Erwin,
Watkinsville. Athens.
| YEE A ERWIN,
A TTORNJSrS A T LA W.
Will practice in partnership in the Superior
Court of Oconee County, tmu attend promptly
to all business intrusi >1 to their care.„
jau9-8ru. ,
LC3riw@tb.er <2c Few,
BLA-CKSMITIi’S
TWO SHOPS FOR 1877.
One at tho old stand in front ot
Messrs. GANN & HEAVES,
The other on the road to the upper bridge and
op|>osite
Mr. JOHN Z. COOPER’S,
Livery Stable. We have first class workmen
SOUSE SHOEI1TG
of every description,
Plating and Concave Shoes
s’
Manufactured to order.
WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES,
And all kinds of Machines and Im
pleraenls repaired on short notice.
ian9-tf.
fi. 0. ROBINSON.
U AS JSUT RETURNED FROM A VISIT
amongthc Principal PIANO and ORGAN
factories in New York, Boston and other cities,
having arranged for the Largest and most com,
plete assortment ever offered South, at prices
ABSOLUTELY
BEYOND COMPETITION!
|,OW IP KICKS Q™ S ALE-.
Musics! Instruments
OF EVERY' VARIETY.
Sheet Music and Music Bools,
THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
Mnsical Merchandise,
A' d everything pgrti.iiaLg to a J
First Class Music House.
TUNING AND REPAIRING, PIANOS.
Church, Pipe and Reed Organs, anc. all kinds ot
Musical Instruments Tuned and Repaired by
Mr. C. H. Taylor, the best Skilled and one ol
the most tboroui'b workmen South. Mr. Taylor
devoted nearly fifteen years in the construction
of itist’uuieuts in some of the beat factories in
this countrv, and is the onlv authorized'tuner
for the AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE.
G. O. ROBINSON & CO. ;
265 Bread Street, Augusta, Ga.
CENTRAL HOTEL.
JACKHON «fc TO 1 , i
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, •
Athens, Go.
Office South West Corner of College Avenue
and Clayton Street, also at the Court House.
All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, run sret
them at any time by applying to the County
Solicitor at this office. dccl6~1874-tf
yy II. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
«p!8-1873-tf
Carnosville, Ga.
y M. COCURAN,
ATTORMST AT Z.AW,
Gainesville, Gu.
•Real Estotr an 1 General Land Agent forthe
purchase and sale of Mineral and Farming
Landsin Hall, and the other couutU-sof North
east Georein. Mineral ores tested and titles to
orope.rt' iuvestiented. Special attention given
tothe purchase and sale of c : tv nropertv.
may.’—6m J N. DORSEY. Attorney.
S-CrSHTBSS C^JFIDS.
'p A. ILER,
'TO'o.bolivxi-a.l.’Ear 2c Jawalor,
At'Miohael’store, next door to Re ives & Nich
olson’s, Broa l street, Athens, Georgia. All
work warranted 12 months.
septl2-tf.
Lt KCHAKFKR,
cottou eirrsR,
Tocoa City, Ga.
Highest cash price paid for cotton. Agent
or Winsbip’s Gins and Ijrcss. oe2<’-lS75-tf .
IT
«
l^tVKRV AN« KALB ^
■GafvtatreRt Buggies «fc horses
<•> hire. Terms reasonable.
E. M. WIIlTEIIi AD, I
Wasliingtor, Wilkea county, Ga.
Liver Regulator.
Ilepatine Comp. Cathartic Pills.
Tutts Pill, Porus Plaster-.
Worm Candy and Vermifuge,
Sarsaparilla, Bnchu.
Tutts and llamblcton’s Hair Dye.
Aniline prepared for use.
• Long’s German Cologne.
’* luting’s Cologne.
Lestd, Oir, Glass and Varnish.
Morphine, Opium. Chemicals,
llair Brushes and Comtis.
Perfumery, Toilet. Soaps.
And everything in the Drug
Line, at lowest prices at
c. \\. Long & Co.’s
Drug Store,
Athens, Ga.
septll.ly.
* -%' — - - £ —
Southern Mutual insurance
ATHE1TS, GEO^Ga:.a.
YOUNG L. G. HAHRIS, President
STEVKXS H.01IVK, Jirrretary,
Ctross Assets, April 1, lSti,. .* • $7SI,.(I-
Resident Directors.
Y’ouno L. G. tf arris,
-Ioiix It. Neivtox,
I>r. Henry Hull,
Alrin I*. Deari.no,
Col. Robert Tkomas.
iuv22-wly
Stevens Thomas,
Eliza L. Newton,
Ferdinand Phiniz r
Dr. It. M. Smith,
John W. Nicholson,
LIVERY, FEED END S/LE JiTHELE,
t Athaaa, Georgia.
GANN & REAVES. PROPRIETORS.
Will be.fouud at tl'eirold aiimd, rear Frank
lin Houae building, TIum iB -tree.. Keep al
ways on hnud good Turnouts and co eitil dri
vers. Stock well cured for wheu err rusted to
our care. Stock on liund for sale s* alt • m«s.
deoJStf.
The Image of her Mother.
3A.TVT KCA.K.H.Isr.
, Boo-b and. SHo©-Lffalcer.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
(Ov. a J Acer a & Michael’s FtoheA
First class work tururdonton short notice,
.at liberal prices. Givs me a call and get goo *
■ material and fine work roarchlS-tt
B- «r.
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
.. i Mu- i n- • ffiee, College Avouuc)
AYgSWa, - GEORGIA.
I U;iVo owned at the above place, where I
will •rive *tric - nttont on to repairing ard
v e ming of W c ’e«,Clocks and J 'wulry. All
Wor done ii fir t c'n« trie and at r a-onab'c
r.. -s. Giv to rival. april 28-6jn.
isrovrsix..
B-2T rLUTI-I HUSTIC-
In the Savannah Weekly Ne^s of Saturday,
20th April, will fo commenced a new serial
story with the obfvc title, written by n lady of
Savannah. ’ sew-- — > ’ .~a t
i ‘V’-fc s* i
The Weekly News u 'tut:
Largest and Best Weekly
IN THE SOUTH.
It is a complete newspaper, and contains the
latest Telegraphic and btat-* News, Markets,
etc., an Agricultural and Military Department.
^IUidnptcd for general circulation throjigbout
f ubscription, one year ...42.00.
ix months '..... 1.00.
Specimen copies sent free.
Address J. IL. ESTILL,
april 10 Ettvknuhb, Ga.
ITotice.
The Celebrated “HELLE OF KENTUCKY"
Lour for Sale. ,,
april 28-8m. , F. B. LUCAS.
OB WORK OF ALL T E8CRIP-
oil neatly done at tbb office*
AUGUSTA,
GEORGIA.
Mrs W. M. THOMAS, Prop’r
Tiiis Hotel, ho well known to the citizens of
Clarke and adjoining counties, is located in the
ventre of the business portion ot Augusta, con-
vopient to Post Office, TVlegrapli Ofllce and
Depot, Mid offers inducements to the public
uiieqtiakd bv any other Hotel in tho City
dec4-'t'.
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