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Abcolutoly Puro.
fkH powder never varies. , A. marvel of
rarity, strength and wholeaomeneM. More
ieABomlcal than ordinary kinds and cannot t
told la competition with the multitude of to
est, ahert weight, alum or phosphate powders.
Sold only in eana. Rotjj, Bakins Powi
Co., lot WaU Street, New York. ' . I
Sold by W C A A B Btroiweh GeorgS T
Btroaaoh aad J B Femll CO. j :
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Iba. Rjiabrb BAimn, T4 Farwd Ai
kML Wau an nte date e Dm. MtlL.
" I dt mk! Bran's Irom. Bittara. ud It Km hmmm
Bnra taaa a doctor to bm, harinc csrad bm ol tbe
wiraTajbdiai aw lalUe. Akw and bm of Lir
w O iiwint, Md mem ma ewiptotina le elaar ead
aood. BaabaaaiiaiSaaltoanchUdaa.T
Mas. Lovba O. Buanni. Kaaa Loekpark H.T
ws: -1 aaaaraq an com bwii i
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maempt jMoave ma cnia"
aeeetee Trada Mart nl woaaidrad
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The Great Bargain Housetqf
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Raleigh:
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Not by favor, but by merit alone, wtQ We
maintain and increascf our unrivalled rjjputa
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ttoa. Big pricee will not do these tunes, when.
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everybody stands in need of every
dollir and
very penny. Among our arrivals thisj week
w shall place before our people some p
LANDSLIDES
which are beyond, compariHon und uionppoly
prices, that will1 teach you Ui buy as sdoQ as
, you see the goods.
Who can ttll the vftute of
huoaey When you get your goods from houses
hat buy and sell on long time I ' 3ut opening,
tome Great Bargains caught from tbeaUughter.
pen in New York, such as Cottonadesj Calico,
Bhbek, Laces and liamburgs, ; Dress .Goods,
Xottonsof all descriptions; gooebarjins in
Men's and Boss' (Straw Hat. Come at once,
before these goods are picked over. iVe have
also opened one of the finest stocks-of itfllilnery
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Goods ever brought to this city; and will sell
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ower thaa such goods were ever before offered.
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The ladies running this departjuentt are Hint
lass and of great experience.- partleuV
i-ly invite ladies wishing such godds to call
betore purchasing.
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ThiaaMMn eemUiMa Iran wHk pmntmUbla i
tmic aad Is fanlambto far DiMM pwnlyir to ,
We. nd n wh ldi1wiUry ttw. It E- b
rlehM ud PsriSea thm BIm4. KCImbIum
Vm Abm(U, IttnutkCM tbrnMnifltm ud
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j -"-Secretary Lamar's health was much
improved by bis Southern trip"
jr The people who eat their dinners
at noon are the backbone of this land,
j --tewYork is to erect ia monu
ment on the eapitol grounds at Albany
in honor of the humane and patriotic
hkot of the women of the State during
the witf. ::, ''
petition seventy-seten yards Jong
and containing 5,520 names Of citizens
bf Wisconsin, praying for the passage
of a law taxing oleomargarine, but
terine, etc., was presented, in the House
-Lord Randolph Churchill' said re
cently to i friend : "The chances of the
land-bill musing the House are better
than people will admit It will be a
very Close fight If I were petting I
shibtilid sty fair odds would he five to
jtou4it.V ; J ij
h -Qne gets a striking idef of the mag
nitude of this country from the state
ment bf the Rev. Dr. Barrows that if 4
the entire population .of the globe, esti
mated at 1,400,000,000 were divided
into families of five, the State of Texas
alone' could give each family half , an
acre of land to live upon, j
he; Times-Union has' eotten at
w hat
it calls the rock-bottom facts . con-'
Cerning the protracted absence of Sena
tor Jones, of Florida, from Washington.
The facts of the case or what purport to
be such, Admittedly put the Senator in
A macn : better Hgnt, suowing that
he has been more; sinned against than
j ; -A desperate reyolt took place Sat
urday! of the 275 convicts in the St.
Vineeht de raul 'penitentiary, near
Montreal. A battle with guards raged
for p hour. One oonvict was killed
and several wounded. The warden of
the ptison,who acted with great bravery,
wit fatally wounded. The revolt was
finally subdued with6ut the escane. of a
single prisoner. -' " -Y.' f
r The Pacific railroads, havine been
accused of crediting to their unsub-
Isidiaed lines the earnings of.! the sub-
vidiied lines in order to cheat the .gov
ernment of its fair share of the earnings
of the: latter, the .House committee on
'Pacific railroads has prepared and' re-
to the House a bill which gives
the government a lien alike on a certain
proportion of the earnings of
all lines,
whether subsidized or not.
---3heer light-weight woolens, suit
able far. mid-summer wear, are brought
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vat m graues wnicn reaon irom cue aam
tiest veilings to the most serviceable
serges for atility purposes. The wide
range from the one to . the other, em
bracing etBTts, etamme, grenadine in
new designs; boucle EabricB, jplsin and
ngurea nison iCioino, kybers, chailes,
taousseiine de lame, etc., thirtv-fiv
varied weavings of white wool alone be
ing displayed; some plain, others strip
ed, tuower-brocaded, and figured in
many . fancy devices. Th canvas or
twilled goods, with wide bourrette or
etamine Stripes in fine cashmere color
ings and patterns, are exceedingly styl
ish, and make rich and effective ; suits
for-visiting and carriage ' wear. These
are; made up with long, graceful draper
ies ox pure white or cream white wool,
the white bodioe completed .by a narrow
vest very high military collar, and!
cuff f trimmings of the stripe, with sasht
to match, set beneath the point Of the?
bodioe . in tne back. There ar alsoj
many ecru, dove, olive, beige, almond-f
colored, and golden-brown wools, with?
-it.! .U. J .1. n. . .
uwwtiiiK auueu w weir simple enect De-
yona . seu-aimmings in i tne form o
pleatlngt, kilted ipanels, with lonj
ureoiau overareBS reacning the hem of
the knderdresson the left side, and raiaf
etten jaooc on the right. - such a gown
can be worn at any hour of the day a
summer resorts, a velvet collar a la ma
nne; or handsome neck and cuff trims
mings of dainty lace rendering them
uito Ji cnig& f tl oocasion
out inose requiring ruu aress.
. Arbor Pay was established a fei
years ago in Nefcraska at the suggestio
of l - bterling Dlorton. ; The necessity
oi replacing our rapiaiy oasappearins
forests has become so apparent that thk
custom has; extended to Kansas, West
Virginia, Minnesota, Indian; Michigaii
Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Vermont. And yet protec
tionists insist that the present import
duty on foreign timber be retained In
order that our trees shall the sooner Ee
cut town and consumed. On the on
hand a tax designed i to sweep . awiy
American forests; on the other. Arbor
Days to plant more trees to replace those
practically destroyed by law.
f. v- Waablaclea Hewa. ' J .
Washington April 29 Orders have
been issued for the : opening of the
Marine hospital service j quarantine
station at Sapelo sound, Ga., and -Dela
ware breakwater May 1st. : . . f
I he Senate committee On commerce
reported favorably today;: the bilk f to
make (Jape Uharles Citr, of Uherry-
stone, a port of entry for the district? of
Cherrystone.
Maw Ywrk CuCtou fu larva.
New York, April 29. Green & C&
repoit on cotton futures : saysi A very
tight day in every respect, with ,tbe
ma.-ket a little better than nominal.
fairly encouraging reports from Liver
pool, with some looal demand on export
account, however, appeared to neutral
ise a further slight shading on s4ver
and prices were increased la4 points,
Closing with indications of steadiness.
Tlio Work rtb riaraes.
t LompSs. April, 29. The Walkbson
mills at Beston, Nottinghamshire j to
gether with many adjoining bouses, have
been destroyed by fire. Loss SJ7&00U0
One thousand persons are deprives! of
employment by the burning of the
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KE5IATC AO AIM DIM CfcSES 11IE
he ftubwldjr Jlatler la Ag-in Brwncht
riorwanl aid Hck IMMee It.
V3HLHflTO!. Aoril 29. SSNATB.
On mbtion of Mr. Chaoe. of Rhode Is-
Ikndja bill was passed amending sec
tion 4004, the revised statutes, so as to au
fiorise the postmaster general to allow
Compensation -for postal cars of less than
forty eet long, the sum to be proportioned
the; length, on the basisof thesumnow
id for cart of forty feet id length.
The Senate passed the fourth of July
claims bill With an amendment to reim
burse the estates of AverS and Merrill,
f Mississippi, 07,000, for supplies to
he TJ. S. army during the war. '
j The postomoe appropriation bill was
then taken up, on which Mr, Beck had
he floor. Mr. Beck opposed the pend-
amendment because it was new
legislation and he insisted that it was a
fad policy for the Republicans to force
n the administration provisions against
4hich the present postmaster general
alnd the House of Representatives all
protested. ' The Senator : from Maine
MriJ Frye) iiad sought to make the
Dreign mail provision a mandatorv one.
Ifut the postmaster general had shown to
tibe committee that it would be so detri-laen-tal
to tho public service that the nia-
jprity of the committee had not been able
tb submit it. : Mr. Beck said the ob
ject of that proposed amendmeht was to
jivel a bounty to certain steamship
fines in the hope that a trade could
uius be built up. That , was a matter
ijjot for the postoffice department but
tpr tho- Senate committee on commerce.
I he present bill was a postoffice ap
propriation bill, not a bill to develop
commerce. As to the effect of suh.
Mr. Beck quoted; a voriety of
iftatisjtics. to Bhow that subsidies had
never increased our foreign commerce.
lot excepting the Pacific mail subsidv.
of which he; said nobodv was proud.
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nd of which nothing had come but
eorruption. The good, administration
f : he "postoffice department de
manded that the- mails should be
Carried in the swiftest vpsp!.
O COmpel the POStOnice dtaartrnfnt. irt
send 'mails m slow ships, under die nre-
ensa that such a course Was for the
penefit of the mails, was bad policy and
would embarrrass the administration of
he postoffice department, j Ninety-one
per cent of our mails would in anv case
be darried independently of this pro
posed subsiay,, and it would cost not
one-half the amount reouired bv thia
proposition to carry what would be
coyered by the amendment. ; In the
coarse of his rather longs speech Mr.
Lteok entered upon an elaborate i dianna-
sioniof the tariff, in which j he was fre
quently interrupted by other Sena
tors drawing from him in one instance
the remark : woiald:iike to be per
u.itted to; finish a sentence once in
awhile." ' ;
At 5 o'clock the Senate went into
executive session and at 6 o'clock the
doors were reopened and it adjourned. I
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Conference committees were ordered
on the Senate amendments to the House
bills authorizing the construction of
idges over various rivers.
Mr. Hall, of Iowa, stated that at the
request of many members he had decided
not! jto call up the Campbell-Weaver
election case today, but gave notice that
he Would call it up on Tuesday next.
mi. -Liannam, of Texas, from the com
mittee on; coinage. Weights and meas
ures, reported the bill for the retire
ment and ; coinage of trade i dollars
House calendar. (It provides that for
six months after its passage trade dol
lar! shall be received at their face value
in payment of all duet to t.he United
States, and shall not be again paid out
or Issued in any other manner. The
holders of trade dollars on presentation
of the same .may receive in exchange
therefor an equal amount of standard
silver dollars. Trade dollars so re
ceived by ; the United ; States treasury
officials shall be transmitted to the coin
age mints and recoined into standard
silver dollars.)
The House went into committee of the
; a - a a'
whole on the river and harbor appro
priation bill, the' pending amendment
being one providing .that the appropria
tion for fee Missouri river shall be ex
pended under the direction of the sec
retary of war withouthe intervention of
the Missouri river commission. The
amendment was rejected, but it was
agreed that the vote should be allowed
on it in the House. The paragraph
making-an appropriation of $2,250,000
for the improvement of the lower Miss
issippi having been reached, ) the com
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
A Great Sbat-Down
Milwaukee, April 29. Every plan
ing mill of importance in this city was
shut down today in consequence of the
demand of the workmen. The men. re
cently organized an assembly; of Knights
of Labor with a membership of 500.
Their demands for eight hours work at
the present ten hour wages have been
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relusea py me proprietors, a strixe:
was ordered and today every mill is
shut down, and is to stay so until the men
(rill accept what the proprietors claim
,o be more reasonable; terms. In ad
lition to the Knights of Laboj several
Hundred other workmen at tne mills are
thrown out of employment by the shut
down. -!;.'
partad Wasbouta.
New Orleans, April 29. Washouts
are reported on the Illinois Central.
I Northeastern, Louisville & Nashville,
New Orleans & Texas, JNatchez, Jack
son '& Columbus, and; Vicksburg & Me
ridian railroads, impeding the move
ment af traifij. 1
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1 Site rpon
AataevlIIe'a Hllla
ill Aoroalty.
eSTf. JONS3 DECURSS THS CHILLKHGK AND
PECRIIS TBS DCIL.
Special Dispatch to Niws amd Obskrvir.
Ashivillb, N. 0 , April 29.
The AsheviUe Ad vance in its issue
tomorrow will contain the complete cor
respondence in the affair between Gen.
Johnstone Jones and Richmond Pear
son, Esq.
Gen. Jones declines the challenge and
deeries the duel. ' '
A BoaulbUHa-a.
A CHICAGO A. Of L. SRVOUNCXS STRIKES.
, jCuiCAQO, Ills., April 29 A large
meeting Of workingmen and laborers
frpm the, union stock yards was held
last evening to ratifv the eight-hour
movement. The meeting was addressed
by George N: Sceets, editor of -the
Knights of Labor organ of Chicago, who.
took occasion to give : his views on the
strikes in a manner that astonished some
of his hearers. lie declared strikes to be
foolish, no matter how just the cause
of the strikers might be, and said they
were a weapon which no workingman
could use without doing harm to him
self. They were to be avoided above
all things. There had never been a
strike where the strikers made a per
manent gain of everything; they de
manded. The speaker ridiculed the ac
tion of 200 furniture workers on the
north side who had gone out after re
ceiving everything they asked, because
some men in Cincinnati are not similarly
favored. At present the sole aim of the
working classes Bhould be the establish
ment of the eight-hour system, not, by
striking but by appointing a committee
of cpol-headed men to talk 'the matter
oVer in a friendly spirit with the bosses.
William Gleason was the next speaker.
Tlie also warned ' the men against
following th lead of 'wooden
headed feliows" who ; weae so
fond' of. Ordering strikes, and
told them they could alwayTgain more
by exercising judgment and common
sense. George Schilding, a labor agi
tator, introduced a resolution declaring
for the eiffhtshionr dav anil nrnvirlintr
for the appointment of delegates from
everv department of everv nackinir-
house in the stock yards, to meet rep
resentatives of the different companies
tonight, for the purpose of reaching an
amicable understanding on the eight
hour question. The resolution was
adopted.
CtaUEAT EXCITEM EST IJf TEBHERSEiti
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ATTACK Of A UIUTXD
PTATES
DEPCTT MARSHAL. ;
Chicago, III., April 29. A special
from Chattanooga, Tenn., ; says that
Coffee and Grundy counties. Tennessee,
are in an uproar of excitement over the
sensational attack on United States
denutv marshal Purdin. at Wanchester.
Monday night. The deputy marshal,
lL...I - .AJ f F Al
who shot down five of the moonshiners
before he succumbed, is in a Critical con
dition, but it is thought that he will re
cover. The wounded moonshiner Clark,
Who was left at Purdin't house for dead
by his comrades, is still alive and may
survive. The other four wounded men
Were carried to the mountains by the
moonshiners and are now secreted in
cave in the Cumberland range. Thirty
Of .the mountaineers have banded to
gether to protect theji' and are defying
the officials. ; The State and county offi
cers are scouring the country for the
band, and a bloody conflict will ensue
when they meet. The mountaineers
are armed to the teeth and declare they
will defend the wounded men, with their
lives.' It is feared at Manchester that
an attack will be made to forcibly res
cue the wounded moonshiner and
strong posse of armed men is organized;
to guard him. Much bloodshed is
feared.
Frana Waahlmftaa.
MR
MANNING WILL RESIGN. AMPLB
TIME
TO SELECT A SUCCESSOR.
Special to the Baltimore Sun.
.) Washhigtos, April 28
When the President callfd upon sec
retary Manning a day or two since, i.Ee
question of the secretary's resuming
his duties was discussed. ; Mr. Manning
spoke of the serious nature of his attack
and what a harrow escape he had made,
and then told the Ppresident candidly
that he had come to the Conclusion that
it was best for him not to go back in the
treasury. The President, of course, ye
greted this decision, but he could not
fainsay the: arguments of the secretary,
t was understood, however, between
them that Mr. Manning will not at pres
ent send in his resignation, but fill
give the President ample time to look
around for a proper successor:
Assistant secretary Fairchild, who
has been acting as secretary
during the illness of Mr. Manning,
may possibly be appointed, although it
is reported in insiae circles thatplve
President contemplates selecting sjme
one who will be acceptable to the stal
wart element of the democracy, which,;
IS now BO tnorouguiy uiasausuea. ;
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Tbejr da Xika tbe Da via Oratla
Albany, N. Y., April 29 Afeall;
signed by Gen. H. A. Barn urn, of Kew
York, Major. George M. Tread well. f
Albany, and Capt. Bailey, of Florida,
has been issued for a mass-meeting at
eapitol
park at 8 p. m., to protest
a?ain8t the ovation given to Jefferson
Davis yesterday, and the disloyal sentv
meats uttered there. ! , . '
A great deal of cotton, is jet hold in
he country, j .' I
STATE RIGHTS.
JM-FERHOH DAVIM MAKER kXOTUEB
tUTABLK SFEECH AT
OH1UOHEIIT. I
Upoa thm War And Btata
Stlcbts ana tajra ttaa Coarerat, i
T Da4 Sad Li vlBr, a Ha-
bla Trlbnle.
Momtgomery, Ala., April ; 29. The
capital grounds at 11 o'clock today pre
sented an animated scene. The whole
hill top and the premises were covered
With people, ; gathered to witness the
aying of the! corner-stone of; the Con
federate monument, or ai some express
ed it, "the. official burial Of the Confed
eracy." The skies above were cloud
less ; and Pleasant breezes wafted the
breath of flowers from the city. Only
the ' foundation of the monument was
presenting a -surface i thirty-five
feet square. '( Near by stood the corner
stone on which in raised letters was the
incription "Corner-stone laid by ex
President Jefferson Davis, lApril 29,
886." Opposite this was a large
platform for the speakers.JThe'procession
formed in front of the Exchange hotel
Mr. Davis, his daughter, ex-Gov. Watts
and Hon. H.i C. Tompkins, chairman of
the committee of arrangements, were in
a carriage drawn by four white horseB,
each led by a negro in livery. The
next carriage contained Gen J and Mrs.
J B. Gordon, his daughter f and Mrs.
Clement C. Clay, and was surrounded
by the Survivors of the Sixth Alabama
and other Confederate veterans. The
procession was xoceeded by ; a cavalry
and' artillery escort and wits further
made up of other local military, Knights
of rythius, the grand commandery of
Knights Templar and Masonic bodies
from different parts of the State. The
demonstrations along the route were as
enthusiastic; as they were yesterday.
Mr, Davis was, as is usual whenever the
people catch sight of him, cheered en
thusiastically: He took his; seat with
the memorial association behind him;
Mrs. Gordon, the Misses Davis and
a groom on his left; Gen. Gordon on his
right. Ex-Gov. Watts, officers of the
Sixth Alabama and others were on the
platform. The Sixth regiment was'
Present alsoj as were the trustees of the
soldiers' monument association, &o.
Before the services began Col W. L.
Bragg presented Mr. Davis with
an ' elegant basket or nowers.
A pretty picture was witnessed when
tcme old Soiaier orougnin iorwara a
muster-roll of the Sixth Alabama and
two ladies, Misses Gordon land Davis,
examined it, with his assistance. The
veterans standing; near swelled with
gratification! and pardonablepride. Ex
Gov. Wattsi the presiding officer of the
it a - a sa w- '
joocasion, opened the exercises, nev.
pit. Andrews, pastor of the M. E.
church, prayed. Hib prayer was earn
est and simple. Ex-Gov. . Watts spoke
and was followed by Mr. Davis. Jhe
scene as MrL Davis rose and 'grasped the
hand of his old attorney-general was
very affecting. It was; some moments
before he Could prooecd, as the cheers
were again Jand again repeated. When
there was I sufficient quiet li Mr. Davis
said: j
It is deeply gratifying to me to be
presented to you by one upon whom
leaned fori advice when ! advice w
wanted. When you called him away
the place was missing which he once
filled and I have alwavs desired to lay
my hand on him again. 4 bus it was
hen we met the other sight, after
! . . . . in . 1
years of separation. Dome people in
the room gave a sardonic smue to see
two old, weather-beaten men embrace,
but our hearts were young) though our
heads were old. Associated here
with so ! many memories, thrill
ing and tender, I have felt it were
dangerous for me to attempt to speak to
you as my heart was prompting j me;
not that I am always treasuring up bit
terness against any one, but I am over
flowing with love and admiration for
Our beloved people. To avoid there
fore anything which might be prompted
by the fullness of my heart, for I; be
lieve; I am case-hardened, I have pre
pared some notes I might read which
would not contain anything which
wOuld be constructed f as hurtful.
(Voices ''Go on, say what you please;
you ; are in the houge. of your
friends. My friends, 1 partners in
iov and ! in sorrow, in trials and
suffering,! x have oome tq join you in
the performance of a sacred task; to lay
the foundation of a monument at the
cradle, of the Confederate government
which shall commemorate the gallant
snns I of Alabama who died for their
country, who gave their lives as a free
will offering in defense of the rights of
their sires won in tne war 01 tne revo
lution, and of the State! sovereignty,
freedom and independence which were
left as aU inheri'ance to their posterity
forever. On these rights the compact
of union; was formed; BQt to destroy,
but better to preserve and , perpetuate
Whosoever denies it cannot have atten-
tivelv read the articles of confederation
or the odnstitution'of thelUnited States.
It is not my purpose to I dwell
upon the events of the war. They were
laid before you yesterday by that great
soldier Gen. ixordon in so able a man
ner as to require no supplement from
me. Gen. John B. Gordon was the
soldier jwho when our times seemed
darkest It Petersburg was selected by
hit chieftain, Lee, as the best man to
Jead the oharge. to repeal the besietrinir
army, ; to maae a sortie, to attack in
flank and reverse, and: to double up
Grant's army, and (if I may say so in
hit presence here) he failed, but hit
failure was due to the; failure of his
guides to carry him where he proposed
to go. Again, that man and gallant
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ioldier Was the ene person whom Lee
called at Appomattox when he wanted
to kno w wbe&er it were possible
break the line that obstructed his retreat
toward the mountains of Virginia Ha
answered that it was impossible; that
after four years of hard fighting his di
vision was worn down to a fragment. It
being then impossible to break the line
that obstructed his march to the moun
tains, Lee, like Washington, without
knowing, perhaps, that Washington ever
used tbe expression, said if he could
reach the mountains of Virginia he
jcouH continue the war for twenty years.:
nv. . 1 1 r 1 I!--: . ' V'.L -1.
out wnen ne iouna tne nae wnica ob
structed his retreat could not be broken
he said there was nothing' to do but
surrender. Be it remembered, however,
that Lee was not a man who contemplated
surrender as long as he had the power
to fight or retreat and when he came to r
the last moment of surrender he said to
feen. Grant: "I have eome to treat with
you for the purpose of surrender; but,
Gen. Grant, understand,, I will surren?
der nothing that reflects upon the honor
of mv armv." Gen. Grant, like a man.
said he wanted nothing that, would have
that effect and that .Lee might draw up
the papers himself. It is hot my purpose
either to discuss political questions, on
which my views have elsewhere and in
other times been freely expressed, or to
review the past except in vindication of
the oharacter and conduct of those to
whom it is proposed to do honor
on this occasion. That we may
not Je misunderstood by such as
are not willingly blind it may
be proper to state in the foreground
that we have no desire to feed the fires
of sectional hate, while we do not seek
to avoid whatever responsibility at
taches to a belief in the ; righteousness
of our cause and the virtue of those
who risked their lives to defend it.
(Long applause and cheers.) Revenge
is not a Bentiment of a chivalrous peo
ple and the apothegm that: 'forgiveness
is- more easy tor the injured than to
those ' who give the injury' has never
had a more powerful illustration than
in the present attitude Of the two sec
tions toward one another. ; Policy, in
the absence of magnanimity, would have
indicated that in a restored union of
the States there should have been a full
restoration of equality, privileges, and
benefits, as they had pre-existed. 1 bough
this has not been the lease, yet you
have faithfully obeyed. As citizens
and in your impoverishment you have
borne equal burdens without equal
benefits. I am proud of you, my coun
trymen, for this additional proof of your
fidelity, and pray God to give you grace
to suffer and be strong. wnen your
children's children shall ask what
means that monument, there will be an
enduring answer 'It commemorates the
deeds of Alabama's sons who died that
you and your descendants should be
what your father in the war of inde
pendence left you.' Alabama asserted
a right proclaimed in the declaration of
independence as belonging to every
people. She found that the compact of
union bad been broken on ono side and
was therefore annulled;- that the gov-
ernment ot the unitea states aia
not answer the ends ' for : which
it was instituted and' they with
others of like-mind ; proceeded to
form a new constitution, organizing
its powers in the language of the
declaration of independence, in such a
form .as seemed to them most likely to
effect their safety and happiness. This
was not revolution, because the State
government, having charge of til
domestic affairs, both of person and of
nroDertv. remained unchanged. : To
call it revolution it a gross solecism
Applause. As sovereigns never rebel
and as oirlv sovereigns can; form national
leagues, if the States had ,not been
sovereigns there could not have been a
compact of union. Applause. laat
. ... .
the South did not anticipate, much less
desire war, is shown by the absence : of
preparation for it, as well aa by the
efforts to secure a peaceful separation.
The successful, party always holds
the defeated responsible for war
But when passion shall have subsided
and reason shall have resumed .her do
minion it must be . decided that the gen
eral government had no ' constitutional
power to coerce a State and that a StaU
had aright to repel invasion, it was a
national and constitutional right. (Ap-
p'ause.) From' the early put oi iu
century there bad been propnesn s ant
threats of a dissolution ot the union
These began at the north on the que
tion of preserving the balance of powei
and culminated during the war of 1812
on the decline of their trade, though
the war was urged for' the protection of
sailors' rights. In the course of yearp
the balance of power passed to the
North and that power was so used that
the South, despairing; of a peaceful en
iovment of the constitutional rights of
the union, decided - to witbaraw
from it; this without injury to their
late associates. The right to withdraw
was denied and the Worth made ready
for war. The distant, muttering of the
storm was readily understood by the
people of Alabama. Gray-haired sires
and beardless boys, all . unprepared as
they were, went forth to beet the storm
" burst upon tneir ; nomes ana their
I ltrB- " reqwed.no Demosthenes to
arouse them to the duty of resisting tbe
invaders; no Patrick Henry to prepare
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death. It was the people, not the lead
ers, who resolved and acted. One sen
timent inspired all classes, Yet t be
lieve there were verv; few v(ihd did not
regret the necessity j which left them
no alternative between fighting for
or against their State. Mothers,
wives and daughters, Choking back their
sobs, cheered them oh the path of honor
and duty. With fearless tread these
natriots untrained to . war advanced on
many natue-neias hi iooa ueatn in tne
face.
Though ; Alabama, like Xiiobe,
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I must mourn her children in .death, yet
it her woe tempered by the glorious
I halo which surrounds their memory
to J For maze thaa a century after his death
it is said that Philip Devalangnes' name
was born on the roll of the grenadiers
to whom he belonged, and when hit
uame was called it was answered from
the ranks 'Dead on the field of honor.'
Long, very long, would be the list
which would contain the names of Ala
bama's sons wbose valor and fidelity
would justify the same response. To
name tho few would be unjust to the
many. Thej are all therefore left
where : they securely repose, ; in
the hearts of a grateful people.
This monument will rest upon the; land
for which they died and point upward
to the Father who knows the motives at
well at the deeds of his children, "
at last resting in a land where justice
may be rendered which may have been
denied them here. In conclusion per
mit me to say 'though the memory of
our glorious past must ever be dear (e
us, duty points to the present and the
future. Alabama having resumed her
place in the Union, be it. yours to fulfil
all the obligations which devolve Jnponr
all good citizens: seeking to restore the
geueral government to its pristine
purity and as best you may promote the
welfare and happiness of your common
country. (Long applause.) Citizens of.
Alabama, and ladies (facing the ladies
on the stand) for to wnatever side
you may belong it is ; your
ex that has been true always in war
and desolation we hear of the valor
and virtues and enduring names of the
Spartan mothers, but tell where in all
the history of nations was ever such a
specta'ole seen as was witnessed in the
valley of the Shenandoah. How the
tide of war ebbed and flowed. Some
times the Confederates retreated, and
sometimes they pursued. Those people
who claimed to be our brethren had
burned everything except our fences,
(ex-Gov. Watts, interrupting,) 'and
they would have burned them had they
not been stono.' Mr. Davis turned and
smilingly continued) Why do you sup
pose they did not burn . the fences: be
cause they were stone? Loud applause.
And yet there never was a time when
a Confederate body of troops,
marched down that valley that
the ladies did not hang out little Con
federate flags from their windows! and
give bread to the hungry soldiers. Tre
mendous applause. God bless you,
one and all. I love you all from the
bottom of my heart and give -you thanks
for your kindness." Tremendous, long-.
continued' applause and cheers.
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Ark., special says: The river 'has
risen two inches here from- $ o'clock
last evening to 8 o'clock this'1 morning.
The gauge now stands forty-eight feet
above the low water mark, and eleven
iuchtit above the extreme high water
mark! The Belle Memphis, from Vicks
burg has just reached here, and brings
a report that two colored men were
hanged below Friar's Point, Miss., for
cutting the levee. The river is twenty
one inches above the high water mark
at Friar's Point.
A Bank Ctaaad.
Cincinnati, April 29. A Times-
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bank of Marietta closed its doors ; this
morning in consequence of an embar
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$100,000. It is thought the Veal es
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