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THE MORNING STAB. By WOT. fl. BERNARD. PUBLISHED DAILY KXCBPT MONDAYS. -f'.a-- -M RATES 0 SUBSCRIPTION IK ADVANCE '. S&SSl 9& nudl paid, .. $7 00 Six months, 4 qq Three months, 2 25 One month " . 1 nn TVi Othitaklk. . , - .1.. wiiLr i"" uwrawin any pare 01 we city, Fifteen Cents per week. Our City Agents are not authorised tr ,.liu.t t. rTw I A. sTrLTtz. lect ftohMthrtlmonSs In advance. OUTLINES. Rouniania proclaims independence and will declare war against Turkey. Russia's reply to Lord Russell has proba bly been foreshadowed by the Russian telegraphic agency ; it says England can not extricate itself from a. dilemma except by proclaiming itself the first Mussel man power in the world. Turkish gunboats have captured four vessels in the Danube sailing under the Greek flag. A Turkish monitor bombarded Satanow two hours. Roumanian force will constitute the right wing of the Russian army. The Chief Rabbi at Constan tinople has ordered prayers to be offered for the success of the Turks. The steamship Dakota is ashore on an island in South Wales ; crew and passengers safe. The President is reported as expecting big results from his policy in the South. The Western delegation will arrive at Richmond Friday evening. - The Permaneut Exhibition at Philadelphia was opened at Philadelphia yesterday ; Presi dent, Gen. Grant and Governor Hartranft were present. A destructive explo. sion occurred at Fall River ; factory and other buildings destroyed ; one body found. The Czar is alarmed at Po lish movements ; he evidently fears an at tempt at revolution. A tribe has risen in the Caucasus. No recent lighting at Kars. New York mar kets : Money easy at 22 per cent ; gold active at 10710"i; cotton firm at 10 lo-loll 1-16 cents ; rosin firmer at $1 901 92; spirits turpentine firmer at 36 cents. Spirits Turpentine. Shelby voted the "dry" ticket. The fruit crop in Macon is very promising. Snow Hill elected entire Demo cratic ticket. D. A. Covington elected Mayor of Monroe. Statesville elects Democratic Commissioners. Mr. John McCalL ot Biaden, aged ninety, is dead. At Lincoluton it is a tie between the "wets" and "drys." The office of Raleigh tax col lector is worth $1,500. An old uegro iu Halifax county amputated his own foot. -- ReiddvlUe depot received 125 tons of guano in about six months. A meeting is called at Wades boro to consider the Cheraw and Salisbury railroad. Hon. Neal Dow spoke at New beru Wednesday night. Speech strong, but "Brutus is no orator." A lamp exploded iu the dwell ing of Col. Kedar Bryan, of Magnolia, set ting fire to curtains and table. Dr. Win. Little, of Raleigh, has been elected physician to the penitentiary in place of Dr. Hill, deceased. Macon court lasted three days. Only twenty 'five cases on civil and crimi nal docket, but the population is small. Dr. Blacknall, of the Yar b rough House, Raleigh, will dine the Chapel Hill seniors on the 9tb of June, and give the students a "hop" on the night of the 8th of June. The Uharlotte Observer says Zenas Porter, of Mecklenbursr, stood 126 yards from a tree on which sat a hawk, and with a pistol, the barrel of which was only five inches long, put a ball through the body of the bird. '' Orphan's Iriend : Danbury is as picturesque a place as was ever found by Dr. Syntax himself. It is perched on a high hill and overlooks the Dan, where the i)oblT river is held in check and made to behave by lofty rocks and mountains. -J. B. Palarnountain, of Tarboro, has been elected M. W. G. Chief Patriarch of the Grand Encampment I. O. O. F., of North Carolina, and Andrew J. Burton, ed itor of the Weldon News, has been chosen Grand Master of the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. Magnolia Record: The follow ing is the result of the municipal election held in this town on Monday, the 8th inst. : Mayor W. T. Hannaford; Commissioners F. A. Newberry, H. Hollingsworth, J. M. Bartsell, J. F. Croom, J. D. Wilson and J. H. Groves. Mrs. Milton, of Mecklenburg, made an assault upou Mrs. Bechtler, first with her fists and next with a knife. She was bound over in the sum of $100 amid tears and sympathy. She is handsome, and twenty men stood ready to go on her bond, according to the Observer. Raleigh Observer : A telegram - was received in the city yesterday eveniug from Franklinton, N. C, announcing the sudden death near that place of Mr. Caiter B. Harrison. Mr. H. was for many years a resident oi this city, and was highly es teemed for his many good qualities as a man and citizen. Magnolia Record : We under stand that W. B. Coston.of Pender county, committed an assault upon Mr. J. K. Ban uermann, at South Washington, a few days ago, which resulted quite seriously. The assailant struck Mr. B. with a piece of tim ber, and cut an ugly and serious gash upon his jaw. Wilson Express: Mr. Jep Lind say, of Nasb county, was found dead in his bed last Friday morning, and in the even ing Mr. J. W. Vaughn, of the same county, was found dead in the door of his residence. Heart disease is thought to have been the cause of the death of both. Both parties lived in Cooper's township. The Charlotte Observer says of the Greensboro election : Mr. Silas Dodsoo, of the McAdoo House, was elected Mayor, - and Messrs. Eldrige, Yates, Cunningham, Sik.es and Echols, Aldermen. We are also told that no political question entered into the contest, but that the ticket elected was regarded as the "wet" ticket. Concord Sun: Gaston Court began yesterday, Judge Cloud presiding. Several capital cases are on the docket for trial. Among the number is Leroy Gray, from this county, for rape. From what we can learn of his case we are inclined to think that a few years railroading, it not ma acquittal, will be the result. Wilson Express: While Joshua T. Aycock, a young man who lives in rHE VOL. XX. """NO. 43. Wayne county, was on his way home a few days ago from Fremont, and when within a half mile of home, about 8 o'clock at night, he was knocked out of his cart and robbed of $4 80. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the dastardly act. Norfolk Landmark: On the se cond Tuesday in June a grand match of cock fighting will take place in Norfolk be tween well known sportsmen and chicken raisers of North Carolina and Virginia. The money wagered aggregates $2,000 tea bat tles at $100 each. The fighting will last four days, and each party will show thirty one cocks. The sports anticipate a grand season. The forfeit money was put up last Monday. Orphan's Friend: fonesville on the Yadkin side of the Yadkin, and Elkin on the Surry side and on Elkin River, make one beautiful town, connected by a splendid bridge and watered by two noble rivers. These clever people look after the interests of their schools, and the children are in good hands. O how re freshing to find one town with schools in lively operation. Elkm has also a large cotton factory, and enterprise always im proves the appearance of a country. Judge Schenck is in earnest. A conflict between him and Judge Dick as to authority is imminent. The Raleigh News publishes this: A correspondent writing us irom Jenerson, Asne county, Where Judge Schenck is holding court this week, encloses the following, which is a copy of an order just issued by His Honor: At Chambers, ) Tenth Judicial District. ) lo the Clerk of County: You are ordered not to obey any writ of certiorari issued by the judge or clerks of the Circuit or District Courts of the United States in North Carolina, which may com mand you to certify to those courts for trial any criminal case where the parties are indicted for breaches of the peace in your county. liefer the officer serving any such writ on you to me. D. Schenck, Judge Superior Court. Assigned to Tenth District. May 3, 1877. THE CITY. NEW ADVKIi TISE T1KN I Munson. Trunks, &c. Prof. Agostini. Pic-nic notice. Cronly & Mobbis. Auction sale. Grant, Hinton & Co. Fertilizer. Local Dots. Mr. Jacob N. Mohr will leave on Monday next for a trip to Europe. There was no session of the Mayor's Court yesterday morning. We are glad to hear that the city has just received two thousand feet of new hose for the fire department. The city authorities ought to enforce the dog ordinance with more vigor. There should be more revenue or fewer dogs. The Cornet Concert Club ap peared yesterday, for the first time, in the beautiful new hats, with red plumes, which they have recently purchased. We learn that there was a large attendance at the German pic-nic at the Wilmington Gardens on Wednesday after noon and night, and that those who parti cipated had a splendid time. Messrs. C. S. Ellis and C. N. Chestnut, both former residents of this city, but now of Savannah, were made resident members of the Georgia Historical Society of Savannah, at a meeting on the 7th inst. By the way, Mr. Ellis is now on a visit here. The Grand Lodge of L O. O. F., in session at Salisbury, has elected Mr. R. J. Jones, of this city, as Grand Treasurer, and the Grand Encampment has elected him Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. J. L. Dudley was elected Senior Warden of the Grand Encampment. uood Samaritans. Fidelity Lodge No. 67, Queen Esther Lodge No. 30, and Star of Liberty Lodge No. 63, colored Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Sa maria, held a Convention in this city du ring the present week, commencing Mon day night, the 7th and adjourning Wednes day night, the 9th, inst. The business that called them together was successfully and satisfactorily pertormea. mere were a great many delegates from Charlotte and other places, who returned home yester day morning, "with," as one of them ex presses it, "their hearts full of thanks to the white and colored citizens of Wilming ton." The Muunvllle Amateurs Invited to Visit Wilmington The Wilmington public will be glad to learn that an invitation has been extended to the amateur performers of Smilhville, who gave two such excellent dramatic en tertainments at that place last week, for the benefit of the families of the lost pilots, to visit Wilmington and give one of their per formances at the Opera House. There is every reason to believe that the invitation will be accepted, and that the proposed en tertainmenl will be given some time during the coming week. It will be left altogether to the option of our visitors to say how the proceeds shall be applied, but it is thought probable that they will be donated to the pilot fund We can safely assure our friends here that a rare treat is in store for them. TUB PILOT FUND. The following subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the families of the lost pi lots have been received at this office: T. M. A , . $2 00 A member 01 ot. Jonn s .Parish, thro' Rev. Geo. Patterson, 5 00 E. Kidder & Sons 50 00 A lady, through Dr. E A. Anderson 5 00 Two Ladies, through Mrs. C.G. K. 3 00 Mrs. H. Webb 10 00 James H. Chadbourn & Co 25 00 G. D 2 00 D. MacRae 25 00 Through Rev. J. E. Mann. 2 00 Morning WILMINGTON, IN. C, FRIDAY. MAY 11. 1877. MEMORIAL DAY. MAY IOTH, 17T. Honors to the Dead who Nobly Fought and Noblr Died for the " coat cause' Tributes or Speech Tribute of Music and Tributes of Flowers Ode Iu fflemorlam, dec. Yesterday, in accordance with the cus tom inaugurated in our city by the Ladies' Memorial Association, the people of Wil mington once more turned out in large numbers, on the anniversary of the death of the lamented Stonewall Jackson, to do honor to the Confederate dead who lost their lives in the grand, heroic, but unsuc cessful struggle for Southern independence, as well as to those' who have since, in the peaceful shades of private life and in the consciousness of duty well performed, passed from earth and joined their com rades in another sphere of existence. the day opened brightly and was in every way aus picious to the proper carrying out of the programme of the mournful occasion, be ing neither too warm nor too cool. BUSINESS SUSPENDED. Commencing about noon, the stores and other business houses were very generally closed, and business was nearly en tirely suspended for the remainder of the day. The wharves after the din ner hour were almost deserted, and the streets presented more the appear ance of Sunday than one of the days of the week when business is generally at its liveliest. DISPLAY OF BUNTING. The flags over various private buildings were at half-mast during the day. Among which we noticed that of Messrs. Green & Flanner, Lemmerman & Conely, Mr. P. Heinsberger and the Star office, and also that on the Democratic pole on Front street. Early in the forenoon the flags of the various vice consulates were dis played, which was followed by those of the foreign shipping in port, the rigging of the several Norwegian barques being literally covered with bunt ing. At 12 o'clock the flag over the Vice Consulate for Norway, Sweden and Den mark was dropped to balf.mast, which was the signal agreed upon, and was immediate ly followed by a like proceeding on the part of the barques, their flags remaining at half matt during tbe remainder of the day. The other shinning in port also bad their flags at half-mast during the afternoon. DRAPED IN MOURNING. Many of the stores and other business houses were draped in mourning, among which we noticed those of Messsrs. C. D. Myers & Co., R. M. Mclntire, Thos. H. McKoy, Col. J. J. Hedrick, Sol Bear & Bros., T. W. Brown & Son, P. Heinsberger, Julius Samson, M. M. Katz, Brown & Rod dick, J. C. Stevenson, and Zimmerman & White. THE PROCESSION. At the appointed hour the procession was formed on Market street by Capt. John T. Rankin, Chief Marshal, and hid Assistants, and took up its line of march for the Ceme tery, the procession including the Ladies' Memorial Association, the Children's Me morial Association, the children of various schools, all bearing wreaths of flowers and evergreens, boquets, banners, &c. ; the Wil mington Light Infantry, under command of Capt. Walter Coney; the Cape Fear Light Artillery, under command of Capt. H. G Flanner; the officers and soldiers of the Third N. C. Infantry, the carriage contain ing the Orator and Chaplain, other organi zations, carriages containing citizens, peo ple on foot, &c, the Wilmington Cornet Concert Club discoursing sweet music ap propriate to the occasion. AT THE CEMETERY. Arriving at the Cemetery, where an im mense throng of persons in carriages and on foot had preceded it,the procession filed into the Confederate lot, wnere tne cere monies Were commenced, the choir first rendering the beautiful Memorial Ode writ ten in part by the lamented Edwin Fuller, a few hours before his death, after which the Chaplain, Rev. James B. Taylor, de livered the following touching and appro priate prayer : We adore Thee, O Lord, as the King eternal, immortal and invisible; the only wise and true God. Before Thee the an gels veil their faces, and in Thy sight tha very heavens are unclean. What, then, is man that Thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that Thou visitest him ? We bless Thy name that though Thou art in finitely exalted above us, and though we are sinners before Thee, that Thou dost condescend to listen to our petitions. We thank Thee for the Throne of Grace, to which we are invited to come boldly, that we may obtain mercy and Una grace to help We rejoice that we are permitted to look up to Thee on this solemn and interesting occasion, and we pray that for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, Thou wilt gracious ly smile upon us, and bless us, and cause Thy face to shine upon us. Send Thy holy and blessed spirit into our hearts, that we may fear, and love, and trust Thee. We thank Thee for our homes and friends, and food and raiment. We thank Thee for our facilities for moral and intellectual develop ment, and for all the capacities for enjoy ment with which Thou has endowed us. We thank Thee for this land in which our lots have been cast. Thou hast blessed us as individuals and families, and as a com munity. When we would think of our tem poral blessings they are more than we can number. And especially, O God, would we praise and thank Thee for those richer, spiritual favors, which come to us through the Cross of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We bless Tbee for a Saviour and the glorious Gospel of the blessed God; for Thy Written Word and all the means of grace. O, that the goodness of God may deeply affect our hearts, and lead us to con secrate ourselves, body and soul and spirit to Thy blessed service. Be with us now, we pray Thee, as we have assembled to do honor to tbe memories of our departed neg roes, and to pay tributes of affection to those whom we have loved and lost. Fol low with Thy blessing these solemnities and services in which we are engaged at this time and in this place. Bless us in all that sball be said and done, uommana my favor upon each one now before Thee. Bless all the people and the families of this community. Bless our State and land. Bless the President of the United States, the Chief Magistrate of this Commonwealth, And nil that are in authority. Make our Senators wise and our rulers righteous, and may an tne various classes in uuc uuuuuy pursue that righteousness which exalteth a nation, and forsake mat sin wnicu is a re proach to any people. May the pure prin ciples of morality and religion prevail all over out country, and send out, we beseech Thee, Thy light and truth into all lands. We implore all tnese ncn mercies in tne name of Jesus (Jurist our Aiorci. "uur Father," &c. The choir then rendered an appropriate dirge, at the conclusion of which Chief Marshal Rankin introduced Mr. John C. James, the orator for the occasion, in the following words: v - Ladies and Gentlemen: I have the honor ot presenting tor you Mr. John U. James, the Orator of the Day. He needs no intro duction to a Wilmington assemblage. Born and reared in our midst, he himself has witnessed many of the scenes that cause us to assemble here to-day to bonor and perpetuate the names of our noble dead, J 1 1 A 1. I I. -. -. - - - Vx AM n.l ei n and un neart mrous in uuisuu nuu uuia as we sigh for the touch of a vanished hand and tbe sound of a voice that is still. Mr. James then, in a firm, distinct voice, which enchained the attention and interest of his large auditory, delivered the follow ing ADDRESS. Ladies of t?ie Memorial Association, Ladies and Ltentiemen: Once again has your solemn pro cession wended its way to inese gates to celebrate this festival of our patri otic dead, and with floral offerings to commemorate the sweet savor of their sacrifice. He who would lightly judge this imoosing demonstration as a-mere outward show, to testify to our passions, or to inflame tne neart witn tae nres 01 prejudice, iuue knows the depth and wealth of tbe sacred devotion which inspires us. In the sadness of desolation this has been to us a dear and blessed privilege, and now that the clouds of sectional oppression which hovered over us and obscured tbe free sunlight ot our liberties are beginning to break, I thank God the privilege is valued still. And it should be our earnest prayer that the pas sions and heat of the hour, and the grossly materialistic influences of the age, may never detract from the pure and ardent de votion with which Wesbould here do tribute to those who shed their life-blood in behalf of an eternal principle, and in our cause. Time was and it has recently been, my friends, that the utterances of a speaker on occasions like this have been narrowly watched by the genius of enmity, and all thatjmalice and rage could convert to our apparent detriment or, failing in actual fact, all that a feeling of hatred could in vent to our disadvantage has been, with insane jealousy, interpreted and used to our political embarrassment and oppression. But I sincerely thank Heaven, and congrat ulate you, that whatever else may have re sulted from recent national events, the true attitude of the South has been clearly and indisputably manifested, and the barriers of misunderstanding if not those of hatred have at last been broken, and the ene mies of our section must behold us as we are, and not as they would interpret us. We have in this wrought out our own salvation, .and little thanks are due for assistance from any quarter. Freely, then, may I speak of the patriotic devotion of those enshrined in dust beneath us, and of the now phantom host who fell in soldierly harness, and with no fears for your embarrassment may I declare they died in defence of the most sacred princi ples known to Republican institutions the right of self-government and for constitu tional liberty. Should we hesitate to pro claim this fact, then would we be unjust to the memory of the brave hearts that perish ed in this cause, of their martyred leader, Jackson, and of their great captain, Lee whose unexampled renown will be the theme of ages after our poor little bodies have crumbled into dust. If we so honor death for such a principle while we faith fully acquiesced in the defeat of the par ticular experiment in its behalf how truly will our estimation as citizens be enhanced so long as it holds a fundamental rank in tbe ethics or patriotism. And even were the principle collateral instead of funda mental, in our relations to this our reunited government, the same happy effect would ensue. A people capable of an unreserved, hearty and unequivocal devotion to princi ple have in them the true elements of good citizenship. How great has been the blindness of our fellow-countrymen that they have failed to see that year after year, as throughout the South we have made these our annual pil grimages to the shrine of our fallen braves. and held these commemorative festivals, that in them we have renewed our patno tism. At what nobler shrine than martyr dom in defence of country could we seek to perpetuate the fires of patriotism I And the wisdom of true statesmanship will look to this school for the future defenders of our common country. The unfaltering he roism, the stern endurance and the patient suffering of tbe Confederate soldiers, add ed lustre to tne American name, and is surrounded with a halo as effulgent as the glory of Lacedsemon. Strip the age of its prejudice, temper hatred with justice, or but smooth the bitterness of recollection with the iron hand of time, and the fact will be hailed in the light of universal ad mission. England's glory is all her own. so that, in the computation of English honor, your true .bnglishman glories alike in the heroism of his Saxon and Norman an cestors, and upon the rosary of his pride recounts the achievements of York and Lancaster without regard to the color of the rose, and exults in the possessions of his country independent of geographical lines. "Once an Englishman, always an Englishman," and no Mason and Dixon's line could serve as a barrier to affection for his countrymen. And "when in that elder day to be a Roman was greater than a King, the boast of that mighty people was in the prowess of their countrymen, whether under tribunes, empire or repub lic France the wonderful, the recupera tive oft distracted by civil disagreements, still proudly points to the gallantry of all her children, and in the days of the re public holds as a precious heritage the achievements of the empire. And so, too, the people of all this land have ever held in common esteem and veneration even while their sectional strife waxed hot and blood flowed fast and free the heroism and achievements of the founders of the republic in that memorable struggle in which their freedom was wrought and our country established. And when our chil dren's children have succeeded us to enact their parts in the drama of life, will not a country made pure and great by the con tribution of Southern patriotism and South ern devotion to the cardinal principles of its establishment, do justice to the ardent aspiration for a more perfect freedom of Star, government which incited these gallant de fenders in grey to lay their lives upon the altar of that aspiration ? It requires no prophetic eye to see, that once the cloud of this maddened sectional hate, now so slowly dispelling, shall have been swept from the national heavens, with what eagerness will the scarce equaled military genius of our Jackson be claimed as American accomplishment, and to enrich American glory. And high upon the tab let of fame will be written the great achieve ments, and greater Christian virtues, of our immortal Lee ! And, my friends, time will bring more abundant retri bution than this. The future historian will as surely do justice to the states manship and devoted patriotism of Jeffer son Davis. To my mind be now looms up as the sublimest picture of the age. Still pressed beneath the iron heel of govern mental ostracism, he is yet pierced with the unmerited shafts of insane, reproach. He was our leader; to him we intrusted the sceptre of our destinies this is his crime and in our defeat he was made to bear what were deemed our political iniquities. Julius Csar, the relentless conqueror pagan though be was shed tears of sincere grief when the bead of Pompey, his enemy 1 , A J A- I ' , anu rival, was preseuieu to qim; ne pun ished the assassins, caused the remains to be interred, and reared a temple over the grave of the heroic victim. But tbe victo rious, christian American government chuckled at its indignity to this patient an tagonist in chains, fettered like a common felon while a prisoner of war ! And for our sakes is be still punished. But behold how he has stood amid the tempest of pas sion and calumny which has raged around him, As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form. Swells from tbe vale and midway leaves tbe storm, Though round it breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." It has been said of us that we of the South are great hero worshippers, and have the infatuation of all enthusiasts, in that if once we accord this worship, we are loth ever thereafter to think indifferently of the object. If by this is meant that we reve rence greatness though divested of position ; that we esteem and venerate the possessor of distinguished qualities though he be not the dispenser of publicpatronage; that we accord an unreserved and deferential ap preciation to valor, even in tbe humblest of our sons, and recognize tbe existence of merit, from whatsoever quarter it may spring, then indeed should we rejoice in the application. And sad would you and I be to see the day when the gallant deeds we now commemorate should fail of warm est appreciation in Southern hearts. Not to the rank and file of any army, marshalled in any human cause, has been permitted more brilliant individual heroism, or great er individual fortitude, under excessive pri vation. I crave your patience for but one illustration of this valor, as typified in an organization near and dear to us, people of Wilmington. Do you see that scarred, tat tered -and faded old flag yonder ? It is the battle flag of the Third North Carolina Reg iment of Infantry. The wealth of the world could not buy it, and there are hearts now that would die to defend it from sacrilege. Its texture is rent by hostile bullets; its original staff was shot away in the very hands of the brave men who bore it upon the bloody fields where it oft waved in triumph, and its folds even now bear the dull stains of the blood of some of its followers. When these ceremonies are completed, that che rished old flag, in the hands of the faithful remnant of survivors, will droop its folds, in sad and honorable salute to departed' valor, over the graves of such of its fol lowers whose remains have not found oblit eration in the general dust of the battle-field, and do rest here in this quiet spot. That flag, on the fatal third of July, upon the bloody heights of Gettysburg, was the subject of as knightly a deed of bravery as ever graced ancient or modern times. Up those fearful heights bristling with bayonets and cannon, three lines deep, the gallant Third had been order ed with its. brigade to charge. Amid the storm of bullets and cannister, color-bearer after color-bearer had been shot down, until the last survivor of the guard halted from a wound at the foot of a neighboring tree. At this juncture a young Lieu tenant rushed from his position in the line, caught the flag fast falling from the nerveless grasp, and waving it in proud de fiance above his head, dashed up those fatal heights full in advance of the entire line. There are living witnesses who will never forget this magnificent spectacle, as, oblivious for the instant of their own Deril. all eyes were centered upon this gallant young officer proudly advancing amid a tempest 01 lead which burled death every where around him. It was a sight long to ne remembered, and nappy am 1 to relate that though the command was finally com pelled to retreat with a loss of more than two thirds of its entire number, the brave man escaped tbe charge unharmed. Tell toe, my friends, was this spectacle of indi vidual bravery ever excelled ? Or does history present to our mind a more gallant signi even wnen 6ne invoices tne vision of Leonidas in the pass of Thermoovlss. Achilles at the siege of Troy, or the great Napoleon on the bridge of Lodi ? Here no iate 01 armies depended upon the act. but it was the spontaneous and patriotic outburst of irrepressible individual hero ism. Can the deeds of such men ever be for gotten? Will they not rather live forever in song and in story? Oh ! you poor, half starved Confederate soldier ! Fighting for the most part without pay, and with no nope of compensation oft shoeless and hatless, ragged and hungry vet buoved by a mighty principle and devotion to the state which monarchs might envy and call forth blessirgs on their heads from admir ing subjects. "Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do or die," was the powerful ever-present sense of du ty. Their political education embodied tbe rooted principle of a first allegiance to tbe state shhcu bore them, and wben she called it was as the voice of a mother to her children sacredly to be obeyed, and with ioy and alacrity. no reward could they hope for but in the good of the State. Such men, displaying such bravery and achieving such mighty victories, in the midst of such physical privations, would have proved invincible if success could have been made a possibility in a game of ten to one. Yes, and "Some of these drooped by the wayside; Some while on picket were shot, Some of them feU in the skirmish, Some where the battle raged hot; Some of them died in the hospital, Nor father nor mother were there, To lift up the fainting spirit With blessings and with prayer ; Some languished in Northern prisons, Wearing their lives away. Dying in captivity, Hoping, yet all in vain. Hoping to breakjthe prison bars And breathe free air again ; Yearning for wives and children, Teaming to be caressed, Or longing with broken spirit, Longing to be at rest " It is not.that we love war that our hearts flow in such melody of admiration at toe martial deeds of countrymen, but that we glory in their ready prowess wben stern ne cessity calls fox acts of valor. Our warm Southern natures find delight in the cheer ful intercourse of glad, friendly peace, and we would be the last in all this broad land WHOLE NO. 3,046 to desire it broken. But peace has its dan gers as well as war, and oftentimes less preferable. In constantly breathing the atmosphere of trade, do we not become ex posed to the temptation to barter that honor without which the soldier cares not to live? And how frequently in peaceful contests are tears, groans, supplications, and even uvea, coined into gold in our insatiable pur suit of individual accumulation ! The baser passions of envy and trickery so often, too, oecome tbe parents ot shameless fraud. The materialistic principle of the times, though in enmity to the higher emotion of self-sacrifice, is yet promotive of that pas sion for luxury which enervates a nation. Even Sparta, which owed its invincibility to the frugal lives of its citizens under the rigid enforcement of its laws that little State which held its own in gallant conflict against the world bade adieu forever to its greatness on the intro duction of luxurious habits. Argus, with his hundred eyes some always affording watch while the others slept was lulled into a fatal repose by the 'lascivious meas ure of Mercury's lute. Mv friends, are these examples of history and poetic fable with out their warning ? If we would aspire to oe always patriotic, and to make our coun try great in its defenses as well as in its peaceful victories, then we must as manful ly meet the dangers of peace as those of war. .Ladies of the Memorial Association, since your last celebration one noted among the surviving Confederate band has escaped the dangers of peace after passing through those of war. That he surmounted them with valor and met them with successful re sistance, the testimony he has written in the hearts of his friends bears indelible record Snatched from our presence by the dread messenger of disease as suddenly as if a messenger ot lead," ne fell in action, ana with peaceful armor on. One more grave for your attention one more name to the angelic Roll of Honor. By your fostering care and devoted perse verance is this spot wheieon we stand en riched by the dust of those uncared-for Confederates whom the war left sleeping in Oakdale. This is your Ceramicus to rescue from oblivion these gallant dead. Here have you reared that enduring statue which, from its prominence and sublimity, arrests the passer-by and attests the character of the forms sleeping beneath this sod. Long will this magnificent, faithful sentinel pre serve his silent, impressive watch, amid the SUiet beauty of this peaceful City of the lead withstanding the storms of ages in his unbroken vigil. He will thus tell of the unfaltering devotion of those noble women who triumphed over all difficulties to mark this spot, and in his mute and soldierly elo quence will forever proclaim that "Cold in the dust these perish'd hearts may lie. Bat that which warm'd them once can never die. " CONCLUDING CEREMONIES. The address concluded, another ode was rendered by the choir, followed by the dox ology, in which all joined, the benediction by the Chaplain, and the reading of the Roll of Honor by the Marshal, after which came the floral offerings, music by the band, and a solute by the Wilmington Light In f antry, when the graves of the deadheroes in private lots were decorated and the multi tude dispersed. BANNERS, DECORATIONS, &C. Near the entrance to the Confederate lot was a beautiful arch, trimmed with ever greens and flowers, and draped in moss, bearing the inscription, in letterings of ce dar, "It is Holy, for it Droops above tbe Dead," from the "Conquered Banner," surmounted by the battle-flag which be longed to Capt H. G. Flanner's Battery during the late war, which had been trans formed for the occasion, by the ladies of the Memorial Association, into the national en sign of the Confederacy. The banner carried by the pupils of Misses Kennedy and Hart's school bore on the front a cluster of pansies and rosemary, surrounded by the sentence, "I pray you, friends, remember !" in allusion to the con cluding quotation of Hon. George Davis in his memorial address of last year. Tbe re verse, of gray and blue, in imitation of the Confederato uniform, contained the repre sentation of a furled Confederate flag, and the inscription, "Devotion, not Victory, Hallows the Tomb." The magnificent statue which adorns the Confederate lot was appropriately decora ted, and at the close of the ceremonies the mound at the base was one mass of flowers, the result of the numerous floral offerings. It has been estimated' by many that tbe number on the grounds was considerably larger than on any previous occasion. There were "many notable banners, deco rations, &c. , of which we have neither the time nor space to speak. MEMORIAL ODE. At the invitation of the ladies of the Me morial Association, Dr. M. J. DeRosset prepared the following beautiful, touching and appropriate Memorial Ode, suited to the occasion, which, however, was not in cluded in the ceremonies: In niesBorlum. BY M. J. DEROSSET, M. D. Again the vernal flowers blow, And deck the hills and vales below In beauteous forms and tints that glow With Life. These bring, and scatter o'er each grave, 'Neath which lies dust a hero gave For those he vainly sought to save From Strife. Let matrons come, and maidens fair, Perfume with flowers the ambient air That laves the mound and hillocks where We weep. Let the sweet incense circling .rise In hallowed cloudlets to the skies, Whither the soldier's spirit flies From sleep. And you, ye living remnant stand, Around your comrades, sacred band. Once more, in weeping for the Land In woe. Unfurl those banners, torn and scarred, ('Tia all the ruthless hand hath spared), Wave here tbe folds that never feared The foe. For these, our heroes, in the might And panoply which come from right, Bared their bosoms in the fight, Sublime 1 For us they gave their hearts' blood free, 'Asked not for recompense, but we Embalm their deeds in memory And rhyme. 60, tell the story far and wide, How our loved ones fought and died, Tell it to men, with swelling pride And love. And you, wild winds, the story bear, And trembling leaves, both green and sere, All this in plaintive tones declare Above. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One So n are one rlav. $1 00 " " two days... " " - . -. iV three day s, 2 60 tour days, 3 to five days s 60 Qne week, 4 00 Two weeks, (50 Three weeks, 8 60 One month, 10 00 Two months, . , t 17 00 it Three months, 24 00 ' Six months, -. 40 00 " " One year, 60 CO ""Contract Advertisements taken at propor tionately low rates. Ten lines selid Nonpareil type make one square. A Case of subornation of Perjury. A colored man by the name of J. D. Davis, who, we believe, has been acting as a sort of detective, was arrested and carried before U. S. Commissioner VanAmringe, yesterday morning, on the grave charge of subornation of perjury. The evidence elicited the fact that the accused endeav ored to pureuade a man by the name of Sullivan to swear to some pay rolls in the United States District Court, he to repre sent himself as being one John Fisher, who was a witness in a certain case tried at the late term of that Court, and who had run away, the two to divide the profits. Sulli van, who wns justly indignant at the vile proposition, informed Davis that he bad mistaken his man and straightway went before the District Attorney and made him acquainted with tbe facts. Davis was ordered to give a justified bond in the sum of $800 for his appearance at the next term of the U. S. District Court, in default of which he was committed to jail. Thermometer Record. The following will show tbe slate of tbe thermometer, at the stations mentioned, at 4.35 yesterday evening, Washington mean time, as ascertained from the daily bulletin issued from the Signal Office in this city: Augusta 71 Montgomery, 75 Charleston, 68 Cor si can a, . , 77 Galveston 75 Indianola, 73 Jacksonville, 76 Key West,. 76 Mobile, 78 new uneans, 75 Norfolk. 61 Punta Rassa, 74 Savannah,. 68 St. Marks, 78 Wilmington, .... 65 A telegram from the Sigual Office at Smtthville, dated 9:15 P. M., yesterday, says: "The barque Forsete is aground on the bar, but will probably get off on next tide-water." - No Opium i No Morphia or other dan gerous drug is contained in Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, for the relief of Colic, Teething,&c. Price 25 cents. o-sj-a A LOVELY COMPLEXION. The very counter part of nature without suggestion of artificial appli cation, is bestowed by that unique cosmetic, Oou rand's Olympian Cream. Price, in Large Bottles, reduced to One Dollar. For sale by J. C. Munds. 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