The Greensboro patriot [May 9, 1872]

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C. 1'. MKNI.I.MIAI.I.. JOHN N.Sr.UXKS.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATXQIJXE.VS AT f,AW,
«. I:I: i^suouti, \. (..,
irticc in ihe CouHa ofGuilford, Rocking;
,l,,h and
tConrla.
i"mill.
ham,'Davidson, KorsyUie, Stokes, Rau.
Alatiiaui •■ ■ ■». I.". S.C n . I and Dielri
- - ..' attention given I" collections in
. Slate, and lo can - in liatikruptcy.
ty Office one door North of the Court House
Jan. « . ly.
Dillard & Gilmer,
ATTORNEYH AT LAW
OBee over Bank •■! Greensboro,
OPPOSITE BEXBO>V HOI SE,
I lKACTH'E in 8lat« and Federal Courta, an
•' ■' '' •'"' —' '' nee K ii
Rock
IA A: KOBERTSON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Ol' i.'ILLSHOKO, »', C.
.. ., «. Having liWod tip
i .'.'■; ,i ; on ottice on Lind-
■' / '>/.. any'a corner Up
'•A. j. ii-... M'/, Mails, cutraneeKsst
VftasAsfg- s," - Mark** Street, he
s^^jS—s*.-_r- nfleishis aorvioea to
"TyTvT'J'^S* theeltlrensofGreens
bolo, and the aar-ronndinc
conntry.
lie -will be there
on Tuesday, April 2nd. and can always be
I'ouuil at bia oBica the lirxt Tuemlay of every
uionili, a;n! will remain an long aa iiece*K»ry.
n> rr-ir:rtftilly re(|ttcsta allpemona d'tsir-ing
his profcsM'onal services to call itnmeJi-
•it.-.y aftar bia arrival, and make engage-menta,
as he will remain only a few days un-le
« he has engagementa lo detain him.
He ill. is lo tin- fo lowing gautlBBUU, viz.:
Hov. :,. II. .su.ith, U,,v. N, H. 1). WiWon, and
.1. A. '>ray, K-t|., ot'Uroeuahoro ; and Guv. W.
A. litaliuta. Col. Thin. Ruilin, P. C. Caiucrnn,
Kw|., ol llill-horo, in which place he has
been practising for the laat lii'tccn yeara.213:
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1 ■ ADDRESS
0 1*'"
Hoy. Z. B. fANCE,
At Ike Decoraiiam of the Graves of the
Confederate Dead, '
AT GKEESSBOEO, *f.C:, MAT 3D, 18^2.
is it not a cruel mockery of jtntiee, m
passionate perversion of tn<th,to blaek-en
their memories with these charges
onWs.fon^lasbjnrbi him to the
•wk.rfM,^ defender,
*»!* »i»i*wr«iUir«r«Mi4lil« >leatin
Iilarly Bow.
J Tin Bbla. Early BoM
Pi T..t.•• M !o;- djv eaeelred, and for fale l>v
JAS. SLOANS SONS'. r.:. •.'-.;-;».
"1nl»u .Molnsves.
H llluls. new crop,
acid. The old Pay- cPure. Bwwri and tice Ironi
■ it.-, i:!.- atripe.
Received and t'ur aale hv
JAS. "SLOAN'S SONS'.
IV!,.-;-, 1 -:•_>.
GROCERIES AND PRODIICE
I in thecountieBof Guilford, Alaiuati
dolnh, Uai deon. Slokea, Vivlkm, .Sony,
:...ITT and ('aawell.
Oi I ihetirni ajrillalwayti :.::,-;,.i the regular
Probate Cwurui of J£ockiiighainf Alaoaanoi and
.r lief.
.,., ,.;., !i0':ly
» . ^. IIAt I., Ill -. B. Kl.olMI,
!'. S. Commissioner. Register in Uank ruplcv
It \ I.I. A Iv !-:< Ki II.
ATTORNEYS AT LAV/,
oiiBKNsnoao, N. <:..
1>i; At llt'K in the Courta of Ouilfrrd, Rock-v.
llav itisoii and Randolph. Also in Ike
• pcuit and llistrict Courta ot the Ci.iicd States
Partii . .ii atteutioti given t"
I\TI:KML III:VI:MI: IAISKS
I .-• i ourta and Is :.;•• ihe lM.i\i., n s i
..■ \\ lamvilTON.
\\ , ;ive -|«-. i.il attention to the prosecution
,.i . the govel liuienl for prt»p* Hv
taken hj tin I s .',.•„.i. ii-nl will practice, i"
,;.;., .-,,1 by late ai; •■'•
i .. ■ ■ ■ i i .- ihe *• :i .tony.
Will al> I pnunplly !•• J| i • ■ - ■
del re, > - - I—■■ ■■ !:. ; I :.
- - .i.. w'ors «if tin ...ii "i I - I J.
,1.,:, I" ly
J. W. Scott & Co.,
EAST MAHRT-T ST., GREENSBORO, N. C.
KEEP constantly on hand a fall and well se-lected
stock ofgnrecriea ami country pro-
Ullce. Ai-. ...i.l
and tin ware.
Pricea a. low
ware, wu «1 111 W'illuV
< any raliablfl house, jan 2o:ly
Ladkx aud Qentlemcn:
Is there any-thing
wrong in what wc do to-day ?—
Do we fail or come short of every" duty
we owe to ourselves or our conntry by
these annual weepiugs over the graves
of our chiiilitil ! If so wc ought uot to
do it. i >i'siriug eaj ucslly to be good
citizens of our coaiuiou government,
and right-minded workers in the cause
of progress and national prosperity,- 1
am sure neither YOU nor I would de-sire
to perpetuate any ceremonhs or
keep alive any memories which might
even remotely prove prejudicial to the
general welfare. Lot us enquire into
what we do and see if there is harm in
it.
There has been a great civil war in
our country. Its desolating footprints
are everywhere before us—alike on the
fair face of our once pleasant places,
and still deeper in the moral status of
our society. Of the merits of the quar-rel
which brought it on, it woultl not
he proper now to enquire. It would
lead us again into the bitter waters of
sectioual strife and re-open the old,old, I
wounds. Aud though technically it
was a civil war,yet so distinct in man
uers,habits, feeling aud institutions,—
and,we may add,geographical situation
were the parties engaged iu it, that it
may with a degree of accuracy be spo-ken
of as a war of hostile nations,—
of dastardly crfme » I Appeal tftftoth* The* lm^lll1iT^SJ*u I* k!eMi,1KT
Ca-sar of all Christ'Nation fflW*"**1 *"*' -^°^
against this bitter wrong to tttb r#W
tation of the dead who died nm-feir;
and died for others. It'Is the' tj r'
!!« f°Yof 8bastly wonnds, and cor-
^Lh^affsitSil.y.?1*0,:,1,^» cMarewfeittehjya gar»ent, p*t af.a;
worW and the cdmtndn sense of man-kind.
The humble citizen,who moved
by rto lofty ambition or mjercenary aim
whatever, left bis plough1 and ais cot--
rage,hia wife ami new bdrp babe,' and
freely gave his body aa a rampart and
his best Wood as an offering upon the
altar «t tiis coiWrry— tit nitme to: be
stained with the lglon's blackness fee
doing' what he thought the very noblest
thing trmt man could do T Will civili-zation
sustain this rerdictf Will not a
generous humanity the" world over say
no .' no .' to this harsh* and orntl iudir-ment,
when the tmfll of their story is
made known T I believe so with all my
heart.
And it is onr dnty—the duty of
those for wh6m they died—to keep
alive the memories ot their nobleness,
anu unavailing courage. Itisonrdoty
to preseive, fresh and gieen, the re-cord
of their deeds; and when in
calmer times, the muse of history takes
up the pen to write the story of their
ill-fated struggle.she may find abun-j
dant material fitted to her hunid, re-plete
with Truth and Justice. I aver
it to be onr solemn dnty, which no
fears of political consequences should
doter us from performing, to do what-ever
it is possible for us to do, to ore-vent
injustice being done by the'fu-tnre
historian to the motives and cou-
. duct of these dead sons of the South.
TVow Goods I
Dry Goods and Groceries
KEPT constantly on hand. Boots, Eboea,
liuls.Ladics' Furs, Ready -Made Cloth-ing
in great variety] a loigc slock received.
GIMMIH hull assorted. Sole Leather, 1'ppcr
l.catloT, Harness leather, Coaking Stoves,
Casting, Iron, Crockery, Hardware—iu lact,
everything usually kopt in a tirat clasa vari-ety
stoic. 1 have just relumed from the
North, and havo received and opened my Hew
supply M hi.'ii w i!'. he sold on H irooil terms
lor (.'ASH or IIAIITKI: as at any oilier store.
l.i'in.; thankful lo my j.aiions for past fa-vors.
1 confidently aolicit a eonlinuauce ol
Ihe same.
K. Ii. -I Wrtnlfl lie pleased to have all who
are indebted to me hy aeeoiiut or note to come
forward and pay up. I will receiyeany kindol
hatter for any debts line the store at hlgbeat
cash vaiuc. I'.'ease call and set!le your old
accounts. We need money.
;,• Wand . Kertiliter constantly kejit on
band at reduced prices.
■ cr IU::im SEYMOUR STEELE.
quite as much eo as would a war be-1 Tf ,„-_ _„, K„ — .: . -__
of a national rather than a sectional I detractors,_aud the cowardly silence of
ir\i.;'ii i;oi:i:i:i.ii,
Allorni) iiiiii CoBRseilor .v.
eens b .. r u, N. C ■
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*s,.le ol I
■ -
.. La*
l-.i'ln lil
KeW Goods ! \rw tsoods ! !
iW. S. RANKIN'S,
;-:: ■ • fVRY rinrnla, Boots ami SI...,-. Il.,i.. Notions,
1/ Clothing. Piece G.HXU, Ladies' aud Meu'i
i. l.lovea, Ber.iii Gloves, Men's Ruck Gloves,
Is*!:**', ML..■.-■, Men's, Boys" ami Children'!
II --.I:/ .-' M..„... >••-•,. Men's Merino Shirti
.i:..i Men's While Rhirt*. Graperies, Smoking
.: .! i hewing Tobacco; Snuff, Beoteh and Caro-
■ lie.
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Business Cards.
M 11 D. Wiis.ix. Cms. K. Sll.'HCI!
llllMIV >. HIIOUKK,
1? A N Iv !•: U S,
GRKE.WiBORO, A.c.
- .Ii Elm Street, 0|>posite Express Offlce.l
l; . : ...I sell C.'i.i Slid Siln r, Bank N..:.-.
Stale aiid Governmeul Boiuie, Kail Ruail Stucks
and Bi nds, .\. . &c.
!' i:.,.iv.'M yon depnril - i ,. ■ I. Pll Ml
CHECK; aud allow interest in kiml
.. "..-.. of CL'RREJiCY orSPEClE.
II.-.' mil Kiisilli'-s l*i.pel'!
CoUftlions .Made ai ail AceesMble Points.
riolfalag! s lolliing : !
All liu'lit: prices right! styles right—and did
v..11 know thai R.inhi.v's is Uie place to buy rea-
.Iv made clothing ' Come and look.
Best
.!::t
IS
Hats'.
-'v! ^ aud
liUlM !
...-.r prices.
Huts !
Me
l,t. ils and Sliotk!
,s .-iv,-.l a largs stock for Ladies, Misses.
Children, so you had just as well
come to iial.kin's and buy a new pair.
.'•h:t Is : Sblrla !. Shirts I
»bid in u I style and onl of the best mater!
a,, 'i |.,y '.*>\i 1,aei and lit hi list, any »av.
i.:il.'l.
INSURE YOUR LIFE!
Chas, G. Yates,
MANUFACTURER
■ I <•.,■!••.■ War.-.
OF
mix. Sheet In II and Cop] -r War... and .'• all
J. l)n 1. .. Is, Hals, 'Wlsa-ad >:. -. Wood
Hare. 1 :iin| . Crockery, and Glass Ware, Gro-ceries,
■ .- and .- ■..:( Is, generally.—
No. '.'1 s...uiii Elm Streel Greei
w for. a-1.. . r barter.
W. B. FARRAR
v\ iTCH »l Uill:. JKWI I KRS
on i. i IN.
Greetisls N I'.,
II..- . i -'...:,ily on liand a
idid assortan nl ol
Fashionable •/. ir. Iry,
M .l',7o
AMI CLOCKS.
Which icill be sold
YOUK
INSURE
ntOPERTY:
our natural advocates, bnt we, at all
.cyents.show the world that we,the in-r'
«Stio merelv ^PSN recipients of the benVflta of B their gallant lives and glorions deaths,
we for whom they died—of airmen-,
are not ashamed of their memories, nor
afraid ot vindicating their motives,
that tre, their fathers and brothers,
their mothers and widows are at least
worthy of them in this, that in spite
of defeat and poverty, and persecution
and bayonets, and bitter sneers biting
through pride made doubly sensitive
by exceeding sorrow ; ice yet will dare
to maintain that they lived the lives
ofpatriots and died the death of heroes ;
'.' tt'iIkoot a ,ign U,j sword thu bravo buM
draws,
And aaks no omen bnt his enntry's cans.. "—
of such arc the groat and good every-where,
among all the. records of the
children of men. Rut we cm not ex-pect
strangers to malutaln It for ns, if
we maintain it uot fqr oursclvesl
Looking at things in the light thrown
on them by subsequent events, I nvqw
to you frankly that whilst the great
body of these dead men whose remains
arc about ns, believed conscientiously
that they fought lor the most cherish-ed
principles of human liberty—gen-ji'i'ce"
; nine republican liberly-constitntioual,
law-abiding liberty, in my opinion
' also they did so nght and so die -
that call It rebellion and treason as
nmch as yon please; talk about nniou
and national greatness as eloquently
as yon may ; this will be the verdict of
impartial history. I believe further.
thai ICES '.ban ,. uuaitCf 01 aueuiury-_=
yes, less thau leu yrars, will bring the
candid among those whose swords
shed onr blood for so maintaining, to
acknowledge that they were slaying
pine trjends of Anglo Saxon freedom
when they trampled us down ! Never-theless,
it needs not that are so believe
ff? »boaia he offended! How such
things would provoke and deserve the
^nwmhig Writh-'aBd contempt of all
VOTnr-' ."*!* * •"••fring- afresh
would this bo of our dear dead boys—
V, hat a. putting of their noble mem
on«sto open shame! And what an
nexpressible self-abasement It would
oeln ml - And how could we how to
star children who shall keep clean
we H-ptleas heoor ot their souls, if
we permit our-own to wallow iu the
vet.* dirtiest depths of htttnan degre-
• lationsf How can we hope to fill their
Toang bosoms with the tires which
aniuigte to deeds of patriotic heroism
and make them as the youths of all
countries should ever be, emulous of
dying for their native land, if we lead
them to TOnnoae that thev nr« m •*!.•..
[Mount Vernon Ladiea' Aasooia^
tion of the Unloa.
The following is the report of the
hnr,*"sgVf the 6«»d Conncil of
E12E2 ?*??" Associ«tion, wh'ch
M-embled at Mount Vernon 'on the
-1st of June, which the Vice-Regent, 255?wa8 de,egated to preP"«' *uu
• Tn response toa eall from the Recent
aKeneral conncn of this Association'
was held at Mount Vernon, commen-cing
on the 21st ot June, 1870, coiitin-oing
Its session for several davn—
■total \ ice-Regents were in at ten-skHv'
SsSfSFHiiu Wrproportion,
wo^^™' Suot''*™1 Rastirn and
Western States „f the Union. The
Hegenf, now residing at Mount Ver
character. The pride which animated
us was a pride
rather ili.iu of
I.e..pie of the South had been taught
by their great leaders—with the assent
of. many of the greatest men of
the North, too — from t'.ie very
foundation of their government, to
revere the principles by which the
sovereignty of their States had been
or were supposed lo have been,secured;
and that I heir primary allegiance was
tlue to those political organizations
which were older than the national gov-ernment;
which made that govern-ment,
and which were not thought by
auy to have perished thereby or lost a
single element of that sovereignty ex-cept
alone that which was expressly
or by necessary implication surrender-ed
in the written words of the consti-tution.
These doctrines had been tiiuo
and again endorsed by the supreme ju-dicial
tribunal ot the land, avowed by
great political conclaves,tiieetingquad-rtiuii.
iily for lii'ry years, representing
vast majorities of theAmerican people,
undividedecctioually : promulgated by
great statesmen, orators and jurists
throughout the land ; antl in fact had
been practically asserted by the whole
course of national policy lor t
fourths of a ecntury.
Onr communities were divided then
as since, into two classes; those who
rend, think, and endeavor to act from
logical and legal conclusions,and tlio&e
wim from want of education or from
active labor iu the affairs ol lilc.liaving
not leisure to study politics, (ate theft
political bias from their belter inform.
ed neighbors. The former c.lass,iii this
as in all other countrietUeadstlie latter.
Now lay aside, lor a-moment all thought
of our great political leaders—men who
stood so high as to be within the pos-
Insnre Your Time 111
notle
I -; " .1 :■ ■ k«,Ji -\. Irv.S .%.... 1;:.
red cheap and . :. -' HI
i ; , - .■ Ihe Old A ' lil I!' ■• I, I'..-'
Malkcl Mi..i. 10- ly
I i All SSM i:- .1 •-'.... 1. of Guns, lvt,>!>, C.tt-
A >.r. - .... hand
Mc. 4 . P. I.e».
Having re.', ived a new
ivo Piano, is prepared to give satiafac-torj
l.i -,.%. c\ MI-M, at rednce.1 rales.
OLD INSTITITK,
Green r... April alii.
BUILDING PLANS.
OlIAl'TM OF IM.t.s fin New II..,., ,
- «.• AII I ei . .
LYNlHlN sW.'.i','
Ladiea, Call and Sec
-WING op.
Insurance Office
.;» tin. Bclibow DdQding, ami reprf*eniin.T
Lrooil C«unpwiiit« M tlit-r- are in the world, 1
are |>n ;.-*n> i :>> < BVr :<> ihu public
SECVE/ITIES
GOOD INVESTMENTS
;:. I it.., Eire an I Accidental Insurance.
sible reach of that temptation Which .
scruples nqt at aay crime or human :'" °.r,hT to.IH",fon" tlu'8e I'',"* dul'*fl
suffering in the effort to get bie-her— '■ ° ,lie ^Sj,*.* ? ??* Thel? "e
and look at these two classes -which ' &* »W Pobticel sigi.H}ca«ce whatever
constituted the great majoiitvof our 3?end,
1"* ,"'. ' w*»',!fre l"*.1"'
people and of our an.iy, and estimate ™eM *hmM ta "0,!e- S,a&? U ^5
in tiie light Of this explanation the t'«'y were our own dear brothers and
measure of their guilt o« iiinooenoe in «2»j *2 ',T? P' WC'° "g '
engaff»g iu this war. This is the on y 6m '"f ffia t.e.r mo . yea were pure;
'-"",. ,• ,i ;. mi Z,1 antl above all, that is* loved then\ Iu
proper and just way to do t. Ihere h „„,,„ oU< ueKi ilffectj0n of
had then beenno j udinal mother au- rv „,,ni.rons ,"llunill, emotion ^
thoritatvecciso...hat secession was « h graces t-not
a (imstitutionai rtght. Qn the'
contrary,it may be truthfully asserted
that such enunciation as we had bad, I
preponderated iu its favor. The \M\
sirppose they are to take
the chances which events may dictate
of beiug considered—even by their
own friends—aajeither f0|Ons or pa-triots
T If the memories of the dead
are thus tfcated may it not impress
itself In sufh a manner upon the young
as to chill the generous promptings of
patriotism, aud plaut iu their stead
the meanest of all virtues, caution and
selbshness*
Then I can but commend this cus-tom
of annually honoring the graves
of our lalleu heroes, nnd doing so pub-licly,
in the fate of all the world.—
Care for the dead has been in all ages
a good test of civilization. It is redo-lent
not only of the most beautiful
humanity, but is especially suggestive
of the immortality of the soul, and of
that great -Christian doctrine of the
resurrection, when the bodies of these,
our slaughtered children, shall rise iu
glorious array, even ag these flowers
havo arisen from tho earth clothed
with a beauty such as can only be be-stowed
by Hira whose band paints the
lillies ot the valley aud adorns with its
wondrous tints the rose of Sharon. A
task this is, too, which is peculiarly
grateful to the dear mothers and
daughters of the dead. Less distracted
by the cares of these unhappy tiaies,
tbey have both more leisure and more
constancy of affection for brooding
over the and story of the war, aud
dwelling upon the bljgb,tpd hopes aud
bloody Cutting off of the noble youths
who were swept away by Its desolating
waves. The gaps made iu the circle
of their domestic love, the empty seats
around their boards, are never, never
filled in woman's heart- They mourn
their l.ost forever- And I have yet to
hear of the mother, iu all this broad
land, who could be forced by the heav-iest
throbs of Borrow, the deepest
depths of poverty and wretchedness,
the tearful lest array ot bayonets, or
tHB nrtlullest allurements of any cou-wivabhs^
Msisey, political or otherwise,
to disown the glorions deeds of ber
son, or refuse in the presence, of all
earth to justify his motives aud bless
his memory,
To woman was committed the ora-elea
ef the free Greeks, to womau was
intrusted the keeping alive the sacred
fires of the Romans. And { am oon-yinep.
i thu, lo the women of the South
must lie committed the task of Keep-ing
aglow the waning apark of courage
and honor iu this broken hearted land.
mm, presided over the deliberations,
were characterized by entiie
"■lammitY nnd hearty co-operation in
endeavors to advance the best inter-eat
of the Association.
The following statement embodies
in the briefest jsossible form, the re
ports submitted to the couucil and the
resolutions adopted by it. Through a
general cirenlation of this statement it
is intended that the public shall,be
made aware of the condition, labors
and future prospects of the Associa-tion,
and it is hoped that a knowledge
of these will awaken fresh interest in
the work of still farther restoring,
protecting and beautifying the Home
and Banal place of Washington.—
.Now thatthe agitations of the past
years are over, the officers of the As-sociatiou
feel that it is not inappro-priate
to bring again to notice this or-ganization,,
by which they represent
the Women of the Union.
It is an organization that by surviv-mgall
the perils and dislocations of
great! civil war has established
claims to a position
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(BITIU'I- «V Owen.
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W1.ER,
>f Ore.'11-l.i.ro
le is h-'ter lire-ular
construction— which is much
worth in a free government—was uu- i
doubtedly iu its favor on the question !
of abstract right, however much that'
same majority may have been averse
to the practical exercise thereof. The
very most that can be said, is, that it,
was a disputed aud unsettled question.
Then with what show ofjustice can it;
be charged lhat these dead sous of ours
were guilty of treason when it had nev-er
been determined either where or to
what extent their nllegianco was due 11
What right has auy oue to braud these J
mouldering children of N. 0. with Ihe |
When the. earth jn the great journey
among the stars lias coino again so
near llie god ot day as to tear away
the ley bauds of winter against the
broad edge of his fiery disc and bring
us onoc more to the beginning ot seed-time,
nnd to the very harvest of flow-'
era. why, amid the general joys
which tho onmbiued glories of the blue
heavens and the glowing earth inspire
should we not remember these, our
best bloved who once wen here to lie-hold
them with us, but shall behold
them no more loreverI Don't believe
that policy forbids jou lo do it. l-'aun-ing
and servility propitiate none
whose friendship is worth having.—
There is not a brave aud just roan in
foul name of traitor for resisting the i.all the North who wou.ld. not depise
violence of a so-called sovereign who ! ^',iT v .alLnt
had never asserted that sovereignty ;' own,"» a Ka""ut
who was doubtful of its existence, antl
who could point to no oue word in the
written chatter of its existence~wbich
Ureanabuio, N. C.
VNKOI'Nl l'..s iu the eithM s
ai ! HniMnrd County that Ii
1 now TI.I.I, ,.,,■: In provide lhe:n with
UNDERTAKING.
He i.:.-. p-ire.l t„ fnt-iish. :.t TWO HOCR'S
y.>TI(.'K.C"«ins,.f anr S'T!,-. in.l has a hue
HEAltSE i u: ' expressly I6r t!.. use of the pub-
!'C
All orders f..r 1•"irRNlTl'Rr., COFFIN'S, Ac,
; ociptry attended to at moderate charges. Anr
nark etaMf prcU::so taken in exefaanm for work
feb*J:ry
undeniably confirmed it T II they be-lieved
as they had been taught—and
taught by Northern Statesmen ami ju-rists—
that their obedience was unques-tionably
duo to their State authorities,
where is the moral or the legal guilt in
their rushing forward to defend that
belief with life and limb'aud earthly
honor I Was it not rather the act of a
grand and self-aacriftcing patriotism 1
And the still other and more numerous
sou who tlied iu a
cause which \ou approved, und for
which you girded and blessed him !—
■ Fear not to he faithful to your noblest
i instincts, and your natural affections*
Truth and ca'idor will prove your
best policy in the end. Sap-i
pose their cause was wrong, or
8up|Misj. — what is oftener the
.case—that under the convincing pow-
I er of tho co iqiieror's favor and his
rich.s, a logic iiresisiaiile to the reii-
! egadc and the coward, we affect to be-
I lievc that theii cause was wrong and
'■ their' aoppoatd heioism only a ti-louy;
! still would we not lie the very vilest of
thousands, who reasoned not upon the memories either
matter at all,..,,, went forth tol^J^I-J-IP** .
and death simply because then-country ; %S£E&t* I Can yon imagine fpr
called aud their homes were invaded
I a moment a father buckling bis armor
The men are cowed, whipped, oi vic-tims
of an unmanly policy. Tine cour-age—
that whioh not only faces death
on the batt'e field, but faces all humil-iations
of defeat with unimpaired and
nnoonqnered manhood, has tied from
the hearts of strong men and takcu re-fiu'e
in'the gentle, bosoms of women.
It. is safe there. It will reappear in
glorious vigor in the generation of sons
to whom they shall teach their pre-cious
lessons of patriotism and honor,
to fear God and to fear nothing olsel
Grant's IiOve for the South.
The Sontflern States ought to " go
for " Grant in view of the enormous
robberies himself nnd carpet-bag ad-ministration
have inflicted upon a de-serving'people.
Tbe debt Grant has
helped pile upou tho over taxed and
over out-raged States of the South, is
as follows:
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Mississippi,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Total, * 240,008,582 78
For this.not one of the States named
baa a single improvement to show—not
a right even to regulate her own a flairs.
If this is the record of Grant for three
years, what in God's name would it be
at the end of five years more of druuken
niiarule-—Pomeroy'i Democrat.
9 .'12,442,312 50
15,724,312 75
15,542,447 54
41,137,5tll) 00
ai,095,0!W 57
25,187,1)07 85
35,15S,!H4 47
1,790,871 30
55,582,656 80
17,000,000 00
Beecher on the Sabbath.—Mr, Beeeh-er
advocated throwing open the public
libraries on Sunday before a very large
audience at the Cooper Institute last
evening. Besides which he expressed
himselt in favor of Sunday excursion
trains for the i>oor, the general text of
bis address being the idea that the Sab
bath was made for man and not the
converse.
I
a
its
among (hose na-tional
objects upon which may meet
harmoniously andhealthfullv.the com-bined
efforts aud sympathies of the
whole country.
The only source of revenue for
Mount Vernon depends npon the
steamer which brings visitors to the
place. During three years of Ihe war
it was considered unsafe to allow the
boat to pass up and down the river,
and the Secretary of War in remove
nig the l>oat deprived the Association
■if its income. A very moderate claim
l..r damages, amounting lo two thirds
of the real loss, was laid before Cou-gress,
nnd after considerable delay tho
sum of |7,000 was allowed to Mount
Vernon on condition that it should be
expended in repairs under the super
vision of au agent appointed by the
government. Thie has been done
and the progress of decoy, which was
rapidly destroying the place, has hem
arrested. The steamer was replaced
ns soon ns possible, and Immediately
nfter the war, wheu Washington was
thruuged with people brought then
b.v pressure of circumstances, a hirge
number found their way to Mount Ver-non
and the revenno from the boat as-sumed
was Retails proportions ; bnt it
has gradually fallen oil and iu ordina-ry
circumstances cannot bo regarded
as sufficient The steamer is nnder
the control of Mr. Sykes, of Willinrd's
hotel, Washington, to whose courtesy
and kindness tbe Association is con
stantly indebted for many favors.—
The contract between him and the As-sociation
which grants him exclusive
control of the right to land passeugers,
was at this meeting of tho council re
nowed for three years. A ]>er oentage
upon each visitor is paid into the
trensury and a considerable amount
collected through sales upon tho place
of photographs, flowers, fruit, canes,
&c., all which sources of revenue are
developed ns much as possible.
Every effort has been made to put
the place aiio n presentable condition,
so that those who make pilgrimage to
the spot are no longer shocked by the
ghastly traces of neglect antl dilapida-tion.
The Association, while justly
proud of what it has accomplished in
this way is obliged to confess that
what it has done to gratify national
pride has drawn so heavily upon its
means that certain other repairs and
improvements equally conspicuous, re
main untouched, and it is iu behalf of
these that something must now be at-tempted.
It is earnestly hoped that
these ueeds will be understood and
helpfully recognized by the people for
whoro, the property is held in trust, and
to whom its preservation should be a
matter ot deep interest. First in im
portance among these claims must be
reckoned and adequate protection
against fire,—there being none what-ever
at the present time,—and a thor
ough system of drainage for the cel-lars
of the mansion and other build-ings—
their present condition being an
unfailing source of malaria and fever
and agne to those who have charge
of the place. For those two improve-ments,
by which may lie secured to
this venerable homestead the same
protection that is accorded to the hum-blest
dwellings in our cities, the mem-bers
ot the Council unite in making a
most earnest appeal to the country.—
A small sum Irora each individual to
whom these "reasonable wants are
made known, will swell in thu aggre-gate,
to n sum amply sufficient. In
the more distant future it is hoped
that a permanent fuud may be formed,
from which a steady income shall be
derived. Also it is within tho plans
of the Board of Vice-Regents to bring
nnder cultivation larger portions ot
land, now lying waste for want of
means to clear and fertilize. In fact
nothing has been left nnthought of,
which, while securing the interests of
Mount Vernon itself, shall tend also
to diminish the utcessity for asking aid
of the public
The Regent of the,
name has been HentiOad.1
-the hour of its birth, whs«
strength and fortune have'beea
large measure devoted to Its servioef-crowned
these sacrifices b> consentiaf
to reside upon tbe spot, undeterred by
its looeliuess and uahsallhiness. By
her personal supervision, close ecooe-ny
and wise precaution,, she has
brought the Association out of dent,
and preserved a cordial sympathy of
action among the v'm rT|*|Btii whioh
is invaluable in such an afflliatiom-—
It is not too much to say that the self.
denying enthusiasm which Miss Cun-ningham
has Drought to her task is
absolutely without a parallel; and tho
whole couutry should know that, dur-ing
all these years, and through all
these personal sacrifices, this unselfish
and high-minded lady has never ac-cepted
oue dollar oi remuneration, and
now attends to all tho added duties of
her position without a salary, compen-sated
only by the measure of her suc-cess
m administration, and the grate-ful
recognition of those who know how
inestimable have been her services.
The Secretary also resides upon the
estate—adding to the stricter duties
of her office, those ot honsekeeper.—
The head garduer, a Scotchman, is ad-mirably
qualified for the position he
holds. To his other responsibilities is
added thnt of attending »o the visi-tors
npon the grounds, and protecting
the property Irom injury.
Several farm hands are employed :
there are wagons and au ambulance,
tor which two mule* are kept; there
is a greenhouse, which becomes more
and more profitable; And although
the establishment is on a modest foot-ing
for au esliinato ol ",'IHI acres, it ne-cessarily
involves the employment of
several people anil the outkny of con-siderable
sums. If the, receipts from
the boat are reduced below their pres-ent
amount, it will bo impossible to
kee/i in order with out aid, algid
economy is meanwhile practised^ and
the public may rest assured that"only
under pressure of absolute necessity
will any alms be asked. ?**
The nssociatiotis ha from tfme to
time received evidences of interest
from different persons, which it takes
great pleasure in acknowledging
Foremost, amongst those stamTmauy
recent gifts from friends in New Jetsy,
which State, stimulated by the energy
and cntnnsinsm of its Vice-Regent,haa
forwarded furniture, carpets and anti-quities
to the value of nearly two-thousand
dollars. To these timely
gifts is owing much of the cheerfuTap-pearancc
of the interior, onoe so deso-late
ami foi loin. All gifts whichndd
the interest of the place, all objects
which were contemporaneous with
Washington, are much desired'. The
plates for printing copies of Washing-ton's
will have been presented by Mr.
Corcoran of Washington, and be also
promises a hundred varieties of ever-greens
lor the grounds. A velvet car-pet
upon the staircase was the gift of
Kcndell, of New York ; the old dock
at the staii'-caso landing is among the
New Jersy gifts, antl a marble bust of
Washington has been lately deposited
in the banqueting room by its oWner,
Mrs. Eve, the Vice Regent for tissvgia.
A gift doubly valuable tor its timeli-ness
to the use of the Couucil was that
of Mrs. Mitchell, Vice-Regent for Wis-consin—
a plated tea set and Innumer-able
cups, saucers, shs. It is sot ouly
appropriate but necessary lhat tbe au-iiiiul
councils should be held upou the
spot, and it is hoped that the time will
come when the members can be enter-tained
there, simply but sufficiently,
without the present expedients for
ekeing out their accommodations.—
But all these details can well be left
till the serious and vital wants of the
Association are provided for, and the
council therefore once moro commend
their causo to a generous American
public, and ask from it ut this time
only the means for meeting those ex-jienses
upon which thu proper preser-vation
of the nation's own'property
dependa.
MARGARET J. M. SWEAT,
Vice-Regeut for Maine.
That's tho Way the Money Goes.
From 1855 to 1801 tire United. State*
Navy cost thu iiovrrument only- B80,•
OOO.OOO.WIIIIH from KSli,» to lSflaV-a time
of peace—the expenses rcauiied, the
enormous amount of $161,000,000, or
more than twice as much. How this
money was expended is a question that
the people would like to be answered.
There has been no ship-buikbug, no
construction ol ordnance foundries, no
preparations made for (hose jxissibili-ties
which always exist in a nation like
ours. But,on the other baud, a multi-tude
of officials—admirals, vice-admi-rals,
[ear-admirals ami commodores—
has been created,principally,one would
almost think, to make way with enor-mous
salaries. laist year's A'aeal Reg.
itter contains the names of forty admi-rals
on the active and retired lists,
whose united salaries amounted to over
8400,000. The salaries of these Useful
gentlemen in time of peace range from
$7,000 to tl3,00UtUsOM on tbe retired
list reaping an annual harvest of over
92,700. The annual pay-roll of tbe
navy amounts at the present time to
over 06,000,000. Tho negligence aud
willful blindness ot the Uoverament
in regard to these things is more than
culpable.—SoihrOU Banner,
A handsome young gentleman walk-ed
into the Adams Express ,office
the other tla.v.tlesiicd to express a pack-age
of letters to a lady, to whom he
desired to return them. "What are
they worth!" asked the clerk, who in
making out hi.suitcouutdesixtfd toknow
what was Ihe risk. The young gentle-man
hesitated a moment, then clearing
his throat troin a certain huakiness,
replied," Well I can't say exactly ; but
a few weeks ago I thought they were
worth about four hundred thousand
dollars."'
Au Irishman, describing the growth
of potatoes in his native island, said to
clinch the fact; "Aud sure a bushel
ot them will till a barrel"