The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-18
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dressed him for the tomb and provided him decent
place Of sepuIture. AS they about to close
nance full Of tenderness ovoadvanced and said:
lie Let ~, mo kiss Kiss him for his mother, Such
that the immortal muse caught hold OF it. enshrined
ssHs h The h s ss to
ing echoes OF both hemisphores, and found warm
But these ladies stand here to-day in a subllmer attt-
td and one more worthy Of heroic and anthems
brow Aye. these men had mothers wives and sisters.
They were MT tho vagabopd rabblo gathered together
from inc four quarters of the earth. They
the hoIseleas homeless, moherloss. sisterless multi
who nS the world in Of wild ad
the excrescences OF society," gather. from the purlleus
money and wine. ThOy were gentlemen, who came
from their genial Southern homes where their hearts
affection. They came here With their Cheeks moist With
and sSpSga devotion and
me deck his grave for his mother his wife and his sis
But there is one thought that rises preeminently.
above all other in connection with the
these martyred heroes THEY DIED yOR usI They left
their far distant homes and rushed to malariouB
hearts as bulwark between and foes-to defend
na s1S %
is none tho less valuable in ITSELF becauset did not
and to watch protect their helpless ones
they have escaped the humiliation the oppression
which Is always the inheritance Of conquered naion
Ihey can never be reached by Herod rod C@sars
exactions
"They sleep their Inst sleep.
They have fought their last battle.
No sound can awake them to glory again."
Such thunders as rolled James Island and re-
sSe this city four ago and
beheld will never be Witnessed whittier they have gone
"on fame's eternal camping ground
II Their elr silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The byouac of the dead"
pety and wisdom which the grave is intended to teach
and In view of the mnstrations Of kindness which
tho hands of these than Spartan ladies' we have
no words Of our own 30 appropriate THOSE Of the
clips have kissed, ye are faded and cold;
Han Han ds have pressed ye are covered with mould;
And soon on thy bosom my breast shall lay
Erie nds Of my youth, have witnessed your bloom,
Tomb, have wreathes have flowers % for .t%e. thee.
But who will eer gather garland for me2'
After an eloquent prayer by tho Rev. O. P. GADsDEs
IEn and the following ode composedby the latter gen.
tleman, was sung:
The sea-born city mourns but not In shame.
Her heroes laid in state beneath the dome
OF skies and solemn woods She chauts their fame
Because they fought and fell for hOr, for home
MSo Ds %e With Rect Ts sG
graves.
We cannot live forgetting how ye died
r me % cheek OF youth that wore Its velvet bloom,
~ The h9ary helm-devoted to the tombl
With tears and flowers we deck your aaorinos TSgs
! Gould ye q dearer gift than life bestowp
sires. husbands, sons. who braved the battle shock
AS Shepherds Of the people for Jour 70 noS Gcola
Ye fought, ye died, that we might not be slaves
Alas, what slight return scatter your grayesI
But Love, for which ye bore the mortal strose'
! Bids Nature plant her monumental pines,
And all her swelling tears and voices Graves
Instead Of grefwet flowers to consecrate your graves
A happier age may bid the pile arise,
&C or palm and plaudit in the lists Of fame;
Ihe care that guards homes the that caves
four nving biood' we pledge, In flowers, upon your
During the singing of this ode the impressive cere
mony Of decorating the graves performed and in
few moutes the clean but desoate ground be-
came beautiful flower garden
| A WALK IN MAGNOLIA.
| After the ceremonies were completed many of the
crowd wandered among the tombstones and the trees
amply repaid for their trouble The features % OF the
walk which afforded most enjoyment almost impos-
appreciated: pen cannot describe the picturesque
grouping Of marble monuments and mossclad oaks the
name upon tombstone, the bitter expressions Of
s snS the
the soft voice Of woman as she tells her grief
could be noted and described there were apst Ths
granite pillar commemorang the foundation Magno-
la Is about twelve feet high and about four feet
| square at the base. On It &c the inscription:
| Magnolia Cemetery
| Ammo Domini 1850.
| FouADERB:
Edward Sebring ". @. Dukes.
| g. N. Reynolds, Jr. ". g. Walker
| W. D. Porter. Frederick Richards
| e. G. Jones, Architect.
| Second. monument to Gen. WILLIAM WAsR1so1oN
the revolutionary hero Of South Carolina It consists
Of handsome marble pedestal, ornnmented by uted
column Of the fame material, some fourteen feet high
broken at the ton, n NJ 1snya
sculptured In marble. It is surrounded by an iron
Trailing which has gate with two revolutionary sabres
crossed and an old rusty helmet the top and the
posts Of which two cannon captured he British
at CoWpens, where General then Colonel, WARRINGTON
greatly distinguished hiInse
Thtrd. What is called the JONES monument having
been erected by his wealthy widow to returned Cali.
fornian Of that name who died this city on his way
to his home further North. It is tall marble shaft,
magnthcently scuptured and Immediately attracts the
attant0n aYcitaa Of hr