The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-04

the saddest we have over seen. There WAS not m
exclamation or shout upon the streets US 1t pass
ed; thoro was TO appeal to the emotions IN any
dirge-liko music; there was scsrcey any whisper.
ing or conversation in the immense tlronS that
followed. The fact that the remains OF a great
MAJ, were being removed, who had once eMlnently
commanded respect, ard hat no display in music,
colors or professional bands had been attempted,
appealed more strongly to cyory boholder's SYM
pathy than if the most imposing funeral rites mad
been prepared It was this feeling, doubtless,
that prompted the ladies TO walk as nourners and
to show for tho memory OF the deceascd the most nos
touching evidence OF their respect ever YET VII
messed in this city.
The procession proceeded along Cont, Rampant,
Canal and Chartres, to the ferry near the Jackson
Square. The body was then conveyed down the Tue
leave tomorrow morning. It will arrive the same
night ut Brashear CITY, the next day at Galveston,
and from thence will be conveyed, by way OF Hous-
ton Washington LAGRANGE and Bastrop 60 AnsI' 71 H.
food for reflection. There wore our tenderly nua.
tured girls and their mothers marching squares IN
length. through the middle OF til. dabbed stroots,
rnlnindfui OF the rcnsh pavement, weary le ~
two; the men, great IN story anu IcnJs III nao
ed no commission, MS the Northern Journals sala
of til cln after the first Manassas and 1nulttuoe
of others Of less note, but men, venerable IN then
years, tieir talents, their cohstancS tnelr aexo.
tuu, their sincerity, their piety, and their calm
courage. &.5...1,
solemn in this mute conveying of these remains
through our streets. as well as IN the cnaIaStet
aud quality Of the mcurness, and Tne nuIe, -
those whose sympathy was so Vlvldl! le1 snen1'
made manifest. -, o,.o,,o
Could an ep:taph b, placed over his grave g s
this. written by ono Of Lousianas 8 sons, Flca ~
genius and fame, would wen oSsci.Do s I'D
the South has mourl!ed for nearly nie ye'1io'
IN MEMORIAM:
Behind this Stone is laid,
For Season,
ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON,
a General in tho Army Of the Confederate satea'
On the Sixth Day of April, A. d.
ltcltsen Hundred and Sixty Two
Man tried in many high Oficos
And Critical Enterprises,
And found faithful IN all.
His life was ono long sacrifice Of Interest to
Conscience,
And even thai Lfa, on wotul Saooatb'
Did he Weld os holocaust at his Country = neeo-
Sot wholly understood was lIc whiio he lived;
But tn his death, his Greatness sa1iios eonis'' = -
Rauo1,tc Moderate. clear of Envy, yet not wanting
In that finer Ambition which makes Men great
ard Pure;
In Ills Honor IInpr egnable,
In his Simplicity sublime,
No country e'er had o truer Son;
NO Cause nobler Champion;
No People bolder Defender;
No Principle purer Victim,
Than the Dead Soldier
Who Sleeps here.
The Cause for which he periRhed is lost;
The people for whom he fought are crushed;
Tho HOPES in wh.ch he trusted are shattered;
The Flag he loved
Guides no more the charging bnes-
But his Fame,
Consigned to the Keeping OF that Time.
Which, happily, Is not much the tomb OF virtue
AS its Shrine,
Shall, in the years come,
Fire Modest Worth to Noble Ends.
In Honor, now, our great Captain rests;
bereaypd Country mourns him.
Three communities proudly claim him
And History shall cherish him
Among tho choicer spirits. who. holding their
- Conscience unmixed with Blame
Have been in all contpuctures, true to Themselves,
Their People, and their God
When tho loving. mourning widow, far away on
the California coasts Of the Pacific, shall learn OF
the donors paid by Louisinnas daughters ana
sons to her dead hero, her heart will bound with
an emotion OF gratitude a41 ioXs especially toward
those hundreds of her a(seefs who followed the
hearso, silent, but weeping with emotion. =
This is another proof that our people refuse to
forget how to honor those who foil in our defence;
No matt {. what may be tie external pressure and
restrains, the men and women of the South viii
find means to do honor to those who laborod,
fougit, or foil for the sost cause" The ashes OF
the great soldier have passed away from US, but
true Southrons will eTer cherish, as Q sacred leg
cy, the memory Of the hero who perllled and lost
bis life in tho support OF great principle
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