The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-08

crowned with the, pfotec15DlS OF &tcl1.
fuond; while the enens I l;ii;Sa;' ssSs 80
fgpm the cit, The 1naslrae .gefGseeG
aspo 70 tho eilaumHsanaa at hiding Gehf
Jee'dE crVssiRS the RDEonap8 asd. tho
usarch into PSpnsylvania. Is He (Efe. Das
Vs) assumed the responsibility for that
movement. The enemy had long been
dent that il they continued their steady
progress, tho Confederacy would be over
whelmed. Our only hope was to drive
them to the defence of their own capital,
We being enabled in tho meantime to re-
inforce our shattered army. How we'll
Gen. Lee carried out that dangerous OK
pertinent need not be told. Richmond
was relieved, the Confederacy was re-
lieved, and time was obtained, if other
things had favored. to reinforce the army.
But, said Mr.. Davis, I shall not at-
tempt to review the military career of our
fallen chieftain. OF the man. how shall
Ispcnk? He was my friend, and in that
word is included NIL that could say of
any man. His moral qualities rose to
the height of his genius. Self-denying-
always intent upon the one idea Of duty
-selfcontrolled to an extent that many
thought him cold. His feelings were
really warm, and his heart melted freely
at the sight Of 6 wounded soldier or the
story Of the sufferings of the widow and
orphan. During the war he was ever
conscious of the inequality Of the means
at his control; bnt it was never his to
complain or to utter d doubt-it was
paign he was beleaguered Mt Petersburg,
and painfully aware of the straights to
which We were reduced, hc said: ''With
my army in the mountains of Virginia,
[ could carry on this war for twenty years
longer" His men exhausted and his
supplies failing, lie was unable TO carry
out his plans. An untoward event caus-
ed him to anticipate the ment and
the army of Northern Virginia was over
whelmed. But in the surrender 2se
anticipated conditions that have not been
fulflled-he expected his army to be re-
spected and his paroled soldiers to be
allowed the enjoyments of life and pro-
perty. Whether these conditions have
been fulfilled, let others say.
Here he now sleeps in tue land he
loved SO we'll, and that land is not Vir-
ginia only, for they do injustice to Lee
who believe he fought only for Virginia
He was ready to go anywhere, on any
service for the good of his country, and
his heart ,cas as broad as Me fifteen &ates
struggling for the principles Mat oar fore.
fathers fought for IN lie rerolution of 1776
He is sleeping in the same soil with the
thousands who foqght under the same
flag, but first offered up their lives.
Here the living are assembled to honor
bis memory, and there the skeleton
septineEs keep watch over his grave
This citizen! this soldier! this great
General! this true patriot! left behind
him the browning glory of true Chris
tlnn His christianity ennobled him in
life. and affords us grounds for the be-
llet that he Is happy beyond the grave.
But, while we mourn the loss of the
great and the true, drop we also tears of
sympathy with her who was his help
meet in life-the noble woman who,
while her husband was in the field lead
ing the army of the Confederacy, though
an invalid herself, passed the time in
knitting socks for the marching soldiers.
woman fit to be the mother Of heroes
aud heroes are descended from her.
Mourning with her, ne can only offer
the consolation of Christian. Our loss
Is not his, but he now enjoys the rewards
of life we'll spent and IL never wavering
trust in risen Saviour. This day we
unite our words of sorrow with those of
the good and great throughout Christen-
dom, for his fame is gone over the
water-his deeds will be remem bered ;
and when the monument we build shall
have crumbled into dust, his virtues will
still live, high model for the imitation
OF generations yet unborn.
We have given but faint idea of the
eloquent thoughts and chaste oratory of
the speaker. His words were heard with
profound attention, and received with
frequent applause.
Two colored men, named Andrew
Johnson and johnson Brown, had q
difficulty i'll Barnwell, OH the 5th, which
resulted in the death of the latter. The
murderer escaped.
| a destructive fire occurred in Frank
fort, ky., on the night of the I'd. The
loss is estimated at over 100000.
A man named I. J. Porter murdered
an old man named Isaac Gardener, in
the fork of the Edistoes, on the 26th ult.
Napolcon's head is to be taken off the
French postage stamps.