Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-19

ulation, and with fearful eye she turns
to you as the only hope Of deliverance.
Forget not then the practical teach
ings of your institution. Peace hath
her victories 10 less renowned than
war, and to-day, North Carolina,
your Mother, lies stabbed at
every voin. appealing to the dc
votion and ard0r OF her sons to
| raise tho lance oi peace, and not
| Of war, III defence Of her bleed
/ ing form. Rest that lance IN answer
+ to her earno t appeal, let her suppli-
eating voice kindle the flame in your
; hearts, and the tears of her weeping
| daughters nerve your arm; but bear it
aloft in defiance Of her enemies. Never
| let that heart quail. that arm, quiver,
! aor that lance ioso It's vigorous grasp
until your prostrated Mother, with
! hcr gallant sons and her noble daugh-
| tore, gathered aro1nd her, Tears her
once peerless form amonA the sister
| hood OF States, holding III her left
hand her scales OF justice, and in her
right, your banner Of victory dellying
in its woEted breezes, and bearing
upon its ample folds in letters Of daz-
zling brilliaury the soul-stirring in
>cription, North Carolina Rcdeenacd
Then, in the language of the noblest of
her son, "our II arts win swell with
gladness whenever VIC name her" These
are the duties OF the immediate future:
what ara the duties and impulses OF
the everything hour? You are in
the presence of Cardinals f,irest
| daughters-as fair and as beautiful
bevy as ever smiled upon the exhibitions
of ancient chiyalry. We have no royal
presence to grace this Ashby, no
Soldan arrayed in al the glitteling
jewels of oriental splendor; but to-day,
hearts Is generous as they are brave,
bow at the throne Of woman, end
Southern ehivalry does honor 10
Southern beauty. Her divine in
auenca has silently shaped the i'm
pulses Of Your hearts, and the poet
never couched in the music OF his Tyre
when, OF her devoted love, he uttered
tho poetic strain:
al I.,k-t ( la diam ont'. sretSiiny usL.
''an Halls and Palaces i,!u;ne.
Vet sLn-s Dc:o cheeIi:i., Nd more br!yt,
scenes g. dark,' IS s.1'i Ct g,Gsu;
This r4ItiI desc Es!@ II real lss aoov-,
Thi-, tu!5 = wOman's II ttChie : love"
Let this cheering presence give nerve
10 your arm and point to your lance SIS
1t lies in She rest ; FOR this days tour
ney offers as priceless q crown 10 lis
champion who namesthe fair Sovereign
of Love and Beauty as ever wreathed
the victorious lance Of the valiant
cavalier, or garlanded the brow OF
Beauty's faircst Q3een end he viii
have rs much cause for sell cra.uia-
ton, IS did Kenneth. of Scotland,
when t,c wiped the stain from Eng
lands iailcn banner with the life
blood {: Conrad himself, and gained
thc hand Of Edith PIautagenct ; 1T tho
renowned hero Of fiction, when II de-
fence Of the uublemished beauty, tno
spoti ass but injured innocence OF the
condemned Jewtss, he bado defiance to
the prOnd champion o; the Temr,ar.,
at one fell blow pro5tratcd his noble
antagonist to the ground and rescued
her rs q brand from the burning, amid
the applause and acclamatione of the
hrcathlcsa multitude
And now, Sir Knights, ] charge
you that, whilst yonr highest
ambition is invoked in tho issne
of this days contest, cherish III
your breasts the principles iEcu,-
Gated by your institution cherish
the principles Of truth, of horror ard
of .J;dciity. la paying your devotional
honige - woman, to-day, and at all
times, and n the discharge Cf all d1l-
ties, 1t noble. a generous and al
honorable emulation warm your
breas,s. Be true to yourselves, be
true 10 the object Of your hearts
wavn2e.t affections, be true to the en-
noblng principles and influences OF
manhood, and III the expr essive, beau
tItul and forcibio language which tho
Fallen Cardinal is ma ie to speak by
the Great High Priest OF poesy. in his
final charge to Cromwell,
- Re J - uI.,i ...T rDt
let a! tn eliuS to. = Ill = =:
L ;tAy .ouittr>'s- I'll! Coos al-i :Fath's:''
then vii! you have elnulated in u it
ting manner the first great heroes of
your renowned institution.
1t tho conclusion of Mr.. Walkers
address the preparations We're made
for the tourney. Tie rules were an
nounced aud stands were placed at the
prt per intervals. There wore three
proper irt.rruls. the Knights being
carry of the r;;lcs on tne point of the
sabre. The following was the system
OF counting:
" e''' -" - 'N''-'
ist rli'g quartz point TO count ),
I'd lead left cut to count =
I'd ring, rierce point, to CONT ).
81 head front cut to count ..
Each Knight tJ have three runs, 50
that ii one b'.:ceoled n making a!l of
the points ho must acolo 81.
Messrs. David 8. Cowan. DuBrutz
Guitar, Norwood Giles and W. \.
Cumming we're announced as the
judges. iao distances WIS l59 yards
and ti,n time allowed Il seconds. The
following is tie
;.,.s;-J.7 OF TIT. r,1-zyrr
H.. re,,-,a r.;~lr -: Cr,o
IL ,,.>.4 - hoo5 81 r;,,er =, ~ '''N
I,;,,,.4 - 49,, ni,,-Hl'atr' o1h,
N-t. ~ - - &c ,i' ~, t;t 80 hnS neSu'
1'.- ~ ,is'' iies"'
h:s. :et'. 81 nSo tI u,oas@.-o ,f,':5s-oia2h.