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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Alta meeting held at the APPEAL edi-
tOrial rooms last night, Mr.. J. NJ. Keat-
ing chairman, and Mr.. Julius A. Tay-
lor secre'ary,
On motion, the chair appointed
Messrs. \. d. Menken, Thomas H.
Alien, and =. Harvey Mathes q COM
mI-tee to secure music and hall. The
committee retired, and after 81 absence
Of few minutes returned and reported
that they had secured the services OF
ArnO!d's band, and had hired the Thea
ter at nominal price, Mr.. Tom Davey,
the lessee, making the difference be-
tween that and the usual rate dOna-
ton TO the cause and the occasion. The
report Was received and adopted.
On motion the chair was authorized to
appoint an executive committee of five,
whose duty it was made to collect and
disburse the necessary funds to make
the celebration Of the MecklenbUrg CEN
ternial in Memphis a success cOmmen-
surate with tie Importance of our city,
The chair aDDDinted rs that committee
MessTs. n. ID. Menken, T. G. Park, J. G.,
Neeley, J. II. Mathes and w. H. Car
roll, and on motion, Mr.. NJ. Heating was
added. Mr. Menken requested tue
ChsirmaD then to announce that this
committee was expected II meet at his
(MeBken's) office this morning at nine
o'clock.
On motion Of Captain J. II. Mathes
the follow, 7g reception and stage com
mIttees were appointed, and the gentle.
men named requested to meet at the
Iheater at seven o'clock sharp, this
evening:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

A CONVENTION uf the colored people
VS. held ll MELVILLE yesterday for tue
nu'n,"e of considering and adopting
1Iee uIe. for emigration 70 another
Stale. The delegations were TIincipsl-
Dr. from Davidson county, with a few
m the adjoining counties. w. A.
-Eamo-e was made chairman, and b.
Ni.liH.uss sCCretal both OF Davidson
county. TIE convention entertained a
long E-eTIrs ~ salutiOns prr sentod touch
Iug '1a jet and adjoVrned 70 today.
They seem tc D. 2 inspired With a promise
oi free transportation to Kars,s, where
they viii be given forty acres Of land
and yc-r's rstiOps. They vii fiud
these promise a Tehg ii Of the old wsr
story o. "toI,y scrCa and mule"
There is nothing in it but miseiy and
disappointment, fcom which une grave
viii be Inc only avenue Of relief to thCse
who softer themselves TO be deluded inis
20 Wild scheme.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Away, ungrateful doubt, away!
At least she IS our own EO-day;
Break into raptdre, my song,
Verses, leap forth in the sun,
Bearing the jOyanCe along
Like train of fire as We run!
Pause not T choosing OF words,
Let them but blossom and sing
Bltthe as the orchards and birds
With the new coming of SpIiug!
Dance in your iOllity, bells,
SnOut, cannon, cease not, We drums,
Answer, ye hill-sidcS ana dells,
Bow, all ye people, she comes,
Radiant, calm frOuted as when
She hallOwed that April day:
stay with as! Yes, thou sualt stay,
-ottenef and stIengthener of men,
Freedom, not won by the vain,
Not 10 be cOurted in play,
Not to be kept without pain!
Stay with Us! Yes. thou wilt stay,
Handmaid and mistress Of all
Kinder OF deed and of Thought
Thou, thai TO hut and to hall
Equal deiiyeTance brought!
Souls of her marty IS, draw near
Touch our dull lips with your tiIs,
That we may praise without fear
Her, our delight. our deSiIe,
our lalLh lncXung IiShable star,
Our hope, our remembrance, our trust,
Our present our past, our to be,
Who Will n'ugle her life with our dust
And make rs deserve to be treei
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

p tee congregation continues 70 grow
a. The pace which n8s SO flr character
lzed H., We would suggest to The commit
lee charged with the management Of
The reyiFa.s under Messrs. Whilue and
Iliss, to remove to the Exposition
building as the only house large enough
10 contain those who now and hereafter
may desire 20 hear ana essist the IT.
yyivraligtg
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

The i1rer'l Of Major Strange attract
ea Fefg general attention yesterday. il
was lifting tribute TO his memory from
The soldiers who had 50 often shared
with him the vicissitUdcs Of war. We
publish elsewhere resolutions Of condo
ience, which bear fell testimony TO his
CALAMITY a7a EoltieT aud bis gentle aud
useful qu8,itiCs as a citizen.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

She was rather an unIuly child once,
when, in 1881, under the lead Of John
SEWER, she attemuted to set up for her
self sg The State Of Franklsnd. But that
matter is al right now. On the twenty
nth OF September, 1890, the two North
Carolina United States senators executed
q deed conveying the western portion Of
the State to the United States, and Ten
nessee became a separate common
weslth. 1t js for this resson, alsO-the
TACT that Tennessee was, during the revO-
luton, an integral partCf Nor.h Csroli-
liDa-tbat the centennial order OF eXer-
ci5es assigns to the governor Of Tennes-
see precedence in the procession of the
twentieth instant over the governors of
other States. There will be no poem in
the JrGO rcrUBl. In addition to the big
barbecue, which will be free TO all COM
els, banquet or collation. is to be given
to the invited guests especially, a. which
it IS expected there will be any number
OF impromptu speeches.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

'a'T'y launched uroa the sea Of reform,
ana JGH2.ng by their work yes eTdsy,
VIII Le the means of grestani. We hope,
Lss'ing good. Some 81 the scenes and
incidents oi yesterday services were
very affecting and brought tears to
many an eye All unused 20 the melting
MOOD. The operzhou-e was deuseIv
packed both morning and evening, and
',ie 'V2nge!l-,s were supported by p
strong array d the prominent church
members of the city.
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KNIGHTS o. PYTHIAS.

rE'HE Officers and members OF Mem - j
j ""is L''.e5 No. o, % ECgUg-tedE ~ B
to 5 tend y meeting g. their ta~tIcE> -fr-7
ball tIIs CIHUNSbAl - evening at ~. NcSs.J
o'clock for work in tine tNird rink. S
Members OF sister lodge Hra ClUr s.auSly ly and
fraierEJIiy invited tOa.t.l'
By order. a. j. 20 .-AfsEf.Y. e. &.
Jos. =. LEON, X. of Is. auG 1
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

TIE Democracy Of Mississippi have
resolved to hold State convention on
the third Of Aug0st ueXt. \ report Of
the conference, which res9Ited i1 this
rcsolution will be found in another
column.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

RnEEET I. LINCOLN, son Of the late
President Lincoln, has filed petition in
tHl courts az Chicago setting forth that
hi- mother is insShe, which is borne out
hy the affidavit Of the family physician
that shc i= tit subject for the insane
asylum The courts yesterday gave q
verdict sustaining the prayer Of the
petitioner, and Mrs Lincoln will De re-
moved to All insane asylum. The
prayer OF the petitioner recites the fact
that Ms. Lincoln has property and ef-
fecls exceeding seventy.five thousand
dollars, and being non coDlpOs nlentis, is
81t capable OF managing her estate.
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! ahsAAiHf aFl J ALtsl
LOVeII's Centennial Ode.

VINO COmeth over the hills,
Her garments with morning sweet,
The dance OF o.. tnOus4nd Eill5
Making music before her leet?
Her uEg>cLcs freSheuS the air,
Sunshine steals light from her face,
The iegdgu fOOt7tey S Of Care
Leaps 10 the tune of her pace.
Fairness OF oil that is fair
Grace at Ihe heart OF all grace
SwCGtener OF hut and OF hall,
BrInger OF life out Of naugEt,
Freedom, oh, f, rest of all
The Daughters Of Time and Thought
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

A fire at Wa~1, Texes, burned out
Bargherm d RsIsener, saw ser house;
stores Of R4gland aud Frgedlauder,
Downs's building, the Examiner office,
Fred. Axling, Johnson d Co., Mo's "
Co, BeDdipks, BagsteIls d Rufiiu.
The lC~7e7 are estimated a. one hundred
and twenty five thousand dollars; iu-
sursnCe fay thousand dollars
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Between my vision and the ralnbOwed sky.
Or on the left your hoarse fOrebOdlugs crUak
From many blasted hough
On IgdraSil'S stOrm-sluewed oak,
That once was green, Hope OF the West, a.
thou.
Yet pardon If tremble while I bOast,
For thee love as those who pard IN most.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

THE wateTSorhs are to be sold to-day,
aud if our people are not shsrp they win
60 for q song.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

She Cometh, cometh to-day;
Hark hear ye not her tread,
Sending a thrill through your clay,
Und-T the SOD there, v dead,
i n champions and chOsen ones?
DO you not hear as she comes,
The bay Of the deep-mOuthed guns?
The gathering buzz OF her drums?
The bells that call I We to prayer,
How wildly they ClamOr on her,
try ing, ''sSne COmeth prepare
Her to praise and her to honor,
That a hundred years ago
Scattered here in blood and tears
Potent seed wherefrOm should grow
Gladuess for a hundred yearsr
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

PITTsEURG, May 10, Night - River
falling, with z feet inches iu EHg
channel. Weather cloudy aui cool.
CINCINNATI, May -, Nigbt.-Eiver
falling, with IS feet 8 inches iu the
ch@unel. Weathe- clear and pleasant.
Arrived: Cons Nitlar, Hemphis. De-
parted: II. :. Turner, Evansville;
Thomas Sherlock, New Orleans
VICKsBURG. May l9.-River fell
inch. Weather warm and clear. Up:
Florence aud blrges, Belle cf Shfev--
mont NJ Lar. InEn
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Senator Sherman, v. % ueaa7 .Ie Re
publican party i'm CH.p,.i- Eaiau,.e-rly
opposed 20 .le third term. There's "a
quarrel right away.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Smith and Jackson husbands Of the
ladies drowned Sunday night. were ar
rested in ZlGesv'lle, ONO, yesterday, on
charge Of mansiaughJar. The body Of
Nj. Smith wss found under Putnam
bridge yesterday afternoon. None
Others Yet recovered.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

The British steamship Chesapeake,
from Hull for Montreal, is reported
ashore at Malone.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Edward Lee was convicted sf rape iu
st. Paul, Minnesota, yesterday.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20
Az HaNNAHST0WN.

Celebration of the Declaration Of Eade.
peOdence Promulgated by the Men
of WestmOreIand County, Pa,
I'm Msy, I755.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

WAsHINGToN, May %, 1 a.Iu.-For
Ter Iesses and the Ohio valley and
the lowe. iekereg.on, falling barometer,
south and west winds. warmer aud
cloudy weather, and possibly light rain.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

The TTOgramme for To-Day at Neck
leBburg-A Stirring Time Expected
-L0WelPs CentePniql Ode
- "Who ,CCmeih Over
The HIS 90
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

A dispatch from Rome ssys the pope,
after the public audiences yesterday,
c0nveEset freely about The enthCsasm
ia New York for sn American cardinal.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

John LemCuiu mas been elected Co
membership of the French academy ion
Paris.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

! Why cOmeth she hither to-day
| To this low village of the plain
! Far from the Presents loud highway,
| From Trades cool heart and Seething brain
| Why cOnneth she? she was not far away;
| Since the soul touched it, not IN vain,
| with pathCS Of immortal gain,
lis here her fOndeSJ memories stay;
She loves you pine-bemUTmuTed rIdge
| Where now our brOad-bTOwCd poet sleeps,
Dear TO both EnglaudS; heI5 hlm he
! Who wore toe ring of anace;
But most OF her heart - rapture leaps
Where stood that era-paIttng bridge,
Der which, with fCnttPll still as dew,
The Old Time passed intO the New;
Where as your Ste8 lthy river Greens
he whispers 10 his listening weeds
Tales of SublmeSt hOmespun deeds;
Here English law and English thought
Againstthe might OF England fought,
Aud mere were men (cO-Cqu8l with their fate
VINO did great things unconscious they were
great
They dreamed not what a die wsS cast
With that III st answering shot: what then?
There was their duty; they were men
Long sChOOled the inward gospel 10 obey
Though lea ling tine lions den;
They felt The habit-hsLOWed world give wa Y.
Beneath their lives, and on went they,
Unhappy who W IS last;
When BuUtTick gav- the word
That awful idol OF the hal owed Past,
Strong in their love aud in their lineage
strong,
Fell crashing; If they he .Td it not,
Vet the earth heard,
Nor even hath forgot.
As on from SIP ieU throne , throne,
WheIe SUperStf E on safe or conscious Wrong
Shudder ran o. some dread birth unknown
Ihrice-Yenerable spot!
River more fatefGl than the BubicOn!
Ger these rel plankS, i snatch her diadem,
Nsn's Hope, Star-gIrdlet, Spraug vita them.
Ard over ways untTleu The feet of Doom
strobe on.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

The Jackson Dispatch -avs "a -. NaaI-
son county has produced ..--lal-1
I.aDCC 70 the huWGr form divine" Tf
has neck arms, hIas-, mack, icg.
Thighs, abdomen, ctc., but ts dies uja
of head and feet. ii vas sent U- Jy
lady OF 'his city, and lrH lu tHis uf.
flee frI the Inspection a th= uur-uua.
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HECKLENBURG, l775-.IS75.
Meeting Last Night 70 sake Prepara.
iioDs for the Meeting Tonight
Important Committees
Appointed.

The CenienBipl 10 be Observed In Ar
prOprlate Style by the People of
Memphis, at the Theater, COM
menciBg at s L. n.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

Think you the felt no charms
In their gray homesteads and embOwercd
farms?
IN household flcs waiting at the door
Their evening step should tighten up no
fnOre2
In fields their bOyisb steps had known?
In trees their fathers hands had set
Aud which with them had grown,
Wiienlng each year their leafy cOrOnet?
Felt they no ps y OF passionate regret
For these unSnliC goods that seem SO much
our own?
These things gre dear TO every man that lives,
And life puzed more for what il lends than
Civ ,:
Yea, many a tie, by Iteration sweet,
StIOye TO diets a their fatal feet:
And yet the enduring hplf they chose,
Whose choice decides man Iife's slave or
king
The iuvIs,nle things OF God before the seen
and known;
Therefore their memory inspiration blows
with chu6 gathering on from zone to zone,
tOT manhood as the one immortal thing
Beneath Times changsul sky,
and where it lighteut d once, from age To age
Men come tole3rn, in grateful pilgrimage,
That length OF days Is knowing when TO die
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

The New York Herald furnishes the
following as the programme to he OBJ
served to-day at Mecklenburg. Itsays:
The Meckicnburg declarail0 Of inde-
pendence, as embodied in the resolves
Oi May %, 1875, VIII he read at the cen
tennielb by Hon. Seaton GaIe7, OF Raleigh,
one Of the editors Of the National H3tclH.
gCBcCr. He is thoroughly convinced of
their authentic character. Hon. Jesse
J. Yeal2s, member OF congress from the
extreme eastern dist, CT of the State
will attend, together with toe balance of
the delegation. The general executive
~1mmittCe have ITysT~d tie goyeI 1oIs
OF a.! tie - stcJ Of the Union, many OF
whom have signiti ! thP'r intention to
be PR gent. Governor HentricFs. of In
djsna, Will be here. The famOrs "mee',
ing o. the governors at Altoona, in the
beginning OF Liuc0ln's administration,
: supp-ged 10 have had an influence in
i9fiaming a warIike snjiit between the
sections, whicd il i5 now believed will
be equally effective iu the interest of
Fraternity end peace. Distinguished
gentle men ON all quarters Of the coun-
Try will sid IN giving ec5at to the coca
sion,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

we Must Keep Alive the GiOrIope Hes.
OrIes OF the Fathers of the Ee-
public, and PerPetuate their
Legacy Of Freedom,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-20

What marvellous change Of things and IN en-
She, wOrld-wandering orphan tneu,
So mighty now! TnO-e are her streams
That whirl the my ad, myriad wheels
OF all that does and all that dreams,
OF all that thinks and all that feels
Through space uetChed fIOm sea to sea:
By idle tongues ana busy brains,
BY who doth rIgut and who refraius,
Hers are our IOsSs5 and our gains,
Our maker and our victim She.
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THE INVITED GUESTS,

Invitations have been issued right
aIQ left, north and south alike, without
discrimination or parti9lity. tbs re-
cords of the gssCciatiOu show this l
note in the records, 9s 8 thing of some
Significance, the following resolution,
adopted at the m8ss-mCeting held here
IN the courthouse on February 4, 1875,
initiat0ry = the approaching observ-
anCe: Resolved Ll8t WeCnTuiQily invite
eI friends Of constitutional liberty in
AmeiiCa - par clip -te with US in said
celebration. By tue "I lends Of con.
stitUtioral liberty" am given distinctly
20 understand that Republicans are not
excluded. but that the EXPIRE sion has a
bro I'd and UnpaI lisan construction.
Not only w3s President Grant official
Iy invite !, but many prominent admin
istratiOn men besides. General Grants
declinatiOn, through his private secrala-
y, hcg not been DIRECTLY Published. It
Is entirely Polite aud courteous, and IS
20 regarded by the Off ers of the $50
citation, Governor Porter, CT Tonueesee,
accepts in neat letter. DIR. }. q. NJ.
Ram ey, the HistorlS1 Uf Tennessee,
sends the following sentiment, to be
read at the centennial banquet: "Ths
principles Of the Preshy erian Scotch
irish IN Carolina and eisewhere-Right.
Conscience, Liberty aud Independence;
they must never be surrendered"
The Pennsylvania branch, or home
stock Of The Alexander family, who
came thence. and six OF whom signed
the MeCl ienhUrg resolves, will be repre-
sautCd gu the occg sion, s3 appears 6y a
letter from JamG7 Alexander, Of Miffi n
county, Pennsylvania who is seventy
va rtfI y, Ill q.
tenDI9l con- m'ssiOl has promised to be
represented The board OF directors Of
the Pennsylvania railroad company for.
mslly ACCEPT their invitation - be pres
6nt. Among the eminent Ma~sa -husetts |
men invited pre- Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams ana Mr, Robert c. Winthrop,
The following gentlemen have writ. |
ten letters OF acceptance: Hon. William
A. Grs ham, Hon. VIM. N. Robbins.
Hon, A. NJ. Wsddell, Judge Thomas |
Little, Judge ID. Schenck, Hon. Thomas I
5. Ashe, and Rev. T. II. Pritchsrd:
Governor T.. II. Hardin, Of Missouri: /
Commissioner Colonel A. w. Stayback |
10 Represent that State Letters have |
been received from Governors Osborne, |
Of Kansas; Jacobs, of West Virginia; |
C0chrane, OF. Delaware; Leslie. OF Ken /
lucky; HRvtraniL, Of PenngyIvauia; /
GrOome, of Maryland; Tilden, Of New /.
YORK; Allen, Of Ohio; Howard, OF Rhode |
lslandi Bevs.idge, OF illinois; Kemper,
ot Virginia; Chamberlain, of South Car /
CIna; BrOgden, Of North Carolina and |
Carpenter, Of Iowa, all Of whom express /
regret at not being able to attend.
THE PROGRAMME.
wilt be carried out as originally arranged. |
There will be two set orat;Ons; one by /
Mr.. John Kerr and the other by Hon. |
John NJ. Bright, Of Tennessee. Tennes-
see, by the way, il looked upon here as
the daughter Of North Carolina; hence /
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NEssBs. WHITTLE AND BLISS are
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Maiden half mortal haf divine,
We triumphCd in thy coming to the Drinks
Our hearts We're I'LL with pride's tumult'.-
Gus wine;
Better to day who rather feels than thinks:
Yet viii some 2ravsr thoughts intrude
And cares Of uObler mCOt:
They won thee: who shall keep thee2 From
the deeps
Where d'scrowned empires Ger their ruins
brood,
And many tnwartcI nope wrings ID, weak
hauus and Weeps,
hear the voice a of a mighty wind
From all heavens caverns rushing uucOn-
fined
WITH men whom dust OF faction cannot blind
To the slow tTaCings Of the Eternal Mind:
With men, by culture trained and fortified,
Who bitterduty - sweet lusts prefer,
Fearless to counsel and obey;
Conscience my scepter Is, and law my sword,
Not 10 be drawn in passion or in play,
But terrible to punish and deter,
Implacable ss God s word,
Like II shepherds crook to them that blind
ly err.
Your firm-pulsed sires, my martyrs and my
saints,
Shoots Of that only race whose patient sense
hath Know tOmungle tiaz. with permauenCe,
Rated my chaste deuials aud restraints
Above the moments dear paid paradise;
beWste i 81, smiling with Times gradual
The light that guided shine into vour ewes:
The enVlOus powers of i'll nor wink nor sJeep
Be therefore timely wise,
Nor laugh when this one steals or that one
AS if your luck could cheat those sIeepless
spies,
Till the deaf fury come your house TO sweep -
l ht sr the voice and uuafirighteI bow.
GeShall not be prophetic now,
Hera!ds Of i'll, that darkening hy
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Tell me, young men, have ye seen
Creature Of diviner mien,
For true hearts 10 long and cry for,
Manly he9l Is to live and die fOr2
" hat hath she that otneIs want?
BrOws that all endeaIments haunt,
Eyes that mo Ike it sweet to dare
Smiles that glad untimeiy death,
Looks tnat tol tify d. pair,
Tones more brave thPu tIumpets breath:
4ell me, maidens, have ye known
Household d chain more SWeetly rare?
Grace OF woman ampleT blown?
MOdCSty more debOnair?
Younger heart with Wit full grown?
Oh, for an hOur of my prime,
The pulse of my hotter Yeas,
That might praise her in rhyme
Would tingle your evelids to Tears,
our sweetness, our strength ana our star,
our hope, our JOY and cur trust,
VINO IILfd us out of the dust
nd made US what we ale!
Whittier than mOOnshine upon snow
Her raiment is: but rOunG the hem
CrlmSOn-Stalned; and, as to and fro
Her sandals flash, we see on them,
And on her lnStep Veined with blue,
FleckS of crimSOn-On those fair feet,
High-archrd L Diana-lilIe and fleet,
Fit for no grOSSer stain than dew;
Oh, call them rather chrSms than stains
SacrC / and from heroic veins!
For, Il the glOTy-guarded pass,
Her baughty and far-shinIng head
She bowed to ,ITieVe 1t OnidaS
With his imperiShable dead.
Her, too, MOrgarten saw,
Where the Swiss lion feshed bis icy paw;
She followed Cromwell = queu chleSS ..3r
Where the grim Pdrijan tread
Shook MarstOD, NaSeby and Dunbar;
Yea, on her feet are deaTeT dves
Yet fresh, nor looked on with untearlul eyes
V.
our fathers found her in the woods
W mere Nature meditateS and brOOdS
The seeds of uncEampled things
Which Time TO COnSummatiOu brings
life ara death and mans uuStabl,
moods;
They met her here, not recognized,
q sylvan huntreSS clothed in furS,
To whose ChaStC want her bow sufficCd,
Nor dreamed what deStiniCS were hers;
Sue taught them DeCiike D CTe1te
Their simpler forms OF Church and State;
She taught them TO endue
The Past with other functions than il knew
Aud turn in channels strange the uncertain
stream of Fate;
Better thSU all, she fenced them In their need
With irOn-handed Dutvs Stellest creed,
Galnst Self's lean woe that ravens word and
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The aA6ir then appointed .He follow
ing committee under JI5ga J0hu~log'=
resolution A. R. Johnston, w. p.
teatherstoU, W. d. a-'FsrI'e. A. j..
McLaI,aiu, Jetr Wilso. ann ... q. Eay-
uOljs
The convention t.o, adjourned until
three O'Clock in .h- afternoon.
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THE PROGRAMME.

wilt be carried out as originally arranged.
There Will be two set orat;ons; one by
Mr.. John Kerr and the other by Hon.
John NJ. Bright, Of Tennessee. Tennes-
see, by the way, il looked upon here as
the daughter Of North Carolina; hence
the selection OF SD orator from that state.