The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-15

o4iE two Of those heroes who gave
tlcjr liio's blood for their country-onc
wearing the gray tho other Tie blue
j. NJ. McMath, Of the l4th Mississippi,
&. ). a., and George Woodward, Of
tic III Ohio, US. y. At an early
hour in the. evening the Blackstock
Light Infantry, under command Of
Lieut.. John r. Craig, accJmpa-
MED by the citizens and poplc Of
The vicinity, repaired TO the
grave OF the Federal soldier, disin-
TERED his mouldcring boncs,% and
placed him by the side of the Contcdcr>
ate soldier. Rev. j. G.. McMullen, Of
the Presbyterian church, was called BY
Maj. Il. w. Bricc to open the exercises
with prayer, which was done in a
very solemn and appropriate manner.
Then Mr.. j. II. Maycs, of kentucky,
was introduced and made u very
touching ana affecting speech. We
regret we lad no reporter present to
give his speech, but send you few
extracts. At the conclusion the graves
were covered with flowers, wrcaths,
etc. Thus did Dlackstocll honor the
dead. X.
TIE ADDRESS OF MIR. MAYEs.
To-day in the whole State Of South
Carolina is re-cchocd the sympathy for
our heroic dead, and while we cherish
those tattcrcd banners that tloatcd
proudly in the breeze, that dipped the
waters ofour beautiful bay, while the
smoke curling from the battiemcnts
OF Sumter made the only sombre cloud
in the April sky, and echoing shouts
rom shore to shore announced the first
victory OF the newborn nation, let
us now, with the same patriotic spirit
that then courscd our veins, pay tribute
10 this hero of Mississippi, who is rest
| ingon Famc's eternal cainping-ground
where no trumpet Shall awake linn to
earthly glory again. And Willie we
arc bringing offerings TO the mighty
OF our own brave, let Us not, since the
din Of b1tilc is hushcd, and the clamor-
Gus voices from the North arc answer
cd by the chivalrous spirits of tic
entire South-conciDiation peace, har-
mony, prosperity and indcrcudcrcc
once morc-forgct those that lost their
lives in our midst in opposing the then
wcll-mcritcd rebellion, in which cause
sons of tho North as well as of the
south fell. Pay tribute unto them,
forgetting the luminosity that existed
within tho bosom Of every American
citizen OF 1860, bury all our sorrows
with the smou)clcring ashes before lis,
and llVct our hopes upon more noble
cauSc than was cherished in the
hOurS OfrcbclliOn--by cncDurarinr our
leaders at Washington to grasp every
opportunity that presents itscl, for the
promotion Of State SOvcrCiYuLy and
states rights, down to our very county
precincts, chat itCrunm Shuui,t Ic r.t-
io.. ed b. every ci.iz II vino lives unLcr
4 republican, form Of government
."u!'rd downto us by our torc.arhcrs.
lille VIC recognize the chvalrous
spirit of the noble women Of South
Carolina, that spirit so common among
the fair sex, in laboring with un-
rclcnting industry for the completion
and unvciling Of Il monument to our
own dead, let us not forget that the
Ing chat is ml'urlcd TO the breeze on
the Il tth in cOmmcmoration Of ihc
event, waves over the whole United
aleS alike.
Our nunDnr here is limited, vet suf-
lriN.oi 80 represent thc great coi!n:c.
@'W"Hn SIC .tor,, a!I t!!r South, ana
- ,Gr&" $50 su!'t'3ts lie sill, BY &iila 10
&"Hit iHc sound Of the tiunli e. to
.lni.c tncir li,ai report Oh tIIc last day,
'ri lls III iiic rise ~ aud siaEc hands
with Cur Northern brethren across tn
bloody chasn, and cry, Pa g, hap
plncsS, hoW, hc"cctorth and forever.