The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-28

the United States, and within
the last few years has the new authority
of the United States courts Of appeal.
Within the memory OF men not yet old
the high sherifrs in New England appear
ed on state occasions with cooked hats and
swords but IL is only in South Carolina
now that the sheriff. dons aA official gar
ment and carries sword OF office when
ever he goes forth to make an arrest. To
the culprit this seems like taking a royal
coated pill.
In the office Of the Secretary of State l
saw the mace. 1t was presented to the coll
ony by the King of England as an emblem
of royal authority 1t bears the royal arms
and the crown, and is a massive and Valu-
able piece of workmanship Andrew
jackson was native of South Carolina.
and in his last will he bequeathed to the
state a silver service to be presented to
the native of South Carolina who In the
next war should be selected as the brav-
est soldier of the state. The next war
was with Mexico, and when the question
OF selection of the recipient of this token
came up 1t was found impossible to agree
as to which son Of South Carolina had
most distinguished himself for bravery
AS result the bequest was replaced in
the state vault, with the understanding
that II should go to the last survivor of
the Mexican war, i'm which ii was thought
GA Nil0 OOuAA OdTOllIldHS WHO pdflClpdL-
ed had equally distinguished themselves
for courage. This clause of the will of
Andrew jackson Is part of the archives
of the state and Is shown to visitors as a
very proud heirloom attended with very
proud record of the general bravery OF
the sons of the old state.
Among other historical relies carefully
preserved and held in high reverence are
the great seals used at different times in
the history of the people of the state.
There Is the great seal used by the lords
proprietors in the seventeenth century,
the great seal used by the colony during
the time the royal mace was held as the
emblem of the kings sovereign power,
and last the great seal of the state of
South Carolina, to which some time was
attributed a sovereign significance hardly
claimed at that time by any other state.
and now used for the ordinary current
business of the state and which in the lat
est times has given sanction to strange
experiments in government. l saw also
the sword of Marion, the revolutionary
hero of the state, who has been celebra ted
by William Cullen Bryant In his Song of
Marion's Mem"
Our band is few, but true and tried
Our leader frank and bold
The British soldier trembles
When Marions name is told.
Among the interesting records I saw
was the manuscript of the last speech of
John c. Calhoun, which was read In the
United States Senate. when he was too
feeble to deliver 1t in person. l saw, too,
letter from Lafayette, addressed to the
men of the southern army, meaning the
southern army of the revolution, and a
letter from Light Horse Harry Lee to
Lord William Campbell. then royal gov
ernor of the colony
As one comes out from the state house
he Is confronted by three monuments com
memorating the military achievements OF
the soldiers of South Carolina. The first
refers to the American revolution, the
second, which is In the shape of. a palnet-
to tree, relates to the Mexican war, while
the third is a confederate monument
erected by the women of the state.
The experience of South Carolina is fill
ed with more singular vicissitudes than
that of any other state, and on every
hand in Columbia and in the state house
are records and mementoes of unusual
occurrences and circumstances.