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ivi IOLI. NUMBER. 13.013. RICHMOND, VA», WEDNESDAY. APRIL· 12. 189.1 THREB CENTS PER COPY.

YOU ARE WELCOME.w>gAì i«W iiv.o\i>tothì;

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*r:;;-.::\'VF.XT;CX,SWORKike Knoai *» Oast ???µµ?p·«·>.

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v r t«· tlipin,? * bere ibi a ask for Boythiog

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Bill bo into **i!l not be moro of

sa re invi!'. , bul tin··*!· i Ba¬

al ·'·'·¦» will be auchrank it with

roblii ? Hint hi\cthe üaptsol baildinp, iti

la ?. · ? ; « scia«ition flint Im· as¬

id 1I :. ·· aalUn ;¦

.·ihback sai i ktondaj he« erba! the convention would

. \?\ ? «itive oonvictii di" it w s, let

t Boatti limi.arili IÌD'1 lnm=-elf

Ij. 1 list ii v. 1 illo II ?·. ?!

; Ion Iba world tl·«·

il conditiciti

sairant of

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·:; it i» i'ntiii'nl« ·1 will: :tty)',\e, ?

.-1 noon ? ·

f villi ¦ d ilr1· r. Me

officer I ie»» rnorIlio nomination

b musi appro]re f Ar«nt for tin·

· ikpn? ira tin· gavel

and,s

Ury and Mr,W .nue of

? (in WILL BE HI' th«

G his St.,toUlte, Mli'h

lure, ?tarai «tu! ?.

iding.. and

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?" 'ted in

·.::·· 1 tfj·' «ri;¡- f.. n plan

ith, Itiil] e ap·

which'

¦'¦¦ if Commerce on

. a llayoiBufoni, in I*.

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?. Whittle,».?!? assemble ut

tbe ?1"'···-· ' rom ·l:<

·» ill go to the.' ? lunch f. : about sixty

After; rs «ill be taken i:. c ir«

d the citiß :

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veilingway.

rnor McKin«Piahback »t

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hi ni y ester-

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f Blaryland, ar¬

iti rn oh frouirupsnied by

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? be iltii. to hLi'Wand wiahed

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luch lass take pert in the.. huit 1?(?·? ¡t

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lhu1 ' Iti ·'

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if i/..· f v

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wb»,? arr,ved leal uifght· and

? min, I as an

murtly. It.>.* J11. djrk BSOtte·

ris* .r tt-.-r in c:i- I'.: »O u! :.' .. i>r. J. William

t · ,'ty, jovud?.· skea by* several.·. tl b ? t.,? '.... ni'-r

i.u o· ulj Bot aud would notMr». SDH,»·, »ìju woe

tue |>sî »1 n rcpri-"·- I Vitti her hu»

. ·« lady t,f ,.(,., t. genti«· di;·...·' ? BO gBSJ

u intioa <io\ -nior istou«.· asid- I uo j.lun to Ku^wet to tbe 008

«aaisua, üv can.*» u. tvnasum tv t-bu ?

RICHMOND OPENS HER GATES AND WELCOMES TBE 80ÜTBERN GOVERNOHS.*;.PBJ: ? H'V-ri'on Fithback nuil

Mclviiiiley nnd í«.r the purpose of co*

op rating io the moseetent,vention coold ccrtaiolj do no barm uvl?:, gbt resoli n greel good. At anyrate, it could not fail toprsreamost

I occasion... ABB, OP BOBTB ? ABOI

UorernorCorr, Mr. John Kolin on,· r ..f Agriculture, anil Pro-'¦

.. Geolo¬gist, ' f North Carolina, an aleoál Mur¬phy's, having arrived on the ereniog

;: Mr. .lohn ?, Patrick,ex-Commissioner of Immigration olNorth Carolina, iaalao in the city anilis registered at tbe ! -change,

< lovsrnoi Ciirr haa astrong, not to styI, face, w;tl. heavy gray motti

and board. As regarda BORgottions tothe eonrention Governor Carr was in thesame category aa were GovernorsBrownand etone. He said be bad no plan toIs«, before the body. 11 onero

foreonenkatioa North Carolina dexactly whit Virginiedeeired in thi. .f in kli ra thaibad monei or wi re skill «1 inbobenom of the manofactoring arts.

elusion «nd inclined to * n that;: t- c·« nth shi aid look principally to thiNorth and the Weal for tlithought that if the convention «ii.l no¬

timi,' I Bet the le ding men oltbe fc nth tu thin .

immigration, ami tliat wonld bo a pointgain. ?.

Mr. Patrick, wh.. Ina bad ? v^st «lenìof ? .patience iu ;r"rt- t.. nduc(.'rants t.. settla ?.. '· irtb ?

tic· fir*·» thing ti b ?

rince tbe man seeking e uew boitb ?.?« not a swamp. Tl

thing was to oonvinoe hini Inai be would?hut as Boon aa be came here.

Mi ^presentation ol tbe ¿South noi onlyobtained in the North, but in Fuiv.!l.The eoneeneue of opinion aa gatl

freni nil the dele, ah a to 11 c< avontionthat the Dispatch rei ·¦ con«

. ? ith waa thai Ine ?« .'.;> did noi«t· «irò snob ¡fimigreats as constitute the

thai bib dumpe al Castle Gar-den. X

: developed from the drill of con-rersatk.? thai d ! d for fromwork at Chicago than from any «·¦

advertise the I -h- Boothsbroed. In a ".nera.tiou was throws oui thai it would bt*be il tu diaooontonance the immigrationol labor t.. tbe South.

t.'?? utrraa to uu. cu

Though Governor Piablre to the preea the letti r ?

drawn ap au.? will in«? invention, it ia a

??»· thai ¦: ' land to·. console who .»ili properly pr«·-

» nt abnr ti South. On©of Governor Fisbback'eprincipal coi s that ili«* «South

a miarepr -< nted byappointed éudi ? Uepublicaa i.ìmiu.tra-tioua

IE:

Lieotanant-Goveraor J. Böge Tyler jand btate-äenator IdoDonald, ol Lynch·Imre;, ¡. city last night The

ii at th· _xcli tage oa 1 tfapoete I tha* ti

mot will ? ? f « ·! uth« convention.

Governo«! Fosti r, ol ·. «ndperir of li·.·· Gorernur liiltnan, of:·?.;?, Cai

¦«, aad arifo an.l two members <·?ins uff, sad Governor MaUotk-ta, ofWest Virginia, ara expeetod th.Hi".

?. rarnor Jones and wife will bo th||gip'st·) of Or. Willis.

1!:·· <·??»·????,G? of Georgi·-, Text«.Kentucky, Mis-.'seippi auJ j

«ill n.'t be able to attend the

IP·· .*<·.rnitteee in ahsrga of th· IB·dared the vi-iton. at

l BtaKflre. ind Club Thursday oißhtwere Lmay yt_tenlay their

ut) for ibe entertatome·. It???? of tho most brilliant alTaira

that hu·.· ever tekea pleoe, even b thatbospitahli! club-lion*·.

Ito« il \r«>limili.Elba Council ? a «honored last evening

by a risii (rom tini folli>*>iug granii orti·cers Otaiidliogeut C. VV. Itorwoixl,Cim-ua-^tavuij William Lgvauite-i»

Qiand-Wftrd ti S. li. Bloomberg, andMei re. V.*. 11. Williams and John Han¬

oi the Committee on Law« andThe meeting was enthusiastic

and thi addressee wereof satiniture, nul ranch good will restili tr

visitation. Richmond is arund the conrcils in the Stato will

have tu ?:·» to nork in esrnest to com·

pete with the councils iu tliis city. Bor¬ers] applications wer·· j·:.· ent« I. Tfi<-¡grand officers' will visit Beivi 1ère Coon*eil on Thursday muht ???? ?, ill ?? doubtbe greeted by :i lull attendance.

HELP FOR CLAKKSVILLE.Member* of lb«· Iticliniond To¬

bacco Trade <.i\<* >' 143.50.The members of tho Richmond To-

baccu Trade have responded liberallj toppeal icr help fur the

/.ens of Clarksville. TheircontributionsI, nnd a check for this

amount w.iu msiled last night by It ry Cs ¦.,' iu McLeod direct to l5r. John

chairman of thelb li ? Committee.

raí u .'.

The following amounts wero collectedtice T. Bmith orni L. B.

an in tho district lying Ith BtnM la.I

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In t!·; «i: 'm t lying cist ot EM·· ra Wii'.uiii T. Yarbrough

and Jamas ü. Hargrove collected

w. r. Uaooock .

3. N. OeiliaswortB.1*. '..i:, : ? l'i imv.. '. 1 DUS.Rat.'e« ?· .

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.«fiwf.sî ot ni'.'th »oaanr,

\%.r. James T. I'urkinson, of tho coni-

I iti ? baring charge of tba district fromNinth street west, luanes this report?. V, «ray· .S ."O 00IL A. l'ette sooT< !·*..»>Uompaay. :.'? POSiimi * Oittior .

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Total.«ih«! (;0 '.

M ;*«.¡()ii:itSíi<reil-!loait(!lnirob.The mission nervier« at tk¡< eluir.h

ara betas; largely attended, lather iloCuiitìllon preached tbe f.ermou .Monday {inorili·:,','. His subject was " Conies- ¡Hieii, uud ho treated ¡t very luridly an«lfolle, I-ather kiniiiu preached at tbeI'vciiiii»; hcrvi-c on " Detraction."His diix-ours» win admirable in every!respect. Eloquent uud chaste ?? Ian·yutgv, happy iu illustration, it brought1: in.c to the miadn of his listeners tho jenormity of tuie ralentie·« «u. BeforepreaaUng Ms rojmlar «ertuoa FassetKeruau gave s comprehensivo nnd sss>rongli expihuatioti of the prayers re¬

citai Ut tin; rosary, The Duiúíüíosií»

are great advocates of this special prever,which tl i.i their .¡ft'ly office.It wa instituted by the founder of th«order of St Dominio, and t·· it, in great

the suochis misi t the Albir

\ ????G?? THE SCHOOLS.

Wá'.si-l.ndand Madison Inspect·»i'd.¦ Tii Programme.

G? ? with the annua! customof tbe I ityl t«rs.J.TaylorIJlyaon chairman), William l.ov· osi io,Edwin I>. Star) e, Joseph C. Dick« r on,

tel A. !.. Phillipe, BoperinfaW. ?*', Fox, and Supervisor ChaiRsdy visited West-End and Madison

fhe tono ila werem 1 io be in go d con¬

dition and doing excellent worthe exer ß vei7 interesting. Ad-

veral mem«ben of the 1 .

The 1" ird 1 ? ? dividi 1 ini throicommi! ree ( sob and aid oon«tinue the visit it; tion in tbe

until all tbe schoolsApril

¡«tii, Elba, ;., Mesare, fcllyson,tpril 11th,

Muore, 13*30 P. .M., M« ra, Loveiurtein,??« i ??,

April M., Mesara,Starke, fiai 11 ¦:·.·>':¦> ??April 18th, Laker, 12: ? ?'. M.,

Friday, April; ;. '.·. ? a: .'.'.. I ·.·.· n·

OUI, 12:80F. M., Klly-f. in. Shine, end Cap ¦*·· ; Tuesday, April

G

m, aod 1on iftl. 12:30 P. U., all the 1

ii., Valley, 10A. M.,Mi a re. Stark«, ?

. April "'-th, Msrthaa 12M., Measn. Ellyeon, Shine, and Capers ;Tn. .-day, ¡Hay 2 !. Springfield, 1" A. :·!..

jfeon, Shine, and CI, 12*30 F

M., Mesaré. Lovons! 'in, ? ? clPhillipe i 5th, Bellevue, 10?. M., U :i.c, Quigon, an 1

Fnday, May Gth, Nicholson,12*311 in, Di

?at 9th,'., all tl ß Hoard.

a? ·;.

ThoBeTeral KhooU embraced in thorronp, Fnlton, wen: formally

iu their new quarters, in tbo now. by the Council,

on Mi ' OS ftkBtf tire i,.

pleasaatiy Bitnatn. und doing good,work, 'liiu school i; to beoongratnlatedund tic Council praised for the now and

in« and commodious building,which id u credit to the city.THE CHES , iîDKif.

No Developnientn In Thia ??? st<*-

rloufl in·«* ITcsterdaj'.As y has B] pi Btad which in

any way indicates who theyoung man

mordi 1er ?a t Friday? ha Mtboritieg aro hope¬

ful, however, that the pubUcstioO oftho initiuls "X. li." found apon abelr.!iirt of tho deceased will eventually re¬

sult in the (3i.sor.very of hia full nan!«·.-So day bsl been set ? *r the prulimi-

».ituiniition oí .'anice Lynch, tbetramp who is now in Chesterfield jail !charged with tho Osiate, Common-

...-Attorney Oogbfll and Justiceson, who are greatly

? .:, fhe ease, wiil hold the iu-'¡» "ition as early as possible.The sutborities an» thinking of going !

over tin» route taken by 1 .ynob from thuM-t'ii« of tb· murJer with a view to."« arching fog some clue that may haveI·· «.ii dropjH'd.THE BOSTON Corxt ??????.

Viali tin* < ;<ii».it(iiy.Civcn u

Orive ¡md l.iiiiili.The joint sjiocial committee of the

Couu-il of the city of Huston, apj>ointeilto consider the question of ilis*>ofiing ofgarbage, rendu»·! i-iohru· u»l yeaterdayafternoon for the purpose of inspectingthe crematory and forming an iden of,its vaine os an Otial dcatroyer. In theparty ih.'ro wero Aldermen Thomas W,Hood aud »la»»ob Fottler. Mr. David F. !Harry, president oí the Common Conn-cil, 'and Messrs. Arthur L. Spring,Thomas F. Lyons. John B. Fatteraou,and John JtitKHiL mumUars of that

.Mr. John I', iirnwhiv. aeaistantcl .·:¦ of eotnmittaea ; Mr. W. BmitbSannderaon, repreeenting tho Enti.?t* es, and Mr. (liar!««) E. ììilìo.vay,deputy city messenger.

BAS Ol II CB8.ATOUT.The Hub City vieiton aeouredquar·

tors at Ifnrphy ß Botel und after lunchthey were called up m by Mayor I'-Hy-aon. Dr. W. T. Oppcnhimer, presidentof the Foardoi Health, and Mr. Thomi-P, Caiiijuicll, ex-president of the Com,·raou Council of Bicbmond· These lattergentlemen eecorted the guesUfrom Boa-ton ia cemagi,: to tbe on matory, Herathe fumai··« was found in tbe averageoperating condition. Ouite ß pile ofgarbage was destroyed in the présenceof the delegation irom Kfae-chnsetts,and they cr.pit s-ol tin nv.i h

ì with the mode of dispensing ofoffal.

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Aft'r an hour had Icen spent al thecrematory the vieiton Were taken out

u driva They were shown tho I.eMonument, Boi bore' Home, sud otherpoints «if ínteresi After dining theywere ea orted t tho Armory, whor«:theywitneeeedwith mueh pleasure! ß

opening of the Memorisi Bazaar, Laterin Uu the Bostoniana were

given ft rapper .'it the WestmorelandClub. They will b<· her·· to-day, butleave this evening for Washington.

ilfarmers around the city, no i it ¡a hauledas irta, and it is believed by her

.neu to ?? mor·, expedient tocremste or iti ? I it, Tbo committeenow in Bicbmond is looking carefullyinto both proci·«-

THE TUG JOB T. WILSON.Report Thai She W;is

iVrecked \»i Credited.The r.port that the tag Job T. Wil¬

son, of this city, hui 1 »en wrecked oilras and all on board lost in notled bere. Colonel G, P. G.. Burg·

wyn, owner of tbotug, said yesterdaytbat he did not think there was say substentisi founJation for the rumor H«>said he left tho Wilson on Tosed iy. Bbev,::h then lying aoms milei -outli ofHalteras, everytliiog waa in perfectorder, and there was nothing to take theboat back in tin· direction of Batieres,11. was baci.led to believe that tin«rumor wns a« t afloat by a auto wh:· hadr« eently been discharged from th· em¬

ploys·* nt .if tho company.( aptsin .John A. Curas, who is tho¬

roughly famili.ir -eritli the North Caro¬lina const and sound«, also discreditedthe ramo-, Eie said t_. Wilson wouldlav« to go some distance to gel off Hal¬teras, and that .she had no bostasobthere· The BlBPATOB- Petersburg B_B>einl of list night fays :

"The report of the loss of the tugJob T. V\ o was brought to tine cityby F.iigineer ColUgBO, of the tug Sue, «m

_.tiit.ay night, CoUiarsa says that hobeard it down near Newport News, sad

," B'janian win» told him tbo newsetated that U"tliing had been seen nor

anything heard ol thu crew of the tugfor tea days."(¿round lii'oken lor -Icitci'soii. jThe vork of excavating for the Jef-

terson Hotel was begun yesterday.Colom-l A. b. Phillips, tiie contractor,has ti large force of men and carts em- jployed ami will push the work as rap-iilly ns possible. The earth taken outis low being deponfed in ths PeniN-n-tiary-Hpring lot, but it will not take longtoflU tai·to the ¡treet level. The con¬

victa, by permissioa of Mr. (linter, are

getting sotne of the turf Trom the hotelsiti) for nh«· on tho penitentiary-ground«.A good part of the bftt turf has already1«.·? removed.

Tîie Mozart Musicale.Tho bimonthly Bittetoala of the Mo¬

zart Association, which occurred lestnight, attracted a very large BSsUenee:·¦ tho Academy, (»vide Musin. tho«elfi rated violinist, who has como to be»neh a familiar -frtire iu Hietimond,aesisted by his wila and his excellentconcert company, gave a «lelightftU in«brpreteliou of* a very attract.vu pro¬gramme. Tho concert was very mu.'lienjoyed and nearly every number wan? mured.

Theatre Attractions.At thu Theatre to-night Lew Dock-

st-der, wbo is unquestionably the clever¬est aiuatrcl of today, will sate an en·

tertiiinnient. lïu id surroundnd by au

excellent company, and then· ?- everyreason to believe that the performancewill be unusually good. The saie ofß· ids has been very large.To»mofiow night that most eli ver

soubrette, Fannv Hice, will sppear atthe Tbestre and will open her bouquet

! of specialties. Thia delightful artist··should have a warm welcome lure, us

bor t«!· nt ha« made 1er almost ß su¬

preme favorite before the footli,;:.

THE VETEK WS DEATH.Tin* Jury Criticises Oi*» Belog

Taken to Jail.'Squire barney Frischkorn and his

coroner's j.try spent an hour yesterdaymaking te.:-.'.i·. r inquiry into the ciroum«stsncea under which tho Soldiers'·Home«Veteran ?. B. Lewis was hurried off tojail last Saturday uiternoon after beingadjudged ? lunatic.The witnesses examined wen· Pr.

Finch, the Home physician ; Conctibl«·Bran u, and tho jail janitor, PaterWelle. No fact» were brought out in?ddil ion to those published in vaster·day's DirU'ATCH except that Mr. branchsaid Adjutant Pollard told him when thecommis ¡Un of lunacy bad concluded :ti

inquiry thai be might sa well takatssfold man on to jail that evening.The verdict of the jury was that ike

led cao lo hia death "for wantof proper attention, occasioned by ora·warrantedinearaeraiion in th-H. uricojai!."

This case has attracted considerableall ration, and the tact that tho old man,BO near tba grave, was taken t.· jail in¬stead of being kept at the hospital hascaused a good deal of comment. Thecommission of lunacy was composed ofJustices Lewis, Allen, and Fri.-« ¡ìkorn,tba Utter of whom aras unable to sit,bot signed tbe papers that were lot·warded to Williamsbiirg »Saturday night.They Wire returned yesterday with thestatement that there was no room. Intho mean time the BUbjeet waa dead,having expired during Sunday nightThe remains of the veteran were taken

ont to the Soldiers' Homo yoeterdayafternoon and prepared foi interment,

??????? M'DOVW.O.

He Tbinks His Cbailees l'or Min¬i-ter ti» I'ersbi Good.

Hon. Alexander McDonald, of Lyncb-ssxrg, srrived iu the city yesterday andis stopping ut Murphy'h, where ho was

s··. :: Last night by a Disi·ovu reporter.fa respous.« to an inquiry regarding

hi.«, application for the position ol Min«i-ter to Persia Mr. MeDonald said hethought that he Btood a very goodebenes. He waa ia Washington Last? k and BBW I'rPiident Cleveland undSecretary (¡r^slieiu. Mr. (Ircshani saidthat be did no; think that there wouldbe much opposition to him and that hecertainly did not need any further eta·datasmeat,Tho ottico combines, continued Mr.

McDonald, that of Minister and Consul,and is ollicislly known as Minister,I'resident, aud Coneul-iìenernl, and theofficial rpsnlea at Teheran, Ho ia allow¬ed h ficerotary, who acta also as inter¬preter. Mr. McDonald during hietravels in Europe twice met the present«Shah, whom he describes as an ener¬

getic, pleasant individual, who manageeto exist on hn salary of $20,(10' >,0C0 a

year and dispense« justice from a

throne which coat S7.5,OoO,OO.i.Mr. McDonald remarked further that,

while bo hoped to be successful, still hewould regnt vtry much to relinquishhis position as State senator, as he ex¬

pected the next session of the Legisla¬ture wouhl 1» very interesting.

JefT. On\is Literary Society.Tbe »Tofferson Davis Literary Society

m»? in the board-room of the YoungMen's Christian Association last nightand accepted the invitation of the asso¬ciation to become connected with thatinstitution. Several new members were

received The following olticera wereelected: Howard («onion, president:,Lloyd Bollock, vico-preaident ; WilliamIlinirnoy, secretary and treasurer ; Ro¬bert Hums, critic; K. at. ljong, ser-

gesut-at-arma. Ths society will meetevery Tkursduy night,Cleveland'*« Cabinet Highly Ap¬

prove«!.So are the Old Dominion Cigarettes.

Photograph in each paekage.

THE BAZ-Afi OPENS"?G???? flaBsT?B BlITl-U'iJiMU

Pxa-ATB EXURClálSS.

IiMMENSE 0R0.VT) PRESENT.

V Beautiful and iStrl-injr Pio·ture-Seene» and Incidents.

.Many Pretty Booth*.

The groat Memorial Ta/aar was for¬mally opened last night with appropriateceremonies, and like tho raising ot acurtain upon an exi'iiisito scene in fairy¬land, the beautiful panorama burst uponthe public with ail ita gorgeouaneas oflight and color.The picture, made moro animated by

tho hundreds in attendance, iealmost in¬describable. Th· bright rays from tbomany elcetrio globes which sparkledfrom the coiling stole in among richfolds of buntingthai hung on every sidoor lost their brilliancy amid tho softgn «u foliago of the palmetto, pine.?, andcedars which served to «.corate thetenta, while sweetest strains of musicadded inspiration to tbo occasion andmade the evening moro delightful.Tbo immenso hall iu which the fair

is hehl was crowded with people, whopoured through the «loors in an unceas¬

ing swarm from ? o'clock natii nearlymidaigfai Several hours befor··* tho.me for tho commencement of thesplendid < ntorpriio everything w_» inr· admess, and when the lighti wereturned on u -few minutes befor«? 8 all thodetails bad been arranged.

THE ?0?_??. OB.IBM.The formal opening took p'sce about

.^.'»Oo'clock, whon Mr. f». 0. ivioherdtori,tl'.· president of the Confederate Sol¬dier.*)' and Sailors' Monument Associa·ti in, who occupied a seat in the Louisi¬ana and riorida fort at tho eastern endof the bali, arose and requested silence,tb· announced to the great throng whocad Bascaibi· d in front of him that itwaa customary on SUefa occasione to be¬

iti the proceedings with aprayor, anil hotherefore requested Rev. Dr. Most s 1 >.

«? nsk the I dvine blessing upon thoS.aar. In au instant the buey hum ofconversation and the noises which lllludtho placo became subdued, and beneaththe verdant canopy of palms whichoverhung ti io stand the beloved minis¬ter took his placo und cornili« uced lu«fervent invoce.tiou. Cr. H«)go threwDON than Ms usual earnestness into biswords and Lis uppoal to the Almighty

BO.SUB an«l touching one.

Mt. noi.r.'s ISA-SB,The prayer was as follows :

Almighty Cod, gathered beneath thiscanopy, under the shadow of the pal¬metto and the pine, BDironadBd by theratonera endeared to as by the memoriesthey awaken, we come to invoke Thy

.on the patriotic worì. >>f thewomen of our aouthiand. We come torenew Ihe t ni.-r and hallowed recollée«tions of tbe past toperpetaatet.e fumoand the glory of our deputed dead t..

implore thy -¡ on the state-ibere represent! d to welcome tlios«· who

[rom Ibi ir itent bornea to aid inhonoring those w!o gsve to OUI Lost( auso their lai ra ad th ir lives. Wecome to outrent Thy continued favor toall the Stato«! of tl ii I'nion from nota¬to aoiith and from e"*1 to west ; to com¬mi od to i ìy grscious can the rresidentof these Utmed btatea and all who aro.i--", "iited with him in maintaining tho

I to US by bravoand pions fathers.

Lord, ma bea tei h [bee, prompt to allthat is right und pur«·, retraía from allthat ie hurtful anu wrong In the man¬agement of this memorable festival ;may there be harmony of feeling and

ia* there be sympathyand generous co-operation on tho, part

whole community iti bringingthis undertaking t<> a t-ucccsaful terni i-

«o that nothing may mar ourremembrance of these scenes

when we come to review our compiotedWe invoke the divino bles.-ing on tho

regiment, to wboee 1 tospitality wo arolUtltibted for this welcome within thishall, consecrated to valor aud to tuo de¬fence of our homes and of the city inwhich we dwell. We pray for tho niain-Umanceoi thence and for tho prosperityof the people of our whol«a land and fortiie universal rcigu of justice, truth, andrighteoiisiies.s, uutil Thy way shall boknown on the earth and Thy savinghealth among all nations, ami to Qodmost high we will ascribe «11 houor andglory forever. Amen.Addre·· of Mr. MehBrdBOB«When Dr. Hogo concluded hia prayer

Mr. Richardson, who acted as ehniruiati,in eloquent language explainod tho ob¬ject of tho bazaar to _ia auditore, lie.aid

Ladies and (Jentlemen,.Twenty-eight years ago we saw the banner of thuConfederacy forever furled on tho fieldof Appouiattox ; wo BBW it go down indefeat and gloom, and although the re-

ijiiiein of our hopes waa soundod. vetthe tender ami loving words of our im-mortal ComBBanO.l lifted tho burden ofgrief from our hearts, and wo stoodproudly erect as men who ha«l been de¬feated bnt not dishonored, and we re¬turned to our home ? with tl;.· itssurancothat our loved ones there.the noble andpatriotic WOBMB of our loved South¬land.would welcome our return, appré¬ciât« our toils and .mcritices, and over

k«-ep in loving rem« nibrance the pa¬triot ism and valor of those of our com¬rades iu arms who had given their iivesfor the land they loved.

B..BBBI OB IBI RM ?.And now to-night, although nearly

thre- deeadaa of years havo wingedtheir flight and a new generation bascocao upon the etage of action, it re¬

joices our hearts to know that not onlyti; m who were panicipunts in thoscenes of thoao four years of warfarestill honor the memory of our deadheroes, but the children and grand¬children oí those who fought benoiitlitho southern cross ore loyal to thomemory of their sires,

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and thatwherever they may l>e they aro alwaysproud to say : "" My father was a

Confederate soldier. "The South has given to tho world men

whose names and fame now shine re¬splendent as the stars and will growbrighter ae the years roll on.We honor our great leaders and wo

also honor the private soldier who foughtin the renke, by whos«> fortitude, devo¬tion, and valor our generals were enabledto achieve their successes and win theirnndying fame.

Yea, wo houor tho privato soldier, thoman whose fortitude nndcr hardshiptested the stoutest b«yrt, whose devotionto country no blan lishmouU con Id se¬

duce, and who, when tlia battio was

joined, fonght with such undauntedbravery as to win tbo admiration of thaworld. We will not forget the privatesoldier and eaüor of th« Confederacy.

- No, no, no. they wer· tirare tor us,A bJ -iK_t wen» tu« Uve« tb«y save tor tut,the lami they «trae-·»«- ·«» -*** ·*-»¦ *-»

vv til aot f-esetliar ber·*. r*l

Wtio sleep in to b_ay a arar· for us."

meroai or tm a_-oiatio.s.

Mr. Kiohardson then gave a briefhistory ol the Confederate faddists' andHailora' J-oauuieut Associatioa and Ihe