Show TlpoftheTongue says the Great Seal of the Confederacy will be on exhibition at the Charleston S C Interstate In-terstate and West India exposition The seal was made In England and reached Richmond about the time of Its evacuation by tho armies of the Loot Cause and the Confederate Government Gov-ernment Its motto was Deo yin dlceGod maintains but as It happened hap-pened Tip says God did not maintain main-tain and God willed that the seal bearing bear-Ing that declaration should never leave Its Imprint upon a State paper of a Government fated to fall The seal is a handsome silver die about three inches in diameter bearing an equestrian eques-trian portrait of Washington after the statue in Richmond surrounded with n wreath composed of cotton tobacco sugarcane corn wheat and rice the principal agricultural products of the Confederate States I cost In England Eng-land about 600 with press wafers sealpapers wax silk cords etc I was presented to the State of South Carolina about 18S7 and Is kept In the office of the Secretary of State |