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-w / » ■ - r - • ‘i .. , ' • ' v. KKk/xio\ of i'/<K si hi irons at iUK STATS VAl'ITAt*. WE lAVi JFTU liEGlMEM’. ; w and cold. He will never again of danger and of duty. Thft pain »f then they were fond of 1 signing behind years of his life were passed. meet the uhmi of the Twelfth Ueifiment, parting from parents, from 'wives and so that * J ’ -*■ s -- t' r « whom he was so atl'ectionaielv at- children, who were dearer to'you tlian mo enemy •taclieil, and ot whom he has spoken hi - lift'e,. injelf, did not deter yort-from the brave " the highest terms of praise* I crave perioi n.'ihee of a proud and'patriotic into that your indulgence for a u omen; to en* duty. You were not umnovtid by the remained ^ , , .. . (.Me me to make brief mention of the tears w iiich freely flowed down your where everV otic of yonr men. Was a ' blacken his character, from which any-j wallader Jones, an intuitive soldier relations, winch existed I ctVvce.n Hen- motl.er’s cheek. In the urntFly melan- hero for wfiom death had no terrors, thing crueT.br corrupt, mean or merci- and as br^ve a man as ever hared a eral Conner and the huinlde iiidix idnal choly look of your loving wife you saw whore, so omnv of tliem fell bn that less, is as far removed as the sea is blade in battle, whose white hair shoue has had the temeri'y to take Ids udrmred; a sorrow loo deep for tears, blood'-deluged Hold. I liavo always frointhesky? There is no $tain on his like silver in the sjinHght that flashed An IntrrcstinK nnd Enjoy, M<> Pay- ruptaln Atiuatrunx’s Eloquent Oration-M itch to llut. Enough to Drink, and a Lively and Jovial Crowd. To the survivors, guests and spectators, Thursday, the 16th inst.., was a memorable and interesting day. Xo more splendid tribute can be paid the liberality nndgcncrosity of Colum bia than the fact diat high anticipations ran j'i^t in every Vcsoir, and the occa sion, wi h all of its incidents, was ful ly up to the measure of expectation. A larger portion of the survivors of the obi Twelfth live along the line of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Kail- road. Colonel Haskell was kind enough to reduce the fare to mere nominal rates, being from all the sta tions along the line from Kock Hill to Columbia only one cent a mile for.the round trip. In consequence, when the Fairfield survivors boarded the train on the morning ol the IGth inst., the train of five coaches seemed already crowded to overflowing, and it was with difficulty that scats could be pro cured at alf, but despite the uninviting circumstances, old mer, young men and boys (all survivors ?) met us at every station, and more was added to the avo iois of the moving mass. The train arrived at Columbia promptly at S.30 o’clock, and the, sur vivors were met, saluted and escorted to the Columbia Hotel by the Richland Light Dragoons, the Columbia Flying Artillery, the Richland Volunteers and the Ctovernor’s Guards, all under the command of the gallant Captain Rich- bo r. g, of the Richland Volunteers. At the hotel the guests found a rarely palatable collation awaiting them. All in order, and the large dining room filled, Colonel II. C. Davis, the president of the Association, vci \v ho place at this reunion of gallant men. Many of you knew General Conner only ns a commander. To n e lie was a lifelong .friend, affection for whom came to me by inheritance. When I hear his name mentioned there is borne to me on the mystic winds of meinoiw the. words which were told me in budding boyhood by my father whose voice seems to speak to me from the churchyard where he dreandessiv sleeps; who said that when he landed in Charleston a stranger he soon found gavi kind friends, benefactors, in the per- and displayed that sons ot Henry W.Conner and William afterwards blazed in C. Courtney, the father and uncle of qlmin General Conner—whose names weie ; \. K , . V as familiar as household words and I were breathed with blessings around our hearthstones. The deep debt of i ished figures, ns others of your annual gratitude wiiich I owe General Conner i orators have done. When' our battle scarred commander, Gen. Your child, as it nestled in your arms regarded the charge of the Twelfth kt and gazed at the blight buttons on 8pottsvlvania as one of the most strik- your coat, was all unconscious of tlie ing scenes in the dread drama of sacrifice yon were making—of the and well worthy of remembrance sadness of that forcibly to m of Hector and wa Th iat scene, which brings requirements of the occasion will not hid the pathetic parting admit of niy describing how' yon 1 Andromache. ! braved ‘ danger and defied death at star. He upon the famous fields where he^cheer- Auierican!ed the Twelfth Regiment to victory. shield—it. is as spotless as a is the truest ty pe of an „ . . scholar, soldier and statesman. Every.I Here, too, ia the famous Richland breeze that comes to him from his Volunteer Rifle Company. Of this loved South is balmy with the affec- company I can scarcely trust myself to tion of! those who appreciate ins worth speak. It occupied the right of: the aiid value his heroism. God bless First Regiment from the commetice- God grant.that con-., meut to the close of the contest. Its jov mav encircle the members were bold and brave in bat- " old Chief—to whom tic. They were my intimate frieuds the homage of an hum- i and valued comrades. Southern soldier’s | The limit hf time and the proprieties ; proof of your unthillcd fidelity constancy and courage duiing those heart. And T know, my comrades, of the occasion force me to leave tin-j courage which dreary days nfcar Petersburg, when; that what I have said of President expressed much more that might be one continuous the army was reduced to a mere skir- Davis finds a responsive echo in the said coucerning the Twelfth Regiment niish-Hue; nor how fearlessly you breast of every one present. —of the perils they so proudly encoun- faced the foe as star after star faded j There may be apd doubtless are tcred and the privations they so pa- from the horizon of our hope. With! those who would have us to forget the tiently endured. Although there arc the other regiments of the Brigade! past—(hat past in which youi Colonel many others more deserving of the PETERSBURG TO GETTYSBURG. I cannot mould my thoughts into fin- , you stubbornlv stood at 'Suther ? ade: pa and D avis, and your comrades from Fair- honor which your kindness has be- : Station and covered the retreat of the field, Lancaster, Pickeiis, Richland stowed upon hie, there is no one by army f _ Yonr bold bearing was mi-, and York, behaved so hJhdsoniely and i whom it cculd be more highly prized for favors bestowed and for the deep scarred commani’er, Gen. Samuel Me ::^n.!? e Vr k . hl ,n ' V we l ai 1 e | R hall addi-esseil \ou, his sublime j with fear as column aftfek coi-1 heroically—in which so many of them or more gratefullv received. I have ^ ’{blc to repay. I shall not and .oul-stimng sentences caused your, uinn c p ttr gi nif came. Yon reserved • went grandly down to death. But, my ' spoken to you in the language of sin- ® ' , | IC k ri ' c . at ai ! < * grievous loss ; b'ood to throb in every pulse and to J y om . fi ie lu gji i| re y were within i few , friends, my comrades, if wo were to cerity and triuh. It has been to me a c ‘" , ,r> 8llstaine( l ‘l 1 1,8 1 ,V^ 1,1 ever >' ve,n ‘ ^ , WHa the voice j- cet 0 f t | 10 crest 0 j- t |, e w ben you forget the past we would bo unworthy labor of love to speak of those glorious cannot be measured by words. My |'yhich cheered and inspired us aft the g,. e( j w ith deadly precision. They i to call Carolina mother. Forget the recollections which shine through vtlia heiu't is heavy and sad; and I offer a dauntless and devoted here led h’-8 j retreated'—Uiev ran—they returned'past—the history of which lias been mists of memory—through the tears tribute of tears to the memory of our, » rigacle into a battle. His voice is the JO jjg ^pulsed. They again ad-', written in the blood of the bravest and and trials and troubles of intervening gallant comrade and gifted command- Vl ' ' l " a '' , ? < 1 )< ,. r ^. UO p!!^ s am ( vanced. This time they were'large!v the best of men—the past in which you | years—which come back to us durimr co,,H, J cl ice an d j reinforced and their Hght overlapped perilled yogi-lives, in which the gal- many an hour of solitary musing anil .‘yJ'Jithe left of our line. Still you were lant and trlorious Gregg, the bold and dispel the darkness of tiie present in ! defiant and. unmindful of the first'law . brilliant Barnes, the urave and true-j opening the vista of the past; through virtue of sin-! °^ ,, . at,u ’ e —self-preservation. They j hearted Miller, the high-minded and which we gaze at the dearly-reinem- f * * j "’ ore *" your front and on your flank.' fearless Book ter, who were the Chival- bered.days of pur Dead Nation’s glory. ••...i.. ...in .o-Hi., i. i,...: 1 Yo » we, e as fi^n under that terrible ry of courage, who so nobly upheld If I have'succeeded in touching a siii- ; . \V’i" ,.V w’lut-o liii*iln.t i... vti. ..I ..i firetas the Spartahs at Thermopyla?, the martial renown of Carolina, * glcchord in the harp of a comrade’s 0OT *™"" '" ,e S*5Tb. ill'n of “lie Twlmf, "is: i z™ <?«». m <* >** ««, - I an. confident that you di> not look ment tor four years for any learned or luminous address, tie-flag stream mete otherwise I should not be able to fill where they brayely conquered or hero- tl.o measure of vour exportations. I ieally died; who in the presence of the panant coini , wJe . Lieut . W add H. courage-, exhibited more than Roman lost comrades, the'.sanctified Reeves, and 1 were wounded and fell fortitude, accomplished all that valor amidst whose graves our spirits wan- iuto the hands of the Second Corps; and self-sacrificing heroism could, der, who walked like Faithfni through and I musi-say that they treated us not whose devotion and daring scarcely the valley of the shadow of dcatii, only humanely, but* hospitably. 'They timl^a parallel in martial history, who through the gloom of this world to the sympathized with us and did'eveky- though outnumbered in every fight glory of the Home on Hisrli, above the tiling in their power to make us com- broke through the ranks of the foe and clouds, beyond the skies,—I shall feel fortahle. I shall never forget the gen- followed the Southern Cross as it that-love’s labor has not been lost, erous manner in which some of their streamed over : the crimson-crested Gdard the memories of your fallen officers spoke of the thin gray line waves of war and along with the tide comrades, if you cannot mark their Brigade into a battle, tllunt comrade and gifted command-1 vei er elicited the' admiration of Pender, of his face and in his breast beats a Wilcox, A. 1*. Hill and Lee—whose heart as faithful us it is fearless, firmness and fearlessness amidst the 1 have said, what I am about to snv to terrors of battle have been equalled; yon, has at least the only by the worth and wisdom he dis-1 cerity. They aie the word played as the friend and adviser of om are hereby tendered to Captain Annstronr, of the gallant oid First Kegiiuent, 3. C. V., for his able and eloquent address, and that lip be requested to furnish the Association with a copy of the same. On motion Captain James Arm strong was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Association. He tliankcd . the Association- for the honor did him. Col. Edward MeCrndy, of Charles ton, was elected orator for the next reunion. Tlic business of the meeting over, Mr. Carter introduced Adjutant and Inspector General MrungauH. In a short address General Maniguult re quested the assistance of. the survivors in getting up the rolls of the difiyipnt companies of the Regime!'!, which the law requires to be preserved and Uc; t on file. , The large crowd left Columbia on the special train at seven o’clock, with many pleasant memories mug to lo cherished. May the day never be for gotten. I Ate Some Soft-Shell Crabs. This is what Ca]gahv Ilodgden said when speaking of iui unpleasant kxpc. i- ence he had on board ship near Washing ton- He added: “The bad effects of which 1 soon felt.” Then ha went on to say that he had severe pain, followed by a terrible attack of dysentery. Those wick ed crabs would have been the death of him hut for the fapt v that be always carried Patk Kii.Ueh bn boftfd hfs vessel. Hava Pekhy Davis’s Pain Kh.i.En at hantl by day uud by. night tor sure.relief. * ‘ of am going to try to speak to yon in the language of the heart—a heart which though seated by sorrow lias never ceased to tbrob with reverence and respect for the men who .wore the gray —with the proud memories of the cause for which tin y fought and to uphold which they willingly sacriiicd thcr lives j—interwoven with wiiich is love for ‘y | Carolina and around which lovingly happily introduced Captain Riohbourg. j linger fragrant and cherished recoil The Captain, with soldierjy bearing and adJres", bade the old soldiers welcome, thrice welcome to the Com monwealth's capital, and bis words were echoed with thunders of ap plause. Colonel Davis introduced to the Regiment, Colonel Cad. Jones, of York, w ho had at one time been Colo nel of the Regiment. Colonel Jones spoke feelingly of the grand record ol the old Regiment, and of the sacred dut y of the survivors to keep bright ami shining the memories of the strug gle. The old soldier was shot-*, sweet and to the point, and when he resum ed his seat was greeted with genuine enthusiasm. When the invitation to breakfast was extended, nil seemed to stirvicc, and in an incredibly short time all seemed fo revive, and good humor was the presiding genius ot the hour. >/FTic SehoutzcnTTntz was the place jT selected for the most important parts of die programme, and with accustom ed thoughtfulness, comfortable convey ances were provided for the survivors, and a nice, pleasant ride of two miles brought them to the German pleasure grounds, the I’latz. At 11 .SO o’clock the survivors, their friends and guests assembled in the spacious hall, conveniently upon the I’latz, ami Colonel Davis, in appropri ate and well-chosen words, introduced to the audience the orator of the dav. cc- w hose in the tihns of oiir noble old Brigade brilliant achievements shine firmament of Carolina’s fame. We have assembled here to-day to renew the memories, to revive the recollections, to recall the fond faces and familiar forms of the proud and survivors of tiiat splendid command to-day tee's tl e force and magnetism of emotion's as stirring and profound as ever thrilled the human breast; who j recognizes in this gathering many familiar faces that he so often saw wreathed in the curt of-bnttle smoke ami lit up by the reflection of the tire flushing from their guns—gnus the sound of wiiich swelled tlic dread chorus of war and the echo of which 'Mid lingers upon the cars of fancy. Yonr eiveera, as they brok® the siiil- uess of this charming scene, made my blood flow faster; for they awakened in me breast !b« recollection of that old “Rebel yell’’ which I first heard in the sunnv Lours of mv bo\ hood—when tv y< •n (1 ViuMhoir'liar- ^ ' vc,c emulate. You retired fame and met death with fortitude and : the past, in grouping together some of ' .,ij ‘ -j! only when ordered to do so, and you patriotism—the past in which the men the cherished days and .herojc deeds c s faced the enemy and continued tiring in the ranks, the real heroes of the which form the guerdon of yonr glory, as you retreated from the field. Your war, displayed more than Spartan in revealing the images of onr long slain tipped with steel which tliey found it of triumph from Richmond to Gettys- graves. The people of Athens in- | so difficult to dislodge, that foitght like burg! When Robert E. Lee surren- terred their dead heroes in the most j Romans in the best days of Rome, dered (be remnant of bis heroic armv, beautiful suburb of the citv, except Though sad at heart at being separated we realized tiiat the cause ,\va& lost, those tiiat fell at Marathon. ’These, in from my comrades to whom my We silently and sadly submitted. We ! recognition of their extraordinary val- thoughts mournfully turned, my sor- pledged our word to' accent the result or, were buried on the spot where row was intensified to know that the of the issue, to yield a willing obedi- they perished. Our comrades wore struggle, the sacrifice they were mak- encc to the law of the land; and our buried where they fell, having, like cie ttt ti z? ti I -v. t t a*-. Ito oik •••-t • * .1 .-k. 1 tti .I. k «k]w»-!kts-k.l 4*. k k 11 k 1 k sk . t 1. a sksk,.... Al.. I. a. si . m. i i v .... At.. a* i l .a* precious*- |t7*st. It is in no spirit of • inside of a. gray jacket my heart bound- strife that *ve summon from tbctomb'ed with hope and happiness. Who of the dead pa>t tliose sMn ing scenes that was near you can ever forget your which shook '.he country from centre inspiring cheer as you entered the fight to cireunderence, wiiich changed at Gaines’s Mill—as yob breasted the peaceful and pleasant streams into a i breakers of battle atGold Harbor- red sea, over Wleeh war was wildly when you followed MeL'Iellan’s flying waged ami beneath which so many tbrecs to Fraser's Farm and into White thousand sank to rise no nipre. There Oak Swamp—when you stood ready is no hostility in onr hearts, no bitter- J t-o charge up tl.e murderous slope of ne«s in our breasts. We are in the i Malvern Hill.. My heart went out to discharge of a sacred duty, to com mune as comrades who, divided by distance, seldom see one another. If wo recur to the “Lost L'anoe” it is to speak of the sad ami sw eet simply memories it awakens; with these mem ories there is no hope expressed of again seeing the Confederate flag on ihe battle-field. The men wlto lowed that flag, as it w as carried on the tide of triumph, and who stood by it until the surrender, arc now engaged in peaceful pursuits. They realize and appreciate the fact that the men who did the fighting on the Northern side are frank and friendly tow aid the you on the wings of admiration, and every other member ot the First lien- nu nt felt, as 1 felt, that you saved our regiment from destruction on that dreadful Ray at Manassas, when as sailed in ‘rout and flank by superior numbers ot desperate and determined men confident of victory over the tli'r fol- ,4ine which was bending before the storm of battle,"untfl you came charg ing up to our assistance—routing the foe, sending him flying from the field, saving our lives and, what was even-l.Southern heart more precious, that blue flag which my gallant comrades brought with them from Charleston to mid to the soldiers of the South, over w horn the i interest of yonr reunkiH, ami in testi- sword of the Nation no longer ca.-ts a i niony of the affection they feel toward darkening shadow. If any proof were wanting to show tiiat the people of the South cherish no resentment toward tlmir former foes, that thev tro can admire virtue and valor amongst the soldiers of the army tiiat w as array ed against them, it is to be found in tiie earnest and enthusiastic manner in which they supported for the highest Captain Janies Armstrong, of Charles-j office in the gift of the American peo- ton. The chivalric Captain (for such lie was) arose, and the oid ball quiver- plo that splendid soldier, GEX. WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK. you. I saw you as you moved for ward at Ox Hill, where Dope left two of his major-generals and many of his men dead on the field from which he fled. I beheld the Twelfth as it crossed the Potomac after a forced march from Harper's Ferry, and rushed into the fight at Sharpsburg, when A. P. Hill’s Light Division saved the army from deteat, where the chivalrous Colonel Dixon Barnes rushed to danger and to death—he whose beautiful ami b& ing, was about to be shrouded in de feat, I couKI feel my cheek gloxV W’ith pride as I lay and listened to the trib ute that was paid to McGowan’s Brig ade .by those that were arrayed against them. The unequal contest was rap idly drawing to a‘close. Lee’s feeble forces .were being harassed and hemmed in on all sides. A WALL OF STEEL SURROUNDED THEM. Weakened by famine and worn out by fatigue and fighting, they were' forced to yield—not to the foe, but to fate, against which there is no armor. Tiiat noble old army''whose daring deeds and unparalleled achievements had awakened the applause of every civil ized country, at the bidding of its plighted faith has been sacredly kept. We banished bitterness from our breasts. But we did not give up our manhood wben onr men' laid down their arms. \V*e did not surrender onr love and veneration for Carolina, be neath whose sacred soil the holies of our ancestors have crumbled into kin dred dmt ami where we hope to calm ly recline when our lips are silent and sealed and our hearts no longer throb. The recollections we cherish of the “Lost Cause” are as fixed as the firma ment and as fadeless as its stars? While the Rappahannock, the James, the Potomac and the Shenandoah con tinue to flow—as long as the lofty peaks of the Blue Ridge sentinel our rifles. Robert E mention of his name to tiie thrills every verv centre! 'There have been no darts of detraction levelled at his character, which re sembles a polished miir.>r in which the world can see the whiteness of his souf. He was as generous as he was great, as good as he was grand. Our confidence in him and our love for him were as illimitable as his fame. It has been Said that the blood of Robert Bruce I'eo-the simple son ^ a,u ' 111 stol 'y- Generations yet - --- ' unborn will bless tiie memory of those whose heroism and suffering have illumined and enriched the cause of freedom. In the less preujndiced fu- Itn'e the rtfuse of history will do justice to the men who rode with Stuart, Hampton and Forrest—who marched with Lee, Johnston and Beauregard. Nor will our noble women be forgot ten. Their silent suffering and sublime self-sacrifice furnish a theme the nntombed Roman on the field of Piiarsalia, the glorious covering of Heaven’s starry arch—a nobler rest- ing-piace by far than vault or mauso leum. Devotion to our dead heroes does not detract from the duty which we owe to the Government. Loving what is lost does not lessen our loyalty to the flag i ‘ ‘ ' y floats from Maine to Margeiita Bay; from the Straits of Fuca to Gape Sable. The clouds of conquest which dimmed that flag have disappeared before the Mess ed sunlight of friendship and fraterni ty, and its stars now shine brightly and benignantiy upon the graves of the men in gray. “Farcet not the field where they perish’d, The truest, the best of the brave, All gone—and the bright hope we cherish'd Gone with thrui, and quenched iu their graves!” About two o’clock a bounteous and nicely prepared barbecue dinner was served, and no survivor will have the audacity to deny that he did justice to himself and bis Regime) t. The inter vals between the parts of tie pro gramme were pleasantly spent watch ing the progress of the exciting shoot ing match on the grounds. Fairfield to which eloquence will cling with during the day scored well, and in one Their names are inscribed match carrying off two prizes out of them fame, in . characters as brilliant as the ^ which beams upon us to-day. flowed In his veins. He was no less . renowned thaw the hero of Bannock- YT' n'T'c" .“J" maten carrying on two prizes v.,.k .... in,™. In vrttof of Robert E. Lee, JS&K thtw-Slr. It. J. MeC.rley ..bin* the , . ,. , « ui , ■ . „ kk men nci.uis uuou us lo-uav. first and Mr. A. M. allacc the third, words touching the hoblc blood unem , , nignant face was encircled in a halo af ed with the wild “Rebel yells'’ of sol- Among the tear-gemmed garlands that glory as his spirit ascended to Heav- diers and comrades. He spoke and spoke well for a solid h miyand not for a moment during that time did the interest of his listen ers flag. The orator, for the time be ing, threw aside his Irish wit, and seemed (o live again amid the stirring scenes of the tragic past. With touching pathos and eloquence, he tokl the tale of their Spartan courage en. You were uumiiidfnl of tiie perils which encompassed you as the Brig ade advanced exposed to the fatal fire of forty pieces of artillery at Boteler’s Grecian liberty. Four summers ajo “Nobler than the royalty that first SStSl Tbere i* ail Arabian prom*. tcMch r Ibe savs “the remembrance of the past is a I the South wben the tidings of bis death were told. Tiie people of tins State take a peculiar pride in praising the high-minded and heroic Gen. Hcnrv I. | Hunt, whom it was their delight to jluv^or when he was with theui, and wfius? name lovingly lingers in tiie and Roman fortitude, of the odds w ith : homes . nd in the hcartsof Garo!iuiaii«. which they contended ai d of the last sat hours at Appomattox. In his splendid and soldierly tributes to Lee and Davis he reached the climax of his elegant and polished oration, and the tear-filled eyes and hearty applause Would that I were possessed of tl.e force and JeV.city to fittingly express the inspiring .nid impressive recollec tions, the tender .-n d treasured memo ries, which troop told of the bond ot sympathy between mud ns to-day— memories which the invitations of time have not dimmed—recolb jions which sweep tiie inner chord uf the heart . r _, ,, .J and raiise.it to throb responsive to the speaker and .istener. The address will dearly remembered days of tiie storied speak for itself. He said: | joist. The trials, the trophic-, the u-f- Adtlrrs* cf Capciin jamc* a mist rone, i 1 ' 01 ' 8 those four years are present io ’•t-n... c ij- ‘ ,n - v nnuu and are as vivid the scenes /fre/Aer Soldiers of the rice//!* of yesterday. The ro.nautir heroism JhcgutifHt: Iho com;uitnont you huvo cun term! upon the comrade who now j iu Vimuia-the ^lerHs ot tl* picket didly you behaved on that December •lay at Fredericksburg, where our division lost a huger number of men than were killed and wounded in the remainder of the army; when part of Meade’s Corps got into our rear; when the rear rank of the Brigade had to face about and fire to the rear, w hilst tiie front rank was keeping back the enemy in our front; where the trophies which we won were forgotten in the gloom oeeadoned by tiie de noble old sigh’’. It strikes the kev-note to the war. The rare enchant- At 3.30 o’clock in the afternoon, the survivors assembled iu the hall for business. The minutes of the last meeting were read find confirmed. The election of office vs for the en suing year was announced as the first business of the meeting. On motion ment of his eloquence, the chaste Ian- Lieutenant-Colonel W. II. McCovkle, were laid upon President Garfield'.* grave there were none fresher or more fragrant than tliose sent from the Sunny South. There was no sum »»'■ t » j'luvsvo » us «a• xv■ v ci% 'ii o i - c?- '—r ~ ~ ,h.'; ce ‘q’ ; r '™V' roU T t 0 l d, VuikH e ? 0,0m r i c Tl rcd V th ! l^maiv^riXd imS. he l,sed and the intense and iin- of Yorkville, was unaiiiniouslv elected than that which was felt throughout Icderal Wood. 1 recollect how splen- |he manj cneiisnta images ami nal- S^saivpMrnpsiiiPBa wtin whinh tr «ac -i . . . . • , . r - • • - lowed recollections of the past. It i« if k. I 1 k P , ' es5<lcnt of the Association. Colonel 4lM .h.V.rt ot tbo n.bmlul ,h« f «**• «• O™'”'". that we try to speak Of our comrades Sronnfl the , no „ U!ncnt xiie bnt all m vain, and Captain J. H. who sealed the sincerity of their prin- • 4. ^ ^ iv- 1 1 it j . rinlcs in »s nnm .ml .C nreein.is ili.wkri mijesUfi manner iu W hich he spoke ot Kinsler, Colonel Jones and Mr. D. J. ciples in as pure and as precious blood as ever anointed the sacred cause liberty—whose fame shines and ever will shine in imperishable glory. Manv of them lie in unknown graves , beneath Virginia’s historic hill! and in lustory ahmgside verdant vales, beneath the sunny of [he dauntless intrepidity of onr slain Carter were appointed to escort him heroes, his powerful tribute to the ii„ A .. parity and patriotism of the Omfedcr- to the chair. Ho thanked the sur- ate cause, is well worthy to occupy a vlvors tor the honor conferred, and . _ of r!;c ad- asked their hearty co-operation in dress of the great Grecian orator. He gave his «*^-|W»ar«riiS .tom**.™**-* beneath the SV'n'l^rt^ho,e blolm'w^ ibnnan, JUxcy Grey?, f..r ■* glorious as Ills deathless devotion to the the his Ins too was shock occasioned by tlic death of heroic son, no murmur fell from lips. He considered no sacrifice whom so manv precious tears iiave verdure of summer biooms—npon t i.» One of thi*m fell in M en shed, whoae last words breathed which God's bright and. blessed sun- J^ntof bMtle Serere al a message to Carolina, whose final sanies—oyer which Heaven’s 8 j,ock occasioned hv t heart-beat throbbe*! w ith devotion to fentliered choristers sweetly warble her liberty. Clianceftorsville followed, ,heir morning madrigals and the weird in which the Brigade added another wind softlv and sadly sighs as if in wreat for „ )e good of the cause leaf 10 the chaplet of its fame; in e mpathy for “the unretunnng brave”. goon 01 the cause which it inouutai the breastworks and They at least were spared the humilia- in "*«»» ,be iu » hifh “* "S£" 0 SV r £. hb 01 ,tr 80 "',B«; bv .nd devpair ,^1,0°',^) J coinnuinent you have of vour JfegimeiH—your'louelV vigils shooiV'of'victor}' were'liiisiiediii tbe •ecwnpaniawnU. How sad to con wail of woe which arose from everv did not imitfte Priam in his piteous pleading at the feet of Achilles for the ttanas before you has awakened in post-tSm Tmn^r^d h^sWp W^ heart wheV, rike sad tidhes were wbto- whia, followed .1* downfall of the ^rory be sa.d that he would not ex- H. t“. J J 'Oil on the long^frc!*— pored- IS? B ^ der ? Cr? . Wi, . h »» “ye life and ^cLsleSmTSmrii Pre?ton" managing the Association. All t\ie other old officers were unanimously re-elected. Mr. J. R. Harvey, in some happy remarks, extended a cordial invitation to the Association to meet at Winns- boro next year. The invitat’oi’, on He motion, was accepted, and Winnsboro was fixed as the place for the next regular meeting of the Association. A resolution was ofleved by Captain II. Kinsler appointing Colonel Captain Kinsler and Colonel Hps, which seemed to have been touch- Davi9 ’ ot ' the Twclflh ’ Co,onel A ' P ' von re sponded to tlic call of Carolina—how ings, who knew them from childhood, - . ,, t . • 'vho were joined to them bv links of gallantly and grandly you fought oe- Jove? M'cll mav vou be n.ove,l and neath. the battle-flag of the Coufcd-j melted to tears as' the sad conviction eraev from the begiiuiini. of the w«r ;io , v „ i t8 elf upon you that vo B have wttil it was lowered and folded and uraj-,! ujmu them for the last time, ns stam.ess stars disap^ared in tbo,Theu- infanev was sheltered hv H.e darkness of defeat. The dutv which hills of Carolina; the : onr kind paritahly has ptacetl on me, — for the proper discharge of winch 1 ran sadly deficient, was to have been performed by one of Carolina's most cultured and chivalrous sons,, though bnt temporarily in command of the brigade to which it was onr pride raid privilege to * * stars of the intrepid Abner Perrin; when General Pender waved his fed over the colors of the First Rcgiiiienj and complimented the Brigade—telling the men that they had won undying fame. [ shall • never forget your con duct at the Wilderness, where the front \ irgi:iut and Maryland seuiiuei their graves. There is a sweet, sad -tory told of-Hampden who fell mortal!v wouuded on the field < f Chalgrove. Ti e nuttision from wliieb in his youth •ie ha«i carried home his bride w a> in . , '‘sight—he leaked for a i»i'ii!C!ii toward tn r ' vo »‘ hl *™! \ that belcved bouse and m «le effort In fei ? ft 1 !! n,e , ! ' 80 1 to go thither aud die. M.,m a gallant f' ^V's l , ^! fcliow Vbo» we saw f: l,' when the razzes Mdl, wlivie tlicy learned foilight cf iife was ‘ Jove him, as hi ^ viees in I!'.r hi.n “."Vh« &“mighto^h..brjim* j..r Iran he grammfe ot »l«* l^ooleAtf Utlug that he was accustomed to look mountains of and S n.k of the Brigade were exposed Where is tiie rrotber , tfeAt looked light about to have hi' i, as in 1h76 his splendid scr-^fes, would try to raise I is bead Vrou. to ti.e fire of the fin*, who outnumbered tbo s. rub oaks tSirough which with d-fiicuiiy we forced our way—nearly every tree showing the mark of a bul let : where the tide ef-Orant’s triumph roiled r< fluentiy *"d his one bundled and i w uty thousand veterans were unalde fet withstand the shock of Lee's line mi aiMMiti!* in>t more than fortv- five tl>oii<:>nd men—but men w!k» were ready t«> do, to dare and in die: where it v a* difficult to gei you to stop iu yonr pursuit of the enemy; where another of you colonels, the brave J. I.. Miller, nerished. How shnll I de. Iwnor lost, many of our gallant com v uTom 1 £222?SwAtaSi, B “ u f■ «'**'*’ Co ' oi ; clJ ; F I n “'^ ! cradled their infanev, and around al < 3 G'' l >w “sninte as the monu- of the Thirteenth, Colonel J. N. which clustered the most ende&riug 111 front of the State Brown, of the Fourteenth y and Colonel ™.mc.rie S . The f.i.Lful f«tor. U» ^ cp'wbk'h rt"'mS No,to», of Iho RHta,. a oomraltte. to ment has lieen shattered. The familiar consider the feasibility of having a rc- fonn of General Preston in the dust union of the Brigade (McGowan’s.) lies dead! Though be has ceased to be The time and place were left to the mortal his name will ever l>e renown- .. omn i, , ed. Among the commands which J 1 was ® do P ted * were present at the unveiling ol the The following resolution was offered monument, were, the four splendid' by Mr. D, J. Carter and adopted: Sisters auU die, did ye weep for its fell? companies to wiiich the Capital of Carolina points with pride. They fond mother, the sweet young sister, the darling and devoted wife gone from earth to peace and happiness in Heaven! Well might they' bieatlic forth tiie tender lines of Campbell's “iABe of Erin”: •When is my cabin door, fast by the wiTd- t>» my < w od? chiidhoou.’ And win-re u the than ait? ' Oh! ny sad heart, • ntejsure. Why did it dote on ; tuv? Tears tike tl* rain-drop may rftrasare. on my fall without »keoi>le of Ctaouua. Sad u> >ay, General Ja:ats Conner F lo-t to .bt Stare, which he rt C mime bv'wmm, bi't«mfore.T Hib **jriUed the heart of Carol hi; Spotsylvania,'wl^;"panitoTrcal m W«nent w^peraeoidon. JDpoa his voi.e the rin-'inne.Que're ?fw l in **1 red l a ‘»»^r,i of the South hml it mat sound, ti* Twelfth was the first fW>d grey hehd were poured vtahof was so often beatd .? d ro ,,d a«i ^ ^ rai8 « l > w hc » you bade -I mean tl* firs* to reach the “Bloodv rancor and wrath. He was dendod mil.Ml is f n ver-1P ed Hi'-i;,!' ‘b* , ** r ‘h* homes aroL.id Bend”? This w*. by no means ah «'"1 denouneed-manacled and couttn- wi.i. h’t ver ihroM**! with the iottfest "i 't c , l,s,e 'TJ ,he riiarining and uncommon occurrence. It seemed to in a dungeon. He u, “ «>***■'*• «™*™»™***o dissolved, Tiiat the thanks of tiie Asstv . .. . « were ai'no^at fhe bravest and* beat'of .*5® ftrP h ‘' n> ''y tendered to bosom fnend dearer those that fought beneath the Sbtrs and t' 10 BiclUand Light Dragoons, the Coltim- jq 9 „ abahdoned bv ® ars Confederacy—whose deeds hit Flying Artillery, the Ivlclilaml Volun- : " * • 3 of daring brighten the pages which tell <(>pr Ibf.e Company,'and the Governor's a fast-fit Ung treas- the story of the glory of Guards, for their warm welcome and liai\tb “tiie BONNIE, bonnie Flag.” some recejitlon given us to-day—the rqcol. o-u . i j • . ■ . . lection of which shall Rot soon fade from Bnt b-antyand rapture they cannot r^ con.Xou to ffolumhi^tSiav iTt ^Sy'^thU fTS ^ rol " ml ' 1 "’ 1 a-M ,'tot here to discuss the rights ff^dening and gratifying to meet the p, (nu ;' unt , 011 an l' l'.rtto losnlhd i if, ' HU ' <l of the Stales under the constitution daring Richland Dragoons, who churg- reunion, ami for the liosplialile man. framed bv Thomas Jefferson. The ^ ^i‘h'Hanipton-tbc Colnuibia Fly- ^ ^ t,H 'J ^ President of the Confederaev ha« ablv 1,,sr AtH lien, whose guns were JMrlotte, toluinhla * Augusta Itnllmnd and noblv vindicated the' cause of “ rs ‘ hea ^ Rt the verj-lew rstea at whieli they.plaeed d aud choseiL bapdrte,,t 0 ‘ Fort Sumter on that the fere, and for tl* excellent awiinimalu. cbose, V ^ ble ^ who tion afforded us. And alro to Wal ^ - wrved with fidelity and conrago Band, colored. And nto, to ('omi.anv n thronghout the war-the Governor’s i 2 tn S C V ' oinpitny 1), Guards, which was one of the finest *n,' cm '..t.. , companies in the heroic Second Kegi- 1 1 ' * 0 0 w ' n S •solution was offered meut, which in tiie i-e<*nt piist had H s Mr. A. B. McKaddmi, mid uiiaul- its cm plain the •• arroiuplUbcil soldier; motisly udojitod; land courtly geuTfentmi who so vvorthi-1 Hmteed, Th,,* tl.e slaneiv thunks of the the office of Twelfth h •glnu.rj, t. 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