The Camden Weekly Journal, 1861-05-07

; ? v .u.i.mmiij; n JJJURISOMIC Silt Hag slie rc.quesftHl liim to present to the Sec-*"T^oiid Regiment of Smith Carolina Volunteere. 1;^.. | Col. Maiming complied with her request; and I I in doing so, delivered the following appropriI .. 11 and feeling addi ess: ( Churl i(on Mi rev, y. ra S SPEECH OF COL SlANNlMC. 8Bb^m| Colonel of the St cond Rcyimivt: I am deS^B'puted by fair ladies, whose fathers, husbands ^?bn>lhcrs, sous, and lovers are about, after fight ^^H^Bing the battle of their own country, their own 1 ^.T-^ttStato,. to march forward and assist those who 1 ^^M^are struggling for our great constitutional rights ? Rh in another and a distant State,/to deliver to I V y?u this standard which embodies the idea of 1 uuit\\ which is obedience; this standard, which ?' B embodies the idea of patriotism ; and more than ci I tliat, the standard which embodies in itself all A f. the ideas of sacred home, of your fields your af | ' hearthstones and all the tender joys which as'ci I men yon have ever- known in this world, ar K Tremblingly their hands have^ worked its devi- h:i ?es; cheerfully, their eves have poured over iliis W |^takiabor. They -bid yon God speed^yi the noble [j||M^?ftrch before yon. [Applause.] It is as noble of HjS^Harcb as ever soldier put forward a step to It is a battle for your .civilization and bei laws. It is a battle for the. repose of oie .vouv children. It is a battle wrc Jfco elofious heritage left yqu by your an- w'1: It is to leavo a noble'iuheritancc for whi Hb'^'-^-'Hwterity. [Tremendous applause.] ridj olden time it was Virginia, almost the Oth Hf>" m l'ie Republic, who gave to our land heii i-?

..jw.Mou.MKitv, April 20.? At lhe v 'uiiVi-vtii liailroad Presidents to day, ii was resole, tarry troops at two cents a mile, ami to ca jrovisions and ninnitious of war at onc-ha local rates. The mails for the first grad L'rvice are to l?c carried at one hundred am dollars a mile; second grade of service, on ilrcd; and third, fifty dollars. ' lie Question whether the Railroad t'niiip.-i would receive pay in Coiifcrtvrnto Stall Is, was referred to ;i committee, who will rt to-morrow mortiing. :er forty Presidents were present. The perfect harmony prevailed, and governed elcgates in all departments, e city is full of troops, ii. 11. Barnwell Bhett arrived last night. Ch url> .ifon Mcreury. * ^ ?TA1N VlM-KI'igl K.? W e fil.ll tllO followIter to .Miijor W. ]>. DcStittssurc in the :ston Courier of yesterday : t Ckittknok.v, L .T., .March 20, 1?GI. .u M.\jon :?1 have received unofficial of my appointment in tlio regular eavtlie State. If I really have received | i appointinent, I will accept it, of course.! nst starting for the States, and hope to ' | nine by Ihe middle of April; but, liav- j tsvlf had some experience in this eotttt- j | i will not he surprised,of course, if I am t ed bv snow storms from travelling as . anticipate. The present is the first nity that has offered at -II favorable for si . rt iking the journey. Please he kind * ] to say as much to the Governor, lest si d think mo wauling in zeai for the id defence of my native State. p< "n-sj >ec; fully, you is, juiiX B. VlLI.El'IfJUIS. Southern Guardian. ve 151

, xi yj'p\?rnnniv oriel's, let it be the first to kisv the breeze of licav.cn from . the dome of tlie Capitol at "Washington. [Voeife- u rous cheering, whi<b lasted for several inin- ct titcs.] n As sooq as order was restored in tlie ranks,-i it; the word was given to march, and tlie brave ! ti\ "Second'' proceeded on its way to Virginia* dr caTrying with it the best wishes of all truc-hear. ab ted Carolinians. Home and friends are left beliiud,'but glory and the honor and fame of the Palmetto State go with them. All honor to the nolde spirits who compose thein. Charleston Mercury. ' to ( rv ] Kcglect Somewhere. tj It is greatly to be feared that the raw troops 0j-g( we are hurrying forward to the seat of war are gj-^. not likely, from, the condition they^are in, to |m*( reflect much credit upon their State, or prove 'j very serviceable as soldiers. At Camp Curtin, ?|cs near Harrisbnrg, we are told by a gentleman j* vho has just returned from there, all is elisor- n.j)01 ranization, and the gathering lias more the ap- q, earanee of a mob than an army. If the conn- moJij ry companies and regiment's which have pass- ,j)C ,j d through Philadelphia may serve as fair spo- 'p|, imenswe should judge this report to he true. jj(| ftcr midnight on Monday tliey fired oft" guns i they marched through the streets of unity. We saw several companies. They had ; C.u rived in the city during the night, and had j ii'g le id nothing to eat since hen-inn- i '

MV? ,.v*4< v/? LUC VVUlL'UUinbC OMU'N ^ [Tremendous applause.] There are emotions , sir, to which human language cannot give cx- , prcssion?emotions which arc too faintly itidi- ] cated \?y the strainsof those golden harps sound- t ed bv intelligence In the land of spirits. Akin > to these, sir arc the feelings of gratitude we ( now entertain towards the fair donors of this r noble standard. They must be imagined j. " thev cannot be expressed. And. blazonci^fcit s is with the noble niottos and devices iygWpf a honored and revered State, presented in Tones p and terms of noble eloquence, devised by the g exquisite taste of the fair Jadies of Sumter, a * wrought by their own hands, it^combines, sir memorials of these bright ministering spirits of homes and firesides, which will concentrate n r the brave energies and manly spirit of this y ^noble cotfinjV'id, and mala; tiiein rally for' the jj honor of Carolina whcreverVthis flag, is thing ' f' a 71 ta 'to't fee "breeze. [Loud . from the i>lh ^ q* great emblem bfti]je confidence of the ladies of Sumter. Upon yoa it devolves to justify "the confidence expressed upon the battle field] ; ?u may die beneath its folds, hut can never j - dishonor it. [.Many cries of "Never' from t/c v regiment, and applause iVqjj^tiie spectators./ , Sergeant Garden, to your p> rticular cVnrge <J e is committed tin* noble gifr. l'lant it whmv I :i . i er honor call? A ?.- . ? ... I