Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-05-12
COLUMBIA GEN. QUITMAN, TIE PAL
METTO ItE-UNIOX, THE ADDRESS,


COLUHblh 1fsS. 0uiFMAN3 Ih" = AL
METTO NE-UNIoS, THE ADDRESS,
THE FESTIVAL.
Itwxs an animstcd day,-Tue,day the 4th,-in the
beautiful Capital of South Carolina. Before the
hour Of ton in tho morning. Rtehardson Street (the
Broadway Of Culuulbia) WAS rapidly thronging win
c,i2eus and strangers, oaSer to participate Ill the
grateful duties Of the OCCASION These consisted i'll
uniting With the noLu remnant Of tue Pilmttt" lcsi
lnvut u COMMUNICATING ,!s recurrence Vi their As
sociatoas anniversary, snl ia rendering respect and
HON lgs To- tina. veteran "ioneral of ths Palmsttos,
Jous 4. QUlr4Ay; And admirably indeed wero thesc
duties discharged, whether to the manner OF tho
spirit Of their performance.
Tho procession, which is said to have bSen the lar
scst ever witnessed in ColumLia was formed (as of
yoru) in front of the time. Court House, and at
snce marched thence 10 tho residence Of Col ALLEN
GREEN where Guner. QrlraAN MAS for tho present
under hospitable detention. The welcome to tse
brave old hero was pronounced by Lieutenant STAN
| LEY Of Company, Palmetto Reg mont His ad-
druss, sine, pubishud, decided! guod thing
and yrscoul. JUDGED the handsome aud manly
Lieutenant discharged Ills eutro shnro of the days
transactions in mSnnor that won tho appisuso Of
both laiie: and gentlemen. Leaving Col. GRxEH's,
the procession pu.s.l on in luagtASaea array, and
pursued its course to the College Chapel through the
street next parallel to Richurdson. What with the
Military Cumpaa:e the Arsenal Cadets tho Fire Coin
uauie., the Secret Orders, the Citizens generally the
remnant Of tic Paimssso Regiment, and the inimed-
ute cortego Of General QrIrSAS, the limo WAS one Of
very considerable numbers and # marked rsspeeta.
.i!i.y But thcs. formed only fraction Of tho null
ti;u.;o assembled in tho city. Tho Chapel was al
ready nearly filed whom tho head of tho procession
hate,l ut tho door. Tho wondvr wns low SO many
more could be accommodated; and in point ol fact
thoy were nu-for several hundred, aitvr a posss-
bic suueczn: aud contraction Of limbs were lett out
sidc Tho .eafe, perspus, laiius aud SentlcmOn,
must have OK ee led two thousand, some placed
tho estimate much higher. OF course it wss a bril-
liant sisht,-when waa there ever an assembly ot
that si.s composed in great part of tho fairer sc1,
which was not? But this one seemed peculiarly 20,
at least from our s.and-pont-snd many bright faces,
with pretty lips glowing checks and laughing cyos,
til. come uni 80, appear and disappear, lS the gath
orius ut tho Chapel recurs to view 1t WAS s4rh a
plunsuro too to seq them thoro,-nOs merely because
is good look ut tho dpaF creatures anywhere and
everywhere; but because il was. this timO, beauty
smiling upon chralry, lovo slmirins hurosm And
surely the bravo QulrNAN, and the gallant Palmetto
survivors, felt and priced the compliment.
A picture long to DO remembered was there photo
graphod not only upon tho soft hoart Of woman but
upon many nlse of serner inatcrisl On the rostruu
tho upper end Of thu Chapol sat the veteran Hero
Of tho Garta do Bslcn tho ceutre of group Of sew
euty -sev, hcroos. Bowed from his wonel strength
by the effects of terrible maady, he might be re-
.urted almo t wrsek of his former solf Yet theri
was still enough Of fire in his largo blue oyes aud
still enough of strength in his snewy frans to ona
,le the Leholdcr readily to realize what ho wss
amidst the din of battle, with ull his armOr ON and
his bright sword rejecting back the flashing Of the
guns" On his right. Gu bis left, and in his rear
were seated those members Of the South C.rolEa Reg
ment, to whom tho privilege had boen vouchsa!od o.
once more meeting their beloved commander, comrad1
| and frieud. Sout and Eorious wero thoy all, the
leader and the remnant Of his hero-band. What
we're their reflections is not for observer to por
tray For who can conceive tho remcmbrances tha
must swell the truo soldiers breast. whom brought
thus to review the past Of .rduous campaign like
that which fell to the lot Of these brave mon Whe
can imagine tho thousand incidents, OF tho mnrch, o.
the biv"uac, of the camp and of the battlefield
which each soldior cherishes in his heart Of hearts
and which no sees and knows for himself as no one
else can zee and knua them But when those remin
.eenees aro linked with tho memory Of dosd com
rade,, severed friendships, blightsd aspiratiops-
when every atirring scene that is recalled brings
mind SOME friend now sleeping in death, and whose
life.bood was tho soal of his Loroc Gdolity,-wher
Of eleven hundred strong men who wont forth together
to bear their part in tho Of their common coun
try he sees scsrcely two hundred left after the apS
of few swift years, to join hands and hearts in an
uual commemorntion Of their perilouS experience
it thon indeed becomes mpossibility to estimate
Alright the powerful emotions which spring unbidder
in tha: soldiers heart. No could hare looiet
upon the seventy survivors who hero clustered
sround their General, without feeling that ho II
the presence Of a stricken bnnd, rIen solitary aut
sad amidst mutituds-.apt in the depth and ferro
Of their varied recollectiors,-snmudful Of the pa
gsant around them except in 70 Ar US their gratefu
hearts acknowledged the tribute in behalf Of the
dead companions But to the narrative Of the day
exercises.
Amid the applause of the waiting auditory, Gencr
al QrIrHAy at once addressed himself to the duty he
had consented to perform. As his spocch will cer.
auly be published, may only say huro that every
oas vas pleased with its style uatter and temper
will he found to Le a valuable pamphlet in connec.
ton with the history of the Mexican war, and par
tculsry so in respect to that brilliant episode of the
war which rccsuns tho fortunes and tho poriis thu
"noble deeds and daring high" Of our own BurLEH
and his devoted Palmettoes. Although it contained
no phrases of compliment express declaration
of tho Regiments superiority to others with whom
they associated, it WAS yet such al onuucatior
Of facts favorable to their fame will in history en-
suro to them the rank Of tho "brayest Of the brave
The address may bclookod for with interest. 1t will
of course be cstccmei u testimonial Of uudoubted
authority among military men, and will eertainly
prove offering Of high acceptation With the peo,
plo Of South Carolina.
Before and after tho sp cech, choir Of ladies and
gentlemen gave from well chosen part Of the gal
lory suitable oacs written for the Sccason-thc frs
by Vim. GILuonR SIuus, the second by HOWARD IL
CALDWELL. THIS part uf the exercises wus quite
effective, particularly with the Palmcttoos Muuy o
them afterwards said that thoir feelings were enkn
died into glow Of melancholy satisfaction while
listening to tho dulcst strans Of appreciation into
which wonsns voice largely conferred. It wa,
observable that filed the eyes of many of them
as in deepest silence they looked up towards the
choir in front of them, aud drank in rs it the