Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-06-21
THE PIC MIC AT wALHALLA --BY THE
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L
Mic a. w alfalfa on Friday lost given upon the
| completion Of the Blue Ridge Railroaad to tha,
point. .
Leaving Abbevlle on Thursday Iast for An.
derson,F Fillage We safely reached there in due
time. neither seeing nor hearing anything OF
special Importance except rs TO the present
Wheat and Oat crops. All agreed in saving
that as abundant a;harvest had never been
known bcfore throughout the country.
On Friday morning We. in company with the
i"relest Of The fair. startedsfor the depot from
half 10 three Quarters of All hour before the
| train was to leave Anderson for Wafhalln, with
| interpretation Of getting good seats, choice of
! cars. &c. dc. When we arrived at the Demo-,
we found already there. q large number Of Ia
dies aid gentlemen occupying seats placed on
Pintioln ears for our accommodation. No pas
senger cars were there. OF course we had the
choice Of the seats and cars vet unoccunic.I.
aud we chcerfuly went abnard to the tune of
"DiSie Land" which the Negro Band of An
ders"n were Playing for our benefit Az long
as We remained nj Tie Eepot s1or.a continued
to come till the time for leaving arrived, when
four or five hundred were on the train imra.
tirn' for the "Iron Horse" to try his speed
and strength in the direction of WaIhalia.
Along the road ct n number Of places the
, tRe accommodating conductor stopped his train
to add others to onr already large crowd
At SixEand.Twenty Greek Tres,lc we took
| on board quite n number Of ladies and
gentlemen, and We were resolved TO ':stand
our ground" and So We did. a bouncing
young Indy with beauty enough took the Iber.
tr of occupying rorlioH Of the sent We were
| on. immediately after. the cars began to roll
and were on the high tresile across Six and
Twenty. which is one hundred and twenty six
| feet high-rnther high for one to he from terra
.frma on a train of open platform cars. In
crossing she invoinn,a ar,ly spoke of the hcich.h
of the trcstle. We then presumed to tell her
our name and where we were from, to which
she promptly responded, Miss c., from the
North" W. buwing an assent said, "Ah
Northern lady with Southern principles T.
u have l'v"d South Two years. and expect TO
make i. my home in the future" was her re-
ply. Reader. fur half an hour we hsd
pleasant time, but uny thing further is none of
your business.
When we arrived at Pendlct OH a crenf crowd
OF the beauty and intelligence of pendleton
were assembled CT the Depot anxiously wait
ing 70 be off 10 Wahalh. but owing TO the
number already sbpnrd We pissed or, leaving
them Tor the train in the rear. The Band
again played "Dixic Land" From Penl!e,on
to WalhalIa We 'na'lc; good time. never stop
Ping except occasionally TO take aboard the
passengers TINT We're stau.ling on the roadside.
As soon as we were in sight Of the PLACE Of our
dest nation we snw n perfect sen of heads, aud
"s We neared the Depot the Dumher was in
crensed ten fold. Our Band not forgetting to
play Dixie" once more
The immense crowd there numbering from
four to five thousand now moved towards the
speakers stand, short distance from the De
pot III shady grove. This vast concourse
seated. the President of the Day then Intro
duccd
Col. OEn. who made an appropriate address
II the sout.stirring manner that he is known to
be capable Of lie first complimsnted the
good Peon!e Of Pickens upon the cornpletion Of
their Rail Road to Walhnlla, and then he np
pea!ed to the young men for the mid Of thei.
stout hearts LnI strong arms to defend the
rights of the South. and urged them to lie ever
mindful OF the honor and glory Of their be.
loved District lie then called on thcsa who
were not in the ranks # the army to lend their
aid TO the cause of freedom and liberty of the
South by giving freely of their money to SUI. !;
port the families Of those who are now in the
army, as well as 10 the families of those who
Es.v hereafter join the ranks in defence of our
common county. Thv soldier, lie snid would
fight a hciters bn1ri-, anil win n more glorious
victory If he knew that. bis country was am
ply providing for the necessities Of bis depend
ent family while in the service.
Hon. J. p. REED then addressed the audi
ence for half OH hour in his well known hu.
morous and effretivs style. He paid a high
tribute 10 the patriotism Of the Germans IN
former times. and said that he knew That they
were yet as gallant md brave rs their fathers
had been in th' days of the Reyolution lie
then in glowing manner spoke Of :he patriot 4
ism of tile good ladies of 'sl and said That the
patriotism of our mothers in '76 could not he
equal TO the patriotism of the women of the
present time. and concluded Ly saying that he
know it. would he with ,l,- men in Pickens az
it was in Anderson, that the question would
he. ""ho will stay Mt l,oinei" and MT be.
"Who will go to the defence of The country I"
Gen. HARRIsfnr next made a speech which
was listened to with.marked attentions. Among
other things in his address he .aid that Young
men who are not now nntried;and who stay at
home and take no part in the battles of the
South wonld find it difficult to obtain a. wife
at ALL and thatsa young man could do tenfold
more TO gain the favor of his LADY: love by wri.
ting to her from Virginia, than by pressing his
claE,s to hesip person nj home. ~
Col. j. PbsrEh MArsuALL now arose amid
and criesof "Hurrah for sol I
dier kom sMexico." md "H1frah for Mar.
'iall.ps &c. &es nj aslivered speeehswhieh
WIS lis' ened ~ and with profound /
SILENCE by tts sss. ssrme,,e e bel
fixed on sxico," and loud
snd long s~hile delivering