The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-03

NEWS. Me1cn1y, and Courier respectively.
JULIUS NJ. RHETT, Chairman.
The following is the call Of General QuArr1E-
BAUM and the letter of Mrs. SMITH, referred to
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD NEAR AvERysBoRo' NORTH
CAROLINA.
M''. Editor: Several months ago made known
70 you ana the numerous readers Of the NEWS
proposition of Mrs Smith, and other ladies OF
North Carolina to have all the Confedera ca who fell
in battlo near Averysbo~o and still lay buried where
they fell, taken up and rcintcrrcd in one common
cemetery, to be properly enclosed, and lcn havo a
suitable monument erected to their memory This
generous, patriotic lady offered to donate not only
the ground, but to render all the assistance in hcr
power to carry out this lardable object. and asked
sho nd and cooperation of tho ladies' Of South
Carolina well the relatives and friends OF the
deceased generally. AS these troops were mostly
from Charleston, where they had for full -four
years, stood more invincible than walls Of stone
among the bravcst Of its brave defenders never
l9r d. manent or faltHrng even under the terrible
from the opening tire on Fort Sumter to the pain
d ~ e eSafuas,en Of the city presenting themselves
inmates within and thor invoterate enemies
without unit! the order came from quarter which
thcy as soldiers. were bound to obey, and thus
homes and the many loved left behind, 70 still
do battle for them in distant felds-I repeat it, As
these were the troops who scaled with their lifes
blood their unswcivng dcvo. On to cause in
which Charleston fully sympat!lizcd, from tho
r,sns l ct its morning star to the going down there
fair daughters OF the Old North StatcIto do lust
deserving and becoming homage to these noblc
martyrs-wonld martyr w receive ready and willing re-
behc7e otherwise than that, when the ladies' and
citizens OF Charleston learn, from tho subioincd
North Carolina have performed Tic rst and dpe most St
dsayrccable part of this very comm nlendable work
that OF collecting together the doad bodies-and
the enclosure and monument, thoy, too, will read-
~ contribute their part. It only requires some
org organized Plan with generous patriotic ladies Of
coed 'S''"S -.
1ou may do much to aid the scheme through
private advice. For tho credit of the State: fo,
what is due to the people of sister state, who
have 50 ~ kindly initiated tho matter; for what is
woke YOU. Mr.. Editor, to urge on this work 50
well begun. until the last renla MS u these late
long defenders Of your city shall be properly en-,
closed With an iron fence, and an aDproDrintc
monument shall be erected to mark Their last
restinS-rlace, and thus hand down their doeds to
the re.aotcst- postority. because they fell in
fallen cause their memory IS none the less WORTHY
! Of the homage OF their country.
In turthcrancc Of these views, please publish the
q few miles from Avcrysboro' the battle III
which these mon fell. was fought, on the 10th
March, 1865: Tho most OF the slain were Of tho
two South Caroline Regiments of Regulars and
Lucas Battalion of Charleston three only fir m
Georgia:
MRS. SMITHS LETTER.
General QuaittcbGu7a, LeesriUe r. o., s. C.:
You will hope, pardon the liberty have takon
IN writing to you again on the subject Of the Gene
terry fer our brave soldiers. We the ladies' OF The
vicinity of the battlefield (ncar Avervsborol. have
had all the bodies removed and placed together in
very suitable spot, and are now rcadY for tho
donations for the enclosure and monument" I
wish an iron railing; it is 80 much better: any
.thor lasts SO short tinlc have had scyernl
lctors the subject, and they all concur with mo
III this idea, Il will cost moro, OF course but il
will be complete, N m N
We have an Association formed now, Mayor
Mclean, OF Fayetteville, is our Treasurer Chan
ce'lor Lesesne, Of Charleston, has made us a donn
ton Of $50, and he will receive for us any sum thot
may be donated. -.
There arc three Georgians, all the rest are South
Carollnlans; and, as we have moved them we
have no doubt but South Carolina will complete il
II she knew OF it, and Georgia, I have no doubt
would do her part We have placed fifty bodies
n the cemetery. will be worry glad if you would
may feel disposed. I very desirous that this
matter should be generally taken hold of. and I
think it is obliged to succeed. Our neighborhood
have done what they felt able to d. and have done
1t chocrfuuy. can assure you it is very great
relief to my mind to know that the graves Of our
noble martyrs are no longer scattered over the
land, unknown and uncared for and believe there
1s still genuine patriotism enough left to secure to
us the completion Of this work. we have had
them removed for ten miles around
Please have this published in your papers and
do what you can for us. Let me hear from yo1,
soon on the subject Yours -.
Mrs. J. c. SMITH,
Fayetteville, N. G.