The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-14

ttouCes IOLtltuOe ana nofOt0m .Wn1O0
adorn the pages of history. We seek no
higher standard OF duty than to merit
your continued regard and spproba.
tion. Ii. amid the gloom which has so
long clouded our desolated homes,
when the ways to prefermcnt and to
fortune were the avenues OF corruption,
tue men Of South Carolina have stood
hrm to their CONVICTIONS Of duty. none
will deny that it has been the steady
faith and high resolve of the women
OF this State which has sustained them
amid trials greater by fur than those of
war. Well nigh 100 years have passed
since the flag OF the colony of South
Carolina first waved in the battles
front over the now historic palmetto
fort from whioh Moultrie and his gal
liant band hurled defiance ut England 3
proud fleet. Theu it bore upon it's
folds nothing but the crescent; but
when the little COLONY became State,
other emb.ems were added. These,
too. have won q place in the picture,
by having beon borne by gallant men
near tho flashing of the guns. Your
beautiful present comes to us at an aus.
picious moment. The very breezes
Which unfold to our eyes the smblems
Of great and glorious pust, bring to
our cars the things that the story Of
our wrongs has bern heard by the
American people.
We trust That, for yonr sAkes, Vt
least, this country may never again be
''hlasted bv tho breath nf war; but
by all that l. soldier holds dear, We
pledge ourselves that. whether this
banner be borne in peace or in war. no
stain which can bring u blush to your
FUR checks shall ever be put upon it.
Turning to Ensign R,chbourg. Pre-
sident Thompson added:
70 ynn. sir, as the custodian chosen
by our corps. [ commit this Gag. Bear
ing. AS it does, upon one side the em.
b'rms Of the State, and upon the other
an Inscription which tells us that it is
woman's gift. it brings Mt once to our
minds all that is sucred in the past,
and all that is dear in the present.
Guard it with jealous care, and keep
it ever al spotiess AS it is now bright
and beautiful.
Ensign Rlchbourg responded:
LADIES OF COLOMBIA: Would that I
had language with which to express
tue emotions which are stirred within
me on receiving from your hands these
handsome c0lors which l hold. They
speak for you; may our future actions
speak Us eloquently for us. As you
know. it is not Intended by our or
gauization tn keep alive the spirit of
war and bloodshed which has so lately
al ri Han
rather invoke for our once happy and
still beloved Suite the blessing oi
peace. But, in the midst OF the tur.
moil and strife of contending elements
around ua. it is the part OF wisdom and
of patriotism to be ready for any
emergency which may occur. By our
organization. we only intsnd to chow
by action the sincerity of our devotion
to the motto which has 30 long bla,
zoned on the esoutcheon of our State
-"Animis. opibusque parati." We
desire to show our devotion still to the
State and land which gave us birth.
While the colors foated gracefully,
the band played and the company DID
tho elegaut present al the expressive
houors which soldierly men know so
we'll how to pay. Then, stacking
arms, the soldiers turned into gal.
lants. aud paid their soldierly deuoi,s
to their fair friends and admirers. The
next place wo saw them Mt was the
Fair Grounds, to which they were in
vi.ed. and the full privileges of which
had been handsomely extended to then
by the officers of the State Agricul
turul and Mechanical Society aud The
Auxiliary Joint Stock Company. Here
they had a tiue time. and improved til.
shining hours among The ladies. ant
in seoing the sights md receiving com
p,im ents. The streets we're lively
again as they came down to their quar-
ters, before which they terminated {
happy day with some beautiful evolu
tions. It was day and ceremony
worthy to be marked with whit,
chalk.
"Time, you thief! who love to get
Good things in your book, put that in"
RoBBEEs AT WORK. During OIL
alarm OF fire. last night, the residence
Of Mr.. r. Swaflield, on Plain street,
was entered by thieves and robbed o.
variety of articles-among them {