Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-04-24
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore SUM-

Especial Dispatch to the Baltimore SUM-
CHARLESTON, 8. c., April 1S.-The pop
ular outpouring to-day to welcome Gov.
Hampton was wonderful demonstration. II
was plain that the heart of the people was
full with sense of their deliverance from
dread of oppression and misrule, under
which they had grown almost hopeless, and
they hailed their liberator with an enthusiasm
far surprising any ever before shown for any
man in South Carolina.
The feeling swept away for the moment
all class or party lines; even the Republican
city officials seemed to have caught the infec-
ton and joined with the rest of the commun-
ity honoring the chieftain they had striven
to defeat. The chimes of the churches
mingled their welcome with that of the
artillery, and as the Governor, bareheaded,
rode through the densely crowded streets on
escort attracted little attention in comparison,
the ladies and children literally strewed his
path with flowers and green garlands.
RECEPTION OF coLoRED MILITIA.
A most interesting feature of the days
work was the reception by Gov. Hampton of
a committee representing the first militia
regiment, composed exclusively of colored
men, whose line and field officers had been
commissioned by Governors Moses and Cham
berlain, by whom also they had been supplied
with arms bought by the State. 1t was
feared that as under Republican rule the
publican organizations, so under Hampton
none but Democrats would enjoy militia priv
ileges, and the committee, composed of col
ored men, presented written paper, in which
they said
'Rumor has it that you propose disband>
ing and calling in the armsef the regiment.
While we attach no importance to the report,
believing, as we do, that our rights will be
respected, at the same time we desire to know
if our sNatus as a branch of the National
Guards is to be preserved. We are peace
full and law.abiding citizens, and will cheer
fully render every assistance to make the
State prosperous, and will join hand in hand
to forever remove the ill-feeliDg engendered
during the excitement of the campaign.
"We are South Carolinians, deeply inter>
ested in the welfare of our common mother.
Her advancement looks towards our prosper
ity; her success will bring happiness and
comfort to our hearthstones. Our regiment
is no. political body, but organized in the
interest of and for the protection of the State,
and will always yield prompt and cheerful
obedience to the commander in chief of the
Carolina when called upon. We are unable
to purchase arms, and most respectfully but
earnestly beg that your excclency allow US
to retain those in our possession, and that
tho regiment may be permitted to continue
in its original form.
"Should your excelency grant our petition
we would ask that you appoint new set of
field officers for the regiment and at the same
time request with due Difference that VIC be
allowed to suggest the names of suitable per
sons for tho Offices of colonel, lieutenant
colonel and major. We must express to your
excelleucy our high appreciation of the gen.
erous and patriotic sentiments contained in
the address delivered by you on your return
to Columbia from Washington, the recolec-
ton of which will lingcr long and pleasantly
in memory"
GOV. HAMPTON's REILLY.
In reply Gov. Hampton said that he was
exceedingly glad to have met the committee,
and assured them that so far as his power ex-
tended he would lend them every facility in
organizing and enrolling their companies
among the legal militia of the State.
II want you," he said, "to remember one
fact, that l recognize in your the right
to enjoy precisely the same rights enjoyed
by every other citizen of the State. recog-
ulZe your equality, anu lutcHu W uphoiu IL.
AS soon as we can get in harness l will en-
roll you in the militia and will take great
pleasure in commissioning such officers as you
may designate. When the militia law is en-
forced, and when the military of the State
is all enrolled, l want the only emulation be-
tween the companies to be, who can obey the
laws best; who can be the best soldiers, and
who can best protect the public peace"
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS remaining
in the Post Office at Charlestown, Jefferson
county, w. Va, April 2lst, 1871:
Mrs. Virginia Brown, Miss Matte A.
Brown, Miss Lucy Brown, Mrs. NJ. L. Cham>
berlain, Miss Annie Mcdonald, Miss Jennie
Rodrick, Miss Clara Tavener, Nancy Thomas,
Miss Mary Wilson, Julia Williamson, Henry
Brown, W. B. Campbell, DR.. Z. A. Eukins,
VIM McBee, John Robinson, j. N. White.
The above letters, if not called for within
thirty days, will be sent to the dead letter of,
fec. Persons calling for them will please
say that they are advertised.
G.. LEIsENRING, P. NJ.