Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-05-22

Elutl0nS VI the most sRnSuibo, tno nccommo-
aations Of the railways leading to tho city
being taxed to thoir utmost capacity. From
tho break Of dey tho stroets have boon aliYo
with throngs Of visitors of oil agos, sexes and
conditions. and with military either marching
in glittering bodies or strolling upon the
payements and comminging with tho civil-
ians. The dir has been continually resonant
with the sounds Of thundorous salute, buglo
call or. martial music. ia.g.
Tile grand climax aof the occnson was
reached when the work of tho Carolina
women was exposed to tho Wow of fifteen
thousand people. who greeted its appearance
with renewal of tho enthusiastic cheering
and applause increased tcnfold and prolonged
by it's being tho uttcranco Of the highest
inlensificntion Of tho pride. gratitude, and
love whicl, is always stirred in Southern
hearts by tho memory Of The Southern soldier,
tho ideal hero Of a hero worshipping people,
This passionate love pride, admiration (al"
most alteration } was quickencd to new li(o in
tho souls Of tho concourso by the eloquent
words of tho orator, and at tho sight Of tho
statute and monument leapt to willing lips
and found its vent in cheers, which echoed
and ro,cchocd through tho ncighboriug hills,
ing of hats and handkerchief. Tho ladies
Of tho Monument Association aro most sin,
ccrcly to be congratulated upon tho grand
day which thoy have added to tio annals Of
the Capital and the State.
Many of tho old Confederate commands Of
the State had representatives present. Ore.
Of the incidents Of the occasion, was the
presentation by Judge Mickey of the follow
ing preamble and resolution passed hy tho
Confederate Congress:
Enrolled joint resolution of thanks to tho
officers and men Of AIcGowan's Brigade, con.
sisling of Orr's Rifles, tho lst. l2.h. 18th and
l4th Regiments South Carolina Volunteers.
10 "Rcsolred, BY tho Congrcsf of the Confedc-
rate States, that tho thanks Of Congress arc
due and arc hereby tcndcrcd to Orr's Rince,
tho lst, l2th, 18th and 18th Regiments S. G.
", consisting of NcGowan's Brigade, for
their patriotic devotion to tho cause of South
orn independence rs manifested by their
recent action unanimously rcitcrating their
determination to serve during the war. In
Thus. renewing their pledges after nearly three
years orarduous aud gallant service they have
met tho expectations of tho country, and are
entitled to its appreciation.
TlIOS. S. BOCOCK,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
II. w. HUNTER,
President pro tenn. of the Senate
Approved February IL. 1864.
JEFFERSON DAVIS"
Gen. McGownn in accepting tho valuable
mcmcnto Of lis command, responded rs fol
lows:
hear and not 10 be heard. 1t was my purpose
simply to aid rs an humble individual to
swell the grand pageant of tho day. ] con-
tess sir that ! am surprised by this happy
incident, and havc no words at my COM
mand to express my thanks on behalf of my
latc command for this most valuable gift.
We thank you heartily for securing this
valuable record and delivering it to those
who arc most deeply interested in it's prcscr-
Vation. Up to this hour every member Of the
Brigade has been profoundly ignorant that
the Confederate Congress had noticed our
action in this regard, remember we'll the
day when in lirouac on the banks of the
Rapidan the members Of my command, Off
GERS, non commissioned officers and private
soldiers, assembled to determine whether
they should Ic-cnlist for tho war, and
although their three years. term orcnlistmcnt
was about to expire, they unanimously re
solved to rccnlist for the entire war, and to
stand by our cause while single Confederate
flag remained unluried. ] was then proud,
and am still proud, in tho reflection that
there was not one man out Of MI the five
regiments that composed my brigade that
uttered dissenting voice. Wc were then
acting history, and not writing It. We were
not building monuments then, hut earnestly
cndcavoring to do deeds that should deserve
monuments We did not know that our
resolution to re enlist had ever gonc beyond
General Robert +. Ices hcadauarers
This cncomum by Congress never reached
us, but We were content in the consciousness
Of having done our duty. / can say, witt,
strict fidelity to historic truth. that 10 brigade
Of the army was ever engaged in moro battles,
or performed more mduous service in tho
same period of time than that which had
the honor to command.
At the final breaking up Mt Petersburg it
was ascertaincd officially by the a1jutant Of
the brigade who is here present, (Col j. S.
Co,hran, o! Abbcvllc,) that there wore moro
wounds Oh the bodies Of officers aud men
than there were swords and bayoncts in line.
No moro splendid record than this has ever
been achieved by soldiers, not excepting tho