Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-31
SournaI anS Gonrier.
Monday Morning, Oct. 31. 1881.
The Return of the sOIdfers-Chips Along the Route.
 ON THE Cans Oct A25

The Return of the SOIdfers-Chips Along
 the Route.
 ON THE CARS, Oct. 25. BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND NORTH DANvILLE.
 Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoURIER.l
 It is impossible to give expression in words a5 to the treatment of the Connecticut troops and the Governor and guests at Charleston. The citizens of that city by committees of ones and twos took particular charge of one or more of the visitors and saw that their wants were more than bountifully supplied The military companies of Charleston gave the visitors reception at their respective armories yesterday afternoon directly after the parade. The W. l.. I.'s, who enter tained the Foot Guard, gave them a fine one at their armory, corner of Wentworth and King streets, Captain Marshall of the ". l.. I. presiding. During the reception Captain Morse was presented with china plate, one of 8 set made in France to order for dinner that was given by the W. L. l. to Wade Hampton, when he was elected Governor of South Carolina. It was presented by Mayor Courtenay, who is an ex-captain of the com pany. The present Captain (MarshalD also presented Captain Morse with palmetto cane. Lieutenants Johnson and Brett were presented with palmetto canes. The boys of the Foot Guard slept at the armory what time they had, which was not a great deal, having entirely discarded the boat that day and removed their baggage to the armory. While was talking with a Charleston man this morning at the hotel he told me he never saw such an orderly set of men as those from Connecticut, not man in uniform in an intoxicated condition; if there were any they kept out of sight. Every man of the Foot Guards reported for duty this morning and are now on the train.
 All the boys of the Foot Guards will re- turn with some memento of tke trip, 8 num- Der of them having traded caps with the members of the ". l.. I.'s. This was com menced at Yorktown and has been well kept up, even to the captain. They also have badges made of palmetto and palmetto canes
 The reception by Gov. Hagood to Gov Bigelow, of Connecticut, you have heard of. There was also an informal one by the col lector of the port, MT. c. H. Baldwin, who was formerly of Cheshire, Conn, which place he left some thirty years ago, then bad ly out of health. General Ford was the only one from New Haven who spoke, and he of fered toast to President Arthur might except Postmaster Sperry, who responded to the toast to the Governor, at his request.
 Quartermaster Cheney, of the First regiment, has secured very low rates for the return of the troops through MT. Pope, the general superintendent of the Southern railroad lines.
 Branchburg, s. C.-We are here waiting for the second train, as the regiment left Charleston on tive trains. Quartermaster Cheney telegraphed for us, as he had not given our conductor enough tickets for those on our train.
 Columbia, S. C.-Here at the City Hall collation. in a small way was served. The City Council met this morning and were in session two hours, and could they have got word from Charleston they would have pre- pared fine collation. for the entire regiment The second train had hot box and were de- tained about half an hour. They have now arrived and will march across the city at the request of the Mayor and people. Wher- ever they have marched they have been greeted by that characteristic yell so often spoken of few years ago. Several of the officers attended a short ser vice which was being held while we were waiting. With two or three exceptions all the buildings in the place were burned dur ing the war. The people consider them selves very poor at the present time, but they have rebuilt with very fine buildings. The population is about 12, 1000 There is a very fine granite quarry here. The post office building is built of it. It is a fine grained, white sandstone, which grows hard CT by exposure. After the regiment halted at the depot the attorney general of the State of South Carolina in behalf of the Richland Rifle company presented wreath of southern flowers with cotton balls inter mixed to Colonel Barbour. On it was card, ''Columbia to Connecticut We did not get away until about nine o'clock
 We arrived in Charlotte at 4 o'clock, and only changed cars once, but it took railroad officials three hours. They work very slowly At every place the boys from the other com panles rush out to sample. Captain Morse keeps all his men in the car. The cotton yield is very small this year. Heat and drought have been too much for it.
 Oct 26.-Last night, while stopping at Co Iumbla Quartermaster Cheney telegraphed to Greensboro to have hot coffee ready for six hundred men. The question among the men is, Where did Captain Morse and Lieu tenant Johnson sleep last night? AS the tram was passing out of Thomasville an old gentleman caIe to the car window and shook hands with Captain Morse and said he was a member of the Foot Guards fifty years ago was not able to find out his name.
 Greensboro.-We have stopped here about one hour for coffee for the boys Through some mlsmanagement it was not ready when we arrived. C.. W. Taylor, general passen- ger agent, had the train held until it could be done, and goes with us to North Danyille: where we change cars, to see us through all right
 There have been several additions to our party since our first stop at Yorktown, where dog was captured. At Branchville one of the band captured another, and at Salisbury still another and also a pig These, with the exception of the pig, are on the train, and VIII be taken home. B.