The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-16
:s}s Ia.RM'.OH'S k#tiLOS.
\ MEMORABLE FAREWELL SCENE IN
COLUMBIA.
3 Battis-Flag from a Wedding Gown
Yours truly.
BROAD BRIM.

Ba;tls-Flag from Wedding Gown.
Ms. F. G. reFoutaire in Philadelphia Times.
The city of CoIumbia. S G.. dur-
inc the var, witnessed an episode
that has not yet found its way
among the records Of that eventEnl
period. 1t Was Ihe occasion ofthe
resignation by General Wade
Hampton OF the command Of his
famous Hampton LEGION and
his farewell to the old Soldic: S whom
he had organized and equipped,
prior to his promotion to the cav
ary service with which his name in
after years was so significantly
identified. The city never looked
more beautiful than IN that bright
spring morning Nature had just
celebrated her glorious resurrection.
Air. earth and sky seemed in har-
mony with the occasion. The gar
dens were in full bloom; the soft
South winds came laden with the
perfume Of myriads of flowers, and
the winged choristers Of the woods
were holding high carnival. There
was one objective point that day 10
which everybody, young and old,
white and black, hurried as il ami
mated by a common thought, to a
great grove on the outskirts Of the
capital. BY thousands the people
focked thither from the adjacent
towns and villages, and long before
noon dense multitude had assem-
bled around the platform on which
were to take place the official exer-
cisas Of the day.
WADE HAMPToN's 5 APPEARANCE.
The LEGION had meanwhile
formed in line in camp and, pre-
ceded by their band, were march
ing through the streets of the city
to the place where they were so
soon to part with their old comman-
der. AS they appeared upon the
scene and their battlc-fag came in
view the enthusiasm Of the immense
throng was something to be long
remembered. Cheer after cheer
greeted the war-worn veterans and
did not cease uutil with steady
tramp they had filed into position
around the platform on which were
seated a group Of distinguished
men, whose names have since be
come illustrious in the annals Of the
Confederacy. A moment later the
tall, commanding figure o an off,
Ger, whose face told Of exposure to
the elements. was discovered as
cending the steps to join the CON-
patriots with whom he had associ.
ated in council and on the field.
He was clad in a suit Of faded gray
and carried in his hand weather.
beaten, war-worn felt hat. A look
Of sadness rested on the handsome
features, and there stood before the
multitude the idol of South Caro-
lima. To that audience no intro
duction was necessary, for it recog.
niZed in an instant the chevalier sans
pem', ct sans reproche, around whom
has since clustered 80 many men,
cries of the late desperate strife
Wade Hampton.
HAMPToN's FAREWELL.
Some minutes elapsed before lie
was permitted to speak, and when
he did 80 it was with a voice trep.
ulous with emotion. Turning to
the throng he made brief address
in recognition Of the warm well
come of which he had been the re-
cipient, and then turning to his old
command he uttered the touching
and eloquent sentences in which
he babe farewell to the men who
had followed his fortunes since the
beginning Of the war. His Ian.
guage may not have been recorded,
but those who were present will not
forget his closing remark: "Soldiers !
I think you will all bear witness
that l never ordered the Legion to
90 where l did not lead you, and [
believe you will betrue to your past
in whatever duties you may be
called upon to perform in the fu-
ture Farewell for the present; but
we shall meet again on many q
field. May the God of battles bless
YOU and bless our cause !"
Among the soldiers present was
one who had received heavy sabre
cut and still wore his arm in sling.
Some one asked him how he was
wounded. "Defending that life,
which is worth ten of mine was
the answer. "In one Of the hand
to-hand fights a Federal soldier had
his sword raised and was in the act
of cutting down Hampton when I
threw my arm up and caught the
blow. But never have regretted
! it, for there he stands, the embodi-
| meut of our people" He was n
! young Georgian and is to day a
successful merchant in the city Of
Savannah.
.. PALMETTO TOKEN.
Seated next to General Hamp.
ton on the platform was the Rev.
DR.. Palmer, now of New Orleans.
After making an address IN his own
| peculiarly effective style, he drew