Year: 1862

Address to the Ladies OF wheeling, z,


who Lately ComplIm ented the Soil


dIers on the Island with n Dinner.


On last Saturday the ladies of East Whee-
ling complimented the troops at Camp
Wiley with bounteous dinner, some ac-
count of which has already appeared in
our columns. On that occasion Capt. UT,
of the Monongalia Cavalry Company, re-
turned thanks on behalf of his men, in the
following handsome little address:


Ladies Of Wheeling:-Your mission to US
this day fills our hearts with the deepest
emotion and gratitude. 1t calls forth fresh
to our minds the loved ones to whom we
so recently gave the parting hand, and
clustering round our memories is the pleas
ing recollection of similar offers of kind
ness performed by them, though under diff
ferent circumstances. Let me assure You,
ladies, that it is most gratifying to us TO
know and to feel that we are engaged in
cause that is just and righteous, but your
presence and mission here to-day renders
the conviction much more impressive and
convincing, for wea1 always feel doubly Sc
cure, when we know that innocence and
virtue are in our faEor


Your visit here to-day, in connection
with your benevolent mission, brings to
our memories the patriotic zeal you have
always manifested in every good and noble
cause. III all ages of the worlds history
down to the present time, and nowhere in
all the glorious and eventful history of
your sex, have you exhibited more striking
traits of noble character and love of couu-
try than during this present rebellion
Travel, if you please, with me this morn
ing, upon the swift wings of memory, over
the loyal portion of this great confederacy,
and in your flight pause at the villages
and towns along the way, visit each farm
house and then enter into our great cities,
and what would be the result of your dis
coveries? Would it not be here a father
missing and there a husband and yonder a
son or brother? Yes, they are goue-gone
to the defense of their glorious country;
and true to the patriotism of your sex, you
have yielded to this great sacrifice without
murmur, and with a christian like resig-
nation, which entities you to the highest
and most lasting praise. Nor is this all.
You have not only given up father, hus-
band, son and brother, to be slain upon
your country's altar, but you, with a pa
triotism beyond all praise entered nobly
into the good work; exposing your persons
to the dangers of camp and field has been
no small portion of the burden you have
borne in this unholy strife. If you will
visit yonder battle field or youder hospital
there you will find among the sick and the
wounded, the dead and the dying, the
mothers, wives and daughters of our land,
relieving the wants, soothing and minister
ing to the sick and wounded, and whisper
ing words of heavenly kindness into the
ears of those, who are about to exchange
worlds.-There they are to day, minister
inur anpelS on missions of


Permit me now to tender to you in be-
half of the company which | have the
honor to represent, our deepest and most
heartfelt thanks and gratitude for this no.
BILE, generous and benevolent expression
and manifestation of sympathy and appro-
val on your part of the cause in which
we are engaged, and be assured, although
we may never have the pleasure of meeting
you again, yet your kindness shall always
live green in oar memories, and our hum
BILE prayer shall ever be for your welfare,
peace and happiness, hoping aud ardeutly
wishing that you may all live to see peace
and tranquility once more rest upon our
glorious land, and that love of country,
unity of sentiment, and unity of feeling
may pervade each and every portion
thereof.


Fellow soldiers few brief words to you
and l am done. This approving expression
of the ladies of Wheeling in your behalf
should be memento in their remembrance
you should ever cherish, it should nerve
you to deeds of nobleuess and vaIor, and
should forever put to flight the idea of
failure in our cause, for on the side of in
nocence, truth and virtue, there is no such
thing as failure. Hoping that each and
every one of you may live to see the glori-
Gus flag that SO gently and gallantly waves
in such beautiful majesty over yonr heads,
in every breeze of heaven, restored to its
original position, in every State of this
once glorious Union, a nd thatwe may have
but one Government, one Constitution and
one People, is the ardent wish of him whom
you have chosen as your commander.