There is a universal feeling of sympathy with these gallant fellows in their mortification at not being received here. They number one hundred men, all six feet high, and unfailing rifle shots. The company consisted of one hundred and thirty-five, but it is said their commander informed them that only one hundred would be allowed to come to Richmond; and to decide which of them should enjoy that desired privilege they fired at a mark running, and the hundred who struck the target nearest to or exactly in the centre were accordingly detailed, to the chagrin of the remainder, who were as confident as their comrades that they could send a ball at every crack through the vitals of a Lincoln-poop.—Richmond Dispatch.
The company has since been accepted.
Yorkville Enquirer, Yorkville, SC, May 10, 1861