The following article appeared in the Laurensville [S.C.] Herald, 23 May 1856, p. 2, c. 3:

THE LAURENS EMIGRANTS GONE

On Tuesday morning last, Gen. A. C. Jones and his noble company left our village, amid the shouts of a numerous concourse of their fellow-citizens, who had assembled at the depot to give them a hearty farewell,and their last best wishes for their happiness and prosperity in the cause they have volunteered to defend on the soil of Kansas.

On the afternoon previous, they assembled in the Court House, where they were received by a large number of our citizens, and addressed by Col. B. W. [Beaufort Watts] Ball, in a few well timed and appropriate remarks, which was responded to by W. R. Farley, Esq., in behalf of Gen. Jones and his company.

In the evening they again assembled in the Court House to receive the Bibles which had been purchased by the Ladies of the village.

Never has it been our lot to listen to a more eloquent, forcible, and pious appeal than fell from the lips of Rev. David Wills, on presenting the all-powerful word of God to these brave and noble men. Taking the Scriptures as the basis of the institution of slavery, he triumphantly defended it, and plainly proved that during the time of the Apostle Paul on the earth, slavery existed, and that great and good man recognized it as a christian institution by returning the absconding servant, Onesimus, to his master. In this portion of his address he evinced [?] many facts from the Scriptures to prove that in the mission of the volunteers to make Kansas a slave state, they were attempting to establish an institution of Bible authority on that soil, and the most powerful and effective weapons that could be used against their fanatical and death-dealing adversaries had been provided by the Ladies of the village -- the Bible, the warrant of constitution for the institution. It would afford us much pleasure to give a full synopsis of the address, but as we took no notes of it at the time, we find it impossible.

The speeches of C. O. LaMotte, W. D. Simpson, W. B. Henderson, and other gentlemen, were appropriate and eloquent, and duly appreciated by the numerous audience assembled.

Never have we seen more feeling ___ [flaw in microfilm, 2 words indecipherable] meeting than was shown on Monday evening last, and we feel confident the wholesome, truthful and powerful admonition given the volunteers will not be forgotten, but that they will maintain and defend the honor and chivalry of the District and State they represent, under any circumstances in which they may be placed. Not a speaker admonished bloodshed or disorder, but all counselled firmness,discretion, morality and honorable bearing, holding up to them the great Book then presented to them as their guide, to subdue and win over to them their enemies; and the only true and potent power that can be used against the impious and unrighteous intentions of their opponents in Kansas.

Let it be understood by all the world that no offensive weapon was presented, and no fighting speeches were made on the occasion. On the contrary, the Laurens Company of volunteers were given strongly in charge to act as become good, peaceable and law-abiding citizens on the soil of Kansas, to reflect the true spirit and character of the citizens of the noble State they, in part, represent; and we flatter ourselves that no band of men will be found in Kansas who will deport themselves with more honor and discretion than the noble 27 who left our village on Tuesday last.

The following are the names of those who compose the company:
Gen. A. C. Jones Thos. Lindley
Robt. B. Ligon J. W. Calhoun
P. Y. H. Jones J. W. Franks
G. W. M. Moore Dandridge Boyd
Thos. Harris S. B. Chapel [Chappell]
J. A. M. Arnold L. L. Griffin
W. Richardson Ibzen J. Rice *
R. W. Hill J. T. Malone
J. R. Golding A. W. Anderson
T. Y. Burton W. B. Anderson
W. R. Moore H. W. Manley
W. H. Carter J. L. Ballentine
J. Q. Wilbur G. W. McDowell
T. S. Teague J. T. P. McDowell
* Mr. Rice goes with the company, but defrays his own expenses.

They have gone! not merely to enhance their private pecuniary interests, but to defend the interests of those whom they leave behind. Their cause is our cause, and their trials and privations should be alleviated by us as far as possible. We have sent them to secure to us a political blessing, and it is but a duty we owe them that we should feel interested in their welfare and comfort on that foreign soil, and sacrifice something to give them assurance that while they are ture to us there, they will find us at all times ready and willing to send them aid and comfort, if required. Let not the Society that sent them sink into neglect. Let the citizens of our District be made to feel their obligations to those who have left their homes, kindred and friends, to meet, on a far off land, the enemies of their fellow citizens.

The amount of money proposed by the Society to be raised, has not yet been paid, and as nothing short of that amount will be sufficient, we earnestly appeal to those who have not paid to do so immediately, in order that a draft might be sent, as early as possible to the Treasurer of the company. We would also call upon those who have not subscribed, to do something now. It seems strange to us that so many slaveowners can be found in Laurens District who have not aided the Kansas cause one dollar. Had the same appeal been made to the people of the North, the Society would now be enabled to send one hundred, instead of twenty seven, votes to Kansas. The power of the North over the South lies, in part, in the difference in the liberality of the people of the two sections. At the North millions of dollars have been raised to oppose the South, while at the South the people are backward to spend a few thousands even to defend themselves. We sometimes think there are persons who, if they had five dollars in their hand, and were compelled to give it or lose a negro worth $1,000, their love of money is so great they would let the negro slip rather than let go their hold on the money.

We would here state that we shall be provided with regular correspondence from the company, immediately after their arrival in Kansas, which we shall publish."

Note that the names of the party which left varies substantially from that announced in the earlier article, psoted hereinabove.