The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-28
Returned Volunteers.

Returned Volunteers.
All honor due to the gallant volunteers who left their
resdes battle abroad in the cause of their country
and many of whom poured out their blood for her. and have
covered her with imperishable glory. They are
entitled to the most cordial welcome and all the honors
which be paid to them on their return home. We
could fill several numbers of the "Union" with the par
cuars of their reception at their various places of dest
nation Most of them have landed at New Orleans and
her hospable citizens the first to set the example
of grateful people, doing honor their gallant defend
ers.
The PROFESSIONS the fetes which have awaited them in
all directions, have been at Memphis at Nashville,
at ST. Louis, at Cincinnati at Louisville, and Lexington
along the whole Atlantic border where they have ar
rived, from Georgia to Massachusetts, The papers of
Boston, New York, and OF Philadelphia crowded
with the honorable details What can be more heart
touching than the descriptions we have of the Eonors
which have been paid TO the returned volunteers We
felt sensby the want of space and the great
pressure upon columns from many quarters, than
the impossiby of spreading all of these brilliant de-
tails before readers, the greater part of them,
even any very considerable proportion We hope in a
day two to seize enough for few of these de-
scriptons. We must in the mean time appropriate 10
our use the following summary, from the Philadelphia
Ledger of Tuesday:
From the moment the troops arrived at Coates street,
every step they took marked by moving IN
ciden vast number OF persons were gathered at Fair
volunteers. There We're mothers, sisters, wives, and
children fathers, brothers, and Tends-a mingled in one
dense, excited, and cxpectant crowd AS the APP
proached the enthusiasm became intense, and it
almost impossible for the soldiers leave the
every side was beset with camoring, Wild and eager
crowd sranng their eyes and seeking anxiouy for friends
and relations WoMen and children were mixed up in the
mass and bore the iosng pushing, and crowding with
intent only recognising some loved
sFond eyes strained searchngy for the looked for
FORM eager hands stretched out to grasp hem and
the whole moving and affecting At length
the soldiers got from the and once upon the ground
the swelling tide OF affection could be no longer restrained
and the greetings tervent and fond Here to be
the mother embracing once more the bronzed and
salwa form of her noble boy; whilst tears joyous tears
steamed from her aged eyes the happiness OF the meet
ing, and she shook with emotions OF transport. Here
to be the meeting between husband and wife-the
face OF the vss "a Sed up with a ray OF al
countenance wreathed with smiles happy, thrice hap
gasped brothers BY the 6and and warm and heartily vel
coined them home again Friends eagerly sought for
most moving and affecting spectacle On every side the
work of congatuation was going children kissed
apturousy by fathers and tears copous tears
were abundanty shed.
about IL o'clock the various branches procession
Coates street to meet the Volunteers In dae time thew
arranged and proceeded upon their march Around
upon them in wild admiration totally subvesive military
discipline Every enthusiastic cheers up, and
the met, these indications of welcome commenced,
and through the entire rout, until they reached the Mu
,eum in neverceasng fair forms bright
ened every window, the waving of handkerchief
inendous, and from distance, looking down the in
line OF the procession, they appeared to rise and fall in
regular succession, like the snowcapped of the bill
lows. Incidents of the interesting kind constantly
look place the rushing of friends friends in
The ranks constantly occurring The volunteers them
selves could hardly be restrained by of military
etiquette several instances in which some of them
darted the line OF embraced their children
upon pavement and after kissing them, fell back into
the lines again.
"tlags suspended various points; arches bear
ing inscriptions of welcome erected places
and patriotic devices displayed from private
public buildings The bells OF public editces church
e engine and hose houses, constantly and the
apparatus of the companies whose houses were the
route procession drawn the end OF the
aly with flowers and their bells in
peals welcome. Stores and places Of business were
generally closed The of persons who were GU
was immense, and estimate can be made OF the mum
ber say in the through which the procession
passed there hundred thousand persons, wouc
hardly be exaggeration."
The illumination that took place at night is described a
grand and brilliant and the appearance of the street
is thus described by the Ledger
1.-The concourse in Chestnut street, from Third TO Eight
streets, Was Immense men, women and children wer
gedged In one compact struggling mass In front OF th
State House was most dense the Josng Squeezing ant
crowdng, was terrific and for space OF time the people
were immoveaey packed up without caPabity OF pro
ceeding any way"