The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-12-21

REcErroN THE DEFTToAD FIHE AssocIA-
rioS.-The Deptford Fire Association Of Balh-
more arrived al our wharf on the steamer Courier
on Monday night after ten O'Clock, IN route for
home, returning from their laie aud eventful ex-
cursion 10 Louisville and Cincinnati. They were
received by our figemsn with flaming tcrehes and
every demonstration Of welcome, and escorted
4 through the streets. The torch light procession
Was enRyened by the delightful MUSIC Of Volandps
: Band The following reception speech was made
by S. Clemens, Esq.
Il MI. President, and Gentlemen Of the Deptford
Association Of The City Of Bahimore-lt hes been
made my duly to congratulate you on your safe a.
rival ut this point your route, aud IN behalf OF
each and all the Fire Companies Of the CITY Of
| Wheeling, TO extend to YOU warm and wide wei
} come to the soil olVTgiua. 5e..-5
You ale now, magnetieally, but minute from
your homes, and ali that you may he supposed 10
hold moS dear, but il viii Le our object, as GER
tainly our desire, 10 make YOU allse curing your
SojOurn in our midst, that there IS not even mo-
ment of lime, between you and uS-that you are
!, not strangers depending upon generosity, but
{ Old companions, met alleT long absence, 10 JOIN
IN our festivities, 10 paake OF our good chr eT and
to share with us, the smiles Of our firt sides.-
, (CheeTs.) - Ia 7Ti 'a -f
/ In such case formal words Of invilatit n, or of
q solicitation, are indeed vain and idle. Eye speaks
to eye lip to IIp, and heart to heart, more audi
be Language than the tongue can ever utter.
pass you over TO tile living nien-'o the breathing
VfTginians around you, aud pledge You tn, you
h will find them semper pGrGtes, that they will be
TRUE to you whether at the fesuVe bOar from it,
from the egg to the apple--fTom the souptothe iel
q i,--in water as well as wIne! Immense cheer
n ing.) ..- I.' .aDN '#Ia
1 The mission in which you are engaged gentle.
i men, is noble one. Fire Companies ale in tact,
/ the standing amIes Of cities. The suldi,r on re-
turning from llelds all red and Teeking with car
r mage is received with every demonstration of pub
lie gratitnde; with shouts, with the thanks OF leg
II lsative bodies, and the mue substantial bounty OF
! the government ITSELF It's his province 10 destroy
human lie--t is yjurs to pro ect and 10 savei it.
IL is his province 10 deyaSate private propeTty-it
T. IS yours 10 rush 10 lis rescue and prevent its ruin.
u 1t his province 10 do all the harm he can, with
in The citcle OF his opealonst is yours to do all
/ the good you can within the sphere 10 which you
Al are confined He fights men like himself, some
times for patriotism Tut ottener ioTpay, entced to
Of the drum head by the glitter Of bounty money or
dragged there by the strong arm OF the law; you as
=, sociate yourselves voluntarily together. and fight
al one Of the great elements Of natuIe l,sel-for
ID thing. (Great cheering.) ,r..t . ... ....E
y But the contrast does not stop lere. Is the spec
ID tacle oil Fireran rushing up ladder it may be to
4 The fifth STORY, cropping his way into chamber
filed with smoke, and reseuiDg the sleeping infant
in the cradle, forgotten in the wlld CONSERVATION
o its mother, and hall Sufocate, stepping his way
down again 10 the earth, restoring it once more 10
- 70 the bosom which gave it birth, inferior in pout Of
al moral Sublimy or moral heroism, 10 that other
Is spectacle of the soldier scaling hewals Of fort,
g being the first 10 enter tie gates OF besieged
II city? .' ....... '.. rl.,. al.. ,....I
fy No. Gentlemen, No! The voluntary benevolence
d. which prompts your work is the benevoeRce Of
~ the heart. In all large cities, is not those who
own property, who when fire RACES ate able to
of save il. Its preservation and It's safety depend
~ mainly uron voluntary organization, OF which the
n majority Of members may have no other interest in
an such property, than that which rs prompted by
es their oW strong hands, and still stronger md
lis willing hearts! In day season and night season,
full in heat and IN cold, they rush tG the rescue OF
M thelc neishbors. perlliug health ana ottentimes
e. sacrificing lie itself, in the coufict. All hail,
til then glorious workers in such glorious srife
he All hail. then! emen Of the City of Baltimore, to
e n the homes and the heats of the tlremen OF the
st City of Wheeling Immense cheering.l q"
er Here perhaps my Office ought to cease, but can
~, not resist the temptation 10 say one more word.
M 1t a cherished idea Of W Washington himself, 10
lie unite the waters OF the Chesapeake bay, with
It those of the Ohio river W have lived TO that
mS m bright idea compst ed, mainly, if not entirely
is through the energies of The City of Baltimore, by
20. a work which, i'll magnihcence and stupendous.
ness OF achievement, outvieS every monument of
antiquity and will stand the wonder of genera
tons yet to The social ELECTS OF this vast
ng Improvement, are not the least OF its benz fits
r. Comming you do. from the very borders Of the
he Atlantic you have b. ell transported upoh one of
ng the tributaries of the mhgty Mississippi into the
IS, midst Of the open Souled, tnagnannious Kentuck
er anS, and have fet doubt not, what 1t is 10 be
W rtt them, and Of them; you have been greeted by
s. the energetic, enterprsing citizens Of Ohio, and
enjoyed the hospitality, which they could accord to
er you The result of allthS nercou rSe in different
ks States and among different people, must be, to do
a. awaywh sectional aSperitieS and local anmosities
w. and to give TO you, all, more hearty appreciation
he aud deeper love- for that peculiar system OF gov
n ernment under which we all so happily live, and
IN with which, the hoeSt hopes of our race, are
of bound up forever. Great Cheering.
r. We have thus nsulied, patriotism which is
not narrowed and confined TO Stale lines; which
ly is not hemmed in by degrees of latitude or longi-
x ude, but whether on the sea or on the land, wheh
ng er at home or abroad, prompts the honest boast,
he prouder than the Romans ever gave, in the palm
no lest days of tEeir gloryI free man, IL am an
American citizen Loud Cheerng.l
ny Long may such Setlime ntS be strengthened and
of ptevade the whole county, Long may we all feel
he h4t the flag that waved over us first, must and
K shall, wave over us last-that as had one birth
Il. as a confederacy, we shall have one destiny that
c. however may be with the rest Of the world here
T. HERE upon this western continent, we have indeed,
"A Union Of hearts, union Of hands,
\ union OF lakes, union OF lands,
IN The American Union ioieverl" Fl" ..'
:, [Loud and long continued cheering.l
Ig To which Mr.. Gallagher responded on behalf Of
he the company in an appropriate and eloquent
he ner, ehciting frequent and loud cheers, after
u which the crowd dispersed Tor the night.
ad Yesterday the members of the company spent
n the day quietly in viewing the city and in eposing
I'M from the fatgues of their long journey.
nd Last night the complimentary Ball rendered by
he our Fire Department, came off at Washington
e. Hail. and according to all accounts, was brilliant
be afIar. '.
to IMPORTANT DREss QuESTioN--P oLKAs AGAINST
CLoAKs.-The New York correspondent of the
Washington Star, gives the following important
. information
- "Well, the election excitement being over we
- are now pretty thoroughly agitated on the two
pc questions, whether ladies' over garments shall be
n made loose and cloak wise, close 10 fiji the form
he and whether the coffee houses ind drinking -Sa-
! looms shall be closed on Sunday The war be.
: tween the cloaks and polkas is carried on ferceIy
nc in Broadway-each parnding under her fayorite
I'd color, and looking splendid defiance at her neigh
1 bor OF course, the tall and thin la'lies, whose
forms depend very much upon the price of cotton,
: and whose breaSt.works are composed as il now
70 appears Gen. Jacksons were not are almost uni-