Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-19
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,hres wears ago. this day. ths war of ,be Rs,o,r,,
IVA. hrouobt m a c,ose nv . ,,o-;ou.
soiou' uiuihpn oVei
the BRUSH invaders OF our soil, at Yorktown
acnlesea oy the unAed armies Of America and
france, the one led ey our own Washington, tue
other by the generous Lafayette and all under the
command Of the former. II was the most important
oatue .ile Annals OF our history. The victory was
Won oh te i'th OIL OCTOBER, 1851, when Lord Corn
ao, oeiig conquered sent flag of truce, and by
W. W. iS,n tae terms OF surrender were agreed upon,
ns!dng mao command OF the naval forces of France,
s ano mus mas mixed ms name with the memories of
'h1 T occasion.
Inc anniversary ct that great event is this day
oelng celebrated by citizen sOIdiery patriotic
ana glateiui amer. The various com sanes have
dntt ana formed on the large space in front of the
oiy nan ana near by their principal armory, Mill
Ialy nan FROM thence they marched through our
sIee's IN Deaueial order. the wide Avenue afford
ing heid TOT the finest display.
Inc regiment was commanded by Colonel
Hickey, who was accompanied by his staff, COM
P.oo :. a. aSu. w. MHes, MaJoIs heyworth and
gan. and Quartermaster McCuilom The ren;m I"
marched in the following order: Three well dres: ed
,hs " ssP,a,o ponus IeG tle way. Then came
National Crews, Lieut., sutton comma ndina ~,
gomery Guards, Lieut.. Feeny commanding National
Guards, Capt Tat Scott Guards, "a juvenile corps)
Capt JamsOn; German Yagers, Capt Schwarzman:
Boone Rifles, Capt. Bright, and the American Rifle
men, Capt. Smith. The latter made their first mr.
ade, turning out thirty four men, and Looked re
markably well. Their uniform is blue frock coats.
blue pants striped with gold and black cans. sur
mounted by beautifully waving white and blue,,
feathers They would have been ont in Ia ryer nun
bers could they have obtained all the UNIFORMS or
dei ed. -
The regiment passed the Star BuiJdng at II Y
O'Clock. At ID O'clock the Mount Vernon GuardE
from Alexandria, commanded nv Iieut w n
Smith, appeared on the Avenue and nrOceeded to
join the regiment, which had marched tn the Pras
A delegation of three members of the Union In
antry (uvenile) accOmpanied the Scott Guards that
corps not being able obtain their muskets ordered
from New York
The Presidents Mounted Guard. did not conpre
gate until IL O'Clock at their armorv- which IRE
vented them marching with the regiment from the
City Hall. They afterwards ioined them at tho
White House, and added greatly. bv their elegant
beautiful pageantry. After dismissal thew will rena r
10 tne mousse OF Lieut. Flint, where splendid repast
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-. Ems AiiN''-Ahe WHEEL
n'Stoh correspondence the Baltimore Clipper makes
the following i'll natured, and we may say ignorant
remarks "a no couId M, b,vo L,ou,, ,,h., .,
don, ,.-.-.o.,-... '" "A"' was
"o'As III q suicuy private" meeung!
'The keepers of taverns and restaurants held a
meeting last night, in the Saloon of Odd Fellows,
Hall. At seven O'Clock there were twenty one of
such persons present, only five of whom were
saying he would associate with such hard partv
out d. late nour, tne assemblage comprised thirty
Four men who Could NO, nrndmoq .ha; BUSINESS
papers, their credentials were excluded from the
nail; nor wee groccrs who sell in quantities not les,
than pint, admitted. 1t was exclusively a meeting
OF keepers OF taverns and refectores. The D O.
ceedngs were strictly private, and therefore we
cannot give the result Of the deliberations Proba-
bly,, we guess, fund will be raised to test the sound
ness OF the act to suppress uppng shops and to de-
fray expenses OF suit; for can scarcely believe
that there will be combined attempt to openly re-
sold on the principle of sstribet mig ar nv some
otaei mean device"
with view to anv voation IF ,s a,.vs h,, maui
was taken to petition the Councils to give them six
months time to close their business most reason
able request and one which ought to be granted.
L FLAG PREsENTATION.-The Scott Guards. at 10
O'Clock this mo, ming. marched from their s,mo,,, n
, "on' "'eh ainioly "
.,,.., y" 'e"e''s '''e'e
by the amiab hostess inside and hayr for,nad
line, Mrs. Pendleton came forward with magnifj :
cent nay, "nicn she presented to the Captain in a
sPoSIi. iu VI pdil"'sni' Inc Captan b. A Jan l.
;oi2 having iectveu IL rom ner hands responded
- On, a'u eoiuei lAe sentiments. before leaV
lug, .e company gave another salute to the liberal
uohoi anu tneh marched TO JOIN the Regiment form
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