The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-23
CELEBRATION OF WASHING TONS BIRTH

( eSterday being the 22d of February, the ami
versary of the birth of Gen. George Washington
was celebrated in this city with somewhat of unu
sual spirit, particularly among the military. TIL,
morning broke clear, with an atmosphere caol auc
prac'ng, and as the day advanced the streets he
came more and more thronged with people. WIN
seemed to turn out as if to enjoy holiday, there
seemed, however, to be a want of enthusiasm amonO
Tue crowd as was wont to be observed on occasions
OF this kind, when the times were more prosperous
| AN immense amount o bunting was displayed the
the newspaper offices on Baltimore street. the ar.
mories of the military companies and from the
| tops of the principal hotels. The "MIinute Mem
olspiayed the American flag from their Head Quar-
reps on ,n 6altimore street below South, with the
| mouo, "Ihe Union and the Constitution" The
members OF the old Mechanical Fire Company also
tnrew out the Star Spangled banner from their
| rooms on South street.
The ''Minute Men, celebrated the dow b .
parade in the morning and the firing of A salute of
thlrty-tour guns, at II o'clock, from four different
sections of the city.
D, Early in the day Company NJ, Captain John
BAKER, proceeded to the Washington Monument
and AM having first obtained permission from Nathan
lllams, Esq, one of the original directors raised
the American flag from the highest accessible
point Ihe company then sang, in very good STYLE
Banner" "Hail Columbia and "The Red White
and Blue" Between the songs the Blues band
winch was stationed on the base of the Monument
performed several national airs, which were loudly
@Iheereu @ py large crowd OF people who had assem-
pied on the spot. These ceremonies over the differ
ent companies repaired to the several sections of
the town and fired the national salute of
guns. Company NJ fired from Federal Hill; Com
b from Patterson's Park; Company from RuIl.
mans Gardens, and Company from Cooks Hill,
North Charles street. '
All the vessels in the barbor, which were nos.
sessed OF any bunting, had it all displayed to the
Ihn nlNsn,
was gaily dressed with flags and banners
In the afternoon several military organizations
as previously noticed, made dress parades through
the city, the companies turning out unusually
sembled at their armoTy, Carroll Hall, between
two and three o'clock, and after UNDERGOING in.
spection and drill, proceeded to Monument Square
Wnere they formed into line, under the command
OF MAJOR Phelps. The battalion paraded six COM
panles, and mu, tered 1S5 muskets The comma
mes were commanded as follows:
=. company Il, Capt. Long; Lieut.. Warfed En-
FEN TTimbea Iaa'eT n.sn GomP2ny e Capt CARROLL Lieut.
Murray; Lieut.. De Witt. Company E, Capt. Con
way; Lieut.. Murdoch; Ensign E. F. Pointer. Com
Pany F, Capt. Woodvie; Lieut. Hoffman; Ensign
H;o%.ah: Moodyi,le Company G, Captain Pennington,
master Meredith; Color Bearer, William Kew
Howard; Surgeon, Lewis II. Steiner The Battaf
ion was attended by their regimental band, Capt
5!aI, f5!eidtman, and drum corps; the whole under the
men looked remarkably well; and considering the
recent organization of this BODY the parade of YES
terday exhibited unusual degree Of militarykn0w
ledge and discipline The Battalion, after marching
through the northwestern part ofthe city, proceed
ed by way of Monument street to the WASHINGTON
Monument, where an immense crowd awaited them
AS they marched around the base of the Monument.
the band, the while playing Washington's March,
they were greeted with loud huzzas and waving Of
handkerchiefs by the ladies' After short rest and
a review by Col Brush, they again took up the
line of march to the eastern section of the cty and
ABOUT O'Clock, arrived in Monument Square
when the battalion was dismissed
Another of the great features of the celebration of
the day was the line military display made by the
four companies ofthe Baltimore City Guard although
now attached to the Artillery Regiment, paraded as
a battalion of infantry. The Guards uniform
has been somewhat changed, aud this change
improves their appearance very much. The sub
stltutlon OF the red pompoon for the black is de-
cided Improvement They mustered at their armo.
ry on Baltimore street, between l and O'Clock
and as usual were not long in forming into line
and setting out upon the march They numbered
l3S muskets, and were under command of Lieut.
Col. Joseph P. Warner. The staff officers on pa
Scott, Surgeon; }. Smith Faulkner, Adiutant;
VIM. H. Miller, Ensign. The companies were
commanded as follows: Company C, CAPTAIN
Lloyd b. Parks; I'd Lieutenant, Joseph Hubble;
Company ID, Capt David L. Woodburn; Lieut f.
r. Dorsey. Company E, Capt. John G. johannes;
Lieut.. A. w. Dennison. Company F, Lieut.. COM
manding, Z. l.. Matthews; Lieut. Geo Walters.
Inc battalion was accompanied bv Volandt's
celebrated brass band under command of Professor
G. Volandt. The dram corps of the battalion was
also feature in the display. The Guards marched
by way OF Charles street to the Northern avenue
where they drilled in battalion movements for nm
wards of an hour, in the presence of verv large
concourse Of spectators. After a short rest the
line was again formed, the battalion returning by
way of Charles and Madison streets, passing the
Washington Monument, and thence through the
western portion of the city, reaching their armory
shortly after six O'Clock.
During the route the Guards were frequently
cheered, and as they passed the Monument the ap-
plause from the crowd and the waving of handker-
chiefs from the ladies very general The
marching of the men and their general discipline
never appeared better than on yesterday. The pa
rrade was one of the best seen in Baltimore
for long time.
The Law Greys, Capt. Thos. Bowers, also made
adress parade through some of the principsl
streets of the city, during the afternoon, accom-
panied by their drum corps. A portion of the com
pany appeared in their grey uniform, while the
balance were out in their new Zouave costume
They numbered about &C muskets, and their
marching and movements showed high state of
discipline, highly creditable to Capt. Bowers.
The Wells and McComas Rifemen Capt George
Bowers, also made a dress parade, and looked re-
markably well.
At Loyola College the Literary Society of that
institution celebrated the day, in the Hail. by the
delivery OF original compositions upon the charac-
ter OF Washington, and by the reading of Wash.
ington's Farewell Address. The exercises were
interesting, and were attended bv a large number
of ladies and gentlemen.