Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-29
GRAND RECEPTION.

day. Four hours the hills at Rockets
bloomed with beauty, and the streets about
the Navy Yard were alive with throngs of
pleased, expectaht, ljoyous-hearted people.
The glittering muskets of a battalion shone
in their midst and the music of band ad-
ded to the attractions of the scene. AT half
past one o'clock, two steamers loaded with
Confederate soldiers just released from
Northern prisons, after ten months of cruel
captivity, appeared, coming slowly toward
the wharf,. Cheers from the shore and cheers
from the boats, arose. AS tie boats tonchs
edthe' Wharf, the prison-worn '.heroes OF
many a fight" were seized upon by thou
sand ladies or more, and welcomed with
Virginia warmth and womanIy enthusi-
asm. y " ia Htg AWk ] : SlE3UG
The military presented arms; the band
did its best; the people cheered. Every
body did something, or said or shouted
something that eyinced overfowing, ire
pressible, ,indeflnable giadness. The prison.
rswere then escorted up town. The march
was a triumph. They stopped in Capitol
Square and were addressed from the monu-
ment by the President the Governor, by
the gallant J. Lucius Davis, who was some
Of them" ," and by Captain Hatch of the Ex-
change Bureau. Five thousand persons
were present, More cheering, music and
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circulated. The Marseillaise by the band.
and the "prisoners" were escorted, amid
showers Of smiles and hurrahs, to camp, on
the western suburbs. Our report in detail
is crowded out until Tomorrow. 81 y e-ei
( . WHAT REMAINS or THE WAR. .,.., !. 4.
| to from the Richmond Whig.I s9ga 5s'cs
! From this time forward, we have right
to expect a continual improvement In the
fail oks.o ~
lterioration In that Of the enemy. Our cur
rency, under, the .;salutary provisions of
the last Congress, must grow better and bet
ter daily, while that of the enemy, under
the absorption of gold, the augmenting ex-
penses of the Government, and the increas-
ing issues of promises to pay, must grow
worse and worse. So, too, of the respective
armies, The military act keeps all Of our
troops in, SERVICE embracing the youthful
ardor, chivalry and patriotism of the coun-
try,.trained, seasoned, skilled in the art of
fighting, the art Of inflicting the greatest
injury upon the enemy while receiving the
least amount of injury themselyes--while
the army Of the enemy, now on the verge
OF losing its veterans, will soon contain
nothing better thannegroes, European mer-
cenaries, substitutes and conscripts too
worthless to pay, or have paid for them, the |
ihSikuthOaito sum diiOWcu W puTCildSc eA-
emption.I 0urarmy, like euurctIrrency, win
grow better every day, fed as it will be by
the warm. young blood of the country pour
ing into It all the time its yivifying ardor,
and growing every day more hardened to
the tolls and exposures Of war, and more
capable OF in1icting damage on the foe---
while they, on the other hand, will lose by
retirement their best troops, and be left to
depend on the low wretches who may be
hired for the work of blood, orImay be un-
able to buy for themselves exemption from,
1t. While thus rcurrrency and our army
are improving and theirs deteriorating, we
will, by every day the war Is prolonged, be
demonstrating more conclusiSely to theel
world the inability Of the enemy to conquer
ps, and, our ability to establish our inde-
pendence. The Judgment Of the world VIII |
therefore settle day by day. more in our
favor, and day by day more against our en-
emy. Thus, In moral as well as in physical