The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-01-22

Mccullough and Ovens These gentle
men were accompanied by the Rev. Mr..
Wiswell, Of the Presbyterian Church, Will
mington, who was regarded, for the eve
ming, as chaplain. The civilians who were
In attendance, were It, Col. Jacob Moore
and DR.. Marshall, late of the 9th Regt.
Del. Vols; Lt.-Col E. P. Harris, late of
the LIST Del; Hon. Q. S, Layton, and our
self .& * TIT
We do not remember to have spent a
more pleasant evening, which was charac-
terized by
'fThe feast ofreason and the flow of SOUL"
and where patriotic devotion to the Union
prevailed.
Several patriotic songs were sung, and
with great effect. We could but notice
that at the house Of one Of our townsmen,
of Peace proclivities, the lights were eI-.
tinguished whilst these patriotic songs
were being sung; yet, to catch the air, the
window was thrown up. Bas- Men--sugges-
tive of the fact that some people "choose
darkness" &C., whilst they are open to re-
ceive the benefits flowing from the Govern
ment, with which they seem to have but
little sympathy.
] A beautiful table was spread, with many
inviting delicacies, at which Surgeon
Maull presided with dignity. After am
pie justice had been done to those delica-
cies, and to the feminine skill exhibited
in their preparation, !" our host" was pro-
posed by Capt. Price, which was respond
ed to by few graceful and appropriate
remarks by Surgeon Maui, who then gave
Judge Layton" to which the Judge re-
piled in a brief address, in the course of
which he alluded with effect, to the gal
lantry and heroism of the LIST Delaware Vol
unteers, that they had won for themselves
imperishable renown, by their loyalty and
devotion to duty, whilst they had shed I'M
fading lustre upon our own State; and
that he was happy to believe that no regi-
J ment in the service stood higher, Or more
honored for bravery and patriotism. The
Judge then gave Col Smyth, the gallant
Colonel of the LIST Delaware" 10 this,
the "gallant Colonel responded by an in
genious exhibition of G military tactics"
, excusing himself from speech, and substi-
tuting in his place, sour Chaplain" the
. Rev. Mr.. Wiswell"
To those who have had the pleasure of
listening heretofore, to this eloquent gen
: tlemap, we need not say, that he fully sus-
tanned his enyilble reputation. He had
' been resident, he said, in this State,
about eight years; that when he came
among us, he found great deal Of State
pride, our citizens speaking with pleasure
Of the State Of Detalcdre, and lauding the
acts of her sons, as sons of DetdWdre, EN-
phasising Detaware in a style which the
speaker could hardly understand. And
when occasionally he visited the North
the place of his birth-for sometime he
5 did not choose ostentatiously to hail from
t little Deiaoare; but for sometime past, he
! had become feelingly alive to the great
. merits of Delaware ana her crtIzens, and
in view Of the patriotism she had displayed
in sending more troops into the field, in
proportion to her size and population, than
l. any State in the Union, he, too, felt proato
s Of his adopted State; and when last he
:. visited the North, he took pleasure and 8
~ ju.t pride, in hailing from the State o.
l. Detawdre"
:, The remarks of this eloquent Divine
If were not calculated to freeze the COMPANY
!. or society, indeed they were much warm
er, and more invlgorating than larg
~ mass Of Mustard, in use among us. w
a, would that all our Presbyterian minister
G. and brethren were as patriotic and devote
= to the cause Of the Union, as the Rev, q
;. +. Wiswell.
~ Lieut. Col. Moore was next called Out
e who, in his usually happy and Faction
J. style, inspired the social circle, with abuno
d ant good humor. He too, paid merlte
g compliments to the gallantry OF the nopl
2 LIST Del. DIR. Marshall was then callec
= who excused himself in few neat re
q, marks.
,e We have heard few clinical remark
d made in reference to the LIST Del, brougf
out by last Monday evenings entertain
ment, to the effect that the LIST Del. ha
IS not exhibited much bravery in the ielC
g 1t might be sufficient refutation OF so toI
Ig and slanderous an imputatlon, to say tina
~ this remark came from miserable COZ
q perhedd.
But the 1st Del, and the whole Stat
VI Of Delaware, whilst they and we mour
y, the lamented, gallant dead, can point wit
of becoming State pride to Antietam,
,ct hiSuCilShspulS, w Observation-Disclosures, \
10 Gettysburg, and to Bristow Station-grei
. battles-and many skirmishes in whic
their blood flowed like water, and whe
vi very many of the flower Of the Regimes
,ur lay down their lives, in defense OF Il
n honor and integrityof the Union, SO maj
- indeed, as to leave them with hess than
Pie fourth of their original compliment.
We do not feel it to be at all necessa
ia for us thus to speak Of the LIST Del. III
no regiment with its noble deeds will live
L. history, when the names of their trad
'''' GERS if not buried in the gulf OF obliviC
ne, will be only remembered, to be scorn
aid and detested.
With becoming modesty-yet, in Il
A. connection, we would here remark, tt
zoe had the honor of holding a memb
~ ship in the Sd Div. I'd Corps, and elb
all to elbow, with the LIST Del. in three succ
ge- siye engagements, we can with TRUTH
ness, sustain the reputation which tb
ave have won by their heroic deeds of va
~ on many bloody, and hotly contested b
tie fields. 1 r o4lrl
and AT a late hour, the guests retired fir
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