The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-20
THE CIR EAT EXCURSION.

OF the EXcurslOn" 10 our city ny Tn
Legislature, in the Richmond Dispatch
AS it will no doubt interest our reader
to know what is said of us abroad, w
will publish it in FULL
The great Legislative Excursion t
Norfolk and its harbor came off on Sat
urday or. at least, began then. Tn
good people of Norfolk were anxious t,
bring the Legislators to their midst, ant
show them its great natural advantage
as commercial emporium, its superl
harbor and wharfage, and the energy
and hospitality of its people. Actuatet
by this beautiful and touching impulse
they sent to their guests free ticket.
over the roads leading thither, knowing
that legislators, although occasionally OF
pleasure bent, are usually of fruga
mind. At3 O'Clock p. NJ. might have
been seen omnibuses and other vehicles
gathering up the hill through Manches
| ter, and on to the crossing where thu
train waited, with the engine at i'll
head, snOrting and putting with impa-
tience. With the dismounting from the
carriages the hilarity Of the scene began
Honorable gentlemen greeted each Other
with the reciprocal surprise and cordial
warmth of friends long parted and
brought together by II mysterious con-
currence of fortuitOus events. Pipes
were lit, jokes and slaps on the shoulder
exchanged, and men felt that now, in
deed, the
EXCURSION WAS BEGUN
We are all aboard, and find that beside
the Legislature we have good company.
Governor Peirpoint Judge Camden, and
Colonel French are aboard. The whis-
tie sounds, and Off we go, roaring
through the cuts and rafting over the
embankments. Skirts of wood land and
fields of brown stubble glide by; we go
over Falling Creek and don't fall, and
over Swift Creek rather slowly. Ches-
ter-wood and water, and whisky and
water-the latter bad. Off again
fences and mile-posts sail by. There
are the winter quarters where the gall
liant boys baked their corn bread and
smoked their short pipes last winter q. :;
Confederate horses stood and hungered
and shivered. There are the breast
works that a year ago bristled with
bayonels, and the embrasures where
the black cannon looked sternly through.
1t sails slowly along the gray horizon
ana disappears behind clump of trees.
Craicll-ch-ch! The ash pan has come
partly off and is ploughing up
the roadway and grating across
the cross-ties. Excavations within
the cars-skill and energy outside.
1t is repaired, and off we go, and are
presently at
plrEpoDupu
which is thriving town on the bank of |
the AppomattOX. Some of our readers |
will remember that there was q difficult !
y there last year between the adherents |
If certain Grantand those of certain |
Lee on account of u GOODNESS existing |
between them. We are happy to say |
hat the affair was adjusted, although |
ONE traces of the imbrOglio may still be |
zen. Here we take the Norfolk ears
md are received by
GENERAL MALONE
Billy looks much as usual. With that |
are forethought and presence of mind |
hat distinguished him so often in the
Tread hour of battle, he had set apart
ar, where certain refreshing fluids were
Waiting for us. 1t is disposed of, and
way we go. Cigars are lit. 1t is i'm
ossible to see across the car. Nothing
an he seen but "a constellation of burn
ng cigars moving i'm orbits eccentric.
loud talking is heard, and songs, facetl-
US remarks, and anecdotes, laughter,
1ock speeches, and a disposition to
Dmp. Looking out, low, flat country,
nth here and there clump of trees
cen through veil of smoke and a
fream of whirling, delerious sparks,
lshes by. We are going very swiftly,
ut the track il new, and we 20 smooth
7 as pouring oil on oil. Wayerly.
lora McIvor is not at home. Black
alter river-black enough now, but
18th the stars reflected upon it. Zuni,
nall and undesirable village Its naE,e
as n biblical sound, reminding one of n
erverted Zion, wherein the feet are not
eauteOus. Suffolk, nice little town ,
bich we pass through. Trees, swamp.
lizabeth river, Dismal Swamp canal,
, by, and we are at :
NORFOLK. ,
Here we were met and escorted TO f
epper's, where supper waits us. In I
o ante-roOm are bowls of fluid: too
'od, alas! for this dull earth. Legisla. t
RS close around in firm circle, and af- 4
P'r'i'''y pun thCy iotcu W TIE u
at and appropriate Il
SPEECH OF MAYOR TABB. L
1t was a cordial greeting extended by q
'rfolk to Virginians from all parts of {
Q State. Ours is noble city, tenant k
by noble people. Norfolk should be Ii
great seaport town; why Is it not so? II
question which was not answered di- Il
'tly.J Look at her magnificent road .
ad, her beautiful river, where every L
aspect pleases and only man is vile. Ia
} welcomed the Governor and the I'll
gislators, and recognized in their visit in
. harbinger of happier days.
GOV. PEIRPoINTs REPLY ~
8 short and graceful. He alluded to
, great commercial advantages of q,
rfolk, and the magnificent future i'm 4,
re for her. Nature had marked her ~
as one of the great ports of the world. s !"
1 such, by their efforts, she must be- on ~,
ne. He concluded playfully by saw ry
that he had not yet dined, i'm antici- 5r
ion of good cheer upon his arrival no
e, for which he was now ready, r
speaker Baldwin and some of the -
ltlemen of Norfolk made brief adj r. r,
sses; after which w ~,
SUPPER Fec
, announced. What need to say that CHI
las good? If there be any one thing wi
Which Norfolk stands unrivalled and cia
le it is an oyster supper. Every fol