Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-30
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.ianH e vas feared would in.
lterrupt the ceremonies Of the day,
the morning Of yesterday broke
fair and lovely, and the suns smil-
Ing face laughed gleefully at the
prospect ofthe pleasure and fun Of
the day. Early in the day the
streets seemed alive with people,
ZONE hurrying along as If charged
with an important mission, and
others quietly moving about to
note the preparations going on.
Red shirts, grey shirts and green
shirts carly appeared, and the pub.
lie eye from window and balcony
would follow them far up and
down the street rs fondly as if they
were some darling heroes from the
heroic field Of battle. Horsemen
were dashiSg TO and fro IS If they
were aid.de.camps bearing orders
from an army division to another
upon the eve Of a fierce engage
ment. Available places for sitting
aud standing were eagerly sought
along the route Of the procession,
and some time before It appeared,
the crowds ofspectatOrs had almost
exhausted their patience In waiting.
Nearly every store was closed or
with closed shutters had but open.
ed their doors for the brief trans
action Of their shipping business,
or in answer to some imperious de.
mand. The whole city showed its
respect and interest in the occasion
by the general observance paid to
the days proceedings. Every one
seemed happy and to be entering
upon the festivities with a deter
mination TO have a good time. A
dispatch was received by Chiei
Engineer Hall, from the Chief En-.
gineer Of the YazoO City Fire De.
partment, stating the boat failed to
arrive, aud that company would
not be down.
THE RECEPTION OF "GEN NO. 2"
This Company, which had re-
ceived and accepted an invitation
to participate in the ceremonies, ar
rived by the 9:i0 passenger train
from Jackson. The train stopped at
the Cherry street crossing TO take
aboard huge bowl Of punch which
had been provided for the refresh.
ment Of the visitors. Upon their
arrival at the depot a delegation
of ten from each company Of this
city, under command of assistant
marshals Tappan and Fairchild,
were ready TO receive them, and
with a band of music, escorted
them down Washington to Craw-
ford, thence to Cherry street aud
the Court House, where they took
their position in the line. This
Company, on their way to the
Court House, received many marks
of esteem in the way of boquets
|. and compliments, and were richly
deserving them.
TIE PROCESSION.
The procession formed at the
Court House, extending along Cher
ry street. The position OF the diff
ferent companies In line, was somc-
what altered from the published
programme.
At ten minutes past eleven
o'clock, the procession moved of
In the following order, Capt. J. j.
Fitzpatrick in charge as Marshal of
the day
Chief Engineer Hall and Assistants
Tappan and Fairchild.
PHGNIX NO. 2.
First came the Phpnix wagon
drawn by four horses, followed
by the Vicksburg Brass Band.
Then came the company, number
ing fOrty-live men, under the COM
maud Of Foreman Guscio and as
sistants, uniformed in red shirts,
black pants, fire hats and black
belts. Next, their beautiful steam
err, drawn by six horses, bearing
the announcement of the "Pioneer
of Mississippi" The engine was
very beautifully decorated with
festoons, wreaths and boquets, to-
gether with ribbons, and the gal
liant "pioneer' moved along in her
righttul place at the head of the
procession like some proud wal
horse instinct with life. And
proudly that noble company walk
ed before her for each one knew
and felt that the record of their
deeds in the future, as they had
been in the past, would never cause
q blush Of shame to mantle their
cheeks. Next came
GEN No. 2,