The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-22

| takc as great n pride as we do in the green
| lame OF. The ilustrious names In our own al,-
mas. Welcome. repeat, thrice welcome, 20
o!lr Inequalities and our hearts, brother co.
dicrs. The Mayor OF our city is here to- do
yoh n"nnr, and, ~ its official chief, will
speak to you. take great pleasure in intro
durng to you Mayor Vausant."
Mayor Nansant made most cordial adj
dfess, rendering TO the First regiment the
freedom Of the city. He also referred clo-
q'icnily TO the ties binding Virginia and Ma
ryland together.
The hanquct-Toom was filed nv O'Clock
with the military guests and the citizen guests
invited to do honor to the visitors and their
hosts. Among the wcll-known citizens pres
emf We're Mayor Nansant, General Il. G..
frookS. lin commanded Fort McIIenry. J Gen
cf'iS l'cnson. (poStmaStrr Of the city,) La.
irner, Carr, ana Herbert, (cx-Coloncl of the
r"'h.) Colonel George Z. Kane.
RESPONSE or coLoHEL sLoAH.
Colonel Sloan said:
'ol"ncl jenkins, Officers and Men of the
rum Regiment, Mr. Mayor, and Citizcns,-
our cordial and wholc-soulcd welcome has
hcen more than we expected. The warmth
ol your friendship and the liberal scale Of
your Inequalities, which has tracked every
s,ep OF our way since we arrived i'm your
CITY, has lar transcribed our expectations or
even orr wishes. For more than century
the states ot Maryland and Virginia were
one people, fratCrmal concord has rcirncd
between them, and may the hand be para.
wed that shall ever he raised to stir up the
cmhc!S OF strife between these two. 1t has
been said that Maryland and Virginia are of
one blood and one kin. The one State bears
the name of an English princess, the other
o'i ives her name from the Virgin Queen,
whose reign was so glorious for England, and
the tW" combined make the sweetest name
the human lips ever uttcrcd-tnc Virrin
Mary.
There was time when YOU more cspc-
claiiy rndcarcd yourselves TO us. When the
red hand ofbattlc waved, and its fury RACED
ilkr ra'ln% l:on over the fair fields of Nir-
gihla. II was the nobic-hcartcd sons of Mary
lana who poured their numbers into the vor-
tex OF the bloody light. and her fair dailsh-
tiers. whose soft hands cooled the fcyercJ
brow, and whose sweet smiles supplied the
place of mother and sister In the hospitals of
Virginia and Maryland. Shall we ever for
get it: No. The graves at Point Lookout
forbid il, and remind us of debt that can
never be repaid. On the part of nv COM
mand | thank You for the hospitality, kind
ness. and honor shown lis more than | can
express in The feeble words at my command"
AFTER THE SPEAKING.
This ended the SpcCch-nmkin@. the diff
Guilty III hearing in many parts OF the hall,
cwIuy to the great size OF the armory. having
induced the committee OF arrangements to
ictrrmin" to dispense with toaSts and their
inevitable concJnilants. The company then
discussed Tie abundant and elegant rcMst,
every plate being speedily filled by attentive
walters soon there WAS the flow of CONVEX
Satiun in constantly and rapidly swelling
s,rp;tln, the First Virginia and the Fifth
MARYLAND hcin" rcriprocally toasted many
| times. at every table the last toast drank being
10 the Virginia regiment.
RETURNING TO THE 1ROSsIDES.
At about II O'Clock the military guests
Withdrew. and marched TO their hcadquar-
| tiers. OH board the Ironsides. escorted by
many OF the members OF the Fifth Mary
| land, to the music OF the Portsmouth Band.
| The most frequent remark made by Colonel
! Sloan and his command before clnharkinw
| for the voyage home WAS that their treat.
| ulrnt had lur exceeded even their high
| VroIi~id expectations Cor wllolc-Soulcd kind
| ness and constant consideration. and the
| Colonel said. Il would like to stay week.
| The Ironsidcs got up steam. when. bidding
adicu to the SOLDIERS, citizens. and Others
who remained to sec them of, and who gave
them ..bon voyage" the Virginia soldier
| boys. who appeared more like brothers thHn
| strangers during This visit. at iibout O'clock
| SUNDAY morning took their departure, and
! the }ro,l*i;It.> vas sorn plnr"hng the waters
o. ii, hay a. >iic bore her precious freight
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