The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-25
Delightful Reunion and Hearty Wei
GENE TO u Gallanl Soldier.
Ne Expresses Himself as Much impressed
with the Enterprise and Evidences Of
Progress Of Dallas, and Highly
6ratihed at His RECEIPT 5'n

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presented to the distinguished sol
ditr 10y Colonel Baskerville, he hos
OF the occasion.
General Lee is graduate Of Yves
Point about forty years Of age, tai
and commanding in appearance. anc
with the soldierly bearing aud polish
ed address and grace Of manner pecul
ar to the Southerner OF the best type
added to n strikingly handsome face
and stalwart physique. lie will he
remembered AS one of the most ac.
complished soldiers of the war, ssrv.
ing first In the army Of northern Vir.
ginia, where he won imperishable lau.
rels and afterwards in the army OF
Tennessee, where he greatly distin-
guishe0 himself in many OF the princi-
pal battles fought
Since the war General Lee has lived
in comparative retirement at his home
in Columbus, Mississippi, and
has been hard at work on his planta-
ton and as the superintendent OF
agencies OF the Alabama Gold Life In
surance Company, n position he fills
with marked tact and ability, and the
duties of which have brought him to
Texas.
Colonel Baskerville, with that old
fashioned hospitality to which he In
"native aud to the manor born,n in.
vited those present to partake of re-
freshments prepared, and the popping
of champagne was heard, glasses filed
and the health of General Lee propos-
ed by Colonel Baskerville.
General Lee responded by thanking
those present for the compliment paid
him and said that having been bred n
soldier he was not in the habit OF maxi
ing speeches or talks: that upon u SINH
lar occasion once he had tried to make
n speech, and after few words had to
stop. The paper, next morning, had
siad that he stopped because his heart
was too full to speak, which was the
truth then ana now.
A number OF t0asts were then pro-
posed General A. /. Hawthorn, OF
Marshall, in few brief and elegant
remarks welcomed General Lee to
Texas, and paid high compliment to
him IA soldier and the insurance
company he represented.
"The medical officers of the
Confederate army" proposed 10y
General Lee, was responded to in a few
admirable aud well timed remarks by
DR.. Thurston, one of our lending ply
sicians.
"rhe Bar" responded to by Colonel
+. G. McLure, briefly, but much to the
point, in Il very happy manner
"The Merchants OF Dallas re.
sponded to by Captain w. l.. Murphy,
who gave evidence that the merchant
can be equal to the occasion of an inn
promptu speech.
"The Press, " responded to by Major
Eugene Baylor, of The HERALD, who
said II was the mission OF the press not
to make history as General Lee and
the gallant spirits present had done,
but to chronicle it faithfully after
wards, and give, US 1t were, "the very
body and pressure of the times" and
that among its pleasantest duties was
to tell the world that the men present
who "wore the grey" had all held up
their corners and done their duty.
The health OF General w. l.. Cabell,
ex Mayor of Dallas, was then proposed
and responded to by that gentleman
in few words of thanks for the com
pliment and welcome to General Lee,
"The City Authorities brought AL
derman Newsom to his feet, who said
that he had been absent and had
lust returned only to find the
city government not running as
smoothly as he could wish, but that
the people of Dallas, whether they had
any city government or not, were al
ways ready to welcome and do honor
to a gallant soldier and distinguished
Southerner
General Lee then proposed the
health of Colonel Baskerville, the
worthy Secretary of the South West
ern Life Insurance COmpany;the Colo
mel bathed in bushes, rose but was not
going to be inveigled into speech,
and so returned thanks, ana resumed
his silence.
The toast, "Arkansas," resulted in
call for DIR. John Darlington, but the
Doctor was not to be entrapped into
speech, and so got out OF II very
nicely.
The toast, "The New York San" was
responded to by Mr.. Henderson, form
arlv of the New York San, who briefly
alluded to the good work done by thu
Sun In doing justice to the SOUTH an'
unmasking official national corruption
and expressed his qualification at belnI
present on the occasion.
Among the gentlemen present wer
Messrs. Hawthorn, Cabell, J. l.. Leon
ard. CASTOR, w. G. Randall, Mcclure