The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-12
GUESTS FROM THE WEST.


THE ADVANCE OF TIE RICHMOND COM
MITTEE OF WELCOME MEET THEM NEAR
KANAwllA FALLS-TRIP TO THE WHITE
,uPHUR-GREETINGSA AND RESPONSES
HURRIED VIEWS OF STAUNTON AND TIE
UNIvERSiTY-THE ARRIVAL IN RICH
MOND-ADDRESS OF MAYOR CARING
ToN-REpLY OF CAPTAIN HOLLOWAY
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The party Of one hundred and twenty
five businessmen from the West left Cln-
cinnati on their southern excursion We'd
nesday afternoon. They were met Thurs
day Mt Cotton Hill station, a few miles east
Of Kanawha Falls, by an advance OF the
Richmond committee OF welcome. Thurs
day night the cxcursionists and about fifty
or sixty delegates from our City Council
and trade organizations formally greeted
them at the Grccnbrier White Sulphur
Springs. and accompanied them to this
city, arriving last night. The gentle
men composing the party were Sc
lected with discretion, and may be
taken as truly representing the mercan-
tile and manufacturing interests or tue
localities from which they come. They arc
well pleased with their trip, and have most
agrccahlv impressed our committeeman
with their intelligence. sociability, and de-
sire to cultivate commercial relations With
Virginia. All Of our people will gladly
ioin with those who have been most active
in preparing the welcome to make 1t tho
roughly worthy OF the capital city OF the
Old Dominion. the guests whom we Wish
To honor. and the cause we desire 10 pro-
mote.
The advance OF the Richmond guard of
welcome, composed OF McSsrS. W. Blunt
Mason, Thomas Booker, Isaac A. Gentry.
Charles T. Biniord. Warner Moore, r. /.
Kindred, William J.. White, Ned Loving,
W. Scott Darlington. W. III. Perkins, ;. ,.
Campbell. Charles J. Anderson, DO. Lane
Stern. Ryland Norscll, II. Coaiter CaDrll,
and a representative OF this paper, left the
city Wednesday night, tiatterlng them
selves that they would take sleepng-car,
and in that delightful abode court Natures
sweet restorer with success. But most
O; the gentlemen were in I talkativc humor.
Until near midnight they discoursed OF
their swcctheartS. OF their families, OF their
business. and the various other odds and
ends that 90 to make up the sum OF human
happiness and misery. And at last, when
.taps" were sounded and all had retired,
the rattle of the train on the track, the fierce
snorts OF the locomotive, and ever and anon
the sharp whistle sounding some signal,
made rcpoSe difficult These might have
been borne with patience and fortltude, fo1
they were down in the programme, but
they were supplemented by some loud
snoring Who the offender was was never
discovered. Captain Binford would have
had drum-head court-martial for him had
his name been made known. Each man,
upon examination. testified that he had
never in his life, to his knowledge, been
@uiltv Of the offence; and so all were ac'
quilted.
BREAKFAST.
At Covington the gentlemen breakfasted
and about S o'clock they reached the White
Sulphur. There the main body remained,
and NeSSrS. Booker. Kindred, Loving, and
White. and the reporter. resolved to 20 on
as far as the kanawha Falls to meet the eX'
curSion train. Their own train being &
little behind time. the conductor concluded
that it would not be eXpedient to go farther
than Cotton Hill, the first station this side
of the Falls.
THE GREETING.
There. about one o'clock Thursday, the
two trains met, and the excursion train took
the main track, while the other went off on
siding. The eXcursionistS were found in
splendid condition. They numbered about
one hundred and twenty-five, and were III
charge Of Vice-President W. c. Wickham
Superintendent Dunn, ASsi>tant-Superln'
tendcnt Nctherland, General Freight
Agent E. s. Fitch, and Mr.. w. +. Ludlow,
Cincinnati agent. and other officials OF the
railroad company. There was in the cNcur
sion train six coaches. One was fitted uT
with Il bar and lunch-countcr, where sub
stantial food and popular liquors were pro
vided. Seats were turned 10 face eacl
other, and on lap-boards that somebody:
foretlought had provided cards were being
played. Everything was comfortable, and
the trip had passed without an incident tc
mar its happy completeness.
THE INVITATION.
The eXcurSionists left the foot OF Broad
way, Cincinnati, at 2. NJ. promptly on the
9th.
The invitation sent out to a number o.
the best merchants, manufacturers, anC
businessmen OF the West was in the foru
following, and no one but those invited was
permitted to start
SIN order to afford the merchants OF the
West an opportunity of becoming person
aliy acquainted with the commercial men OF
the southeast, we have arranged for an eN.
cursion through the States Of Virginia
North and South Carolina, thus affordlng
them an opportunity for interchange OF
business opinions. &c, which we trust vii
prove mutually beneficial. The excursion
will leave Cincinnati on steamer Fleetwood
Nav /, 1877, at 7. NJ.
1--WE herewith tender YOU Il cordial inEi
tation to participate.
"DAyID GIBSON,
"President Packet Company
civilian c. WICKHAN,
..Recciycr Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
'R. K. BRIDGES,
"Prcsident Atlantic Coast Line
"A. s. BUFoRD,
-.PrcSident Richmond and Danvile railroad
"Route: Cincinnati to Huntington, via
steamer Fleetwood; Huntington to Rich.
mond, Va, via Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road; Richmond to Norfolk, via steamer
Norfolk TO Wilmington, via Seaboard and
Roanoke and Wilmington and Weldon rail
road: Wilmington to Charleston. Will
anington. Columbia and Augusta and North
eastern railroad; Charleston to Augusta
South Carolina railroad; Augusta to Co
llrln1,ia Charlotte, Columbia and August:
railroad; Colum bia to Charlotte, Charlotte
Cefum bia and Augusta railroad; Charlotte t.
Danwiile, Richmond and Danyiale railroad
Da,M'il3e to Richmond, Richmond and Dan
vile railroad: Richmond to Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad; Huntington
TO Riclsnlond, steamer"
on ralHE OHIO.
The rGe from Cincinnati to Hun2angtor
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