The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-14

LAST NIGHT-EANeUET AND SPEECHES
: AT FoRD's HOTEL.
The Richmond Howitzer Companr-Car-
tain r. C.. Wortham-had their annual pa
rade yesterday. They had olt forty-eight
ceded by Voelker's band, they marched
through several of the principal streets.
eyoking many complimentary expressions
for their handsome appearance andyeteran-
like movements. ID s.3..s. ~.
After the street-parade the company re-
turned to their armory on Eighth street and
engaged in acompetitive drill OF sections.
The armory was crowded with spectators,
among them number Of; ladies, who were
delighted with the various manGuyres and
exercises. There were also present Major
Henry c. Garter, commandant of the arti-
lery Of the State; his adiutant, Carleton
Mccarthy, Surgeon Christopher Tompkins,
and Assistant, Surgeon Harwood of Peters
burg, The drilling was spirited and the
contest close. The judges Colonel Cut
shaw, Major Carter, and Adjutant MeCar-
thy), however, decided that the section COM
nlandetlr during the evening by Corporal
Frank Mcguire had done best, and to them
the award was made, which entities the Sec
ton to the position on the right OF the COM
pany. ON Monday night there will be
competitive drill OF men for aprize medal.
.......... THE ADDRESS.
After the drill the company formed in
line and marched, to Association Hall to hear
the address to the Howitzer, Association
composed Of the present, company and
those who belonged to the war companies)
by Captain Henry Hudnall. The audi
ence was composed in great part OF those
who had been connected with the Huwitzer
com panies and old-soldier friends of the
organization. -.
Captain Hudnall was presented to the au-
dicnce by President D. s.. Mccarthy, and was
received with applause. His address occu-
pied only about half an hour. In that brief
time, in eloquent language he outlined the
history OF the organization OF the first COM
Dany under George W. Randolph; their
service at Harper's Ferry; their return to
Richmond; volunteering in the war; for
nation OF the second and third companies,
and the part they took in some OF the prin-
cipai battles, and what the: commanding
generals had said OF them. The address at
| tempted few details; was we'll written and
read, and gave great pleasure to all who
heard it.
Remarking upon the proud legend Of the
Howitzers "From Bethel to. Appomat.
tox ''-telIing in brief their war history
and concluding his address, Captain Hud
nall said: -. .......
At the former capital Of Switzerland, or
the shores of the beautiful lake Of the -four
forest cantons, sacred to the memory OF Tel
and his compatriots, they showed me, heWr
out of the natural rock by the hand OF th'
immortal sculptor Thorwaldsen, "Th'
Dead Lion OF Lucerne," commemorative o
the heroic resistance OF the Swiss Guard II
Paris in 1892. One paw rests upon the pros
trate shield OF France, while the magniflcen
head, with closed eyes, reposes against i
leaning shield bearing the white cross. OF tn
Swiss Confederacy. Half-bured in the body
over the heart, is broken spear. Above
festooned by *moss and lichens oyerhangln!
the cliff, is the noblest epitaph ever i'll
scribed to the memory OF Duty and Valor-
"Fidei &c uirtuti Helretiorum!"
Yes, the purcst sacrifices to Liberty an
Honor are not always found among the liz
ing lions. =
| "Thy spirit. Independence, let Rle share,
4 Lord Of the lion heart and eagle eYe."
From the walls of the chapel OF the Inva
ldes, in Paris, / saw the battle-f1ags OF th
Republic and the First Empire, made gle
rious by the genius OF Napoleon. There rest
the massiye sarcophagus containing his re
mains, with the, marble statues Of his maj
shals standing sentinel about it; the super
high altar flooded with golden light fror
! the painted windows, and the lofty dome
sDrineing upward from the stately column
that support it.
When the mausoleum OF Lee shall har
been completed at Lexington, among th
tattered banners hung as Indictments owe
his tomb in resnect to the spirit OF those VIII
wrought immortal deeds Of valor in beha
OF true American Yreedom-not the freedoI
4 crudeingly and morosely dispensed by
pentup Utica of the North, but of th
whole boundless Union which is ours b
b. the torchlight illumined at the affairs OF on
sires-et us also hang there the battc-f1a
which bears the proud device, Error
Bethel to oAppomattoX."
tApplause.]
BANQUET.
The Howitzers and their invited guest
nov left the hall and marched to Ford
Hotel, where handsome banquet was pre-
pared, and the company became the guest
of the Howitzer Association. Rev. DR.. .
William Jones asked the blessing OF til
; Almighty. Lieutenant Daniel S. Mccarthy
the president OF the Association. presided
and Captain Workman, the secretary, rea
the regular toasts, as follows:
The army Of Northern Vrginia-Ma
we never forget those who met with Ill
blcnching front the storm OF war; who er
dured alike the march, the bivouac, til
hospital, and the charge. Responded to b
Major W. J. Dance, of Powhatan county.
Music tDiNie) by the band; cheers by tn
soldier-boys.
Ne,o Enthusiastically representative
OF the veteran battalion. In the new con
pany we live again. Opportunity and tim
will prove our confidence Is not misplaced
Responded to by Corporal Frank ii. M;
guire.
Ho,cHzer Battation-Three brothers wit
one heart. Retinited again, let us mono
ourselves in honorinc the brave who stoo
firm when duty called for true anu trle
men. Responded TO by Adjutant Garlic
Mccarthy.
The Women of the South-They knew NJ
thing OF dcserters, skulkers, or stragglers
,, their ranks. Theynot only did their who
duty, but were often called upon to mas
reluctant men perform theirs. They wei
"Perfect women nobly planned
To warn, 10 comfort, ana command.
Responded to by Judge Farrar tJohnn
Reb), OF Amelia county.
The Confederate Uead-Those thousant
that
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