The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-02
Entertainment Last Nighf---SGp-
per, Sentiment and NEUsic---AE n,
Enjoyable Reunion.
From the Times of YESTERDAY.


In response to the following invitation,
which was addressed to the members of the
Legislature, State and United States officers.
and city officers, over two hundred assem-
bled at the place designated and were cor
daily welcomed by their generous hosts
CLARION OFFICE, January 3d. 1878.
DEAR SIR-You are cordially invited to
participate with us in an entertainment at
the Dining Rooms of Rohrbacher'S Up town
Hotel on Thursday night, 3lst inst, at Z 80
o'clock. Please present the enclosed ticket
at the door Respectfully,
POWER & BARKsDALE.
By request, Gen. Kinloch Falconer, Sec
rotary Oh State, acted as Master of CeremO-
MES. On taking the chair, Gen. FalcOner.
in few appropriate remarks, suggested
that it was first in order to discuss the
splendid supper with which three tables,
each more than fifty feet in length, were
heavily laden. The suggestion was well
received, and the delicacies prepared by Mr..
ROhrbacher, who knows so well how to pre-
pare them. disappeared like ''snow flakes on
a SUNNI r heath.'
In due time, Maj. Ethel Barksdale was
enthusiastically called for, and responded in
one of the happiest of his always happy
veins. The Majors eloquent utterances
were frequently applauded to the echo
He was followed by Hon. r. A. Hill, United
States Judge, Messrs. Chalmers and
Simrall of the Supreme Court, Representa-
| tives Stands, Ti>On and Hicks, Gen. Falcon
er r. L. Saundres, Chief Engineer of the
Jackson Fire Departm ent, the editor of the
Times, and perhaps others, whose names
have escaped our memory Appropriate
sentiments were Offered and responded to,
but some of the speakers, moved by patri-
otto impulses, took wider range than com
mon under such circumstances. Notable
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Simrall. The former made an eloquent plea
for the enforcement of the laws, and for the
enactment of additional ones, if necessary,
in order to secure perfect freedom and abso-
Lutte protection TO every citizen of the State,
not alone to the wealthy and the oppulent, to
the rich in their palaces, buta we'll to those
less favored sons of toll who are struggling
with poverty. and to the hum blest though
he be sheltered only by cabin, and this too
without regard to political considerations
birth place, race or color.
Judge Simrall paid glowing tribute to
the Bar of Mississippi, and in a modest and
an appropriate manner, said few words
personal to himself which were well receiv-
ed. Our special mention of these two
speeches is intended as no disparagement to
those of other gentlemen, and we regret our
inability to report them all verbatim, for
all, save one, 1--WE don't admit Capt. Lakes
exception which has reference to himself
Eds CLARIoN.l richly merit extensive
publicity. The party, which was
composed largely of representative
men OF the brains, learning and wealth of
Mississippi, and such a one, as it has not of
late been our good fortune to see assembled,
dispersed at about IL o'clock, all well
pleased with the evenings entertainment.
Much credit is due TO Mr.. Rohrbacher for
the manner in which the supper was pre-
pared and served, and the warmest praises
and thanks were bestowed upon the Jack
son Silver Cornet Band which enlivened the
occasion with some of their choicest selec-
tons of music.