The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-24
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\ OCCASION. KtfIb 81 tr q - 9 itJtR .5oat, q
IT. The flag ship Powhatsn, was visited !dn
i ring the day By. large number OF people
and just, before tfe' Governors return tc
The city, by invitation 0f the AdEsiraf, be
visited Ebe flag -sbips and was received with
Ithe regulation saInts ofIthirteep gunss1s.Th BIZ
IG9Tenor was mcst cordially, welcomed,
and tbe visit greatly enjoyed, 81 every neln.
tber OF his party: -. = :" '7.''2 q
tssThe%m most ro1el .sHd one of The most in
terestingaincfdehts Of the day was the ex-
plosion OF tthiEteenctoIpcdoes In, the river,
by the ,fogce. .pt, which, q beautiful, ,colums
Of ,wSatef Has raised q hundred feet In the
|Hs The shiprK rKearsage Was tile greatest OBJ
jeet Of interest sso all Goufedefates., as 1t
will be rene embeEea, that, this was, the; yes
sci whose guns sunk the A!sbama. 80. y
.,...,r.. AFTER THE sPEAKIE6 a'.1,, !,
q handsome. dinner; was given at the York.
town Hotel, TO witch Governor H6slfdsy,,
the representatives. OF The several States,
5General.G Gettgs Admiralo Winder, aud other
officers Of the army and navy were invited.
A. most b0untifnl renass had been proylded,
which was spread on tables in front OF
the town, and everybody invited to par.
take,, which was done with a hearty good
w1ll by all present. 20 ..sEtort i rGif
s%9tT Iecf AFTER DINNER ! 1sT@..
Gov. Holiday and party visited the flag
ship Powhatan, and from thence boarded
the yacht Ocean Gem and returned to West
Point. The ride UP the river was most de-
ightiul. A bountiiul lunch had been pro-
vided by Mr.. Clyde, and an interchange Of
kindly sentiment was freely INDUCED by
the representatives OF the different States.
Reaching West Point, we took the cars. and
reached the city about 1Ca P. N. p.
.,....... THE MEETING =
to inaugurate measures FOR the proper OBJ
seryance OF the centennial Of the surrender
Of Cornwallis in 1881 was a grand success.
Our visitors from other States expressed
themselves as charmed with the cordiality
OF their reception, aud pledged that they
would do all in their power to make the
celebration two years hence a grand sue
cess. '' ''iff .' 1855 ;,
Captain R.R. Armistead, OF York county,
one of the few OF those now living who
witnessed the ... .st~ .-.,,,
- =. RECEPTION OF LAFAYETTE !
at Yorktown on the occasion OF his visit in
1924 was present to-day. He wore on the
lett lapel OF his coat q badge which was
worn by those who took part in that recep-
ton. On it was the following inscription : |
"Lafayette." o.,
d" Yorktown Surrendered October 10, IIS1."
Republicans Gratitnde-Earth's Great
est Tribute.''
And in the middle OF the badge was printed
4 picture OF Lafayette, and on the lower end
the United States flag, the American eagle,
and two pieces OF artillery. ..
kbo, Il " IL IA 4
cans recaptured fourteen pieces Of i
FRENCH ARTILLERY
which had been taken by the British in
some previous engagement. These guns
were given by Washington to Lafayette, to
be by him presented to his favorite officers.
One Of these pieces was given to Colonel
John Cropper, who commanded the first
company raised on the Eastern Shore OF
Virginia for the Continental army, and was
by him carried to Accomac county, where
it was used on all public occasions until the
beginning OF the late war, when it was
carried by the Federal authorities to Fort
reSs Monroe.
Mr.. John Chopper, OF New York, de-
scendant OF Colonel Cropper, OF revolu-
tionary iame,.then a mere boy, applied TO
President Lincoln for its return to the fam
lily. The request was granted. the gun car
ried to New York, and by Mr. Cropper
loaned to the Metropolitan Museum, in
whose halls it can now be seen.
The Colonel John Cropper above men,
toned was the great-grandtather OF Captain
John S. Wise, Of this city.