The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-19

his speech was remarkable as sample OF
the hearty good will shown by represen-
tative of the great State that Is conceded
to be the New England of the South.
"Mr. M. E. Ingalls, responded to the toast
the Northern and Southern connections of
the Cincinnati Southern Railway and was
listened to with close attention and fol-
lowed by hearty and prolonged cheering.
Hon. H. V. Miller of Atlanta, was the
last to speak and also in response to the
same toast to which Mr.. ingalls, had spo-
ken and if Governors Black burn, Marks
and Colquit had left any doubts of the
able and eloquent timber that the South
possesses among her Southern men, Mr.:
Miller's address would have dissipated
them.
Late as 1t was, near 2 clock in the night,
the crowd sat eager and delighted. and
cried to him to continue, aD4y9e verify be-
lieve would have sat till dawn had he not
gracefully withdrawn amid the plaudits of
the company.
Among the pleasing incidents of the
evening, that arose almost to majesty in its
unexpected dramatic force, was the injpc-
tiun into the musical programme offered by
the band t the spirited air of Dixie. Sud-
OChly, 40 ~ WNA SdANuHbS uuVtOiys
the $500 Souti ern banQueters and their
Confederate YELL" that has been heard SO
often upon ,he field of strife in the years
gone by, let ns hope forever. The outburst
was unprecedented and involuntary.
Napkins were swung, men sprang to their
feet, and Tor moment forgot themselves
in the momentary surprise. When the
hush followed, as it did almost instantly,
the band with tact that was as rare as it
was admirable, slid gracefully into the
grave, grand air of the Star Spangled Ban
ner, when the delighted Sontherners sprang
once more to their feet upon chairs, and
almost upon the tables, aud the same yell
of delight went up joined in by everv man
in the house, including also the ladies in
the galleries, that almost took the roof off
the great hall with its force and its hearty
abandon. Napkins waved like the snow
fakes falling upon wintry New England
morning, and the enthusiasm was the most
wonderful event of all this wonderful en-
tertainment
A veteran Georgian across the table was
SO profoundly moved by the event as to at
| tract the writer's attention as he brushed a
tear from Ills bronzed cheek. Imagining
that lie caught look of sympathy he
stretched his hand across and in voice
husky with emotion, said briefly, I'VE
could not resist the yell at the touching
memories it brings" and after brief pause
and sigh he added. "but the same Curious
banner, thank God, still waves above US
all"
Mr.. ]. W. Brown, an intelligent business
man and railroad agent from Covington,
Ga, IN speaking of the great number Of
business firms South who were disappoint-
ed at not being able to secure tickets to
this excursion, spoke of four firms WHO ap-
ylied to him for information on the SUBJ
ject and who were questioned by him as to
their reasons for desiring to come. One
was engaged in the manufacture of wagons
and wanted to purchase couple of car.
loads OF wagons and buggies,
A second was dealer in hats, and could
not convince himself, without visit here,
that the hat houses of Cincinnati could
really supply these In such variety and
cheapness as travelling agents had shown
him lately in samples at his place of bust
ness.
| A third wished to secure the exclusive
agency for that section of brand of
sugar-cured hams; that he would pur-
chase in large quantities, If satisfactory
arrangements could be made.
| Another large-minded gentleman stated
it as his unqualified belief that tile city Of
Cincinnati would in FIVE years make
$50, 000, 900 by the noble liberality she had
shown in the construction Of this railroad.
The unanimous feeling Of the whole dele
CATION was that there never had been 30
magnificent a thing done by city as
this, and that the ties that shall
in the future link the South
western and Southern States 10 the
great central city of the country are as
fixed as the Cumberland hills tnat this
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