Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-15
Second Company Governors Foot
 Guard.

Second Company Governors Foot
 Guard. E, A Glance at Their Record and History On Monday the Second Company Cover nor's Foot Guard, Captain E. J. Morse, leave for Yorktown, Va, and Charleston, $. o'' together with the First regiment, c. N G., bv the steamer Charleston, to participate ID the great Yorktown centennial and grand reoant;on which awaits these northern visi- tors in the chief city of the Palmetto State We take from Captain Charles Il. IoWn- sends history of 'sThe British Invasion or New Haven, Conn.,, pertinent references to the Foot Guard, their long and honoraDie career as a military organization:
 The history of New Haven can never DC properly written without mention Of the Il iustrious name of Hillhouse, and as we turn over the pages of sketch or .d ms Iie Rocon a public services, by the Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., LLD., from which we make coplous l extracts. this most appropriate inscription meets the eve: 'sJames Hillhouse, the statesman, the patriot, the Christian, porn October 21st. 1764; dled Dese eGaot;o,, of his countrymen, and his deeds are ms monument" The efforts of Hllihouse ana | his stirring appeal under Governor 1r1m- bulls proclamation, published ID the NeW Haven papers of June 8, 1179,-Io an friends of American freedom, "-had tneir 1va;obt His brave conduct as captain of the | Second Company of Governors Foot Guaros of the State of Connecticut, and the part ne took in the resistance to the British, as we'll l as the services of this highly honorable corps, troops in America, both shall stand forth ana foreEer adorn fine pages of New Haven his
 # will be remembered that this splendid corps. composed of some of the hrst cltlzens of New Haven, on receipt of the news or the battle of Lexington, marched to oamor ad;a{ Ir mold. arriving just before the battle of bun- ker Hill and were detailed to deliver the dead body of an officer to an otncer appoinS- r ed by the British to receive It. Inns omcer paid the corps this compliment,-that ne was | astounded to find such splendidly equipped | hodv of men. and that their superior was not to be found in his Majesty's service DOT tion of this company went with General Ar | hold to Canada and marched through Maine l on their route. | of t6e work "Having made former mention of New Haven's centennial corps, the writer cannot allow the Fourth of July to pass without making more than ordinary mentlon of the splendid and brilliant record of the Second Company Governors Foot Guard o1 Connecticut, to-day ,as it always has been, an honor to our town; and where is the New Havener, at home or abroad, who can trace to an ancestor or relation among the origlna l members of the company, w1thoufan proud to point to him apduS1 selI the, Old GusS31 sa5f [ .a say, Ennd ne tbat %as sb z will i distinguished and honorable cor
 Tn the coming centennial (of New a1 pyen, be given it's true place of honor, u
 right of the line, which with one hundre
 years of faithful service it has so mob
 earned"
 THE STEAMER.
 in. Yesterdays Hartford Post says: EsColon o1 l Barbour and Lieutenant Colonel Cone left f
 New York Thursday night in order to tal es the trial trip of the steamer Charleston fro
 New York to New Haven to-day. IT ms Charles ton will load with supplies at Ne n York Saturday, and leave that city for Ne o' Haven Monday morning, arriving at p. I zee The First regiment will assemble at the g
 morv Monday forenoon, and leave for Ne ni- Haven by special train over the New Tor New Haven and Hartford road at l ocloc 7H At o'clock the steamer will start for Tor he town, arriving there on Tuesday"
 Entertainments.
 He EsMERALDA.
 The second performance of this charmil 'o play WAS given last night by the Madis'
 Square Theatre company at Pecks Gral '. Opera House The audience was mu
 larger than that of the previous evening, al
 was highly pleased with the play, it ing capitally rendered. Those who are fol of fine acting and the writings of Mrs. Hod
 son Burnett the author of the work, shou v. not fail to attend the performance this aftt no noon or evening, when it will be repeate oe Better acting is rarely seen, it is safe to sa Hs on any stage, and the piece, with perhaps little more stage business and action intr duced will be favorably received in NJ sa- York, where it will shortly be produced 'aA the Madison Square Theatre. Notwithstan :, ing the attraction presented Mir. Peck plac
 the parquette reserved seats at 50 cents, a
 gallery admission at 9.
 THE CONNIE sooGAH.
 ~. The ''Connie Soogah'' was greeted by
 fair-sized audience at CarlTs Opera Hou p last evening, who thoroughly enjoyed 8 if representation of that old-time popular Fri
 comedy. The company is good one, and
 who attend this afternoon and evening, wh M the play will be repeated, will find the Go nie Soogah very enjoyable entertainme1
 THE CARRENo-DoNALDI CONCERT. The Carreno- -DonaIdi concert at the N
 Haven Opera House next Tuesday eveni
 promises to be one of the musical events the season. Madame Teresa Carreno is | ,o yond question among the foremost of ivil pianistes. Signor, Ferranti, the liking -o buffos, D is always the prime favorite of co
 cert audiences. Madame Emma Donald
 one of the best dramatic sopranos. has I n fused f1attering offer of Max Strakosch appear in Italian opera, and will only appe - in concerts this season. These artists cam
 fail to present an enjoyable programme tn = should be greeted with a full house.
 ''FUN ON THE BRIsToL.''
 There was large audience at the Ne ', Haven Opera House last evening to see ''Fr
 on the Bristol,'' and it was thoroughly d ti1 lighted one. The company is much strong
 than that of last year, and many changes f. :, the better have been made in the play.
 the second act there was an abundance .si good singing fine guitar solo by Miss Dal
 iels and ''the Jemmy Riddle band, " which
 a truly original affair." Mir. John F. Shel
 dan was exceedingly mirth- provoking as u ''Widow O'Brien,' and the other members xt the company ably seconded his efforts. Err ss duent and heaxty laughter and applause to Of of the pleasure of the audience. If you wis
 to be agreeably entertained and amused Z
 and see 'Fun on the Bristol' this afternoc o. or evening.
 U. JOHN B. COUCH.
 | The large circle of friends of John
 Cough in this city will turn ont in full for, c. at Peck's Grand Opera House next Monds
 evening, on which occasion he will deliy, at his popular lecture, Peculiar People xt This highly popular lecture is almost ne
 one, having been rewritten, and in it's ne
 dress is remarkably successful even f' of Cough. He has lectured 5000 times ar r. been forty years before the public in the Ie g, ture field. His late Boston success was