The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-12-14
LOCAL MATTERS.
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wond Howitx

S,,o,sxlyania and stafford were echolng
and reechoing with hostile guns, charging
columns were being hurled In vain on the
Confedcrate lines, and the plains OF Fred
.ricLsbury passed into history as "Burn-
sides slaughter-pen.'
Among the Confederate guns which were
M supcrhly handled that day, aud con-
fributed 80 materially to the splendid Vic
tory won. were those OF the three compa-
nics of Richmond Ilowitzers.
n was very appropriate, therefore, thai
the survivors Of these splendid companies,
their Younger brothers. and their invited
yucs,s should assemble last night at their
annual rcnnion and banquet. they @-
s,mbled Of half-past IN the Hastings
Courtroom, and spent happy season III
rcyiying old memories and lighting their
battles DER again.
.tg O'Clock the column was formed, and
marched To Ford's Hotel 10 strains oil
sweet music by Voelker's Band. In INC
dining-rooma splendid banquet was served,
the beauiiiully-arranged and decorated ta'
blcs being loaded with all Of the dclicacie>
OF the season admirably served.
After blessing asked by DR.. j. William
Homes the men fell 10 with will until the
appetites Of even "hungry rcbs" were
fully satisfied. while music by the band. The
Interchange OF greetings, and the revival
al "reminiscences by old comrades made the
time Nv swiftly 10y until the president
az Tho Association, James T. Gray, called
the as-emblage To order and expressed his
regret that the chosen orator OF the eve
ming. Rev. W. VI. Dame, Of Baltimore, had
been compelled TO he absent.
Mr.. It. Roberts Baker then announced
The regular toasts a. follows:
1. Tie Artillery Of the Army OF North
ern Virginia, which was responded 10 Dy
Major Robert Stiles In an intensely earnest
sneech. He spoke of the infantry OF the
army OF Northern Virginia in terms Of
highest culogy. but claimed that the altll-
lcry were at least the equals OF these noble
men.
lie spoke Of the intellectual power and
culture Of these men. their heroic courage.
their devotion 10 their guns and their noble
comradeship. He illustrated each one OF
his points with well-told' incidents and
"reminiscences. which excited the widest
enthusiasm.
He closed by SAYING that while in his
mast life be had occupied positions which,
when looking back, he had doubted the
propriety OF, yet he had never seen, and
never expected TO see. the day when nc
blushcd to remember that he had IN hum
bic place in the artillery OF the Army OF
Northern Virginia.
>. The Women Of the South. Hon. A. NJ.
Kelley responded TO this toast in his hap
picst vein, in which he pronounced IN elo-
quent eulogy on the courage, patience, en-
durance, patriotism, aud devotion OF
women in general, and the women OF the
South In particular.
2. The Army Of Northern Virginia.
Mr.. William j. Hardy, OF New York IAN
old Howitzer), made an appropriate and
eloquent response, in which he said that
neither poetry. music, painting, nor his
tory could ever do JUSTICE TO this theme.
hut that il would live in the memories OF
those whose proud privilege it was to have
been members OF that immortal band OF
heroes.
4. The Richmond lIowitzers. Respond
cd to by Mr.. Carlton Mccarthy in fl
cetious and humorous speech. which fire.
quently brought down the house. He
earnestly insisted that in this age Of com
promise military company was an i'm
portant reminder OF the fact that there
comes time when principle must reassert
itself and die rather than yield.
3. The Confederate Dead. Rev. DIR.
Minnigerode, in an eloquent response,
said that this toast needed 10 words
to enforce it, since the memories OF
the Confederate dead-of the dead Of the
Richmond Howitzers-were indellibly writ
ten ON the page Of history and imbcdded
i'm the hearts Of our people. He was as
sured that the names and deeds OF these
heroes would be especially cherished and
bonored by the living comrades of these
noble men.
He exhorted these to remember that
while these dead ones taught us that what
Is worth living for il worth dying for, that
on the other hand what is worth dying for
Is worth living for, and that we should live
Tor VfrYni:r-her honor, her interests, and
her fair name.
He closed with the earnest wish and
prayer that these younger brothers may
prove worthy successors Of the Howitzers
OF the days which tried mems souls.
q. The Infantry of the Army OF North
ern Virginia. Major G.. 5. StringfellOw
made response eloquent, classic, pa
triotic, and pathetic, which ELECTED fire.
quent and rapturOus applause, and was
simply unreportable even II our space NJ
lowed.
He eloquently said that while no grander
names could he found in ancient or modern
history than StOnewall Jackson or Robert
T.. Lee, yet the true heroes of that war
were the unknown private soldiers OF the
rank and file. He paid tribute to the in
telligcnce, the patriotism, the heroism OF
the private Confederate soldier rs Just a. II
was eloquent.
Major StringfellOw was enthusiastically
applauded a. he took his seat.
There were then loud calls for DIR. Haw-
thorne, who responded in facetious and
eloquent speech, which he concluded by
expressing the earnest hope that this or
ganization shall ever be preserved. and
these reunions kept up in honor Of the
grandcst army that the sun ever shone on
the army led by Lee, Jackson, and Beaure'
gard.
Then followed calls on Il number OF gen
ilemen and appropriate responses.
The whole occasion was grand success
MORIUARY REPORT FOR W ZEN ENDING De
GENDER 10TH. - Cause of Deaths: Bronchitis
1 colored; casualty, colored; cholera NOR
bus, colored; cirrhosis OF liver, white
commissions Qnfantie), colored: diarrh9a
white; dropsy, white; fever (typhoid)
1 white, | colOred; hemorrahge (umblli
cal, l colored; iniantile lockiaw, | col
ored; Inflammation Of bowels, | white
kidney disease, colored; marasmus,
white, 2 colored; menengitis, | white
obstruction OF bowels, | white; old age,
white; pneumonia, / white; smallpox.
white, 7 colored; teething, I colored
tuberculosis, l white, colorcd; wound
tpi-toD, | white. Whole number Of death
IN the city, exclusive OF still-births, 80
Locality: Marshall Ward, A; jefferson
Ward, 81; Madison Ward, ); Monro
Ward, o; Clay Ward, 4 Jackson Ward
3; smallpox hospital, :.
Rate OF morality of whole population
was 5G.40 per 1000 per annum. Rate O