Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-04
rHE GOvERNoR.s MovEMENrs.


His Drives Through the CITY and Visit
to the Exchanges and the Wharves-
Reception in the Mayors Room
Dined by Col. Garrard-His Return to
Atlanta Last Night.
GOV. Mcdaniel and party left for At
lauta at 80 o'clock last night and were
escorted 10 the depot by the commissioned
officers Of the Savannah Volunteer Guards
Battalion and the board OF officers of the
First Regiment, accompanied by the
Guards Fair General Committee and a
number of citizens, preceded by the
Guards Band. AS the train pulled
out of the depot three hearty
cheers and a tiger were given
for His Excellency. The programme of
his reception yesterday was carried out
as announced IN the MORNING NEWS.
At 10 o'clock the committee called
at the Marshall House and the
Governor and his suite were escorted
in carriages to the Ocean STEAMSHIP
wharves, where the immense warehouses
were inspected, and a visit was paid to
the steamship Chattahoochee. After re-
turning to the city the Board
Of Trade rooms and the Cotton Exchange
were visited, where a reception was held
in the Governors honor. At y O'Clock
the party entered the City Exchange,
where public reception was held until 1
O'Clock. The Governor, accompanied
by his staff and officials and the
Mayor and Aldermen of the
city, occspied the Mayors room.
His EXcellency was seated in a chair in
the centre of the room. where he received
a large number of citizens who called to
pay their respects. In discussing the drive
about the city and its general appearance
since his arrival here on FRIDAY morning.
the Governor expressed great surprise
at the immensely Of its commerce, and
at a season of the year, too, when a very
limited idea could be formed of the eX-
tent of its trade.
After the reception at the Exchange.
which lasted until considerably after
O'Clock, the party returned to the
Marshall House accompanied by a
number Of leading citizens, where the
afternoon was spent socially and in an in
formal manner.
At 4 O'Clock His Excellency and staff
and visiting officials were given a sump-
tuOus dinner by Col. William Gar
rard at the Lee Restaurant The
distinguished party with invited guests
from the city, including the commissioned
officers of the various military OrganiZa-
tiOns, who were present in full uniform.
Gen. A. r. Lawton, Mayor Lester, Gen
G. NJ. Sorrel, Hon. George 5. Owens Mai.
W. ;. Basinger, Col. John Screven, Hon.
A. L. Adams, Hon. w. D. Harden, Solicit
tor General Charlton, Hon. p W. Mel
drim, Capt. R. G. Fleming, Col. VIM
Rogers, j. b. DuckwOrth. ESQ. and a
number of the prominent citizens, and
members Of the press, numbering about
forty. The tables were arranged upon the
main floor Of the Fair Hall, and were
handsomely decorated. Immense bouquets
and baskets of flowers stood in the centre
and at the ends, and bouquets were laid by
the plates as a bOutennier for the guests.
The arch over the tables, with the mono
gram IS. V. G.' in the centre, was also
handsomely festoOned with flowers. The
guests were received at the main en-
trance of the hall by Col. Garrard,
and upon the arrival of the Governor.
accompanied by Mayor Lester, Col. Ohm
stead and members Of his staff, the party
was seated at the tables. The dinner was
served by the ladies in charge of the Lee
Restaurant, and was repast which could
not have been eXcelled by the most eXpe-
rienced caterer. The menu embraced the
most elaborate and costly cookery and was
one of the most extensive ever attempted
in Savannah upon s similar occasion. At
the head of the table underneath the pOr-
trait of Gen. Lee sat the Governor. with.
II.
LawtOn upon his left. At the head
OF the other tables were Mayor Lester,
Col. Screven and Capt. Cunningham.
After the first course had been served Col.
GarraTd proposed the health of Henry d.
Mcdaniel, the Governor of Georgia.
Governor Mcdaniel in response paid
a glowing tribute to Savannah and
its people, by whom he had been so royal
ly received and entertained, and to its
military who, by their magnificent dis
play, had won the title of true soldiers.
The occasion was one Of great pleasure
and happiness to him, and was one
which he should cherish in his men,
DRY, where it would never be for
gotten. He referred to the institu-
tions of Savannah, its commerce and
trade, and as he stood now in the city
which was the cradle of Georgia, where
the discoveries and founders of the State
had landed, he could not help but glance
down the years that had come and gone
and had brought with them and left so
proud a monument of their struggles and
triumphs in the days that are
now unknown but in history.
His visit during the two days here had
been one of extreme happiness, and its
pleasures would forever be fixed III his
memory.
Gen. Lawton, after tribute to
His EXcellency and the service he
had so acceptably rendered the State,
called upon other gentlemen from the
interior, and Col. John Kelly. of
Atlanta, and Comptroller Gen
eral Wright briefly responded. They
were followed by Mayor Lester, Col. John
Screven, Col. Charles H. Olmstead, Capt.
George A. Mercer, Capt. Robert Falligant,
Hon. A. p. Adams, Hon. p. w. Meldrim,
Solicitor General Charlton, Col. John
Printup, Hon. F. G. DuBignOn, Col. G. W.
Anderson and others. The banquet was
continued until the hour for the departure
of the Governors train, when Gen. SOrrel
called for three cheers for His
EXcellency, which We're given
with a ''tiger." The party then
separated and at the entrance to the hall
formed in line and escorted the distin-
guished guests to the Marshall House and