Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-28

2ANKAANNa III XIX.
People TO- Greet Warrena Hictor4
Gus Son.
The reception accorded HonorabloT.
Z. Marshall Miller, yesterday even
ing, BY the citizens Of Vicks.
burg was an ovation as snod-
taneous as It Was enthusiastic.
The breathless and unnaggIng interest
with which the people Of this city and
county followed every step IN bis stub
born and gallant race for the attorney
generalship, and the joy they felt as
the glorious success Of Warrens favor
ite son, seemed to have found vent ii
the great ~outpouTing which greeted
him on his return, wreathed with VIC
tory, from the hard fought Geld at
Jackson.
The streets In the vicinity Of the v.
& M. depot were blockaded with
throngs Of people on foot andin car
riages long before the arrival Of the
GAO train. The Volunteer Southrons
and Warren Light Artillery, in fatigue
uniform, were drawn up on Washing
ton street, facing the depot grounds.
When tie locomotive, pulling the In
coming train, rounded the curve under
the Washington street bridge, the
canoneers applied their lighted match
es to the waiting guns and the iron
threats Of the grim artillery blazed
forth a stentorian welcome that shook
the sentinel hills to their foundations.
Almost simultaneously the Southrons
rent the air with successive volleys
Of musketry, and the multitude added
to the tumult Of welcome with ringing
cheers. Fully thirty guns were fired
by the battery, and the atmosphere
around the depot was painted gray
with smoke, and made redolent with
saltpetre. MI. Miller emerged from
the passenger coach attached to the
rear end Of the train, and surrounded
by a deputation Of citizens, advanced
up Washington street amid the plaudits
Of the crowd, until he reached a posi-
ton In front Of the military
companies drawn up to receive him.
Here he made a brief address, in
which he said the welcome extended
him was as unexpected as it was
gratifying. "This being my home,"
he went on to say, 'the pIaudits and
good will Of my people and the honor
done me makes this one Of the proudest
days Of my life The nomioation, OF
the gallant Stone, Of Washington
for auditor and Of himself for at
torney general, be declared. was a
recognition BY the Democratic party
of the State Of the claims Of the river
district.
In referring to Captain Stone he
spoke in terms Of the warmest COM
mendation and gratitude, and alluded
to the loyal devotion with which that
gentleman and his friends had stood
by him for twenty-nine long hours in
his contest for the nomination be had
received. Throughout all the crucial
test Of the conflict just over Washing
ton had stood by Warren and Warren
by Washington, and their locked
shields had withstood all the on-
slaughts made against them. He
added that it was with p%ardonable pride
he alluded to the attitude Of
the Warren county delegation in the
convention. 1t had repealed from the
beginning to the end all offers of
trading and swapping Of support with
delegations from other counties, voting
for the candidates simply and purely
on their merits. He was glad its at
Jitude was so unimpeachable for he
would far rather have preferred to
come home out Of the smoke Of defeat
with clean hands, than to have return
ed victorious with the deflements Of
double.dealing clinglng to his garment.
OF the Southrons he said, that in
common with every citizen Of Vicks-
burg he was proud Of their prestige
and honored by their friendship. Their
recent defeat had only served as a foil
to set their efficiency of, and it was
his belief shared, he believed, by every
man who had seen them that they
were the best drilled company in the
State. In conclusion he once more
thanked citizens and soldiery for their
heart-born welcome.
A carriage was in waiting to convey
Mr.. Miller home, but the enthusiastic
crowd would not allow him to occupy
it. Sturdy hands lifted him from the
ground and placed him upon n Of
the gun carriages, a~ndipreCeded by the
Volunteer Southrons Marshall Miller
made his triumphal progress down
Washington street thanked and fol-
lowed by shouting and enthusiasts
tic thousands. at the corner
Of Washington and Clay streets.
the procession halted. Here the
Southrons fred another sa-
Lutte, consisting of several more yolleys,
and under cover Of the dense smoke,
the distinguished beneficiary entered a
carriage and was hurriedly driven to-
the bosom Of his family.