Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-16
LEE IN LYNCHBURG.
IMMENSE DEMONSTRATION.
The Ctr Wild with Enthusiasm -the
Greatest Parade Seen for Years-Tse speak

The Ctr Wild with En,huslssm -ths
Greatest Parade Seen for Years speak
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Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
LYNcHBURa, VA, October d.
Lynchburg has been aglow with n
thusiasm to-day, and one Of the great
est demonstrations ever known in the
history Of the town took place in honor
of General Fitz Lee. The city was
decorated from end to end, the main
thoroughfares being literally wrapped
in bunting and national emblems.
The streets at an early hour pre-
seiied scene Of unparalleled activity,
people surging to and fro and horsemen
galloping about preparing for the great
parade. General Lee arrived in the city
at 7 o'clock from the Southwest, and
was met by General Thomas 7. Mum
ford and other prominent citizens. He
was the guest Of General Munford, and
received numerous callers before the
hour appointed for the cavalcade to move.
1t was in the original programme for
the military companies in attendance to
take part in the demonstration, but for
reasons Of propriety this was changed,
and the Alexandra Light Infantry
Captain Mushbach), Danville Gray
Captain Hutchings), and Lynchburg
Home Guard Captain Withers) pre-
coded the civic procession to the
grounds. The line was formed on
Church street, Colonel NJ. S. Langhorne
commanding the veteran infantry;
Colonel Frank Huger the veteran artil-
lery; Colonel j. w. Watts the veteran
Second Virginia cavalry and other
mounted men. The whole was under
the command of Captain Rigeway Holt,
chief of the Military Department of the
Lynchburg Agricultural and Mechanical
Society.
General Munford was chief marshal
Of the occasion. In the line all the
surrounding counties were largely re-
presented by horsemcn, and there was
scarcely a county in all Southwestern
Virginia not represented in some ca
pacity. By actual count the horsemen
numbered over 600, which, with car
riages and people on foot, made mon
ster procession.
AS General Lee was escorted to the
head of the line great cheers arose from
the immense multitude, and swelled in
volume as the procession marched along
the streets. Lee bestrode the hand
some black stallion Mohawk" Every
available space for witnessing the pa
rade was occupied, handkerchiefs and
scarfs were waved on every hand, and
the gallant Lee was greeted with the
intensest enthusiasm and cordiality. 1t
was a grand ovation-a triumphal
march unprecedented in the history Of
Lynchburg.
At the FAIRGROUNDS 10000 people
welcomed Lee, manifesting the utmost
enthusiasm. He was introduced to the
vast assembly by Captain Charles NJ.
Blackford, and made An admirable adj
dress, which engaged close attention.
General Lee was followed by Hon. John
W. Daniel and Mr.. W. w. Berry.
A beautiful poem by Mrs. c. j. NJ.
Jordan, deliberately framed in satin,
was presented to General Lee by Colo
mel L. S. Mays. A beautiful bouquet
was also presented to General Lee by
the little girls Of the Miller Orphan
Asylum, and also handsomely
painted shield with the coat-of-arms Of
Virginia and the inscription, "Lynch-
burg, October, 1885,"
General Lee was rendered an elegant
suppS, this evening at General Mum
ford's, at which there were about
seventy invited guests.