Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-27
|BUSTLING BEGUN.
|Si5B Of The Coming Celebration
| Seen on Every Hand.
|vAvE, BANNERS, WAVE.
The Decorations 10 Be Both General
and Pretty.
ORDER OF MARCH.
General CoOkt's arrangements for III: Forma-
ton OF The Procession.
HEADQUARTERS NOTES
Noycren,s for the Entertainment Of
Veterans and Volunteers.
HEADQUARTERS NOTES
Movements for the Entertainment Of
Veterans and Volunteers.
GUESTS A r RIVING
stousands Coming To-Morrow; Tens OF
Thousands tho Day After-The
Prospect GIoriou.

"rr.w many people will come to Rich
r.al this week."
This is the question of the hour.
I cannot be answered now probably 1t
mover can be with exactness, but there Is
W. 90 base an estimate.
The Richmond and Danville railroad Off
cs.. have made a close canvass along their
t- and they expect to be called upon and
have prepared to deliver ten thousand peo-
NJ, here Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
d.,.
lilo Chesapeake and Ohio Company will
e..tarly equal, very probably far excel this
rmber.
Tbea ,hore is the Richmond. Fredericks-
tufr end Potomac and the Richmond and
p,.r, burg railroads and the James-river
tua'-.
vii 10 be an exaggeration to suppose
tint an these lines in the aggregate will
llac 1900 people heref No, 1t would
seem not.
COUNTY, COUSINS.
The country about Richmond is thickly
p.puAted. and Thursday morning If you
b,3 the falcons eye and could stand on
=. Pauls steeple and look at the country
roads between the hours OF 4 and 10 A. NJ.
YOU would see the most prodigiously long
recession Of horsemen, carriages, and
WAGONS that ever stirred the dust OF the
.acred sol Of Virginia.
On that dav no work Of consequence will
ie done in tins section of Virginia.
Nen. women. and children will be en-
,o,re 20 Richmond. Every eye will turn
t9the old Confederate capital. Let them
all come. There is room and welcome for
thom all. and the sight to be witnessed
will De the most imposing that ever greeted
tie ewes of the southern PUBLIC
Think AZ ltJohnstOn. Beauregard ,
Early. Wade Hampton, LongstTeet, all OF
the lee family. Mrs. StODewall Jackson,
Governors of nearly all the southern States,
dolensot beautifully uniformed regiments
cavalry. artillery. and infantry veterans Dy
Oh. tbousasd. aud several of the best bands
u music in the land.
THE THING.
And then the unyeiling.
Why. 5000 or 100000 people will be
present on that vast Level, green ssward 10
.ce General Johnston pull the halyard.
arl the cheers OF this mighty multitude
V..l amost silence the salvos Of artillery.
This wlll be- the scene OF scenes.
I.i. is L. be the pivotal point around
V..ch all other features Of the celebration
V' cluster.
This is what IS going to draw the people
in Richmond and winch will for that day
all from 10000 10 60,0JO 10 our resident
= puAtlon (the two cities and suburbs) OF
Ir.llJ.
lo give this great host suitable enter
ttnment is what makes Richmond such a
bass. husthng city Just now. Every man
goes .u run. Every woman is absorbed
r pr uarations. The market people
Or busy. 4 great demand for provisions
il- arisen. and for eggs. milk, fruits, but
or. etc.. prices rule high. Horses and car
l8ess are not 10 be hired 40 any prIce.
hundreds OF people are hard at work as
decorators. At street-corners vendors are
Olrul. for sale medals, SottrrnlrS, badges,
ete. Already the hurry and tide of travel
l.,e-t 10. and private houses are welcoming
ttrrrIo.ts. while the hotels are Just re-
cey.n- the advance guard Of their patrons
The promise Is most happy-and well
come await, all.