Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-06
WERE HERE TXEETY-ROUR HOURS.
Received Mt the station by Confede-
rate and Union Veterans md Mill
tary-We1coEaed by Mayor Taylor
Address by Captain Lamb

points of interest in the city and round
| about, and In renewing expressions c
| fraternity and good-fellowship made OF
ten in the past.
Though many Of the Lambs did not re
tire until considerably after midnight. we
they were up bright and early yesterda
and ready for their hosts, who took then
in charge at once. Nearly the entir,
party, including the forty wives an,
daughters along. visited Seven Pines bat
tlefield in the forenoon, and spent severa
hours going over the field and recalling
the positions occupied by various com
mands, many of them having taken par
in the battle on the Union side.
After dinner at Murphy's the Soldiers
Home was visited, and quite a lengthy
call was made, veterans OF blue and gray
recalling experiences Of war time anC
telling again stories which do not grow
old, though told a thousand times. Colo
mel Bigger, the commandant. and several
ladies received the visitors and served re-
freshments.
The halls Of the camps were kept open
for the reception OF the visitors through
out the day, but the Lambs were so busy
elsewhere they had not much time for
social visiting until well on in the after
noon, when they crowded camp head
quarters. Refreshments or a cheering
nature were served in abundance, and
good fellowship reigned supreme.
WELCOMED BY CAPTAINx1AMB.
Lee Camp Hall was filed at 4 O'clock
when Commander John T.. Laughton. Jr.,
raped for silence and introduced Con-
gresham John Lamb, an eXConfederate
captain of cavalry, who delivered brief
address of welcome.
After abiding to the cordial reception
which had recently been accorded the
veterans who visited Phila-
delphia, Captain Lamb said:
1--WE are not able to show you such y
busy hive of industry as we saw in your
city of over a million inhabitants, or point
With satisfaction TO thousands of mann
moth manufactures, but we can point
with qualification, and some pride, TO a
wonderful Tecuperation since the dark
lays in which your soldiers spent weeks
and months In the vain attempt to reacn
he city to which you have come in the
peaceful quiet Of a Sabbath evening,
gladly welcomed by all classes of our
.itizens.
CRADLE OF LIBERTY.
'There are historic associations con-
lected with this city that will fire your
and remind you of the memo
les that Liberty Hall, in your own city,
alls up. You must have seen to-day lie
pot where Henry stood when his clarion
'oice rang out, Give me liberty or give
ne DEATH You must have gazed upon
he well-proportioned statue Of the
father of His Country, and been re-
minded Of his teachings and example.
While at its base. in bold relief you
oted the forms Of those who upheld his
ands and made American independence
ossible. Your sires, as well as ours, lis
ened on their fathers knees to the sto-
les of the conflicts at Bunker Hill and |
orktown, for Pennsylvanians and Vir- |
inians WED with each other on these |
loody fields In making good the decla. a.
ons of American independence. Could |
OIL proiong your stay, we would show
on where brave Pennsylvanians fell by |
undreds In a later conflict and where |
lie imperishable valor of the American
'ldier was illustrated by those who wore
lie blue as well as those who wore the
'ay.
LCu htiNc sNNi III Jul IuDlit DuiuluES
Id manufacturing enterprises unmis-
kable evidences of what an impoverish-
people, who lost everything save honor
Id hope. can accomplish in the short
ace of thirty years. No comparison can
made with your own magnificent envi-
nments at home for the end of the war
It you rich and powerful, while our city
IS in ashes. and our country swept with !
G Bosom of destruction
i Youo are welcomed here by men and
omen who have been reared in the
hool of adversely, and taught by bitter |
periences to rise superior to the dsap-
and ills of life, and show that
man endurance should be equal TO
man misfortune.
We feel that by association with our
lthern people, and from private con- ]
rsation and public utterances. you VIII
d them as loyal and patriotic as are
. citizens of your own splendid Com
'nwealth, and that their hearts beat
unison with yours as they echo the {
ltiment that rang out for the brave
m at Manila bay and on the heights at Y
ntiagO: {
lag of the free hearts hope and home. j
BY angel hands 10 valor given; l
y stars have lit the welkin dome. /
md all thy hues were born in Heaven. c
reyer float that standard Sheet a
Where breathes the foe that falls be-
fore us,
tn Freedoms soil beneath our feet
md Freedoms banner streaming Ger Il
us" :.
early every sentence of CAPTAIN y
nb's speech evoked loud applause, and :
en- he concluded the cheering lasted -
badly a minute. :,
HEARD FROM a YANKEE. n
here were loud calls for Lieutenant n
j. c. Dickinson, of Lee | in
mp, and he came forward. but asked | cl
be excused, saying he had just heard | Il
talk, and now he wanted | oil
near from Yankee. Mr.. Jacob Eber- b
I, OF the Lambs. was called out II
spoke very briefly. but most earn
y, expressing his qualification at the nj
ndid hospitality shown the Lambs. lie
ng evidence, as it did OF the complete OF
teration OF the animosities Of III
'ty years ago. The Lambs band OF
lie in while Mr.. Eberhart was speak an
playing "Old Kentucky Home" ana ne
had to suspend for a few minutes. ca
iartermaster Charles II. OFT, of thu
lbs, followed in very neat speech. | ba
etc with thanks for courtesies ex- W,
led the organization, and many ex- of
sions Of patriotism. w:
mmander Laughton here stated that Pc
had practically lost his voice from WI
g il SO much while commanding the Sc
ibers of the camp in line during the tn
and called Lieutenant Commander be
.enson to the chair
A HAPPY SPEECH. Pc
:. Dickinson made one of the best IN
chas of the afternoon b. IN, - DO
which he used VS. nar,i,,,1a,,,, tn,
" and causad ,r,,,ansa o,,,'I.',NN ~ tn;
led 10 the civil war as a family ouar-