The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-08
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIJI TY YEARS AGO
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Congress-.

Congress.
In the Senate. the President laid be-
by tho Legislature OF Georgia express
ing :, REORGANIZATION TO prosecute the
war with viEor.
In tho House. the Speaker appointed
committee to inquire into the out
RACES committed by the enemy in North
The debate on repeating the conscrip-
ton exemptions was continued.
The Legislature.
The Senate and House each invited
General John III. Morgan to Il seat of
honor in It's chamber.
General Morgnn's Reception.
Yesterday morning about II the COM
miitee OF the City Council 10 tender the
hospitality OF tho city to General Nor
gan escorted him from the Ballard
House to the City Hall. The City Bat
taiion acted as escort General Morgan
was seated In an open carriage with
Mayor Mayo and Councilmen Hill and
saunders. Carriages containing the
rest of the Council committee and other
citizens followed. AS the procession
lined the sidewalk and the most intense
anxiety was exhibited to get Il sight
OF the hero General Morgan recog-
niHed by very graceful bows the COM
plimcnt paid him in the crowded win
dows along the line of the procession
Despite the inclumcncy of tho
weather, vast COnCourSc OF soldiers
and citizens assembled in front OF the
iiii.nii an" md in thG Cappiitoi sguarg oppo-
. site. Many i1tiCS iliicV the liGStinES
Court room in the hall.
At 12:20 the sound of martial music
hera!dod the approach of tic IGNORED
mory Band and the City Battalion, and
followed by his staff. the City Council
of Richmond. the Kentucky delegation
number OF the distinguished military
officers Of the Confederate army in
carriages. When General Morgan ar
rived there We're loud cheers. He was
at once taken 10 the portico of the City
Hall, where he was surrounded by
warm personal friends. including GEN
T.. Is. stuart. Branch. OF North Carolina.
and Major Heros Won Borche.
General Morgan was seen to be
man of commanding figure. of thirty
eight or forty, bearing no traces upon
his counicnance Of tho indignities.
high. with keen. dark eyes and fe2-
lures which. not regularly handsome,
though, and nigh physical courage aige.
Ills dark hair was stylshly cut. ana
he wore mustache and goatee,, Ho
was dressed in :; citizens suit of black
lie was introduced 10y Mayor Mayo.
who called him the second Marion of
ward and said Fellow citizens: I
thank YOU for this reception, and
hope my future career will prove that
J am not unworthy OF tho honor you
have done me. Not being n speaker.
| Will give way to others who are.
Again, thank you for this NANTES
speech. delivered In clear. manly
voice, elected prolonged cheers ana
cries of approval.
General 4 T.. lin was called for. lie
came forward and bowed
uo Gehe era H.; ! E Stuart said that he
honor TO the heroic son of Kentucky,
Eenoring MIN. some OF lis lis K ieiTGa y
friends had just whispered TO him that
he ana General Morgan were rivals. It
was true that they were rivals--rivals
IN glorious cause. rivals in 4 game
which he hoped both would win.
Judge Moore. oil Kentucky, said tina,
when future generations should gather
round the statues of Washington and
honor would be paid 20 the statue and
the memory OF General r. r. Lee.
:, Ex-Governor Letcher and Governor
Major Heros Won Borche, being
called for, advanced and bowed 70
Colonel Robert .Allston. OF General
Morgan's stan. aud General Edward
Johnson spoke briefly
Genera! Morgan bowed again to the
multitude, and, proceeding through
thronss anxious to clasp his hand. re-
turned TO his hotel, where "a number
OF the, most prominent citizens OF the
capital called upon him.
Jingle Bells.
.Jimglng sleigh beils disturbed tho
slumbers Of many Of our citizens YES
terday morning, but the snow was not
deep enough to afford much pleasure
10 the adventurous sleighers
The F'ortunc-TclIcrs
There is much complaint against the
fraud practiced by the fortune tclicrs
OF the city.
Good Hotels.
Al the present. when all is scarce
the hotcl-keepcrs maintain their tables
IN ~ good style; At the Spottswood any
not De had-is on the menu.