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Show community. We trust t hat y our stay with us, however br:i.ef or protracte d , will be pleasant and agreeable to y ou, and t hat you will be enabled to form such acquaintance s and enjoy such associations as will permit you in your future life to cherish kindly feeli ngs t owar ds us and ever to have a ki ndly word f or Ut a h . Again we q~ d you and your companions in travel a hearty welcome t o our midst , and pray that your future may be a prosperous and happy one .rr Mr. Sew~rd, in reply , expressed his thanks for the kind reception and cordial recognition he had met with, which he believed to be sincere, and said he anticipated much satisfaction in his visit. At 2 p.m., carriages f urnished by the com1rii ttee, conveyed the party through the principal streets of the city, t o t he wes t side of Jordan river, to the most sightly portions of' t he 17th and 20th '1lards, to the City Hall where a numb er of our citizens were intro duc ed, and fruit, cakes and wines were part aken of , and t hence to t he Bath House, r e t urning by way of the Union S(!uare, which was designated to be the terminus of t he Centra l Utah Railroad. THE SERENADE LAST NIGHT Last night , a t a some11vhat late hour, Captain Croxall's brass band serenaded ex Secretary Seward and party a t the Townsend House. The evening was clear and beauti f ul, and a l ar ge c on c ours e of people, nw-nbe r i ng f r om f i ve t o ei ght hundred, a ssembled in anticipation of a speech f rom Mr. Seward . After the pl ay i ng of "Hail Columbian: and the nAllandale Quickstep rr by the band, Mr. se-ward app eared, in response to calls fr om t h ~ crowd, and being introduc ed by Alderman Richards , said: "Fellow Citi z ens , it would be i mpossib l e for me to speak so as to be heard by so large an audience as t his; and were it ot herwise proper, the circumstances under which I am t raveling thr ough the co untry f orbid me f rom engaging in any kind of discussion of public or political affairs. ..' Th ey do no t f orbid me, h owever, a cknowl edging t he hos pitality and ki ndness whic h have been s h own me by my fellow citi zens. Tha t is all I can do, and I do it with a free, kind and good heart. I thank you for the h ospitality you have shown me since I came to your c i ty. I t hank you f or your attendance to - ni ght, a nd I pray God tha t t he gr ea t marvel which I witness here may result in es tablishing a g ood civili za t i on i n the heart · ·' of t he American Continent ; and be a sign , token and a s s urance to mankind i n every na t ion of the earth that it cannot f ail, i f it be prosecuted by indus try and virtue, in advancing the |
