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| ^ X 000:30	In	Old	Biloxi
I	How	They	Celebrated The Fourth Of July In 1860
[The New Orleans Picayune ot iV.'The appearance o( the men July 5,	1860	carried	i	the	officers	on the Fourth wa«
following article on Biloxi:] -tery creditable to the Comp-The anniversary ofthe Sa-j^y. Every man was in his bbath of our country's indep-* p^ace, his accutrements bri-jwidence was celebrated in gbt and soldier-like, indicating Biloxi with a spirit of comm- discipline and order, and his . endable patriotism. The morn- t’out ensemble unexception-ing dawned in all the glorious able. The list of officers stood ,effugence of our sea coast gs follows: Captain J.D. How-.summer weather, and, as the	Second	Lieutenant	Jam-
sun, that golden type of ^ Blythe; acting as First j freedom , arose from out of lieutenant, pro-team, James.! the crimson east, he seemed Vlaycock; Second Lieutanant, to usher in the day with more tro-team, Caleb Burton; Thi-tlhan common lustre.- '■	tjj Lieutenant, pro-team, En-1
ijj'.- The 2,500 citizens of Biloxi	F.'Caillavet;	First	Serg-
,kroused early from their	GW An{jrewB; Second
slumbers by the revile of the Vg€r' '	nt, L. B. Holley; Third
trumpeter of the Biloxi Rifle gergeant< A. Marsane; Fourth Guard, calling the gallant gergeant’ j, L. Baltz; First ^members of this volunteer . ^	R. Fowler; Second
company to prepare for par- ^f	John Dorcy; Third
ade. Very soon all were astir	—	. c MqU; Fourth
knd our cool and quiet town	Cor	j, M. Knapp. ,.
.bore a martial appearance and ^
iseemed decidedly on a war oral, John Dorcy; Thir r footing.	^	^	jporal. C. Mott; Fourth Cor-
i-'J 'At three o’clock the mem- !P°ral, Knapp.	^
,‘hers of' the above yarned ^ Assembled at the shooting j
i r	:----1 grounds the men prepared to ;
contend for the prizes of the day which consisted of three
company, numbering.44 good and true men, assembled al .the Armory Hall on I^meuse Jjtreet. '
V The Biloxi Rifle Guards,
. tiiough not very strong in .numbers, is composed of young, able and good-looking men, and when on parade in the uniform of the company which is similiar to that worn by .the chivalrous Mississippi Rifles in Mexico,, looking remarkable;well and soldierlike. By the way, many of the men belonging to this corps have been in service in Mexico
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target shooting is no child's' play.
Jfaving cooked the inner man with mint juleps and ' cherry cobblers, imbibed through straws ala mode, the
•	column formed again and
*	marched to Browns.
Lt. Hobday, in a neat
1 speech, addressed the company with appropriate remarks, presenting the gold medal to Private W. B. I’aram, telling him to wear it
as, a’proud memento of his;^
•• soldierly conduct. Lt. Prince, ( ^ L'SN, now came forward and tendered the silver medal to Second Lieutenant L. B. Hoi-* ley as his fairly won prize', as the second-best shot of the day and complimented the Company on their soldier-like bearing and general good shooting. The l-hird and last ' presentation was made by Major Halleck, who, admidst the cheers of the'men, unfold- »
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medals - one oi gold, one of silver and one of leather. Lt. Hobday, of our city, now in the Washington Artillery, formerly of the New Orleans National Guards; IA. Prime ' and Major A.J. Halleck, were appointed as judges.
After a contest of several hours, which was witnessed ■ by the grave and fhe gay of ' J^loxi, and which proved the Biloxi Rifle Guards practiced
have been in service in Mexico , r*J|le shooting [the target and "elsewhere, among whom being Literally riddled), the we can mention J.D. Howard, company marched to Captain j the Captain ofthe Guards and Brown’s Hotel, where the^ a man who islevery inch a,4 ceremony of presentation was sftl^ierr.’t.ti'	'.‘f’V-'1 wjj k* take place. On the way,
f After idrill, in the parade '■ having to pass the Sazerack, a room'of the . armory, the I saloon noted for its good company filed down Lameuse’, liquors, the polite and gent-^ and, preceded by fife and	lemanly Mr. Barlow, invited
drum, marched through sev-'"	the men to take a drink, an
era! of our streets, to the ^jfnvitation which you may be place selected for target «h6o-	sure was exceedingly gracious
ting, on the beach immediat-	»nd acceptable when you
ely overlooking the Bay.	remember that the thermo*	4
meter blood at % degrees in	j
the shade and the exercise of
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ed a magnificent leather medal and presented it to First Sergeant G. \V. Andrews, addressing among other good things the hope that his aim in life would be nearer the mark..
The Company. aTler several cheers for the judges, the ' officers and the ladies of Itiloxi. were invited bv Lt. Ilobdav to drink to his health. ■. after which they dispersed.
£	■	Al	five p.m. thev paraded
fagain	and at	night	the corps,
•	* •	.	’ . '	••
•. in	full uniform,	attended	a
Grand Military Ball, given by
the Company at Nixon’s Hall.
We had not the pleasure of ''
being present but we are t I
creditably informed that	'
many of the fairest daughters j
of	Biloxi	were	there, that
bright “lamps shone o’er fair
women and brave men, and all
went merry as a marriage
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