DINNER TO BALDWIN HUSSARS.
On Saturday, the 6th instant, the Baldwin Hussars assembled at this place in conformity with previous arrangements to partake of a public dinner, tendered them on their return from the service by the citizens of Milledgeville. At 2 o’clock, they sat down with a large number of citizens and invited guests (gentlemen who were in the service in Florida) to a dinner handsomely prepared for them at the GLOBE HOTEL - General D.B. MITCHELL, presiding, assisted by JAMES BONNER, Esq., Major WILLIAM Y. HANSELL and Mr. ISAAC NEWELL, as vice-presidents. After the removal of the cloth, the following sentiments were offered, and about 4 o’clock the festivities of the day closed, having been conducted with harmony and good order.
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VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
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By Lonzelott Phillips: Lieutenant H.L. Sanford; In war a soldier, at home a gentleman - may he have a seat in our next Legislature.
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The foregoing volunteer toasts with many others of equal merit were drank, and received by all, with that fellow feeling which characterizes the people of Greene county.
Source: Southern Recorder, Milledgeville, Georgia, Tuesday Morning, August 23, 1836; Pg. 3
