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th the concomitants of Confederate banners, flowers, in wreaths, etc., in great profusion, were a part of the interesting scenes. The recitations and songs were happily adapted to the day and the time, and were rendered in excellent style by the bright and beautiful little children who took part in the exercises. At night fire works were introduced, and added much to the eclat of the celebration. Capt. McBlair, of the Navy, assisted in their exhibition. It was an error in awarding to Dr. Spotswood a place in the management of the interesting proceedings. That noble-hearted Virginian and true Southern man, whose greatest pleasure in life was the throwing his commission in the face of the Lincoln Government and taking service in the Confederacy of the South, was present and enjoyed the affair with peculiar delight. The sentiments of the occasion, the purity and innocent loveliness of the children, the flowers, and all that went to give beauty and interest to the scenes, found no m