478 
Editorial. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Phaem. 
\     Oct.  1, 1873. 
sions  arranged  for  the  Eastern  members  were  more  successful,  although  ten  or 
twelve  failed  t.«  jsin  the  mala  party,  having  been  detained  in  Long  Island 
Sonnd  by  foggy  weather.  The  steamer  George  Leary.  which  left  Baltimore 
for  Norfolk  on  the  afternoon  of  Saturday,  September  13th,  carried  a  party  of 
fifty-five  ladies  and  gentlemen,  who  received  every  attention  by  the  officers  of 
the  Bay  Line  steamers,  as  they  proceeded  down  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  and  early 
OB  Sunday  morning  passed  Fortress  Monroe  and  up  Hampton  Roads  to  Ports- 
mouth and  Norfolk,  in  which  latter  city  they  were  to  await  the  arrival  of  the 
steamer  from  New  York.  On  Sunday  afternoon  the  efficers  of  the  Bay  Line 
steamers  placed  a  teg-boat  at  the  disposal  of  the  party,  and  various  points  of 
interest  in  the  neighborhood  were  visited,  among  them  the  celebrated  Gosport 
navy  yard.  Soon  after  the  party  had  landed  again  at  the  wharves  of  the  Bay 
Line  steamers  the  "  Old  Dominion  "  neared  her  landing-place,  carrying  a  party 
of  forty-nine  ladies  and  gentlemen,  bound  for  Richmond,  to  attend  the  meet- 
ing. Owing  to  an  accident  to  the  machinery  of  the  James  River  steamer, 
which  was  to  take  the  party  coming  from  Baltimore  to  Richmond,  the  passen- 
gers were  transferred  to  the  Old  Dominion,  which  vessel  proceeded  again,  early 
on  Monday,  upon  her  voyage  up  the  James  River,  passing  numerous  points  of 
interest  in  the  history  of  the  State  of  Viginia,  as  well  as  of  national  import- 
ance. 
Tt  was  shortly  before  dnsk.  a  few  miles  below,  but  in  full  sight  of  the  City  of 
Richmond,  when  the  Old  Dominion  was  met  by  two  barges,  with  a  portion  of 
the  Committee  of  Reception  of  the  Richmond  pharmacists  and  druggists, 
headed  by  the  Chairman,  Mr.  T.  Roberts  Baker.  The  barges  lauded  the  com- 
bined pary  at  Rocketts,  where  omnibuses  and  carriages  were  in  waiting  to  con- 
vey them  to  the  "  Exchange  Hotel  and  Ballard  House, "  which  establishment' 
had  been  selected  as  tne  ^headquarters  of  the  members  during  their  stay  in 
Richmond. 
With  unbounded  liberality,  the  friends  of  the  Association  had  placed  car  ' 
riages  at  the  disposal  of  the  members  and  their  families  during  their  stay  in 
Richmond,  and  members  of  the  Reception  Committee  were  constantly  in 
attendance  to  point  out  the  historical  and  most  beautiful  localities  in  and  around 
the  city,  and  to  accompany  the  ladies  and  members  as  guides. 
On  Thursday  afternoon,  the  members  of  the  Association  and  the  exhibitors 
at  the  meeting,  with  their  ladies,  by  invitation  of  the  Richmond  druggists, 
embarked  at  Rocketts  upon  the  barge  Greenbush,  to  which  were  attached  the 
steam-tugs  Frank  Somers  and  W.  P.  Craighill,  which  were  handsomely  deco- 
rated with  the  colors  of  the  United  States  and  of  other  nations.  Nearly  every 
pharmaceutical  establishment  of  the  city  was  represented  on  board.  His 
Honor,  Mayor  Keiley,  the  Faculty  of  Virginia  Medical  College,  and  a  number 
of  prominent  physicians  and  citizens  were  present,  and  accompanied  the  party 
upon  the  excursion  down  the  James  River.  Powhatan,  Drury's  Bluff,  ChaflBn's 
Bluff  and  many  other  historic  places,  made  famous  during  the  early  and  more 
recent  history  of  Virginia,  were  pointed  out,  and  many  incidents  in  connection 
therewith  related.  The  boats  passed  through  the  Dutch  Gap  Canal,  then- 
turned  in  the  river,  and  again  proceeded  back  towards  the  city.  Mayor  Keiley 
being  called  upon  for  a  speech,  addressed  the  company,  recalling  some  incidents 
