Am.  Jock.  Phaem  1 
Oct.  1, 1873.  j 
Editorial. 
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of  the  war,  and  congratulating  those  present,  representing  most  of  the  States 
and  all  the  sections  of  the  reunited  Union,  upon  the  happy  occasion  which 
brought  them  together.  In  language  of  elegance  and  eloquence  he  alluded  to 
the  old  flag,  and  the  men  of  Massachusetts  and  Virginia  now  again  working 
together  in  fraternal  accord  for  the  good  of  the  whole  country.  Speeches  were 
also  made  by  Mr.  James  Slade,  of  Boston  ;  Dr.  C.  A.  Tufts,  of  Dover,  N.  H. ; 
Prof.  G.  F.  H.  Markoe,  of  Boston;  Rev.  Dr.  C.  C.  Bitting,  and  Prof.  J.  B. 
McCaw,  of  Richmond;  Messrs.  J.  F.  Hancock,  of  Baltimore;  H.  A.  Vogel- 
bach  and  J.  M.  Maisch,  of  Philadelphia.  In  the  course  of  his  remarks,  Mr. 
Yogelbach  read  a  series  of  resolutions  passed  by  the  party  that  came  to  Rich- 
mond via  Baltimore,  by  the  steamer  George  Leary,  returning  thanks  to  the 
officers  of  the  Bay  Line  for  kindnesses  bestowed  upon  them,  and  to  Mr.  Hancock 
for  the  preparations  made  by  him  to  ensure  a  pleasant  voyage.  The  trip  wag- 
enlivened  by  music  from  the  First  Regiment  band,  and  by  singing  by  a  quar- 
tette of  Richmond  amateurs.  A  handsome  collation  was  served,  and  the 
excursion  terminated  pleasantly  in  every  respect  at  about  8£  o'clock,  when  the 
boats  reached  Rocketts  again,  to  land  the  delighted  excursionists. 
For  the  same  evening  a  hop  had  been  arranged  in  the  ball  room  of  the  hotel, 
and  a  number  of  couples  amused  themselves  by  dancing  to  the  music  of  a  good, 
string  band. 
After  the  final  adjournment  of  the  meeting,  on  Friday  noon,  quite  a  number 
of  members  visited  Petersburg,  with  its  remaining  fortifications,  and  in  the 
evening  many  left,  northward  bound,  to  visit  on  Saturday  the  public  institutions 
of  the  National  Capital,  while  most  of  the  Western  members  travelled  home- 
ward, with  the  intention  of  spending  a  day  or  two  at  White  Sulphur  Springs, 
a  pleasure  of  which  they  had  been  deprived  on  their  eastward  trip  by  the  failure 
of  making  timely  connection  with  the  train  at  Huntington,  W.  Ya. 
Nearly  the  whole  of  the  remaining  members  left  Richmond  in  the  early  train 
on  Saturday  morning,  paid  a  visit  to  Mt.  Vernon,  and  reached  Washington, 
D.  C,  by  the  steamer  Arrow,  at  about  five  o'clock  P.  M. 
Thus  ended  one  of  the  most  pleasant  reunions  of  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  at  which  the  members  and  their  families  were  the  recipients 
of  old  Virginia  hospitality,  so  renowned  throughout  the  country,  Arriving  in 
the  City  of  the  Seven  Hills  almost  entire  strangers,  the  unbounded  cordiality, 
the  open-hearted  liberality,  and  the  fraternal  welcome  of  its  pharmacists,  drug- 
gists and  citizens  in  general  soon  made  every  one  feel  at  home,  and  the  remem- 
brance of  the  week  so  pleasantly  spent  on  the  beautiful  banks  of  the  James 
River  will  not  soon  be  effaced  from  the  memory  of  those  who  attended  that 
meeting,  at  which  the  Association — as  Mayor  Keiley  pleasantly  remarked  — 
attained  its  majority,  and  celebrated  its  twenty-first  birth-day. 
The  Fourth  Convention  of  the  Teaching  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  assem- 
bled at  the  Exchange  Hotel,  in  the  City  of  Richmond,  Ya.,  on  the  evening  of 
September  17th.  Delegates  were  present  from  the  Massachusetts,  New  York, 
Philadelphia,  Maryland.  National  (at  Washington,  D.  C),  Cincinnati,  Chicago, 
Louisville  and  Tennessee  Colleges.  Dr.  C.  A.  Tufts  was  re-elected  President 
and  J.  M.  Maisch  Secretary  of  the  convention.  After  arranging  some  financial 
