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Show SERENADE TO BESATOR NYE. Senator James W. Nye, of Nevada, was the recipient of a serenade, tendered ten-dered by General Morrow and the offi ccrs and band of Camp Douglas, on Tue.-day night, at theTownsend Llouse, , as was noticed in yesterday morning's-Herald. morning's-Herald. The early hour at which ..ur edition compels Uj to go to press, precluded our waiting for its termination, termina-tion, but a report of the interesting af Sir is yet in time. After the excellent band from Camp had played a few tunes in euperioi tyle, the Venerable Senator was luudiy called for, and responded. His opening remarks paid a just tribute tri-bute to the army of the United States, of which be said he had ever been a warm and steady friend, and a portion of whose representatives bad tendered nim the compliment of that evening. He then reviewed the wonderful progress pro-gress which the west hud made withiu a comparatively few y-ars, referring to the great overland railroad as an illustration, illus-tration, prosecuted with vigor even while the nation was waging an inter , ueciue war unparalleled in the annals ot j tho world. The growth and prosperity prosper-ity of the country were the legitimate 'fruits of republican institutions of a government under which the peoplt-were peoplt-were sovereign and all their energie coald be directed to the prosecution o( any enterprise iheir free wills diutated. But with great advantages come proportionate pro-portionate duties. His auditors could e what had been done within a lim ited period; hue what would be doue ty the generation now beginning to fhrow their energies in aid of the work of pmgrfob? Wo have to build up, -aid the speaker, the noblest, freest, best and greatest country ever on tht-earth. tht-earth. God has made this continent large enough for the oppressed of all nations to come to it and enjoy liberty, for liberty reignd and must reigti ; throughout this great .Republic. : To-day do human being in the United States is held a slave; all are free and untrammeled before heaven and man. This conti nent is the asylum for the oppressed ul the world, and if any wished to know its capacity to receive the seekers after i liberty, they might form an idea from , the single fact, that the present population popula-tion of the United States could all be ' provided with homes in Texas, and that State not be more densely populated ! than Massachusetts now is. The houoraole Senator passed a glowing eulogiuni on liberty, and o n-jcludtd n-jcludtd by expressiog to his Nevada i friends, who were before him, his warm and uninterrupted devotion to the west, with which he had cast hU lot eleven years ago, and to tbe State which he represented in the Federal Fed-eral S' nate. He was an old man, aou his work was nearly doue, but his ear nest advice to the younger men before him, and to all his fellow citizens, wa-to wa-to have strong faith, patience and hope, and ever sustain tbe great principle prin-ciple of universal liberty. Senator Nye was loudly oheered during the course of his remarks and at its conclusion. Loud and repeated calls having been made for General Morrow, that gen tleman, after some hesitancy, appeared, and intimated that he thought "this was Senator Nye's funeral." He said they were there to pay honor to the distinguished distin-guished Senator from -Nevada who had always sustained the army, and it seemed proper that Camp Douglas, which was iu perfuuc accord with the good people of Salt Lake city, should pay this compliment to the distinguished distin-guished gentleman. Talking, tbe General Gen-eral said, was not his business, yet he proceeded to illustrate how well be cuuld do it by a most eloquent and happy speech. He thanked the citi zens of Salt Lake for their uuiform courtesy to himself and the garrison under bis command. That, probably, would be tbe last time he would appear ap-pear before an audience in Salt Like uity, as he had soon to leave Camp Douglas, though he had no intention uf dying, like Senator Nye; the call foi him hud come From another quarter. The General dwelt on the great result.-ihat result.-ihat had beeu accomplished in Utah in tbe short space of twenty-four years; yet, be said, Salt Lake, was still in itb infancy. In twenty years the city would have a population of fifty thousand, and the valley would be inhabited by a million of people. The great mineral wealth of the mountains would give labor to many thousands; the benches! would be studded with palatial residences; resi-dences; and Utah would be a great State. If Texas could support tbe forty millions of the United States and be no more densely peopled than Massachusetts Mass-achusetts now is, tho same ratio of population which Massachusetts has, if applied to Utah, would, by actual calculation, give her a million and thirty-three thousand souls. Ho appealed to his fellow eitixens who had been ranged on tbe opposite side to himself in the war, and held that tho hatchet was buried. He urged all to unite with earnest souls and with every energy and abjtity, to assist in working out the glorious destiny of this great Republic. The ladies were gracefully"!. hanked : by tho Genoral for their presence; the conquering power of their charms and winning ways was gallantly conceded; and tho young men were strongly recommended re-commended tc ge married and be uappy. The retnarksof General Morrow were 'greeted with warm applause while he j was speaking and at the close. The band furnished more music, and Senator Nye, General Morrow, the officers from Camp Douglas, and a number of other gonilemen, retired to the Wasatch club room, where an interesting interest-ing time was passed. |