Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-06-10
University inyinCiblcs.

Bur ington which witnessed it, evidently cor
stltuted the event of the season.
Time, we were glad I'd see, had not thnncd
their ranks. The Invncbles' are evidently q
body having power to fill their own vacancies,
and every years display shows them increased
in numbers and matchess in variety and spen
dor of equipment The number on parade. yes
terday. horse, foot, and spectators, could not
have been much short of FIVE thousand souls.
Or course, where every man was a perfect
study, and in himself subject matter for vol
time, we cannot be expected 10 90 into minutim
of description. The tom ensemble we have
never seen surpassed. it constituted perfect
nicrocosm, turned wrong side out. totner end
to, and hiud side before, and caricaurcd TO the
last degree. Every branch of the service, reg
uur and irregular, heavy and light, cavalry,
infantry, artillery, high privacs and horse ma
rineS was there. Every race of men, Ethiopian,
Indian, Malay, plain white and the rest of man
kind every age and sex every Profession
clergy, army, navy, law and physc - each had
its representative. The great and good in his
tory, from LOUIS Napoleon to Mrs Stone and
Uncle Tom; and not beings of this world alone,
but demons, departed spirits, and shapes end
visions dire, eff shapes they could be called
that shape had none" mingled in tie motley
cavalcade, which, mounted on spildags,
equine skeletons, and horses IL charots, OK
teams, and wheclbarows. Or marching, with
every variety of gait, took it, way through our
streets in all the "poup and circumstance Of
glorious wal"
AS usual, their i've Of march was from the
Hill TO Water street, ana Sc round to the Sem
mary, which blossomcd out with an array of
blooming faces and bright eyes, itself sight
10 behold. Here they made their first halt, and,
neralded by bias. of martial music from the
Shawms, howgags, swine danas, locofodeons
and tang alangs, evidently modelled after those
which blew down Jericho Of old, Miss Lucy
Stone harangued the young ladies'. Her speech,
though rather long, was strong -min1ed, and eff
fective in very high degree, and evidently
touched a responsive chord in the hearts of the
fair auditors. One Of the lninc lblcs was here
brought to the travelling hospital, with his ARR
badly shattered by an iuconsiderate blast r' III
one IF the sackbuts, and submitted to tie sur
geon, DR.. Oliver Goldsmith Stcbbns, NJ. D
Commend Us to the DIS improved pa :ticc of
surgery! AjI.I by his able assistant. D T. Obadj.
all Archibald SjigreayGs Opodlduc rs quickly
with knives. Jaws, and pruning hooks removed
the sleeve from tie injured mcn - T. and by
administering It minute pill, nmpu' utcd it above
the elbow, wahmos astonishing, qnickncss unC
success. e know enough Of the science tc
state without hesitation, that the way Drs
Stebbns & Opodlldoc did up that stump
would have been 2 cre.lt to any college Of sur
geonS IN the county.
After medicine and good advice in general
had been duly administered. the Invlnclbles
moved on to tn Square, where they were re-
viewed and fArangued by their valiant leader
Col. John Quincy Adams Brick.
OF This stirring appeal we can give but a
gre report. lie said in trumpet tones:
lnvincibes, Horses and Soldiers The past
year has been fraught with the pride and CIR
cnmstance Of wal" The engagements ana
defeats of the army have been many and gio-
nous And you have eNiuccd sp,rlt which
to!clbIy reminds me of the anclentS aud glvcs
ndubltable proof Of your being the descend
ants Of your ancestors. Many brave fellows
have fallen victims Of fou! Vaccinations and
our sorrow is douby oppressive with the
knowledge that under the present arrange
mcnr, not only the body, but the spirit return.
to dust.
The Stars and Stripes however stl wave
over this great republic. with few more
STRIPES than stars The American ca lie soar,
aIoit ana feeds protuscly on foreigners. Ii
TACT, your Colonel now apprchends no imme
date danger OF the downfall of the union, un
less the bottom should iull out.
The Colonel went on TO recommend to hi.
comrades 50 sublime admiration for the bcnc.
Violence and proluniity Of tne I.agisr'uru o.
Vermont" the "encourl gement Of Free trade
between Port Kent and Burlington" and " an
nexatlon of the State Of Matrimony"- being
first in war."
lie wound up by the mournful announce
ment that he himself was going down to Pos
terity, followed by three cheers and genera
uioChdiSe vi urlliItrY.
The chaplains cxhorta'on in one of the deac
languages came next, winding up with the fol
lowing erudite and eloquent peroration.
.Nunc, o mrincibles, ercomunicnbo Ell ere.
crnbo quemquam, qui non rm hninere, quo,
tabs non I'll dlreI re IN antique Bri,ko .llHo
n6l ctrcS t0rtjSSimi cordi5uS itoal,Al dtre'iua
M S"'n merttS Ct ignacS. Uecet taics hiSsc,
ct h'ckrt. Ergo q comrad(s, jubeo occidere c
n"ttere m ma'am rem omneS igaarOS spcctatore
hGJttanteS .Mii,m
Erecrne hos omni occ iSione- ReminiScii
haec, q comi'itoneS; Fl nuAc-PaI uVLiscum.
RenereHdiSaimus Hobakuk
dIhe- 6nee Bccr;hela
Muckte- preach
P0Htifcr .Narimus.
The Surgeons report, 43 feet long, an
richly illustrated, followed 1t is most earne
and philosophical document. The Doctor ha