The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-01-28
Wnshirgion', farewell to his Amy.
HISTORICAL skEItiI.


Tie Revelation was over. EDgnt years CON
nict was ended and they were now t" scpefate
forever, turning their weapons INTO pillow shares
and their camps into work shops, The spectacle
though a Sublime one, was yet nuented with
suiruwfuI fee ,lmg-, fl alas, III the remains "'
that gallant army ui p,tlotlc s"idte'- now to
dlsbaud without pay, without support, staik'd
poverty and disease. The COUNT! had not tie
means I" be gra'ciul
The drln'I-"I ii:c condition Of many ot Ihe o.
Gccrs, and ,o'd,ers at that period according 10
history and GrH tradition, were melancholy ~
Syo,,nse.io fail back upon-tlrown out Of
S,sss sGrpId ul the to'dler .t TIE
| lIraYybro at of " inirt. and hardly IL Tor any
',han the camp llor situa'lon can
br-' .h,-r. iniLig iI,I N'.,, d'-ssr' -
a single instance. n -nupl. OF the ri.uation
Of many # the uii .rr-. A. related "t the conduct
ui baton : autrn, may n"' be lmls
When thr man boiy of tir ormy was li-ban.
.dad ~ NtwhUiIh auI ltr veteran soldiers were
H.lliuy parting farewell 90 each other, Lieu
.,.u 'nIrui Cnrhr.n. 49, aged soldier Of the
..u lhmp,hfr lur remarked with tears IN L!s
.,,,s. a- hr -houk hand. With the Baron:
rur myself could stand it, hu' my wife and
children are the gyrrgt OF hat wretched tavern
anil have ~ means of removing them
Come come" sad Baron "dont give way
thus viii pay my respects to Mrs Cochran
aud her daughter
When the good old soldier left them their
f,I'r',r, L,n'.J T,a,,.,.S ,I. pb,,l. leland
regiments were several companies Of black
troops who bad served through the whole war,
and their bravery aud discipline were unsur.
P'''eu' rue p""" ''Ir'' "''' W "'1' ~
''''"', "'' Wv ""''' - "'1'9"'
J" -'nn' ''>''', t, ,,,i;.,,r ,o;l
, nat '' '"' '""'''' o''''' so'''''' ''''
h''.n' ,r;,,,
On "'','' wau' i,' n,,,N 10 RS, """'" WIZ"
no" I'''-'''' "T- 10 'r' ,''', .,.'. '' ', ,l
INC ''' was ao'r", ',t 81 a T." n'I"'t''I ,I """
t''"'"t4 WIN" s'N'' "'"'' ""'" '' "''
rowrd.
There, It i'all could get take It,
TIL" re g." receive It with J'', hailed -'""p
which w. rA>-rut down the u'cr t. Nrw i"R,
and he reach the dock, took oil his hat aud
said
Goa b'r-- yo', master h'r"n. ,...
lhr'e -re singular ,Iu-'rtl'h' o' '"e C'.' 10,
o. ih' army at 'l' close 81 '"' wa, i"I'e" r
a1h'n''n "H' mus we" Al 'u' r'"'t ~ NJ ,,''
ven address 10 TIE army III "oc"! 4l'''' IL 'i''
l''" !.
AM n'lh- n"W about 10 con ''"''' '''''' ''.,
! '.4 Z La TllI
~. - ,,,,, ~ 'I.. .r,,,r,. rr,r,-f,r and to l a
.f.l ,,I...,, .,r...,.-l. lad tine honor (,
r,,,,,,,rI h., cor, ,,' ,s,,i, offer M their behalf
III. recommendations tp their cyuntry, ami hi,
PRAYER Z" the r'd "' a'h''s'
NAV heavens choicest b'u,,iu.s both here and
hercafterattrnd those who under diviue auspices
have secured innumeraLlc blessings for oilers
d. with these words. aud this oenrdlr'ion, the
Commander ir.ChlefI' about io retire from ser
vice. The curtain uf sepnaton VIII soon To
drawn anil the nj itary scene to han, WI De
:; closed forever
The closing Of the military scenes; am about
to rol1'e.
' N"w-( nrk had been occupied hY washington
on tl' 2Dih N''' Ir" ""N7 h''' I",,'I' -
g h''H,' 'na if's' eh' o' '"', ,, y
was Ieo IN session Al Hnu'P"",' III ''l ,,,,..
inN' ls ne war h'H 10" In- d. "' $500 ="
N''"r II h'- nu,Y 10 p''''' ',tn''' '' ,"' ''',
To- lh'' bohV the c'''Ils7''" NC "'' ''0''''" '''
en- years u."re'
The morning uf the 9Th Of November, was n
'oi AND irrny one t. the rrrurHui "i the Am r.
, lean Army IN the city of N'w Nw6 The noon
ul Jht day waste witness be i"o"''I OF WASH
'0.'on-hc was {" bat 1Il 70 'n hi' mIlRrN com
rolrs forever. The u'lj r', VIZ" lab h',u Wui
D him IN 'ulrm council 'lr prl"''c- w'' had fought
and bl,d N tn" heavy h2h', under Ma com
mands were 10 hear hls orders ~ longer h'
manly form aud dl-whrd coHut'uah'e "I 'h'