The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-19
LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
TEMrsRAHcr MsrrIsa. = The friends
and advocates Of temperance had large and en-
thusiastic meeting At Asbury Chspel, on Union HH,
last Thursdsy niaht to attend which Springfield Di
vision, Sors OF Temperance, turned ont In large
The meeting was opsned BY feeling and spprO.
priate pray or By Rev Philip Courtney.
Col. THOMAS J. EVANS wss then introduced to
the large end highly Intelligent audience OF ladies
and gentlemen who were present, and addressed
them for more than hour. on the subjects OF
moral suasion," ''treating Of elections the
"Maine Liquor Law In virginia." and various other
topics connected with the subject Of temperance
to the edidcation and delight of all who heard him
Col. E. was frequently Interrupted 10 bis remarks
By loud applause drawn out by the ability WIN
which he discussed the question of temperance, and
polluted out the remedy for the evils Il produced;
When Col Evans had concluded, Nh. JosEPHR
KKrNNINGHAM, an old enemy OF King Aicohsl, was
called on and responded briefly but effectively.
Revs P. COURTNEY and A. B. SMITH were also
called on, but dcclt1ed making speeches, owing to
the lateness Of the viour. They each however,
encouragement and advice, and begged them to
push forward their charge on the enemy OF all
mankind, and never to grow weary or cease the
fight until drunkenness was banished the EARTH and
the stars of sobriety reigned supreme
At late hour the meeting adjourned, and the
members of the congregation repaired to their
respective homes, the ladies' apparently delighted
at what they had heard, and the men gratifsd to
defend In private 10 public, despite the efforts
of Its opponents to crush 1t to the earth.
1Mpos1sG ScENE.-We have rarely wit
messed more imposing scene than that which took
place at the armory Of the young Guard" on
"Wednesday night last, on the reporting Of reso.
luton passed by the Eagle Infantry" 10 condo.
lence for the sad affection that had been visited on
their brother soldiers, by the accident on the 10th
inst.
Captain RICHARDSON having been informed that
Lieutenant r. MILTON CARY had been deputed to
present the resolution, had the company summoned
that evening to receive 1t; Lieutenant FAY and
others, In the meantime, having draped the armo-
~ In mourning. About o'clock, the 'Young
Guard" were drawn up In line, when Lieutenant
CARY addressed them, substantially in the follew-
Ing feeling aud appropriate language:
Gentlemen, Members of the Young Gudrd-1 ap-
pear here to night a. chairman of committee APP
pointed by my company at it's last meeting, to lay
before you the following resolution:
Eat meeting of the Eagle Infantry, held attheir
armory 10 the city of Richmond. on Monday. May
18th, 1855, Captain MuNFonD offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopted:
3" 'Resoloed That we feel deeply the loss which
the Young Guard ofthis city ha We sustained by the
untimely and sudden death Of their comrade, Cor.
poral CHARLES R. HARDRsrY and that Lieutenant
Cary, Ensign Williams and Private Harrison be
appointed committee to wait upon that Company
at their first meeting or drill, and otter them assu
RANGES of their heartfelt sympathy.
''If 1t Is difficult sirs at any time under circum
stances of deep sfiictiop, to ctfer assurances Of
sympathy, to apply that balm which will sooths
wounded spirit how much more difficult must
it be to me to discharge the duty prescribed for me
by this resolution How can /, who feel so pain.
fully this sflicting dispensa,on of Providence of
fer to you, though you be the brethren of the de-
ceased, words OF condolencel On the day of the
melancholy occurrence alluded to in the resolution
7 ttn encircIpd hv fripndv ho II
your deceased companion as he lay weltering in
his gore-I saw the pearly dew drop glisten upon
the lids of manly eyes-the briny tear course lite
wey down manly cheeks-I heard orders, accus-
toned to be given Ia clarion tones, passed along
your lines 10 whispered accents. 1t the life stream
which flowed from his gaping wound had been
made to flow in some angry combat, into which
men enter expecting to stand the heard of such
q fate, could better have borne it-but, sirs,
1t came not thus, but as one of those casualties
with which Heaven, In its inscrutable designs,
some times visits us. q
corporal HARDRsrY was to you an efficient and
useful member. He discharged with promptness
and fidelity every duty which devolved upon him
as a ciiz IN soldier. He was kind gentle and ami.
able, and withal 80 honorable end pure that he
commanded the respect of all of you. He Is now
{. He hath been mourned as brave men mourn the
He hath been wept, as nations weep their cherish
ed dead"
LUX UPON fuoLuUTy VIII pflQ6 regard Ms
character one to be emulated; let his fame be
your hope, his name your battle cry; for of him 1t
may be truly said:
"'He lived as mothers wish their sons to live;
He died al fathers wish their sons to die"
When that inevitable summons shall come,
bidding me to appear before my God and
render an account OF the deeds done In the flesh
my prayer is, gentlemen that [ may leave 1t with
such frmness as did Corporal Hardes,y of the
Young Guard"
This neat and appropriate extemporaneeus ef-
fort of Lieutenant Cary, springing, as 1t did, from
the deep fountains of his heart, was go touching
and so true, that not dry eye was to be seen
along the line of those lion hearted soldiers whose
very souls had been touched by the condoling
words of stranger, for the untiney loss of their
cherished and beloved brother. The scene, to us,
was indeed an affecting one, unused as we are 10
seeing the eyes of soldiers pouring forth shower
of tears, and to hear them sob and groan as il
their heartstrings were being severed one by one
Those who were present on the occasion referred
to- can never erase the scene Witnessed, and which
was then indelibly engraven on the tablet of every
true soldiers heart. We say to the members of
the Young Guard, emulate the virtues of Corporal
Hardesty through life, so that the appearance of
death may send no terror to your souls.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Between the
hours of u and L O'Clock yesterday morning, the
residence of Mr.. I. Day, 10 Henrlco county, about
three miles east OF Richmond, on the Darbytown