Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-25

Correspondence Of tie 4lerandria Gazette.
The Alexandria r famen, Capt. Arthur
Herbert, left Alexandria on the morning OF
the 18th inst to pay a visit to Winchester
By the invitation of the Morgan Continebta's.
After a few hours ride on the cars, under
charge Of those attentive and obllglng con-
d~uctors, Messrs. PAUL. and Mcdonald, we
arrived at River Station, where we found
stages in waiting for US. We reached Win
chester about 1 O'Clock in the afternoon, where
the Rihemen were received by the Morgan
Continentals, Major b. b. Washington, OF
Winchester, aud the llamtramck Guards,
Capt. Butler, of Sbepherdstown, and escort
ed to the Court House. The visiting Com
panies were welcomed to tie town by Z.
Lewis Brent, esq in a beautiful speech
which was received with applause.
Mr.. Brent said -
Citizen S,ldier-:-In the name of the Coz
t;ncntal Morgan Guards. and Ia behalf OF the
citizens of Winchester, | greet you as 'irgi-
mans, and welcome you 70 cur homes. lou
come among W rs a constituent part OF lDaI
great army CT citizen soldlery, upon whom
the defence of our lives, our liberties, and our
FREQ Institutions depend. Welcome then,
thrice welcome, to our hospitatIe, tImc-hon,
ored town. You stand upon soil consecrated
By many a Revolutionary incident and me-
mortal. Ga yonder Hill the Father OF his
Country erected old Fort L5utoun, as q re-
fuge from aud protection against an invading
aud savage foe. ln yOLder qnlet ard grassy
Church-yard, lie the mouider'ng remains oi
Morgan, the hero Of the Cow pens, and hard
by 1t, in n~eighb1ring Gravc-yards, sleep
the famous Dutch, Peter Lauck, Jno. Sbui'z,
Adam llciskilI, Charles Quinn, jacob Sper-
~ and Adam Kurtz, the partners OF his
toll, his comrades in arms, bis compan-
ions in captivity. Under the Inspiration
of such sacred memories, and such haliowcd
associations, the ierTid fires OF patriotism
must bu.n more brightly 10 year hearts, ana
YOUR souls must swell with @ love OF CJuGtFy
which nothing can obscure or destroy. Let
81, then, as citizens of America cherish
the sentiment Of true patriotism. For iTom
the great Lakes TO the heavlng Gull, from
the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, FLATS the
star spaugled banner, that emblem oil tree.
dom and protection against dcspoNSm oil
every KIDD.
This country, your country, and ny conn-
try. Of which You, citizen soldiers are the
arprOpria,e guardians and defenders, has
been a theatre where great deeds have been
wrought. la the spirit OF religious freedom,
affairs have been reared upon Its rocks, ana
temples have been c0nsGcrated IN the silence
of its forests. IIele has tared in the eyes OF
the world, q writing, which bore the declara-
ration Of The independence OF mlIlions.-
Here lie the bones OF iliUstrlCus men, who
| amid peril and sacrifices, have spoken IN eur
councils, and bied upon cur fields OF war
| Here calm philosophy has drawn the light
Ming from its clouds, and seEt il Il irhirg and
| traurht with human thought across CONT
nents and through the biilowing aud ten pes
tuous deep; here triumphant discovery, las,
cut of two elements, condensed a power to
drive the rcnderous ship, aud speed the
laundering carr; here patient lapor mas
Tiled the forests, tuuaeiicd the m0uDtai"s,
briGgad the s:rcam', erected rs busy mills
set up the anvil and the loom, and In the
| place OF the ancient wilderness, built a thou
sand poyuious mart-, and stTewn abroad the
shining harvest. Here lovely woman has
been exalted to that s0cia! elevation to when
her gtaces and virtues entitie her. Here taste
and genius have "fenaht 'nel' w. a,I
wreathed arDuHl IL WIG h'"tfs' nc" v"
the Gews of freedom. Here liberty has rear
cd the pillars Of institutions, whose portals
are thronged by joyous millions"
Mr.. Brent in the same glowing strain sac:
The hearth stone we Law, the vine we plant,
is our own; the air we breathe ls pure; tte
streams We Drink are iie', u y $500
Wv aDhaaL lid o,on on ,bc rnds.t noun
tain renk Of cur land. we may share the tri-
umph of tie Patriot Tell.
"Ive laid ne fiat along:
And a. gust followed gust more iuIiou"y',
urea mig 70 u
Whose storms are summer.iaws compared to
NINE, ~
nt : , =, q >, - ,nino was no, has checked that
wish:
And | have raised my mead;
az" elis' III n''@'",'" = -. land Of Liberty!'
Co. :: ,.ndof ubicb a citizen soIdicry
Is the buIwark and defence. Look abroad
then, upon your goodly heritage ana may
you stand 10 this tean''!u! a"t ilSi"I IS
OF Heeu"n' . y "a,an,o yor 70 cur
its defence. Again 1 Welcome you 0o'