The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-28

rs The special correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette gives the following ac-
count of the delivery of Mr.. Everetts Get
tysburg grafton: # ne .
On rising the orator turned to Mr.. Lin
coin, and making very low bow, said:
MIR. PRESIDENT.
Who recognized him with:
Mr.. EVERETT. .a
The orator then turned TO the multitude,
and stood in silence, observing the people
and contemplating the exquisite picture
spread out before him, comprising the town,
the long line Of moderate elevation, about
two miles distant, sparsely covered with
trees, and stretching far to the right and
the left, several miles of which We're occu-
pied by the enemy and their batteries on
the second and third days of the battle;
and further back, say five miles, the beau
tlful South Mountain range; and, as the
profound emotions awakened by the
thought that amid SO much of natural
beauty the enemies of free Government
had but yesterday with shot and shell and
rifle ball slaughtered the defenders of that
Government in the presence OF whose
graves he was standing-evidently moved
by such reflections the venerable orator,
who links the present of our history, COM
menced his Grafton. He spoke some mo-
ments most beautifully of local associa-
tions that are not in the 1nain address as
published. Not only had he prepared his
Grafton with the greatest care under full
sense of its Importance as an historical
document of universal and perpetual in
terest in this country, but had committed
the two hours production to memory and
delivered it without the manuscript or
prompter. In no portion of it did he seem
to hesitate, so thoroughly was it memo-
sized. 1t is worth remarking, however,
that in pronouncing the portion devoted to
an account of the battle; his mind seemed
slightly to wander, and his delivery to ap-
pear mechanical. For example, he used
the name of General Lee when it should
have been General Meade, which mistake
SO startled the President from his intense
attention that he looked up, turned to Sec
rotary Seward, and quite audibly made the
correction The orator, however, neither
heard the President nor noticed it himself.
After few minutes, the same mistake was
made, which called out from Mr.. Lincoln
a still louder correction, which the orator
heard, and turning round, bowed very low,
acknowledging the error, and apologizing
for it. ~ So .-.
COFFEE IN THE ARMY.-Some wise man
proposed in Congress, you remember, the
substitution Of tea for coffee in the army,
and told the people that soldiers would
welcome the change. A tolerably fair speci-
men of theoretical, stay-at home wisdom,
but not worth a Sabbath days journey OF
the Queen of Sheba to look at. Why, coffee
is their true aqua vitCg; their solace and
mainstay. When boy cannot drink his
coffee you may be sure he has done drink
ing altogether. On march, no sooner is
a halt ordered than little fires begin to
twinkle along the line; they make coffee
in five minutes and drink it in three, take
drill at hard cracker and are refreshed
Our comrades from ''der Rhine will squat
phlegmatically anywhere, even in line OF
battle No sooner has the storm swami 10
some other part of the field than the ket-
ties begin to boil, and amid stray bullets
and shattered shell they take great swal-
lows of heart and coffee together It is
Rhine wine, the soul eff Gambfinus, sSwitz-
er" and "Limberg" in one.