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Correspondents o. the Chicago Tnbyne.J
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GALESA, july Il, 1865,
The hearts cf the patriotic men and women
Of Galena have been made glad several times
elnce this month came in The 4th was a
good dny for them. They obee1ved it in the
good old style, with the addition of festival,
gotten up at the DeSoto House bY the Ladies'
Soldiers. Aid Society, on which occasion sew
eral hundred dollars were poured Into their
Treasury. The It'll was also gOod day. The
news Of the surrender Of Vicksburg called
out grand procession In the evening, and
the shouts Of the people md the roar Of can
mateea. But ali felt that such an extempor-
ized turnout did not do Justice TO such events
as The capture Of Vicksburg and the routing
Of Lee's army; and the enthusiasm Of the
people finally eliminated in grand calebra-
lion in the afternoon ard evening of the 11th
secured, preparations for bonfires and illumi-
nations were made, and the people made up
their minds that the home of Gen. Grant
should be behind no sity in the Union In do
ing honor to the hero Of Yicksbntg.
Long before noon Of the 7th, people from
tue street. Flags, large and small, were fnt.
tering in 'thr breeze from hundreds Of win
dows, cupolas and balconies. Some suspend
ed across Main street were thirty feet long,
and gavc very patriotic air to the CONNER
cial metropolis Of Northwestern Illinois.
front Of the DrSoto House, while the cannon
stationed on the bluff commenced Its speech
OF thirty. fire distinct enunciations, thus de-
c1aring that the Union is not divided, but In
cIeasing its membership. The procession was
half mile in length, with two bands Of 1nu-
sic and lberal spdnkling Of banners. An
the notices on the banners were appropriate.
! give yo1r readers very few o. them:
s'Glory to God In the H1ghestI the power of
of the opprctsor is broken" 'tAbraham Lin.
coin, the tried and faithful: his true neart re-
joices to-day Grant and Meade, our tan
{Gzant was a hide and leather. dealer when
here "VicEsbnrg, the stronghold Of rebel
lion, has fallen" "Our own General, the victor
in fifteen battles" "The Army of. the Poto-
mac has redeemed ITSELF" "Never sur
render, tho only. terms to traitors;''
ehall ever live" Tho procession marched
through the streets on both sides Of the river,
and halted at the point whence it started, and
where stand for speakers had been erected,
It was eloquently addressed, (after prayer,)
by Austin Adams, Esq. and Col Wiltsis OF
Dubnque, Hon. Allen Worden, "the Honest
inss, ESQ, Of this city: About i, 200 people
had gathered around tho p!atferu-all that
could find . standing place In hearing dis.
tauce-and they listened with tbs ciosest IT.
ten1ion till the speaking had closed
a. 7o'elock il The evening an extra train
Union men from Dubuque and the Grrm1nia
band Of that city, and helped to swell the
crowd. At s O'Clock six or seven thousand
people were on Main street. There was an
eruption Of the whole patriotic element Of
tbs town, babies and all. Bonnres blazed np
flom The s hiehext tE points Of ths bluffs, and
oon oosf repvatsG ras Ghoii its '{ {yas. tas
ticies of faith in the Union; tho houses
wire splendidly Illuminated, aud some Of
th.m, on the highest t1ll, seemed to hang like
fairy castles in the air; transparencies were
thousand trees IN front Of houses; and when
thc torch.lisht procession went Its rounds, it
seemed more like march through scenes of
crclantment, than anything I have ever Wit
messed before. The ladies, who had done oy.
erything they could do to heiehten the splea-
dors OF the illuminattons, and Of the trans
1arencies, thronged the tront.ya the piaz-
zas and balconies Of the houses, waving their
handk erchiefs and otherwise manifesting their
JOY aud patriotism Us the torcl,-bearers aud
the Thousands Of other people in the proces.
sion passed along. Before the procession had
gone hrough the principal streets and come
speaking had commenced there, and was kept
mp I'LL II O'clock The speakers were, -
Robinson Of Plattyil]e, Wis, Capt, j. Burnett
T.tt Of Freeport. Capt. Green and E. 4.
Small, esq, Of Galena, and the "honest mil.
1er" Of Badgerdom. Cheer on cheer rose
from the crowd at each reference, By the
sreakers, to Gen. Grant, Gen Meade, and
other brave chieftains of the Union army.
The Comnander-in-C Chief Of the Federal
forces received his need Of praise from the
lips ct the speakers, and the references to his
Proclamation and to his policy Of arning ne
groes, called forth the most uproaro1s ap-
plausc Of the audience. J.C.