Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-03-30

the officers on ,l11,y IN and around Alexandra:
and tile oyal residents If tn tcity, determined
present i. General .Iohn p Slough, Militia
* ,,uyx3:nnr. q testimonial ut their anpEccla-
,l>,n If he ijic|ity ana zeal ii ;lay&,i 'y hun
j., !lc discharge ii h> official .s2teS an also
:s,a mark # ,bv; qualification IT his conirln;l-
,inn * the >..:.ato as Il l;ri-;sier general q
volunteers. They appointed committee to
I:rr1>aip Swu,1--cnrsiveriDg it he nost ap,
,,Y,,},liati. cif--an, one Of their number: Capt:
'l'a,,!ty Iluccu,l,, II Philadelphia: and had
az, nYnitt;.luIG. which arrived III tiiis cry
on Friday
On SATURDAY evening it was carried l'y Gap
t;,iu farley ts Alexandria, and placed III
room over tie Post Office. The room was
l;,s elul|y decorated being hung With the
American f}ae, with here aud there sprlSs or
evergreen encycIing portraits ct the Father OF
his Country. 4 platform dlaped with the
american huy was erected tor the accommoda
ion Of ladies.
About half past eight Q clock the room was
filled vj1h officers Of the Army ana a number
Of loval citizens. Several ladies also occupied
the space set apart tcr them.
Lieutenant Colonel Wellos commander OF
Tie provost guard Of the city, III presenting
The sword. said:
.;Honeral 4 large number Of gentlemen
from the various walks Of civil life and officers
ut the Army. DESTROYS OF expressing the nigh
regard in which they hold your character and
the cordial approval which they have gwen
vor,r official acts as Governor of Alexandria,
as we'll as the qualification which they feel over
vour recent confirmation by the Senate OF the
Jnitcd States, have invited you here to receive
from. them this sword The gift OF a sword,
the guardian Of a soldiers honor and the en-
bodiment Of his ambition, IS always to his
heart gratifying and inspiring; it IS new BOND
and pledge of fidelity, and should be OF loyalty:
for pure blade would blush when drawn by a
traitor, as it does when 1t stats Ii the hands OF
an assassin: but the gift becomes lmmeasura-
bly, more precious when 1t IS consecr2ted under
snch circumstances and amid such other events
rs cluster soectcr-likc around us now. 1t is
bestowed BY loyal men who love their country
and who DO not wish to I've after It's glory has
mssed away: and these men have come here to
s}efenti It's integrity with their lives, and they
will do it. >
Colonel Vc}los then referred to the scenes
which had been witnessed in Alexandria sever
al months ago. when disorder and vice was the
rule rather than the exception, and contrasted
ii With its present orderly appearance. 10
General Slough, more than any other man,
said Colonel Welles, was this change due
To-day 40 city in the North Is more orderly
than gehallio:ss Alexandria.
The first anniversary Of the battle OF Pigeon
Rancl,e, New Mexico; in which General, then
Colonel Slough, commanded the Union troops
who defeated the rebel IS, Was, sand Col
ontl " eIIes, al appropriate time to present
this token Ct their respect and admlranon,
which they hoped, would be handed down to
his children S children. that it may enkindle in
their hearts the same patriotic emotion which
now burns in that Of the recipient. Colonel
Waile, concluded b. exl r.:s.ing the hope that