Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-07-19
A Tribute to the Heroic Dead.

oface from the tablet Of memory the i'm. |
pressions which those scenes of affection |
have left. But never have oficiated ON |
an occasion Of this nature with sadder
feelings then those | now experience.
Their bitterness, which l cannot conceal. |
am yet unable to express; and if venture
TO address you in circumstances 80 painful.
it is not that feel prepared to me ct your
expectations, but because the claims of
friendship forbid me to be silent.
AID get, my dear friends, what can
say of Col Barteson, that could be regard.
ed by those who were honored With his
acquaintance, as fitting tribute to his
memory H-or conld convey to others, who
were not so favored, a just idea of bis
worth The language of eulogy belongs
not to the grave. There the Voice
OF laudatifn should be hushed. Death
mocks az the emptiness Of human praise
nor would | desecrate the place where I
now stand by dealing in that which is
foreign to its duties, which might be i'm,
puted to motives have never entertained.
and which, however eminently merited.
was always peculiarly offensive TO the feel
ings Of our departed friend. This. bowey-
er, 'ciH say of him, aud, am sure, with
yonr concurrence,-that we shall look
around us lrng before we see his like:
"search the Land of living men:
Where will you find his like again,p
His intellectual cndowments were Of no
common order,-his virtues made him
w"rthy of our highest esteem. In the
peaceful and honorable duties of his civil
profession, his discerDment and sound and
sober judgment won him the confidence
and respect If al his professional
brethren in the wider circle of social in.
tercourse, his afsbrlity, bis modesty, his
/ unfeigned depreciation of self, and the
truthiulnSss and generosity by which he
was uniformly chGra: terized. eudeared
him to every heart; while in his career as
s. ldier, during the last three years of his
I lie, events. which are familiar to YOU all.
/ gave evidence to US, 10 the nation, and to
the world, that he was animated by a sem
( tment OF partrI1tIsm that cannot be too
! widely fused. too sacredly cherished or
/ too cordially admired. How intense, in-
/ deed, and how disinterested his patriotism
/ No mere empty Professions were ever
heard from him. lie proved his sincerity
| by bis deeds and bis sufferings.-bv the
| willing and eager prcmptitude with which
/ he RESP onded TO the call IF the President
| at the commencement Of our national
struggles. by bis being the first 10 this
! community to grid himself for the fpbr
by the zeal with which he devoted himself
! to The duties OF his new profession. and nv
/ his tender and nnceasiug concern for the
welfare Of all who were placed under his
! command. He proved it by the patience
/ cheerfulness, and fortitude With which
he submitted TO discoDfoIts, privations
| and hardsbips. in the camp, On the march
( and 90 the battlefield and, on the dav
/ OF Piushnrg Landing, by the eTusion Gf
/ his blood. Could more have been ex ,ect.
edF Could more have been REQUIRED !?
/ The wound which he then received. sinh
I Jecnng him as it did. 10 the loss Of enc If
bis arms, would have justified him fully in
| retiring from the military rrofessiop and
| bad he then Withdrawn from it, as MANY
anticipated ard desired. his fame as n
solfIer OF the Uninn, would have remained
! without stain. But the fire Of bis marriott
ISM could rot be so cx'inguishei. Burning
WIN undated intensity, it prom pted him.
IN his recovery, to return 10 the most #
Danger; 1t sustained him, after his can.
tuTe, through long and wasting imnrison.
ment 1t survived the horrors of capt,vitv
and blazed forth in his death. illus,rating
the sentiment of the Roman o. eta sens
timent which he expressed to friend and
/ fellow citizen on the morning alter be en-.
( listed
"dulce e: deoorum pro patris nori.D
The circumstances Of that event. which
I he esteemed so sweet" and "bonoraLle -
but which TO us is the source Of 80 MANY
p'tter tears. are given in a recent issue Of
one Of the Chicago papers. Tley arnaar in
i'tter from the Surgeon Of the Tooth iii
Vols. to his father in this city. Part Of that
letter shall now read
DEAR FATHER: Before this reaches von
the sad news Of TIE death Of our gallant
and noble Culclel Bdrtlesou will have been
received.
This time the news is too true. Thurs
day, june 231, in the morning, he went
out on duty as Division Oficer of the
day, being in charge Of the skirmisb line
The forenoon was very quiet, and he came
in shout one O'Clock to the regiment head
quarters to dinner. The position Of Officer
of Pickets. On skirmish line. in such times
ss these. is one Of great danger. and we
mad all hoped that that dsy all wouId Re
quiet but sbout2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
orders were sent around which plainly ins
Dictated to US that something in the way of
offensive operations was 10 be done. The
artillery opened ell along the line. edvanc.
ing and one brigade moved to their SIM
port. The Colonel was killed soon after
the advance. TIE left of the line did MOI
advance as fast as the rest, and the Colo
mel rode cut to spur them up. There was
pDint there which was plainly in view of
the rebel line, and they fred at every one
passing by the opening. A rebel ball
struck the Colonel on tie right side, pass
ing through his body ard cnuing out on
the left side His death was probably almost
instantaneous. The stretcher bearers of
the 57th. Indiana (which regiment was on
the skirmish line) saw him fall and went
to him, and finding him dead they carried
the body back of barn in the rear of the
I'D line, land sent US word of the occurrence.
We Immediately sent cut our stretcber
bearers and had bis body brought in.
II have seen many officers and men kill J
ed on the field but never saw one whose
death seemed to strike such blow TO
every one as bis did. Gems. Newton.
Wagner end Harker were near BY, and
immediately came ~. The regiment pass. |
ed in review by the body, to take the Iast
look at ore they so loved and honOred."
This is the man whose obsequies we
celebrate. and for whom our tears flow so |
fast. Who could refuse him that tribute |
of :espectf Who is not ready to ex.
claim
Alas, that the GOODNESS and gloom of the grave
Should wrap so untineIy a bosom 30 braveI
My dear friends, we are here in the |
presence Of Death. Within the narrow
walls of that coffin lies ell that was mortal .
Of the brave Col. Bartlesop, Never mora
in this wsrlc shall we look upon his cnun.
ten8nce. lighted up with the beams ne IN
teliigence and benignity. Never more in /