Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-09

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we're there, looking TO see II they could rrecog-
nlze IN those ghastly objects The remains OF
any friend or acquaintance ul'theirsi but none
OF them seemed 10 know any more than We
did OF the names ihey bore when they we're
living moving senuent Delqgs Ike ourselves
The stencil was fearful, although we were
separated from them oy closely esmented
partitions OF glass, and we hurried away sat
lshed with our view oi death IN such re-
puslve form
friend OF ours, a regular good fellow,
Joe Z, OF Boston, went there me same day,
Slth his liltle DRIED up French valet aud IN
terpreter, to whom he SAID; Theodore what
makes It STINK sof An, said Theodore,
with the Frenchmans inimitable grimRce aud
shrug, nm beg'a w spoN v %
The Hote dos l1salides We fonnd to be
vast asylum Tor old soldiers two ihonsend ot
whom mud here sale and qniet retreat from
the storms OF lilef where ihey live, ;he
pensioners OF grateioi nation, and whence
they descend, when 'llelr hours come inl9
honoref graves. Even as We entered a.guafd
oil the old veterans were following the re-
mains oi one OF their companions to his
long home, N procession solemn and slow, TO
the sound OF muilled drums we stood with
heads uncovered though the sun was iery'dly
blazing down upon ns from a oudless sky
Tor the living as wen as the dead we're to be
venerated tor their years and Tor their deeds.
We were there to see the review which takes
place every Day at noon, and It was toneh-
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veterans, many Of whom were lacking an arm,
a leg. or mn eye, held themselves erect, and
marched along with tho precision of machines
to the familiar roll OF the drums. Many OF
them had the cross of the Legion OF Honor
upon their breasts, earned at Wagram, Aus
terlitz, OF borodino under the eve OF Napoleon
the Grand and all OF them wore one or more
decorations; evidences OF faithful service 10
their country, which they prize mtre than
lite r......
We had become SO familiar with sights
whose interest arises from their association
with men who lived, and events which hap
pened, centuries ago, that u was startling 10
be thus reminded that the greatest figure
which has occupied the attention OF the World
for ages, ls remembered by living men,-+-tha;
we saw before Hs those who served under him,
who participated IN his wonderful deeds, and
who shouted /" vioe . EmpeSeHr on the held
OF battle IN the face Of his enemies with sn
idolatrous devotion which even the presence
of death could not snbdue ltseemed 10 us
there, and in other places IN the city he 50
much loved and so beautlhed With bis inialIl.
ble taste, that he had died only yesterday, and
that bis spirit was still lingering around 'l''
In the chapel OF the bolel des lnyalidea are
hung the flags be captured from the various
nations with whom he fought, We were glad
the "siars and stripes we're not there
We passed Out the same wayby which We
had entered, and around, n quarter OF mile
to the other end OF ne building, and with an
immense crowd--iort tile hour OF opening hid