The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-06-02
The Great Recieac.

g The Great ReCier.
a On Tuesday the Army of the Potoms
: was reviewed at Washington, by the Pr
: sident, Lieutenant General, and other die
nitaries. The following is from the &C
, !, count of ''Perley" in the Boston Journal
Pennsylvania Avenue is a mile-and-a
quarter long, between the Capitol ground
and the Treasury, and the pavement i
one hundred and ten feet wide from cur
to curb. This space is strictly clear an,
, clean, as it had been swept and watered
, while an embargo was laid early in tn,
morning on the horse-cars and vehicles.
f At some points large flags were suspen
ded across the centre of the avenue, anc
the stars and stripes adorned nearly every
building, mingled, alas with sad emblem:
of national mourning. Every window
and balcony and available roof is crowded,
and the broad sidewalks are SO packed with
humanity that had hard work to make
my way to the telegraph office near Fifth
street, where l proposed to take first
view of the column.
The magnificent headquarters guidon Of
the Army of the Potomac was carried be-
fore its commander, Gen. Meade, who
rode noble black charger, and bowed
thanks for the cheers which greeted him as
he moved along. His escort of Massachu-
setts Dragons was alike worthy of him
and the State. The cavalry followed. and
loud applause was given to the gallant
Custar, whose long, girlish curls tioated
behind him as his blooded sorrel curvetted
along, as If anxious for the charge to
sound.
After the troopers. came the horse-ar-
hllery, one volunteer and seven regular
batteries, with six horses to each piece and
caisson, and the gunners all mounted
The guns were of brass, iron and bronze.
and on the colorS were the names of the
battles which they aided in deciding. For
elgn officers pronounce our artillery une-
qualed in the world. and certainly this
brigade looked hard to beat.
Following the artillery. came the Pro-
vost Marshal's bri gade. and the soldiers
on the sidewalks were foremost in cheering
Its commander, Brigadier-Gener:.l Marcy,
who Is terror TO evil-doers. and who sees
that no man is oppressed OF wronged.
Gen. Benham's burly form next appear
ed, at the head of the Engineer brigade.
which he has trained to be the wonder of
the service, and which has laid pontoon
bridges OF unequalled length in 4 space of
time 80 briet rs To :,Stoni>il even those ac-
quainted with his system. One of his
regiments carried lis intrenclling tools, for
spades are trump>, after all. in the great
game of war. Two huge pontoons. like
whales on wheels, each drawn by eight
mules, attracted much attention.
Two hour, after the head of the column
had pasSeo, the headquarters guidon of the
Ninth Corps came along. with It's crossed
cannon and anchor. eliciting many a pleas
ant recollection OF the brave Burnside.
To-day the corps is commanded by Major
General Parke. who rode spirited sorrel
horse, with 4 wreath of laurel encircling
the animals neck
There was All interval Of five minutes
between the last battery of the Ninth
Corps and the Fifth Corps, which was
commanded 10y Major-Gencral Griffin, and
which recalls the many hard-fought fields
of the Army of the Potomac.
The Second Corps. commanded by Ma
jor-General Humphreys, fully sustained its
reputation as ii marched past, with flags
almost covered with records of its valor.
The Irish Brigade elected the loudest
cheers as it followed Col Nugent. who.
with every other officer and private, wore
a sprig of green box i'll his cap.
The coIored people have not been out in
full force to-day, as is usually the case OH
public occasions, for they feel deeply hurt
\ little more than Il year ago. when Gen.
burnside marched the Ninth Corps through
Washington, on its way to JOIN the Army
of the Potomac, it embraced division of
colored troops. These were loudly ap-
plauded by President Lincoln and their
friends, and also by the stay-at-home
crowd, who were enthusiastic over the op-
portunity given TO those of the African
race to prove their manhood. They have
proved it on hard-tought fields and by
hard work with the spade; but now that
the Ninth Corps joins in the triumphant
pageant we are told that the "niggers'
have been left at City Point. There was
not a colOrcd soldier in the ranks.
WEDNESDAY-SIIERMA 5 ARMY.
A signal-gun fired near the Capitol at 9
o'clock put the column in motion, and at
20 minutes after 8 deatering cheers an
nounced the approach of Gen Sherman TO
the reviewing pavilion. No battle guidon