Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-05-20
from the Sacramento Bel
Going Home.

| The Army of the Potomac is passing through
| Richmond on the way to Washington The Old
Guard of the nation, crowned with the laurels
of hundred fights and Scared with souvenirs
of their devotion to the glorious Union, be-
queathed us nv the patriot band that met in In
dependence Hall on the Fourth of July, 1916, is
returning to receive the thanks of the people
whose honor it has so nobly defended. To-mor-
row they will march with % Old Glory borne
aoft. tattered and rent with the honors OF Hatch
er's Run and Fort Steadman, the hundreds of
drums rafting like the discharge of distant mus
kerry, and the firm, heavy tramp OF the unwa-
vering thousands that have pierced the smoke
and stemmed the shock of battle for the republic.
While traitors and secession sympathizers shall
silently gaze. half in fear and half in anger. on
these cleaning cohorts, these huge masses of
the breathing valor that have battled for the
right and won ~ laurels of four years of bloody
war. the loyal hearts of the people shall cry out
with ioy and rend the air with laundering peals
OF welcome to the noble defenders of our flag
and land.
Honor to the noble and gifted officers whose
clear heads and brave hearts have led these
brave fellows to victory and the nation homage.
Three times three cheers for Grant. the mastery
but modest Captain, who planned the scheme
that has crowned the armies of the republic with
the honors they shall everywhere receive for
Phil Sheridan, the American Murat. the little
giant who comes on the wings of Il whrlwind,
like an atom astride of an avalanche lot " IN
field Scott Hancock, on whom the mantle OF the
old lion of the army has fallen and for Meade,
Ord. Weitzel and the other gallant generals who
have assisted in the overthrow of treason and
slavery and the restoration of peace, justice and
human rights. But have we no praise for the
ranks no cheers of rapture for the bayonet bear
ers? Ave we have millions for them. Let them
have the blessings of all good men for their firm
ness and unfinching devotiontto the flag, and
let US beware that in heaping praises
Justly due, upon our leaders, that we do not be-
little the corps darmee to glorify its commanders.
England, to this day, commits that error in the
case of Wellington let US not fall into the same
pit of short-sighted injustice.
This war has lasted four years How many of
those who marched across the long bridge in
SCI will gaze at the manhood and beauty of the
nation on PENNSYLVANIA Avenue tomorrow? But
1.-THE. Think of the gallant ones that are ten
ants of little mounds all the way from Big Bethel
to Petersburg. America mourns the gallant
Sedgwick the steadfaSt Wadsworth. the intrepid
Matheson, the bold and dashing kearney, and
the Spartan-like Lander: and California, far
from the shock and carnage of battle, has a lin
gering tear for the . Gray Eagle. the immortal
Baker. These were but handful. Hundreds
of thousands have fallen and crmsoned the re-
bellous sod. in the name of God and liberty,
while as many more are shattered wrecks Of hui
mainly, torn by shot and shrapnel, waving in
rapture their empty sleeves as they see their old
companions in arms returning crowned with lau-
rels that can never fade.
OF the thousand stalwart bavonets.
Two hundred march to-day;
Hundred, lie in Virginia ewamps
And hundreds in Maryland clay:
And other hundreds, less happy, drag
Their shattered limbs around,
And envy the deep. long. blessed sleep
OF the battleiel's holy ground"
Let a nation gratitude be shown these heroes,
whether they wear the sash and shoulder strap.
or bear the canteen and cartridge box. Let
every widow that mOurnS a husband killed, and
every mother who hewails son starved to death
in a rebel prison pen, be cherished q sister by
the nation for whose glory they have borne the
dreaded trial of losing all that was dear to them
on earth. Let every sleek, well-tcd civilian,
whom our brave soldiers have saved from the
sword OF the traitor, remember he owes the
NV of the Republic a debt he never repay.
And as the body guard of I.berty-thc Army of
the Potomac-returns to the peaceful qUietude
of home. ana the loved ones that await the sol
der return. let nation ; gratitude he their
reward for their heroic DIES oton to the cause of
freedom and progress. God bless the Old
Guards They may die. out their memory is
immortal.
A illustration Of the force with which tn poured
through the principal streets OF Rochester AT the recent Hood
the Dea"gt Of that place says that car wheel weighing
500 pounds carried from isinry 5000 feet distance and
landed island in the middle Of the Genessee river
Hdriford IhSt.
THAT wouldn't be considered much of cur
rent here. During our last little affair here rail-
road iron--not wheels--was swept by the flood
from street to street. distance of over
mile.-Sdcrdmento Bee.
The Bee tells the truth