The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-06
INCIDENTS OF THE OCCASION.
Reception Of the Heroes by
the People.
ENTHUSIASM AND GRATITUDE.
FIGHTING THE BATTLE DER AGAIN,
&C., &c, &c.
GETTING TO GETTYSBURG

the bst but TO the inevitable dscomforts ana annoy
amos the railroad people managed to add nuisance that
very eaectuay put the tempered public in pas
son Add bad humor to 1O4 Fahrenheit and fancy the
temperaturc AT Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company sold tickets through Gettysburg and only
checked the baggage half the dstance-reason, they
had checks but they assured the ticket holder
that the place where the checks they taken
up others would be given. That proved TO be deccp
tionno other checks were given; and so at every sta
ton beyond the Susquehanna every passenger
had to get out and watch his baggage, and that
it not taken away or, worse yet left behind when
there change Of cars which there very often.
1t marvellous sight to the excited and eager
interest with which this baggage review gone
through Besides all this the appeared not to
any set time but only when the engineer got ready.
From Hanover Junction to Gettysburg they stopped
tho first miles to take in water mile further for
wood, another mile more and water; then wood,
then and 1t the hungrest and thrsti-
old locomotive that permitted to put the
lives of passengers In peril How the babies screamed
and freted through it all and how the mothers, with
their peculiar Pennsylvania accent coaxod and threat
ened to keep them quiet and how wonderfully indGer
ent the fathers
ACCOMMODATING THE PUBLIC.
The town had begun to ill up by Friday Saturday
of last week. and Saturday all the hotels felt the
pressure OF the outside world One had fifty guests and
was, Of course, tremendously crowded AS the hotel
Allied up 1t became necessary that extraordinary
provision should be made for the hundreds that
tinued TO arrive and the citizens consequently began to
''take boardcrs" At nearly every house strangers"
taken in. It would be old joke TO add to this
the statement that they also done for. 1t wouldn't
DO much of joke in the present case, because 1t
would DO true and joke is affirmed to be no Joke
We do assail the hospitality of the Gettysburgers
Many of the citizens seemed to absolutely keep open
house. and entertained their distinguished visitors with
freedom and berlity that If continued for any time,
would severely injure very comfortable competency.
But there also many who thought 1t only fair to
a'spo the Egyptians and considered that the outside
word fair game whenever 1t came within reach, no
matter what brought it there.
Those fellows wanted to 'turn an honest penny, and
did it by selling pitifu little meals Of hard ham and
bread and butter at the price that paid for sump
tuous m~als first class hotel This did not astonsh
the traveller from the city, whose nerves are not TO
BIO shaken by such trihe. But it did astonsh very
much the visitors from towns of the county and
class Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Carlisle, and so on,
have all had the same reputation at the North, and Il
was of them astonishing In this way the
residents of the rest.
now THEY ENJOYED IT.
Gettysburg nevertheless, enjoyed this Fourth Of July
time groa deal better than did the one two years
ago. Thcn their little streets were crowded with the
odorfcrous chvary and the sight Of those exceedingly
dirty heroes offended the eye at every turn. Wounded
lay In the streets only little less horrible than the
dead that lay beside them. The citizens we're made
wrechcd by the loud boasts Of the Souhcrners TO annh
late our army and the very earth seemed reel with
tho Of the fire. while the women and children huddled
In cellars for safety In what apparent the other
huril that
The women gathered In the fronts Of the houses and
cha,cd happily enough the swarmed with chill
drrn and the visitors In their good clothes roamed out
in groups the various points OF the battle ground ali
,rry and light hearted as possible. Every house
open. Now and then ammunition wagon rumbled
through tho Streets and orderly gaopcd and down.
half dozen soldiers two or three OF them tipsy,
struggled by. An attempt was made to keep whskey
from the soldiers but they got II somehow In spite of
seemed 10 consider himself the depository OF even
handed justice Ordered not TO sell TO soldiers he also
refused officers as he didn't see that one had any better
right 1t than the other This may not have been
much for the sake Of justice for little ugly spite
against the officers whom he doubt blamed for Do
priv ng him of a large sale to the men.
All not equally sptefu and when your correspond
sent In search OF raspberry JAM and knowledge hap
pci,d into an out-of way ROOM reached by back
entry and mysterious steep pair Of stairs, he found
great many heroes in shoulder straps engaged In the
abom'nation Of juleps cobbers land sich." There
entries and steep stairs In every part OF the
town. and much ''wet damnation" found its way down
patriotic Threats.
INDIGNATION.
There came very near being lively incident the
Sd correspondent Of the New York Times known
to DO in town. and known that this gentleman had
ut the time OF the battle mado structures
the people and denounced their nlggardly conduct
Tho Getysburgers answered the structures a the time
but they evidently not satisfied with their
and now that the correspondent was once more
within reach they proposed 20 prove their statements
his person. They expected TO show that they were a
liberal and hosptabe people by lynching writer who
had stated the contrary They nrst held an Indignation
meeting in the Court House-thc seat Of justice being
considered the most appropriate place for the initiation
of lawless violence. AT this meeting men who
called 'hc most respectable citizens breathcd out
than they There was grand talk and that was
the last OF It, An inmaon was given that the bayon-
cts Quit camp would be used u necessary TO prevent
any roous demonstrations, and "bctter Judgments
prevailed and all was peace
ARRIVAL AND MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL HOWARD.
General Howard reached ysborg early in the after
Geary who arrived the day before the house OF Mr..
David Wills, President OF the Monument Assoca-
ton. Private Miles 0'Rieliy, who came BY the
Harper, editor OF the Adams Sentinel. General
Geary was entertained at the same hospabo mansion.
General Howard In the afternoon visited the house
from the top OF which he had first seen the battle and
sub equently went TO Cemetery Hill, and there
n,d 10 many friends the story Of the FIRST days night
II Is pleasant TO note that the later gores Of this
Snl soldier have wrought change In his He
A. still The same transformations easy hammered gentle.
man vho two years ago, that hill pointed out
% your correspondent the two three main points Of
the battle which framed the first history
written OF ttat learul DAY.
General Howard in turn listened with great interest 10
the various points OF detail communicated by Mr. Bachcl
der the great deiineator Of the battle ground, and
lucknow edsod warmly the vauc Of that gentleman 8
efforts toward the calculation Of the full history the
struggle.
ARRIVAL OF GENERAL MEADE AND GOVERNOR
CURTIN. .
General Meade and Governor Curtin left Harrisburg at
TN O'Clock A. NJ on the 3D. drive to Gettysburg thirty
miles carriages and at six o'clock the artillery under
command Of General Robinson and the Fteth regiment
Pennsylvania corps moved c.. on the Harris
burg road to receive them They arrived somewhat later
and were also driven 10 the house Of Mr.. Wills, past
which the escort fled paying the honor OF marching
salute.
The cagerness Of the Gettysburgers to see the disn
guishcd soldiers identified with the battle was very great
and they hronged the entrance Of the house till nearly
midnight. An extemporaneous levee was held in the
large hall of Mr. Wills house, and there the inevita-
bic and terrible hand shaking gone through
by Generals Meade and Howard and Governor
Curtin, tho citizens and country people were brought
in by or in throngs Of dozen II was motley
group the hardhanded and hard faced farmers and their
wives, the and their wives, and the large
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