The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-08-22
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Rey 4. d. Cbapiu, the orator II The day,
6ens. noo6er. Carr, Sc INCUR. aud other
insit,l guests. The military was received
BY Capt nougaten's company, which aeie >
- escort, and the General. were driven to
he Mount Anthony House, ia front Of which
.hey remained durag the forming Of The
procession. Here the carriage vas sur
rounded By large numbers who wished the
pleasure Of taking Gen Hooker BY the hand
The General bad kind word for al, aud
occasionally prolonged the conversation with
soldiers who had served under him Az
about half past twelve o'clock, the process
sion was formed IN the following order
Lieut. Col Pratt Chief Marshal
puwnal Brass Band
Battalion nth 10 Regiment. It. Col Cady. Cong.
Invited guests aad members u The Historical 50.
clety IN CARRIAGES
Ilent Col Cole, Assistant Marsha
sullivan Band
CO g. Twenty fourth Regiment New York n g.,
Oupt Gusack commanding.
Co. II, Twenty fourth Reg. \. ;. y. c. capt
calder commanding.
Troy Drum torps
Bennington Fire Department Geo Bsnton, Nhid
The correspondents Of the New York
press who we're present say the procession
was really hne one aud would have done
: credit 10 any city in the Union. The com
) paues Of lie Eleventh Regiment made a
. good an appearance as could have been ex
!. pected aud the Troy companies exhibited ID
soldierly appearance and precision IN march
ing acquired b. long practice The engine
Of The Fire Department were handsome
i decorated with flowers and eyergreens tn
! process ion moved up the street through i'm
, meuse clouds of dust to grove east Of th
village, where stand had been erected 70
the speakers aud guests and seats for POI
u ton of the audience. Among the promner
gent leu,eu upon the stand we're Maj Ger
d Hooker, Maj Gen. Carr, Maj Gen. sey
- mour, Maj Gen. Stannard, Maj Gen Phelps
Brig Gen Foster, Brig, Gen. Seayer, Co
Proctor, Col Potter. Twenty Fourth Main'
Z" Col. McCrenry. One Hundred and For',
y Fifth Pennsylvania, Gov. Smith, Lieut. Co
rs lJillmgham, Ex-Goy Ryand Fletcher, Hon
Re Marx skinner. Treuor " Pvik. Arour
%, the stand was collected au audience Of fl
or SIX thousand people lib, assemblal
was called 10 order By Ex-Governor Hal
" President of the ii-t tical society, vi
"a called upon Rev. Isaac Jennings 70 open Il
r. exercises with prayer. Mr. Hall ihen ga
4 that i h.d been Intended TO have papers
!. .usf at,e ot the history Of the battle
Bennington read GU that occasion, but
Consequence u the ldteness Of the hour
~ would immediately introduce the orator
- the day,
II. Rgv. a. II. CHAPLIN, OF Skw YORK,
- The speaker said that no one could regr
+; more than he that circumstance had depri
ell the audience Of what might he truly ca
ej an address appropriate to the occasio
Drawn hither by many associations conne'
"a with the place and the day, he nad hop'
that one Of the members Of the Histo
cal Society would contribute to the annals
az the State and the history Of the nation,
lrd worthy memorial Of the 10th of Augu
IN l777. True, the story Of that battle
err been often told but such narrative
49, heroism and achievement never grows
familiar, Knowing as We do thar
reatness Of nation, its real substance a
~ power, consists not in its material develo
zen nient, or in the pomp Of its civilization, mol
err +. towns or its territories, not in its DO
no. iaAjng trade or It's masted seaports but ~
patriotic experiences Of noble deeds fore
blooming 10 true national life; We peri
ually require the story Of the past to III
tea trate the conduct Of the present. and TO :
pa ain hopeful vision Of the future Ola
on. then would be have listened even TO a S
pie rep eiition II tia, momentous couaict,
IN lucid or der and recorded here, wi
these unchanged mountains east upon as
:" very shadows which they east upon our
Tiers on the dag e strife Bat mole
ma this, he vas sure that among those
be heard him. thele we're many WHO wer {
qualified to communicate those details VIII
IL they 90 not alter the main outlines Of
bis, o. iea picture. at least render II d
m siyid, aud add 70 the general impression
d IN reality q personal details aud minute