The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-29

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We have procured, with much difficulty
and expense, suitable grounds. These have
been appropriately laid off; 1879 single
graves have been prepared, and the central
mound--the common grave Of Sl5 men
raised to its present prominence by the de-
post thereon Of thousands of cart loads of
earth.
We had hoped on the occasion Of this
dedication to have presented the grounds
in more advanced state of completion,
but occurrences unexpected and beyond
our control have caused serious delay. We
have not as yet been able to procure head
boards for the entire number of graves,
owing to the difficulty Of obtaining suitable
timber and the failure of the contractor to
furnish them at the time specified, but We
expect to prepare them in short time.
An arrangement has been made with the
Mount Hebron Cemetery Company by
which the Stonewall Cemetery will be in
corporated with the former, thus adding to
the beauty of both, and securing for the
dead soldiers the same protection and care
as is given to the dead Of our town.
BY telegraph 10 the Tribune.
WINCHESTER, Va, October 25.-Thc
dedication Of the StQnewall Cemetery at
this place to-day has been attended by
various points in the Valley of Virginia.
The occasion was taken advantage Of to
transfer and bury the remains of General
o. A ILL ,,I
also those of Colonies Marshall and Thomp-
son-all late of the Rebel army, and killed
in battle. This was done under the au-
spices of the Masonic Lodges Of the Valley,
W. G. NJ. Carson and g. NJ. Marshall Of
ticiating. The Ashby brothers were buried
with one coffin in one grave. Their only
relative present was an aged aunt, their
sister being confined at home of typhoid
fever.
Immediately after these services the
crowd gathered around the stand erected
for the speaker, and the affair of the day
began, Governor Henry A. Wise de-
livcring the following Grafton:
Fellow-citiZenS,-A mourning people
mcetin the midst ofgraveS, the dust Of which
is more sacred than that of kindred, to do
homage To the virtues, to commemorate the
deeds of their heroes. | came to condole
with and comfort the living. Search among
the ashes of the dead for example how to
survive their death, how to live after them,
how to nourish the seeds of indestructible
truth. Alas who are the dead The bu-
ried, or rather the bruised and broken sur
viyors. The blessed buried are past the
fear of future tempest or wreck on shore.
Those who escaped are still exposed to
both. The buried are now immortal, while
we survive to honor their names and deeds.
They need no monument or mausoleums of
| earth. No hostile hand can strike them
now. Eternity has sealed their testimony
to the truth. Postcrity will not permit hui
man history to be perverted to their shame.
Their death only proved that they were
preferred of heaven. When they fell they
were not dead. We come not, to bury the
dead, but TO touch their turf. They have
no tombs, and we are ourselves alive again
to brave misfortuncs as they braved death,
and make ourselves worthy OF their sacri-
flee. Their mortal foes shall build their
shrines. Their friends are too despoiled to
more than mark the places where they
lie all around them. Their enemies are
gathering the whitening bones of those
they repulsed and slew to raise mounds to
deeds made memorable, to memoirs made
worthy of mention by their steel, and every
stone shall tell the story of their woe to
every passer-by. Now do we want their
examples more than during the war, and
need to heed them more than if we needed
Gideon to bear us through the flaming of
the rcd-hot war. We need more than
Moses now to bear us up in dungeons Of
defeat, and lead us out by-ways, to prove
us worthy of the great trials with which
our honor is entrusted. l invoke, then,
the mighty Confederate, and 10! instantly
the valiant clay of this consecrated Valley
of Virginia becomes inspired with motion
in every atom. A grave in Lexington,
trembling, quickly gives up life-breatl-
ing spirit in great example-the sane
tilted Stonewall Jackson. Avery Michael
of delivcrance, his example speaks to us
Of the intrinsic sterling stamina OF his
moral greatness. His Christian heroism,
the eternal alamant of his character and
nature, his supreme faith in God, faith in
immutable moral laws and principles, and
in their might to prevail in the end against
all opposing power-these made him Stone
Uun. CTOfil tIiS cAdlhpiC, Which, 'ioSS VI ~
fore us with its immortal fact, reverently
ask counsel here, amid these Confederate
braves. Here the speaker apostrophized the
character of Jackson, and continucd.l The
Stonewall example is not only admonish-
ing, but is cheering and full Of hope. 1t
puts to shame not only the dead Machia-
yellian dogma that faith, the truth OF
moral principle, can ever or could ever %
submitted to the abitrament. of arms, to
be conquered by the mere force of num-
bers; but it scouts that ,oOrse than MINOR
tality uhich n,aligns cause ,corh Stone
,oaH JacI:son's fighting for, and aoorth MS
dy;nq for, by calling 1t a lost cause. itcrtt-.
cifrion could lose cause, The captain OF
our .sa,cation ,cas conquered. He did that
the cause might live, and from that day the
blood of the martyr has been the seed OF
the church. If our cause is lost, II was
false if true it is lost, first victories can
not be termed final results. There were
many errors in our ways Of going out TO
war. Those errors fell. The truths for
which we fought yet lipe. Whilst waiting
for their resurrection or their coming In
this hour Of darkness and Of doubt
to ell who, recreant, would abandon faith
to oil who, despairiDg, would abandon hope;
TO all who, tempted, would resort to for
hidden ways; to all who, timid, would
shamcfully succumb; TO all who, tmpa-
tient--
AZ this point the speaker addressed the
old Yirginisns, assuring them that old
things must pass away, even the glOries