New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-26

TBBY AT WINoHEsrER-ApDsEss oP en- yBsEr
A. WISE. f..ts
fnEeRAPH TO TRIBUNE.
WINCHESTER We, Thursday, Get IL, lsoa
The dedication of the Stonews Cemetery at this place
to-day has been attended by I've thousand people,
assembled from various points in the Valley Of Vifgts
Pho occasion taken advantage Of 10 transfer ana
bury the remains Of Gen. T. Ashby and Capt Dick Ashby
and also those of Coli, Marshall and Thompsora lsis
Of the Rebel army, end killed in battle Tfis was done
under the auspices of the Masonic Lodges OF the Vely
W. G. NJ. Carson and G. NJ. Marshall Officiating. Tho
Ashby brothers buried with coffin grsyty
Their only relative present was an aged aunt thar ssf
being confined at home OF typhoid foyer. y
Immediately after these services the crowd gathered
around the stand erected for the speakers and The tEr
of tho day began, GOV. Henry A. Wise delivering tia
following grafton:
FELLOW CITIZENS mourning people meet IN he midst -
graves tb. dust Of which sacred than that q ned
to do homage the virtues tho deeds Of thef
heroes condoe with and comfort the living Search
among the ashes OF the dead for example how 70 survive he
death live after them how nOush tho seed OF nde/
suuctbe truth Alas who are the dead The btSied u
rather the bruised and broken s1yors Tia blessed baIey
who escaped are still exposed both The buried inn
mortal while survive to honor their and deeds ex
need no monument or mausoeuns OF oerth hostile hanf
strike them Eternity has sealed thsr testimony '
the trpth PC,terT viii .r.i not permit n,i
shame Their death only proved Thar they were pT,eIed q
When
bnry The dead Int 10 touch their turf They have no omt
ard ourselves alive 1gan 70 brave mores "a theI
Their porta foes shall baid their srnes Their friends All
dspoiled than mark the places where they lie ali
OF those they repusel snd slew 10 raise Inounds 70
deeds made memorable, TO memoirs made worthy y
tel the story OF their woe 70 every pseserf,.
need to heed them more then 4 We needed GIDEON 70 bear
through the flaming Of the red hot var We need more than
by ways 20 prove worthy the great as win which oa
honor is entrusted invoke then the mighty Confederate
Valley Of Virginia becomes inspired with motion in every atom
grave in Lexington trembling quickly gives ~ ne beat
son very Mehne of deveance his example sIeahs 70 ns
Corstian herosm the eternal adanut 81 ms ehshs'r sD
nature his supreme faith In God Faith IN mmuabie Dcfal
asn stS al opposing Pow poRe f e I'm a froSs
this example which rises up before Us With rs Immortal Iaet
Here inc speaker upostrophled me character aeisos
and continued ias sonew FL e5amps is not ony 'does's
shame only the dead maehsveBah 6opoa thss
faih, the truth of moral principle. can creJ
arms, to be conquered BY me mere oree nnbeEs pat
ee,asg !, lot cTuiS u eIregrtol eoela sesse
esde might i've and rom that day blood OF martyr hss
has been the seed Of the church II our cause lost way
false true it is lost inst victories cannot be termed tnss
results There many IN ways Of going ont 6
Those errors fen The truths for which we fought yf
his hour Of darkness and Of doubo an who recreen would
abandon faith 70 all yo dcsp,sg HSad sn aI sSps
tpid, would shamenly sGeeumbi 10 al who mtehtntS
supg them that old things must pass away even ne gores
with The weakness Of he past Then turning 70 be yourS
beyond any that ded in the past the HIS and vse Of De
isnd Of every mans pride ne inquired i hey 100 i%gs
they must strive 10 bear their 10: without roposeb guilt
hat they must baye patience and hat nothing cond Re worse
that jackson iailed-that his faith was imprsctcs.
bic and an obsauetion7they made great 1.sshf hsiS
FLO Gntp mad
Virginia not 10 emigmte to take their fortunes e. hey arg
AID RON the present small 6sgnnog again Tos Srysa;
virginia. Would they leave Ne United ssig And ihsY
Sy expect to ind people as nee He e1herted tem too
life workof constant unobtrusiye quiet labor u VTl
will bat her and save her she shall indeed DO
and dysble new Virginia greater stronger gTsnde5
than was old Virginia The orator then stated his ys ss %
tho other states bric these ths, slavery
atcd landed aristOcacy which snagoniso % progress
end repeilant 10 Immigration Preceding IN ms Igl-
mem. he stated ct length the Advantage Of nfLinR I'M
the great mnera resources Virginia The only direct 1lOs
he mado any political hs reference % tho
virginia as he bastard ehnd OK political rape Neycrthe
less he said there s substance enough LEFT in Vnginaq
concluded follows We catch then the inspiration Of this
sh tbs hope this life and strength Sa NE o halo , Of
amer them Blessed be their memories wold, could,
testimony their truth and ezcerce their innocence and |
volatility and to try 10 live worthy Of their deaths and TO he
the more ready when their Master calls meet them IN Heaven
Bring then cypress there Bring aures to these eopsecissf
graves May virtue the only amaranthine flower earh
keep beautiful their turf Truth the only lasting resenFe b
their monument Mourn with funeral diTge but VIII t@r
sitting anthems swell their note OF praise. "
At the conclusion of this address original poem Of
considerable length, bitterness and merit, commemorative
OF the OCCASION read by Daniel Denny Of Jefferson
County. Every sentiment uttered by either speaker ofs
character in laudaton of the purposes Of the Rtbehon
greeted with expressions Of intense satisfaction Tie
crowd having dispersed, the streets Of the village were
soon filled with OF drunken giving uttefansts
opinions better keeping with the past record Of the
town than in harmony with its future good SeyeraE
small occurred about the railroad station, the COM
baants being left TO fight out their feuds Fair 10 being
held this evening in AID of the Cemetery Assoo,ston1
The utmost harmony prevails.