New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-29
HOYORS TO OUR PATRIOT DEAD.
DEDICATION OF SOLDIERS MONUMENT IN DUTCHEss
COUNTY.


COUNTY.
TELEGRAPH
MADALIN, Duchess County. Nov. 2S.-Very i'm
posing and impressive ceremonies place Hefern Hall
in this quiet little country village to-day the occasion being the
dedication Of monument erected TO the memory OF soldiers
from this district killed in battle during the Rebellion Al
though day stormy one yet the neat little Hall
comfortably filed by the honest country folk who came rom
different sections to take part in the solemn Scat
tered about the audience were wounded and manned veterans
fathers brothers. sisters and mothers OF the departed braves
whose remains find last resting place among the hills
and valleys their native homes and whose memory dear TO
every and child who sent them forward 10 battle
for freedom needless Of the iron hail at the front
At O'Clock m. nearly oil had arrived who intended to
be present Among those the platform the Rev. Mr.
Clark Epcopaan High Church, f. Tompkns, esq the Rev.
Major Buard the Rev. Mr. Johnson Johnston Livingston
esq. and DIR. J. I. Barton.
PRAYER The Rev Mr. Clark President Of the Meeting then
made statement relative to the origin of the Erection Of the
monument the subscription list where located &c. He CON-
pmened the artists work in the construction OF the monument
giving him great praise The Association, he said has now
closed its labor and their work before the people He
then introduced the orator Of the day. Gen. James Watts DE
Peyste The General on stepping upon the platform opened
ship, his early associations with those who fell in
battle and the great interest he fslt IN the work
He stated that nearly onesXh Of the population Of Red Hook
9Sq $40 II o. TsTs o e % SS R So the
I'm which the village Of Madan Is situated between the h OF
5000 men and the I'd Of April when Andrew johnson
declared the war had ceased had nearly If altogether $40
representatives under and under tire The speaker
viewed at some length origin and OF the Rebellion
claiming that the judicial murder of John Brown elected Ab
ham lincoln He spoke eoquenty Of the flag detailing the
many victorious bateeds it had waved over and eoqueny
asserted that Old Glory" had sailed tramphanty, and
ring to those who vent forward from this district
Pad glowing win, tributes q 'BsSt to Their me s
Regiment It's State battle bag and il returned 10 Tyo
wreck and relic to the donor memento and is
kept in the dwelling OF the speaker He reviewed the personal
history many of those who enlisted from Red Hook the
dience listening with the greatest interest and attention
The speakers address nteFspered throughout with
beautiful and appropriate poecal illusions and contained
two hours he held his hearers If in wise and when be bad
concluded the greatest satisfaction eynced BY all Prev
whom this monument erected died for their eoun
try. They were patriots in the truest, fullest and
cesres sense Of the word This marble should be bed sacred
and the ground be deemed holy The should e maintained
with care and the other be held invoate for both coDhded
safeguard OF the gratitude OF those who urye toward
the dead and the respectful soeude Of coming generations
are the guardians OF their their memories and the bonos
to them And now Rebels who have been staying
brethren FOR years and ask OF Us equality Of rights for
the future and oblivion for the past There like
accidental President who would elevate them above the pa
When Gen DePeyste became seated immense applause fol-
lowed him His Grafton an eloquent and has been Or
The exercises closed with the benedcton when retired
their homes highly grathed The monument constructed VI
marble ocagona in FORM and bears upon it the following in
''''P'''A' 1.-THE Immediate NsishbOrhoOd
Defenders.
Who lost their lives 10 expressing
and sustaining the
Government
Of the People, for the People, BY the People
The southern and eastern sides bear the Of % fellow
,tzens who were killed in battle died Of wounds received
upon the battlefield