Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-11-08

> pause and zen. Ripley prop sed that u
e Society now brevet Gen. Buticriield as a We
= monter, with three hearty cheers, which wei
, given him with q will, followed by ,hr,
; cheers apiece ior Gen. Ingalls,, and Ger
, Donahue
: 5. Our Soldier Lawyers.
Though in the service they had little to d
with plsGs il abqiemeRi, they proved good
. rJ0ia3crs AMI always kept up their auciCr
habit Of being great in H.a,iag charges
Col. X. c. Benton was called on to re
sTord. he said he hesitatcd to speak 70
such modest profession. He drew
humorous parallel, between the caIlings O
tie lawyers and tie soldiers. The soldiers
Ike the lawyers liked good charges and goo,
pay. ard got the latter in the dne resolution
passed by the politicians, who seldom fai
TO follow up their resolution of thanks t,
the soldiers, by nominating to Office mem
bersof tie Home Guard. Bat the soldiers
had a better reward than offce-s Country
saved by our Efforts.
Col Yeazay was also called on TO respond
to this toast, and did SO in some pleasant re.
marks
g. To The memory Of the Commander OF
he 9Th Corps, MAJ. Gen. John Sedg,riok.
In response the whole assembly rose and
sung memorial verse, to the tune Of Mount
Vernon.
At this point, few minutes before II ,
General Sheridan gave the parting hand to
oil the members Of the Society, and took
The train with BIZ staff, for Springfield, the
assembly giving him nine cheers and the BOYS
shower Of rockets and roman candles. as he
left
+. tn Surgeons and Ciqplqius Of the
vgm9nf Regiments.
R-pluse- By Surg on. EIs5n and Billiard
and Chaplain Stone. We were necessarily
absent !r1m tie Hall during these responses.
s.. Ner Hampshire.
Response by Gen. Michael D1Hahue of
New Hampshire. who declared shat New
Hampshire would in the futarc. as hereto
l.Ie, march shoulder 20 shoulder with Yer.
mant in every struggle for Country and
Home.
g. n, r.triag Pre.id,nt or tle Soaefy.
Ny On Nrreqrd
Received with cheers and applause. Gen.
sanuari having LEFT 20 accompany Gen.
s.cIila. Cal. 10 kcr, formerly Of General
SauulrI'. staff, responded, in bedtung
words, saying among other thing- that be
had beard Gen. Hancock say that he c5n-id-
e-,i General s.4nnarl he hest field general
Lieo-. q. g. Benedict was also called on
3. .rcl ul, and did So very briefly.
Tasee rou.inS cheers were again given flr
General Sauuari,
10. ILe Committees Of Reception. strong
sr than tie r,.sl Armg.for ftey hare caJt,red
GHcrai Sicridr1.
Responses by Hon. Tr,nor ". Park and
Hon, Burnam Martin.
n. The Craar az h- ErHiqQ.
Ba,f rarn-e by us orator, Chaplain
Bsas.ow.
-. The flGs. esi mothers ol our fallen
G. -1i' Their sacrifice ave appreciated and
Nation tenders its symPltLies.
Ey-G. -u3s Dnlingtam responded. speak
ias torclin-ly Of the sacrifice INA e by
chose w-o s.nt s5as 30 die, and other sons TO
til their places in the war. Rcmarking that
parents live second life iu their children,
De proceeded humorousiy, and yet earnest
". TO urge on NJ who had not done 50, the
duty % surrounding themselves with the
ties Ct home. by marrying and raising flmi-
lies
T.. OR fal.n Hrees.
Responded 20 hy Gen. Thomas. with feel
ing Hon C.. W. Willard was also. called
on. tut declined to make a spcach. saving
taas Dc s'oult be glad to do 50, if he had
tle proud lccoilec;ious of these around
him.
This closed the regular t5asts. The fol-
lowing letters aud telcgrams were then
read
LETTER FROM GEN. WV. ?. SMITH.
OFFICE lNTERs sATI0SAL TELEGRAPH Co,
NEw YORK, Oct. 4th, 1867.
Cai. s. z. Fi1yrce.
Dear Col,-Many thanks for your kind letter,
with the accompanying invitation 10 meet the
Oh Vermont Brigade on the twenty-fourth Of
the month. | have delayed answering, trusting
my business affairs would be so arranged that
could see my way TO say yes to you but
The fact is, that this new telegraph line requires
more watching than the line OF the Old Vermont
Brigade di1 10 old times, anl | cannot. IS /
could then. 60 away and think every thing safe
l can only say that shall be with my old fellow
soldiers i'll can ani if | don't get to you,
mine will be the loss. They are all as near my
heart as ever. Yours truly,
". f. SMITH,
Late Col. Third Vt volunteers.