Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-06-14
Soldiers Re-Un' on At E-arereo. .--EADl
Turnout Of BcTs il Blue.

! ringo, the county seat OF Iowa county. The
/, citizens from the neiGhhcring caansEx xfre
also present in large numbers, reminding
one almost Of The great gatherings that get
together d~0g an exciting poli,csa c~svsss.
Flags we're flying conspicuonsly, cannon wsrs
believing their deep mouthed thunder, the
streets wer7 full Of vehicles OK various de-
seriptions ard Tie public places were crowded
with citizens and solaiery. The meeting wss
called as re union Of soldiers Of Iowa, Ben.
ton. powshiek and johnson counties, but The
interest," taehing to tie OCCASION drew repre-
sen,atives from nearly a dozen others, fioa
Scot, On TIE east 10 polk On the west and
from Tarna Above % Keokuls below. A prom
inent object Of the gathering was % raiss
funas in aid Of the several Orphans Homs~
Of Iowa. aud smother 10 renew those bonds Of
friendship formed on ile tented feld. FrUm
the enthasi;lsu, manifested, itwas plain to b.
seen iha. the 80 diers aud their frienda sa1y
ueed the word 70 be given, 70 collect togethcr
in masses for the purpose OF prosecuting such
objects az those above designated.
When The train from the esM arrived II
Marengo j, uas found freighted wioh aslasA-
tioas from Scott, Cedar, Muscafine and Jeha.
son, accompanied b. martial music from Iowa
City. These were met a. the depot BY
mounted escort of about 6fty men in full ani-
form, which proceeded them into town.
Arriving at Ia. public square, miiitaFv opr1.
panies thereirom joined the procession asi
TIE whole proceeded TO 4 large open fesd
west Of the town xaere eztensiTs preparations
had been made bv tie ladies' of Marcnxo for
treating guests to so,d. ere fare And such
fare There we're hundreds Of boys OH hand
who hai secn tie time, Wien, II hey could
things present on this occasion, would have
sacrificed their las; dollar for the chance. n
gooi order enl under ezcellaa, m.rshailine,
all hands fell TO, AMI the ed blcs disappeared.
only to DC renewed again by some mysterious
power, IN original abundance. We viii just
say that when We feel fnmisLea and desire
capital eating, wilLau; fail we shall lock uas
hesitatingly to7ards the ia;iss Of our sister
torn Of Marengo, confident ihat ali rcasons
ble wants IA h. culinary line can be supplied.
The meal despatched. soll.ers, citItens.
everybody repaired TO the square where =
s,aua had been erected, and under the surers
vision Of Mr.. F. VI. Co-nelly, the meeting vas
called to order. The assenblagc was then
addressed ty Major Henry oConnor Of MIS-
ca,inc, Gen Jas. 4 Williamson ST u.s Mpines
anl Ike Rev. \. 3. Kcniiy Of DaYenpo-,.--
Tie spirit of lie occasion trougf, cut the Pc
culiar merits CT the speakers Lans,so.ae.y-
o Conner was il his eess veiIt nad re win
venture TO say that Iowa audiencs hare
seldom, ii ever listened ro ,ncre patriotic,
eloquent, AMI effective address thsa lie deliv.
cred. The ga!.an. Wi!.auson-the hero Or
score Q. hard fought ieid-in q short, feeling
aad telling speech, alvocatiLg the necessity
Ct supporting the orphans Of The soldiers ~
genera. taxation, believing ii 10 be duty "
o7e 70 the memcry CT the dead martyrs, u
well es to the living representatives. Mr
kendis, in his foreible manner, then called
upon the audience to put in practice their
sentiments in reletion te the orphan, aud tie
consequence was, as CHI iaTe been expSe.
ted, currency began TO aow "A from All duar-
ters. We 10 not know tlr amount collected
but we Do ka9v that &c sava q good deal 81
what is teysael money coming forward, and
LA. the reverend gentleman engaged in The
talking pow>is winch ensued these voluntary
gifts, had : way cf touching tender cords
about ;ae heart, really eny.abe to conteuh.
plate.
Las tsalp fas siae eas. Wis atsas ~lekssae
seen. So re left the .rlaesing but beforeSS,Le
cars started vies was had in the dtstance
Of shaa. bas;le enc of the special orders
Of the aay. his vas al sisht far iesSsr
than having si.e real thing Nth al i,s a,iel-
dant horrors
This reunion o. tie soldiers was success.
Many such sill follow in is train = tins
wears along. Tie mex. orc probably vii sbs
at some cher place besides Marenyo, but -
dcuht very much ifar- will be more iodica-
tivs If thorough, genuine feeling, e. better
euessrvc the purpose sor which it saried. sEss
The congregation numbered about tod
thousand, Of which fifteen hundred It YSxss
had seen active service. OF ,he regiment.
waieh Fere engaged in the war, We notices
that IL 9Th, 9Th, lolh, l1sh, 18Th s2Oths agna
24,ll, 2oii,, and S2Ri Infantry, ard the slsr.
Ia, ana 81, Cavalry, had resresent.tives
present. Two brass twelve rcunflers audsr
tha charge Of arsilleiist, spoke aadshfy,.as ~.
teryals, during The ceremonies. Major Agus.
tus Vignos, one armed Officer, who exreri.
ancsd his loss at Getyshurr, ras complinsE- :
ted with the command of,he mii;sary. 2sk
Mm. T. Shaw, enc Ct tic bsa=e.ss Of fcsae
sons, ard Al present Grand Commander Of The
G. 4. Rs vas present during pars Of the
dar, Tie Hou. j. B. GrinLell, vic confident
u expected - be. At Marengo, raa aseidsnaiy,
and mneh 10 his chagrin prevented fson
meeting the cars starting from MEscatius =,
the proper time. Aaj, Gen. John A. Logan
was not pressat aasiTas anticipated. ss2Sshs
cause of his absence has not yet transrired. -
The ladies presented rich pound cakes u ~
Iowa City Baai anil ,sa. Millersburg Eassi
respectively the recip:ants we're no. unsluly
nanored i9r .Ley lrcascl us to beautiful anl
spirited music. ,ss.s NJ $3.50
To Capt. c, Y, GarGas.. raas.J 3. Wilson,
1t. Isaac Gaoi,a, ani IN e. Maynn, acsivs
and indefatisabie e!ieers u the occasion. ws
are under obi cations sor ccur,esies sx,enicd.