The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-17

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Song BY CapsAis Church.
n hiih tesss was resd Ous Comtldts Of
II IL ssArny a H. Union.''ss4aasa :,
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II Nh Rs1sUE1r AID ConaApEs: Ills q
aslme me this, whea Joining Aaads, - he
nassA of fnesdsAip, md Tie baaishiAe iof
sarss = ~ peessaes Of festivities wEicb
t14te4 ar haaits, fh4 " can recall The
days Wen, around our camp-6rss, e4ss was
there banisksd in satcipatioa of q victorious
future. ItissE as;ns like The present, vhes'
the hessscfssesy 90 Of - beat high, when
Ne rscaR the achievements Of soldiers Of Alf
ths ernies Of the Union, and the part they
havs td&pd - the conatry' history, thaa %
sre more than ever lost in wonder q the
maschless fortitude and wonderful perseyer-.
apee and heroic seIG-denial of thee noble
bedy Of zen she jerlsed the volulReer 6ol>
dieiy Of tAe' United States. Often without
hope, aaxieas fos sseesee, sad yet doubtful,
in he midst q iApposutusnts they chal-
legged the admiration of our peopls---lhey
surprised the military men Of Alf nations.
and when their work was done and they had.
laid down their arms, and quietly and calnly
and peacefully retained 70 the quiet wAlks Of
civil life, the soldiera of al the armies, and
the Army Of the Tennessee especially, won
for themselves name thst will never die q
long - history is recorded. lCheers.l
1t is proper then that we who know their
| sacrifces should fill our cabs and drink to
| thu heath Of those - are absent, end to
Asonr The memory Of sfhs early dead. ZAP
probation. We all remember them on the
march when weary and heavily laden-borne
down with knapsaek and haversack, musket
and canteen, and the inevitable /" forty
rounds" [langhter1 they marched their la
borious way along.
We I'll remember those rife pits, 60 closely
under the ere Of an the enemy that the snap
ping Of finger might cost . man his life.
We ell remember those lines Of battle in the
Ace OF the foe We remember those adyanc
ing skirmish lines, when death lurked in the
gleam OF every gun, and We can now almost
hear those shouts and yells of defiant hero
ism when in the heat OF the conflict those
men stood side BY side and shoude to shout
der-neyer faltering amid the havoc Of the
fray. IA, plsuse The blood Of many OF
the best and brayest in our army crimsoned
the soil of Shiloh, Corin,h, Chattanooga and
| Vicksburg, but many OF those with whom
they messed and shared the contents of q
soldiers havsrsack yet lived to drop . SOL
dter's tear over their memories, aud they yet
lire to remember also when ii was announced
TO them IN front of Atlantis that fisherman
had marched to the sea-" lCheers loud and
long.l Forgetting all their past sacrifices,
and anxious only to do their doty, they fell
into line, and Ander that matches leader
ship made for that army name which shall
last forever, and will place his name in capi-
tails forever Upon the pages Of history.
lCheers They will also rememb Der that other
leader Of leaders-that man who was their
first commadrr the highest sentiments
of affection. He knew his men. and Sher-
man knew his men when a. Kingston, three
years ago, he broke the telegraphic wires
which carried to Our friends at home his and
our last message, "All is WE'LL" and as he
broke the rail that bound us to our Northern
home, eleven locomotives, as they sped on
Northward, shsieked aud whisted to him
their glorious and last farewell TCheers.
II So C. sknt - l.. -
private soldiers OF our army. Earnest in az
ton they we're always ,nerciful in victory.
Rough sometimes in conduct, they we're still
tender in affection. Cheers For | re-
member we'll that it was . soldier of my own
regiment 1.-THE fifteenth Iowa-who himself,
wounded and faint from loss of blood, staid
by our great chief, Mcpherson. in his dying
moments. Though surrounded by the enemy
he yet scorned to forsake his leader, but
placed to bis lips, quivering in their last ago
ny, water from his own eanteen Iapplause1
and received from his eyes, fast fading in
death, their last, faint eiimmering recognition,
and his great soul went forth into the pres
ence Of the God Of battles he felt the last
faint grateful pressure of the dying bero's
hand. (Applause No wonder that these
men were garlanded with laurels when they
went bome. No wonder that men shouted
anu Httie cDtoFeH claFPeu tfeH nantS Tor
joy, for they were the pride OF the nation the
defenders Of our liberty, and the wonder Of
the world. Immense applause.]
grand 0pEsrNo on IoSp4Y-The New
York Store will offer for sale on Monday the
greatest bargains Of the season. Ten piece.
of Empress cloth, all wool and all shades,
30 cents yard Eve pieces Of Irish linen
81 cents yard; Eve pieces Of white wincey
fannels IS cents, worth IS cents asventy-Gse
pi ces new styles best delsines 20 cents; one
hundred pieces new style of prints Our
mammoth stock is now offered for sale for
thirty days at prices 10 surprise every body.
JUST received a beautiful lot of opera
hoods, misses and infants zephyr hoods, chill
dreas and ladies' scarlet gloves, and other
novelties at Bostwick's. nl6-2t
The rush at s i b. Sterns. No. rs Main
street, kiilbourne Block, for Ladies and
Childrens Shoes is as great as ever, and
more so than heretofore, as they have added
. new attraction to their business in the
shape of handsome banner. with stars and
stripes attached, floating proudly in front of