The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-03-19


TRiBrrE TO THE MEMORY or THE LATE Col.
JONI p. GLAss.-At q meeting OF tho clerks
formerly associated with the late Col. John p.
Glass, held In the office Of Gen. Ekin, yesterday
chair, and Mr.. j, ii. Wall appointed secretary.
The chairman having briefly stated the object
Of the meeting, on motion the following Commit.
tee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions,
viz; Messrs. =. McNerhany, Geo. p. Fulton,
Col. i. Lowry Moore, J. II. Wall, w. l.. Finck.
ley, capt, Joseph darretson, J. q. Dougherty,
The committee presented the following rcsolu.
tions; which were adopted:
Divine Providence, death has removed from the
honorable sphere Of his usefulness our late
esteemed associate, Col. John P. Glass, Of Pitts;
was endeared to us by all those noble qualities
of head and heart which strengthen the bright
his carly demise his family have lost a devoted
husband and father, his associates true and
genial friend, and his State an honored and
Resolved, That we have heard with heartfelt
sorrow OF the death OF Col. John p. Glass, which
sad event took place at Pittsburg, Pa, on the
Rcsoiped, That our departed friend, in all the
relations OF life-alike on the field Of battle, IN
walks Of societygprovedh his claim to the honor.
able distinction which he won as gallant sol
dirE of the Republic, as q member Of the House
able and efficient officer of the Government.
Rrsoired, That we tender our unaffected sym:
pathy to the afflicted family Of the deceased, and
commend them to the gracious protection OF
Him who ohastlseth In love-.
ResoIped, That a copy Of these resolutions be
sent to the bereaved family, and also published
in the Washington RErrhLicAS and Pittsburg
papers.
following beautiful and touching tribute to the
memory of the lamented deceased, which was
ordered to be published.
Ing together this afternoon to pay the passing
tribute OF sigh to our late associate, Colonel
John p. Glass, felt that 1t was due to the gal
liant spirit that has gone that some one Of us
should take up tenderly his name and recount
the many virtues that cndeared him to us all.
While am painfully sensitive TO the fact Of
worth, yet approach the theme in confidence
well-knowing that the panied hearts that ac-
corded him phase In their affections, would be
generous to excuse any Earring note in this my
humble tribute to his memory.
1t is hard for US who were not near when his
earthly tabernacle was dlGsoly wing day by day, to
realize that the strong man who lately lowered
amongst US is no more-that the cheerful lips Of
our friend will not again speak. that his brightly
his hands are cod that his face Is white; that no
more his pulses come and go. The grave has
gistenins night-dews have wept on his church
The Morning Chronicle of the 18th instant has
fSf tho STei SrS%sTs to tos on S se oo
caslon.
DEATu OF coLosEL Jcmy P; GLAs. We regret to
sSat GOlonai jSSn p SISs" died On sunday nss. Ia:
ih inst, at his residence, in Pittsburg Pa, after
SS!Sa$l GSS: :nt;,s$ the service captain a. the
OF Of al %s
into tho Excelsior, Brigade. Subsequently, he was
1 nef II fH ns Pi G asi
several months Of honOrab service. gned
Ss Sss d Ss En-
q the Cavalry ngr"Sa IN this city four sussss.iyo
hLSTSy rs, 81 1 Ss AssEsny county"
YS Win s. ssd a PtE AZ IA s 81 S eaS A. ,f
parties WSa Sapy lin "S upon he SS
easiqa e HI 4, rfrffRcnt L. wss IN thT honorable
g his home In Pttsburs never again to leave 1t while
noble aud generous Impulse lie was loved and aj.
mirod by ~ who know him and no has gone to his
family and regretted by hosts Of mpaihIsing friends
met Col, GLASS for the first time In the camp
9r III Van n ,hS a Of sSs rear F'
He then wore the insignia of a lieutenant
colonel, and bore himself as one "born to com.
mand."
u was on the occasion OF a visit to his son,
who vas then my fellow-soldicr and terminate.
How tiyidiy DO J goY recall the incidents Of
kindling face, from afar, the brohzed features Of
his father, and how nature spoke In every Inca.
meat 2f that stern soldiers face as he graspod
the hand d bis 1rst-born in loving sympathy. I
of the war; for we we're then new troops and
SSs@y s T on hs oSs FSssi
at nFair Oiks' and HNlalyern Hfp--could re-
count the trlumphJ and disasters of tho past
EN- EN- the n probable result Of Tie impending cam
pnign. As he psrtook 81 our homely fare he
many times set the table In arg, roar" with his
dispciied for the evening tho gloom that some.
times crossed the threshold of lonely hut on
Veterans OF Sickles' brigade have oi,eG ta,g me
OF his remarkable qualities as an onicer. UaIh
and intrepid In danger, he was never known to
he other hand his mutterlngs were often loud
and dseB a. he chafed under restraints that held
him back froIa opportunities OF winning promo.
tion and placing his RaIrs high Tp on the scroll
In the heat OF battle. when danger Murdered
thick around him, hls eli .crfulncss never forsook
over all his subaltcrns, sustaining and cheering
their spirits in the darkest frowns Of adversely.
ton rendered. HIN a most agreeable and enter
tanning companion Hi Ckoorfulness was like
n perpetual spring.
A polished gentleman, he was at home In every
circle. In the halls OF state, the draw groom,
In church, or at banquet he knew the bearing to
assume, and was skilled to act the part assigned
him. His mind was stored with an exhaustless
fund of ane0dots from which he could "draw
treasures new and oldn Oh every OCCASION,
could yiveyou in a twlnkling tho "Who made de
fence" Of Sambo. or tho "By Joe" OF Brougham.
In my walks with him was always Impressed
with sense of his wonderful powers as con-
versationalist Hc would repeat stanza from
Richalicu or Ion, aud the next instant point you
to grlmacc on a newsboy's face, some one
putting on airs would evoke from him the "Oh,
other hand suggest to him, "She walks in
beauty As the night of cloudless climes and
starry Gkies," After thrilling strain from TRAY.
atoro, no would tell you how Foster, the poet
musician OF his native city qRmcto compose one
and another Of his plaintWe melodies.
lie was a beautiful reader, and used 10 listen
with unfelgned delight to recitations of some OF
the immortal songs of Burns and Byron.
He read to me the time before our last parting,
aye Banks and Braes, and Streams around the
Castle o. Montgomery" and the lines, ITO
Mary In Heaven II seems to me recalling the
expression Of his features as he softly repeated
the words that he was then communing with one
he loved In Heaven, and that the lines were the
the gates OF the Eternal city.
While associated with us In this office, he was
ever the same wholc-soulcd, genial gentleman
prince Of good fellows, and n clerk that never
blundered. Faithful unto death was he to our
beloved chief, General Ekin, for we are told that,
in his last hours, he atiectionately murmured his
name, and In dreams asked why he tarried so
long.
His career as n legislator was characterized by
the same generous actions hat adorned his course
In other spheres OF usefulness. He was a self
~ sle man who had attained height after height of
honorable station through his own manly eNer-
tions. He was essentially man Of the people;
of them aud from them, his ihstipets bis sym.
his exertions and labors In their behalf. The
nnnraat and tnnat frinnlIeaa Inv iyal fro n,