, 1869-10-23

R7ave snd hesr nothing ha1sbef than tho blowing
II The grass.
1t ,hts gap, secyesas5 Coz, 4 modest Scholar
md i hero Of South Mountain. entered tnto Some
DESCRIPTION Of tho 6sht ior utant1 eoaenIao'
creaNeIl listening. Joe Hookerh name was men,
~ ned With kad respect, inr he TEI peaked
p.cte here ~ el1es here. btked the landlord Il
M, thior Has said about Mcclellan. Nothing had
rem exuressed ~ to htta; hut believe that Grant
,r,ar,.hJy mentions him respectfully, and saIa
that he u an accomplished engineer.
Akzzxrax ksD ITS 1uD0NKkTs,
y, ,u.,s better than an hour mosa We were ID
Eteo, aytl,e. having beneid exquisite pictures Of
.s!1eJ. country on the aescent a. re osose WIG
ths y,llare ! whistle souuded: 1t was Grant
rrnny.tnr IN speetAl train, and our
nnI, .aIisIscttou vas TO hear the talk OF he peo-
nIe atttmb1ed, Eone Of whom expressed otae1
tan warm qualification At ha.tug looked al leisure
unnr re cotuue1os. Of Lee. TIE ffeqnent re-
uA1k wts:
aWel1i I've sten him, snJhov!"
.what do you think Of hin, Squire"
"sp.J issle fellow. He'll Dot"
Fifty sears hence this recollection Of Gtaat
visit vii be thrilling rentntscenee through au
tbs country, fully as vivid - an5 stories Of tne
battIe, sra u.nch more cheerful lr's tue BEST
privilege Of epiueuce that By its mere sppestauce
it can commemorate places and rejoice socteIy-
heard wonnn saJ:
.Wer. Hannah. I've often heard my mother
"a. that she expected she would die without see"
Ing a1y P7esIdenL I've seen ono -
lis an instance Of the march Of Improvement
in this county, observe that over the aeih OF
AntIeta1 pa.kes railway, entirely bait since inc
H.rfare, The stone bridge oyeT the Ant'eIam
Greek, by which ntun1cteus poEtons Of our forces
ru.er whiIc the great battle roged On our e1-
tyspe right wing, gave ne passage TO the Sol
dtrrs' Cen ete.y, which staud5 On the ridge where
Lee In pe1top is sald to have taken poatIou. ai-
npst 6HhlQ the limits ol the clean sl.a2e Of
Shaersb1rg. The So0therntrs call this battle
alIer the y111sgc; We name II, more pctdsesqueiy-
IN houor of the Faltey and stream- The cemetery
IL the wurthlest OF the whole series Of battle
erayeJa1ds hist have seen, albeit Il coutaans no
monument Ike GettIsbu:g; q rtaln and stable
eraodear Of site and elaboration marx If; SttoDe
e,ope wsll set round, su1mounted by stately
iron paltpg, while the enclosure Il toped Ike tue
c1os4Eect;on Of u huge dome, columns Of white
hoa.cs-and under every boArl uaftyr-EtstnZ
10 tue chord ol The dome, and in the concznss1c
n1ca above are the unknown dead and those run
Staeel feeby represented In the fEht. Here ate
buried. also, the dead Of South Aouutalu, OF
Sheparlatown. and Of i1numefah[e AsEnAhes all
round ntoui- The farmers In many cases fefascd
TO Indicate the slse Of graves, because their groT-
Ing crops wonh be disturbed IN The dls:aiesment
While WA In the oemeserJ man OF auFly coan-
Sepa1ce kAla 10 NE:
1.-THE State OF Maryland viii put The Southern
de2d In here JeL"
II he wanted to get an nogrJ answer be was
disappointed. -. .....
II hope they Will be put hesc,"1 replied, III
there = room for then."
This would be batter than a. at Winchester,
where The ~ bel deal lie In separate cemetery,
,a,, nv orra xn,t the txo cemeteries snat,. ~
mprn conten,ion In The community rs = nontr =
,.,h.c on1 an a1;on ,,hic dncfor uirratd sidc hY
stt. nv. ora +, s,x..s covered x}th n,Hers n11r
,na o,n.r scercelv ut,h pras,
Tnss., =, In oine ntse,a,n IN ,e crack IN the
,r,Jxrnazs. bnt tae scene fropa this cemetery Il
M. ~ ~ s,re.ches Of fe-tde i'm
.csr. ~ ,he ,.nr,d amf. tn mr. errer;euce. re
no,sxt hat,,a, nsa, IN Ames4ca. not excsp,isc The
1n..lns ~ tbrshsrn or The field Of D.sva7 y7,ne.
m rhc c1es, Of the hills scru., tnr .Aptetau Ii
Nccie,eo,. -fcna, station. marked p{ ,s.ss 10 v
amourst The uInber. A. the too, Or these hl,,s
n. ,r..,n ana poten un,,n,sttou. of vegetation
~, ~ .,o,n, nh. x,h annie. rtt:,ts,r uatruss
ston,,,no str,,p.t and ,1srk md cosY farms ar,l
a,oh..t, ,htre ,.oathar ara ra,t,r ps4,t.tn.
sn." - ~, 81 t,,, ,1,e, ,oos ,hon. ,be rc,1nn-
as.s,.1 ant .+.,,ot1or. ,n1s,nsr NM nerr t,e
te.,, 49,, ~. S.,,h s.-r,r .h.,r ,,,ern,,a n,asx
,n"s.nsr ~,,s can,r.s ,7rmnra,,a M, =,
'o...s .t. ~, ~, 80 w,,n,,,r,r
coupe u Mss.sHe ee, ,,..a,ro IN oA@ .a"s,e
~" .Ae wv. 49,, 49,. su..t ,,,,1 .,,,r
fese e. pnra aAlhus'o ~. .!'4e -"
sh'l als "tt'c p!o1p VI Fe!soua' . Aans.
ne.d was an OIL s"ia'e. vi uu.,' "',o "eos ~" :.
81 ais 8o1ks tns ual''s pa but sue 1l ''.c he'
Of the arn}' ais2s!tonE9, 4noaea stsasa: "f* ~
tie tatae tniasa Vu1etl} iout1' 1-to aver .als ~
tsrvalr II IL Eahl!cst ihat bhfnsle u Aas'etaM
*&sneIectsve anl d!splffted, anu 60 sash ptonPL
sDld:er as Joe Hooker who 0[cL ed the tAstle u
.he tJsx oy time ntcmpt As the sun. II Mcclellan
tAs N". '' As S"-,.s ~ 80.
hal advanced lfs centre tnat laE. Win FHA-dpa1
1ur1es In command apd Porter hull died Oh the
-. =. s,s -. 800 s,,r.- ~. ~. rn-,orv
neih. II "oH14 1hFt peS4 nette4 Aus h'' W uo'Jt
h~cpnae !t!nc 1tt!c IN this action the old dcc os
~, .,r. hn. - h. ..,r.xa br rorrY nsay,ta1 IN n v
dhant14'4 H'sd AZ ue sets.t0 - No1% ~ -
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