Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15

busy at It's appointed work" An,
other great spirit has trimmed its
wings and taken It's fight across
the "dark valley Of the shadow
Of DEATH" Another "gem Of
purest ray SERENE" has BEEN
placed in the casket Of inmortali-
~. General Robert E. Lee, the
Christian gentleman, the true
patriot and the great warrior, isl
no more. The mighty heart Of
the Southern people pulsates with
the deepest sorrow and the domes-
tic affairs Of every homestead
throughout the length and breadth
Of this sunny land is drapedI
with the weeds Of mourning.
he who led his marshalled
legions to victory on many a hard
fought battle field, and who, like
C~incinnatus, loved liberty and
right more than honors and
triumphs, has ceased to live and
10 his death, has left 4 void, in our
hearts which can never be filed.
His proud, erect form, around
which heroes and statesmen clus-
tered to admire the genius and
greatness of the "proudest old
Roman of them oil, lies cold and
lifeless in the icy arms of death
That towering head upon which
the Goddess Of Liberty has laid so
many laurel wreaths, and around,
which so many halos Of glory and.
victory have blended themselves,
has bowed to the fat ofthe Almigh-
ty; but the great spirit, of which
It was but the temporal abode, still
lives, and now adorns the courts
Of heaven. The survivors Of his
grand old army can never forget
him. He lives in their hearts,
where his image is degaureotyped
on affections which can never
fade. The memory Of his deeds
they will transmit to posterity in
song and in story, for the truest
history which can ever be written
Of that god-likc man is already
inscribed on the hearts of those
who followed him for four long
years through scenes Of blood and
Of carnage, through the valleys
and over the mountains of that
proud old State which gave him
birth and nurtured him into the
full grown patriot the invincible
General. The youths of the
South who gathered around the
temple of knowledge in that lovely
valley of Virginia, in which Gen
eral Lee presided, are rich in the
possession of his tuition, and To
the latest day Of their lives will
they cherish and emulate the ex.
amples and precepts of virtue he
has left them. They will not for.
get him. Deep in their hearts the
pleasant recollections of their be.
|, loved President are already en-
shrined, and long will they rcmem
Der the ~gentleness and kindness
with which he planted virtue and
up-rooted vice among them. The
old men and old women of the
South who sent their sons will
Spartan courage to join the ranks
of that brave army commanded by
General Lee, mourn his loss ant
, will ever delight to point to hii
career as worthy of the highes
. emulation by their posterity
(, Though dead in the body, though
: the vital spark has ceased to emi
] warmth and light, yet Genera
! Lee lives in the hearts o
his countrymen and will eve
! receive, at the shrine of affection
1 and regard, the truest homage of
( people grateful for his sacrifices il
their behalf. Though his sun o
= life has set 10 rise no more, it
. lingering rays have kissed tn
!. clouds which hang upon ouI
: hearts, and in the golden lustre
. has left behind we read no create
= name than R. E. Lee.
. BELOW We copy an extract fror
the Courier. Journal The success
q full contestant for the prize in th
n riding ring at the Louisville Fail
y Master, Granville Baily, we recoG
: nize as a Vicksburg boy:
TIL At nov RIDING RING,