The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-29

has east 1tE somDFe Sl1ade throughout and
beyond the limits of Virginia.
80 Tn the Capitol or our State, within the
honored preciDcts5of that hall where JUS
tice sits supreme among Ils--in time Of
/ profound tranquillity-nt season when
!! Nature is renewing her life under the glow
/ IN. warmth OF aYernal sun, when, in unison
IIEtth the spring-tfme, heart and hope rose
! ttsiest, without warning, in an instant,
| J. ii, the remorseless, has snatched from
,,'f:l Some OF or most valued citizens, con-
alike in public and private life,
anu occupying every position OF usefulness
among Ils. ~ 'iEytja ftsy2 c.;f -
!" Though accustomed by years OF painful
experience to the. sight of wounds and
death, these were the Inevitable hazards OF
t'war 10 those who stood upon the perilous
edge of lbattle''; and though Nature would
4 have voice, and tears Of anguish would now,
/ yet there was wanting TO our grief the keen
Dang which has pierced our hearts IN TINS
unexpected and stunning shock, which mas
Flowed our souls in! woe1under It's dread
dispensation. More than two generations
have passed away since our people, nave
/ been called to mourn catastrophe so por-
Etentoiia.. 1T is fit that we should follow the
example of our fathers, and bend before
i the Great Jehovah in humiliation and IN
PRAYER, and ask for His mercy and His
grace to support us in our heavy affection.
Be It, therefore,
"Resoiyed, That we mourn with pro-
found sorrow the loss which; our State and
our city has suffered in the death of her cit
liens. That we offer with saddened hearts
and fearful eyes our profoundest sympathies
to the bereayed and to the suffering, and
feryently pray that as their days Of affection
are $50 may their strength be-
"2. That Wednesday next, the 4th of
4 1aa cot ~ INV nf h,1,,,
prayer, and religious service, on which day
the people of this city are requested to as
semble in their respective places of public
worship, at such hours as may be designated
by the clergy, who are respectfully invited
to cooperate in the purposes of this resolu-
tion." .a5aIs... a.. a.
| + REMARKS OF ROBERT GUILD, ESQ.
Judge Cr,imp was followed by Hon.
Robert Guild, who said: ~
eff had the tongue Of ali angel should
Fail to express the horrors of our great ca
! Iamity half so forcibly az did the sight of
the dead, and dying, and wounded, to
those who yesterday were OH this very
spot. II that be SO, what shall be said of
the narrowing scene as it appeared to those
who were participants in ito those who,
not given over to sudden death, saw and
heard all its multiplied horrors For there
in that horrid pit and ruins, lay, crushed
tout Of all form and comeliness, old age and
tender youth-faces with gray beard and
faces with doWn--fathers and sons-learned
and simple-eager sons of ambition and un-
pretending sons of tol-noted men Of the
forum, OF widespread fame, and the
stranger within our gates-preachers OF
the Word and hearers-lcaders Of public
opinion and contented followerS-men who
proudly boosted of hereditary freedom, Won
by ancestral valor, and men entranchlsed
within our late recollection-all ages, all
conditions, and all callings, mingled and
made equal in one common brotherhood OF
death. Let us not enter further into that
horror, wherein strong men went mad.
"By it mourning has entered into our
households such as has not been known be-
! fore for more than half a century. And on
this lovely day, when Nature in all things
i else seems to be listening to the trumpet OF
her resurrection and bursting into glorious
forms of life, this beautiful city, already re-
nowncd even to the four quarters OF the
earth, sits like Rachel in Ramah weeping
for her children, and would not be COM
forted, because they are not
"Those of her people who have not been
visited in their own families with this Attic
ton weep with those who mourn their dear
departed, and send up an humble prayer to
| the Great Ruler and Dispenser Of all things
| that lie will temper His wind to the shorn
lambs.
| -.Uh what does this vision of sudden
death teach? In this mysterious DISPENSE
Ition may we heed the warning, so that when
| for us the golden bowl is broken and the
silver cord is loosed' we may he ready.
| We are ever marching to the graye-the
procession of the dead moves on, is ever
| moving on-and even while we are gazing
| at it the memorable commands us to fall in.
sBefore this crushing calamity came l.
| had lived long enough to feel that the things
! of this world ire all vanity, and that the
olitterine prizes of, ambition; Tor which we
| pant and struggle after so unsuccessfully,
are, even when attained, but dust. In the
solemn presence Of this dispensation l
feel-as l have no doubt you do~-that great
truth more deeply. May not be allowed
i to express the hope that this mighty ca
lamitv. which has so smitten this city and
State, may awaken every soul to the con-
sideration Of thosethiugs that belong TO His
leternal peace" ID ..... ..sl. 81 se,
REMARKS OF MIR. KELLEY.
4 A. M. Kelley ESQ.,, was then introduced,
and spoke as follows --..
"a Mr.. Chairman and Friends,-It seems
appropriate, in view ofthe public trust which
SO nearly connects ME with the appalling CT
J llamity of yesterday, that should add a
Il word to what has been already said in eX-
7 preston of the profound woe which fills
, your breasts and mine, and which hangs
like, a brooding cloud over this fair city.
"There are In the moral world, as in the
physical, wounds SO deadly and destructive
, that they paralyZe even more than they
J pain. Stunned and stilled, the crushed
II heart, with no wild throbbings, but in an
3 agony as mighty as it is mute, trembles
, under its weight of woe, and sinks into that
darkness which leads to death.
.tsSuch blow has fallen upon this city
81 upon ti.is CommonWealth-oh, may l not
! hope that enougii Of fraternity has survived
!, even our perifous strife to justify me in
I adding, upon this entire people! ,sf5s
~ have no words to paint the; scene
|, Standing in it's awful shadow, all words
seem ,Paltry mockeFy, only know that
: faithful heart; lives rarer and richer than
Y common lives, with larger capacities, and
experience, ard Q more magnetic hold upon
}, their felloW-men !; Courage most trusted,
strength most needed, ali lie here Awaiting
:, tho turning of the summer sod and the
touch of clap no colder than themselves
2 stricken do&p ip one fatal moment from the
height of life to the depth OF death -
r HNor can lind it in my heart to single
out any for especial mention, for MS my lip
trembles with that palne which by genera
consent seems to stand first on the tongue
and foremost in the thought of all, the Wholf
dread procession arises TO my view, their
common doom challenging common men,
ton. Yetas they pass, melancholy thfons
+ before me, how can still the cry that breaks
: from my hearts as affair boy glides by, WHY
} oh why was not this one sparedp TN ms