Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-10
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SPEECH OF FEDERAL OFFICER There
was reunion Of the Society of the Aruy .
the Potomac. held at Clncuuali, on the I'll
Inst. At this celebration the Otatiou was DE-
livered by Gen. Stewart l. Woo.forl of New
York and from this Grafton we make the 70.
loving extracts
The moruiug crept slow y on-6rst into gra!
dawn, then into rosy flush, Still GU still on
The mists crcpt upward aud into liue yol
wheeled, and on J our muskets lay down, eacl
uau IN place, to get &aut rest, Which, even II
the exhaustion Ut those thlrty-siX hours ot ter
rib!e uarchlug, you neither sought uur needed
You were squarely across Lees trout, aud hac
closed forever his last liue Of retreat
The enemy reaching your cavalry advance,
saw the serrled liue ol Union troopers. Gor
don gathered aud ulasSed his men for their last
change. Tattered and hungry, Worn by cease
less marching aud fighting with no hope oi
victory, with little possiblnty of escape, they
closed their lines with fidelity of uiscIpiue and
soldicry resolution, 10 which words can dc
little iustice-but which each soldiers heal
must recognize and honor
AS the old guard closed around their En-
peror at Waterloo, so these men closed around
the flags of their lost cause. My heart abhorS
their treason But it warns beyond restraint
to their manhood so graDdIy brave, even in
disoyalty. Slowly they advanced to their last
attack. No battle yell, no crack of the sklr-
mi>her's rifle broke the strange Stiffness OF
that Sabbath morn. Steadily silently they
came, when Sheridan drew back his hursemen,
as parts some mighty curtain, aud there stood
the close-formed battalous OF your Infantry.
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awaiting the cum ng OF Gordon's men.
lnstinctively your enemy halted. Mean
while Lee has turned back to meet Grant and
surrender his command. Sheridan swung his
cavalry around upon Gordons left, aud was
about to charge, VIXEN Custar reached Long
street Assurance of surrender was given, and
the end had come.
Inat Sabbath day, with tears and in sorrow,
Southern men folded the banners OF the Lost
Cause, and their bravest and best sought hon
orably to bury them from sight for ever.
How sad it is that poor ambitions, jealousIes
of race the wretched greed of pelf and place,
and the miserable hates of social rivalries,
should SO ofteu disturb the hearty reconcia-
ton of that surrender and for time revive the
bitterness which you then sought to bury in a
common grave.
This hour is no time for politics. Mine not
the lips, trust, to introduce them here. But
when think Of that heroic past, which your
faces aud presence SO vividly recall, and then
how trading trickster politicians, torgetful OF
what baptism of blood sealed the new birth OF
the nation, seek to array races III needless hos
tity to excite the ignorance Of the one and
the brutal prejudices Of the other, | would like
to SUMMON a guard, half from the rebel army
of Northern Virginia and half from the loyal
army of the Potomac la &c such malconents
OUT, give them drum-head court martial, lmu.e-
dIate execution, and Solulcry burial uuder tue
apple tree at Appomattox.
Let Us have peace! No stealing By carpet
lapgcrs. No midnight murde.s by cowardv
ku- -klux But calup-tolnwrrs and suffers to
the rear aud true men 10 the front
A TRIP UP THE PoToMAc There is no rail,
road ride out Of this city which, for its length,
gives morc varied scenery than does trip over
the Richmond, Frederick ,burg and Potomac
railroad You pass through many of the spots
made famous during the late war, and III sight
of others, as Maryes Hill, where as desperate
fighting Was dune aS is anywhere recorded.
Ashland seems TO lie Improving. There are
more signs OF peruanenry about II at this tlulc
than ever before. There is no reason why it
should not become place OF summer resort tor
our citizens. The air is pure and healthy the
water good, and vegetation abundant. Fred,
ellcksburg does not seem to have progressed
very rapidly; but We pass through 1t SO rapidly
that the traveller is not given opportunity 10
make accurate obServatlun.
At Brook station the cars turn OF from the
old track, aud We are hurried over most cx-
cell.nt road to Quantico, its present terminus
The scenery Oh this portion OF the road Is eau-
iitul Nearly the eutire distance the cars run
close to the Potomac and the broad expause
OF water on one hand and the green hills and
valleys on the other render this route doubly
attractive. Arriving at this point, where a
town has been laid off and buildings already
commenced or in contemplation, We mud the
steamer keyport awaiting u, aud ride up this
noblest of American rivers, past som: OF the
most interesting points of American history,
furnishing Il delightful change to the tourist I
pl, a ule seeker. The forests are now ln the.r
brightest dress The variety Of colors which
they present, from the pure white OF the
spreading dogwood and the clustering, sweet
secuted hawthorn, to the deep green OF the
cedar and piue, form an attraction which re-
licveS the traveller of much of the dlScomforls
of a "trip by rail Rich. Dis.
SCRAPS. An old lady in Toulon, France,
whose husband was killed by railroad explo-
sion. while returning from the funeral OF their
son, who had been killed in battle, brought al
actiou against the railroad company Tor dam
ages During the trial her counsel drew such
a touching picture of the fate of her husband
and son that she was taken ill aud died before
the suit was flushed.
The police searched saloon in Portland
lately, and found an arrangement which ma had
just been used in which, by pulling cord like
bell pull, four pitchers on shelf would be >,
TIPPED over into tub of brine Enough
liquor was left in one of the pitchers to make
search and seizure process, however.
\ young man who called on his sweetheart