Connecticut western news., 1873-05-23
For the Connecticut Western News.] The Reunion 0e the Army of POtO.
 mnc I'm New Haven.

part. There was little rejoicing, for every observer was saddened by the thought per haps such an one whom love may not re turn.
 Nor when the strife Was oyer, and the veteran boys in blue came back again, with their tattered flags and wellworn uniforms, was there any great demonstration Many hearts were rejoiced to welcome their loved ones,-b the ranks were thinned-old faces were missing, and none could be cx- ultant while others by their side wept OCT those who would never come back
 Now, when the soldiers appear in line, no black cloud of war looms up before them, darEening the scene; no tsttered flags or thinned ranks tell of hard battles fought: In this re-union-soldiers remember their departed comrades, but the wounds arc in measure healed-the ranks are replen- ished and there is no good reason why joy ous hearts should not give expression to their feelings.
 The annual gatherings of the members of the Army of the Potomac" are, from year to year, looked forward to with in creasing pleasure by those who belonged to it, and the one just completed in New Ha- ven is acknowledged to have been the most enjoyable of any ever held.
 In the first plac-. the weather has been
 propitious. Nature seems to have smiled
 upon the affair from the beginning. The sun has had none of those chilly frOwns
 which we have experienced so much this
 spring. Those provoking showers which
 often come just when out door sports are
 at their height, did not appear. In fact the
 weather has been all that heart could wish. There has also been an unusually large gathering of great men upon this occasion.
 They began to assemble upon Tuesday.
 Wednesday brought the great generals of
 the army, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
 On Wednesday afternoon the reunion
 meeting was held in Music Hall, where the president, ,vice-president, Generals Sherman,
 Sheridan, Burnside. McDowell, Hawley,
 Harntraft and others, besides numerous
 senators and representatives were present. To-day there has been grand parade, the Second Connecticut State National Guard out in full numbers, which with :, other calvary and artillery have escorted
 the celebrities through the principal streets and been reviewed before them upon the green.
 To do honor to her distinguished guests the day has been observed by the city as a holiday. Perhaps it had been better to say the people of the whole surrounding coun- try have made it jubilee" day, for Gill
 more's Bard of Boston, has been chief in dispensing the music of the occasion.
 The schools, stores, factories and public offices have been closed. The wealthy ' man of business and the poor washerwo
 man have alike been out to see the presi
 dent and great generals.
 Farmers, regardless of corn which should be planted, have been in town with all theil
 families, and all stretching their necks to catch glimpse of the president, , have il to boast of the rest of their days. Fellows
 with their girls, and girls without beaux-
 the mothers with their habies-damsels with their poodle dogs the organ: grinder
 with his monkey-the peanut man and petty : showman-have all been on hand to pay
 their respects to the nations heroes, ol drive sharp bargain with those who came
 to see.
 The city has been dressed in holiday at z tire. Flags and banners have been stream '. ing from nearly every house, and in this . . way peace patriotism has been manifested sufficiently to raise dozen regiments. . And as the day has gone, martial music
 has been waited upon the breeze-the sol
 diers have marched and shown their prof.
 ciency in the manual of arms-the men
 whose deeds have crowned them with fame
 and have had new laurel wreaths bound
 around their brow by a grateful people the quiet country folk have seen and learned that Grant, Sherman and Sheridan-mer ,, whose names future generations will cher
 ish as the men who led our armies to vic tory are human beings like ourselves. . As the shades of evening settle over the
 city, the last drum beat has ceased, the sol " diers have withdrawn to their armories and laid aside their regimentals, the people have ' dispersed to their homes, the tramp of feet . and the rattle of wheels in the street have almost ceased; soon the lonely watchman's tread will alone be heard and the morrow's '' sun will rise to find the citizens engaged in their various occupations as though nc ' great men had been entertained by them. All honor to the Army of the Potomac '' It did noble work and struck heavy blows for freedom and union. One after another it's members are passing away, and in few 10 years none will be left, and then there will Il be no more reunions. Those of the rising '' generation cannot be members of tha u army or participate in it's reunion excep 'e as spectators. But in the great contest O.
 right against wrong, of truth againt false 70 hood, of principle against that which de '. stroys the manhood, of Christianity agains ~ all forms of sin, every one can be a sol 'u dier of distinction, and whether he surviv or fall, if he fights well, he will be presen 'S at the great reunion on high, when ever good soldier will receive his crown.
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