The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-28

Az pure as her blue sky above
Az bright and as warm as ner sun,
Which not q disaster could m.Ns. :. -
Whatever she did, they ne'er questioned the
When called she for aid, they were ready to
fight, |,
Ard die. TOO, her homer to prove
And husbands they were:--.Every part !,
OF home life was sacredly sweet,
With flowers that bloom i'll the heart,
With flowers that bloom under feet, l.
which wite-tilled such fragrance impart,
Their zeal for the south only ending with
Devotion unselfish-like that of the wife,
Made painless grim deaths bloody dart.
And brothers As fresh as morn,
The softest and sweetest in May,
The faith Of each sister e'er shone;
But never VII b steadier ray
Then when. with white hands she put on
The armor of brother. The sister 8 first
trust Il
A faith. too, were his meath the sabre's red
thrust,
As breathing prayer, he was gone.
And fathers-whose children did rove,
With laughter and shout by the rill
That sang near the cot in the grove, -
Those sweet little prattlers OF love Il
Not dull grains of earth, but spark!es OF
Heaven!
AS chlld-pure the hopes OF fathers were givn
To the cause Tor whose triumph they strove.
And SONS. they of great mothers. too,
Who babe them in battle be bold,
To strike like stern Martel, who slew
The Paynim invaders OF old,
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courage-'twas enough-the soldier eer
In life and in death, like the courage that
n the mother e heart noble and true.
They were men-the grandest of men!
Their faith, love, hope, valor shone bright,
As glorious in spirit as when
KOscusko dared all for the right,
And failing, showed worthier then.
Oh! fadeless forever. on Fames Ginning
Their virtues we'll trace, and their name we'll
enroll,
To ponder and ponder again.
The exercises were opened by the mourn
fu! tones of q requiem-like dirge, and the
multitudes dispersed to the inspiriting air OF
Dixie.
Numerous blue uniforms Of the United
States army were noticeable in the crowd,
and the large marble vase which decorates
the mound erected by the Mobile cadets to
the memory of their comrades, was filled by
| a MAGNIFICENT pyramid of flowers presented
| nv the limited States soldiers Of Mount YER
non. A large and beautiful wreath also dec
| grated the soldiers monument, accompanied
by the following words, written on Large
white shield:
presented by the Officers of the Second
United States Infantry, stationed at Mobile,
| Alabama in respect to their former antagon-
lists. whose bones lie Wondering beneath this
corsecrated soil. We, their former oppo-
nents, who can testify to their gallantry IN
action: their moderation in victory; their
natience in misfortune; offer ais silent testi-
monial in hopes that the respect engendered
by the conflict of the past, will more strongly
cement our: Union in the future Mobile.
/ April Goth, 1875"
One of the most conspicuous objects in the
cemetery is the tribute OF the Alabama State
Artillery to their dead. 1t is beautiful work
of art. A mound, fifteen feet square, which
supports an immense marble urn, IS enc!osea
by wall, of Alabama stone, three feet high;
each wall bearing an inscription IN raised
letters. over crossed cannon. The four
corners are guarded by stone mortars, set
apart at an angle of forty five degrees, and
the posts ere beautifully carved in scrolls.
The dey opened clear and bright and fears
were entertained that the fierce rays Of the
sun would be found uncomfortable, as we
stood in the open air; but as the day wore on
the sky became overcast, and, as the speaker
portrayed, in eloquent language, the heavy
clouds Of grief and gloom which gathered
over the Confederate armies in the last sad
days of the vain struggle, dark clouds arose
in sombre gloom, and ere we lett the conse-
Grated spot the graves of the Confederate
were wa.ered by the tears Of heaven.