The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-04-27
oLn mEnoRIEs ANp oLo soLnrERs

OLD MEMORIES AND OLD SOLDIERS
The Texas vetera' Of the Ffrst an a
second WAR In the Staten EfaorF.-.
Judge BeIps OFsIIOn-- " nat Fie Thinks
OF Ihe Third War.
The most imposing scene and procession
and display of popular feeling ever wit
messed in Austin drew mutiiuies to win
dows and balconies yesterday at noon when
the veterans of the war of Texan indepen-
dence of 1926 and those Of the Mexican
war moved in stately procession, about one
hundred in number, through the Itadiag
tboroughfares of the capital. If the
people of to-day looked on and scanned
closely the features of each grayhaiTed hero
with feelings of yeneratIon and gratitude,
there was also irrepressible pride in the re-
Election that there moved before Us living
monuments to the vslor and virtues Of =
! bygone race and age, and he who loves Tex
as most was conscious of the growing
strength Of that locd patriotism begotten
Of proper honors awarded the grayiaired
fathers of the Republic. They are the last
living links binding US to the heroic age in
the history OF the commonwealth, and
when Judge Bell, one Of heir own num-
| Der, pronounced eloquent eulogiesupon the
fathers and mothers of the State, the new
I ly-made citizen was pleased that he had
made his own common with the fortunes
of those whose heritage is SO rich IN price
less renowB, so enabling in ITS lessons of
greatness, and so wise in its earnest, honest,
| republican statesman~hip.
ORDER OF EVENTS -svy iF-
4 Mayor, board Of aldermen andlfireref:e
music, (Herzog's band); Travis Rifles !;
Cadets Texas Military Institutes; orator of
the day; Texas Veterans; Mexican War
Veterans; Governor of the ssate aud Staff; ;
lieutenant Governor; heads OF the various
State Departments; Judges of the Supreme
| and Appellate G ,urts; officers aud members
of the Fifteenth Legislature; music dicks
Fcolored band); chief ergineer, ASST slant
chief and recorder OF the Fire Department;
Colorado Steam Fire Engine Company No.
9; Austin Hook and Ladder Company No Q;
Central Depot Fire Company No. 3; Wash
ington Steam Fire Company No. /; Hope
| Hook and Ladder Company No. 9; honor
AIRY members OF the different Fire Compa-
mics; citizens IN carriages; citizens on foot;
aud the theater band. Tie Procession
moved at IL O'clock from the passenger
depot; thence up Pecan street to. Congress
Avenue; thence down tie Avenue to Pine
street; thence west to San Antonio street :;
thence north to Pecan street; thence east
to Congress Avenue; thence the Avenue.
to the Capitol, where az Grafton by Hon.
James H. Bell was delivered to an immense
audience OF ladies and gentlemen. The
procession was, without doubt, thee,fnest
display that has ever been seen in this city,
or perhaps in the State. Washington steam
fire engine No. and Colorado steam fire
engine No. were regaliad with flowers,
wreaths of evergreens and fl tgs, as were the.
hose carts and the trucks of the two hook and
ladder companies, and the procession moved
forward with a. smoothness land military
air that commanded the admiration Of the
thousands of people that lined the streets
and sidewalks, or stood gazing from avn
ings galleries and windows. The new
uniform of Hope Hook aud Ladder Com
paDy, consisting of white hats, Write shirts,
black pants and black velvet capes, attrac-
ted the admiration of the beholders, and
especially of the ladies. But one of
the special features of the procession
was the team of elegant horses, ten in
number, that drew Washington steam fire
engine NJ. 1. Five of the horses were
grays and the others coal blacks, and they
were alternated according to color, and
adorned with flags and streameTs, and their
hoofs were even bronzed and shone like
gold as they moved along ia the process
sion under the skIilful management Of Mr..
Monroe Miller, their owner, who had kindly
added so literally to the days doingS The
boys in gray, from the Texas Military Insti-
tute, and the Travis Rides, matched with
their accustomed precision, and the entire
procession was truly grand and imposing.
IN THE CAPITOL.
The great multitude moved through the
gateways leading to the Capitol, and, as
cendlng the lofty stairways, soon occupied
the floor and galleries of the Hall of Rep
resentatives. Every seat on the floor
occupied by ladies and the Hobbies, and
aisles and galleries were filed, until great
numbers were denied admittance. There
was music, and then, the president of the
old veterans association, Judge Russell, pre-
siding, there was brief and pertinent
prayer by Rev. Mr., Phllpott. The lone star
flag was then unfurled by cadet of the
military school, beside the Speakers chair
aud beneath the majestic figure OF Sam
\ Houston, that adorns the wall. Judge
JSheeks appeared in the mayors stead, and
in graceful terms greeted the old soldiers
aud rendered the hospitalities of Austin
iand Its inhabitants to the heroes of the first
war of our independence, Judge Wm, j,
Russelfs address was wholly fnaudible &C.
our reporter but the old soldiers sitting in
the immediate vicinity of the venerable
speaker gave rapt attention while he re-
yived hallowed memories of the olden time
quorum pars fuR. There was an inexphea-
bic dead silence when some story was told
TOR statement uttered affecting early events
in Texas, showing how deeply and strongly
the affections of people follow their
memories aud are twined about the early,
years aud events of our history.
l. JUDGE BELLS HisToRIcAL AISpREss. q
l.. When Judge Bell came before the
throag he was warmly greeted and at
tonce, without prelude, referred to the fact
that Texas, unlike other States, boosted Of
a peculiar local and political history of its
| own. He said that ignorant people, he had
heard, supposed, because he had differed ID
4 recent years from many of his associates of
1 the long ago, that he had even suffered his