, 1879-07-13
NEWPORT.

my previous letter, was carried out with sc
! much more eclat than most people hoped fol
that it deserves further mention. The weather
was warm, but tempered bY the ocean breczes
md at the carly hour Of 1 the famous Twenty:
third Regiment from Brooklyn-which was
really the nucleus around which the whole
| proceedings clus tered, and the general, tt
say nothing Of the Individual, Interest centred
arrived at the wharf in the Old Colony
steamboat Thousands OF people we're on Long
Wharf even at that early hour. Amongst them
were :he Fourth-ot-JuIy Committee, the Mayor
of the city, and the Governors representative
Gen. Barney. Both OF these gentlemen made
pithy little speeches of warm welcome, to Which
Col. Rodney Ward, Of the Twenty-third, re-
sponuet, and
THE CROWD CHEHRED AND WAVED
their hats, and the nay sparkled in the dawning
sunlight, making altogether such scene Of joy.
GUS reception as we'll might gladden. the VISITORS
heart, After these preIfminaries the regiment
proceeded. the right wing to breakfast at the
Ocean House, the left to the camping-ground,
which Is delightful spot overlooking the cliffs
and the great sweep OF the ocean and the
beaches. And now just see the convenience OF
the tent accommodations upon this beautiful,
breezy situation. There were 260 entirely new
nts,-.hc officers being fourteen feet square,
the mems nine feet. with two men for u
tent. These tents were 1oored, the flooring
raised On ioists some distance from the ground.
Two cots were in each tent, and the nattiness,
the neatne>s, the cosiness Of the whole, seen
from within or without, were pretty and in-
yitiug sight, suggestive OF comfort and jotlitr.
When rested aud refreshed in these. jnc quar-
ters, the right and left wings met: 1aaer in the
dag, and took their places In the grand process
sion. And grand procession it really was.
An on-looker who had watched from the same
point Of vantage upon Washington Square the
departure and return, together with the reviews
Of the various regiments during the War, said
that there had been nothing like this since those
days. and that there WAS something In the spirit
Of it ali that most wildly recalled
THAT STIRRING TINE.
A good many other on-lookers were thrilled
with the same feeling. can't exnlain this;
don't think that any one did or could explain it.
There have been other displays On sufficiently
large scale upon various occasions, but they
lacked this fire and spirit, this something which
and lifted everything into au inspiring atmos-
phcre- To be sure, the TWenty-third served
galant1y, and distinguished itself IN the War,
but so had other regiments who had paid SUM
without stirring the pulse like this. But it is
vain to strive to bit upon any central reason for
this peculiar effect It may have been partially
the unusual demonstrations upon this particu-
famnus regiment with It's Veteran Association
that nronrccd fhe mapnetf. Whole thar madr
the national holiday, what it has not bcen for
many years in this. OF any other city in the
United States It wae such fitting spot, too,
for this pa;raiotic elan Of <eeling,-tLe old his
toric town which bears so many landmarks Of
t}a Revolutionary rlory. and which hears them
too. more yiTjlly as it were perforce Of the sin.
Unlar charm of
RICH ROMANCE
that comes down to us SO freshly from Doth
French anu EDgilsh as well as American chront-
cles. AS the great procession with It's band
alter band OF music ilea Gown thfough some OF
past ancient houses and corners that held his
tory hnnored years olo, ihlnk any one vim
any Imagination must nave thought OF the s'lf-
ring tales oi that far-away famous time whch
past these very houses and ha!tng at these
very corners, Rochambeau @ and an those gallant
Frcnchrnen' escorted Washington and bis suite.
But the great procession Of this year lar out
numbered that a o1 the past, IL was salo Inele
were fully 2,Oo IN l;ne,-all the men ana officers
OF Fort Adams, me - New @ 1ork :. ana a. Nesterly
lions and officers, and the Twcnty-thtrd, with its
40 men md forty officers, toeether with other
companies from other places ID the statc, Tue
names OF which l did not learn. It was q Ia
tion, and
HAPPY TRIUMPH
bcamed from their faces as they sat in official
state in the carriages that followed IN the line;
And as the line streamea Slowly III anu o9t Auu
10 ana down street. aiter street, sucn demon a..e'
strat!ons OF c1eer a1tcr cneer, anu OF uylI1:s
from open WINDOWS anu pl@z1ss'
have not been even 1or many ano 31laoy feia,
mot since ttne old DAYS OF our war Win .i the
SOUTH; les, u was famous Victoty, ana th tt,e
Providence nelehbor wno lookeo oown upon luz
s:.0oo extraVaeance anu la,kea o! popSun US Is.
oiays came down hanqsomely at lhe upsuA ~
me e1traVagance, anu appauoeu TustluL.nEEls; E:
while sne neclareu 1fGnk!y lna1 ~" uuis hau
:overed hersel1 win glory anu nonoF III nes
,11ort, and sho"eo wnat m1en1 oe Qone W na@e
he DAY What II snonla Pa E1ana ;. settuia VA,
ion which should erng out tne Eea, spl1l' or ~ ee
I'D aud tue ne" 1erFor ot pa1tlo1.3n. 1e 1neie
vas an or2uon, Oh souIsc' au 10y; ,an FatHs .ha
rave It, touchea VIII tne historic na'It ~ u ts m
10 .omSnce o. ae olu towu 10 s.v ~ re rs
And Win 2ll tnls tnele was the 1ee.: ~, 81 80
amou6 o]d society ol u3e tlns!a1atl, VIII e.a
Tcry large attendance, ana 5ne ugas-lace hd nv
rases came on ~ ana Tut +h aann
.round, where 1000 or more people and
nree oF loui ~ nuoeteu eho,rare 81 IA riose
'teseuk' LUG faotSnS t',o aror;ng M
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fallon. Jul LUIS tou.o .,oia ~. - sho 1anons
ne satlsIacuon Ln4L Pleta'leu ~ s.t s no'n