The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-24

| wa ssid and done In that short hour--ci
| what was said about the comrades left on
the delds Of battle; Edmonds. CabeII,
Towues, Darlington. Lucke, fowler, and
scores Of Others, whose names are stiIl
lneid sacred by these men. 49,
After the procession had gone into the
Opcrs.f House, aud the men had taken the
seats reserved for them, there was rush
for the other sests, and almost all on The
fioor and Ia the gallery were quickly taken.
No ladies were present, the weather being
uniavorabic. On the stage, along with
| Colonel Griggs and Majors Lee and Smith,
| 90 peuick. Captain Coleman, Colonel Sims,
MAYOR j. T. Keen. Colonel Neal, Captain
Herndon, Mr.. John M. johnson, Captain
Luck, Editor Bouldin, Hon. J. J. WiIkin.
sou, Captain A. j. Lewis. Msior Smith,
after an appropriate introduction by Colo.
mel Griggs, reached the hearts Of his hear
ers with his first sentence: Comrades OF
the Thirty.eighth, God bless you'll" Then
| came a flow Of language humorous, witty,
pathetic, Astounding Ia pefs NAL reminis-
cences and condensed descriptions OF events
| thst has seldom been cqualled In any ad-
| dress that has been made upon such SUBJ
| jects. Colonel Neal whispered 10 the
writer that the description OF Picketps
charge at Gettysburg surpassed any that he
| mad heard or read. Here are two OF It's ex-
pressions: The formation OF the brigsdes
wac styled ga dress-psrade under an artil.
lerv Gre" and the advance as ga division
| drill In the face OF q storm OF the leadcn
missiles OF DEATH"
Msjor Lee, after being introduced as the
soldier W bose richt-arm wounded al Gettys-
burg bore witness to bis gallantry, COM
menced his speech with the remark OF Peri
Giles, chat those who die glOriously in bat
tie have the whole earth for their burial.
place, and, dwelling upon the glory OF the
Confederate soldier for moment, passed
to discussion OF the causes OF the war, the
results OF IL on society and the Constitution
OF The Government--quotipg Burke as to
the influence OF a civil war upon society In
all OF its ramifcations- and commented upon
the dangers which now threaten Virginia,
and to the tendency towards Imperialism
recently manifested and rapidly growing in
this country--a speech fail OF deep thought,
very concisely and forcibly expressed.
seldom Il speaker quote Latin expressed
upon such occasions, but Major Lee did 1t
with fine effect.
These were The speeches OF the occasion.
After this calls were made upon Colonel
Cabell, Captain Tredway, Bishop Penick,
and Captsin Wilkinson, and these gentle
men responded. would like TO give some
ex pressions from Bishop Penick's speech.
The text OF 1t was that might cannot sup
press right. Failures are not always fall
ares. A lost cause ia not always lost cause.
A martyr TO duty gains a victory. The last
words of Colonel j. x. Caboll were: "Pc-
nick, tell my wife / have died doing my
duty" and CabelPs death in the cause OF
right will not ia the mind OF God count for
nothing.
The speaking over, Colonel Grigss then
stated that some Of the Thirty-eigbth men
and the men OF Company /, OF the Fifty
third, desired that sll the other military COM
panies that went out from this county should
unite with them in the erection Of monu-
ment; and thereupon, on motion OF Cap
tain Averett, it was ordered that Colonel
G.. C. Cabell, Colonel G. X. Griggs. Colonel
ID. V. Dickinson, Captain w. Nj. Tredway.
and Captain j. j. Wilkinson, be appointed
committee 10 devise ways and means for
the erection OF the monument. This done,
the several companies OF the regiment and
all soldiers OF other commands present were
invited TO dinner, and were sent off in COM
panies OF from twenty TO fifty to the several
hotels and clearinghouse. All Jared .ump-
tuously, and in the evening there was gen.
eral expression Of qualification at what had
been said and done during the day. 1t has
been remarked this morning that not one OF
those men was seen intoxicated or in any
wise under the influence Of liquor.
.-. ALPHA