Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-01

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below-are scenes never to 3 for
gotten. As we approached Market
Street. the sight was grand. Harris Ho-
lei was decorated from top to bottom.
Right across from The Ho:eI was Al i'm
mense arch. which spanned ibe street.
made of wood. painted white and black.
with large eillIetiers. On one slde vas
inscribed. 'Virginia welcomes Nary
land" Opposite, ssin honor Of Mary
lands Dead, This nlcll was beausi-
fpIlF nsada aad artisiically trimmed Wlsb
evergreens add nov 60. Here and there
wsEf u
Ine Si47S 80 s7fIfses we're floating in
every direction, Bolwithsianding the
.9merican says there was only one Ma
tionaI flag, floating, and that was 10 the
Union Soldiers Cemetery. II seems
as If The .1mericaR cannot tell the truth
about the Southern people. There were
d few Gags with The bars and stars, a
few old battle flags. Surely the .Ane-
ricGn is not afraid Of those old tattered,
faded flags. However, no body was
hurt, II. s sr
Market Street is wide, shady ave-
nue. with some fine houses, with beau
tifuI yards, and sloping lawns. Some OF
the yards are fifteen feet higher than
the sidewalk. They are graded down to
about four feet from the street. with
granite and iron Enclosures. Beautiful
flowers, well kept shrubbery, rustic
rockeries, marble steps well mowsEl
green sods, make them charming spots
indeed. Notably, The houses Of Gov.
Holiday and Mr.. Holmes Conrad were
handsomely decorated for The occasion,
this day being the greatest Winchester
ever saw, twenty thousand strangers III
the city.
The military halted il front OF Mr..
Holmes Conrad's House. Gov. Hclii-
| day delivered his excellent address from
the steps of the house. The reason he
be did not make bis remarks from The
Governors mansion was some family
trouble, the nature OF which did not
learn. Mrs. Stonewaii Jackson and her
daughter Julia were guests OF Mr.. Con-
rad. They were seated in handsome
Carriage at the gate when the troops
| halted.
was ToTtunatein in getting good place
on one OF the terraces In Mr.. Conrad's
yard. This yardwas kept for ladies -
was very near Gov Holiday and heard
aasss.r.-- sasssA4. hz, Said akli@s=<asz=zss
though short, were excellent, Tor his
heart was in what he said. HIS wei
come TO the people of Maryland was
sihcere. Gov. Holiday looks to be
about fifty years old, has good face, is
rather handsome, and carries an empty
sleeve. II had TO choose good, true
man, judging alone from face and ex-
preston. that man would be +. w. nj.
Holiday, Governor OF the grand, cid COM
mon wealth oil Virginia. Nothing of de-
ception or political craft in bis face; in-
stead kindness. honor, truth sympathy.
attributes so rare now In the average
man.
In the absence OF our old jackson,
hsckory-tree Hamilton, Mayor Latrohe,
of Baltimore city, responded TO Gov.
Holidays remarks. Mayor Lasrobess
address was good and | hope he
meant what he said. You know he is
Baltimore politician and loves TO run
with the current. The effect of his ex-
cellent remarks were some what lost on
me, as was thinking of bis yetoing the
bill to erect a marble monument TO
Maryland's fallen heroes in Eutaw
Square for lear OF woandlng the sensi-
bilities Of some people in The vicinity
Narrow, selfish must be the souls oi
those who would object to seeing q
marble shaft raised TO the memory oi
Maryland's sons whose bones are scat
tered North, South, East and West. II
Major Andre can have monument in
this land, Gen. Robt. +. Lee ought to
have one in the Old Bay State, 80 high,
SO lofty, that an electric light on its
summit would warn the mariner on the
dangerous and rocky coast OF NewlOund-
landl
If lived wheHsssoiiiers on either
side were buried, TswouId try and keep
their graves green iopshe sake Of their
mashem.suuaa - might drop tear on
one - Daas eiher,
| Those on the oafef Ss97e. sv15o III es7'2 Tie
blue, we're g dear tou tiEriw sSssends IN
New Euglsadas the boys who wore-the
grey were t0ttheirs ia the Gulf States.
Mothers. fathers. wives. sisters. have the
same affection whetherthey dwell on the
frozen Penohscot. the mad, rushing 81.
.Lawrenres The rocky barren coast oi
Cape Cod. or rwhether they dwell on she
beautiful Narragansett or palatiai Hud.
son, or in the prolific Genesee Valley. as
those that dwell by the beautiful Sayan.
nabs. by murmuring streams and divy-clad
bowers Of the South. The boys from
the old Granite State. the lumbermen
OF The bleak North West, the thriFiy
farmers Of the Buckeye State, the Hoo
siers from the prairics, the miners oi
the Pacific slope, have The same natural
feelings as those that came from the
Orange groves or Cypress Avenues oil
the 'sSunny South" have wandered
again.
When Mayor Latrobe asked them tc
continue to take care oi our boys hal
loved dust and occasionally Law q gar
land on their graves. many, many voices
answered, ave viii do III We will do
Eit!'' ~
The military lookup its lineoE march.
The whole procession was under the
command OF that gallant old warrior,
Gen. j. r.. Trimble, who looks every
inch 4 soldier, with his piercing, blaci.
eyes. white hair aud erect lnien. lie
was mounted on q handsome charger:
he wore an orange silk sash. lIis aids