, 1882-06-03

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At the CONCLUSION Of this part OF the
| ritualistie service the singers, with Ar.
O'Brien's splendid voice in the solo part,
rendered Gathering Home"
| Prsyer was then offered by the chap
lain, Rev. q. N. Irwin, and the singers
followed ~ith ''0nly Waiting"
Introduced by Commander Leslie, Miss
Ah.e Cock, young lady with a roi,e OF
gieat compass and volume for one SO
young, and with excellen. e!ocutionsry
effect, read the subioined poem from the
pen Of Mrs c. H. Mack
IN NsaoglAx.
| Many years have come and Ione,
/ The sounds Of war and strife aro done,
| And gentle psac. Is bruodipg n'er
| This land once drenched with hunaI gore.
And brave men, once BY Thousands sprung
! From hillside, field and farm
| Ger all tha land the war notes ruug
Their hoarse sounds Vi alarm.
! And the bold bird 4 freedom sceesmed high
in the air.
| And reused them from tiresite like Lon from
lair;
While tbs bugles shril note and Ihs lon. roll
Of aiarum
Gave back tie ioud echo. 10 the rescue We
| come.
| From sacred desk and college walls.
| From cabin home aud stately half.
| ! sIi K from freedoms alter-hre,
| As enc their thoughts and hearts inspire.
When brothers hand clenched hrotter'. throat
And freedoms asg DER slaves did float,
When foes within denied oar hss,
! Tore out its stars and &C fled u ta.teT-d iay
! Upon o western prairie wide,
| / Ike pearl left By tlr, ebbing tide
| Or white winged ship in ocean blue.
| 4 village rises 70 the view.
And veterans of ths war repeat
This day to youth III yilisss street
! How they, a regiment, had seen
| Once gather there in village green
How cheer on cheer did ren, the air
| AS chief unfurled banner there;
\ banner made hv wonan's hards.
And .iTen to them az .alisman
Her -ilken ribbons snowy white
\ sweet young bride had given
| \ crimson sash worn BY her knight
To make those bars. WAS riven.
| Far fields Of blue with silver stars
To join those white and crimson bars,
An aged dame. feeble and bent.
Her cherished heir loom robe did rent
And silver threads had been unwound
From bands tn { bridal tresses bound;
And she who wrought those stars within
Since ye5ter morn that bride had been
! They gave that flag with words of cheer,
/ With love I eyes and unshed tear,
This starry flag Of red, whit and blue,
To yOu We trust, 10 God and i. be true.
Then down the Inns the order rsns
And mu-kets rattle and sabres clary,
Whiie hands were clssped good-byes were
spoken.
! On Lver's lips was left loves token.
With 6fe and drum, huZzas and cheers
And kerchiefs waved midst SMILES and tears;
Away across the prairies' green sward
Began the long march 10 the southwark
| The weary march, the campfire light.
On picket guard through stormy night,
! Or long night watch. the field for bed
| And knapsack for pillow laid.
| The ireside warmth and easy chair
| Exchanged for prison walls and fare
The quiet home and homes sweet sounds
For cannon's boom and furrOws in the
! ground
Thus from north, from south, east and west.
! Onward to the fray they pressed;
! The stories this one village tells
| Hundreds more repeateth well;
/ While those at home with busy care,
| For sick and wounded did prepare.
| With choicest s.Ores-good house wife 3 pride,
| Their sanitary needs supplied.
| And household linen, fine and old,
Long boarded like a miser's gold,
Picked into lint To staunch a wound,
| Or bind linen bandage round
| On battle-f-ids the long grass waves
| And May flowers bloom On unmarked
| graves,
| And summer winds in sad refrain
| Keep dirge DER graves of patriots slain
| While heavens own blue above them rolls
And night her starry hag unfelds.
| And midnight stars lone vigil keep
| Above our soldiers dreamiess sleep.
| As comrades round these graves we've stood
And tributes given 20 hoEored dead.
Our tears have wept. our prayers have prayed
| And gariands en- these graves haTe isld
Nor scarce less worthy of olr care
Is the grave OF one who, through the war
| THAT noble WOMAN, wife, and friend
Who did our wounded mates attend
| Ons OF that bend of sister hood.
| Who brav.iy By the wounded stood.
| With gentle hand did soCthe the pain
AID nurse them back 10 health again.
These flowers, the tears o. Heaven will steep
And we sweet memories lols viii keep:
| On. may our future strivinys be
| To keep this land they saved forever free
Mrs W. G. Langtori, who so tenderly
| nursed the sick and dying soidi-rs IN the hos
| pitals in Washington and other portions oi
| the Army Of the Potomac, aud whose tody
| lies in its yrave here in Wslla Walls
The reading Of the poem ended, Chap
lain Rev. Mr. Irwin made a short address
He did not expect 70 speak, but Was al
way, ready to say word for MS Com
1 RACES ana .lls anu lbcit ~OniNA1-
fort here was to :build up and nalntaln
great and glorious commonwealth, not
one Of mere ambition, but that which
rests upon the principles Of the Bother
hooi Of Humanity. The grsaO4uestlon
sss. which is the bes; way to solve this
problem Not by war, surely Inc PIC
ture Of war, was the mailed leader, riding
over the dead and dying soldiers to the
front, Eith sword and torch in land, fol
lowed by guant, famine and pestilenes-
Those in presence, who had stood where
the thunder and storm OF battle gathered
about them, had had enough OF war,
though the speaker doubted not, that II
the bugle call was again made, II asaln
the nations existence was placed IN perii,
not a man of them, but would 60 forth as
Of yore, to do, and if need be, die for their
love Of that country And the coSardly
! work of ihe assassin had beeen tried as
we'll. and failed. The nations existence,
| Il, future safety and maintenance, rested