Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-02-16
The Blue And The Gray

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BURIED.
Gen. Fitz Lee and bis stat had royal
time last week in Brooklyn, as the guests of
the 18th New York reg iment. Col. VIM.
L. Bumgardner of this city was to have
been of the party. but was detained IN
Richmond on business. The staff of tho
First Va. Brigade was, however, we'll rep
resented and from the full newspaper re-
ports, both guests and hosts seem to have
emf yed themselves hugely. throwing the
last shovelfuIl of dirt on the .butled
tomahawk" and fastening the last plank
in the bridge across the "blooiy chasm.
Wednesday night Gen. Lee reviewed th
IS h at their arm ry in the p esence Of
large and brilliant assembly.
The uniforms of the Virginia flice,
were gray. GIN. LIE wore eehe'a
cha ppau and the y. How sash of his RAM
The yellow gaun let's w"r" " him h
been worn bv his unci+. Gch. R"t~tt
Lee, on many Occ A4tn's am "'g oth"ts
Appomattnx The name IL Inert f. LIZ
had bern written on the ms d. rhn-
the General himself. and after his dra
we're sent to Gen. Fig. Hugh lee. As It"
,asiment passed in nv ew The band playt'
Gary Me Back t" OH ViIgiuia's Shor..
and when Gen. Lee unc ,vereh 10 thh my
the applause was deatening. Then follow
ed dress parade, after which GIN. Lee
made a brief address. He alluded to hav-
ing met them at Yorktown, not when
General Washington was there. but at the
centennial of that occasion. when the dust
Was thicker there than anywhere else, and
he, for one, was perfectly willing to sur
1or fo GIn az C0i6 hn U4l
glad to meet The regiment again. 1t was
an era of good feeling and one that be
hoped would he perpetuated. He was at
West Point when the war broke out, but
he had been educated in a different faith.
and when Virginia demanded his poor
sword and service he threw his Int in with
his State. When the sun went down be-
hind the hills at Appnmattox he recog-
nizal the fact that the war was over and
realized the fact that he was citizen of
| the United States and equally interested
vies with New York in her devotion no v,
and all efforts are blended to preserve and
enhance the glOrv and welfare of this
great country. Gen. Lee was frequently
| interrupted during his speech by applause
and at its close the applause was prolong-
ed. Three cheers were given for Gen.
| FiiZ- Hugh Lee, and the regiment was
then dismissed.
On Thursday he was called on at his
hotel by large number of army acquain
tances. and at night him-elf and staff. in
GERS of the thirteenth regiment of Brook
Ign. also in full uniform, attended the
performance of 1.-The Queen s Lace Hand
| kerchief'' at the Casino. the party having
| been invited to private boxes by the man
agpr Capt. John McCaul. formerly member
of the Virginia Legislature from Roanoke
county. The interior of the theater Was
handsomely decorated with flags, the state
flag of Virginia forming conspicuous
center over the box occupied by the South
ern soldiers. Accompanying Gen. Lee
Was Capt. F. W. Dawson, formerly OF his
staff. and now editor of the Charleston
| Neps and Courier. After the perform ance,
| dinner was served at the New York
| hotel.
On Friday the party were sumptuously
| dned at the Mansion House of which af-
fair the World" gives the following dc
| count.
The dining-room of TIE Mansion House.
Brooklyn. was handsOmels decorated with
flags and burners last night when the
Thirteenth Regiment and their guests,
General FitZhugh Lee and staff, sat down
to dinner. Covers were laid for 15i per-
sans. There were five tables. the main
one running at right angles with the other
| four On Colonel Austen'S right was
General Fitzhugh Lee, Thomas Knsella,
| General George P. AverilI, COLONEL Chas.
J. Anderson. First Virginia; NJ jor R. W.
Hunter, of General LEAFS staff; Judge 5
d Morris aud Major George Ben John
ston. Brigade Surgeon of General Lee S
staff. On Colonel Austen left sat Mayor
Low, Corporal James Tanner, Coiopel q.
q. Wertenbaker. Third Virginia; Lieu
tenant-C Colonel J. Lain Stern, First Virgin
ia; General H. G. King, of Governor
Cleveland's staff. and Captain I. s. Kellar
| Adjutant Third Virginia. The cloth was
removed at II o'clock, when Colonel Aus
ten, after brief address, in which he re-
ferred to the r. cent visit Of the Thirteenth
Regiment to Virginia at the Yorktown
Centennial, where the regiment had been
ent ertained by General Lee and the Vir-
ginians present. gave he toast ~ irginia
Our Guests" General Lee was received
with great applause. while the band ilayed
.Carry Me BACK to Old Virginia s Shore
General Lee said that he recOllected of
hearing of an incident at Malvern Hill.
when the ConfedeI ate troops were ordered
to charge the bastion fringed with North
ern fire. Col. Vance. pointing with his
sword to the front and turning toward the
fleeing crowd in tue rear, said go 1t,
old Mollycotton; if didn't nave rep u
tation to save Ia join you In run, too. y
TLaughter. When some of the boys went
home on parole at the close of the war one
sturdy old Confeder te farmer refused tn
| believe that General Lee had surrendered
and got over it by saying:
''Oh. its that - FitZhugh Lee who sur
rendered old Gen. Lee never surrender
ed. Laughter.
Leaving joking aside,' said the gene
raj, he rejolced that peace had spread its
wings over the land and that there were
no more wars to be fought, and that they
met, not as New orkers or Virginians.
but as members of the United States of
this great country, which is bounded on
the one side by Ice and on the other by
bananas, and any one who attempts to en-
ter at either end will be very apt to slip
up. The Gime has gone by when the terms
Rebels or yankees could be applied
to either side. We are all one people. We
are Americans, and that will meet every
thing. The differences betws en- the two
sections are healing, and the time is swift
" coming VIII n the two sections will be
firmly cemented. The doctrine If parental
government is growing much stronger in
the South. When two Senators of New
| York seeded recently from the Senate
they thought at the South that New York
might be going to secede too, and the
National Guard of Virginia were 10 king
10 see whether they would not have to take
their old rusty swords from the wall and
fight for the preservation of the Union.
| Virginia is ready now to fight for the I'M
ion, and when New York shall send TO
Virginia the::war-cry, Virginia will send 1t
back revef bprating down the ages:
The star-spar gled banner, oh, long may
it wave, Ger the land of the free and the
home If the brave 3"
General Lee concluded by thanking the
Thirteenth for their splendid hospitality
and Hedging himself and his comrades o
the Union that shall last forever. Gen.
Lee was frequently interrupted by ap-
,ause and at the end he was vociferously
| cheered