Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-02-28
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 tries show 2.OOO head of mixed cattle for Kansss City, HOO head for Dun can, Arizona, and 5O0 head for Silver City.
 WAsHIyGroy, Fsb. 22-AbOut sOO people gathered in the temporary seats at the base of the Washington MOnu- ment to day to listen to the formal ceremonies attending its dedication anu delivery to the Nation by the Monument AssOciation. The day w.s very cold and raw The proceedings were opened with music by the Marine Band. The | Masonic ceremonies, by the Masonic | Grand Lodge of the District Of COl1m- bla, were conducted under the dlrec loh of Grand Mast,r Wymau W. Porter, m which certain historic rvllcs, with which | General Washington Was intimately connected, were brought into use. The gavel used was ole prepared and used by Gel eral Washington as Grand Mas | ter pro tenn m lay iDR tDe cOrhOr stoue or the National Capitol on the Ssh Of September, 11g3 The sscrei volume belonging to Fredericksburg Lodge | No. f, Virginia, upon when Washing ton took his first VOWS of Masonry; that belonging to St. Johns Lodge No. 1, of the clty of New York, upon which. on the 3Oth of April, l7S9, he took the oath | of office as the irst President Ot th- | United States; the Great lIRbt' belOug
 ing to Alexandria (NashIngtonl Lodge No. 22, Alexandria, Virginia, upon which he, as WOrshipful Master, rcceiv- ed the VOWS of imitation; the apron worn by him, which was worked b!
 Madame Lafayette. a golden ugn con taining lock of his hair belonging tO the Grand Lodge of Mas achu-etts; the "Lesser light" one of the three sperm candles borne in WAshInSton's funeral | procession, were exhibited.
 Senator Sherman and W. W COrcoran ! delivered suitable addresses. Then | Colonel Thomas l.. Casey, Of the En-l
 neers, in GpprOpriate words, delivered the monument to the President of the | United States.
 PRESIDENT ARTHUR,
 III accepting the monument, sad: "Fel- | low countrymeD-BefOre the dawn of the century. whose eyenIful years will soon have faded into the past, when death had but lately robbed this repub- | he of its most beloved and IllustrIuus cItIzen, the Congress of the UnIeu States pledged the fifth of the nation that ID thIs cIty, bearing hls hOnOreu | name, and then as now the seat Of the general government, n monument should | be erected to commemorate the great events of his military and poll ical life. the stately column that stttt | eB ussvei Q ward from the pl ,Iu where We ow st,ud, bears witness tO all who behold II, that the covenants which our fathers made tO their children have been fulfilled. In the completion of this great work of patriotic end avOr, there Is abundant cause for national rejoicing. for, while Its structure shall endure. it shall be tO all mankind steadfast token of btf-c- tioBate and reve end regard in winch
 his people continue tO hold the memory of Washington. Well may be ever ke-P he foremost place m the hearts of his country men. The faith that never fai- tered, the wisdom broader and decIer than any learning taught ID schools, the courage that shrauk from no peril aud was dIsmayed by no defeat, the loyalty that kept al selfish purposes suhOIdi- nate tO demands Of patriotism and honor, the sasHcIty that dIsPlayed itself iu the camp and capIuet alike aud above all that harmonious union Os intellectual qualities, which has never found It- parallel among men-tnese are attrib- utes of character which the intelligent thought of the couutTy a-ctiOes to ths grandest figure of the last. But othe' and more eloquent lips than mine will to-day rehearse tO you the story of h.s noble life and its glorious achievements. lO myself has been assigned the simple and more formal duty, in fnltiilment of NhIch 1 now do as President of the United States and m behalf of the pcD pie, receive this monument from the l nauds of its builder and declare It deJi- cated from this time forth to the ImmOT- tai name and memory of George Wash IngtOn."
 wISIHRoP's oRATIoS,
 or which the foll wing is the peroration: No distinction of party or of section prevents our all feeling alike that our country by whOmsoever governed Is still and always our country, to hs cherished ID all our hearts, tO be upheld and de- fended by Gll our hands. Most happy would it be 1T On the 30th of April. uu which the first inausu-atln of Washing ton took place, could hsncefurth be the late Of all inauguratIOBs as It might te hy slight amendment to the COus:itu- ton, giving as 1t would, a much needed extension to the short sessions of Con tress and letting the second ceutnry oi our constitutional history begin where the first century began. But let the date be what 1t may, the aspiration of the csn- tennial anniversary of ths. frs. C. Cit| inaugural must uUt toe lost up.u Us
 Would that any worcs of miue cont
 help us all, old and young, to res ".
 hat tie principles and ch htr.cter and example of Washington as tC came [ r- ward tO take the OAihs ot office on tsa. day shall once more te recognized anu revsrenced as the model for all who succeed hIm, and that bis dI>nter, ,s,,d purit, and patriotism shall be the sI- prame test and standard fl Americ .u statesman-nIp. That standard can never toe taken away from us. The most clap crate and durable monuments may per i>h. but neither the forces of nature nor any fiend:sh crime of mau can ever ma or mutilHte great example Of publ c CT private virtue Our mEtchlssS ohclisk stands pro udly before us to-day and We hail It with the eXultAtion of n united and glorious nation. IL mly or may not be proof against the cavIls of critics but nothing Of human construction I- sgair st the casualties Cf tImr. lh, -iOrms of winter must blow and beat upon it; the action of the elements must sri. aud discOlor i'; the lighlniugS c. heaven may scar and blEcken it. ID earthquake may shake it's foundations; some mighty tornado or rrsIsiles cy clua, may reud its massive blocks a-uuGer | and hurl it in fragments to tue ground, ! but the character which it mmem crates and illustrates Is secure. IL Wil ! remain unchanged and uuchangeabl 1 Tn all IFS con-ummHte purity and spleu- l dor and will more and more cOmman ! the hom age of succeeding ages m al! | regions of the earth. God be praised. | that character IS ours forever"
 LondoN, Feb. 13-A number of dis | patches from Gen. Gordon tO the home l government in regard tO the situation oi I affairs at kaTtOum previous tO Lis sur | render. that the City publi,hel to-day. | were written on November ith. Gen. Gordon declined to agree with some an thorlties that the etxpedition under L.r! Wolseley was for the purpose of re-cu- ing him, but was. he says designed C,