Richland beacon., 1885-03-07

laoHunlelt hHd = iOre'S>tH OF the
horrors f var II So litter wealth
or and many. CALLED to the bone,
were Frustrated wth cold.
Tie procession fr"in tie monn-
ment to tie Capitol was well ordciel +
aud inrosi,r.. | have seen many
PROFESSIONS nluve along femisN!va-
MA avenue, hut never before have |
scen Ike police succeed III keeplh"
the Str.cto clear. ana their cucreSs
on this occasion airuna well for the ,
much larger PROCESSION winch vii /
move al0nr.hc same route ne.' week, !
on the ~. of March. Tho side .
walks Il Pennsylvania avenue nra
very wide. but th- -1"stsiors have
been disposed - cucroach nron ihe
streets. e. crowd th- colamn IN pro-
cession. and nyaai; the view from
all lL. tA- iron; In. Rv u success
ful dis;o.i,ion amounted Policemen,
tie avsnuo was kept perfectly clear
and al were enabled to ENJOY the
SPECTACLE. Major Dye, ;he chef OF
/ police. received letter Of thanks
cyam tie prcsiicn; ioy MS success III
managing th> crowi.
: First came Genera, Sheridcn Ill
nil uniform. mounted on black
horse. lie was followed by four
aids, ami a large body Of InouL'ed
men. Next i'll order came the l. >.
infantry and artillery, and then the
volunteer military and civic orgaiza-
tons. Thesc were followed IVY IA
long line of carriages, decorated
with the stars and stripes. IN which
were members Of Congress and
Justices of the SLpreine Court. The
President sat in carriage drawn by
four horses. Concpicuous at the
head of .he southern visiting military
cor,panies was Gen. Fitzhrgh Lee,
mounted Oh superb dark bay stal-
, lion.
Tie cernonies at the monument
were very brief The weather was
80 cold that not even the speaker
uncovered their bald heads, and tht
audience sat with their hats on anc
moved their benumbed feet constant
". 4: the Capitol, from whlch 81
hnt q favored two thousand were eX
clu.ied. tie ceremonies were prC'iac
ted. the speeches were longer, hu
were endured by the audience with
Il fcr:itude. The first Grafton wa
I written by Mr.. Winthrop, who wa
i the orator thirtyseven years age
= when the corner stone was LAID. /
1t WAS IN the somewhat heavy an
u redundant style of rolling period
=" that was considered fine rhetoric To-:
d" Is wears ago. Mr. Gladstone MOI
sicur Gambetta. Lord Macauiey. {
II Mr.. Villas would have said Nore
~ =. half as many words. The oratio
VAS read 10y Mr.. Long, of Massach'
- sets. the writer being too feeble
be present.
w. The oration Ct Col Daniels of vi
.o cinia was flowery and brillian
Il, sophcmorical and peitentlous. Ii
}" best orators of the day practiced
I" different style, and the orators of Il
81 future will not find models in Il
st orations Of last Saturday, exec
u of some faults they should avol
G" Life is too short, and modern col
'' mon sense and culture is too prac
cal. to he cheated an1 tickled
words. words. vo:ds. This VII
does not exclude elcqusnce, but
does exclude grandiloqnence, VIII
las vaunts itself and substitutes gau
M sentences for chaste and SIM
lay expression of thought. If old J
'an Winthrop and Young Mr. Dam
Aat will t..ke care to revise their oratiC
er- before delivery, and carefully cut
.ee' all the fine things they have DO
80 on. they may yet make pretty g