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RALLYOF BLUE ANDGRAY
THE BLOODY CHASM AGAIN
BRIDGED AT GETTYSBURG.

| Georgia's Gallant Governor Starts for
Home-The Concourse Repeats the
Lords Prayer in Unison at the
Gem metery-The Grafton of George
William Curtis Well Received.
GETTYSBURG, PA, July 3.-There is a
strange similarity between this day and
that of just twenty-five years ago. Then
the armies Of Gen. Meade and Gen. Lee con.
frouted each other in sullen silence. The
first day had ended in the defeat of Rey.
nolds' men, and the conflict of the second
had been indecisive. True Gen. Longstreet's
assault on Little Round Top had been un.
successful, and the federals still held theii
original position, but they were weak and
broken, and the morning of the third day
saw them in no way improved. All through
that sultry day, which was to decide the
great questions submitted to the arbitra-
tion Of war, silence reigned over the tive
armies.
LEES SIGNAL GUN.
At O'Clock, however, the signal gun OF
Gen. Lee opened the greatest artillery duel
the world has ever seen, and until the
columns of Col Pickett's Virginians were
of cannon and the rattle of musketry was
never equalled in the history of the world.
30 to-day the morning was quiet The
federals and confederates were once more
on the field, and again was ono on Seminary
ridge and the other on Cemetery hill
Nothing unusual occurred to break the great
mOnotony until o'clock, when unions and
confederates met once more at almost The
same hour at which they had Joined In
deadly combat twenty-fiv years ago.
GEoRGIA's GALLANT GOVERNOR.
Gen. J. B. Gordon of Georgia, whose elo
quent speech set the crowd fairly crazy
yesterday afternoon and made him thu
most popular man in town afterward, wal
compelled by his official position as chief
executive to leave for Atlanta this after
noon. To an Associated Press representa-.
tive in answer to the question what was hm
opinion of the reunion, he said "This
meeting was great success, and if these re,
unions between soldiers could occur yearly
it would serve to cement the friendly feel
ing OF the blue and gray more closely and
bind the north and south so firmly that
there would be no north and 10 south, but
one country linked together by chains OF
indissoluble friendship"
IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Promptly at 3 o'clock a procession, com,
posed of the same military commands az
yesterday, entered the national cemetery,
Col. Gibson, ranking officer at present,
leading. AS Conterno's band filed past the
rostrum it struck up popular airs from
Ermlnie, "The Dowty Jail Birds of
Feather ringing out through the shady
lawn, while smile rippled over the faces
OF the crowd at the inappropriateness of the
selection. After the Ninth New YorH
militia had tramped past, and the cavalry
had thrown dust over the prominent people
on the rostrum, and the stately monu.
ment hid them from sight as they
marched back to their camp on the
first days field. Gen. Robinson of New York
arose and leaning heavily on his crutches,
requested Rev. Twitchell Of Hartford.
Conn, to open the second days reunion ex.
ercises with prayer.
ALL JOIN IN THE EXERCISES
The prayer was listened to with uncovered
heads, and when In concluding he began the
Lords prayer the crowd joined in, and as ID
rolled across the vast lawn the sound was
like the roar of distant cannon or the beat
ing of the surf on rocky coast
The poet Of the occasion, George Parsons
Lathrop, was unable to he present, but part
Of his poem was read by GEN Horatio
G. King, secretary Of the army Of the
Potomac, and was received by the audience
with much applause.
When the orator, George William Cutris.
was presented, three cheers were called for
by Gen. Sharpe. He was greeted with
hearty applause at the conclusion of his
oration.
The number in attendance was not near
so large as yesterday nor was the enthusiasm
so great.