Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-01-20
local NEWS.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20:
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Cn,ypo4T7NG GENERAL LEES FiRTa'

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crrvpoAT1SG GENERAL LEES BIRTH
I,ro r,ssti1er lass night waB aoant az
Do ~ for celebration Of 81 anniVe',
U.S. - It conld veil he. Hail hsd ioiloEeo
o ..~;9 I'D sn,w had supplsI ID hail, anc' .
-an5s- fire eereot still loss in7i log. &c.
- .ysffed from The Ice. fields Of Inc 1fls.u
no -ooansd G!:mally. Ba!, Judging lrom
,ne ric,nra presented IN tie Opera t1ouss'
.nhoro r f Lea Camp, CoDfece,ate, 81
w. na;ehreied the birthda? OF tue i'Iu ms,
co. obieft in vnoss nams he of8sn 'a.o''
80 tL,,cs elemental s2efe seconusty II"
pesl.s The main auditorium was ic''-
sIi.' 80 o,-ngh f.. c,mfoc5-and d 'etee
!.oantase Of the audieaGe vac nsts
1st,, So,oce eigat O'clock y! 6sui''u
60 who 81 tt C6mmsDoee WiHian q.
Sno,t GAG. Ii, D. Corae ano oens,f' were
IN ire stage GiVanced II the looliiel -, anu ~.
"a te,r yeil.t!rnad rsmnrka Introduced lne
AZ 10 ~ the e7eniDg, Hon. ". L. Wilson,
" West Vagina. Mr.. Wiiaon was received
Ian rnrcs.ious appiausa, end after quiet
aash e1 been restored, the speaker proceed-
- tn make one OF tle mose appropriate and
er,,1osl euiop!es ca General Robert Lie
,,.,sr lla,eoed to by sn Alexandra audience,
[oyminc with him s. trio OF ccssmporsne9ua
Chti5,;lo hefoss-Lse, jackson ard Glad
storn Mt. Wilson's entire Grafton vss liz
tsn.d To VIII tle closest attention,
ono from beginning to end vas entertain
INC SD seat electrical thrills through
nis audience ss be recalled HISTORICAL
Fac,s concerning the honore6 dead.
Throughout the discourse MT. Wi'eoo was
f.Cuuentis applsude6, and when ne nao
concluded all OF his hesrers were pro-
fnse In exp.essiohs of sisGuess tnat they
1.f1 "a
the osmn With tho Sens CT Confederate Vet.
cans ana a number OF invited friends left
rhe Ooara House for The Hoe Fiei lmsnn.
Nhe soog as this time vas filing furtonsly,
mai v,ha. WIS that I } g remosn! OF the saf-
,2iyors % the Army OK Nor.nerr Virginia?
mon who i,sd patterned picket duty and
gent on reconncissarces on nights equally
wild. or who had, sboe!tss AID ragged,
vr,eppec themselves ii tatf3red hisaEe's
and s.ceped their brains in fo.get:nlnesa
8hile tbs "png" Of the shsrcshoote;s'
bule;s sgaE rfuGipg the air. After en- 7rt
brt severe 5rffst By The o!emants their Oh.
iso5ivs point was at;ai0ec eUd more con-
geniai quarters we're reached Upon bs!Og
escorted to &c bAGqle; hall cid seated the
solioyloa E.eou, calculated ID mako old Ed.
icurcs hiDsaif esser 10 discuss II, was found
prioted OF defeats eod artistic four psga
cstd boards in front OF each pla e, while she
sdibies named we're spread out IN gtsSS PFC
fusion:
Rsw oysters on hslf she'll, pickles. red betis.
hc.seTa6ish, fried oysters, celery sauce cabbage
slnw. roast turkey, CT nbe ~ sauce, Gallery: sugar
cured ham decorated with meat jslly, potato
ssl.d bcnod turkey curfant Jelly, coffee tes,
ghiskey punch. cigars AID c'a2kers.
The iiugIe of K: ige', forks and spoons
sn0 the ciatter Of dishes ard glasses, Mingled
with the expstiators and gee Of ioe COM
PAM, soon followed, aud sfaer nearly 40
hour spent 10 truly royal feast snc ths
sine qua non Of The sprea3.ctt (che nuncb)
had ueeua to circulate, Oounntd VIZ. a.
smoot. who was Il the hast Of ths t.be,
announced ihs toRet, Robert 4 Lee"
which Was responded TO bg d.. B.dloTd
Bro:gn ia g mcst c!edltable msn0c1. lha
doctors Response. occupying aoeu5 hhesn
m!nutss, was listened 10 With the cosee'
at,ett %, srd at he close vas loudly sp.
p,suded. TIE usz ,sst, Oar Iafsn!ry,"
brcusht Colonel Arthur Herbert to his fse'.
The Colone'g raspouSe, if enyihing. ex'
ceedad sll expectations and Vss truiy en-
loved by every one. "Our Cavalry" Sae
then promoted J. NJ. J3hnsor, esq, ves 10
hsve responded, bat beng unavcifahiy ab.
eeut. MIR. Wilson, Who had so estis!sotoiiis
entertained tbs sssenblsg8 ct tbe Opera
Eouse. esd who was himseIf cavs'rG man
in the confederate s.rnly, gas called on; snd
ACQUITTED himself ss is his wont, in res
imoromp.u epeecb, Astounding in b5th pa
thos AID humor. IF. Wilson Tas folloTed
nv Msior G. eorge Dlfeg, Tho responded to
he toes. Our Anile y" The Maj W sDt
go FAR back Ia his theme es to rnn bis surj Get
out OF history epirsly. He cited | le fret
place the WoE0 artillery" occurred Ii mar
dane auasIs, sway back liz tia days OF
David anG Jonathan, followed the engine Of
destruction from It's fir 1 reception Il lea her
cylirdsr with iron bsad:) to tce m3derp
death-desliDg pieces which. ;he Speaker
said, Ne arc preparing for Chill and which
will probably ba able |; esnd pref sctiie
ir,o that pnguecioUs republic from WHARF,
the apeaher stood. The Mej'V was OF his
bost. though rs svsrrea ha rsustk3 were
impromp:u su2ge:1 oaS, aad bis speech vas
rell:hed. producing uprosrous appau;e.
He vas followed By Mr.. a. F. Cox, who re-
nnnpded to the toast The Private Soldier,"
and hIa pDsooh in no way fell beaind those
of his predecessors, shopnGing In aooer
5boupbt end facts. The next toast pSo'
a,seS yss "Tne Sons of Conss 1erass Ve'-
sronsU which was responded TO By :. q.
B,eot, ESQ.,, 10 as interesting and rpi'.t "a
snaech as that geDtleuSn ever made. bis
yemerks ysre full OF sentiment aud were
loudly spplaoaed. Mc. Edgar WaI6eld
su5seoaensly read "Ganeral Z. q. Lees
Farewell! Address" In clear. forcio!e aGd
impressive manner, which for ms ct
lesst caused e:iifca.ion to supplant merri
g.ent. Al ,spesteS cells that genial gen-
flemsu. Csp ain J. V. Davis, arose emu 10
few appropriate remarks paid his tribute to
the msmcry OF The jlussrious msn whose
birthday was being celebrated. The speaker
sald, among other things, that while 10 tue
irstric6sl strife BE hed worn the E!ua. e.
su American he could not hep becoming
enthuaed when &c realiz2d the fact thai
such men So Lee and Jackson were his jel.
lou c0untrymen, snd further that Ia his ram
b!es sill over the sor! be bsd yet to hear
uuion soldier speak dstcgatory OF Robert E
Lee. tbs applause which followed the Cap.
tain's oulhur ofeptt uslasm YES daafeniug.