Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-19

WEATHER PRoBABILITIEs-For this
.inrr Far. probable showers tuesday even
- T4c.day night, winds becoming north
NV do Tuesday morning.
rfrPr1 YEARS AFTER.-The ANNA
.,.a IN lleNandria and the crowds of
.e,air daring the past forty-ei@ht
,r-. have been greater than at any
,r..iai.- lime during the past twenty
l.N.a wears. the streets have been
i4-Ii,lv thronged with human beings,
M. bu.l OF whom have been visitors,
members of the Grand Army OF the Re
ImAEe and their families Late SatUr-
als evening the survivors Of the SSth
pennsylvania Infantry. a regiment
which performed guard duty mere Tie
lnte: part Of 1861 and several months
daring 1852, accompanied by members
of their families arrived in the city.
where they viii lodge during the en-
caapmcnt, and were escorted TO the
8ra1dock House by the Alexandria
Drum Corps and Davis Post No. IS,
Of this city. Colonel George 2. Ne
Lean. their former commandment. az
companicd them, and about seven
O'Clock the party, numbering about
tif1v eX-members Of the regiment, nc
c1mpanied by their wives children,
and in some instances their grandc!iid-
rn. Sc. Gown to banquet. which Was
discussed with Will and rendered
more interesting 10 them by rem;nis-
uaccs of Alexandria in war times from
those OF The command who had escaped
The clash of war andso ar the grim
aper cythc. \ letter from Mayor
strauss. welcoming the visitors and re-
rottins his inability % be present was
read. 4 number Of toastS were respond
q, to. among them "'1he City ofAleX-
auGria by Comrade Armour, Of Alex
.as3ria and the Drum Corps, by Ma OF
.ann Kellog. Of Baltimore. Mr.. W
Graves. commander OF Thomas Z.
Davis Post. Of Alexandria was intro
daced and made few iclici'ogs
remarks. Upon rising from the
table there was beautiful display OF
fireworks from the front Of the hotel,
which du,i. The war was military
mo. aital. from the portals Of which
maiy members of the old regiment,
having fought their last fight, had been
taken and Inferred in the Ma
tional cemetery. then just established.
Bat the dove of peace has long since
obli;eratcd such dismal things, and the
hotel. no longer the scene of anguish
ing. suffering and death, was Saturday
night the theatre Of happy mirth, and,
from all that could be observed, only
the more pleasant recolloctions OF the
emartering of the regiment il AleXan-
dria seemed to remain, and eX-oilicers
and ex-privatcs manifested the peacca-
bic fruits of conservatism and good feel
.nr. those lessons impaired by the
soothing hand of time. Colonel Nc
Lean. who reioices in his old Scotch
descent. was enjoying the visit with the
same vim eXelnpli!ied by the others,
and in a long conversation with the
reporter made numerous inquiries con-
corning the whereabouts Of this and
that AleXandri;n. most OF whom nave
long since joined the great majority;
told many incidents in connection with
his military governorsbip of Alexandria
and the Eavors shown when appealed
to. He said it was ever his aim to pro-
tect the private rights of citizens, and
,,,,,f;,,,aJ +1,a 1.l1,1ps Of several OF or
Is,,[tot With " lybom he was we'll acouint
FL and ON whom he intended calling.
As stated above, the SSth came 10 Al
exandria during the latter part of the
first year of the war. ,rhe headquar-
ters were in the brick building on the
northeast corner of ROYAL and Prince
streets and. as many OF us who were
tben bovs remember the command
nd dress parade every morn
inc ON ROYAL street. the line ex-
tending from what is now the Con-
cordia Hotel southwark toward Duke
street 4 fine band belonged to the
regiment. and the excellent music dis
courscd always drew crowds to these
dress parades. The companies were
Quartered in the city and neighborhood
as fellows: Company A on north Wash
ington street, company + at the corner
ofDuke and Washington streets; COM
pany d on Cameron street, opposite the
Market Building company in the
house on the southwest corner of Wolfe
and Lee streets; company Catthe house
formerly conducted by Price, Birch y
Co. dealers in slaves, and afterwards
known rs the slave pen. at The head
of Duke street: company Il at the north
90. corner of King and Columbus