The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-09-14

owe pf1nen 70 nlsueTo e5IlHRS4
people. Any soldier who enlisted from
sense Of duty on either side and died
for the cause DO chose. a. he turned his
pale face 20 heaven, was q mute bat eio-
qusnt witness TO the grandeur Of mar
tyrdom 70 the right as he saw Il
With few eloquent sentences he re-
viewed the close Of the rebellion. and
referring to Gettysburg, he said that
the disputed reason for Lees crossing
the Potomac and moving upon Gettys-
burg was easily seen. First, the conted-
crates we're hungry and they saw the
fertile and fruitful Pennsylvania valleys.
Thea they owed the northern boys
quite 4 number Of visits, and wanted to
repay them. So the southern army
quickly and cheeriully crossed the
river, and few days later more quickly
and less cheeFtully Tecrossed 1t.
Not long alter the southern people
came back into the union 70 stay, said
General Gordon, and lie made IN clio.
uuent reference 10 the grandeur OF this
reunited country.
The orator was by turns eloquent and
humorous Anecdotes made up large
part OF his discourse, and they were
bound together by a thread OF poetic
language. Pathos abounded, and 90
rapid was the speakers delivery that
the transition from gay to grave was
almost incessant
lie told one story Of 1nding Gen.
Barlow. Of New York. on the field at
Gettysburg, dying, as he supposed. He
sent word TO Mrs. Barlow aud gave nor
safe conduct 10 her husbands side.
Later Gen. J. B. Gordon, OF North Caro-
lima, cousin OF the speaker, was killed
near Richmond, and Barlow, whohad re.
covered. saw this reported and supposed
it was the Georgia Gordon. After the
latter got into tho United States senate
he met Barlow at dinner and asked:
"Are you related to the Barlow who
was killed at Gettysburg?
II suppose l am the man. ell" was
the roply. "Are you related 10 tue
Gordon who killed him?"
II suppose am tho same man."
He told also OF woman who made a
show OF Great bravery before Gen.
Ewe!, who turned to tho speaker and
said: women would make q grand
brigade II it was not for snakes and
spiders" Gen. Ewel afterwards mar.
risd the widow Of a Mr. Brown, and al
ways persisted In Introducing her as
"My vito, Mrs. Brown"
Many incidents OF the campaign upon
the Rapahannock were told, and the
speaker then came TO the Wilderness.
He paid General ''Stonewall' Jackson
an eloquent eulogy. which was received
with hearty applause. He quoted also
q remark OF Lees that Grants safest,
wisest and best mRneuvre was TO march
TO SpottsyIvanla Court House. and the
great commander added: "Gen. Grant
is sure TO mike it." A tribute TO tho
career and character OF Gen. Hancock
was npplaudod. His description OF
events aud scenes at Spottsylvania-the
steady roll VI muskelry for twenty
hours without momentG intermis'
sion, tho trenches full OF dead upon
whom their comrades stood to fight,
trees literally moved down by tho mus
kct balls-was eloquent, md held tho
brcnthloss interest OF his auditors.
He said man offered cavalryman
$1,000 for horse, and tho answer was.
go to the =; l just paid 81 1000 to
have him curried." The difficulty in
getting hats and shoes and everything
else was referred to, first hunorously and
then eloquently. A very eloquent trib-
ute was paid to the private soldiers. who
"tnado the regulations OF their officers
and wrote the glorlfied history Of their
country in their own blood" iia de-
scription OF the last scene OF all, when
Longstreet was Literally pinned to the
ground lie occupied tho night before by
Grants consummato strategy" and
when General Gordon met General Gus
ter, messenger from General Sheridan.
VINO demanded an unconditional sur.
render, was full OF feeling and carried
tho breathless interest OF the aud fence.
The last order ever sent by General Cor
don TO his troops, to stop firing. was
carried BY Vanderbilt Allen, n Union
soldier OF Sherldan's stat, all Of General
Gordon's staff having disappeared.
In his peroration he referred TO the
achievements OF southern statesmen
and southern soldiers, aud said: let
us MI resolve that this flag OF the north.
flag Of the south, flag OF one reunited
country, shall everywhere, on land and
sea, remain the proudest and most pc.
tential symbol OF human freedom in all
the world"
Al the conclusion OF the lecture many
OF tho audience camo upon the stage
and shook hands with the distinguished