Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-21
PAY HONOR TO LEE.
Celebrating the Anniversary Of the
Great Soldiers Birth.
DEMONSTRATIONS IN VIRGINIA.
General Battle the Principal
sneaker at Petersburs-hishoP
Gr,pbcry Makes an Address nj
AshIand-spccini sunday sermons


,,ETERsBURG. VA, January I'-'spo-
clal.) Probably no previous ahn''''s"s
Of the birthday OF General ROBERT H.
Ice. the great Confederate com'na"N''
.na the beloved Christian gentleman mas
been 80 sincerely and so conscieh'""s"
nonored and observed here as was 'he
rresent one. The banks and other puonc
buildings were closed; many OF Inc poo''
az business-houses were shut 10 "auT
and iikencsses of General Lee were as
ulayed 10 view in many places
The anniversary occurring on S""o"s'
.,.ra was of course, no general Oh
servance. The A. Il. Hill Camp, escofteu
nv the Petersburg Grays. formed IN inc
and marched 10 the Washngton-Stree1
Methodist Episcopal church. where spe-
oial sermon was delivered by Bisnop D.
:. cranberv Notwithstanding the ram
ther. was a large congregation present
.rhs Rishop selected as mis- text St Luxe
al IA: "And the soldiers likewise ue-
manded of Him. saying, ana whal s"a"
NO doY And He said unto them; DO Vlo-
.lsnra 10 no man. neither accuse any one
falsely: and be content With your Wasss'
The Bishop's sermon was grand anu
elouuept tribute TO the character OF "e"e
raj Lee as n Christian and soiuier' az
a man whose gentleness ana lo'apie
traits whose frmness and devotion u
duty all might well emulate.
THE STREET PARADE.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock the members
of the A. l.. lin Camp in large numbers
headed by their magnificent drum corps
and escorted by the petersburg 'rass'
raraded through the princlp"l 81 80
greeted everywhere by people cro"ueu ois
the sidewalks. Tonight the camp kindied
!. fra In their hall. on Tabb street. ana
enioyed delightful banquet, AFTER WHICH
the intellectual feast came.
verv interesting 'war talks" were made
hv Comrades IL. B. Davis, Il. IS,
Vaughan. George S. Bernard, rehetai
Stith Boiling Colonel w. Gordon McCaoe'
simon Seward. DIR. John Herbert Ciai-
horne. Hon. Charles +. Collier, and other
veterans, and by Hon. T.. c. NenaDie ana
Senator W. b. McIlwaine, as representa-
tives OF the Sons OF Veterans. General
Battle. of North Carolina, distinguished
officer of the Confederacy, who raced
battle on many fields. was also among
The speakers. All of the takers gave
interesting experiences in their war re-
cord.
GENERAL BATTLES ADDRESS.
General Battle said: eve, my COM
rades. are a broken remnant of the IL
lustrious army that held their colors
on the perilous edge of battle untll the
great mind of Davis was iinpotent 10
plan and the matchless genius of Lee
could not longer execute. Day AFTER
day our ranks are growing thinner ana
thinner, and before long the last senti-
mel will fall at his post; but the prlncl-
pies for which we fOught-liberty ana
ri.ht-will endure forever. We tonight
commemorate the birth of Robert p. Lee,
: and / trust that ii will not be considered
inappropriate for me to speak of the bat
lies in which southern heroism and
generalship were most signally dis
played"
General Battle then alluded to the bat
ties of Charlottesville, giving the
strength of both armies and their posi-
tons.
a THRILLING ACCOUNT.
He gave a glowing and thrilling
account of this battle, his description
being. so grand as to arouse the utmost
enthusiasm among his hearers and make
them feel that they were fighting this
battle over again.
After speaking of the different gene
rails who took part in this battle. and
paying each a glowing tribute, General
Battle concluded as follows: Lee
was not only great in war; peace placed
her richest crown upon his head. Every
breeze that famed his brow was per-
fumed by his graces; every spot of ground
that he stood upon was elorihed
by his presence. In the beautiful Ian
guage of Ben. Hill, of Georgia, he was
foe without hate; a friend without
treachery; a soldier without cruelty, and
a victim without murmurng. He was
qublic officer without vices; private
citizen without wrong; neighbor with
out reproach Christian without n.y.
pocrisy, and a man without guile"