nf" ' " J XT VT," C.x. , -r-V ' : . J-1 il'stilJ! . 1,1 !'J l'!!L J V .HJiUUIJ W UUII 'I COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT as: 9 AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. SfaVI L, TATE. EDITOR. "TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TORCH Off TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER TUB DARKENED EARTH." TERMS: 82 00 IN ADVANCE. PL. MOL. 18. NO; 19. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A., SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1864. VOLUME 28. 'in 't. oo 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 '10 00 00 10 )0 10 )0 10 10 10 10 i0 10 10 '0 '0 0 0 0 0 ') (I 0 0 0 (fx i m WlSTARS'S BA'l SAM IP WILD UGRRY. . FONEOFTIIKOMinST AMI MOHT Itlll.IABI.I'. HEMEUIBO IN TIiK WOUI.U rUK Ifjpuqhi Voids, IVhooping Cough, JJron- Kfiili.i, JJtyianty of JJrcaJiiiig, lutima, Hoarseness, Sore 'lliro'U, Uroun tnt'l every affection of ItTIIE THROAT, LUNGS k, CHEST, INCl.tJOlNd KVI'.M COBISIJ .IB P T ft O IV . KffilEtar's Balsam oi,!Wild Ohorry So Briirrnl Inn the u.c of this rrracily become, and to populnriitoverywhcre, that it In iinneccttarv to re Itonn' in virtues. In work t peak fur It, and tine lit Iterance in ttio nbuitdmt and voluntary testimony nf the Many who Irom long pulftring find filed diseant! ! avc Iky Itsuto been restored to pristine vigor nnj health lWe enn priiseinn mass 01 cviucneo in proarorour tiicttiont in proof of our nertioni, th:it CANNOT HI DliCREDlTCD, The Kev. Jacob Stdalcr. f Well known nn.l much respected union; tho Ocr.-.ian population in this country, lunket tliu follow ing ttale- Ituem ior mu liciiiiiiiui uiu aiuuiui. llAMitrnPA., rvb. IB, 1.Y). 0ar Sir .-Having realized in niv f.imi'.v iniiiortint Ifctncllts from llio iio of yjur valuable preparation IWImak'hIIalhim or Wild Ciilbky-U .Uliriln inc nleim- lor. to recommend it to the public. Homo eight year. 1 ago on? of my daughters cuiiud tu I; inn tlcclilK', and and hope nf her recovery wtro entertained. I then proeumd a bold of your eirellent linl.niu, and beforo ba had taken tbo n Hole of ihs content, of the bottle lthre was a great iinnrorenii'W in her liraltb. 1 have I In my individual case, made fre-i'ieut 11 u cifynur Mil iuap:j mouicmcanu iiaroamaye l."in hcuenitud by it JACUU Ml.UIII.Kll KfVoH; Jcssi Smith, faq., President, of the Mortis uouniiy i-Sanie, muritsiowit New Jcrsiy. i'ltavinir mod Dr. U'iflar'i llaliam nf Wild Chirrv far aliont tlftrn I'.irn. ami lia Iiik rraliiod ln-nrftcinl Icofllmundius it tottin public an ,1 v.iluablii rruuuly in ca- lie.iilti 111 my fiiniiy. it nir.itd.iMHi meat 11 "atiirrin in 01 eaK iiiii. ciiit'0 cniiKii. i.c. and n rctncily whi'li I ronfidcr to" bo entirely innocent, and may lie toJii'n with peifect rafcty by Ibo most delicMo In lioullli. Vi oni Ihm. John E. 6'jh th, a Distin guished Lawyers in ff'utmin-sin-, Md. Ilhpon rcvfrnl occifinnn iinotl Pr. U'itar' nalsam ri( Wild Charry for uvom rnld.i, r.nd lrjy. ith dori I4d btip tit. I know f no nrntiaratiun ihat i laoro cftic- arlon. or inor ilen r inj; uf uenurnl life. I'Jb I-Miij.ii ufti awnbtipu iifimi with 'xr.'llauU ffict Iky J, II, Cllndt. .Mirch..i,t, llall'M ("ro Uomln. .Md. ll'istnr'i ISahnm nf Wild Cherry. Snnn ueniiiii u:tos eljno i "I EL'TTS," on the lr.ippr Tor galehy V P PtVfiMOnR.Vu Vi Itroadway New York, 8W KUVVI.U& Cl, I'mprictor'. t'.ntu5, And iiy an Mrucgittt. Kt'ddii)gs Russia Salve. FORTY YJ3AUS EXPERIENCE. I'as fully diitablielird the superiority nf Reddinrj'a Huoaia Salvo i Over ad othsrhealin; preparatinnii. ' It rtirer all hiiidn of farm. Cuta, SciH, Hum., noil. Sniori', fnlt Ithciim, Kr .1 ppla. rtiies I'ilci, Coiiih Ittnrelipii Horn rye, Scc.,kr.. rcuiuin? tbc pnin at ?flnrri, and iteditcius the luo.t hiisrv 1 neklnc twellinc9 aatid iiifl.uiiation a. if by magic. On'y cunt, a b.u, you niU: t JJ r DlVC.MO'tl!, No. 101 Proadnay NVw Turk. IB i.UW l.li t (."().. No, l-Treinout it, llo.lon, And by all Druggim., Slay 7, ISfil-l.'in, 'WW. MiW GKOCKRV hTOUB. MORE FRESH GOODS. Just received at Erasmus' X:w Store. Molasrs, Sugars, Tea Coffee, ( Rice, Spiros, HaTS and Caps, Fish, Sail, Tobacco, Sogers, Candies, Raznns, FEED AND PROVISIONS. Together with a great variety nfnutlonsand vtei'M la., too iiiiinernug tu luenuon. J5" flutter, I'.ggk, .Mratnnd produso generally taknn In exchange fur good., A. D, ERAB.MUH. nioomibnr May 0,1804, THE C0NS,D BXPB- curing to a friend that bis .f.,, evils of di.nctnberment Such an oeca hXXZ would not permit him longer toltaien';' fri.m.iiitre llreuv of Mannond. &e.. RUtmlv inc nl the r I... I . . . , 1 ' aine time the Mtisi or rti r t'iRP. lly . urrd biinielf nl'ti r unilert'OinE iimeldcrahle niiacker.v UV OnU WHO IHt lly tnclo.lng a pn.t paid nddrexed envelope tingle ! topiet may bu lwU ot the aiillmr. I NATIIANIRI, .M.WTAIR. Kiq., June 4, lcf.l ly Urnukljii. King. ni N. V HEiVrTsTRY.""" ! H. C. HOW E R, SURGEON DBHTIST. Kl IMCVsJ I Miil.l IUIITH llll ,'IUIrSB JftW tonal Hcrvlces to the lailiei. and gentle. SEX5! men of liloiiinsburg aniH icinity. Hem iireiinred tnntleudlo all the varioim operations in the lino of bin profcrtion, nnd i provided with the late.t iinprovcd 1'OHCr.L.ll.S TUKT1I ; Inch ' will tieinnertPil on gold, plntiiia, eilviraud rubber bate tolooknrll at the natural teeth Mineral plain and block teeth manufactured and all operations on tecthi carefully mid properly itlteuded to. Rimdence and ntncu a lew doora above thu Court limine, muni: tide. Bloomtburg, JuneO. 1603 National Foundry. BLOOMSUUKG, COLUMBIA CO., PA. 'iMir; pubicriber, proprietor of the abovo namod e X ten.ivo ectabluhment, in now prepured to receivo orders lor All Kinds of Machinery, or Colleges. Riant rnrnaccn, Stationary Engines, Mill. TIIItRSIIING MAVIIINUH, &C. A.O. He it alto prepared to make Stnrct, all iizea ami patternn, piuw-irone, und everything usually made in rr.t.cluiiri roiiudriefi. Mi. OAtemive tacilitiee and practical workmen, war jantt him in rc ch ina the larger! contracts on the mom rea.onable termi. Cj" Oram of all kinds will be taken in eiehanke for ritnc. its This e.tabli.hment U loca.ed near the Lackawan na liloom.burg Railroad Depot. I'KTI'.R UILLMEVRR. Bleomiburg, Eapt. IS, 1S63. A GRNTI.EMAN, cured of Nervous Debility, Incom petency. I'minaluro Decay and Youthful I'.rror, nrtua ted by deilro to benefit oilier., will he happy to fnrnlnh to all who need it. (free nf charge,) the receipe and di reefinnt for making the tiniple remedy urrd in hit cate Thn.e wl.hing to profit by hi. experience, and pooeti a Valuable ReuiPdy. will receive the tame, by rsturn lnail.(carcfully telsaled,) by addrettiag Ko. P) Klntu itrdst, Jve- York juii u. iu;iiE., Select Jpocttn. LYRICS FOR THE TIMES. I, earn to think nnd learn to labor, llcttur to i'ar out than nut Help your?clf and uld your neighbor, On your own cxcrllonn trunt; Though your progreti may ho itowly, Tollinc on from year to year Though ynu may bo poor nnd lowly, n man aud pcricvcro, Now'a tho tlrao ho op and doing, Tiino onto pant nuno can recall. Flothond Ignoranco lead to ruin, Think nnd labor, mm ami all ; Monument nf itono will cruniblo Fall llko leaves beforo the Matt 1 lint i-lmplo truths, however humble, Will through coumlusa ago tait. Knowledge Inn crjMjl fountain, All who rhomij may freely drink j Orln of s.oiil will form a mountain, Learn to labor and to think, I,o.i mini; dwell, not in a college, Vm your lia.da and unc yur brain, Wore mankind piiu9.ed with knowledge, How long Mouldn ttkant nurm I ED1TKD BY LKVI I TATE, PKOPRIETOIl " Cur Oonstllullonsuard it ovur ! Our glorioun Union held it dear ! Our furry ria icrsnkr. It never! Thu proud Caucausl.ia our ouly peer! BLOOMSBURG: Saturday-Morning, July 9, 18G-1. Mch,i:i,i,a.s io limit, a Fortune. Tho New York Herald zys ; "From Lon don wo arc informed that General George iUatra'o religious heroism and dutv. Those 15. MeClellan has a f.iir chance of boiug 'siories of the actions ot tho dead 'have fro declared heir to the peitonal fortune of quontly survived, in tho lapse of ages, the the late Sir John Camphcll,(Lord Clyod,) the great wairi.ir, who.it may be said won tho Empiro.ii India to England. Tho family hirtory of thu case shows that the hero of the Potomae Army stands already well on tho list ol heirs presumptive in tho eate." Impohtant Admission. Tbo N. Y, New limes tho lea-ding Lincoln organ York, fivi : Had Mr. Brecinridco, Mr. Dough as, or Mr. Bill bi'tm elected, there would have been no rebeliou. Let all men bear in mind and ponder it well. All the misery and woe of tho last threo years, which Lincoln himself admits have literally ciuscd the heavens to ho hung with black, have recited from the triumph of the Republican party. All sensible men now sec that the putting of Lincoln and his insane partisans into power, was the cause of this gigantio war. The only way now to remedy this, "is to put Lincoln out and put a Conservative Democrat in. Shameful C'o.vnwssioN. Tho N. Y. Times, Lincoln's chief New York organ, conferees tho shameful partisan movtics which have controlled tho President in the employment of Generals : " Po-sitJy tho Government has not felt at liberty to govern itself by purely mili 1 lary considerations hat fell that, to avoid ; ill-feoling and discord, some heed must bo I paid to polit cal favoritoi." ' Cy" It is reporied by a Washington oor- ' , respondent that Senator Harris, becoming ' I disgusted with Abo Lincoln's vulgar jokes, ' ' recently retired from tho White Housc,de- ' claring to a friend that bis self' respect 1 HUL'I I'l M IUC U LV U JUL'UJL'U. t J O ' -' " Curiosity A showman visiting War- rcn, Pa., a tliort time ago, announced his intention of revisiting that town in about threo years, with what will then undobt cdly be one of tho rarest 'natural curiosi ties' extant viz : tlio remains of tho Re publican party 'uuder a microscope.' HOW AUE THU MldHTY FALLEN. Hon. John Covode received only COO votes at tho abolition primary election iu West moreland county. His abbolition oppo nent, Win, M. Stewart, received 1415. "Honest John" is played out, HIS? The Chicago Democratio Conven tion, as wc brifly btated last week, has been postponed until tho 20th of August, A judicious movement. Tho measure is appro ved by tlio cutiru Democracy. ptP ''Death loves a shining mark." If that bo so, then there is a fair prospect of Old Abe living forover. He's anything but a shining mark. Ex, Wonder if tho '.' grim visi'god" monster isu't '.' oroosed in lovo" by Gen. Graut, when he places tho oolord troops iu tho rear duringan engagement ! BS? Col. L. E. Dana, of Luzerne, is among tho officers placed in Charleston by the rcboU under tiro of our batteries on Morris Island. DEDICATION 01' Till! SITK FOR THE 'BATTLE AT Wost Point. SPEECH OP GEN. M'CLELLAN. Tho dedication of the site of "'llattlo' Monument" to bo erected at West Point, in memory of tho slain of the regular ar my of tho United Slnteg, was dedicated on Wednesday last. There woro over three thoeatnd civil military and present. There were a number of distinguished citizens, including Gov. Seymour aud others. Maj. Gen Guorgo LJ. IMoClcllan delivered tho address, as follrnvs : All natious have days sacred to the re membrance oi joy nnd of fritf" They liavo thanksgiving for success" ; fastings and prayers m the hour ol humiliation and doiuat; triumphs anil paeons to greet tho living, laurel -crowned victor. They havo ' equa sand brothers injthe presence of thoat obsequies and eulogies for the warrior common death which ttwaiti us all per elain on the Cold ol battle. Such is the 1 haps in the same field and at tho same duty we are to pelorin to-day. The poo-1 hour. Such aic the ties which unite us try, tho historic, tliu orations of antiquity, the most endearing that exist among men : all resound with the clung of arms; they such tho relations which bind us together dwell lather upuh the rough deeds of war ' the closest of tho sacred brotherhood of than the gentle aits of peace. They have' arms It has therefore seemed, and it is prcferveii to us the iinmes ol heroes, and the memory of their deeds even to this d. statu dav. Our own Old Testament i icems wmii inc uarratiom ol the hrsve ao j tious aud luroio dcailn of .lcwi.h patri- 1.1 .. ... iota; while the New Testament of our ini'cl: nnd iilfmimr Snrirn- nli..n ctnia il.n ' j " ' . w W,WJ h.lt,,t7 1 nli1lui 'Mill Iliu ,r .1 .1 11, titu . .....!(.. ...1 II i "amus 01 Ul0St!. vll,,!!C f l11 w:ls "1US! co, j memoiated centuries aio. But, although wo know not now iho names of all thu bravu men who fought and fell upon the plains of Marathon, in tho pass of Ther 1 inopylaj, aud on hills of Palestine, wo have not less tho memory of their exun 1 p'.cs. As long as the warm blood course ; I in tho veins ot man ; a3 long as tho hu- ' man heart b''ats high nnd quick at tho re cital of bravo deeds and patriotic sacrifi ces, so lomr will the losaon still invite gon eroiiri men to emulate the heroism of tho past. Among tho Greeks it was the cus ton that tho fathers of the most valiant of ' slain hhould pronounce the eulogies of thu 1 drnd. Sometimes it devolved upon their great statesmen and oralorJ to perforin j this mournful duty Would that u De- 1 monlheucs, or a second Pericles could iisu autl lake my place tcJay,for he would, 1'iH.d a theme worthy of his most brilliant! . . . . 1 , , 1 powers, 01 111s most toucinug eloquence. 1 stand here now, not as an orator,but as the whilom commander, and in the fathers of the moit valiant doad ; as their , comrade, too, on many a hard fought field against domu.-tie aud lorcign foei in ear ly youth and matiiro manhood moved by all tho lovo that David felt when ho pour ed forth bis lamentation for this mighty fathor and son who fell 011 Ci.lboa. God knows that David's love tor Jonathan was no moro dorp than mine for the tried friends of many long and eventful years, whose names are to be recorded upon the ! Mi ueturo that is to 11-e ' Would that his more nnnn lliis snot thin mnrtil fin. queuce could graoo my lips, and do jus tice to tho same ! We havo met to-day, my comrades, to do honor to our own dead brothers uni ted to us by the closest and dearest ties who have frcoly given their livesfor thiir country in this war so just and righteous so long as its purpose is to crush rebellion und to save our nation from tho from tho infinite t enrmwr n ,11 1 .i , rti 1'rnl.i I tin , mtr- country has possessed such sons ; sorrow. j t,,lt sliu ,a3 i0,t t.eiu. prayer.that she may ! havo others like them; that we and our ! successors may ndom her annals as thoy MIIU II...TV. A IIMW, ...U. UUI i i . 1 ....... . havodouo; and that whon our parting hour arnves, whenever however it may bo, our souls naay be prepared for tho great change, THE VOLUNTEERS. Wc have asewbled to commemorate a cenotaph which shall remind our childrens' children in iho distant future ol their fath ers' struggles in the days of the great re bellion. 1 his monument is to perpetuate tho memory of a poriion only of those who havo fallen for thu nation in this unhappy war; it is dedicated to tho officers and soldiers of tlio regular army. Yet this is done in no class or exclusive spirit, aud in tho act We remember with reverence and lovo our comrades of tho volunteers who fought aud fell by our side, Each State will, no doubt, commemo rate in some littiug way tbo services of its sous who abandoned the avooations ofpoace and shod their blood in tho ranks will receive some momento of nations lovo, a nation's gratitude. With what heroism they havo conl'fontod death, havo wrc-ted victory from a stubborn foe, nnd have il lustrated defeat, it well becomes mo to say. for it has beou tny lot to command them on many a sanguinary field I krow that I butfohothe feelings of the regulars whou I award the high credit thoy tlescrvh to thoir brave brothers of the volunteers. But wo of tho regular army have no State to look to for tho hosot dus our dead. Wo belong to tho wholo oountry. Wo o:in neither expect or doiiro tho Gen eral Government to make, porliaps, an in vidious distinction iu our favor. Wo aro fow in numbor, .1 smnll band of comrades united by peculiar and very binding ties. For, with many of us, our friendships were , beneath tho ehadow of the crauilo hills which look down upon us where wo stand ; with others tho tics of brotherhood woro formed in moro ma'uro years - while fight ing uutid the rugged mountains and fertile valleys of Mexico within hearing cf the eternal waves of the Pacific or in tho lonely granduro of the groat plains of the far West. With all, our lovn nnd confidence has" bnou cemented by common dangers and suffering! on tho toilsome march, in the bivouau, aud amid the clash of arms and the presence of death on ccorcb of battle-fioldn. Wot Poiut, with her largo heart, adopted us all gradu ate, and those appointed from civil life officers and privates. Iu her eyes wc are all her children, jealous of her fame, eager to sustatu bar world Wide reputation. Generals and private soldiers, mou who nave cneerlully ottered their all tor our dear country, wo stand here before this Minim, ever heroaltcr cacrcd 10 our dead, Citing, that wo should erect upon this fpot sacred to us all, an enduring monument to oi'r dear brothers who h ive prcccuad u on the path of peril and of houor which it is the dettiuy ol niauy of us some day to tread. What n this regular army to which we belong I Who are the men whose death merits such honors from the living? Our regular or permanent army is the nucleus which in time of peace preserves the military tr.ulitions of the nations, as well as the organization, fcieucc, and in struction iudirpciisallo to modern armies. It may be regatded as coeval with the na tion. It derives its origiii from tho -old Continental and state lines of t lie llcvolu tiou, whence with some interruptions and many changes, it ha attained its present condition. In fact, wo untv with proprie ty go eveu beyond the Revolution to seek the roots of our cenealosieal tree iu the old French wars; for the ei Atlantic cam paigus ol the seven ycat, war were not cunliiicd to the ''rcdmcu scalping each other by tho great lakes of North Ameri ca," and it was in them that our auces tors firt participated as Americans iu tho largo operations of civilized armies, American regiments then fought on the banks of the .St, Lawrence and the Ohio. on the shores of Ontario and Lake George in tho islands ot the Uaribboan, ami in South Amerioa, l.ouiaburg, Quebeo,the Moro and Porto, Bello attest the valor of thu provincial troops and in thai school were educated such soldiers at Washing ton, Putiuan.Lee, Montgomery and Gates These aud men like Greene, Kuox,Waynu and bteubon wero the fathers of our per innucnt army, and under them our troops acquired that dicipline aud steadiness which enabled them to meet upon equal terms anil olicn to ducat the tried vete rans of Englaud. Tho study of Ibe history 1 ot tho Huvolutiou and a perusal ol tuc , despatches ot asluneton, will convince the most skeptical ot tho value of the per matient army in acheving our independ ent;:), aud establishing the eivil edifice which we are now lighting to preserve. The war of I81'J found tho army on footing far from adequate to the emergen' cy, but it was rapidly increased, and of the uew generation of soldiois, many were found equal to Iho requirements of, the oceasiou. Lundy's Lane, Chippowa, (iuuenstown, Plattsburg, New Orleans, all bear witness to tho gallantry of the regu lars. Then came an interval ol more (ban thirty years of external peace, marked by many changes in the organization and stroniith of thu regular army, and broken ub null's ujr muiuun illiU uiuuu llllll.lll wars. Of these the most rcmaikablo were : i... ...;.....-. i . a., .. the Black Hawk war, in which our troops met unflinchingly a foo as relentless and far more destructive than tho Indians that terrible scouige, Ibo cholera and tho tedious Florida war, where, for so many years, tho SeminoliSs eluded in their posti lential swamps our utmost efforts, and in which wero displayed such I raits of hero ism as that commemorated by yonder monument to Dade and his command, when "all full bitve two, without an at tempt to retroat." At last canio the Mex ican war to replace lndmu contests and tho monotony of froutinr servico, und for (he first time in many years the mass of the regular army was concentrated, aud took thu principal part in the battles of that remarkable and romantic war. Pulo Alto, Uesaoa, aud Fort Brown woro tho aehiovemonts of the regulars nnaided ; and as to the battles of Monterey, Heuun Vista, Vera Cruz, Oerra Gordo and tho final triumphs in the valley, none oaii truly say that they .could have been won without the regular's. Wheu peace crowned our vioiones in tho capital of the Moutczumas, tho army was at once dispersed over tho lone frontier, aid encaged in. harassing and dangerous ware with the Indiaus of the plains, Thus thirteen long years woro spent, until the present war broke out,atid the mass of the u'rmy was drawn in to bo employed .gairfst a don estio (tie. I oannot procoed to tho events of tho rp ccnt past and tho present without advert ing to tlio gallant men who were ro long of our number, but havo gono to their last home ; for no small tiortion ol tho glory of which wo boatt was expected from suoli men as Taylor, Worth Jirauy, lirooKs, There is a sad btory of Venetian histo ry that haj moved many a heart, and of ton umploycd tho poot's pon and painter's pencil. It is of an old man whoto long life was gloriously spent in tho service of t' c stalo as a warrior and u Hatcsman, and who, when his hair was white and his feeble imbs could scarce carrv his bent form toward tho grave, attatnsa llio uign- 1 ost honor that u Venetian citizen could j reach. lie was Done of V cnioo. lonviotou ol . treason agaiunt the State, ho not only lost his lifo but suffered besides a penalty which will endure as long as tho name ot Venice is remembered. Tho rpot where his por trait should havo hung iu tho great hall of the Doge's palace was vailed with black and there the frame remains with its black mass of cauvasi ; and this vacant frame is tiie most coiispicous in tho long lino of cf- fiilies of illusions Doges 1 Oh, that such a pall ai tlial Wliicu replaces tuc portrait 3 . ., , . , 1 .1 ... of Maurmo Faliero could conceal from 1 history the names of thoso, onco our com rades, who arc now in arms agaiust tho flag under which wo lought tide by side in years gonoby. liutno veil, however thick, cau cover thu anguish that fills our hearts when wo look back upon the sad memory of the nast. and recall tho affection and'belontr respect wc entertained toward men against whom it is now our duty to act in mortal combat. Would that the oourago, ability, aud steadfastness they display had been employed in tho defense of the Stars and Stripes against a loreign foe, rather than in this fotuiious aud unjustifiable rebellion, 1 which could not have been so loug main- , tained but for the skill and onergy of thoso our former comrades. fJKSERAL SCOTT. But wo havo reason to rejoicothat upon this day, so sacred and evuutl'iil for iu,ono grand old mortal monument of the past still lifts hioh his head among us, and should have graced by his presence the consecration of this tomb by his children. We may well be proud that wa were here commanded by tho hero who purchased victory with his blood near tho great wa ters of Niagara ; who repeated and cclip ed tho achiovemeula of Cortes ; who aU thouch a cousumato and confident com- uiiinder, ever preferred when duly and Monterey and Uuona Vista; John is. Uey houor would permit, the olive hranoh of .uoldsaud Reno, both in the full vigor of noaeu to tho luoou staineu laurois ot war ; find who stands at the close of a long, glo rious and eventful life, a living column of granite, against which have beaten aliko the blandishments and storms of roason. His naino will ever be one of our proud est boasts and most moving inspirations. In long distant ages, when this incipi ent monument has become venernblcuioss- clad, and perhaps ruinous; when the names inscribed npon it shall seem to those who nau-c to read them indistinct mementos of an almost mythical pu-t, the name of Win - field Scott will still bo clear, cut upon tho memory of all, like thu still fresh carving upon the mouumonti of long-for-gotten I'haroah's. Till! KEOULAU ARMY I.V THK l'BESENT WAR. But it is time to approach the present in the war which now shakes I ha land to its foundation tho regular army has born a 1 U U U U .1 , t 1 1 1,,1- IA . I i,..i; .... j u.. ... most honorable part. Too few in numbers 1 . to act. bv themselves regular regiments have participated in every great baitlu in the East, and most of those west of the Alleghaiiit-s, Their terrible losses and diminished numbers prove that they havo bw'cu in the thickest of the fight, aud tho testimony of their comrades and comman ders show with what undaunted heroism they havo upheld their ancient renown. Their vigorous charges have often won tho day, aud in defeat they have more thau oueo saved thu army from destruction or terriblo losses by the obstinacy with whioh they reeiated overpowering numbers. They can refer with piidu to iho part they play ed upon the glorious fields of Mexico, nd I i, ... .n ruc'rilli ctini) nf wlnif lh(v did . . ..... ... . at Mana-sas, Gaiues' Mill, Malvern, An tietam, Sbiloh Stouo River, Gettysburg, anil thu great battles just fought Irom the Rapidan to the Cliiekuhominy. J'hoy can point also to thu officers who have risen among them, and achieved great deeds for their country in this war, to tho living war riors whoso names are upon tho nation's tonguo and heart, too numerous to bo re peated here, yet not one of whom I would willingly omit. But perhaps the proudest cpisodu iu the hutory of tho regular army is that touohing iustanoe of fidelity on tho part of the non-commissioned officers and privates, who traitorously mado prisoners iu Texas, rceiislcd every temptation to violalo thoir oath and desert their flag. Offered commissions in the rebel service, nionoy nud land freely tendered thein,thoy all scorned tho inducements held out to them, submitted to their hardships, and when at last exchanged, avenged them selves on tho field of battlo for the una vailing insult offered their integrity. His tory affordes no brightor example of hon or thau that of these bravo mon, tempted, as 1 blush to say thoy wero, by some of their former officers, who.having thomsolves proved false to their flag, endeavored to seduce the mon who followed thorn in com bat, and who had regarded them with re spect nnd lovo. Such is the reeular army ; such its his- I tory and antecedents ; suoh its officers nnd I its men. It needs uo herald to trumpet forth its praises. It can proudly appeal to tho numerous fields from tho tropics to the frozen banks of tho fit. Lawrcnoa ; from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific, fertilized by tho blood, and whitened by the bones, of its members. But I will not pause to cu logizo it ; let its deeds speak for it ; thoy are moro eloquent than tonguo of mine. '1UK DEAD OI' TUB UKOUIjAII AHMY. Why aro wo hear to-day ! TLis is not tho funeral of ouo bravo warrior, nor even of tho harvest of death on a sinnlo battle field j but these are the obsequies of tho I uest and bravest oauurcn ol tho ianu,wno have fallen iu actions nlinoat numbcrlast, j many ol them the most sanguinary ol wlncu history oears rocord. Tho men whoso names and deeds wc now seek to perpetuate, to render, them the highest honor 111 our power, havo fallen wherever arued rebellion showed its ftont, to the far distant New Mexico, tho broad Valley of tho Mi sissippi, on tho bloody hunting grounds of Kontucky, in the mountains oi Tennessee, amid tho swamps of Carolina, and on the fertile fields of Maryland, and in tbo bloo'd-staiucd thickets of Virginia. Tlicy wero of all grades, from tho general to the privato ; of all ages from thoygray- bared veteran ot htty yoars, eorvice to the 1, i, ,t. . 1 r -il j r..i uoaruicss youiu ; uuu 01 uit ucgrces 01 cup tivalion,from thu man of sciocoe to the uti- cducatod boy. It is not necessary, nor is it possible, to repeat tho mournful ye t il lustrious roll of tho dead heroes we havo met to honor, nor must I name all thoso who most merit praise, simply a few who will exemplify the classes to which they Among the last ot the slain, and among the first in honor and reputation, was that 'hero of twenty battles, John Sedgwick. Genile and kind as a woman ; bravo as a brave man can be j honest, sincere and ahlo ; a mouei mat an may tsirive to lini- tate, but whom few can equal In tho tor- riblo usttic vhicti just preceuoa ins aeatu ho had occasion to display tho highest qualities of the soldier and commander, After escaping tlio stroko of doath when men fell arouud him by thousands, ho at last met his late in a moment ot compara tive quiet by tho ball of a single riflemau. He died as a soldier would choose to die, with truth at his heart, and a sweet tran quil smilo upon his lips. Alas 1 our great ' uatiou possesses few sons like true John Sedgwick. Like him fell, loo, at tho very head of ' their corps tho white-haired Mansfield, af ter a career of usefulness, illustrated by, ! his skill and cool courage at Fort Brown, manhood and intellect, men who have proved their ability and chivalry in many a field iu Mexico and iu this civil war, gal lant gentlemen, of whom their country had much to hope, had it pleased God to spare their lives. Lyon fell in the prime of life, lead ng his little army against superior numbers, his bnel career atlording a bril- ! liaut examplo of patriotism and ability. j The impetuous Kearney, and such bravo 'generals as Riohardson, Williams, Terrill, ! Stevens. Weed, Saunders and Hayes lost ' thoir live3 while in tho midst of a career ! of usefulness. Yroung Bayard, so like tho mnst mnowned nf his name, that "knioht j above fear and above reproach," was cut rights and liberties of its citizens were se toff too early for his country. No regiment cured at homo and abroad j vast territo ! can sparo such irallant, men as Gore.Sim- j riea were rescued from the control of tho nious, lsailey, rutin in. anu i.ingsunry,aii of whom fell in the thickest of the coutcst, some of them vuteruns, others young in .... -' --- I Our batteries havo partially paid thoir ter- I . , 1 1 . . , I - f ... i service all good men ana wen oeiovou, riblc debt to fate in the loss of such com- ! i - . i..i.i f,... c.-.p. . fn ; uauuera us uriuuiu iuw umi, iu t'.u m uiu war,) Benson, Haggard, Swoad, Dr. Hart, Ilazletl, and thoso gallant boys, Kirby, Woodruff, Dimick, and Gushing; while tho engineers lament tho promising and gal lout Wagner and Bross. Beneath remote battle-fields rest the corpses of the horoio MelCnn H.iaoiiiti. Htnni!. Swffp.t. and manv other company officers. Besides these ' getlul ot the aaugers oscapea at the be there arc hosts of veteran sergeants, oor- ; ginning of the voyage, and blind to tho porals and privates who had fought under hideous mselstrom which gaped to receivo Scott in Mexico, or contested with the sav- them. The same element! of discord, soc ages of the fur West aud Florida ; nd 1 tional prejudioea,"intcre2'.s and iu.titutions mingled wi.h them young soldiers who , which had rendered tho formation of tho oouragcoU3, steady and triae,iiict death un-1 Constitution so difficult, threatened mora llinchingly without the hope of personal ' than onco to destroy it. But for a long glory, These men in their more humble time tho ualion was so fortunate as to pos spheres, served their country with as much ' ess a heries of political loaders, who to faith and honor as the most illustrious , tho highest abilities, united the same spirit generals, and all of them with perfect sin- 'of conciliation which animated tho fnund gleuefa of heart. Although their natnos ers of this republic, and thus lor many may not live in the pago of history, their years the throitened evils were averted, memories will long bo preserved in their Time, aud tho long continuance of good regimeuts for thcroworo many of them who fortune, obliterated the recollection of tho merited as proud a distinction as that c- calamities of yoars preceding the adoption corded to "tho first i-ranadicr of France," or to that other Russian soldier who gave his lifo for his comrades. But there n anothor class of men who have gono from us since this war commenced, whoau fate it was not to dio in battlo ; but who arc none tho less entitled to be mentioned hero. Tltero was Suuinor.a bravo honest, oliivalrciiii voiorii of moro than half acen- tury s service, who uad couironted death unflinchingly on scores of haltle-fields,had shown his gray head, Boreuc and chcorful. where death most reveled, who moro than once told ma that ho bclicvod and honed that his long career would end amid the dinot battlo. lie uieu at noma irom ei- 1 one cuizcm u mu huhu aa onujny uiu; fects of tho hardships and tho leadership ' Ocrtain States, or rather a portion oftha of his campaigns. That most excollcnt inhabitants ot cort iin States, feared, or pro soldier, tho elegant 0. F. Smith, whom fesscd to fear, that injury woull result to many of us remeinbor to havo seen so of- their rights and poopoity from the elevatiou tenon this very plain, with his superb of a particular party to power. Although bearing escaped tho bullet to fall a victim the Constitution and the actual condition to tho disease which has deprived tho ar- of tho Government provid d thm with a my of so many of its best soldiers. John Buford, cotil and intrepid i Mitohel, emi - nent iu Botouoe, Palmer and many olhor officers havo lost their livos by sickness contraotetUn tho field. But I oannot oloso this loug list of glorious martyrs without paying a sacred debt of official duty and personal friendship. There is one dead sol dier who possessed peouliar claims upon my lovo aud gratitude ; he was an ardent patriot, an unselfish man, a true soldier, tho beau-idcal of a staff officer he was my aid-do-camp, Colonol Colburn. Thore is a lesson to be drawn from tho death and services of these glonous men, which wa should read for the prejent and futuro bon- cut 01 uiu u&uod. War in these modern days is a scicaoo and it should now appear to the most prej udiced that tho organization and arming of armios, and the high combinations of strat egy, perfect familiarity with the theoretical scieiieo of war, is raquiMte. Tooount upon success when the plans or exceution of campaigns arc intrusted to men who hav no knowledge of war, is as idlo as to ex pect tho legal wisdom of a Story or a Kent from a skillful physician. THE CAUSE roll WHIOlf TTE FIOHT. But what is tho honerablo and holy oxuso for which these men havo laid down their lives, and for which the nation still de mands the sacrifice of the procious blood of so many of her cbildran 1 Soon after tho close of tho Revolution ary war, it was found that the Confedera cy which had grown up during that mem orable contest, was falling to pieces from its owu wcighti The central power was too weak. It could reoommend to tho dif ferent States suoh measures as scemod best, and it possessed no real power to leg islate, because it lacked ezecutive power to compel obedience to its laws. The nation al credit and self-rcspost had disappeared and it was feared by the friends of liberty throughout tho world that ours was but another added to tho long list of fruitless attempts at self government. The nation was ou tlio brink of ruin and dissolution whan some eighty years ago many of tho wucst and most patriotic of the land met to seek a remedy for the groat evils which threatened to destroy the great work of tho revolution. Their sessions were long and often stormy ; for a time the most san guine, doubted the possibility of a success ful termination of their labors. But from amidst the conflict of sectional interests, of party prejudice and of personal selfishness, tho spirit of wisdom aud of conciliation at length evoked the Constitutiou uuder whioh wo have lived so long. It was not formed in a day ; but was iho result of prcctical labor, cf lofty wisdom, and of the purest patriotism. It was at last adopted by tho people of the States although by some reluotautly not as being exactly what all desired, but the best po.-Btblo under tho cironmstanccs, It was accepted as giving us a form of government under which the nation might live happily and prosper, so long as thu people should contiune to bo influenced by the sarao sentiments which actuated those who formed it j and which would not bt liable to destruction from internal causes, so long as the people preserved the recol leotion of tho miseries and calamities j which led to its adoption j beneficial Ooiutiution the which led to its adoption. Under this progress of the 1 nation was uuurpasscd in history. Tho I vuge uuu mu mm ucn, uuu uuucu w the domain of the Union and civilization. l'hc arts, tho sciences, aud commerce grew apaoe j our flag floated upon o'ery sea, I . . . ! and wo took our place among tlio great I .....In... nf ft.n On.lll It... MHiln. frl.td nations of the earth, iiut under thu smooth surface of prosperity upon which we glided swiftly, with all the sails set be fore the common breezo, dangerous reefs were hidden which now und thon caused ripples upon the surface, and uiadc anx ious the more careful pilots. Elated by success the ship swept on the orow, not heetlinz tho waruiugs thoy received, for- of the Constitution. 1 hey torgot that Con cihation, common interests, and mutual ; charity naa been inc lounuation, anti must ' bo tho support of our Government, and all , tho relations of life. At length huh ap- pearcd with abuss, sectional and personal prejudices and interests, outweighing all con idorations ot the general good, bx- trcmista of ono section furnished tho occa sion, eagerly seized as a pretext by equal ly extreme men in tho other, for abandon ing tho paoitio remedies affordod by tho Constitution. Stripped of all sophistry and side issues, the direct cause of tho war a it presented itself to the honest and patrl- peaceable and buro protection against the , apprehended evil, they preparod to seek security in tho dpstrnotlon of the Qornrn. ,1
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