Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1874, Page 6

6 oo et THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER i5, 1474---TEN PAGES. THE TENNESSEEANS. Reunfon of the Army Seciely at Springfleld President Grant, Gen. Sherman, and Other Notables Present. Proposed Perpetuation of the Society by Descent to Ellest Sons. An Imitation of the Soolety of the Cinoinnati, Welcoming Addressby Shelby M. Cullom. Oration of the Evening by S. A Huribut. A Poem by Gen, Tillson, of Quincy. Sperial Dispateh to T'he Chivago Tridunc, SpamsormEp, 1ML, Oct. 14.—Springtiold wears por shining holidny faco to-day. The pedple have flocked in by thonsands from }l)o sarronnd- ing country, and every availabla citizon uppears to hava turnod out ou the stroot to do honar to - tho eigth aunual rennion of the Army of, the Tonnessoe. ‘Uriumphal arches, prineipally in- tonded for tho Lincoln domonslration to-znor- 0w, span the stroats, one fn each o.r tho four horoughfares noar tho Stato-House Square, ono iufront of the Leland Hote), aud anotirer in front of the Opera-Iouue. The strueture, are tastofully wreathed with evergreons aud calors. Mottoos in large gilt lettors adorn each, bosxing he words * Liucoin," “Our Dond,” ‘¢ Wel- come,” “Reunion of tho Army of the Tormes- 508," ato. THE ARRIVAL OF OEN. SHERMAN at midnight wes mad the occuslon of much musical domonstration but tho war-wom sol- Qier ratired to bis rootl, und svoided overything in the shape of lionking. Hois evidently idol- ized by the ex-soldirs of Tlinois, for thoy have crowded hers by thoussuda to have algok ot bim. He troats tiom all with military “frank- neen, snd pays jt a8 much atlention to Zho sa- Tuto of » privateds Lo would to that of & General. But Timoe has20 moro respact for military ce- lobrities than ndistinguizhicd men, and the horo of tha Mavh to thoHea" is boginning o show hia yeara. ZIE ATMY OF TRE TENNESSEE beld a Msiness mesting in tho Opera-House, ocing at 10 o'clock Lhis morning. Gom, Bhewan, a8 Prosident of tho Associatiok:, occu- $he chair, and presided with & kind of mili- 44y promptucgs that was quite unique, “ Gen, Hateh moved that the usunl conxinitices ‘on Permanent Officers, Appointment ot Time and Placo of Noxt eoting, und Commoia oration of tho Dead, bo appointed. Gen. Sherman snid: ¢ Wa have, fortunately, gentlemen, n this Society, several active young staff-officers who atteud to all thoso matbers be- foroband.” [Laughter.) THE COMMITTERS were then appointed, as follows: On Nomination of Qfficere—Uen. I, R. Slaclk, Col. C, Cndes, Col. Tom Neynolds, Col. G. . Joel, and Gen. G. J. Noyes. Deceased Members—Gen. M. T, Torca, Gen. Thomas Tletcher, and Maj, G. C. Dawes. Place of Mecting—Gen, J. M. Hodriclr, Maj. G, T Miller, Gen. John W. Fuller, atxt Gen. Qiles A. Swith, By this timo the hall began to fill rapicly, and sanong the DISTINGUIRBED PIISONA nized on.tho platform were Gen. Bdlltnap, Becretary of War; Vico-President Wilyon, Gen. Hurlbut, Gan. George A, Carter, Gen. Johin Me- Clarnand, Gen, Jechn MeArthur, Gon. Joi.u 3lc- Cannell, Gen, Giles A. Smith, and many cthers. The Opera-House was beautifully deporated with groups of battlo-flags that hed seon ser- ~viea, moluding Gon, Grant's origingl fingof tho ‘Twonty-first Illinofs Infantry, which ~looked rather fadod. The word * Wolcome,” in:letters formed of gas-jety, formed o kind of rainbow on the stage, aud around tho pallerios wero tha pames of nll tho distinguished Gouerals «wf tho armies of the West. Dortraits of Girant, Sher- man, Sheridsn, Mande, Thomas, ote, sdorned the stage, and tho numes of all the great battles of the Armies of the Cumborlaud and Poraiceses woro displayod in hold reliof upon two hutidsomo scrolls, — Tho galleries were filled with Indies, wip apposred to tako great intorest in tite pro- caedings, RLPORTS, _Gon. M, T. Force, Lreasurer of the Aswocin- tion, read bls anuual roport, ich ghowud an uggregato capital of #6000 in Governont Londs, and $782.80 cash ol hand, Rapiorts of an encowraging character wore vond by Gon. A. Hickenboopor, Cosresponding,” and Col. L, M. Dugton, Kecording oeretary, Al woro adopted. COMPLIMENTARY, Gov. Fletcher movad a resolution of {hm ks to the citizens of Tolado fov their courtering to tue Army of tho Tounuecsseo on the occosior: of tho last reunlon, which was nuanimously earriad. MEMBERSUIP, Col. Palmer moved to amend the Conatituion of the Associntion 80 ug to ullow private sold bars to bocome membors, Col. Louderman moved to Iny the motion, tn- der the yules, on the table for ono year, whith waa carried, Gen, Shormon expressed Lis willingness ‘to vote for tho admission of privale soldicrs ©f kood record, [Loud choors.) THE M'PIEBSON -MONUMENT. Tho Commsittes on tho monument to Gen, Me- Puerson roported thut tho sum of $14,676.14 had beon cotlected, Tho staito wos l)nu:F cust, aud sbout 58,000 more would be required to build & suitablo pedestal. Tho report was approved, _ OFFICES ELECTRD, The Cammittes on ofiicors for the enaninT Jear roported as follows : Presidont, Gon, W. T, Sherman, Yice-Dyesidonts, Gon. W. W. Bol- g;l.np. Iown; Gen. J, W. Fuller, Ohio ; Col. &, I cGonuls, Indiaun ; Capt, Jolin N. Warren, 1lli- nols 30k 3 1. task, Ohio ; Gan, J, C. lateh- er, Missouri 3 Col. IT. H, Masshull, Minnesotn ; Col, C. C. Wolcott, Ohfo: Col, W. M. Yerry, l\ln'hlnlu 3 Mal. D, T, Willard, Winols ; Gon. B, 3L Thnyer, Nobraskn ; Muj, Georgo 1t. Steale Ilois, Correspunding Sotvotury, Gom. A, Hickenloapor. Nocording Sccratary, Col, T M. ?l:g::a&mrlln nomiuations wers vatitled by se- Qo ShohTAESK OF R, wEmus . Shormun was_ thon wnani upon for a specalt. e weid {hat ‘i’»““l&,‘i?z’é‘éfl him got & little to obsorve tho greut futorost 1ounifested in the Society. Ttuppeared ta have Just as much vitality as whon it wos first organ- izod iu 1865, ‘he yoars wero atealing on nij of them, but ho did nat kuow of any good rogson why he organization should not be porpotusted in thair cluldron, Tfo did not know why somo of iho luttor shonld not inhorit their titlos to tho good will of thair country,—tho titles not of rank or of weulth, but of houarabla d ctormed in’ diys thab . e pe F}\mnm] e remembered that their Rovolutionary fathers liad Iuid thelr liandaloavi- 1y on titlos, and thoy wero right In doing ko ; but thoro was evory resson to perpetusto thoe devo. tion and bravery of the gallant Army of the Ton- newsoo, Thoro woro precodonts 1n American Iifatory for thin kind of thing. CGeorgo Washing- ton himuelf had helped to organize, aud had be- longod to, tho Socisty of Cincluntl, which way wode heraditary. It would bo o good thing to perpetuate the soldior -mpivit of our troublod times, ovon amid the ocharms of pesee. Thoy iyt vomembor thut Iu 1801 the Joovlo say o sign ot _war bofore the firing upon Sumtor, Thoy did not kuow whon, where, or how usuothor geeasion might arise for active wervice, und thoy should be propared for uny such amorganoy, Phere were Iyu} peopls everywhorse, in THinols as wall as in Auitels, [Choom] 1t {ho Govornmont, noudod defenders it was aa woll to have arganized bodies whioh could be volicd on ns & nuclous. 1oy gliould ever bo roady to defond thetr Govern- mont, and hand it down to_tuolr postorlty even an thoir fathors hiad handed it down to thomt in nll its pridoand purity. (Loudeheors.] osnw bofore Nim Vico-Proldent Wilson, and, an ho did not caro nbout mnking Jong speeches, ho wonld {n- troduce that honorad patriot. [Great npplause.] VICE-PRESIDENT WILION'S BIEZOI, o Vico-Drosident apoke substantially res ol lows: 1o thanked thom from the dopth of hin Dot for tho kiud and cordial grooting given him. Ho was glad to soe thom thero that dny. Ho was nlwayn glad to mect the bruve men vilio saved the Ropublic of tho United Staton, Tt had beon his fortune during tho yeamt of tho War to bo Chairmau of tho Military Commlites of tha Bouato, sud ho tnd therofore somotting to do with the supplies and wmaterinl of war, wnd with tho mon who cearnti- tuted the armicy of the Unton. 1To nover cared to Inquiro what was the rank, tho nationality, tho party of any man that fought for. Amasicu, 1lo wan th eoldior's friond. [Loud cheors,] IHe lind Lourd with ploasura {ho words that deagod trom their commandor, tho great soldior -vho guwrded over them, [Appleuso.] ‘Thoy had tono preat work, had fought groat battles, ‘Lind wale long marches, hind dono” what would wver b faod fue history and for pootry, Ho prayed that God might bless thom, and that their gdory might bo etorned na tho Unity, the prompority, and national ipnrianco of Lhe groat ropublic of which they had boan the cbivalrie defoucbars. [Great clicoring.] g A motion to sniemd the constitution #o as to ‘makao tho oldeat son_ of auy membar aliglblo to o electod 1to tho Associstion went ovor nz.dor tho ruley, s Gon, Bhorman nnnounced the the Asdociation would form n distioct body at the unveiling of tho Lincoln stattio m the forenoon, Adjourned until 7 o'clock in the ovening, EVENING SESSION, RESOLUTIONA, The Army of tho ounossco mob sgain &% the lxp;‘mluknl lour this eveuing, Gen. SBherman pre- siding. Col, Flotcher, of Missoutl, moved o rosokution of condolonce from tho Army of the Teantsaco to their siok comrado, Gon. Frank P, Blair, which was unanimously adopted. Arcaolution of thauks wna pessed to Mrs, Rensom for etlowing tho use of' tho magnilicent picturo of Gen, Thomas, At 8 o'clock Geu. Bhorman announced timt the hour for business lad passod, Ho bopuil that the baud would_not play too long whou i¢ camo to their turn, [Laugbter.] Just then QEN, GRANT, accompaniod by his wifa and a numberof private citizony, ontered tho hnll. He wau greotodl by a ringing cheor from the old soldiors. The ‘Preyi- dent eanio to Lha front of tho stage, and simply bowed In_acknowledgment, * Boveral arny ofiicors not present in tho morn- ing,‘neluding Gen, McDowall, Gen. Joft €, Da- vis, auid somo others, took seala on the stage. Gov, Hoveridgo and family ocenpled tho bex with the Prestdont. A ueat iu the ‘;nllery, which wan erowded. to ox- cou, broko, and produced quite a pnie. Gon. Sherman quicted tho disorder by suying, * Now you linve hud your stampedo, kaep quiet. 'hat Wasn't in tho programmo.” WELCOMING ADDRESS, Tko Ifon. Elmlhi' M. Cullom, in bohalf of tho corporation of Springiicld, delivered the wislcom- ing nddress. Ha snid that tho people of Bping- field wero glad to sea in tho State Capital no many of the tried aud trusted soldiors of tho Kopublic in the howr of its trlal. No one wix had a patriotic throb in his bheart could tail to honor the army that bhad made the horole record, tho Army of tha Tenncssce, [Great cheers.] 1, sido by sido with iho Army of tho Cumberiand, covered tho uational colons with glovy. Bat after all, tho Army of tho Temnessoo way distinctly tho Atmy of the Northwent, It hed written its_history in letters of blood. Ili- nois, which kind contributed to swell its _ranks, felt proud of tho gallant nrmy that had novor bean whioped, (Loud cheors,] They wezo alio proad that thet srmy opce includoed din lts ranks the simple, wmodest soldier of 1861, who had since become one of the most ro »awned COeneraly of modorn times, aud the I'resident of the Unitod States for two succeeding tonmna [ebeern]; and, also, they could claim a4 4 com- rade thuir famous commander, the mau ‘.0 led thair victorions columns from the mountnins of Tennessoo to tho waves of the Atlantic, Gen, Shorman, [Enthusiastic chooring.] 1t ¢ not beeome hiw to speak of all tho heroic_deedd Yurformcd by that army, for it would take him _long to recount thom. Al tho world ~ lnew their stor! aud kudw it only to houor them. ilo was sorry that of the gallavt men whose oyes hiad flashed o tho ranks of war could novor moye meet with them. Thoro were McPhorson und Fairchild, aud many more, whosedenth was not death, inthesoune thut theiit famo was immortul. [Applouse.] 1o con- cluded by reiterating the wotcome of Bprirnficid to the brave defenders of tha Union. [Cheers,] Thoe chorus, composed of ludies, sang ;miore patriotic ongs, at thie conclusion of which LN, BUERMAN WAB CALLED UION for appeech. ‘The Genernl sold that ha ob- worved ho was down for a speech. Ho folt no troublo, and waa not loth when called upon to addres the Avmy of tho ‘Teancs- sce, Thoy Lind too much iu common, too snany memories ; the keenoy of the pastinot ' when thoy wero marching through Georgia, - but through Teuncsuce, and Alubuma, and evory- whore. [Loud cheers.] They wero proud ranm- ories, and ho could naver forgat the many nablo ties that bound his heart to tho old Army of _the Tenncaseo, But thoy had come there that r@zhe to hoar Gen. luslbut, and bofore ha would in- troduca the speakor ho understood thero “was o Gles Club quartetta from Chicszo. ilo hoped they wonld mnot pgive tiom auy new, fanglod airs, but some good old atny vongs. |Laughter.] As the wsunl time ‘for speechemiking wag firteen minutos Lo would fzivo the Glee Club twelve of his time. Now lot tho Gloo Club strile up. [Cheers nnd langhtes.] I'lie Club sang soveral fine selections, which wore woll recolv GINERAL HURLBUT'S SPEECH. Gon, Turlbut wus then iniroduced and spFke as follown Asain, comrules of the Army of the Tennessee, a5 tha year zolla yound, wo huya it o snswer to the rofl-coll; Iy renaw our recolicetions of tho past; to tujoy fcz u while, 0 eich otlier’a socloty, the mwiftly-fiaswn g present; and to pist and hope for tho future, Thurs i opeclal Slneas toray mind i tho place and tbo timo of this rounion, We stund tn_{he Capital of tiria great Atate, which, by population, by enthustusm i 1hi0 causo, and by geographical situntion, was the TONE OF TILE GUEAT NOUTIWEAT, dominating, from ber posttion uf ndvantage, tho navi- gation of tho waters of the Missiasippt und Ohlo, unii coutrolling largely tho uccens (0 those gremt nutioral Hines of ‘operation and supply tendercd o tlie nation by tho Cumborland and tho Teimesico, and #0 grandly witlized by tho intellcet that formed ond. {ho unflinching will that Ted tho Army of tho Tenncaiee upon it fieat cxperiment of plereiuy one Iing of thor unemy’s defeneca, and at tho eame time, and by the sanuu movemont, Hanling anothor, From this vantuge- ground of Iilinvls, tho firsl direct, siralghtforward ovement In tho ' Wesh wan wado, and the low delts thut terminatea in Gairo Lua becouto histore ground os tuo original baxo of eperations for bolls sty sud navy futho great problam o clearing tha Misslvslypi, und’ forefng our antuonista buck to intorior Tines, which agadn, fu du tme, woro to bo crushod and broken Ly boldor movaments, coveriug lrgor areas of territory,” demunding mora men, greater experlence, and that'thoranghuess of soldiesiip thut can only ho attao frow a5 Of maurels ud Vaidl, s ulghts of vouiac, But iliuols not only Lud these physleal advan- tukes, this maguitude of lmportaics from her ' wrategls poslion, who wan ulso for- tunate, ot the hour of puell, o fhe pessorsion of weest, mou in igh placor, ‘mon Of lanto ourts, of wondorful caruesticas, of grend capacity for conviction, of abuolute faith i rlght and Justiee, and in the Bneccwsinl outcome of all that weub (0 main® tafn tho right sud put down the wroug. Somoof theus Gl v among s aud of b 1 iy not ek by namo. Sowo hiave closed thely mortal careor ; and, of oo witel, 1, standiug liera on this aceasion, Will v Lura aonsb fow words, not wholly lasppropriato, und, I triat, uot wholly untespouded to by thoss whio héar e, Thoro wa o man GOVERNOR O1' THIN GREAT BTATR in those early dayw of {lre War, full of high qualitios ol of rere propilse, it sfngulut power of attachiug others io bim, of jirent gloquonce becauso of grent convictiona, of wiewly faith and carnest purpu hozuugisly dovoted to hiss country, sud careless of ro- sults 4o that 1bo conntry Lo ustuined, How {ruo ond aauly ho wawi how he powred tho cuorgy of hia own purpose sud will duto {ha Livarts of (un pooplo s how bo met, detied, and overtirew {nciplent tremon ut howos'und how tho wholo stormy patriotien .of tho Stste raliled around Lifm,—tho history of the fEmo will show. _That ho wus far irom perfect, wr, his bost fricuds, Woll knew, That tho bentty and symuetry’ of lus churacter wer Warped and marred by His wans of contral ovar ua lower sulf, Wo know thent wid know pow, But, after oll s suid that can bo eatd by moralis of philosopher, now that in Lis gravo yonder, ut dacksonsille, no_soldier of Tilinolk, no mumbor of ¢his Soclety, ug trie lover Of biw vouitey, bt will pu Judguient on hin career awereltully, kludly, aud loviagly, utid acknowledgo that ou6 element of witdeess i thio early duyw of tho War i o fuch thut Richard Yatos way Govoruor of Ll nale, - But there fs Teneath yonc IITIEN PIEEATNGR T, encath yondar fust-complel ed munumient rest the ro- E\u‘uu ©of a1nan o great, yet 60 sliuyte, that the world ut wow beglun 10 veullzu the wtrong aid pough-hown power of tio dead ; o fullal’ hawmely wisdow, w0 ya- Hout o walf, o discorning " thu pojular will;s0_upt atutrong yurables contuluig the weslth of vound thougl, wo poreinlout fu hel iviug bettar of wen than {hioy woumed o douorve, o Lumano und toudor fu_Lia Seciiuga, no futful to” comdtlons when onca fully elaborated in his own tulud taitor potueul wad Kealtatg self-queat! ln,flnu, Ko npt to wisd with equul facility the high fasulty of sovere logla o thu ouy play of sugural hunor, 'Tho Great Prowiden bwea a citizut, Ui W, of this city, add the vast glary of tho pariot, states: tu, and ivartyr, il all thie seone to-day, Towmore row il inoutizaont will bo uuyelicd, and from tho eloe quent 153 of out comrado, L 1: old' aud tried frlend, you will Jearn tho outlinan of n lifo and chnracter Wholly and_sipburly Amorlenn s o skotch of & mun who ) now\zflmuy could linvo fiean the pradual of a1y oilix Hation, nuid acarcoly of any other poriod in the lfe of this nation, 10 work—tho wark appointed for him to Qo—\as tHorouyhiy dono_ befora Lo bullet of tho sesaasin plorcod " the Joig-lthoring brain and those And and patlent ayes elosed * forover upon tho conntry o loved, Just goming furlh sainud W tho smoko of battls, tut ilovian elt aver with tho Tiyght of & God-given triinpli, Friend as hio wail of all, yetapecinliy g with singulat eudoruess wan ho tho fricnd of the roldier, and thereforo this rounion iy fortunata as fo tima in tiat 4t hecomea n portlon of {hio m'nnll cu{nnu;x:lnl‘wmuh whull give Otting houor to the auartyr Presldsnt, ioun tmieh T hiayo deomod 1t right 10 dny of the Stato andd hor dond,—of, I teust, i auy upiritof vldious compnrison 3 'Tor I 'know that, I the great ikl each nud all of o Btatow represcuded horo to-dny Swopt gatiantly do the feout, tantall lind thefr great aud goad men i the right phico ot tho right thmo nor Tt dreari of dwrhig down the fame of Lincoin fo thie iotly dimenslony of nuy vud Stuld, when f 1 al- Teady tlio fuhoritanco of the nation, but bocatin theao Thougnta of mine spriiy Mnturdtly from (e tno awl inpluce, ot T eguld not Eeop thom: dovw it T wonld, aml wonld 18 § £ eoutd, Organized ovlginally ot the soll of 1ilinols, this ANSY DF THE TENATAREL wont forth to meot the ovents that might befall i, Toookltg back now on fts wondorful carecr, it sonii Jiks looklug back un i cotes of o geat, continentsl rlyor, email 1 3l Loginulng Crom litho springa and Touufatne up In tho far nighiands, fed mid Sucreated Trom timo to timoby afilucnts front o thouand sources, pametimen eleaeing {ts way i foamt and strugglo Hhrough rock-ribbed suonntalng, tugoed by overiis- toring obatacles not seldom from ity dircet coirao, ot ever wwitighig back anln to_thy prodestined tina y oW gloafuy i tho thick dXtknens of great forcats, nuw in browd reachen of wmoath currentand clens auns Hyght 3 now in neant supply of waler Lrom Hs dlatant unrthorn birthplace, lnguisslug und How, then agin niled bankegull by tho graclons whovrses fat off ubove wund fually, entting, wearlng, aud crashing througl nll Drrlers mado by Naturs anud by man, It veops grand- 1y, siloully, ovorwholmingly, Ly 'bamlct, villige, ind oily, to the oca, 8o wilth tie Army “of the Centicsser. Gathiered from ull parta of the country, fron tous of thousunds of homes by mountat, uilly und prarlo, from city, village, ot lonely farnl, from tha work-bénch, the counter, tho school, {liv' plow, from anincs and from distont logging camps, ho wontern of tho Bluo camo down to swoll the ranks of thia great Army of Frovdom § prms in ther Lands ; o fig nbove thom; faceu tot steadily wouthward, 'Ool- um ufter colmun,—sometimes all combiued, ‘rome tines by sopnrate routes,—tho graixd array maved on, “Thero woro eliecln; thuta woro dishaters i flicre were cruel elocks of fiecco and bloody bittles |’ thero woro long slegors thero were weary marshon Uioro woro many expodtiras to lluers und 10 dealhi, Many fell in wctuit butllo; mony atageored on for & wiils, ighting Lhio lavder 8ghC with disesue, then fell by the Wassldo many died from want of ere,—nloro bocaiiko of imorauco of campalgnelife. Grout gips woro miade i our bravemt and best Luttelions, 8t all timt fived stood fast by tho colora: mnd them, aggain, now blood athl new life was Hurwu juto tho reduced ranka of the oldor regimonts, and now sume Tho53 eawo dowu t el the coltun 1 and th ateady tramp of armed men wout on, until defont and dissator were knowu o mord, and e assuraico of Yictory bu- came hbitual to oflicers und men, ~An ot laat, gatli- ering togetler all ita clementy of streugth ot Atianta, castling Off all it incumbrances, tho Ureat Aray of Doliveranco vut ftaclf 1oose from il behind ft, untl ‘GLOVE, ITH SIQUTY WAY {hrough tho staygered population of Georgin, In that wnounted marah of Stiermian to the sen, Liku tio rivor to which £ lave vompared ity thin was proporly ita bonrne, 1t errand wan fnlohed, fa work wan done, when Iinzon aud his men watkd over Fort Mealister anid opened tho ratoway to tho sea, For, punding thin grest movement, nnd o8 4 part uf it, 1lood, who- bad wwept. north with _thu ouly ovatlable 'forcw of thio cnemy {n tho Southwest, had Unttered himself o plecos nol tho rock of Chickamangs, and tho bty of Nashvillo, clearly pluuned and perfectly fought out, bad domons htrated tho suporb soldicrship of Thomas, ol the wixs foroeast, of tho grest commnder who had left lim there to do precisely tha thing he did, T, althongth the end and tho roslat- anca of the eiemy cioarly commanded tho leaders of tho rémalning simies of the Confederacy in Virginia and the Carolitias to pro- Tong the conflict 1o tho luat poesibly moment, On our slde, o1l copaldetntlons of oconumy and of humanity deninded thut the strugglo bo browght 1o 8 mpeady close, Aud, thorefore, tho Army of tho Tenuesseo, atlor'a briof hult, swang northward from Savinual, and, by s orles Of #wift marches and elarp ongage: mets, cleared thio cntire const from Savannab to tWiltuihigton, sireugthened fteclf by the detaclmonls of our gvn fordey thus rollesad, pressed Joliston bacl: be- oud Lalolgh, and stood jomipt to combine with ihelr firctlizen of ihe Potomuo b tho inal crushng out of the tust organized forco of the Confodaracy, Your ald, howover, was not noeded, Tho Army of tho Futomac, commaniled at last by th first Goneral of {his army, s sufliclent for itself, Five Forks und Appomattox, Sherldan sud Graut, crowned tho patient cndurancs of thnt urmy with final anccesn and clernal glovy, Leo wurrondervd, nnd Johnston followed s examply ; aud theen, ut Ralciuh, 163 tlel elo, THIH PRESENT S0CTETY of tho Army of tho Tenneaseo wag formed, Tt was o wleo thing 1o do, Few ties aro s0 htrong a8 participa- tlon I o commo denger, aud recoguition of a mutusl rellance, une upon the uthier ; aud it §s well for ua to mcet 08 w0 meet LOw, Some whio vieve of {lie Army of the Tennessee livea not 1o becoino members of this Soclety; othore, oneo members, aro not found with us now, Choy o not preacnt, bt thoy aro sccounted for, Of the first class aro thoro who died, like O, F. Smith, leader of tho gal- Tut cliargo on Donelson ; aud Acllieraon, eoldier and gentlemat, hooted uud spurted, facd to tho oo, in the gallant Qlschiarge of o soldier’ duty, Of the socond cluea are thoso who died, liko Rawling, activo fn all his high duties to tho lsst, Alling Lonotably nnd with special ability the mportuut dutles of 1s Ligh offive, Yezr by yoar, comradca, our ranks grow thinners but, a8 metber affer mombee drops ot of our Hne, Tet us doaw we used to do when dechmatod under Nre,— 4+ Close upou tho colots,” Lt would nob bo uet for mo, at this thme, fo givo any istory of your bililes, marvlies, tnd_movements, I¢ oA Leen lung aluco donte by o_better band than milu, and 1 wau peparated by the fortuno of service frow tho Tino of the great movement which speeially distin- guislied your carcor, Now, however, that oil theso ireat evoula have posscd infv the domin of tho philo- soplifo writer, What ono smong tho uany lesaous they teach pholl T essay to fouchi? Ono, ut least, I par, monnt, aud of continunl force upon tiose 0f un Who still mirvivo: That the natiorr, thy natfoual life, s of INFINITE VALUE AND WORTI, That 1s tho thing for which wo livound thoy disd, “That to keop that natiousl 1ifo pure, strong, triumplic ant, Iy tho first duty, the supreno ‘obligation, of the citizen, £a o defend it When uttacked i3 tho 1irst duty of the oldier, ‘That this duty of tho soldlor fs il aud intermittiug, depending wpon the aceldent of vio- lenco offered, whilo tho duty of tho cltizen is daily, continual, perumment, Pl ho ono fs s wicred_uid inviolable'as the other 3 aud that ncithar can bo aban- doned or nogieeted without disgrace and desertion of duty., Tis gouceal trath I desiretolmpress, Wor, ns ono of tho meaus of seliiing disputes, whera uo competont tribunal exita, hoe ot yet pome out of daie. Owr clvilization Lias not renched that point, nor i it lkely soon todoso, Armies—tho most perfoct embodiment of force—seem destined for mauy years to okl {hcir peace, The strugyle in Europe 4 for tho posscesion of (e ot perfoct of theso organizations. Our laty War develoned tho fact that tho Amerlean people, North and Bonth, aro snong those most fited for wor: arpoac, ond to-duy, {06 popular war, wo could throwinto the field 609,000 renuiny soldicrs, ready on the inatant for the line of battle, “These aro the frulls vemwiulng of our training in tho netiv fleld ; but this will uos last boyond th lifa of this untural generation, wents years fron nwy If geeat emergency should demind armics, all tho horrible experienco of the firat threo years of the War, with tha glnatly total of unnecesnary lows from Ignorance nud ucompotoney, will bo ropeated, uulcsu HONE QUANGE IN OUI MILITARY KYSTEM i adopted. I know, and meny of you Luow, that wa lust moro men by disease tnnocessarily fucurred thiu wo did in batlle, Ignoranco or curelesness on the partof tho wuen hemuulve, nozlect of ' tho ordinary avi of Ligalth, negluct ou the purk of the Quarter- tunsters, Commigsarics, and ledlenl Staff, noglect on tho part of luc-oflicern—theso thivgs, i thy enzly war, decinsted onr rankiy and it was not wnbil roo- mients had beeu fearfully roduced I utinbers by wuel causes thot thoy hardencd ino n fibro fouzh énough Tor campaign dutics, And tien, when evéry mnan in the Lattalion wan o comyietent oldicr, wid” reeruily wers needed to g1t up to falr regimontal hirougth, when the sehool and thuteachiors wero roady, aud tho Young soldier would learn duty by the vory stmospliero of tho veteran, and by confact with men of formed hubits uud thorough diseipling, “thoy wero Hhrown, rathier, Into new organlzations, ufl swlitwurd, all raw, to repeut ugafu tho goino disustrous oxperience, with shuflar, it not equul, lossoa, “Fhio whiulosstem of rafsing, rocrulling, and oflices- ing voluntoor Teginonty, s practiced by U during the Wur, was wrong in_peiuclple, fulso fu theory, md rulnonsly expenvive, botl in monoy und iu lives, In proctico tho problem 14 sat {0 Lo solved by ¥omo' bot- ter morle, or clse, sliliouh wo can never cease to Lo a pution eapablo Of belug soldlers, tho procesu vf mak- g s ek Wil bo wretehedly destructivo of No thut could weil bu saved, Wo huve, hio and alwaya shall huve, QUIL HEGULAX ADMY, wnd hero, s @ voluiteer oRicor, und Apeakiug o vole 1entours, T desiro to eny o good Word for this Tight arm of the vation. It 1 faslifonable for falso economists to press for Toduction and for chunges by our army, “hacry 13 4 wlso ccotiamny, aud thurs s also o pretoudud cconomy, 3Miitary sorvice amust bo mudo honorablo, or_good men will not remadn fn it The tenuro of offica must_ bo kecuro on condition of tha fer- formanca of duty, or men wil not dovolo their lven todt, and, by that dovotion, undt thomaclves for ohor puitpowts, Voth position and cominousation ‘muat combine t6 hold men Irom sbandoning {ho mili- tary servico In thue of peace, and from seekive tho rlchior prizca that aro offered i otlier Lusincs Vo all, the caprdt du corps must s kopt up; and notbing torids so strongly o breats this down ua dependcncs and uncertninity, ORF frontler must bo_ guiarded, our Indiand controlled o puniliod, uhe cosst gorrivons Liupt up, or police-dutiva lookod after, ‘Chera Is oo fighting elog; tho Tudia e, but 1o famo; oro o torriblu uxposuros, but no seuowh, Tlure bro Feapos sibilitios of tho grivest and woat dolieato wulury cast pon oflicors of low ik and but enall coimands, Uowday, ft the disturbed portiona of tho conusy, Let otie tegular oruy e fully up to thy reguireiuents of thy uation,—{Loroughly aducated, Caquipped, fully uld, eafo b sttlpped of all unneceseary buread, aubject to thoys gy wniform divcipliue, Moved by onlers fron siglo ew s aud thon let 1t bo socury from boing Inndo an objuct on whieh politiolans can mako tom- orary rephitation by elamioriug, in 1o interest of » Ttutukon aconony, for reduetlon, St this bo dun Tty and wisely, uud ths legular Aroiy of tho Unit- d fintes will wustalu ull tho burdonu Hikuly to Do ro- Quired of it, uud, b cuso of somw kreat nationl Umeraenoy, il b pireparod to uct au oldor brother it guhlo fo tho Yoluutear foreu of (o nation, 15 now, comrudes, that the hours of tiis aunlver- 'y uro couing to thote close, lup s pard with plou- unt montorles of {ho pust, wnd With WILGUT AUGURIES FOI THE FUTURE, thoroughly sueurity of pusitlo Bound fogothiur by cummon endsavars and common Sultorlugy 10 & common causo; dovoled, W oy evar, 10 uny orvico which our country may dumaud ; wilh no biitoruess romatnlng from Vo atrifby with 0o hooe Uty toward {liose who mentully 1.cb us on Mo Nold ;. planding bonenth Ui g which fn G-ar (o 15, bocauisg tho uinbion of our wountrys sovordignty, 1t ua gl declare that that dug and tliat voverelgnty, ves purchaded by wuch untold wealth of gallunt life, shall romin wnelinllonged by any at Lome, nu ruspected by nil abrond s ond thot nosthor_domestic Agitation nor forelgn nitack an syor provail nsinet a Bopublie founded on”ovou-linded Jitetice, iid entin Isws and antitained by tho dovoriou of milllons of toughttul wnil hruva ycople, who five in it and tor 1, and who, If ol 60 lly, nre ready to dia for it. FILE POEM. Somo addltional nusie folowed, and thon Gon, Tillson read iho following poom ¢ LILE MARCIL Glanco huck et years, ThoHouthiern eky Vrevugon coming victory, Ofer river, pluin, and wountsinscrog Advouelny maven tho nation's 13g,— orno by Uia Acldlerw of tho West,— Tho had wpon whono conqiteritg orest “Cho hopes of Froedon's Uulfon riat Tin st llotad tak o dones 44 pattiway glowa with ylof 3 Viekniniras fiavsh paten ravo opened wide, Free flows tho Mixsinsipyi'a tido ¢ Alougg I havks the war seomit crushod, o Pho tiacord notes of Kirifo are hushied, At eantwned wheol, fecdli foes to ivet, The brayes who never know dofeat, o on tha Grorgian pldim ropoat “Cho proven slally Tha daunticen will ‘Tt smiling victory steoped to greet On Corintl's watls, at Tiptouriite At Dohaldson, and Cliawpton il Tu chockleas miyht and 1msjeaty They swoop wlangy 2 torrent utrong, Wharo winds the shining Tenneanea, And goon thiey grect with clnped Lands 10 Chattenooge'a prisoned bunds,— ‘Tho phurdy braves of Renccsans Sl i Ialr tho Liou Hes, Watching Lis foo with Qaming oy Ontliering nirength witliin i3 des Unil the ready momet, when At onca with aweoplng spring sud rosr 1o ptatks the ficld & conquaror o o, burating feoin tho “ Yagly lin blouded urinios of tho Westy light on {0 victrics preseed, e P ooout fets our fig unfusled QM Minsion Ridgo the foe is huvled From Kuoxyillo fa hfs grasp relosacd, ‘And oaward atill, with strength: incrétssd, Jtoalatioss rolls Hie tide of wary Danhiing aloug stuop Ttocky aco, Adown Rtenaen's fouphiten trace, ‘Arontid Lont Mountoluts woodsd glace, O through Allouv'a frowning pess, Grer Marluttn's rusm i grasi, Fllnging jte apray o' W, Tt logpstult Chintthiochioats bed ; Throwgh Poach Trea pour its torrenta red; Decatur talla—n darkined prize— or ‘Criumpl viows with streatuing oyes ‘o fehd whoreon Melliorron llea, Aranmt Atlania’ ranmaita steep o restleas, ragligf AUFROD HWEeD; Lin oitre,—thn Sonthern Koy 1n win, Aud otill tho boys * o murching on,” iroken fly the clowds of care, Budggitendd Tstro B the ade, Annwered, Aoemietls Freedoins prayor § ‘And radiahs Hope, i rapture bont, With reveato eheok and eyen altent, Foiul o the ey, with trhun:pl ol a0ame, And beckonn Fezeo hor iome egait o claita, When to] there wakes n slartling thrtll, And eheeke turn pale and heartn staud still, Mon look at men i wild surprino, With snixiona ekt stid wondving eyos 3 “he reatlcks rush of husinces atops, ‘Lo pen the acholar's fingiors vroja’y Tho woodman's ax unheeded Hes iuvlied $a tho ratiing fcttry ding fands atfll (2 plow e furrow fn Thore Acenia av natent darkenod dug, A cnrtuin salls fn nfddlo pla s part of Lurth hud dropt avisy When, rpeediug on tho lightning' wing, Throughout tho land tho tidings ring it Sherman mid bis men huvo gous, “hither, for what? could avawer uone, iz 1favo they gone, ne glides tho bird of night, Tata limitless glooul, Lofs no tokew, nor (raco of 1ta fighf, Whither ita'puth mipht plunc? Valny looked nfter dz3s iipon doys With weary, anxlous, sisalising gaze, Wondoriniz whoro it dovions struys ¥ Tinfeobled, to como after tho Inpso Of lenglheed yoors ; ornover porbaps® Or gonolfko tho mighty Genocse, Dastilug his prow Iuto unsulled soss, ‘Unheodiug thoir haughty rol ; Scorntiig dotractlons puctile joors, Fiinglng astdo ull forebuding feara, Upborno by 3 horo soul. Retorned ot lnst fn trlumph and pride, Bearlng neross th Atlantle tilo Thio pearices prize of & now-found world, And o fing of fadeloas liame wnfurled, Gono! and a world of bopesud prayor, Awav thoro ventutous sojdiors bear, Tu almoat every howa by tho Woat “Trerabling love from the ansiows breast Of parent, meiden, ehild, or~ife, Souto heatt, tied 10 auolhor's lify, Wont out with thiot brave oreay. And oer tha land this great thought Iay, avicr growing dsy on duy, Tt madd ot uvo, first #ald ot morn, +Whither s Hherman's srmy gono 2 The parents old, whoso whitened hatr Autory talls o Tenginened caro i Ly -#ire, Or glneo above tho chimmey=piace, Whiero hongs thote darling soluter's faco, O eco thet ea etill on the wwail, Toft st his lass brief furlougn &l 7hen widely stray s vy Wandering nfter thelr mlsulng d, And ng tho Iince fu roverenco Lends “The hearifelt, nighitly pruyor nssends “Fhut God wonld Wateh oar Shersnan's men, Anit bring tho hoy safe howo xzaln, icro, muse 0 z10ad, * od at hotio, disvcsed b erowd, Tu hunblo buit, In munsion yroad, Byrezd ko o mantie ovor sl Cold Apprchenton's gloowmy i Tuwrought from Reunor's vavica thread A blended woof of hopo und diead, Think t00, how rested an anxdous weight 1n a ehietbatia Lent, o placo of sate, O thoso who carried tlio nation's fxies On W who, with: calm, determined thought, O'erlooking tho feld with posils franght, Struck utralght for resuits and, foring naught, Unfaiteriug, on bis onv fing ¥ fought, And him on'whose wild, benfnant faco, Now liajocd Wit 6 mnttyred graco, A porrouiag pooplex' caie o tracs, Whose Lifo viza lined to o hoblcat call it over from utatosmon's ips did fall— ulico to nouc, eharity for 3l "— Thiot oldior sterd, and (st otatesman teue, Who aloge tho Ac¥ing purpoze Koy ; Who alilié thefr ordufucd mifslon trod, And with fulth unnworving, wuder Gad, "I Buip of Stato curried vately trough, Trom tho grim walls of Tort Monren A coming kbip Ly reon 1 Difglat ved Ler llory breathinga glow Across the bitlows greon, on who tpceds ; bearing the whilo, Whito on hr oW o ocemuiug tmilo, Roaru [rom her ports tho catison noto, Clay ntreamers from the maatheuds float, “Anapicious nuwa to tell, . 5o lands—tie—Lio—on lightuing stoeds o grlorious stary warld-wido siceds, iting out refoteluz bell Lt frecimen's bosom avell 3 An raz'd slmost with glad Snrprise, Witk meeling honds, sud molsiened eyes, And nhonth thet movnt p 10 1ho iivs,— Pho curth with tenfold sunshing spreud— Ovor agadn tho uows fs road 3 Over uguln tho word A rafi, “Tho darkening dnga of donbt Lavo fled, Swopt asldo I tho myulory, Shorinau 1y ufu—bias yeaclied (ho sua, b, that wondorfal marh to the ves | Qb tirat vomautlo mureh o (ho vos | Driped even yet I wild mysters, Pluged an inito u distant alght, Tustuutly shrouded frutn sound and sight rd udyaees that foarioas baud, greds r fn suushisg ouvard througl iales, ping tho mountalug, sweoptg the ales, Mesombiing, ghdlug nlong 1ts puth Aud broathing urouisd consundng wrath, A lony; Liup sevpent with ahining neales, An now and then tho rays of the Sun Fiteully flash on tho buralshed oo, Ouward {hio mensurelow coluimus Aoepls Daghiug up ovor tho kilt-sldo ateop ¢ plushing aloug turough morasses deap; Crushing usldo tho ironblesome vines ; rushing on, neath the yaurmurivg pines, ‘O shudotl by tho centurs troes, Stumbling und tumbliug o'or cypress knwos, Onward, still ouwsrd, on to tho ses, 0N, that wonddortul march o the seus ] Oh, thut ursome marchjto 1ho soa l Crowned with conloal vitory, ‘o volum frot tho paunp univinds; Tt snounts the aunmnit hi. Befara it broad the river sines T pluckd beauty wtill, D uther seenos slteution claim oforo whieh Notura's Losutles tams, As eIt siguifeant wppoar ; As wounids falk ou i practicod oar “Ihat well th soldior Xnavis, Alougt tho bank tieru waltiug iny 3ulf hidden lines of dingy gray “Pheatgh Whleh une mun g cleave their\way § And yot beyuid, n denno arroy Of nlleni, snbliom fues, faited, tue'uiiont oldlers walt With eiger look aua thonghin dinte Whito through (e sereeilig trees aid vine Crecp exntiviiely our okirmish Linos Bixpeolunt of tho fray, ur | on thio skt s eltle vinga A volliug volloy back 1% iringi, Osealt, crash, wlows the Uuu Tu “Fhio mnto of A thowsand gun, Spurrie the panting, stostuing steod, Taaut prusliol L Loj of s, . “Pho rlily Fubtlo kwelly juore Ligh, ‘ Tioow—boom—breaks b aribier: pap—tramp—buttullony Lurey by, et 1 the comsunud—doployiug Wide On uithor dauk tho Bles divide, Forward the word § 'mid aagry yoll, rune Aud buzehugs ball, aud shntoking ehel), Urnnllluf{ tho ranchea ovarhead, Tho et ifing mmoke wreatlis round It sprosd, On, olor tho dylng and the xiead ; With glarlug dye, and lipa compreass And knotted brow, aud siwelling broant “ With tho atern joy that warriors feol In foetnen worthy of thieir stoed,’ ‘Tho hour of fealiiyt most s ublimo Whion yosrs crowd ju u mononut’s tima § Throwh tatgled tulckot, avramp, and vino, Itnehes tha long blue bentding Tine, Mottor nud ereer graws tho din, Dn»por tho pauting truops press tn, Took | theto tho fos {8 clustored iiiiex, On tho battalifon | donbla quiek, itexdy—cloeé rankn—clurrgn st On witl: a siout ! Onl Onwanl ge: (A rualt an I acean tdod had met)-- Hings the wild hueral to tho sky, Iushiug the hursh artillery— Oh, what on hour i thin to ale? | Sull fu the strifa | the foemen fiee,! lonts out onr fing ! thia path is fece, Ouward, still onward to the Soa 4\{:1 never have the lucldents o reenlloctions hold e apnrkling atories of **Tho trcl ™ ato the world o o Lol Tts dotatled falo has ot to bo on history earolted, . Lica dicop within the mountniu'a heart & biried grotto, Dright with vnrfl:d bues {hat emaunto from its own Joweled igh Whose 'llicrlnn have never been profancd by human ight, Rachntments opell slono can test* Tha voil that hidvs its splendors riire And Iy its sbrouded beautios bard, Thu, teensirod from tho yorld atray “Fhord thrliug rotzaspo:tione ny Unwpoken by Gite common tobgtio Thelr tecord il wnsrit, g 3 1o oily b swakened, wiien As now, wesomble % dhecian's mon,” 6 tight their baltlen o'er ngaiti, A% broaks & meteorlo shoter-— o mlgrtes, my I Of yrocting yay, vi ar, Tvoke thoto heenes of lowing i1to, The marel, the bivouac, tho strifo] Iteeall for s and ua sloho Thu rarc adventures we have known, Butno! methiika & whispor cames soft as tho ocesn wmoan, 'To tall ux that thid doy of prido Is not for us alone, Amid theso ehinlug memotios fulwines o sladed thrend— Onr lising frieatts ate athored Lere, but, havo we not the dead? As reunitos tho snclent band somo soldiers do not como} Tloir hero Dearts havo ceased to beat, thoir manly Ups are dialy, ‘Wo seo 1lxul, on the roster now como noted names of old, Thioy've Jolued anotlier army, on anothor list cnralled ; ‘They huve led tho forward colurins, huve ferther ono Hlian wo' They havo closed tefr march fmtiortal boyond tho shorelest aed, Do we misa chinong our Cltfeftaihs 35:Pliorson's princely framo? Tuat woman smile of coutlesy, thal bero oyo of {lenie 7 Do "‘.’,fl:m around wih sndnais u grest of Rausom Tho puru:"‘ Leightliest cliovatier that over gracod tho Do we look with esos of louging towards that Lion- ored clair, With ul(r;un yot fallaclous Lopa of seing Rawlins ioro o Motor now vrauti a the fems, who novar faled o fray And Wallaco, Falrehlld, other bravas, whero aro yo all Grand olatues In tho pillar'd past! como not yo at our call 7 coll 7 Your names aza resting ou our lips, (hoy canonize this T Yo lustant’snawered to our went, when in tho pride of ifo ; Yo laugled Denth's siado toscora amld thd Rry bours of strife; Aud now whti gronp your corarades old beneat: theio Lunnors gray At auch i lioir, 0w sl o baud exn s bo far wny Among thorico of eliormen who alled tie Agest sea, Tucro iyed tovching custom, of rare untiquil When wives of hardy Marlucrs, whosa Lusbands woro vy, Suw tokens In tho o and sky of elomental fray— “ho clotd, tho gale, tho thundors growl, and ocean WhILD with upray— Leavime their homely 1ittlo huts, tics'd to tho beach repale Aud pour thelr aweot domestic songs wpon tho rising uir, Thon lislon a3 tho tompest fulled, and in the ocean moan Would funcy that s straln was heard respontive fo ta their o That kindly wpirils o'er tho wavo had borno thelr * wordy nluug, And from tho loved ones far awsy brought back su =nswWring vong, And {f I tho mystio shadowy world, to those who Tiavo cono from sght i *1a given to roam tho ubivorse through with Iuatant, meamurelets fiight, Wil niotonr wealth of' bonor and love, from thoir gautiful homes ou high Dring tho shiades of comrudes departed, 38 ours {o ‘thelr prosenco would dy? Thoy are with ns—when moves tho natlon with sad and rev'rent tread To seattor he garlands of npring-timo over fta mar- 1yred doad, They Joln in tho Jong Procession ; they breathe on the Taling flovars, Wiailo, felt iough oil ungeen, thoy blond thoir sorrow " Vand prido with ours, Ana thele gontlo presence now swe know i theso - rojolcing hotrs, Aol {hur formiara Boating around us sud bsllowiag ¢ niv, They list to our kind remembrances, und ockio overy prayer, ‘Thoy aro #iiting smong thelr connades; old comrades .~ of the bluo: Thuy aro whispering sweotly, softly, tho names of you and you d you, Tuny atw tonching thoso proud Ingeriptions—thelr tab letis of yenown, Ty rest fu those macred anners, so tattered, aud dign, und Lrown And from thoso couchos of plory thelr spirits look mndling down, Ol soldiers who' it beforo me, oh braves who havo goue befure, Wasever o richer mino rovealed of patriotic ovo? Ca there o Iglier heritago or o prander fitlo b “Flin 10 1tvo ono'a mame o3 the Foiter of tho old Toa- noeE0o Thore rises ils monumental shoft uplifted to tha slzy ; Calumned o yatues whleh sgmbolize purpotual Vié- e, Noio Madvid, Donelaon, Juka, and Rentonville, Corialh, red Shilof, Vizkeburig, sud gloriots Champion i Resnrea, Desatur, Attanta, and Miswionary Ridge, Mediater nud .| U8na, Jonesboro uud Zicer’s Brilg Clrelel fis enduring trcahness with a reacuied natio Jove, And; tusting 1 beadlng beauty, it4 radiant head sbovo n crowniug arch “Lue gloriond mareh, Ol thir glorious marel fo the saa ! Oh thit. wondarful muorels to tho kea ! What Wil il Jiving meniory bo? How will it reat upon bfstory's paza? How {lettent of tho carth engage Hill b heard of, dronmed of, o1t and long 3 “enderdy told in uursery Rong'y Wrenthag its straml iuto romance talo ; Flunhiayg the oheei of the seholur palo ¢ Commimding tho stateanun's thoughltul ken, And toualiug With Ovo tho yoct's b, Stirefuyt tho soul of thosoldier bold, " 711 {lio stars are old, ++ And tho st growa cold, ¥ And tha loaves of the Judginent day unfold,” Studding red War's historlc aky Erurual glorics binzo Tho nota { manivs of vielory, Chmrmbsg: tito cartls utiracted oy, olding 3t hushied nma "Chora signes fwmottal Marathon— Which Girociun glory savo Thero Terira, whodo vitddy plai “Tho crtms triamphant waved Pharestih—whero 8 world was won, Chafone-=whore thrat the Lowghty Hun Before Rome'’s oaglos quailed 5 ud A nsteritts, whoao proverued sun A berbing:r of vonquest Geemed A1 ou thoktri-calor it gloamed, And faunis Napoleon's flamiug wiil T'o onwatxt vietorles, until, At Watits foo 4t paled Trafaluary, Euglaud's cholecst pride, Aud vordw, 10o=thure Nelwon dicd— Jenanto, 300 oxultant hour Urumbled 4be yellow vreseent’s power § Tted 2lust ikgs, Whero our Saxou siroa Died for thalr * altars und their frea " Pugoirs, whenea lled a wanderer forth, i royal * madman of the North 3 Phat yoldoa glow of |u\nm.nkll} ® “that cinsuutos from Bunker Hidl, From whoiwo our thonghts Instinctlve turn Yo Muretore Moor and Zunnoeibura, Aud thut rare watchword of the free ‘T mariy1s* gom Lhermopalce, As bero anesthere on cither band Mnjeatic, lae, undimm'd thoy utand § tucl pecinga sllont sentry light 3 A beweaw's Waze of geutua Lright 3 OF iyl resEyo, of hero miglt, QF proven riill fu fosrtul fight For ages v admire ; . From whes pe tho proudest promptings'start, Yo point theapatriuttapart ; Or fuse smLition's ready hoart With ctuwative tiee, But o'or aid througl theso fadeloss befma [ Anather gilid of H\m; leans, Whoso vare exceoding lustre scoms A unapproachud, dlono § T givea o wedleary Kbino, Tt siruichenon-a longthenod line, ‘Aclustered group of couguests geaud § A SCrried, conutuiated sy Abroud, continning zone, Tur slanci—It needv no OLher NAMo— *I'le there, tho Toliky-way of fame, BUEEOI OF OEN. GRANT. Tofovo tho adjoirnment, thore wero loud ealla for Citant, Tho Presldont made the following spocel GENTLESIEN AND COMADEN OF THE ANMY OF THE TENNEMNED Wivea o great pleasiro clways to weel with those amioolated with e in oflie y and more eupocizlly to meet the Army, of thy Ténness see, My font maliitary servies dusing tho Iato War wus readered with that atwy, and afterwards it was, i€ not ulways diroctly, st siways indizeotly, undor wmy aowinsnd, K bope this m will be'ona of protit il g ou nlf, and X shall atisayi bo dallgtited e sonmans a. this prosout ot of 1ho Array of tho Teniossca, [Applausc.) OTHER BPRACIES, . Specehun wwera aluo oallad for from Yico-Prosi- dont VWilkon, Soctolary Dalknap, Gen, Jdolu T'opo, Qow, Custer, Gen, MoDowoll (who made conaldorablo fuu), Gen, Noyas, Bountor Ogloaby, and others, All'tha gontlemon did woll, bocauso thoy epolo vory briotly. ——— WILL COUNTY VETERANS. Snectal Dlaateh to The Chicago Tritrine, Jorart, Oot, 14.—Tho arrangomonts tor o largo reunion of soldiers of WIiL and ndjoiniug coun- “ties, tobo lield b Jollob Whuredsy, the 20th of *Oectober, are belug rapldly porfocted. 'The fol- o wing call hay boon lssuod by the Prosident of the Asnociation : * O ‘MIf SOLDIERS OF WILL COUNTY, 1t havluy been deended by tho Will Connty Hofdlers' Associntion to hoid o grand rounion st Jollot, Third- dag, Oct, 29, 1874, b genoral aud cordial invitation Is wxtended to' mll bonorably dischiarzod United Blates Bolders to bo presont, _The soldiors of Will aud nde Jofning; countles sro oartiontly wwired to do'all . thelr 0oz to 1nako It # Auccess, * Tholr avafstanco und co- operation, without regard to rank, regiment, o locs- tion, will ba giadly recelvod, “Flie gatne cortial invitaiion ts extended to tho gal- ors of tho Mezlean War, aud of the War of 1852, an to tlose who sorto in b Into 5 ivery proparation to make the ‘oceasion an . ble 0130 16 homs Who NOI dloat L1 mammeries of e camp, tield, and roareh will bo made, €, A. HiLz, Yiresident \Will County Soldlers’ Anavetation, A call to tho mombers of the Fourth Hlinois Cavalry is signed by Jouns Heely, Company C, Wm. Cowdry, Company D, J. H, Felter, Com- pany 1, J. 1. Mathor, Company D, A, E. Boaner, "R G Itundeedth T 0 the One-Hundres nols Infantry, sign- ed by 6, G, Kulwon, 3, G. Bivood, J; It Lotts, Quy M. Beclenith, J. 0, Lang, A, D, Edgoworth, Tuils Bortlott, Annon Patterson, Gib Avory, A, J. Frios, Ollver Paul, T'o the mombers of tha Twontleth Iilinois In- fautry, signed_by Johu D. Van Allen, Company B, Beojawiin J, Olin, Company K, leuben At- funy, Gompany 1, Georgo Flaught, Company B, Albort™d, Sangor, Compauy ¥, Honry A. Shilter, Company I, o tho membora of the Sixty-fourth Illinols Yoluntcer Iufautry, sigued by Henry Logan, Lonis Taylor, "l'o Auderdonville prisonera, signed by Warron ‘e}. r]\'tnblu, Wilmivgton, ond 1. A, Nuttinger, lict. ‘To the voterans of tho Mexican War, signed by J. I Swalm and Willian Watking, ‘To_ thu soldivrs of tho Nintioth 1llinofs Yolun- toor Infantry, sigeed by Michuol Cuuninghaw, dirard Cutiningliam, M. C. Huloy, David Tyau, Martin Hicks, Michzel Wliles, Patrick O'Boyle, Patriele Smith, and 1% Dovlin, A long tistof signers to o call for Barrett's Batt ery complates tho list, At s mecting of tho ‘Executivo Committeo, hold yestorday, iv was docided that C, B, Garn- soy, of Jolict, lafo of tho Ouo inndvedth I nois Tnfuntey, ba requested Lo doliver the oration for the oceasiou. Lldor Crows, of the One Ilun dredth Illinoiy, was selected as the Chup- Iain . Capt, Epzbert Phelps, of Jollet, late of the Ninoteantl Unitod States Int natry, will propara and read o poom. ‘Tho genorul vondozvous will bo at tho Joliot Opora-llouse, whore tho Associntion will meet at 10 o’clack p, w, o tha 29th. [Toadquarters for each regiment, battery, snd detachmont will bo outablishod nt difforent points iu the city, to be hereafter unnounced, A dmger will bo sorved in Duokes mow building, sdjoiniug the Opern-Hougo, After tho adjourmmnent of tho Arsoclation, Bartleson Last of tho Graud Army of (he Ropuble, of yolet, will givo a fpraud ball lu homor of tha occasion, At pre- viously aunounced in Tur Trinuxe, 1t is predicta od that this will bo tho largest rounion of soldiors evor held w vhio Northwest, EES— THE JOLIET IRON-WORKS, Special Disnutch to The Clacana 2'rioune, Jougr, Oct. 14,—Mr, A, B, Mcoker, of tho Johiet Iron and Steel Company, 1s the sathority for tho statement that the ivou-puddliog wills of thaz Company will commenco operations on the tlvsg of next weok, 'Tho Company huve placed Lotk tho puddling and rail mills. of the iron- works in perfect condition for work, This now sequisition to tho industrinl intorosta of Joliot will placo in omvmymuu; some 650 mon, 1 nddi~ tion to thosa alrendy employed i the steol- works. Since the commencemont of tho steol- works tho business of Joliot hus tuken uow lifo, aud business men roport every branch in an ex- caedingly Iivoly condition, The Inéo school cen- sus shows no decrease i tho population. o 1avival of business will in the coming yoar placo tho population of tho city up to or noar 17,000, It now approximates 15,000 inhabitauts, RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. Qm:m:a, Oct. 14.—3t o npocial meeting of tho Boned of Wrads, catlod for tho purposs of dis- cuesing tho proposed raciprocity treaty, tho fol- b xi rosolution was unanumounsly agreed t viThat while approving generally of Lho pri plo of reciprocity batweon Canndn zud the lT‘uht!fl Statos, it is tho opinion of this Board it tho proposed treaty is unfavorablo 10 Can- adn, ecpecially in tho’ following: Tuo sliding of duties in the Amarican coasting trade; tho numerous canal obligations, and no_ cqfiva- lont for var valunblo tisheries, fius Board w glgo of tho al)imnn that munufactured articles should bo excluded from the treaty.” ——— MARRIAGE OF A PROMINENT DIVINE, oprewt Dispateh to T'he Chicags Trivune. ToxD DU Lac, Wis., Oct. 1f.—Lask ovouing a compuny met_ab thio home of Hr. and drs, Watrous, on Forest streot, to witncas tho mar riago of 'tho Rov, A, 3L Lallack, of the Wiscou- sin Conforenco, and Miss Goorgia Denodiot, of thty city. Wlio coromony was porformed by Binhop, f. G Yostor, who way assistod by thio Toy. W. B, Blowe, Dresiding Eldor of {ho afil- waukeo Diatrict, and tha Koy, L. 1. Bullock, brothor of tha groom. Tho bride will be remem= bered an tho lndy-mininter conuooted with the Methodist Episcopul Church and whoso lubors luvo rosulted iu much good in many portions of our Stato. - HEAVY FAILURE. Special Dipiiteh o The Chicuon Trivune, Bunraxatos, To., Oct, 14.—Tho Orehiard City Mills, of thw city, owned und operated ly I, Tdger & Co., supendod operntions yestordy, the’ firm having failod for, it is said, §100,000, ‘Theso mills wore Lhe mosl oxtensive in tho State, and Edgor & Co. woro very largo grain-opora- tors. T'he comppny s James Putnam, the Into Republiean eandidato for Supervidor, who heg Talled severnl timos before. The fuilure has caused quite o ponsation in business olrcles, and conslderablo apprehension is folt na to tho effect it will havo on binsnoes, ANH ELIZA'S DIWORCE SUIT. Sarnr Laxe, Utah, Oct, 14,—In tho case of Aun Eilza ngoinot’ Brigham Youvg, for divoree, with alimony, the argumout is eompletad, but no de- cislon Lis yot bean rondored. Tho partios mal- ing the aysault on tho Marshal aud Doputy Mar- shal whilo serving papers on Brighum Youug hieve boen held in £5,000 bail, it et Iie Sure o Get Vour Moneys From the New York dribune, Poople who ar or iavo boon interested in fi- nanclal institutions of uny kind ere urged to wateh for old dividends. Bome days ago a man catled upon John G, Lightbody, the priuting ink mauufacturer, and fuformod hita that ho would put him In possession of facts which would lead 10 tho recovery of u cortain sum, Iho informant Wwas to hiavo half tho nmonut recoverod. Aftor untlafylug limsol? that tho man was not de~ ceiving him iu puy -way, Mr, Lightbody cone wontad, and was informod thut thote woro aweit- ing his domand in the tinancial dopartmont of 4 large cowpany of mnatiounl roputstion and busiuoss, for dividends for the vears 1867, 1508, 1869, and another year. ‘Thoge dividends woro worth £120 eacly, o 3480 iu all, After ro- coiving tho manoy, Mt, Lightbody paid the $210, but asked why it was that io had ‘nos recoived word from tho Company, and in this way avoidod {ho payment of one-lmlf ton porson who must have boon in collusion with somo oue ju the oflico, No sutisfactory reply was racelyed, how- avor, but from tho woil-kinown roputation of tho principat oflicors of the Company, tho mattor will probably bo pmnthly investigatod, as they will ot tolerate unything suvaring of such prac- tices by anyone in tho emplovmont of the Com- yany. At the time of the colication of the divi- donds, howover, tho clerk held sovoral large packagos of chouks, ovidontly unclaimod, 1t s augostod that unclnimod bank nccouuts, dlvi- donds, doposits of any kind, shall bo advartised at periodical intorvals, 0 thut thoso who are ontitiod to thom mny got them, An Old Indinn, Popo Pius IX. haw lately receivod from Santa Cruz‘ Cal,, througl Cardinal Francehi, Prefoot of tho Propagands, tho photograph of an Indiun 4l Tiving who haa ronohied tho ngo of 192 jou Honouth tho pletive are theso words, wultou fn Spamsh by tho old mun hanself s * X, Justiniauo Toxas, 122 yours old, wish the most holy Popo Jong years of 1ifo,” ‘Tho pariuh registor ofSante Croz wiows thist Roxay wan huptizad March 4, 1702, Dengg wb that tao about 40 yewrs of ago, 1l Lns nlwavk doid un_exomplury Hfo, still walkn to mass on Sundays with o hoip bus that of hin wtaf, aud auke the blesslng ot tho Pope, whow ho oalls the ** Capitan de loz padres,” = = e o THE WESTERN UNUON. Presidont Orton’s Report at iho An- nual Meeting of the Compauys Buginess Transacted Over the Wires for the Past Yeas: New Lines-—Improversients in Telegraphy. New Yorx, Oct. 14.—Tho aun'zal meoting of tho Wostorn Union Telegraph Company waa hold to-day. ‘I'ho following s tho aunual roport of the Lresidont: Tho capital stock of tho Compmny s $41,073,« 410, of which the Company owns and has now in Its brongury §7,287,736, leaving an outstanding capital of 831,786,675, Tho bonded dobt is £5.910,000, of which aum 4,445 900 Isin 7 par cent eurrency bonds, which will mature Nov. 1, }57{5,,’ ‘;g,ml $1,498,000 in 7 por cont gold bonds,dua TIIE TONDED DEBT was roduced durivg the yeor by the redemption bondu of tho Anioriesn Tologmph Compsuy, whioll mntured Oct. 1, 1878, ‘amounting io $89,600, and by tho purchase’ for tho siuking fund of $2,000 of the bonds of 1902, TheCom- p:ugly lias no floaling dobt. Tho recoipts for the yoar from il sources wore $0,202,668.93, and {lie oxpenses $0,706,759.89, showing a not proft of £2,506,020.16. Thoro Liave beon added to the proporty of the Company during the year by construction. purchsso, and lease, 5,828 milos of polos and 21,264 miles of wire, baing equal to shout 8 per cans of the ling aud 12 por cont of tno wiro, and 448 moro ofticos wero in oporation at the close of the your than at the beginning, e Company operatad at tho close of tho yoar 71,685 milos of line, 175,185 mliti;l of wlx:txs, ntm! 6,188 oficos, ‘Lo report, after “oxplaloing tho distribution of the $,606,920.15 profits of " tho year, slows & balanico of $193,973.47, which has Leen carrlod to tho crodit of tho fucomo account, the surplus of which, ou July 1, 1860, was $275,357,24, fot et TUE NET PROPITS o eight yoorn, from July 1, 1806, 1874, word B20'400, 605,00, mnkineg n'n“i\; ':’::}.?3' Junoe 90, of $23,104,800.40. Of this sum lfium P Dbeen distributod individendsto the stocklioldors, including tho dividends payable July 15, 85,682~ ?,1""3., .g;tghu;j;lr&r (ml«‘!rnat on zuobCompm.y‘. onds, £2,531,838.1 showing » Dbolance £15,010,749.05. ¢ ol - "'lso Jast anuual roport stated that the Come pany hud aequlred & mujority of tho stock of the TACIFIC A ATLANTIO TELLGRAPH COMPANY, and that nogotiations wero lhou‘rundmg fora leaso ot its Jines to the Western Union Comya- ny. Theso negotiationa wers concluded in combor lnst, aud ou & loase of ninoty-nino yess, stau auuusl Tental oqual to 4 porcont on the capital tock of 82,000,000, ront to bo appliod firat to tho puyment of the dobts of tho Pacitic & Atluntic Cowpuny, and thoreafter to bo distrib- tod. pro rata, asong tho shorolioldors. O b capital of $2,000,000" tho Company owuia $1,415,- 930, 'Iho entire rontal of the your 1874 will bo required for tho debtaof the Pacific & Atlantie Cowpany. It i probablo, however, that thero- attor tho rontal can be distributed among tho stoclcholdors. Tiso operatious of the INTERNATIONAL OCEAN TLELEGRAME COMPANY during tho past yoar have boen vory sntisfactory, nnd give promisos of still botter results, Al grmnt commuuication by cablo betwoen Punta Rossa and Koy West is- intorrupted, but stopa havo boen takon fo ropair tho onblo. The now ceblo bayween Iloy West uud Hovaua, laid tho year bofore, has been psid for and the entira tlouting debt of the Company discharged on last yenr's carnings. At present thera ara two good cablos botweon thogo pointa. Unless it shall bo found nockssaty, in order to insuro com= munication botwoen tho United States and tho West JIudles nud Bouth Amoric, to Jay an ndditional cabio betwoo Punta Rosss and Koy Wost, it is probabla thut a payment of dividends to stockholders of tho intornational Ovean Tolecraph Compauy will bo rosunsed within a yoor. This property is destined to inoreaso lurgely in value in tho future, Tho recoipts of tho Iuternational Ocoan Telegraph Company for tho your ending June 90, 1874, waro §308,570.99 ; exponses, £71,561.13, leavin balance of net Sprofits $287,309.86, to which ia addod 72,000 of bonds issuod, making o total of £809,509.66. Out of this appropriations have beon mado to tho smount of 3287,499.80, showing 4 bnlauce morgod 1n tho genoral assota—$27,- 870.56—o0f §2,600,000 capitul, Of i THE GOLD AND STOCK TELEGLATH COMPANY, tho Woatorn Union Company owns $1,102,750, Tts gross recolptu for tho fiscal yeur, Sopt. 18, 1675 Woro £591,000 3 oxpouses, H410,000; leav- ing n net profit of $162,000, all of which was ex- pendad_iu providing now apparatus. Tho Gold and Stock Company has expended out of jts not cornings during tho past four years over $700,000 for now fines, machinos, and spparatus. The ropors thon eators into the dotails of UL MONKEY-TEANSPER SELVIOE, > which has provon o success, At the closo of the flseal year, Junc 80, 1874, the account with the new building preseuted on oxhibit of 91,781, 474,81, The work which was delnyed last wintor Dy tho contractors is now progressing rapidly, aibd ic i expectod that the portion to bo occu~ piod by tho Company will bo roady by Christmas. "I'he resulis of the Company’s operations dur- ing tho fiscal year, comparod with tha procoding one, ehow 8 reduction of $70,864.53 in gross ro- coipts, and §261,042.53 1n nev prokils, whicharoso from tho reduction in ratos which took effoct on July 1, 1878, and from tha financinl panio iu Bop- teuibor of tho sawo yoar, and tho genoral stag- nation In ovory departinent of business which immediatoly followed g TilL NUMBER OF MESSAGRS {ranamittod was 16,329,266, beiug an incroase of 1,672,424, about 14 'per cent, over tho proceding year, giving sn uversgo recoipt for each mew- Bago of about 63 conta. NEW INVENTIONS, . ‘Tl duples apparatuy, by 1eans of whick two meusngen sro senut in opposito directions un one wiro ne the enmo tinte, fully sustuing lts provious wdility. ¢ "'hin yeor hias produced o still moro wonderful tolegraph maching, by which meuns two mos- sages ean bo sont in tho sume direction, and two a(fiorfl in su oppesite direction, simultaucously ou tho samo_wire. The luvention ealled tho quadruplos, hms bocu fu succossful oporation between Now York and Bositon, and is porforin- ing nn amount of work on one wire aqual to the canaeity of four wires worked with the ordinary Mordo apparatus, 5 & DIVIDENDE. At (b gomi-annunl meating of Dircotors nold ou tie 20th of Juuo lust, "n dl_\‘lll-lel;lllsf gupn?: cont, payablo out of the net profits of tho for onding Juno 30, was dectared. ‘Lo prolita for tho quurter woro §702,020.4%, On the 2d of Soptembor another dividend for the quartor ond- ing Sept. 90 waa_doclarad, 'Tho proiltg of this quarter ware 882,993, T'he oxeess of profits for the two (uartord over smount required to pay tho dividends in $244,675. It s the intention of the Directors to divido tno net mes quarterly in future, and provido otberwiso for the Apny- mient for guck proporty a8 it 1y bo deemed ade WiLL1ax Onroy, Prosidont. vissblo to sequiro, (Signod.) OFFICERS SELECTED. Tho following Directors wers elected for tho eusuing year: William Orton, domes H. Yeukor, Alonzo B, Corncll, Harrion Dutkee, Marvin Green, Josoph _ arker, Ldwin D. Morgan, ‘August ;ic\mll. W ¥, Thor, 0. Vandorbilt, Yrank Wors, Ohosw tet W, Chiapin, Wilism Q. Hunt, Goorgo Joucs, . Tivingston, Jumes Millikon, Lovi P, Mortody Goorge i, Maomford, O. 1L Pplmer, Georgo e Pullinwg, B, Suiford, Joliy rli;o#;x:gx;b&m{v Laylor, “Toryance, W. H. - B Vonsilyo, B B, Westog, Billiman Wit snd B D, Woreaslor. = A Singaelur Bovengc. Thoe Lawrouco (Mads.) Sentinel veys, iaa uumbor of imonths sinco & Haverluil g “fi rmu #ome ‘necommodation of tha Doston ¢ n’m- Tiond, but was rofaued. Thin sotion 80 Lo vokod himn that lo detormined to Fct nquu:‘n“yu BOMO means, und oy logtl, uOHCIME l\n:“ u\m was no draw fn tho railroad biidgo near to clty, he dotormined to put the Company to tho ‘fl: euse of buldiug one, 'So ho conuonced build- ug o schooner of nbout 200 tons at & point nbn) e the bridge, and now, as it 18 nnm'l‘y roady to Iaunch, o' will doou load it with logitimato freight, sail down to the bndfi’o, aud domand pas- 626, Which tho railroad pooplo wust graut bim, wiether or no, e Diumnus? Hangheorty Foriunce From the New York Herall, An unpublishied rommngo of Alexaidor Dumas' fathor fu known to uxist, and mmy ehuetly bo siven 10 tho publie. 1t hue o peenfinr history, uma, though ho racoived a proat desl ot monoy, novor rotained much, Atid ho wisiiod 1ato in lifa to provide foru third child, an illo: mato daughtor, who wan Hkoly to bo loft penni= loss In cuto of Lis doath, Ho wrote this 10- mauce, thatotara, for her forturo, sud gaskalkly sho {4 woll provid'ad for, $ | s