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I ESTABLISHED INSO. ) IJ. H. KSTILL Editor aud Proprietor, f GETTYSBURG’S CAMP FIRE FOES OF THE THIRD DAY’S FIGHT BURY ALL ANIMOSITY. Capt. Reeve of Pickett’s Division Urges a National Camp Fire on the Battle field and the Erection of a National Monument to American Valor—A Letter From the President and Sena tor Sherman. Gettvsbuho, Pa.. July 2.—About 500 survivors of the Sixty-ninth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second and One Hundred and sixth regiments, composing tho Philadelphia Bri gade which bore so conspicuous a part in tho third day’s fight at Gettysburg when con fronted by Pickett’s Division of the Con federate army, arrived here this afternoon. The welcome which they extended to the survivors of their old antagonists to-night was a warm one. Pick ett’s men were received at. the rnilroad station by the Philadelphias and escorted from the depot to the Eagle Hotel, where a stand-up lunch was given them, after which all made for tho county court house, where the first campfire of tile blue and gray upon the historic grounds of Gettysburg was held. CALLED TO ORDER. At 9 o'clock the meeting was called to order by John W. Frazier, who said: Ladies, Comrades and Friends: The high honor of calling this meeting to order has been assigned to me. This is, as you all know, the first fraternal nieeting of the blue and the grav thal has taken place on these grounds, and, standing beside the last resting place of the honored dead who here gave their last full measure of their devotion to the Union, r say to you that these fraternal meetings of the blue and the grey will do more to create aud maintain sincere and lasting fellowship among the people of the whole nation than anything else that has taken place since the war for the preservation of the Union ended, and I hope? to see them, as I believe they will be, held all along the line from Gettysburg to Vicksburg. Knowing well the feelings that prompted the meeting, I can truly say this fraternal meeting of the Philadelphia Pickett's divis ion will indeed prove “A union of hearts and union of hands, A union none can sever; A union of homes and a union of lands, Aud the Hag of our Union forever.” THE PRESIDISO OFFICER. I now have the pleasure of presenting Com rade \V. S. Stockton as presiding officer of this meeting, with the statement that to liim more than any other is due the credit of bringing it about. Col. Stockton utnon assuming the chair manship said that he thanked his comrades for the honor conferred upon him, and ho would take occasion simply to remark that he believed what was done and said here upon this fraternal gathering of the blue and grey would mark n new aud gratifying era in our country’s history. As presiding officer it was his pleasant duty to present Col. Charles H. Banes, President of the Philadelphia Brigade Association, who would extend a soldier’s welcome to foes in war, hut a warm, devoted and lasting friendship in peace. COL. BANES’ WELCOME. Col. Bancs stepped forward and said: Fellow Citizens and Members of Pickett’s Division of the Army of Northern Virginia— An honorable am! pleasing duty has been as signed to me by the Philadelphia brigade of the Second division, Second corps, Army of the Potomac. This veteran brigade of the Union army, composed of the Sixty-ninth, Seventy first, Seventy-second and One Hundred and Sixth regiments of Pennsylvania volunteers, upon more than one occasion during the dark hours of the republic encountered your peoDle in active warfare, and it fell to our lot to meet in hostile array and deadly conflict in what may be truly called the crisis of the battle of Gettysburg, within kight of the masses of the armies on that memorable afternoon of July 8, Ist Vi. The most wonderful intellectual gift that the beneficent Creator h;ts bestowed upon men Is the faculty of memory, power to recallirom the inner recess of the brain thoughts aud scenes that for years have lair, dormant and which in turn call ethers as they pass rapidly before the mind, bringing to mental view most vividly the panorama and scenes of this historic field. A STORY OF THE BATTLE. Col. Banes gave from memory a vivid and eloquent description of the battle, describing tho share of Pickett’s division in it as one of devotion, sacrifice and courage unsurpassed in the history of our country. He said: No thoughtful man can at this date read the history of the war or recall its memories and fail to see the hand of Divine Providence devel oping, through trial and discipline, that courage and tenacity for principle and patriotism which exalts and ennobles people. \\ ha' e dwelt for a few moments on the incidents of the battle for the reason that our associations compel the reference, but to-day as soldiers of a common country we meet as citizens of a united country. Old issues are dead and new ones confront us. We who have fought as blue and gray can discuss the past, if need be In the light of the present as travelers who, after perilous journeys aud conflicts by the way. Bet down on n mountain top and review the scenes through which they have passed and the dangers of the road over which they have journeyed. We welcome you to this historic field aud its memories with true soldierly greet ing. In the performance of this duty we would fail to honorably acquit ourselves did we not announce to you that the spontaneous move ntent of the Philadelphia brigade in the tender of this reception has the approval and practical support of our citizens of all classes and pur suits of life. WELCOME TO PICKETT'S MEN. And now it remains for me to say to you, men of Pickett's division, by the authority of this brlgude, association and its friends, that we ile sire that you will honor us during your stay at. Gettysburg by becoming our guests. We wel come you because you were brave soldiers in the war. We welcome you because you are true tatizeus in peace, and may our slay here he one Of pleasure to each of us and of fraternal greet ing that shall guide us to higher resolves .for the perpetuity of the constitution and the Union. to a manly determi nation as citizens to meet conscientiously and in four of God tne questions and issues •>! the hour, aud to such an abiding faith in the magnificent destiny of the republic as will lead each of us to trust that tho Almighty Being wit ) spoke from the cloud and pillar of fire tn the leader of Israel, saying: “Speak to the children of Israel that they go forward,” and who to-day is railing to us by Ills providence to higher anil nobler achievements in the cause of humanity and government of the people CAPT. REEVES' REPLY. Upon behalf of Pickett’s Veterans, Capt- C. P. Reeve, of Richmond, commander of Pickett's Division Association, responded ns follows: Friends and Comrades—l desire for myself and comrades to tender you our hear!felt tlianks for tile kind, cordial and lie-trty welcome extended us on this, an neoMsinti never to lie for gotten hy uh, hut cherished and remembered as a bright spot in the checkered pathway of life. If In the remarks winch I desire to make on a sub. Ject. on which I have thought much and felt deeply. I should be led to sav some things which might Water he left unsaid, attribute them to the warmth of toy feeling on the sub ject, Bear in mind that i a:u speaking In no representative capacity, but I um solely re sponsible for the sentiments I utter. Perhaps some of you have seen an article in the New York HtralJ on the subject of a Union monu ment to !>e erected on Spottsfleld by Hancock's and Pickett's divisions which should Is* national in its character, not commemorative of any particular division "f either army, but to the memory of the deed of both armies, a menu fnent of American valor ami magnanimity: a monument which would stand as a pledge of per petual union, sbmvii'g that we amfc to do honor to our dead; a pledge of petpetual reconcilia tion, it* shaft pointing upward, calling upon heaven to wltucus our reconciliation and re newed covenant that a tit her of us would ever She illuming iXrtus. pass it to harm the other, and saying, in the language of the Scripture, “The Lord watch be tween thou and us." THE PICKETT MONUMENT. Soon after the publication of the article re ferred to, a committee wa sent on here to make suitable arrangements for the erection of a monument to Pickett's Division on the battle field of Gettysburg. Failing in this, rny com rades of Pickett's Division have decided, and I think properly, to place their monument to our dead on Gettysburg Hill in our own beautiful hollywood, where they may rest in peace till awakened bv the sound or tlie lust trumpet to meet Him who will give them righteous judg ment. Peace to their ashes! They gave their lives for a cause they deemed sacred, and mor tal can do no more. There, too, I hope to rest when life's duties are ended, in the bosom of my dear native State, loved and honored since I have loved and honored anything, never more than in her adversity; prouder or my heritage as a free born son of Virginia than to have inherited a crown in any other land* proud of her history, filled as it is with a record of heroic men; proud of her heroes, who have illustrated American valor; proud of her states men, who have shaped the destinies of this mighty nation; proud of her orators, whose eloquence has thrilled the nation when freedom was the theme; proud of her course in the late struggle; proud of her efforts to preserve peace and avert the awful calamities brought upon us by the war, au effort so insistent that those who know her not said sneeringly tliat she could not lx* kicked out of the Union; proud of her when, failing to secure honorable j>eaee, fully count ing the cost, she bared her lK>som to the strife, deeming, if need be, all well lost in the bright path of duty and honor* proud of her sons who rallied to her side, and tor four years l>eat back the pitiless storm of war hurled upon her, exhibiting to the world examples of heroic fortitude worthy of the mother that gave them birth; proudest of all that when worn out an< I exhausted by their victories the shattered remnant w ere comindled to yield to overwhelming numbers ana reserves, they grounded their arms and turned themselves to the task of rebuilding the waste places and re storing their mother State to the proud position she bad ever held in the front rank. Such are my sentiments, honestly entertained and freely expressed, and what shall I say for those my comrades, endeared by privations shared, hard ships endured, ami dangers encountered. DEAD ON MANY BATTLEFIELDS. Scarcely is there a battlefield from Bull Run to Appomattox on which some dear to me did not crow n with their lives their devotion to their native State. Dear comrades, honored os men, loved as companions, cold in death will ray heart be ere I cease to love aud honor you. Yet my heart is large enough to embrace my whole country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the kikes to the gulf, to rejoice in her prosperity, to glory in her greatness, to feel a thrill oi pride when her course is as glorious as her might is re sistless, when her magnanimity equals her power, and to you, gentlemen of Gettysburg, let me say this is an opportunity to display a magnanimity worthy of this great nation. Leave to time, the touch-stone which tries all human action, the question of right and wrong involved. Let the future historian, prob ably yet unborn, try the cause, and posterity will render a verdict which is apt to. be just. To them k*t us leave it. Its deeds have been •lone, its drama closed, but for our country there remains a future. We, too, are making history. A NATIONAL REUNION. If this occasion, being in the interest of peace and reconciliation, wdll till a bright page in that history, wit h what lustre would that ouc shine which would record a similar reunion, national in its character, in w hich should be buried all rancor and hatred, from which W 6 could go forth not merely citizens,blit friends and brothers animated by one aim—the greatness and glory of our common country. Adopt in its true spirit the union monument suggested, and with magnanimity broad enough to embrace our whole country, dojp enough to bury in oblivion the bitterness and hate or past strife, build on the spot suggested a monument to immortalize American valor and demonstrate American magnanimity. Let the whole country join with the national government and every State in the Union complete it if possible by the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle. Send out your invitations, ana my word for it, Gettys burg will w itness such a gathering as the whole world has seldom seen. Its hills and valleys, dotted with white tents, not filled with angry combatants and ready to hurl each other to destruction, but with the highest type of Ameri can manhood, ready to join hands in a true and hearty reconciliation which shall make us again a united and happy people. Do this and w rite the name of American higher on the roll of true fame than you could have done had you been able to write yourselves victorious on every bat tlefield of the war. I cannot hut believe that this suggestion will commend itself to good men everywhere in our broad laud, and if prop erly carried out will do more to restore true friendship in the sections than any other one thing which could be done. Let us, my coun trymen, embrace th** opportunity and make one page in American history which shall shine w ith a lustre unsurpassed by any recorded since the world began. COL. m’clure’s address. Upon the conclusion of Capt. Reeves’ speech Col. Banes introduced Col. Alexander K. McClure, of Philadelphia, who had been chosen to extend a welcome from tho citi zens of Philadelphia particularly, and from the Htate of Pennsylvania generally, to the Virginians. Col. McClure said: After the more than fraternal greeting so elo quently expressed bv the representatives of the survivors of the Phiiadelpnia brigade and of llckett's division, ir is au easy task to speak for the city of brotherly love and for the Key stone State late of the Federal arch in hearty sympathy with the peace and brother hood which mark this notable reunion. Twenty four years ago your mutual heroism consecrated this ground to unfading immor tality. The shock iu which your respective com mand.'. met wo*' the bloodiest of all the many sanguinary conflicts of our oi\il strife, and in its issue tremoled the issue of the decisive battle of the w ar. It ranks with Thermopylae in desper ate courage, but the heroism of the warriors of . whose inexecrahle spartan laws made defeat dishonor, regardless of position or num bers, pales before tne volunteer soldiers of Han cock aud Pickett, who willingly dared and died for their convictions. It was a strange, Rad conflict; men of the same race and of the same heroic traditions, sovereign in framing the same laws, met in a death struggle to solve the great civil problem which hud vexed our most enlightened and patriotic statesmanship for three quarters of a century. The ignorant, inconsiderate and dis honest say that it was causeless, that it was precipitated by babbling demagogues who ride in the tempt'st, but no such eaise could have l ulled millions of the most intelligent. |*eaeo leving slid generous people of the world to four years of fraternal war. IRRECONCILABLE THEORIES. There were agitators and demagogues who hastened the war, as there are agitators and demagogues who have hindered peace since the war ended, hut there were irreconcilable theories k*ft unsettled in the foundation of the govern ment, which ri|>ened in intensity and enlarged in interest until a peaceful solution w as no longer possible. A less heroic people could have avoided our civil war, but with each citizen a sovereign, the bravest and noblest of all the iieople the earth bad. the only choice waa lx** ween dismemberment of the Union or its jarring pillars, cemented by arbitrament of the sword. Never did opposing armies accept bat tle with sterner purpose. Every shotted gun hoarsely thundered the faith or the warriors who employed it in the harvest of death. Every church of every belief iu the North and South sent up fervent prayers to the same Goo for tho triumph of their resix ctive flags, and In like manner called for thanksgiving and pi*ul*e when victory came to either. Every pulpit appealed to the* patriot ism of the people in tne name* of the ruler of the nation to sustain tho cau ie of its suction as a holy duty, rind from every battlefield came heart felt thanks from victor and abiding faith in the supplication from the vanouisheel. Ail from the same altar to the same Jehovah. GRANT S MAGNANIMITY. Both could not triumph and at Appomattox came the Judgment of the final arbiter that the national Unkm shall be indissoluble and that national sovereignty shall be omnipotent with in the limitations of its own fundamental law, and from Appomattox came the promise not only of peace, but of brotherhood. It, carno to I North and Louth from the great captain of tho conflict, hero and victor in war, he was no less ; hero and victor in paice Of the shattered legions of lan* not one | left that historical field the enemy of Grant. I He did more than conquer an army. He con quered and gathered as the greenest laurels of hi* v.jtory the love of the Confederate w arrior, I and the respect of the South for the Union SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1887. against which its sons hai so valiantly battled when presented to the nation as a candidate for the highest civil trust of the world. His battle cry that answered those who reveled in the turbulence of hate was—“ Let us have peace." Among his earliest appointments when called to the Presidency was a Lieutenant of Lee under whose eye the memorable charge of Pickett's division was made, and later in his ad ministration a Confederate soldier and states men sat in his Cabinet. PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD, Thus came peace and brotherhood under the inspiration of the Victor of victors in our bloody civil strife, and his testament comes from Haro* toga’s shaded mount l>equeathiug fraternal love and national unity to the Blue and Grav. Well may civilian welcome in a hearty minion now the silvered and furrowed survivors of the deadly conflict on Cemetery Hill when such illustrious teaching and example command it, and I you, in the name of the great North, now inseparably interwoven with the great South in sj’mpatny, in interest and in fellowship. Free government is stronger at home and mightier abroad to-day because of the wounds of the civil war, and our children and our chil dren's children will turn to its sacrifices, its sor rows and its irresistible judgments as the surest guarantee that “government of the people, by the people and for the people" shall not perish from the earth. Col. William R. Aylefct, who succeeded Gen. Armistead as commander of the brig ade upon the death of Gen. Armisted, hav ing been chosen to respond on behalf of the Htate of Virginia to Pennsylvania’s wel come, said: Brothers and Sisters of the Keystone State, Comrades of the Great Battle Field— My Countryman All\ We are here today as friends and kindred of a common country, sent to you by the Old Bom inion as an expression of her love and confidence. When your invitation reached us it touched our hearts in a tender Elaco. and the speech of welcome which as just been delivered so eloquently is worthy of the orator and great State ana city which he represents. Not only do we receive and shall ever treasure the noble sentiments of Col. McClure as the voice of Pennsylvania and her clpef city, but also of those brave men who met us here twenty-four years ago with valor that we could not overcome, and who meet us here to-night with the loving welcome so dear to us and to our people. a tribute to the press. Not only do we cherish the sentiments so nobly expressed, so warm and true from the hearts or our brethren of the North, but remem beiing the avocation ar.d profession of the gifted speaker, we hear in loud tones the voice of the great American press—that power mightier than armies or navies, mightier than the swords of kings - on wh se supporting arm the Goddess of Liberty leans and whose daily utterances proclaim that peace, friendship and love once more hind the American people with the golden bands of indissoluble and j>erpetual union: the press, whoso thousand tongues none can silence, whose champions “All nnbribed at freedom's altar stand. Faithful and firm, bright wardens of the land." Yes, my countrymen, the prass and the brave and generous soldiers of our land have brought this night, ami these scenes to pass. All honor and love to both. We come as survivors of a , great battle, which illustrated the greatness and glory of the American people, and dropping the curtain over the past, we hail you as our brothers and sisters with all that love and pride which must ever thrill the hearts of all good and true citizens of tho continent of the free common wealths. HATRED BURIED. No more does that spirit animate us which once hurled our bodies against those iin pregnable heights—thank God, no more forever We nave come forth from the baptism of blood and Are, in which we were consumed, as repre sentatives of the new South, and we have long years ago ceased to bear in our Iwarts any residuum of the feelings born of the conflict. L)ici an unmanly feeling linger in our bosoms, we would not be here to-day to grasp tho hands of those who have met us with a brother's greeting, and a brother's love. Above the ashes left by the war and over the tombs of secession and A flic; in slavery we have created anew empire and built a temple to Ameri can liberty in which you and I can worship together, and over it we have run up the star spangled banner, and we cling to ft with all that ancient love which should ever dwell in the hearts of men and women from the lands of George Washington and William Penn. I utter it as a sentiment that comes welling up from every bosom of Virginia and the South, that a man who would re kindle again that feeling which filled our land with death and tears, and grief and mourn ing. with graves and suffering, is not only un worthy of tuo high title of an American citizen, but even of that, of a human being, and should find no home or friends on earth or in heaven. LET POLITICIANS BE SILENT. Ijet no politician, for selfish and unworthy purposes, fan the dead embers of fratricidal .strife, but let tho great, warm ;uid generous heart of our nation, with the throb of the ocean, as if moved by all the tempests of God's whole universe, speak its thundered condemnation of any effort ro vile,wicked and unworthy. No such lessons are taught to me by. the lives or deeds of Lincoln or Grant, or come to as as echoes from their sacred tombs. Oh, my country, what a calamity was it for the South when the assassin's bullet struck down Abraham Lincoln. Jn tho midst of all the bloody tempest he still had a soft place in his great neart for us, and now that the storm has passed and passion has subsided, who of the South does not love and revere bis memory and the mem ory of the great captain who was kind and mag nanimous in the hour of victory at Appomattox, who said to Lee: “Let your men take their horse* home to make bread,*' who, when he had triumphed, said: ‘diet us have peace." and who. in his dying hour, said that the greatest happi ness he felt was to see good feeling springing up between the North aud South There is not a true man South to-day but who finds as if he would like to stand at the tombs of Lincoln and Grant, to plant a flower there and to water it with u manly tear. THE BATTLE FLAGB. 11l the presence of a feeling like this, too sacred and deep for utterance, what matters it who shall keep tho battle flags. They passed into your hands in brave and manly combat, untouched by dishonor, after a baptism in blood that made the gray Jacket a mant lo of glory, and we arc ns willing your peopJA should keep them as ours. They are in the hands of our government and brethren, to whom our honor should lx* as dear .as their own. Never again will our old battle flags wave in strife. They have gone down forever, but t hey went down In glory and in honor. They arc dead, and we love and follow alone now the living flag which floats from Key West to Behring Straits, from Bunker Hill to San Francisco. As we look at the banner of our country floating yonder wo only that since the birth of our nation it has Ix-eu the emblem of liberty ami tho refuge of the op pressed. Tbit southern and Northern men bore It in triumph from Saratoga to York town, from Lundy*' Lane to New Orleans, and that a* uiuted brethren we floated it over the walls of Tripoli aud the halls of the Moiitezum&s; we forget that it was ever borne agaiust us. ONE PEOPLE. And as we see around us men of the North who have come down Boutli and made our, homes their homos, and our people their people, w- hail to-day and henceforth all Americans everywhere as brothers, and claim that our home and kindled extend from sturdy Maine and the grand old Buy State to where the gentle bree/e sighs through the* orange groves of Florida, from where the Mississippi, rather of Waters, lieavos his mighty bosom to the great lakes, from the great lakes to the Pacific, where the renubltcaa Colossus holds In his benumbed grasp the icebergs of the Arctic, aud there, in sight of the continent of Asia, proclaims a ixvipleuoited for all time and great in all th triumphs of the Anglo Saxon race Buried and sunk out of sight forever be the bitter memories of war and tne griefs and sorrows oi the North and South. If we recall them at all let it be in dream, poetry n:id homage England remembers today the wai of the re**** and the rival houses of York and Lancaster. A glorious and imperishable record of valor and renown, writ ten u|Kn the highest rolls of fame by both North and Kouf n and claimed as a common privilege and joint offering for all time to come by the whole American people and their latest posterity. OUR NOBLE WOMEN. But while speaking of the deeds and glories of our men, let not the deeds of our women be for gotten. Oh, who can tell of*heir agony, suffer ing and self-sacrifice. I see them now hovering both in your hospitals and ours. Like the bright and beautiful angel of grace and mercy, ready to conduct the departing spirits to paradise Mother, dung iter, slater, w ife, sweetheart, they fanned the r *vered cheek, bathed the fevered brow. bedewed with their tears the couches of dying heroes, wafted llieir souls to heaven with their sighs and prayers, and put flowers over their graves; aud they could lx* as brave as men, too, when It was necessary. Why, the bravest woman l ever saw was a Pennsylvania girl, who defied Pickett’s whole division while we marched through a little towu called Ureencustle. she bad on a United States Hag as an apron, which she defiantly waved up and down as our columns passed by her and dared us to take it from her, and there was not one man of us who dared do so. Struck by her courage and loyalty, Pickett, with hat off, gave her the mili tary salute. PRESENTED ARMS. My regiment presented arms and we cheered her with u good old fashioned relxd yell, which some of you boys have doubtless heard. God bless the true and bravo litUo woman, and she was as level}' as she was hrtive. Would thnt she were here to-day that I might, iu admiration of her pluck and truth, grasp the hand of that splendid and glorious type of American womanhood. She deserves a place by the side of those Carthage niau maidens who cutoff their tresses as how strings to send their lovers' ar rows hissing to the Roman heart. In coming here to-night of course there are some sad thoughts mingled with our joys. Oh, what a slaughter of American manhood and valor there was on that day on your side aud on our's. What would wet not give if we could re call back to life your men and our's, who bo nobly fell on that fatal field. It Is not for me to speak of their mighty valor. History has recorded it in undying words and forms aud colors. Would that that grand and heroic son of Pennsylvania, Hancock, the su|>erb, were here to day. Would that Meade, and McClellan, and Reynolds, and Sedgewick were here to night, and that the Virginian, George H. Thomas, the Hannibal of your army of Tennessee, and above all. would that Lincoln and Grant were here to see this noble sight of brotherly love and heavenly hospitality, ljn coin and Grant, the men who guided and di rected the storm, aud who, when its fury was spent, was ready to say: “Peace be still''to the boisterous wiuds and raging waters. DIXIE'S HEROES. Were they here we would join with you in doing them honor, for as Americans we now claim an interest iu their glory and their graves; aud who among you—warm, generous, kind, hospitable, and full of brotherly love as you have shown yourselves—will grudge to us or to Virginia the proud honor, or to tue Union that rich contribution of Virginia glory when at the roll call of our illustrious and mighty, dead to the names of Wnshiugtou, Henry, Mason. .IclTer son, Madison, Marshal] aud Monroe we shall ask to add the iiiunm of Robert E. Lee, of Stonewall .Jackson, of J. E. B. Stuart, aud George E. Pickett, glorious representatives of that Virginia truth, and valor, aud loyalty which propped the reeling fortunes of the revo lution of litfi and bore the flag of victory, flow ing like a heavenly meteor, from Boston to Yorktown. Mv dear countrymen, let none but great-, and noble and kind words, thoughts and feelings henceforth animate us or survive the great and bitter trials of the American people. Let us with love, aympatlty and reverence too deep for expression respect the sufferings and repair the Injuries we have inflicted upon each other. Let us tread lightly by each soldier's grave, whether from North or South, for he was an American brother, dying for Ids convic tions. nati'he'b great heart. lA-t us imitate the example aud follow the teachings of Nature's great heart, who iu win ter spreads the impartial mantle of her snow on every soldier's grave, In the spring puts green sod and flowers upon each humble mound, in autumn decks all alike with the russet and golden splendors of her falling leaves, and in theilewH by night and showers by day waters them with her tears and by the smiling sunshine of heaven warms their cold bosomH with the rays of eternal light direct from the centre of the universe. Let us thank God that “grim visaged war has smoothed his wrinkled front," and that peace spreads her blessed wings over our land, that as one nation wefollowbut one flag and that but one destiny awaits the American people, anil as loug as Bunker Hill and Yorktown shall lift their ljeights towards heaven above the watery main, so long will Virginia and the Month gratefully remember and cherish this night's work, and w elcome, standing here near the groat battle field, enriched by the best blood of the North and South. With the stars of heaven us our witnesses on the soil of the dear old Keystone State, the historic arch of Union, the great State whose bells -first rang out in the City of Brotherly I,ove the birth of American liberty on the morning of the revolution. 1 pledge you with my hand, and my heart g'ies lovingly and grate fully with my hand, that Virginia and Pennsyl vania, as in the days of yorv, forever locked in loving embrace, in peace and in war, iu sun shine and in storm, will forever bear aloft the stars and stripes, and stand by the Union of our forefathers until the morning of the resur rection. OTHER SPEECH MAKERS. Speeches were also made itv Gen. W. F. ;TVudy) Smith, Gen. Joshua T. Owen, Gen. 1.-sac *\ Wistar, Col. John H. Laggart, and others for the “Blue,” and by Col. Churlee T. Loehr, Secretary of Pickett's Division Association; Col. J. F. Crocker, Col, Robert M, Stribling, Dr. J A. Marshall, Col. Tinolemn Smith, Col. Kirk Otey and oth ers on behalf of the “Gray.” John W. Frazier, Secretary of the Commit tee of Arrangements, stated that letters of regret had been received from the Presi dent and his Cabinet, from Senator Sher man, Gov. Fitzhugh Lee. Hon Edwin M. Fitler, Mayor of Philadelphia, Gen. Lewis Wagner, lion. George Vv. Childs, George William Curtis, Charles A. Dana. Gen. D. H. Hastings, Adjutant General of Pennsyl vania; Gibson Peacock and others, two of which—one from the President and the other from Senator Sherman—ho would read: THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER. President Cleveland’s letter isnsfoliows: r.XKovTivi Mansion, I Washington, Juno 24, IHH7. f I have received your invitation to attend, as a guest of the Philadelphia Brigade, a reunion of the ex-Confederate soldiers of. Pickett's Divi sion. who survived their terrible charge at Get tysburg, and those of the Union army still living by whmn it was heroically restated. Tue fraternal meeting of these soldiers upon s battle held where twenty-four years ago in deadly fl ay they fiercely sought each others' lives, where they saw their comradea fall and where all their thoughts were of vengeance and de struction. will Illustrate the general impulse of the brave and their honest desire for peace and reconciliation. The friendly assault there to lie mode will be resistless because in spired by American chivalry; and Its result will he glorious, because conquered hearts will be its trophies of success. Thereafter this hattlelleld will be ms tented by a vliriorjr whieb shall presage the end of the bitterness of strife, exposure of their sincerity which cnncoaL hatred by profes sions of kludness, condemnation of frenzied up peals to paaslou for unworthy purposes, aud the nesting down of nil that stands Iu the wav of the destiny of our un ted Coho try While thoae who (ought and who have so much to forgive lead In the pleusatit ways of peace, how wicked appears t raffle in sectional hate and be trayal of patriotic sentiment! It surely cannot be wrong to desire settled quiet which lights for our entire country the path to prosperity aud greatness. Nor need the lessons of the war be forgotten and its results jeopardised m a wish for that genuine fraternity woich insures national pride and glory I s lould h*- very glad to accept your invitation hu i lie with you at this Interesting reunion, but other arrangements already made and my offi cial duties here will prevent my doing so. Hoping that the occasion will be as successful and uf fill as its promoters can desire. I am. yours very truly, Grover Opevti.and. SENATOR SHERMAN’S REGRETS. Senator Sherman’s letter reads: Makskield, 0., June Yt, IW. Your note of June 1". Inviting me to he pres ent as a guest of the Philadelphia Brigade at Gettysburg on the Un I, Urd and 4th days of July next, to attend the reunion of the surviving members of that brigade, and of Plckott'sdivis ion of the Confederate urtw, is received It would give tue pleasure to witness so interesting an event, but an engagement made here for tho Fourth of July will not permit Such a reunion on the battle bold of Gettysburg of opposing ' forces so distinguish- <1 for courage, heroism and great losses will be a striking and hopeful evidence of the respect that brave soldiers always cherish for gallant enemies, and of lessening the animosi ties of the war. The Union soldiers readily and heartily acknowledged the courage aud honesty of purpose of the Confederate soldier*, aad this feeling is, I believe ns readily reciprocated bv them There should he no enmity or preju dice between them, and now that all alike feel that an indestructible union lands us together there should be a cordial and hearty fellow ship between the “hlue and the gray.” But this feeling should he accompanied by a sincere and hearty desire to preserve for future ages the beneficent results of the war. In this the South, as well as the North, Is deeply Interested. It was to preserve the Union and to secure all the blessings of liberty that the wur was waged and won. Upon this basis there would be no longer a danger line between the Union aud Confederate soldiers, or Northern and Southern citizens, but the courage and pa trloMsm of lioth would he the common pride aud heritage of the American people I sin cerely trust the reunion proposed will he an im portant step tow ards so desirable a result. Very truly yours. John Shkbman. Sergt. Charles T. Loehr, Secretary of Pickett's Division Association, was mainly instrumental in bringing his Southern friends to Gettysburg after the refusal of the Gettysburg Memorial Association to permit them to erect their monument where Gen. Armisted fell. He has worked day and night for months to mako the Southern end of the reunion a success. Williams. Stockton,JohnW. Frazier,A. W. McDermott, Hugh MoKeever, William G. Mason, John E. Roily, John L. Bowers. Julius Allen,William Prior and Col. Charles 11. Rain's wen' most active in bringing about the reunion from the Philadelphia end of the line, the firjit five named having been working the matter up for more than six months. The happiest lilt of all was the combination blue and gray badge of the California regiment and Seventy-first of • the Pennsylvania lino. AN ANIMATED SCENE. Gettysburg present* a gay and animated Boenu to-night- Everything is decorated with Hags, evergreens and bunting. The streets arc brilliantly illuminated and thronged with thousands of people. Dur and ing the day visitors arrived on all trains, when the Philadelphia Brigade arrived at ti o’clock with 2,000 more the hotels and boarding houses over flowed and quarters were as hard to find as they wore twenty-four years ago to-night. At 8 o’clock Airs. Gen. Pickett arrived, accompanied by her son, and was immediately driven to Spring’s Hotel. After securing quarters the Philadelphia brigade, escorted by the Grand Army Band of Gettysburg, marched to tho Harrisburg depot to receive their guests. ARRIVAL OF THE VIRGINIANS. At 8 :.8o o'clock a ringing cheer from the Philadelphia brigade, promptly and heartily answered by the well-known reliel yell, nu nouneed that the visitors bad arrived, and 200 of Picket t’s veterans marched out and surrendered themselves to the hospitality of their friends. As the procession moved along Chambersburg street to the public square, cheers and applause greeted it at every step. The Con federates, who were armed with rockets, discharged them ns they marched along proudly bearing the stars and stripes in their midst, the only flag iu line, and re sponded heartily to the greetings with their peculiar battle yell, so well known here, to the great delight of tho assembled crowds. FACE TO FACE. When the procession reached Centre square the Union and Confederate lines were drawn up faring each other tho Con federates stepped forward, saying— “ Here we are once more together." “Let us shake hands." “I/*t as trade Coffee.” The bands played “Way Down South in Dixie,’’ fireworks lit up tho sky, and all tho people cheered. At i1:35 o’clock the proces sion moved to the court house, where a camp fire was held. The doors were thrown open and the band entered, followed by Pickett’s men. They proceeded to the front and seated themselves in chairs In a few min utes the building was filled to overflowing and standing room could not lie obtained. MRS. PICKETT CHEERED. When all was ready Agent Burns assisted Mrs. Gen. Pickett to the stand, anil amid tremendous cheers,Vhich shook tho building introduced her and her son to the audience. .She was visibly affected, and with difficulty restrained tears. Whenever Gen. Pickett's name was mentioned the cheering was tremendous. When Col. Ayelett, becoming exeited and branching off somewhat from his prepared oration, mentioned the flag of the Union the whole audience arose and shouted itself hoarse. As soon as tho President’s letter was read Gen. Burns jtimi>eil up and proposed three cheers for the President of the United States, these were given standing aud with telling effect. ___ SHERMAN GOING WEST. He Denies that He Said Blaine is Not a Presidential Candidate. Pittsburg, Pa., July 2. —Senator Sher man passed through this city this morning en route from the East for iiis home in Ohio. In an interview ho emphatically denied the statements aland Mr. Blaine credited to him in the New York interview published in this morning’s papers. Said he: “I was not interviewed in New York. What appears in the morning papers was manufactured. I was in a room at a hotel where a number of gentlemen ware talking, but I was not interviewed. I never said Mr. Blaine was not a candi date for tho Presidency. I don’t know whether he is a candidate or not, and certainly would not make such a statement unless I did. Nor did I say anything about his giving himself up to literature. Mr. Blaine and I are the best of frionds, and it is unkind to put words into my mouth that I never uttered. Some politicians says that he may not have the same element of sup port In New York that he hud during tne last campaign. As regards interviewing all I ask is to be let alone.” “Is the rebel flag question likely to be re viewed during the next Presidential cam paign?” “It wi; c rbe forgotten. It will rise up during tl. v u camjiaign and will likely play un impo; taut part in it. I can't say what were the moti’es of President Cleve land in issuing the order for the return of the flags. It may have be.'n carelessness but it was a serious question that should have been handled very cautiously.” Attributed to Prohibition. Chicago, July 2.—A special from St. Joseph, Mo., says: The closing of the sa loons in Atlchison has cut off a most, prof it able source of revenue amounting to thou sands of dollars a year, anti as a result the city has not revenue to keep going. Ym tenlay the police force, with Hie exception of the marshal and one officer were sus pended from duty. The Mayor ba* notified the firemen that their services will be dis pensed with. The gas and electric lights will also b© shut off to-day. A Cyclone in Indiana. Chicago, July 2.—A stsvial from Fore* man Ind.. says: A little cyclone passed over tuts place from the urmthwest yester day. The wost side of Hot*t & Fotiseinan's general store was stove in and several other building* were Lully damaged. James Kendal’s bouse near here was struck by lightning Rain ami hall accompanied the wind. There was great excitement but no- Itody wgs hurt. Gen. Lawton at Vienna. Vienna, July 2—Gen. Lawton, the new United States Minister to Austria, ha arrived here. STATEHOOD FOR UTAH. Democrats and Republicans Oppose the Mormon Movement. Salt Lake, July 2.--J. 11. Rosborough, chairman of the Democratic Territorial Committee of Utah, and William H. James, chairman of the Republican Territorial Committee, have Issued a public address in reference to the movement for Statehood in Utah. The address refers to the fact that, both the Republican und Democratic parties in Utah refused to participate in the con vention, and adds: ‘‘The whole affair is a church party movement, conducted solely by members of the Mormon church to ol> tain for it Statehood. The earnest private solicitation of many of them failed to induce a single non-Mormon to become a delegate. All the non-Mormons in Utah oppose the movement as insincere, and fraught with serious consequences if successful.” TUB CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. The Utah Constitutional Convention of seventy-five delegates has been in session since Thursday. The constitution adopted in 1883 is made the basis of the new const! tat ion. The committee of thirteen ap pointed by the President, John T. Caine, Delegate to Congress, has tx-en diligently at work amending the old document and framiug new sections. The most Important changes so far reported are provisions in t he bill of rights declaring entire separation of church and State, ana establishing minority representation. It is declared that there shall be no union of church and State, nor shall any church dominate the State, but the right to worship God according to the dic tates of conscience shall never be infringed, nor shall uny person be compelled to sup port any form of worship, nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience l>e permitted, nor any preference be permitted by law to ati v religious estab lishment or mode of worship. The rights of minorities are to lie preserved inviolate. Other important additions to the constitu tion are expected. The convention will take a recess to celebrate the Fourth of July. IRELAND’S SUFFERING. English Laborers to Investigate the State of Affairs. London, July 2. —In the Parliament try election to fill the vacancy in the Spnlding division of Lincolnshire, the Gladstoninns havo gained a seat. Viscount Kilooursie, ex-Vice Chamber lain, and at present Liberal member of the House of Commons for South Somerset shire, is arranging to send a deputation of English laborers to investigate for them selves the condition of Irish lalxirers and report the trutli as the deputation finds it to the laborers of Great Britain. GLADSTONE SPEAKS. Sir Joseph Pease gave a banquet, at his house to-night, in honor of Mr. Gladstone, who made a long speech, which was chiefly un elaborate criticism of the spyches of Lord Hartington at Manchester arid Black burn. In his ojientug he referred to the R|xilding victory which, he said, showed the .value of faith and patience in the present crisis. Lord Hartington hud said that the crisis was a serious and grave one, and iu this opinion Mr. Gladstone agreed with him. Parliament was not even allow ed to discuss the question of home rule, hut was confined to consideration of the Coercion bill. Lord Hartington had [imposed a grand committee to con sider the Irish question, but had excluded therefrom the Irish commoners. He (Gladstone) only expected to be able to say whut, would satisfy the Irish people. It was imperative that the government submit to Parliament proposals relative to Ireland. If they conceded to Ireland manage ment of her own affaire, the Liberal party would frankly and fairly consider their proposals. Ireland, be said, was stronger now on the home rule quint.ion than ever. First, her constituen cies under the Lilieral franchise act hail a voice. Second, the elected members,were able to speak their country’s wishes. Third, an everlasting force in England was in favor of borne rule. Dublin, July 2.—Michael Davitt has started to stump Scotland on the Irish question. He will afterward go on a stump ing tour through Loudon and the north of England. FIRED ON BY A GATLING GUN. A Break for Liberty Costa Two Con victs Their Lives. Kan Francisco, July 2.—An attempt was made by several prisoners to escape from the Htntc prison at Folsotn this after noon. The convicts were employed outside the wails, and on one of their number mak ing a break for liberty he was followed by four others. The guard fired several shots without effect, and then fearing that a serious attempt would lx- made by all the convicts to get uway opened on the Hoeing men with a gulling gun. One convict was instantly killed and another received three fatal wounds. This ended the emuete and all the convicts ran for cover inside the prison Rates. . SONORA’S EARTHQUAKES. Three Hundred Shocks Felt Since May, but No Volcanoes Found. El Paso, Tex., July 2. —Heavy earth quakes continue at Bavispe, in the Mexican State of Sonora, 250 miles southwest of this place. J. J. Denver, a minor, one of half a down Americans there, has just arrived here und brings the first detailed and authentic report of the earthquake, lie says over :Ki shocks have occurred since May 3. On the dav he left Bav ispe, June 25, two shocks were felt, one of which was heavy enough to crack the walls of houses. He says he has thoroughly explored the country and that there is no volcano within at least sixty miles of ■Bavispe. WANTS TO BE A GUITEAU. The Police Arrest a Crank Who Seeks the Preslden*''? Life. Washington, July 3.—The police have taken into custody Benedict Krebs, a crank, who is under the impression that the Presi dent has defrauded him of a vast sum of money and who bus been threatening to kill President Cleveland with u shotgun when he attends church. Krebs is held at the station for u medical examination of his mental condition. Anglo-American Arbitration. London, July 2.—-Over 100 English,Scotch and Welsh members of the House of Com mons have signed a memorial to the Presi dent and Congress of the United State* in favor of referring all Anglo-American dis pute* to arbitration for settlement. It is probable that a deputation of members of the House of Commons will he sent to Wash ington to present the memorial to Mr. Cleveland. Bolton's Riotous Strikers. 1 London, July 2. —The strike among the' Bolton factory hands has reached an acute phase, The men who went to Bolton to take the place* of the striker* quit In a ho ly to-day, and one Ann closed its lnill* because . of rioting against it and threw 1.500 baud* I out of work None of these were connect**! j with the striker*. To-day ten rioters were sent to prison for a month I I PRICE am A YEAR. I ) a CENT# A COPY, f EUROPE FULL OF FEAR. RUSSO GERMAN RELATIONS GROW ING WORSE DAILY. Teutonic Papers Urging Their Coun trymen Not to Invest In Russian Se curities The Czar Evidently De termined to Drive all German In fluence Out of His Empire. [Copyright 1887 by the New York Associated Press. 1 Berlin, July 2. —A move will be at tempted in the direction of abolishing the protectionist system. The advantage of free trade is found in the Hungarian com merce returns, which show that three fourths of the total oxiKirts last year went to Austria, where there was no custom* barrier. It is evident that the accession of tht. Rouvier Cabinet has failed to fullfil the ex pectations of improved relations between France and Germany. PERSECUTIONS IN FRANCE. French persecution of foreigners is again a subject of comment by the German press. The North German Gazette reprints an article from the National Zeitung, from which the following is an abstract: “Whut will seemingly justify the Eurojxian gov ernments in refusing to enter the Paris exhibition is the persecution of foreigners not only Germans, but the German speaking Swiss and Austrians. Even Englishmen ara the objects of rude and incessant attacks by the French press, and m numerous cases ara molested and maltreated. It is absurd to invite is-opie they hate to partici|Hite in their exhibition, and unless a cliange occurs the absurdity will be reflected in tne fate of tlie exhibition.” The Cologne Gazette publishes a procla mation w hich it says the patriotic league has lieen trying to circulate in Alsace-Lor raine. BOULANGER’S PLAN. The Gazette again asserts that Gen. Bi iu langer before his deposition from the War Ministry really intended a coup d’etat, and was only prevented from carrying out his designs by Gen. Kuussier. No action bus Ixxm taken in regal'd to the release of Herr Koechlin, one of the con victed members of the French Patriotic League, and neither side seems willing to take the initiative iu the matter. The Cross Gazette say’s it would be im possible for Germany to proceed first in thd matter, as that would in France be con sidered us an act of feebleness on her part, KLEIN’S TRIAL FOR TREASON. In the trial of Herr Klein for treason, in supplying the Freuch with intelligence con cerning German fortresses, which com mence* ftt Leipsic Monday, thirteen wit nesses and four experts nave been sub pcenaed. The trial will be conducted iq public by special order of the government. Evidence will Ixi intrixjurwd to prove that Klein bad been in receipt of a monthly salary of 200 marks from the French gov ernment. The relations between Germany and Rus sia are imanning incomprehensible. While there is a seeming concord betweeu the two courts, a war of extermination against everything German is even increasing in Russia. Thin action on the part of Russia results in intense bitteimess against that country in Berlin, where th leading journals talk of reprisals and self-defense. Tbo first symp tom of this feeling has been an outcry against Germans investing in Russian stocks, the Cross Uazette and Cologne Gazette urguing that a government which virtually expropriates foreigners will not hesitate lo defraud its creilitors if war fur nishes the necessary pretext. STILL MORIS ALARMING. The semi official organ, the Post , is still more alarming. It says that In the event of war with Germany, which many influen tial persons in Russia arc striving to bring about, n stroke of the pen would suffice to ilaprtve the Germans of all their sinews of war in the shape of the milliards they have confided to the care of Russia. These articles, showing growing distrust of Russia, liave already had their effect in a full in tbq prices of Russian securities all round. DRIVING OUT TIIE LAND OWNERS. The linecasing effort* of Prince Hohea liihe. Count Henekel and Herr Kramsta, tk largest German land owners in the Russia* province*, to have theihselves exempt from the effects of the Czur’s ukase have failed of the desired result, the Bt. Petersburg gov ernment refusing to make any exception in favor of anylxxiy, and therefore these land owners, together with Prince KadziwiJl and Prince Reuse, find themselves compelled to sell their estates in Russia at a virtual sacri fice. EUROPE’S ENTANGLEMENTS. A Semi-Official Statement that Russia will Stand by France. Brussel*, June 2. —Le Norti, the Russian organ published here, commenting on the Egyptian question, says that Russia will not fail France, and refutes the report that Russia will not concern herself in Egypt in return for English concessions iu Bulgaria, Russia, Germany, and Austria, the pgpes continues, are friendly. If they do not agree on the Egyptian question, it will sim ply result in liberty of action for each pow er, odds Le Nord~ and Germany, Austria and Italy will not espouse England’s inter est* to the extent of affording ner material assistance. Paris, July 2.—The Budget Com mittee of the Chamber of Deputie* lias postponed the mobilization of the French army until next year, on th* ? round of economy. The Chamber of )eputies has agreed that youths of 20, liabla under the present laws to military duty, may, upon request, have the date of their entrv into the army postponed u year, and possibly two years, if the time Is required for the completion of studios, apprentice ship, etc. The third and even fourth yea* may bo allowed university students, stu dents of seminaries, pupils of Catholiq colleges, and those of certain toehnipa’ Hchools. NO EXTENSION FOR TURKEY. London, July 2.—England has refused ta grant Turkey iuiy further tune for signing the Aiiglo-Turki.sfi convention. Watching Dynamiters. London, July 2.—The Globe says detec tives are watching night and day a number of persons suspected of belonging to a sworn bond of dynamite skirmishers, whose existence ha* been discovered in an English provincial town. A Walk Over for the Thistle. Glasgow, July 3.— ln the Clyde regatta to-day the Thistle started and won easily. Avery light northwest wind prevailed throughout. Death of an Oarsman. London, July 2.—Boyd, the aculler, ia dead. _____ Weak lung*, spitting of blood, consnmjx tion and kindred affections, cured without phvsieian. Address tor treattse, with t*t stamps. World s Disi’knhz.ry Medical Association. B-ilaio. N. Y.