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Gen. Mcclellan At Ticonderoga

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Day
8
Month
July
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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Froni Hip Albanv Atlas and Argus Jimo 24. General MeClellan Mí Sarat ga on Tuesday, on a (uiet trip to L:ik: G&-"rge and viuinity, Fho ökizofB.i of Whitehall, learning ibat hü was to lie at Tioónderoga bu ili.it aficrnoon, delertnined tu mnke h'wn a eomplimentary vis.it. Aocordiiurly the most enltiusia.stic and puccossiul hrrprorirpttt aftair ever vvitnessed in that seotion of the State' was - iimnechaloly airnnged. A gteamboat was cbartered and a band of mnsio engaged, and hundrcds of' people Hocked to Üio doek to take passage ou the boat to pay their respecto to Qon. McCl.ellai) on" the historio grOUlíd of Ticonderoga. Befure the steanier liad reaohed that place, it was noised aliout tbe DeigKborhood that MeClellau liad irrived, and the pcoplo c-ame piMlling in froin the vaHey and niountains in Bwarms. The hotel here ihe General was stopping was basieged by the crowd, BnxKiua to see the t'amous com mandur ol tlie Anny pi ihe Potnmac,, On the wrival of the boat, witii nraic: und banners, 'he uuthusiásin of llit; croud was greatly lieiglitened, and though Ulo general had come Uiure in a quiut maniicr, and was desirous of es capirg ob'-crv .tion, he. wus coinpelled lo make his nppcuraoce before thein. - He was ntroduoed to the people in a neat speech by Mr. Smith of tbc White hall Tunes. . The reply was short but eloquent. He referred to the Kevolu tionarv memories connected vvith the spot upmi which they were standing, to tho heroism c.f Col. Ethan Allen when he called upon the fort to s;:rrendor in the "name of God and the Gu,i tioental Congross," and expressed tho hope that the oonntry and the govern iTniiit f=ecuied to us by Ihe héroes and Btatesmen of tbat day líiight be prèeerved intact, and banded down to future gunerations. The occasion is represented as bemg one of graat interest, nnd in striking comrast to any demonetratioiis on the part oí' the shoddyitës. ■ i ii 1 1 1

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Michigan Argus