Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1869, Page 1

ee SE TE Ce THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday Excepted, ' At the Star Building, t 8.W. Corner Penasyivania Av and Lith Screet | sv TEE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANT. —_—— The STAR eserves OF Ge Cartie;rs to ibeir e Oy Sud Listrict os Tur tke counter, with each. —Three months, One , Six months, Three Dol- ists; one year. Five Dollars. No are sent from the office longer than paid for. on Fricsy biiemed Morning—One Doliar and a Halfs Year. EVENING STAR. IN MEMORIAM. THE PATRIOT DEAD. DECORATION DAY. | THE NATIONAL CEMETERY | AT ARLINGTON. ITS APPEARANCE. COMMEMORATION EXERCISES. | PRESSIVE CEREMONI THE POEMS. SPEECH OF GENERAL DUNCAN. IME ORATION BY HON. S. S. FISHER. THE SINGING OF THE ORPHANS. AEFECTING SCENES. - . INTERESTING INCIDENTS. DECORATION DaY AT ALEXANDRIA. ‘This day having been set apart by the (irand Army of the Republic to commemorate the glorieus deeds of the patriot soldiers who laid down their lives for the Union, by decorating their gTaves with flowers, our citizens who in- tended to partcipate in the interesting cerem: mies of the occasion were pleased to find th morning bright and beautiful; the lowering clouds and ebilling drizzle of the last few days baving “.sappeared during the night, leaving the dust Isid and the atmosphere purified, ‘The exercises at the National Cemetery at Ar- lington, reported im full below, were of the most interesting character. and were witnessed by thousands of spectators. The eloquent and feeling address of Hon. S.S. Fisher made a deep impression on the minds of those who beard it, and many were affected to tears. The exercises at Alexandria will also be found re- ported below The Preparutions. All day yesterday and the day before the fades having charge of the reception ranging of flowers. were engaged at W ebapel.and were kep: comtnually busy: ia- deed, at times, the pavement was blocked up with persons waiting their tarn to take in their floral offerings. They were brought in—some i baske’s, and some im wagons, some withow order.and others arrayed in bouquets, wreaths, andecrosses. Nearly every garden, public and prvate, im the Lnuetrice paid its tributé: the Bo- nical, Propagating, Armory Square, and Ag- icultural gu7Wens were culled of their chotce blooms. Last evening there were tour waxon Joads started from the chapel to the grounds, and this morming three more were started from the same place, and three from other points. Many of the crosses and boquets had or them the names of preminent battles, 1nd on on> cros tem feet nigh, was psioted the names of the all the principal battle fields in which the Army of the Potomac was engaged. it was trimmed profusely and tastefuliy with flower:, and attracted much attention at the Cuap-l before it was sent over this morning. 18 ‘as (he work of a member of the jrand Army of the Repuolic, assisted by some of Ris lady friends. In the collection sent over to Arliag- ton this morning there were over 500 crosses, and about double that number of wreaths. Celombia Fire Company, No. 3, comuibuted ten large baskets of wreaths, &c. Departures for Arlington. At an early hour this morning it was seen that the people generally would take part tu the ceremonies, and those who had put off en- gxeing comveyances found that it was aimost impossible to ebtain vehicles for family or in- dividual use—the livery-stable men in nearly every instance having hired every serviceable wam early ip tne day. Many went over to the grounds early in the morniug. At! o'clock a gumber of cars of tne Washington and George sown railroad in front of the Marine garrison were filled by the oactalion of marines, witn the fine band of the corps, and proceeded to Georgetown, and, disembarking. under the command of Colonel Heywood, comman.i- ng the post. marched to Arlington. The same cars returned to the switch on New avenue, where the Arion aud Beethov>r pS, the Sevngerbund, and Heald’s Band left Ladies Committee of Arra orpbaus of the Soldiers’ and Sa s Home left in omnibusses for » and during ‘he morasag, from © ters of the Graad Army of the K F street, carriages aud omuibuss imually leaving with the comtades tbe Grand Army. The members of the Gra Army were op t & neat satin bate om Which was the insignia of the @. AR. and pame of the Post, fas: WHR & rosette of black and white, on which was an eagle. ‘The ears, frem nine o'clock unul afier one, going westward. were each filed to overtlo w ing, notwithstanding every available car wa Pisced on the line. imess Suspend: All the Government Departments, the Gov- ernment Printing Office, the Arsenal and Navy Yard were closed, as also the offices of the Cor. poration, amd the banks, &c. The courts hav- img adjourned over, there was no busines: transacted ia the esst wing of the City Hail. stores were open during the qu jarge number of business houses were at noon, @nd remained closed antil after the ceremonies, Arrival ef the President and Party. ‘The President, accompanied by Mrs. Grant, arrived in Bis photon sbout fifteen minutes before one, followed by the children's buggy with Miss Nellie, and following this was the close family carriage with Mr. Dent, the tatner ot Mrs. Grant. The Stand. The stand was erected immediately wm the Tear of the Arlington Mansion, near the ei rance to the cemetery, and opposite to the monument erected to the memory of the un- known soldiers. It was very large and fan- nisbed with seats to accommodate five hundrec persons. The decorations were tastefully ar. Tanged, the national bemg dispiaye: upon ie front and eck The colt aie Bd occa! right. part of the’ ocremeny- aren of Mr. Fisher, &c., loo place at this stand, the immense com- course Being io front. where seats Rad been ‘Treasurer Spinner, Mayor Bowen, Dyer, General Emory, Commissions? Van Aer-! nam. General Shermao. the ‘able Amoe Kencall, Hon. Mr. Lefin of New Yoru, Hon. | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR, Sa j aanih | ‘This Afternoon’s Dispatches, etna Bae MINISTER WOTLEY OV BRITICH © e] QUEEweTOWN, May 2 —Mooteer MW | Passenger Dy the steamsbip Coda, wi Tiwed today é eEORe PEABOD) EMBARAED Lompox, May 29.—George Peabody sa.ls cor 4 New York om the steamer MEMORIAL Day EN Pi ADELrutA. The Orphans in Procession, Vv. XXXII. WASHINGTON, D: C., SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1869. 5,061. | hmyenmiraia, “aay 2 = ven day s “4 the public buildings. The ting at ta: Washington News and Gossip, =~, oy ye SBCRETARY Fiew entertained the President sehool eemuiee lesepeeaenes area and members of the Cabinet aiadinuer party numbering in all about seven bandred boys last night, aud girls. Tbe children from Chester Springs 4 J carried a banner, inscribed, GENERAL ELY S. Parker, Commissioner ot S€t the dead of the 113d regime Sidney Ciark of Karsas, the Swiss Consul | Sengerbunad. [This piece Grneral, John Hitz, Eeq., &e. man. As Gen. Sherman was making bis way tothe | in vie ‘Stand the jam was so dense that he was brough: ‘was sung in Ger- | learn in this presence. The battle cry is no | the heroes of Antietam, ae - The other exercises were in English; and | longer sounded. War’s thunders have rolled ness. Shiloh, Fair Oake, Corinth, it Res. 'w Of the patriotic services of the Ger- | mu‘tering away, and the skies are bright after | Stone River, Vicksburg, Uedar Creek, Chatis- mans during the war and of the number whose | the storm. z nooga, Atlanta, Oot . 1© @ dead stop. Some person called oat, “Do! ashes mingle with those of native born and Our heroes are sleeping side by side with | The foot-board bore the names of the last two bender Gen. Sherman on his March tothe Sea.” | other adopted citizens, in this and other ceme- | those whom they withstood in battle, and they | battles of the war—Fort Fisher and Five The crowd thus being notified who the distin- | teries, it was considered appropriate to sing one | sleepin peace. In the ve, dead foes have | Forks." The decoration of the graves was hed ind: vidual was, immediately gave way jece im German. This composition was there- | s'ricken hands and proclaimed a truce forever. | then commenced, the assemblage ing cheers. and the General speedily made his re sélected se Sung im the language of the Let the living strike hands also! for, weare | through the cemetery and placing neat jaers Way to the stand «Fatherland not cnemaios bat oretaren., Tho uobler part of | upon cach grave. ‘The Marie aad Heald's | Indian Affairs, left Bere tor New York on orphans Of Jancola Inctinw Red a tan- =o Address by Hon. S. S. Fisher. mb to a temporary madness, nd performing durges meanwhile the | official eas, GN Will be absent several presenting the dead cf for y commen Over the monument erected to the memory | Hon. S.S. Fisher, Commissioner of Patents: Syamer away. neta tobe rocorsd toa | tse headhceae cent ie Tees, On heap. recog passed away, he is tobe restored toa | the headboards and the crosses set loves and rights and privileges. The Northern Home OUrpbaus represeated rt of the unknown dead a beautiful canopy was | delivered the following address : the dead of eighty regiments. The Governor Bow. upright against them. When this was com- , of Maryland, was yeu a ’ 5 Te bandsomely uniformed. with officers and erecied, the top being of the national colors and A year ago these mounds beneath which dead Brother, late our foe m battle, but brother jeted 8 signal gun was fired by Dupon.’s bat- | gay at = < the pillars of evergreen and flowers. The | BeFors sleep, were strewn with garlands py | still, thie Country was always our jointinner- | tery. and the assemblage gathered about he | (n° notaiesy ye tucnornaes Nefe, BAL guns for GoemmMers of heir ows, and Tu varably prem , and Watered by tears from loving | !t@nce—this flag was always our joint banner. | stvnd. when the Marine Band pertormed the xy ouge: je Maryland , ate Bn my coat loving han monument itself was profusely decorated with . The flowers that we scattered have long | The glory of our past belongs to both of us. | “Stabet Mater,” by Rossini. The exercises ce withered; the spring that gave the Our grandsires and our fathers stood side by ‘Were closed by Rev. Ben’) Swallow, Onaplaia long since passed away. Summer, and | *ide in battle—sat side by side in council. The | of the Department of the Potomac, pronouncing National Guard are subject to bis order. Feats Shana oF DOTS, some not more ban Sve sai 1a years old, were armed with \oy maskeis, aod at which Bumbers of boys and giris marched flowers. Throughout the grounds small silk dogs Were displayed, their red stripes torming From Joun F. Eu be publisher, we have < beautiful comtras: with the green folinze of | autumn, and winter have come and gone. | glory of the future belongs to both of us— | the benedi*tion the patriotic sung, sung on Memorial Day, tid cein narched, oo aad shrubbery thro Esch —< bas Son Maen i : winding Spel ‘ante Jand—thi Cah a People— Incidents. Oniiaren of the Fallen Brave,” rounhs ok H. otaee of Soidiers phan atery. Sheet of snow, and bleak winds have sun; ere broad acres stretching from ocean : ‘ a , mote — The Opening Exe: ges over the spot which the living bad dee | toocean, yet bound by @ chord of commerce | Th€ carriage of Mrs. Senator Harlan, with | muste by J. William Pope. lnewtss tne Ore Solon rege 4 At one c clock a national salute of twenty-one | Settled. tbat made of oceans near neighbors, and oj | that iady seated therein, turned over while . = noon the ‘proscar oe sums was fired by Light Battery F, stn ©. But nature never forgets the dead. From th, | going up the hill, but fortanately she escaped CoLomEL Oscar A. Mack. now on duty in Fox’ General van ¥ x ber lap she brmgs forth green blades and Ne his hunger for progress, Aruliery, Col. Dapont, announcing thai the | leaves and modest wild flowers. and herself | this thirst for kuowledge, a is yoene—h exercises Were about to commence. Gerks their graves with beauty. We can only | ours,and mo man can take it from us. Major Timothy Lubey, A. A. G., and chair- | ®4d bet gifts to us, to her gifts to tn She | alone can despoil and destroy the rich inhe1 seized the horses before they could run off. man of the committee of ‘arrangements, called | 27€5 more than this, for if there be any tomh | tance. Over brothers’ graves let brothers’ | The Marme Corps, under command of Col, the assemblage to order. and introduced Gen | ®8known to ne, or that we have forgotten, any | quarrels die. Let there be peace between na: | Haywood, nambering abou: two hundred men, uninjured. A number of geatlemen rushed Calsfornis, who will succeed General Pelouze stat!. Governor Cor torward and righted up the carriage, and in the Ofjice of the tary of War, is ex. sonages. The line of m: pected to arrive here early m June. along Chestr um: screet, attractiag x gran te Concord Hall, where addresses will Yesterday, fifty-six | ¥ered- REDUCTION OF Forc uel A. Duacan. Grand Commander ot the | peaceful sleeper in some village churchyard, | 1ay more, let there be love between us, thar | Were stationed to the right of the stand; aiso. | clerks in the (.cartermaster’s Department ] — is parment of the Potomac, G. A. K., as | '= the lonely wood. by the roadside, at the ford, | these swords that we have learned so well to | Company A, Grant Zouaves, (colored,) under | received notification that their services would ATIENDEST OF TOL! ke a pres.dent of the day. ou.the picket line, or tenting still «on the old | use may, if ever used again, strike only at the | command of Captain Brown. be dispensed with on and after the } “IN NEW Yoan ‘a a camp ground,” she bas found the spot where | common foe. Alexander Gardner, Esq., the eminent pho- } yy) : ” sain pees ~ GenetPtteh of General Duncan, be lies, and ‘lung over him her mantle of | | In a few days, assembled thousands in the | ‘ographer, was om the ground, with an ‘able | J81Y Bext. per eee scala h tune noteea Seems teem ene yuncan said uty. City of igtims will sing anthems of | Corps of assistants, and made a number of = ee _ ougnton Comrades and Friends "—There needs no ut- | _ 11 these graves be dear to her, by how much | peace. Let the song be taken Se throughout | buudsome pictures. Jvpce BINGHAM and Messrs. Eldridge and 1 “fo Poltce Headguarters for an intery trance of mine to bring you into sympathy | MOfe are they dear to as! the land—by the shores of the great lakes—by The Travel Over the Bridecs Longbridge, of the Judiciary Committee, haye ¥i'b Superintendent Kennedy. He was ¥uth ine occasion that summons us to this his- | ,,We Teed im old iamiliar story that one day, | the waters of the G@ulf—in the iand of loom and | ldges. arrived m Atlanta, (n., en Toate for Montgom. ™i\"*d to 8 room where Mr. Kennedy wa» torie and Ballowed ground. in the Roman torum, the opened, and | spindle—in the land ofgola—on broad prairies. * As estimated that at least twenty-five thou- | ery, ala, to look into Judge Basteed's cae. inf Sioue—when suddenly drawing a bea We are gathered Obedient to the call of | # rest gulf yawned in the very midst. The | in sunny savannas—let the chorus again ana | S8Md persons were present. A continual line uly be rushed at Kennedy striking They were entertained by Governor Ballock, bead. An alarm was instantly raised an of Georgia. assailant secured and taken tothe Police the Command: niet ot the Grand A) ugurs said this gulf would never close its | again break forth, “Peace on earth, good wili | of carriages, omnibuses, and ambulances were of the Repubhe—an order whose structare | Borrid mouth until it had been fed with the | toward men.” ‘ he road from the bridge to the cemetery, — a eeu » ® | most precious thing in Rome. There was fe have e war; pes TY. | The man bea: ereityt charity: and loyalty the Mepublic, Goubt hs to what the most precious thing might | widewe' weeds are genteind ‘a This throng’ | Petides a very large mumber of vehicles which | Mason H. A. Hatt, the popular Secretary as aud which already embraces in its organiza- | >, When & young soldier, armed and mounted, | too many orphan children are gazing upon this | Passed over the Long Bridge. The vehicles | of the Board of Aicermen, whose record, tir: THE PEACE J tion 400,40 of the veteran soldiers and sailors | T0de boldly forward, and prseged into the | scene. It was a just and righteous wsr. It was were rene over the Aqueduct Bridge at the | as a Union soldier and then as 8 working Kee Boston, May 29—Admiral Farragut and ot the war. ghasm. declaring that therecould be nothing #0 | nobly fought and nobly won. Thank God it is | rate of six hundred per hour, and the number | publican, ix greatly in bis favor, has, we are | General Sherman have both sent letiers 10 Its eminently fitting tnat this grand broth. | Precious as a life given for one’s country. over; and, let us hope, it will be revived only | of pedestrians was fully two thousand an hour | jing ¢ we are | Maxor Shurtleff, accepting invitanons to the ood, composed of men who have survived the | ne day in our own land. stretching trom | in memory. ‘de: ween the hours of tem and one o'clock. Flag to learn, been appointed to & clerkship in | Peace Jubilee and the ho=pitalities of the oy, shock of battle, and who since bave taken their | side to from ocean to desert, a great gulf | And now we lay oar tribute upon these | By a reselution of the Georgetown Corporate | ‘he Pension Office. which have been tendered them. A committee stand in solid phaianx around the altar of their | 7°Wned,dlviding in twain, families, communi- | tombs. To these, who rest beneath ihis tomb | authorities, passed on Thursday evening 1ast, | of the city government, ag ge country’s hberties, should meet iu the spring aren Sr bd very nation itself. Into | of the unknown, lost to tame but great in deeds, | vehicles which started from the street car ter- THE WORKING HOURS at the Navy Yard were | eral Foster. U. 8. Ei Ww. time of the year to deck the graves and com. | thi8 widening ci error hee dle cast our most | let us give eur -hoicest flowers,—ior here, un. | minus there were exempted from license taxa- yesterday changed, by orders trom the Navy | City Engineer, and other =a: Department. The hours hereafter will be from Bon boon Fh J ~~ Cals aay aa Om 5B 2.10 5 5s. The ‘ bell will be rung fifteen minutes before the ‘Tieaer, hours of commencing work. INDIAN OUTRAGES. memorate the virtues of their fallen comrades, | P’ is jons— th—the strength | recognized, may be the form of some stout sol- | tion during the day, provided they did not and, so a » gather fresh inspiration for | —the talent—the virtue—t patriotism of the | dier whos! m the critical hour when the ere eg eee cents for the ound. trip their noble work of charity and patriotic de. | 18d. From bomes where gray-haired grand- | fate of the nation hnngtremblingin thebalancs | to Arlington. The toll |-bridge authorities passed votion. fa pe a Ot ashingscn—from. cabins = ae Reged field, ane wae 2 stand was ot SS ia pated bs oe charged all ve- . it porns 2a btn Rerencaot a Out | Fe 'nom un shomssut esa actin are | Steeneamgioerg, ne femmat tan wane | Rice zope eee s Mogistrate of the nation, the great captains of we love may not be with us to-day—they, alas, G. A. R. ownarts of private vehicles ~-= = WATERVILLE, Kansas, our Army and our Navy, and this vast cen- | Of freedom—from the iap of luxury—from | know not that he is here—but oc kaow that an | and stage lines in mence changed their | 1718 REPORTED that the Republican from Lake Sibley state that course of citizens, im the mame of the Cena | ¢Tamping poverty. the fwayside of the | who rest in this spot,or in yonder vastand | place of starting to the Virginia terminus of | pons ~ tices nomi | oa ne Andians attacke “4 nees for municipal offices—Messrs, Hoswell, Cook and Donegan—called on Secretary Borie yesterday, and, in behalf of the Republican Army of the Republic we welcome you, isckemith—from the broad acres of the | beautifal camp of the dead, form & worth: he Aqueduct bridge. This greatly incom- andall to partic! min ton uaneceh cee —from the woodland ot the | part of the noble ‘army of martyrs, whose moded the public, but secured ‘Screased tacili: Yersary—an apniversary to be observed, we nonecr—trom the epitaph is written, «Fai unto ” ties for more numerous trips. The owners of trust, so long sour biood-redeemed country jimer—from the halis where pale sta- ‘The pathos and earnest patriotism of this | Veb’cles at the same time charged 50 cents for 3 Voters of this city, requested the removarot id * its gathered—from the marts of Give now address ourselves to the duties and ere DULY merenanls "thronged—with Demutifa tune t the dead. deeply moved the ruch passengers for the round trip trom that George Wilson, Master Machinist in the Navy eo sacl ivileges ot the hour. Le go youth— sober lage, and yes and si ‘ard. The Order UNGGT WRICN we are Assembled of mai b At Alexandria. and with the halting of | sobs of those who heard it were more si, 5 lusion a threng, to stand | cant of its power than the usual « thundére of ae one wtorpuleaamere 9 applause” so often sprinkled through pub. | ‘™ ® delegation from each postof the G. A. R. ished Gxn. Luony anp Tue SoLpiErs’ Hous — A paragraph in yesterday's Stak referred to Will be read fee they came in Rajatant Gensral at of the Depecaneal a -” . ‘The “Miserere” trom I! Trowatore was th orations ad libitum if not ad nauseam. anda large number of those who had witnessed | Gen. W. H. Emory as bemg in command of the Performed by the fall Marine Band, Professor Our Martyrs. the ceremonies procee@ed to the cemetery near | Soldiers’ Home. We have been requested to Scala. An earnest prayer by Rev. J. P.Ni A Poem. Dedicated to the Memory of the Union Alexandria, where similar ceremonies are | make the statement that Gen. E. was never in man followed. / “Then, out spake brave Horatius, Soldiers, Who fell, during the War of the Reiel being conducted, the following being the pro- | that position, having declined the Governor. Pra: Rev, Dr. i ‘The captain of the gate: g a tome * | gramme, under the direction of the presiding | ship of Soldiers’ Home when it was tendered to Gala ee ee Benen. ‘To every man upon this earth tion, and are Buried at Arlington, Virginia, officer, Major M. H. Berkley:—1. him dension in ae paoeeturee Ateignte cna Death cometh, soon or inte; ‘BY FRANCIS DE HARS JANVIER. of the general order of comrade John A. Merciful God, beneath these bright skies, in Than liek Reetel ones Bring the fairest Sowers that bicom, ceded ce cunerneatos of eee dae Sina: | | PACtzIG Rartnoap.—President Grant hav- the e beautiful grounds, in this City of the For the ashes of his fathers Fall of beanty and perfame: 3. Reading ot scripture and prayer, Rev. T. | DS decided that @ deposit of $4,000,000 Centrat Dend, they wished to call t mind His loving of his gods.’”” Lay a garland on each tomb. H. Ha Cv". +3 . §. Addresses by L.| Pacific railroad first mortgage bonds would Pants, May 2.—The American citizens resie x doess. and ask acceptance through Jesus is closed, but seams and scars like ‘Hin, .. Judge . Willougnby, lon. | fully secure the completion and equipment of | dentin Paris have drawn up a farewell ad- usist. They desired to recall on this day dus how imminent the danger and | Fe", Sepulchre you soe, Chaties “Whittesy. 6. “Singing—Amena. | the Central as a first-class railroad dress to Gen. Dix, to which be has rephed by that the liberties and privileges they enjoy great the sacrifice, The storm nas passed, FE ee he, Mosic by the band while the graves are ; Fin daa ron: the deposit | javiting three hundred of his count tom ‘Were purchased in part by the patriotic dead | but many of the forest are laid low, anc Consecrated to Liberty ! irewn with flowers, A. HG. Hiebert’ | Ws made yesterday, in due form. Secretary | banquet, which will wake at the Grand Bere buried. We deplore the sins and causes | many trunks are torn, and twisted, and maimed Here, beneath the earth’s greenbreast, Henry Moore and 8. R. from the | Boutwell thereapon directed the iseue tothe | Hotel on the ist of June. He leaves Havre by that lead to their sufferings and death. He | and blasted. Loved, lamented, honored, blest,— committee of arrangements of Washington, | Central Company of the full amount of bonds | the Oambri New York on the sth of June, {nanked Almighty (od that when all was at | We can never chant in too lotty strains the ‘Twice ten thousand Martyrs rest! Were appointed to assist in the ceremonies. | to which the company was entitled by In stake there were not wanting brave men, will- | praices of those who saved the sation. No = The Washington Germania Band, L. Weber » uineg | EXECUTION IN ing to leave their firesides and lucrative occu- y of men were ever more unselfish—more Twice ten thousand Martyrs,—siain leacer, will take part im the ceremonies bere, | 12¢ Calon Pacific railroad will be requirea | EEECM Tytler, Pations to do battle for theii cou=try: | traly ‘patriotic—more actuated by noble mo- Truth and Justice to maintain :— and among other pieces will perform th: | ‘© 6ive 8 like security. oon saeenen tener ior en ” Pant that they died not in vain; that tives—iess led by thy love of gain—less goaded Theirs the loss, but ours the gain! Miserere and +‘Let us obey thee.” 16 band Huser ap one yao cepanee —| Baton 18 now relieved from the great | by the love of ambition—less deluded by the tienen’ numbered. 16 pieces and looked well in their | COMMODORE RICHARD MEADE well known - Sone seouiea leans Gar Teproach upon it. He besougat God that | pnantom of glory. Glory! Why here, in our pales! fry pooneng 's flery flood new uniforms. The programme was admirably | im this city Das caused the arrest in New York: the crime Jor whitch these Gree nea sonine, Principles | presence, beneaih yonder monument. rest more o— Saanne Sroes stood, — arranged and carried out; and indeed, notwith- | of Charles A. Meigs and F. Bay we cness, Drave men fought and died. | than tworegimenis of your countrymen whose Met, and quenched it with their blood! | Standing the vast crowd present, co well was eqee tae eae ne May we cherish with affection and liberality bown, yet. whose deeds Si ait Gaines ‘ every portion of the programme adhered to | © Charge of illegal arrest and iraprisonment in the widows and orphans they left bebind. He ‘whose loss’ is as keenly felt, = “ oon thatthe ‘committes were Gougratulated on ai | 8 iasaneasylum at the instance of the defend- AGOAY. Cmaete amar tat dee ane Nrhove places sre as bard to fill, and for whom Gan their glory, over fade to sides, and received & good share of praise for | ants, upon & malicious charge of insanity, in | -, 11°20": May 20—The regular mail steamer : many teardrops fall as for any whose tities their work. October last. They were held in $5,000 batt. | T°" Kio Janeiro brings no importan! war that they will renew their allegiance to their faires : country, and become citizens of this great | marbie. |" SDAsTiR® bronze oF sculptured Panos ee ut; pe phones oe The Lincoln Monument. It will be remembered that when the Commo. | Dews DEvond that the alles were Bauon. He pray the Chief Magistrate We come not here to mourn the loss of men Lay 4 garland on each tom! ‘The monument to the late President Lincoln, | dore’s daughter was married a short time ago, | [UeT#eUC Eich was w an alee oclen ot an Gf the mation might be enabled to discharge bis | tike there. | Fire no minute gun over their inst on el ebiaee im fromt of the City Hall, was this morning | Mr. Meade was arrested and imprisoned in an | Lghc?;,wauch Was within nine miles of the the entire people. We thank God for making = Rng tl pana as ‘While aifections’ vows Aig trimmed with evergreens, the colamn being | insane asylum. Since the affidavit on which TH bim instrumental in savi the nation. He | deck their tombs with the crowns andgariands Bathe with tears each budding spray. handsomely trimmed with green and the base | the order of arrest was granted, action for false |Z BALTIMORE B ROBBERS eked the Divine blessing upon all the chief | and laurel wreaths of victory—bid their chil, Gites ia by a beautiful wreath of natural flowers. | imprisonment bas been commenced, with dam. INDICTED. met oy the nation. May be saved from | dren and ours mark well their example: and bhai premy wi Phceneming fraught,— | This was done under the direction of tae com | ages jnid at $200, 00. Battiwore, May. 29—George J. Howard, foreigm estran; mis 29q foreign wars, and | for ourselves, let us draw fresh inspirations For the less J fans wrought,— mittee of arrangements. Last Decoration day, } a apd Edward Dennis, arrested last may we have light to guide the nations to a | of love for our Jand and liberty, and seek from ‘or the Iessom they baye taught. it will be recollected, that a wreath of laurel | CLAIMS OF THE GOVEREMENT AGAINST GEN. ue urday for robbing Haraden's Express Digher and better civilization. them les: ons of deliverance from marrow party your blooming garlands strown, only was. placed on the head of the siatas: BravREcanD.—Third Auditor Clarke having | $1619 swlen $12.50) bave ueen moeveren ; Ode to the Dead. yn Berd arte ubly, on the altar stone The Decorations at the Soldie dunned Beauregard tor $10.3) due to the Gov- eeeeeeaerecemeneete ee ‘The following “Ode to the Dead” composed | rent} ae tome fn than Lag Reared to those who rest—“Usknown '” ether Cemeteries Te- ernment on bis account of Quartermaster's THIRTY-TWO LIVES Lost. for this occasion by Dr. H. Risler was then | ®¢cmed once to be doubted. We ad by Here, unrecognized, they lie,— ‘The graves cf the soldiers in the cemetery | stores in 1961, the ex-Rebel General replies by MonTR#aL, Canada. May 2¥.—Thirty-wo sung with fine effect by the Scngerbund aug | UPfriendiy nations, and ourselves repeated and But, above the starry sky, adjoining the Soldiers’ Home, as also those in | presenting a claim for his transportation from entininaidl 3 4 — — Leg Arion Quartette—Messrs. Chas. Richter ang | D#lf believed the charge, that we were such Martyr's names can never die! the cemetery beyond Fort Stevens, who fell in | West Point to New Orleans in January, I°61, | ticocta. ‘exas on Cariboo Isiand, off An~ C. W. Bergmann leading: ‘worshippers of pas ee es be ee. love Kneeling, on this sacred sod, defence of the city in July, 1865, and those in | for $165.50. The squaring of theaccount which TS Sweet be your siesp, who here, though silent, | ment hed fostered Stale pride and destroyed | ‘Swear '~to follow Freedom's Goa, Oak Hill and Glenwood, will be decorated to- | is thus demanded by General Beauregard will | Prom the New York News Association, 460 15th at, Proclaim our country’s boly rise, + | Dride in the nation—that men loved party, bat In the path these Patriots trod! morrow atternoon, committees having been be retused under the act of March, 1867, which Bye Frontlin kes. Pointed for this purpose. At the ‘Soldiers’ Swear !—their little ones to bless ;— jome Cemetery the exercises will commence Cherish.—shield them trom distress ; at 2% o'clock, and will consist of prayer, ad- Unprotected—tatherless ! dresses, = og Rage open teen rtp neg im expected that the old veterans at l= ‘Swear !—that this fatr land shall be, diers’ Home will be present. The exercises Evermore, @ legacy,— will be of an interesting character, and should Precious,—andl: 4 a ‘concourse of frieads from ‘Tat she should live, yorr life's were tendered, Her life was your devotion’s price. ‘With flowers fair your graves we cover, And here renew our sacred vow, That to our country we will render, What we to your devotion owe. Bot their native Iand—that they hated their opponents, but not their country's that, boasting of our liberty, we were a nation of siaves—that our coin was & circula- ui “3 falsehood, and our flag « flaunting lie. Teproach has been taken away forever: but the answer to the foul sander is found not so forbids the payment of any claims on the Uni- THE EUROPE. MARKETs. ted States to parties engaged in the late rebel- Loxpon. May 29,112. m-—Consols for money lion which accrued previous to the 13th ot | amd account, ;_U. S. 5.20 bends of 1862, 79%; April, 1861. American securities are quiet and fe ———_re-___. Iilinois Central Railroaa Shares, %; Erie, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. memera' much in the great uprising when er » May 29, 11, a. m—U. S 5.20 The Order bey Sha: = tien. | notso much im the ne ‘The chorus “Prayer,” beautifully sang by Caer ere and pet Speer. The New York money market worked with- at sé. Major Timothy Lubey, A. - Department | sna the the the Arions, closed the exercises on the stage. Arrangemen| posed Ff Ls now seatares with af of the Potomac, then read the following general | oated from 3 of TimothyLubey, Chairman; John Edwin Ma- yesterday, ree supply order, issued April 12, cy General John A. | the gatheri At the Mi mt to the Unknow: son, L. A. Brandebury, A. J. Huntoon, G. | of currency, the rate on call toans being seven Per cent. with the usual exception at six. ——— Sas Baltimore Markets, To-¢ay. BALTIMORE, firm. Mid- dling Uplands, & ya28%. Flour quiet, prices steady. Wheat dull and irregular; prime Val- ley red, SLoeSL75. Corn firm ‘sad scares, | Sterling exchange io firmer. ‘Southera excoee, white, 87; yellow, 92. Oats dull: prices weak; | ties are dull. Railway stocks opened firm, light, 68 cents; heavy, “3375 cents. Rye $i.4ia | but in the afternoon became lower. Express _ 7K Als; Shou! rr : Hams, 19021 cents» Lard quiet, va19y The second part of the programme of exer- | Wiley Wells, Samuel Donald, S. R. Har- cises was commenced by Heald’s American | tington, J. Lewis, A. Duddenbsusen, H. A. Band performing Beethoven's Dead March, ‘G. EB during which the orphans from the Soldiers’ | Reinhold Springsguth. M. ©. Battey, Newton and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, accompanied by | Ferree, Richard Middleton, F. W. Sanborn, L: the lady managers, passed trom the stage and | Lowry Moore, A. A. Hosmer, Hanson F. Wen- formed around the tomb of the unknown | 3%) A P- Knight. W. H: Browne, Henry a ins, and Lewis Waldeck soldiers, where Bey bs J.G. Butler, Chap. and their work will not be completed until a pois Representatives, offered | ioral tribute is Inid on each of the graves of the bre wr re fallen brave. The ladies who are assisting Rev. Dr. Butler's Prayer. them, will be employed this evening in receiv- Great God! These are all known to Thee. | ing and arranging flowers, to be plaged on the ‘Thou knowes ust and them—our inner and our | 6™@ves to-morrow. outer life. These have gone to their account; Taz vouommp odavaiedaee te Recawoup. S we yet live. Uh, Rave mercy: a “i ine The colored convention adjourned in Rich- thank Thee, Almighty Father, for itu- | mond yesterday, after adopting @ series of reso- tuons of freedom and religion precerved to us | lutions requesting General Oanby to give ne- as anation, and at so & price—that our | &roes a tation wpon the benches of the Logan, Commander-in-Chief: The Inxh or. of May proximo—a day set apart by the Grand Army of the Repablic to commemorate the glorious deeds of our de- parted comrades—will be observed throughout the Unived States in such manner as befits the solemmities of the occasion, and as will testify undying love of a grateful people for the memory of those who died that the nation might live. This is the second public observance of the occasion, which is trusted will recur yearly while there remains a heart loyal to the cause in which our comrades fell, and while the moving principle of that struggle is worth preserving. if our organization had no other object. that alone of keeping green the resting- places of our nation’s defenders, by this annual commemoration, would be motive enough to hold us together in a fraternal band. The Comman: -Chiet desires to thank treasure fered. itis found here. If }any man snail Ticaree ask,“Do Americans love their coun‘ry?” Have we a nation?” from these wounds shall the question receive its foal, conclusive, elernai auswer; fcr if these men had no country, why are here! Another lesson which we review to-day is the oft told tale of history that no nation can put Union before right, and with the memory of dead compromises sought to shat out the knowledge of living wrongs. We failed. Not Until We stood squafely upon right and liberty oko nt tg Wall Street To-day. New Yore, 29.—Stocks uccess follow our banners. Repenting of oursin, we pro our foe, who clung to it, bas periebed. ‘we were slow to learn this , and the teaching was sharp and terrible der. 7 —bow the young, the brave, the noble, the good th and the time of | Courts and in the execative office and on juries aid sed. sympathy on 8 former oceasvon ‘to | upoB euther side were madly sacrificed tant we Gangermnst Thow, Lord God of Sabaaih, the | Of beSale; urging Republican voters ro vow | Meme Berk Fleer ond might learn Rule all the earth, hast given victory to oes Sdopt ce a grad See tiny age cordially invied to uniig wit | yyy "aageLin mene andra inod” | the rae. in great companion, Thow who | yenon; and pledged ti convention's cuupr: | Gore Gull ned aecinin wi er ata > tproashing ceremoniec: and we thaske the loyal brother's grave, bless with thy favor dhe hearts | North for, thew benevolence in furnishing | pogo. ce News tr GisizcTue London | the Press everywhere, through whose generous aid pon rare Mae fh a aden hang Spo eg eS eae ‘Color. | Times, in reviewing Laird’s letter of defence, | of land. be ex-officio chairman of said a fasting record hae been made of the obser- this sepnlchre of the unknown to-day, walls: | Yam Condon, and hailing the appeineeon | demies any Regligence on the part of the Gor: | commilice. ‘The hev- Dr. Anderson, of Washe Uuited Statze: thetcomrnaes are egpeciaily in, | wgbt the fight was over. We were fighting | ine I te eae the aned parents | of General ‘with joy. ‘Dr. Harris, (col. | ermment , a Ee 3 deoted forecthorizing ine publication ia gonk | OF, Union—they were Sghung for slavery. | going cown to the grave mourning tor Wefallen | OTed. a) she preseteet aaeaetees | Atths ciacnecn cmeien Mr. Bruna Ghaeens form, of the proceedings of last May, and fer | God meant that we should fight for liberty, | sou, the widow in her solitude and CARS oct ea eer , between States for incomplete- | committee on canons, to whom was the promise Beld ott that each Year a compila- sirtve to execute. a pay tora Be | his name from the ticket on account of his eas aeetat ons, Lomrteoe Tagen wee aa Awe dicing recogition Of sympathy wich sheet memorial “His truth goes marcbing on.” pmtne cpintone of tan Pres, | San to the copenstanon af ao Sbeervances hey pba mwme Son Dogg mne ya yah ana jand the Senate, and the certainty of their | bas prevented. the. consecration of Sree ’ ‘been determi prescribe —_— tification, resoun: with notes crm ‘of ceremony fof untversal ouservance, Soe Fees ee Some {ng meetings inroughoet the couniry t pro. | nmbia and. Montgomm and ‘Curie but each Post, or any number of Posts, ma; Layne reget test against the Charech, 0; 2 arrange together such fitting eervices as cireus- al ye ae Ghareh. In the House of Commous last Teported tet the said oe ces will permit. Deperiesat Oommand- their living bodies protected the of the the Insh Church bill being up, Mr. Foy ae es the ot vea- ws anittan thetdeeee Pee nation from the graspof those who nave! are requested to give publication to this order. Went teak “hacer Ouneeee ne ail parimertand) ommanders arespecially |W" big mjoimed to preserve and forward tv these form so far as possible) Headquarters a copy of the proceed: oo ip carry’ out this order. xT MP4 it 3 a occurs on Posts are at they observe euiher tbat day, or Saturday, the pia hE et cat oe barney, ‘Simging. arms. ‘stavewe as if im the grey Go mere.) nett, .D. J. Burnett, C. C. Ewer, Daniel Git- | S2¢ wnat a mighiy Rost would, et Jette, John B. Dawson, £.A. Chase, L. E.Gan- | dead nom, and W. A. Widney—then sang “(God | Let Biess our Native Land,” with fine effect, as || well be one follows: Be @er Native Land. With hearts now touched by + leelings. for ber we'll our ‘And lavish wuh EBS Ti tains, mountsi! wanGode pure eky, Dine. jing o'er them, Heaven bless thee onr netive Iand. God bless thee our native land, our mative: Let 6) "ry blessing shed its fragrance. bes and plenty o'er us shower, Let health aud happiness attend us, Till all bave felt ia memapere- Ob, may the bond of tah and kindness, x us to Band. tf i ae Gea ‘Mee, our ative aba; our tative: “Steep Well, ye Heroes Brave,” words by Dr, H. Kiser, was then sung by the ‘Propertion ‘the later, Rane abatiea snow sink the mereury 1m the thermometer to ( degrees Pabrenuci: these dead come forth to sname them. There is yet another lesson which wejmsy