Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1883, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Yerthwest Cerner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th Rt..47 The Evening Star Newspaper Company. GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. Try FrTxrwo Fran fe served to enbscrihers in ths Ty carriers, ob their own account, at 10 cenis pt ee}. cr 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter, 2 ter tresch. By mi postage prepaid—C0 cents a moutly + sear, $6; tix mouths, $3. {Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C..a3 second-class mail matter.} ‘ime Wersty Staa—published cn Friday—$1 ayear, Che Evening Star. Bertigcprepaid. Six montha, 50 cents. €2~ All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance: dé payer eent louser than fs paid for. Rater of adverticine made known on anpitcation. Vv 61—N® 9,393. WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1883. 2 i states to thelr former relat itizens of foreign lands, either thizing with the confederacy, or’ calmly shale. ent to the issue of the great contest, assumed Gissolution of the f i union to have been already consummated, asserting that a volunt compact once broken could not be restored force of arms. We have lived to behold the groundiessness of our fear, the practical retraction of rebel Geclara. Uon,and the gratuitousness of foreign assum, For whatever of excuse there may have been for fear, however honest and sincere the declaration, facts disproves them all, To-day twenty-seven TWO CENT: SPECIAL NOTICES Cer Oey _ CHK! <5 UNION.—Parior ue Washington News and Gossip, |MIEMORIAT, DAY. TIAN TEMP! veut Tena) lo H Tre Naval CapeT ENGINEERS have addressed a Sth street 1:30. Full a Fetition to Secretaryhandler reciting thefact} ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE as ‘exandria county. | that under his orders they are threatened with dismissal after giving stx years’ service to the NATION'S DEAD. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT THE SOLDIERS’ GRAVES. wes government. They admit that they are powerless, Pi carauested | Netites:, and do not propose to argue with the Nargis funeral of | Secretary; but they remind him of the Court of our iste Sister | Claims’ decision in their tayor, and appéal to him as thetr protector under the law to guard thetr interests until Congress can have an opportunity to legally and definitely Mx their status. EXERCISES AT ARLINGTON, THE SOLDIERS’ HOME AND CONGRES- SIONAL CEMETERY. ABoLisnina ReveNve DIstTRIcTs.—It Isexpected that the President will, about July 1, promulgate an order reducing the number of internal revenue districts from 126 to about 96. While the order ts 1d, for July 1, It 13 not beileved that It wilt take effect before October 1. The sug- ions of Deputy Commis-loner Rogers in this mnatter whl probably be carried out as to the con. solidation of districts. . m. By order of th W. D. WON TAGUE, PL Orations by Hen. Wm. Strong, Wm. H. Lambert and W. W. Granger—The Muse of Poetry Enlisted to Sing the Deeds of Departed Heroes—A Full Re- THIS (ih arrans it ‘Tum PRestpext 1x New Youk.—The Prestdent was out for a drive in New York yesterday atter- 7 se s z noon, but was Indoors at the residence of Charles | POFt Of the Exercises—Notes and Incl: E. Miller the remainder of the day andevening,| emts of the Day. His callers included Attorney General Brewster, e Meyer 8. Isaacs, Robert H. Dodge, Naval Officer Graham, and Justice Swayne, of the Supreme| The sun generally lends its brightest rays to Cours, grace memorial day, but this morning hid its head inthe clouds. The morning was cool and pleas- ant, but the obstinacy of the sun gave rise to many mlsapprehenstons in the minds of those who hoped for sunny weather. As the morning ad- vanced, however, the sun struggled out from FIRST CO-OPERAT OF GEO 1 7:30 P.M. : other ‘business as come before it. = the oan of the ry metuber may be prevent. July necting TULSDAY, June 5th. ries. of Stock ow re- Mr. WarreR Evans, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, lett Louisville, Ky., for Washington yes- terday afternoon. Personal.—Representative Cox, of New York, mys M.S. RICH HAS LOCATED HER Dreastaking Room af 718 Ith street nort*west, fil wal be giad t see her former patrons and the pnb: | arrived in town last evening and is at the Riggs le my29 behind @ rampart of clouds, and anxious faces — GROVE | 7. Dé Bilss lett the ctty this morning for Cartisle, | pecame glad. Nature thus lent her sanction to CP na: Seeretars | Zacnom, & Pinvessional visit, to return to-morrow | the eauticul custom which has given memorial Seat ad subscriptions, | arrived at his home here from Gen. Crook's om. | 42¥ 4 pronitnence in the national calendar scarcely asa pecial fund for the improvement of the tabs rnacle | Mand on the Mexican border.—Senator Camden | excelled by any of the great national anniversa- IT at 1008 Be " we not pact Siasteraes ue is see Se a Fee! fe the baie ries, The alr was sweet with the perfumes of call at 1005 Pennsylvania avenue, where tha lit ma; ury department, is registered in New York.—1 in 7 found. +E SIMPSON Gov akUsus of Canes ee hao dawning summer. Nature was in tune. Toa great 9-Bt 1005 Penusylvania avenue. ASSE-SOW'S OFFICE, a Wastttnion, D_C., May 28th, 1883. ‘Laexpayers on persons] property are hereby nonfied* in obedience to law, that they are required to make out and return to. this Office a stetement of their perso al nder oath, within forty-five days from this fault of such returi:, the Asseseor is re— make out «uch st.tement from the best can be obtained, and add thereto a number of people memorial day, as it appears on the records of the G.A.R., or Decoration day, as tt Will always’be popularly known, is a day for Tural frolics, or aquatic excursions, They take advantage of the holiday to get a breath of coun- try air or a sniff of salt water, and noone be- grudges them the pleasure. This class of people turned out in full force this morning. laden with ample lunch baskets, umbrellas, . precautionary Telegrams to The Star. Great Fire in Lynchburg, Va. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY boc pr jpg DESTROYED AND THE FLAMES STILL RAGING. en re te cm Lyncnsura,Va., May 80, 11 a.m.—The most disas- Pog eedec ot ths Commeonets os tes Settee of o- | tress ana anak crore itch sais Ep roe een water- Tumbia. ROBERT P. DobGr. o’clock this morning and 1s now raging fariously. | ‘The’ oats, were fondo adwnaad bara Excursion my 28 6t Assessor D.C. | Halt = ent Ce Sait ot Bre A a trains were crowded. The woods about the city SS 7 rT already troyed, including the Daily Vir- | were invadé rm: of Co ee | a tet ee eq Oy email skirmishing. partis Plenickers. The valleys rang with Joyous shouts of the invaders and the ground was strewn with the relics of the day’s. engagement—in the shape of empty sardme boxes, bottles,and rejected. crumbs, The members of THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REFUBLIC, loyal to tht memory of thetr dead, however, de- voted themselves to the sacred duty for which the day has been set apart. They were joined in this by hundreds of men and women who chefish the spirit of “Memorial day. Thousands of people therefore, took part in the ceremonies attending the decoration of the graves at Arlington, Soldiers’ Home and Congressional cemeteries and other burial places where the ashes of those who fell in the war for the Union repose. What with the ex- dus of pleasure-seekers and the pilgrimage to the cemeteries the streets of the city during the mid- dle of the day looked bare and deserted. Tie pub- Uc offices were closed and many private business places were practically closed. ‘The ceremontes of the day, conducted by the Grand Army of the Re- public, began with the parade in the morning, which, forming at the corner of 7th and L streets, took upaline of march through the city to the Aqueduct bridge, West Washington. The cere- monies at Soldiers’ Home and the Congressional cemetery began at 10 o’clock and at Ar! in at noon. the large Bros, £ Co., the large tobacco manufactory of Flood & Peters, and other business houses. Several residences have also been destroyed. A strong wind ts blowing, and the fire department 1s unable to cope with the flames. Telegrams have been sent to Richmond for assistance piesa dae Fire in Minneapolis. ar ons ns Mrvy., May 30.—A fire last evening suis destroyed W. W. Darbman’s building. Loss $2.000; men's hours, Tto3p.m. Prof) NISSEN requests that | Insurance $1,500. R. B. Upton’s feed mill. Loss Patients will ousu tthe r family physicians before ap- | $2,000; Insurance $1,400, C. Curtis’ box factory. Pius to him, as treatiueutis followed only according | Loss $3.500; Insurance $1,100; and J. E. Osborne's his direc Tmy24-2W' feed mill, Loss $2,500; Insurance $1,500. | ge METER A Female Poisoner. IMPANY wi in the office at the Cemetery on | Paterson, N. J., May 30.—Sally Story was to-day JON DA’ 4, 1383, at 5 p. m., for the parpone of | found guilty of mansiaughter, with a recommen- electing a’ Boar cf Managers to strve fur the ensuing | dation to. mercy, fof the poisoning of Mrs, Eiizas JAMES GUSZ..i R, beth Fleest. = tt —_-+—__ Eee Lower. FIN erdware establishment of Jones BELIEF AND PLA CUTS. RESS PRINTING, Secretary. Railroad Directors Elected. aaeawel Nasnva, N. H., May 30.—At the annual meeting Fine BUILDING LUMBER, of all) of the Nashua and Lowell railroad the following were elected :—Francis A. Brooks, Fran- ¢ls E. Parker, Sidney K. Richardson, H. M. Shaw, J. W. Whivs, ©. V. Dearborn and W. W. Baile Chas. B. Brooks was chosen treasurer and W. A. Lovering clerk. ‘The annual meeting of the Wilton railroad elected as dir-ctors Solomon Spalding, Clark C. well, Willlam Ramsdell, John Reed, Sonn A. ig; Harvey A. Whitney clerk and Frank A. trade are unequalet. Estiwates prompuy furnished at WM. McLEAN & SON, 13th and Batreets morthwest. OFFICE GEORG=TOWN GAS LIGHT COM- PNY, May 19, 1853.—A necting of the Swick- this Company for the election of ~even Di- Rector. will be held at this office on MONDAY, June Polls will be opened at 11 o'clock and closed at 1 o'clock p.m. way 19-14e W. CROPLEY, Secretary. THE G. A. BR. PARADE. The alr about the corner of 7th and L streets was stirred early this morning by the strains of Martial music. The lively beat of the drum, the shrill call of the fife, and the taran-tara of the bugle revived memories of the march and the camp. Here and there over the crowd a starry flag fluttered in the breeze. This was the rendez- vous were the Boys in Blue formed the procession. ‘The line was formed and in motion shortly after ten o’clock. Nearly all of the posts in line were completely uniformed in blue biouse coats and Grand army hats, and presented a most credit- able appearance. ‘Many of the veterans carried boquets and garlands in their hands. “Old Abe,” the eagle made famous during the war with the 8th Wisconsin regiment, rode gal- lantly with wings half spread on a lofty perch among the standards of Kit Carson Post. “Old Abe” is dead now, but he has been mounted in the Dest style of the ‘taxidermist. All of the posts carri penners, see nearly all had drum corps. Kit Carson Post carried a collection of corps guldons. Nearly every member of Morton Post carried a flag in his hand. ‘The following was the order of the procession: Marine band, Department G. A. K., flags, Union Veteran Corps drum Sore Union Veteran Corps, forty muskets, Capt. Thomason, commanding: ieuts. Urell ‘and Edgar; Staff officers—Lieuts, Corson, Short, Hoover and Ebert. Sam’L 8. Burdett, Separtment, commander ;Fred. Mack, 8. V. commander; W. Howard, J. V. com- mander; Florence Donohue, medical director; Rev. Benjamin Swallow, chaplain. Official staf_—John Cameron, assistant adjutant-general; Amos J. Gunning, assistant quartermaster-general; Dr. 3. A. HL McKim, inspector; Sam’l. C. Mills, judge ad- vocate; Allen W. Decrense in Peter's Pence. THE POPE'S APPEAL FOR FUNDS. Roms, May 30.—Tue contributions of Peter's “— = : pence lave continued to decrease so rapfuly dur- MUNCASTER & HOWARD tne the past few months that an appeal addressed . STS, »all the bishops 1s being prepared by the pope, cg items ble cretranrnnas Prescriptions died | urging them toawaken the falthtul to the neces Satenees ae sity Of providing funds for the needs of the holy GAS FIXTURES! see. THE LAPGEST STOCK IN THE CTY TO SELECT FROM AND THE CHEAPEST, PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE. CORCORAN BUILDING, E. F. BROOKS. ——————— General Foreign News by Cable. FIRE IN ST. PETERSBURG. St. PerersBuna, May 30.—A fire has occurred in the Puttioff tron’ works here, causing a loss of 800,000 reublea. Among the workshops destroyed were those in which raiis were made. fH GAS FIXTURES. RARE WORKS OF ART TO BE SOLD. Lonpox, May 30.—It 1s announced that the Duke LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THETATEST DESIGNS | of Marlborough has decied to sell the celebrated SLATE MANTELS LATEOB! collection of Limoges enamels now at Blenheim eG house, the seat of his grace, in Oxfordshire. ‘And all jobbing ‘THE FRENCH CAMPAIGN IN TONQUIN. = AML Panis, May 30.—No serious fighting 13 expected to occur in Tonquin before the middle of July, when the French will be ready to take the offen sive. 1D. 409 97H Street N. W. AND LELHESDA WATERS FLESH FROM THE SPKING, NEW GUINEA, : Lonvon, May 30.—It is reported that Lord Derby, W. C. MILBUEN, Puanwactsr, colontal secretary, will not give his sanction to the 142) Penney!vanis avenne._ | annexation of New Guinea by Queensland. It 1 <== | stated, however, that_he has agreed to allow the estabilshment of English stations on the coast of that island. PASSED THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lonvon, May 30.—The government’s bill relative to agricultural holdings in England its second reading in the house.of commons last evening. FRANCE, THE VATICAN AND THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. P. Hassox Hiss & Co. DESIRE TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR Prather, chief mustering officer. Aides-de-camp—L. B. Cutler, David J, Hussey, Jas. L. Poston, Wm. H. Mills. Assistant inspectors— ‘Wm. 8. McPherson, John M. Keogh, Joseph Bur- TAPER DEPARTMENT, Rome, May 30.—The Journal De Home, comment. | Tough, Past, Department eee a z TaD onthe more friendly attitude which France | Richardson, ron, WHICH Is STOCKED WITH has ‘shown 'receutiy: towards tus vatican, saya a | and Willian Gibson. THE BEST rupture between France and the vatican wouldde-| Detachment of sons of veterans. . NGLISH AND FRENC! LI E of a great source of stengthening. e mi mmander; on aver, ; Chas. = AND FRENCH WALL PAPEES, choose between open war with the vatican and | E. Joyce, quartermaster—75 men. BECURED THEOUGH THEIR BUYER, WHO HAS | breaking with atheistical radicalism. No. 2, Kit Carson.—Gilbert M. Husted, comman- DEAD. lonPon, May s0.—Alexinder Kennedy, Isbster, RAPE ae ~ who was Instrumental tn treemng PRAPENIES, | British Nort America from the Hudson Bey Company, and annexing that section ya’ Canada, tsdead. —_. Fire in Pennsylvania. Wititausrort, Pa. May 30.—A ly this morning gomery, nine miles from here, burned the saw-mill of Join Johnson, with ninety tons of bark; the store an1 dwelling of J. F. Deer, the saddlery-shop of Edward Fel-bery and th shoe-shop of J.E. Lioyd. The losses have not been ascertained. Johnson has no insurance on his property. The other Dulldings are partially ur der; Frederick H. Smith, adjutant; James W. Wisner, quartermaster—80 men. No. 8, Lincoln.—Wm. A. Moore, commander; Thos. R. Turnbull, adjutant; Samuel &. Thoma- gon, quartermaster—300 men. No. 4. 0, P. Morron.—Geo. D. Graham, comman- der; Charles B. Fisher, adjutant; Nero Crawford, quartermaster—60 men. No. 5, Geo, G. Meade.—M. A. bgp erage oe 7 i J. W. Conrad, adjutant; Wm. H. Sterne, qi ro master—10) men, No. 6, John F. Reynolds —Eugene McSweeny, commander; Daniel D. Brennan, adjutant; Geo. Corson, quartermaster—24 men. No. 7, James A. Garfield.—H. H. Bower, com- mander; Edward M. Clarke, adjutant; Samuel Mc- Monigie, quartermaster—35 men. No. 8, Burnside.—D. 8. Alexander, commande David F. McGowan, adjutant; Robert & Lace quartermaster—60 men. * No. 9, Sumner Post.—W. H. Mill J. H. Smallwood, adjutant; Wm. G. mMaster—3 men. AT ARLINGTON. At an early hour this morning people were going towards Georgetown on their way to Arlington heights. The bright spring morning induced them to make an early start, and s0 avoid the crowds nd accompanying dust that they knew would follow later. Decoration day has become almost national holiday, and most of those who started early were bent on enjoying the beautiful spring day in the country and at the same time attend the exercises which are annually held at historic Arlington in honor of the nation’s dead. Some ‘started from thelr homes in carriages, and some Were content to take passage in the plebelan street car, and from the terminus be trans- ported to Arlington in one of the innumerable JUST RETURNED FROM EUROPE. FURNITURE, _ MURAL DECONATION. 45 NORTH CHA” BALTIMORE. wy 6-2, m, w, HelS-Ip Thos V RUSTIC WOOD VASES, CHAIRS, SETTERS AND HANGING BASKETS. GARDEN HOSE, &o, ases, Cums ayn Serrezs —— Base Ball PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 30.—Morning game— Athletic, 8; Columbus, 5. ‘The Athletic and Cin- elonati clubs will play this afternoon. PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—Morning game—Phila- Geiphia, 8; Chicago, 15, ALTIMORE MP., May 80.— Morning game— Eclipse, 9; Baltimore, & ‘TRENTON, lay 90.—Morning game—Brown University, 3; Trentons, 12, More Charges Against Architect HM, Have your Carpets ed by the LETTER FROM CITIZENS OF DETROIT TO SECRETARY NEW AUTOMATIC STEAM PKOCESS, FOLGER. George H. Parker, Herman Kelfer,and a number ni lies ie be cleane dibieak Injorys Carpees coil fora deere! 29 | of other citizens of Dstrolt, alich., have preferred, @f cLarge. Oxders by mail or teephone receive prom Gteution. All work queranteed. wt | charges against Supervising Architect Hill in con- SINGLETON & HOFER, nection with the selection of a site for a public p 5 building in that city by the commisston of which etd S01 Market Space. | Mir. Hilf was at the head. Tn a lever te Seereace Folger they accuse Mr. Hill “1st, of coming t9. de terinine a question 80 momentous to large growing city without adequate notice: 21, of utter -} Want of business method in the ina\ ion and conduct of the whole proceeding; 8d, of undue scundalous haste in the disposition of a matter Involving the expenditure of several hundred thou- and dollars and the honor of the United States gov- ernment for fair, square dealing with Its own citi- commande! all, quarter api2 HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON. Ger Tix B: ST. Ispvucexests Excrnaonrprary. KING'S PALACE, $14 SEVENTH STREET. —— Rn oe | 3 > Of vist LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES. | Deroually examino and aspect tae th ae ‘bed Great bargains in : ae and fifth, oC prejudgment, whether cor. and K BATS AND_ pONNET SUD OF ‘B06, SMOMRRINE 10:8, GANT FRENCH FLOWERS aap PLUMES. BEADED LACES AND CROWNS at half their vane. Special inducements in RIBBONS AND SPANISH 000 WORTH OF iN 0, aT MILLINERY GOODS to be @BILDREN'S AND LADIES’ (on the dollar. Bo NOT FalL TO CALL RARLY TO AVOID THE of the cemetery, about twenty yards east of BOWT PURCHASE UNTIL You #. ASCER- s2 TAINED UU PGES Road street or eastern entrance, 'y Sandstone slab, lie the remains in his day, and on which can be read t! ing inscription,drawn up by Dow himself Preasion of his spiritual belief: the age Fuaking (he proocedings of the il i ee only IST ENG CARD Ora VOLUME OF 1,c00 PAGES On OVFR. delivery when promised, correct work, finest big ow poe heer aE Sane answer. “Haven’t one,” truthfully screamed the reporter. With a sudden glance, “Got a cent?” In the truthful “No.” perspiring “ana shining’ countenance, the rt ahin! Retie goes you-pleas’er,” dropped his pace. Af- ter going some distance the singular motions of the driver attracted the attention of the 3 and upon looking out he saw the same litue black fellow running as steadily as atthestart. “What’s the matter?” Again came the breathless answer, “Nickel” “What for?” “Sumpin t’e-at.” “Havn’t apy.” Tho little fellow had nat as yet bestowed even a pene towards the carriage, in his second round, but now looking up with renewed hope ex- pressed on his face, he murmured, “Ten cents?” “No.” “Quarter?” ““No; my goodness, no.” The reporter not wishing to see such industry go unre- warded, however, borrowed a few pennies from the driver and dropped them out, just as the inde- natigabie urchin siowed up in despair. By this 8 THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUNDS Was close at hand. On ether side of the road were rude booths, which had been erected during the night. These establishments of mushroom growth were presided over by “old uncles” and “aunties,” who are ever ready on such occasions to dispense lemonade to the thirsty or pigs’ feet and Washington pie to the hungry, A BEAUTIFUL SYLVAN SOENE. . The grounds always look beautiful, but they never appeared to better advantage than they did to-day. Passing under the branches of the spreading trees, the velvety lawns and green-clad hillocks, presented a charming picture. The early comers scattered about the grounds, some wan- dering off into the surrounding groves, others resting under the grateful shade afforded by the Patriarchal oaks, THE AMPHITHEATER never was more artistically decorated. The brick Pillars supporting the framework were covered with ivy, wisteria and other vines. From these Pillars were draped flags and evergreens, while between them were suspended the different corps badges. The platform was draped with large flags and almost covered with green, in strong contrast with the white marble speaker’s desk. The large canvas roof rose and fell with the breeze, and the fantastic figures of light and shade thrown upon the green carpet had a kaleid- scopic effect. THE TOMB OF THE “UNKNOWN DEAD” ‘was draped with flags, shields, evergreen wreaths and flowers. Every soldier’s grave had a minta- ture flag at the head. A large quantity of flowers were on hand for the final exercises. As the hour drew near for the beginning of the ceremontes tne crowds along the roads increased! until there was a riect stream of carriages and foot passengers ling into the grounds. A large numiber availed themselves of the chairs ranged in the amphi- theater, but hundreds strolled around on the out- The Exercises. A national salute was fired at noon by a detach- ment of the signal corps, under command of Lieut. Ward. ‘The procession, consisting of tbe committee, the invited guests, members of the G. A.R, ex-soldiers and sailors and the orphan children, was then formed and marched, to the music of the Marine band, through the cemetery decorating the graves. At the tombsof the “Un- known” thé band played a dirge. When this ceremony was over the procession returned to the Sraphitiicater, where the formal exercises were ‘The exercises commenced with “Nearer My God to Thee,” by the Marine band. ‘The assembly was then called to order by Department Commander 8. 8. Burdett, and then the Marine band followed With the appropriate hymn, ‘Safe In the Arms of Jesus.” Rev. Win. A. Bartlett, D. D., delivered a touching invocation. ‘The octette, consisting of Geo. H. Lillebridge, L. J. Myers, W.'D. McFarland, Joseph Jouy, W. E Abbott, F. i. Barbarin, Chas. W. Hancock’and R. M. McKee, rendered the “Sol- diers’ Rest” in excellent style. ‘The poet of the day, Mr. James; Stewart, of the surgeon general’s oflice, was then Introduced and read the following porn ‘The Unknown Dead at Arlington. Fair are the views from Ariingto ‘Where’er the varied landscapes lie,— Where broad Potomac, flowing on, Reflects the azure arching sky; Or where the glorious rising sun A pearly mantle throws Over vailtes in re} And gems the green of 8, Ana paints the hilis with golden erdwns; Or where yon st itely city stands, ‘The queen of all these peaceful lands, Arrayed from matchless art designs, And lovely in her graceful lines, But not on this Memorial Day, Pause We to gaze on scenes so fair; We come our annual gifts to lay Where Freedom meetly offers prayer,— To ask for all beneath this sod, ‘The grace and peace of Freedom’s God. Home of the dead! With awe we gazo Upon these miles on miles of graves, Where sleep the loyal braves, Comrades of cther days, Hail and farewell! ye men whose names Are graved on yonder glistentng stones; ‘To other toncues I leave your claims, Your loyal deeds, your mouldering bones, Come, ye who fain acknowledge worth— Souls that redeem and honor Karth,— Who patriot blood and virtue trace, Nor question station, name, nor race,— Come, generous youth, come, grateful age, And read a blank historic page; Draw near and bow the reverent head, Where rest our nation’s “Unknown Dead!” Lost heroes! who no tales can tell, Save that they did their duty well, ‘Amid the crash of arms, And battle’s fierce alarms, And on the fields of honor fell. ‘These men, like us, had manly Had hopes'as dear and loves like ours, ways of life to choose, Had precious lives to lose; But when the tide of war arose, And deeds revealed the nation’s foes, ‘When the dark leader, false ag vaio, Reviled our sacred la When he, once lord of this domain, Rebelled without a cause; When the frail man who plead aright, With all a statesman’s power, Broke faith with God, and joined the fight ‘In the first trial hour, ‘These men, of strong and dawntiess will, Lett peaceful vale and sunny hill, Lett homes and all they loved vehingd— @ ‘The dearer joys of humankind— Prompt at the nation’s high demand, ‘To disenthrall and save the land! Say yo thfft heavy blows were struck, And blows as gallant back were given? That half our victories were but luck, And half the just decree of Heaven? Boast ye that battle proved ber strength, Matotained our nation’s honor white, Till from sffiiction she at rate Emerged, with every star aright? ‘Whav’s that to these men slum! ‘ring here, Unwept by tender mourner’s tear? What to these stalwart forms laid low, ‘The prosperous days that now We kuow, pics panne Vast Increase? ey knew, as we, the rage, the strife ‘The struggle for our Unions lie, But not the joy of peacet ye the battle days are enh brothers should fo! I tell you: Memories aye si ‘Till stoops the stubborn ‘To mourn that these men t? ast All are not brethrenyes Uhousand men constitute the army of whe United States; of these soldicrs five hundred garrison-the ‘The record angel folds the leaves, sistance to the extenston of that institution into forts and arsenals of the south, to repress which, seals them for eternity! new territory, they differed widely in their opin- - ¢ ‘mil as if fons concerning other methods of preventing Its Hong oy mun nad Called. Imto wervice two From tl to dark oblivion tossed, growth. There were those in the republican party Like night-intsts gathered in the Vales, ‘Which upward swell, then vanish, lost In Morning sunlight and its gales, ‘May not some memories still remain, ‘That all our quest be not in vain? May not conjecture claim tts own, ‘And pass beyond the seen aud kaswat Perchance with plume from fancy’s wing, ‘My tablet yonder ether blue, ‘My ‘thought, my artist touch may bring Scenes from some histories into view, Some treasure-chambers open fling, ‘Not wholly false, and seeming true. Come back, with sentence, shades of men, ‘Where sleeps in death your nameless clay; Inspire my thought, and teach my pen, And mark the lines should guide my lay. In vale remote—a peaceful spot, An Eden by the world forgot,— He lives, a cheerful man of toll, And nature yields him willing spotl, is gentle kine the pastures rove, Or browse where hazels skirt the grove; His fleecy flocks, by triekling rills, Crop the sweet herbage of the hills, ‘The morning sun’s tar-slanting beams, Like golden raplers, plerce the trees} And silvery surfaces of streams, Fanned by the bustling wings of bees ‘That stick the honey-sweets from flowers Low-drooping from the banks and bowers, Reflect, in mimic deeps, the sky, And cloud-suips grandly sailing by. ‘There stands his cottage, small and neat, Love's modest refuge and retreat. The Sewdrops hang, like dangling pearls, Along the low and mossgrown eave: And a light smoke-wreath upward curl From chimney half-embowered in leaves. ‘Within, the fire, with ruddy blaze And cheerful fragrance pours its rays, Where a young wife, with zealous careg, ‘The welcome morning meal prepares; And children gambol on the floor, Or play beside the open door. Here free bird sings the sweetest song, Here joy with youthful Spring returns, ‘Where stretch the rolling meads along, With cowslips decked and fronded ferns, Hark! ’tis a bugle’s blast and blare, Sharp, shrill, and echoed trom afar! Hark! on the shocked and quivering alr, ‘The distant drum-beat telis of war! Stern the command; scant mercy they Who summon to the battle-fray, March! 'Tis not fear that dims his eye, His pulse knows not a coward beat, When love's last kisses, love's last sigh Unnerve and haif-arrest his feet. Press to the battle front, O brave! Valor prevalis when duty cails; Honor will live beyond tne grave, For him who for his country falist Bteady! Close up battalions! men; Sternly une charging column form! Advance the flag! On to the fiat! Forward! Strike home! God Leip the right! He faces death an instant, then Sinks, crushed beneath that iron storm! A sbuddering sorrow seems to fall Upon the home-veloved ones all; A cry seems quivering through the vale,— O God! fs that bis dying wail? The Federal Union was tndoed maintained by force of arms, but it exists to-day, not upheld by the bayonets of an army, but by the will of @ united od t . an The stability of our governmental system not Tecognized the provisions which forbade any 1n- | oniy had been tried In Daitie, but iN peace was to terference with It within the Iiinits of states al- | he suujected to teste scarcely leas severe whee Feady existent, and hoped for notuing more than | thoso or wat, Battle ordeal “abd peacelal tee {he prevention of its spread Into states yet to be | alike proved the formed. Belteving freedom to be national and slavery STANING POWERS OF SER BUFUOEG. sectional, the republican party had yet neither | The ship of state had not weathered the terrle desire nor intention to violate, in the slightest | ble storm only to founder in smoother waters degree, the rights of the slaveh Naing states | ‘neath lessor gales Innocent of all purpose to infringe the rights, 3 whether inherent or constitutiontl, of any. of tue | Te Matic n which had so sucorastully endured states, the people of the north were loath to be- | the great war was to withstand the reaction Nevo that = Political victory won in strict acrord | which followed cessation of hostilities, when {with the Constitution and the laws of the land,was | party ties, which had weakened and sundered to form a pretext to justify withirawal from the | Rucr sires yn tte aad wee Peril, renewed their Union, and were slow to realize that the nation © people Whe had united against W.s on the verge eltherof dissolution or civil war. arated upon questions Of policy AS doubt resolved Into fear, and fear strength- S$ might differ without disioy alty: ened into certainty, as the terrible reality was ap- nt; and when party f and political strife tre ended, the anxiety of the north to rent ss) hich It had been so long deprived who favored warring upon slavery, reganiless of constitutional restriction, but the vast majority of its members, whtist believing slavery to be a great evil, whose suppression was eminenuy desirable, whereon to the governm: threatened calamity was manifested by pro- esd posals bordering upon humiliation. S80 earnest Was our purpose to avold strife that. we were will- ing to yleld anything, save the fundimental prin- ciples which had triumphed in the recent election. Propositions of the most liberal character, declar- ations of maintain the Constitution luviolate,cuar- antees that there should be no Interference with slavery within the states, were allke regarded by tne south as being insufficient, and tt was evident (hat naught save our abject submission would sat- isfy "the imperious demands of the leaders who had determined upon the disruption of the union. 4 Mid blackness of darkness, the nation was dritt- ing he height of political contention ana by Feason of it, the nation was brought to face aR emergency Of such character that in any land and at any time it would have excited the gravest prehensions, but which in our land, so receni come forth trom, il war, with a legis lature Whose membership included inany who. in Ubat war, had been ayed against Une nate Was Indeod appalling. Well aight thoughttul men tremble for the safety of a government so Uled and tested, But to the honor of our ‘the momentous question was submitted to arble trators chosen from among ‘TO WAR OR TO DEATH. and their decision was obe When the shock could no longer be averted, and | moiety of our ct ' dit unjust. And the impending storm burst upon the land, the eall | Hiv drvsiden!, wo-e el Serie pmmpeee n § to arms was not an elaborate argument upon the | nti py a law Tully appolated tribunal, and he was Unconstitutionality of secesston, not a philosopht- | obeyed as loyally, north snd south, as though he cal disquisition concerning state rights, not even reine p dnd Leos nd hg ve upborne by an un popular majority a peer ees slavery, but simply | "And when for the second time in our history an@ ‘Many of us believed that ‘northern extremists in our own generation, an assassin struck down Ticre_aitke Dlamuble with those of the south for | {uo Umer Magistrate, a condition of affairs ex= the fearful peril which threatened the land: many | {Sleds fraught with Possibliltics more dangerous Of us hoped against Hope for a peaceful solution of | {a (he Occurrences which had overturned more Our diMculties; we differed widely in our opinions | “inn one Raropean government. Tespecting the policy to be pursued towards the Tat ee a errowack chose months when disloyal states: but che shot’ on Sumter decacad | ®Bation was wating and watching by the bedside speculation as to the measureof responsibility to ba | Of the, illustrious sufferer are yet vivid in our useless, proved the futility of our hopes of peace, | Memories. Among Ue watchers by the bedside, banished” political differences, and made ready | ON Uhe mourhers at the grave of the Presit people So snaver chee ee oe dent, were the people of the states so lately in ne estald not tor questions, we walted not to | Deillon. | consider the consequences of war, the authority ordeal wines ot the nation had been defied, its Mag had been | Common setive insulted, and to uphold the honor of that flag, to | Beld the govers enforce the authority of the nation, was an all- | there was ratsed suMclent purpose, and for that we entered the war. ‘The long years of the war were crowded with stirring events. Our faces were oft tlumined by the glow of victory, our hearts often beat fast in the assurance of ‘ulumate triumph, hope never that the loyalty and opie stayed and up. ing those when ortant question of fon no preced existed, ahd When by combluatlon of unparallele occurrences but one I i between order We now stand, over which the Mag of the United Stites Matte not merely 4m failed us, even in the darkest hours, often, indeed, | cosnition of this day and ta respect to these We trod ‘the valley of humiliation, but awa mont, to Licld Coda he ne eee eae emerge upon heights of promiss; but not the | ent Is Leld to-day by title different from that of Proudest and most joyous wemories of the war | PRC Year ago. By the decree of our highest ivi Soh cae reuaton che eathuslaam, the gladness, | is pocansecrated by otek ee Break uprising, "Oo das that wituessod thé | try hal vosted in awoveroiguty imcupaiest Bee Our peopie sprang to arms, not for conquest, not |! sYel In Its own courts, except by Its own con= to subvert the Consiitationsnot t rondents the SUCNOTIEY OF Cie ae nuaaLee, and com aorta the principles of ‘party, not to” accompilsit moral re~ | #CHOTILY of the deoree, the covermicnt has pep Torin, not to abolish slavery, that curse of the | Syled "4 ownership by pur iy land—that disgrace of the century—but to Sehegter pomimiten PRESERVE THE REPUBLIC. rendered by so. augue at Doubtless there were many in our ranks who | Court of the United Sts knew that to assert national authority was to | Were this the nuting jy cripple slavery; many who entered-the service as | (he Fxliteou sess of the ue upon a crusade for freedom whose final fssue must | walving cous n manner in which 1% be the abolition of slavery; muny who destred the | cate iuto possessi ih of the government, ft te dite war to Cease only when that result has been at- ee oa me on-legal mind vo .. oh oe tained; but the purposes which antiaated our | Mcely of the reasoning by witch a sul pres armies and wiuich had called them into being was | Gould Hot Me against ora who tn eobdiene the mantenance of the Union and the Constitu- | He against the natio Sahel ted ye tion, and the enforcement of the laws. $0 its comman: ucid proverty ior its sole and dl- Had the political organization whose principles had been enunciated in these words succeede! 1D rect use a3 the resting place of the dead who fell. in the conflict which determined the existence amd the recent election, 1t could not have adhered more closely to these principles than did the new ad- the sovereignty of the nation, J refer to Usis change In the UUe simply because ministration. To save the Union was the single purpose er, may, it would xlnsay & decision Dunal as the Supreme Nor wouid he, even and occasion, question gment that’ this prope Xposed for sale; bi Velled 1s that sky of homé serene: The silent streamlet darkly flows; Gray clouds are gathering o'er the ‘The picture faint and fainter gro’ ‘The lines dissoive—they ulsappear ‘The lost unknown 1s slumbering here! And now the heaven seems one vast hall, Wrought by a swift enchanter’s spell, And, picwwred on that azure wall, In mute appeal their gales they tell. The sturdy smith, whose ringing blows, Oft Woke the echoes of his glen, is apron o'er the anvil throws, And joins the ranks of marching men. ‘The farmer Ind—a patriot now— The battle thunder hears afar, itfurnishes anotuer evidence of the of law the | 18 the land so lately torn by Sigantic vil strife, u ; eke : © | That forevea a moment the tide to. Arli aye eid Gn Seed Pet Gan, renee PEE ONIEE SROUEE Se Se) could revert to one who himself sought to destroy: the government and 1s son of him to whom more than to any other the confederacy owed its pro= lougation, Was an idea So repugnant to our sense Of fitness and Justice as ty be tmpossible of tolera- Hon, but that Ue ttle did so pass and that there was'no outbreak of indignant thro1 the country, ts additional proot of our respect fOr law and for'the rights, even of those whom We once thought had Toriéited all right wo life and property. Perhaps, however, It was not alone respect for lsw that ‘allowed the Ute to this cemetery to Tevert to Its original owner without active opposle Hon, but as well we consciousness of our hat the passage of title was simply upon paper, Uhat there was no danger that the” plough eauid “ura its furrow” here and that no writ would run against the occupants of these graves, and th: ho administration could wave, because of any Cosi, the Natton’s right of eminent domain. We rejoive that we are here to-day by no man’s sufferance, that the government holds this erty by a title which none can question, and thet no dispute can again disturb these dead, May their rest remain unbroken unui the hour cometh when “the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God.” May He grant Uhat when that voice panes they that sieep in these graves shall hear and live. Surely the Union 1s real, the states are indesd united, which can suppress a rebellion, the most formidable in history; which upon the close of That rebellion and again within half a generation thereafter, can withstand without shock, other than that of intensest grief, a transfer of adminis tration, enforced by “assassination; which cam peacetully determine a disputéd succession to the Chief Magistracy; which can abide the decision of civil tribunals in controversies resulting. from the war, even when those decistons are adverse t the sentiment for which men and which trie umphed tn that war; which can admit to the na= Uonal legislature and to active participation In affairs of state men who but a few years ago were in armed array against the government; and Which maintatned Iu War, by the courage and de Yotion of its citizens, In peace rests upon their triotie obedtsnce to law. te ‘Such ts the ‘Nation,’ on behalf of which, these citizens resolved that it should not be wrested from thei, have nobly fought and died” They heed no higher eulozy. ‘The war belng over the new order of things be- Ing accepted, peace prevailing Usroughout the lad, why cherish the momories of the terrible rie? why continue au observance which recails he scenes of those event(ul years? The passions and the bitterness of the war time e indeed past and we are not gathered to vaken the bitter memories or to rekindle the seful passions, or over these eternal hate tour former strew flowers—einblems of But tn the providence of God, another tssue than the simple maintenance of the Union was pro- Jected into the war, and slavery, because identi. fied with treason, it principle and its stay, was doomed to stand or fall as our arms were defeated or victorious, What statesmen had prophested, what ourselves had surmised, we learned in the hard school of war—the perpetuity of the Unton could be secured only through freedom to the slave. Honest doubts and misgivings prompted some of our number to turn back, but the great host in arms to preserve the nation felt that the cause Was not less worthy because freedom was involved in the victors. The war ended with every purpose for which it was waged accomplished; ho organiz-a oppost- tion to the government existed on the face of the continent; the flig waved ta triumph over every State of the Union, and four milions of slaves The clanking loom forsaken stan‘s, With tangled warp and broken weft, Or unto rude, unskitiful nants, ‘The mazy patterned web Is left. Behold! a widow arms ber only son, Her blue-eyed boy—that Christian mother meek,— And bids him go where loyal deeds are dune, With love’s warm kiss still dewy on his cheek. His age, his sol tler record would you trace? Read the fair lines that mark that manly face. His name? He died and left no other sign ‘Than phis: he came of brave and loyal line, His face, his form dissolve in ambient air,— Tread the name beloved: “Mori kr,” there. And thus they seem,—nor pen nor wearied tongue ‘The scenes can number that invite my gaze; For the whole vault of heaven is thickly hupg ‘With sad remninders of the batue days. ‘No more; I may not linger, O ye dead! Ye picture memories, but ye plead in vain; Suflice that fancy weave. for every head, A spirit wreath, O shadows of the slatal Adieu! poor shades! Rest ye henceforth in peace; Time Will'avenge, your sorrows all will cease; For, aye, sometime, around this vasty grave, ‘One hope, one prayer shall plead the lives ye gave. All that the army had undertaken it had done; its work was finished, and the exultant legions were summoned to the capital only that in grand review they might signaliz> the victory ere they parsed Into history. None feared that the troops Who tn war had niatntatned the national authority Would, in the pride of their power, usurp that authority in peace, Without thought of other purpose, and simply as matter of course, our citl- zen soldiers rewurned to the homes whence they came. History again repeated itself and as peacefully as the army of the Revolution had disbanded When its work was done, so melted away the mightler army which had CRUSUED THE REBELLION. Important events have often sprung from appar- ently insignificant causes, great historic changes have often had seemingly inadequate origin, but the means through which these momentous results were achieved were commensurate, our freedom © was bought with an adequate price. How stupend- RDS BY MAJOR F. M. CLARKE, OF towa. aUsIC By | OUS Were the means employed, the graves wich we py Sonind are decorated to-day throuhout the land, by their very numbers attest, but how tremendous Was the cost, these graves can only sugge-t. So inestimable a Victory demanded an infinite sacrifice. The task which the close of the war imposed upon the gd¥ernment was of extraordinary dim- culty, and was made all the harder because the great President had been stricken to death, and the administration devolved upon one whose mis- fortune it wus to excite the distrust of the major- ity Of the peopie who had sustained the war and to become involved in anzry controversy with a co- ordinate branch of the government. The triumph was not alone forour country orfor our generation, bat for all lands and for all time, The struggle was not simply to determine the ex- Whee canons peace shall crown all happy jand And brethren join, In love, fraternal hands, When Freedom knows, in every cilme, her own, Then, then avenged will be ourdead unknown! The octette then Sang the following anthem: Sleep, Soldier, Sleep. Sleep, Soldier, Slecp! ‘The battle fs ended, ‘The fife’s shrill refrain, the cannon’s loud roar, Are hushed now forever. quered! ‘The “recali” has sounded. Thy warfare is o'er. | Sleep, Soldier, Sleep! No more shail the bugle Awake thee to arms! Sleep peacefully on; Thy une. growing brighter, thy name growing jearer, Secure in the glories thy valor has won. Sleep, Soldier, Sleep! The flowers we scatter:— The benisons whispered by summer's soft Thy courage has con- é e resting piace of our di [eres istence of this “nation conceived in Uberty and | ““Widuner recount thom deeds that Thelr perfumes shall mingle with grateful tears | geaicated to the propost'ion that all men were | 4 Vcco Rot recount their decds that we may ex lowing aettad equal eat epee k on, that all men were | uit over tueir doteated adversaries, but only thas To hallow thy sleep in the bivouac of death! Sleep, Soldier, Sleep! Thy slumbers are guarded By arms that are strong, by arms that are brave. roud Nation’s glory ilfumines thy laurels, id Freedom’s fair Temple 1s built o'er thy grave! ‘The orator, Major Wm. H. Lambert, of Post No. %, Philadelphia,was then introduced and delivered the following oration: 2 Comrade Lambert's Oration. To commemorate the great deliverance which the Lord wrought for His chosen people, He or- dained a ceremonial to be observed by all their generations forever, Lest the memorial should deteriorate into a meaningless form, He commanded the father to shew the son, saying, “This 1s done because of that which the Lord “did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.” ceived and dedicated” could “long endure.” In {his nation the experiment of self~zovernment had |" Joracl_was bidden to commemorate the been tried under exceptionally favorable circum | qetiyerance, not that the Egyptian shew stances; had it failed “government by the people” | hates, but that the Lord should be remembered, might well have perished from the earth. Themselves the heirs of all the our brothera Complete as were the achievements of our arms, | were inspired by the glories of the past to nobie the opinions of the defeated people were not | emulation, and their deeds shall enhance the bere changed.—no war ever has accomplished such | {tage of tie ages to come. Tesult. Nor was it to be expected that men, who | “Justice to tue dead and duty to posterity alike had upheid their cause 80 bravely and at such | gemand that we shall transtait the glorious story immense cost as did they, would acknowledge | Gntarnished and undimmed. themselves in error because they had been de-| "In the hour of its greatest perfl these men feated. Assure ily we should not have doubted | encir lives for the lite of the nation; the the righteousness of Our cause, even though it had | shai not be forgotten, because the danger which, ended tn disaster. demanded it was by It averted. Remembering that during the trying years of | ““Into une wide chasm which the reconstruction—years when, of all others, har- | our jand, tureatening to destroy the mony Of purpose was essentlal to the welfare of ming 3 Was cast the nation, the President and Congress differed | treasure of the nation, there. leaped Tadically tn their plans for restoring the lately | thousand men—themselves the most Tebellious states to their normal position in the | Session of the republie. “The Union, and that this difference exerted a baleful | Goed closed—Gol grant thatit never reopen— influence throughout the south and encout Dut we shall richly deserve to stand ‘upon 1m the leaders of the rebellion to fearful brink if We forget them, our bravest and Ly we may Justly appreciate the devotion vw which these graves bear witness. . our best. ii i and that ft had revolutionized the social ayatem, i 1s not surprising that the process of 4 z [ | | hal i