The New York Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1875, Page 4

4 ECORATION DAY eepsaosittiediiaenie oie The Graves of the Patriot Dead Covered with Flowers. A GENERAL HOLIDAY | Impressive Services at the Churches and Cemeteries. LINCOLN’S STATUE HONORED The Nation’s Tribute to It Fallen Heroes. +h upbraiding, d was done; years thatare fading Sadiy, but not w the gener In the storm ¢ r3tor ‘ears ana love for The dead heroes of the war were not forgotlen yesterday by the people of New York aud of the Union. Though not the precise and assigned daie tor celebrating the Memory O/ the iallen defenders of the fag it was Decoration Day in form and practice, The Weather was maguiticent, and the spirit shown by the people in entering into the pbservance of the occasion gives assurance that tue day im tuture will become 4 holiday as impor- tant im the calendar and ove to be looked forward vo With ag eager qnticipations a8 even the Fourty or July. Decoration Day ts not to be a day of gloom and mourning. On tue contrary, joy and gladnees will mark 1s celebration. If the honored dead could speak they would cry out with one voice, ‘-Weepe not for us; we gave our ives to tue glorious cause of the Union and re- joice § the sacrifice.’ It was not in sudness the shoumands thronged the resting places of the dead yesterday aud strewed floral tributes on the momués of emerald turf. The Union saved, the saWtors call not jor tears, The various cemeteries around New York were visited by crowds of people sail classes, the women, ag @ rule, preponderat- \ug. Greenwood was a great centre of attraction us Was also Cypress Hills and Evergreen ceme- series, The Gay im the city was observed with an anusual degree of respect. Tne houses of business, the banks and various gubiic institutions were closed, Tre Post Office yemained open until ten o'clock. It was very clear that the celebration of the day has grown into larger proportions within a few years and long no business whatever will be a this oveasion dedicated to the memory of the great straggle fur tue maintenance otiree institutions, Thousands of people luitered 1s, enjoying the food of warm eepshine aud glad tu Make of & day so pleasant a day of rest. Fiags at na!f-mast were bung out eveT a thousand buildings. The procession was waited for with much eagern iy wes larger and more impus- img than om previous Decoration Days, aud Wasa Very creditable turnout. It started in the morning from Seventeenth street, down Broad- way through State aud Whitehall streets to South Jerry, and ® hundred thousand eyes wa'cied tts progress all the way. Ou the whole the celebra- dom of the day Was @ gredt success, aud the members of the various posts of the Grand Army of the Repuniic deserve credit tor the loving spirit With waich they entered into this sacred and teo- der undertaking of rendering to the dul! mani- @ate clay of the depa:ted souls whose heroism abd pacrivigem ure Luscriped in golden: letters on Me ive bistory of the nation, the homage of a gtateful people. Private tributes of rememvrance Of the murtia: dead were puid by thousauds wit- ont ceremony or ostentation. ‘The Grand Army of the Repablic took a promi- ment part iu bonoring the Ucion uead. Farragut Post had o fine and impressive ceremonial io Trimisy Cemetery, Tents ue and St, Nicuolas soulevard. semorta Tvices were held ip the evening in Harlem Temple, 125th street, ‘The Saxty-nintu regiment, for the first time, decorated the graves of (he fallen members of tnac gallant regiment iu Calvary Cemetery. Tne completion of she decoration of the ‘staiue of Abraham Lincoln iu Usion square Was accomplished in the morn- Fah ued Abraham Lincoin Post, No, 13, of the The evening of the day was taken up by ser- Tices i Various quarters, tall reports of which ana of the ceremoules of the day will be founa aunjorn The Mag of the German Consulate was at haif- Mast, The majority of the foreign consuls also sisvlayed their national days in a similar posirion, Nearly all tue steamers piying in toe European, english and German trades lowered their fags in honor of the national memorial day, including | the new While Star steamer. THE DaY IN THE CITY. . Under a beautiful sky, aud cooled by soft stirring sreezes, the diferent posta of the Grand Army ef the Repuniic assemvied early yesterday morning at Union square. Before ten o'clock, the wour appointed for the start, thousangs of peopie had gathered io the vicinity. “Tne cottage,” which has been the headquarters of tne Memorial Sommittee for some weeks past, was crowded with gayly dressed ladies, abd the house- tops aud)=s windows §= iu-—s the ~—svienity were simuariy occupied. Several memvers of tue Grand Army of the Republic who bad been uisabled in the service were present in carriages stud accompanied the procession as far as the Battery, buving assidted at the St. Paul and ‘Trinity decorations, The flowers, of which there ‘Was & wealtn, filled several large trucks; in fact, ‘he profasiou was so great Mat great difficulty as experienced in bringing th¢tm away. an M@@ Of the spirit in which the day has come to be regarded may be gieaded from tue following list, wh.ch shows the amount of towers donated :— HE FLOWERS. Schoo! No. 55, 619 pots: Schoo! ‘and one basket of flowers 4 Se No. 4 senooi No. 44, 89 pots. School N Senool No, 1 a pots; hool set No. 25, 196 Senool be Spots Vander- Association, 2 pots; Fifty-seventa School, 00 pots and about 1.000 more mauy &c., ned they mpanied tne pro se=916n down Broadway were te relatives of sev- eral army officers who ell in the war and whose remtios Were vrought home and interred tn Green- wood, f PROCESSION. pegaa to move down tered that thoroughlare at ihe frat Lait was made ment, whic had peen decorated Lincoin Lodge do. Tue precession passed SRO Mogument iu the joowing order 4.t haif-past teu having By auwas, BOveutern overnor’s Isiand U. >. A. Band. George I, Hopper, (raca Master, Daptaim Clark 5. Hines, Assistant Grand Master. Garde Lafayette. Company E, Eighty-sourth N.G.S.N,Y, Dowpeny A, Skidmore Guard, with band and dram corps Company &, skidmore Guard, Line Movai car drawn oy 3, containing Catriages with Lisa of the Pot Did army Wagon, th 4 io Virginia, Norta aod South i a was tsed in the March to Sea, drawn by four Army Mules. fougrezation and Sunaay Senool of Shiloh Pres- byterian church, H. Hyland Garnet, | pasior, in charge. Orators aud quurcet Club, Aincoin Post No. 12, Grand Army Republic, Department of New York. Aivniong the Whole roue of the procession the Street Was lived Will spectators, of woom the goloted folk mude © greuter part, As the head of tue line 1 ce church the enimes inviee CoULLGed LOL the end of lost to signs down Broadway, S at St. Paws churea. { General Montgomery was aeco Fated oy the Lincoln Post. A bandsome bouquet of te@ roves Was placed on the top of thé moun ment aud fOWs of Dower pots airanged at ihe pase Sud aroons tue votcom of the tablet. While Bhe Geremony Was in progress the wewbers of we t stood ardund in @ semicircle, With uncovered The ceremony Was not accompamied by woy religions service. The decoration compietea she jibe Was rejoruyed aud the mare continued flown Broadway tv Ifinity courch. AT TRINITY CHORG the grave of General Pull Ke was dec" need br 'fka Meearny Post. The post itmed uae | | decorated with towers. | on which the statue stands, ran @ piece of orn sang b Dr. Fulton pronounced the invocation. ares Spragne, Rev. ( son, holiday app: trom every bailding, ormamented with the nece: sary staff, while many others draped flags or other decorations on the jronts of their dwellings. The headquarters for the day, No. 16% Fourth street, was a vusy scene from early morning wnen Post Mansficid first turned o1 of the Pirst regiment, National Guard, at pine A. M. so that at toe time specitied the procession started NEW YORK HE br. Ogiesvby and his assistants, marched to the rave ot General Kearny im tae southwest coroer emetcry, Over the grave was a large floral . On WHICK, to White Nosers against a bed ie violets, Were the words, “Veterans Of tue n War.” The grave o: Kearny is un- marked by any monument, and but for the flowers placed tuere deture the post arrived it Would have been undistingwsbable from the sod between the xf e: The ceremony Was opened by Dr. Ogiesby, Who made an address eulo- fistic Of the deeds of the of tWo wars, During the address un old stood quite Close to Dr, Ogiisoy, intent on every word he uttered, It Was Mrs, ihompson, tue Geueral’s cook, who nursed him throngh the simailpox. After the reawing of the Episcopal burial service the ive Was Again jormed aud a visit paid lo the monumentof Captain James Lawrence, of “Don't give up Me ship! tame. A pause and salnte was the oniy ceremony lieve. In passing througn the churea Lae tom) ¢ ercival Draytou Was a sat of Alexander Hamiivon ba rave, and when tne pos passea all nats were raised, ‘Ihe decorating vver, the marcn Continued down BroadWay to the but- tery were the vouts Were taken for Brooklyn. IN UNION SQUARE. Ab elaborate efort Was Mate to decorate the statue of the Martyr President in Union square. The entire pedestal of the statue was beautuully Around the metal disk, mentation made toimitate @ rail fence, aud cov- ered with ivy. broad granite @ mass of delicate were clothed with overlying the pedestal verdure | granite; on one side was the dora! inseription :— “Tribute of Lincoln Post 1 and on the prin cipal trent, im large letters composed of Howers, was the legend:—"Our Kepnuite, otuer two sides W decorated wita si noice, Variegated 8, Woile beneath and run- ning churely around the columa was a minature nioned rail Jence, tWined With ruses and veheatn Whiea Were lestoons of hin the enclosure, at a distauce or i from the stacue, Were four large ur smatl Vases Concalming most beautilul puims aud lower ig We wecorating, addresses were maade by Marua 1. Meuabon and General Jona Dr. LL. Hayes’ Decoration Hymn was Cook, B.A. Jepson, 1. Barroa McMahon, ol martyred peginuing of our speaking of the memory President, said:—lu we soiemu pilgrimage to the of the unlorgotten esd, it is comrades, that Jor % moment you halt erently here in tue very heart gre ty, that is tie hearu of tie to pay your tribute of flowers to him nation, WO Was We Dation’s great cefead r, Commanaer its urmies And Its Hees, director of 143 dest Sin the days o1 its Supremes: pert, intrus’ powers never bewre given to an Ameri iS enough to. Say of him im eaiogy tu- y, in the simple words of the Roman, “He has rved well oF the Kepublic.”? General Cochrage made a long address, in Which he spoke eloquently of the memories uf the War, Of tae sweet companionship waica had in ite existed and iu deutn continued ve- tween the dead herces and toeir living brotners, bis auditors. © AT THE ACADEMY OF MUsIc. The memorial ceremonies at the Academy of Music last evenmg, held under the auspices of tue Grand Army of the Republic, attracted a large assembiage. The stage was handsomely decorated with appropriate emblems, and conspicuous among (hem was the picture of a broken columu set prominently im tront of the jootlignts. The audience, which was composed of many veterans, entered thoroughly into the spirit of the meeting, and the addresses, music and recitations were re- ceived with the warmest symptoms of apprecia liom. Shortiy alter eight o’clock the Academy presented am animated appearance. After an overture bad been played by the Governor's isiand Band, the Chairman, Mr. Bryant, William Cullen formally opened the proceedings. He 'D GENTLEMEN —I should, perhaps, bave irandArmy of the Republic the greater part of the ceremovies »rescrived tor this day have aireauy been performed. The soldiers Why looguc lor their couatry tn the late civil War, accompanied vy their iriends, have visited the graves of tier companions who [ell io that war, nave covered tue turf over their remains with fowers and have over- bung their monuments with garlands. Tne gar- den and the conservatory have contributed their fairest products to this eX,ression o! affection aud sorrow, ol gratitude lor the services and rey erence for the memory Of those wno tell in that war, These chapiets Will soon be withered, but the piety which prompted this demonstration of gratem) irends will — survivi to repeat the ceremony year after year at this beauti- ial season, and the memory of those woo Tell wili be kept ever green. Jt will endure from generation to generation as long as bistory is written and as long as histuryis read, tor inat contest, tout civil War, Was one of tne mightiest stragyles that tae world ever saw and one of the most momentous in its comsequence. It will take 118 place in the annais Ol the HUMAD Truce among those reat eveuts Which Wiil uever ig any age ve forgotten, It has been suggested to me thatin the remarks | proposed to muke I should reter to that picture which 1s placed upon that stand, the woik of a lady, Mrs, Bellew, symvolical of the | circumstances Which have brought us \ogether. Itis a truncated pular, broken at the top, which shows tue violent and premature death which befel those whose memories we honor. Such an occasion a$ tis cannot be allowed to pass Wituout some commemorative word irom those whose voices bold muititudes in fixed atten- tion. In the course of the evening, toereiore, I shall introduce to you, my frienda, gentiemen who will speak to you fiiy and wisely. In toe meantime the proceedings of (mis assembly will be opened with prayer, and I cali n,on the Rev. Dr. Newton to periorm thar office. (Applause.) ‘Lhe Kev. Dr. Hever Newton tuen oflered prayer, in the course of which he paid @ fittung tribate to the mewory of the fallen soldiers whose graves ! at the entrance of the graveyard, and, beaded by Beneath this, the sides of tne | Williamsburg Saengerband. j Uuioo Star Association, Post Manstield, No, 35, G. 4, R. German Veteran Association, MeXiean Volunteers, rmain Metteru Post, No. 122, G. A. Ry Wagon wito monument draped with fag. Carriages containing crippled veterans, Wagons containing flowers, | ‘Yhe route was @ long oue, ending in East New | York. where the procession consolidated with that trom New York city and irom East New York, aud proceeded to Cypress Hills Cemetery. - | AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY. H From an eariy nour in the forenoon people | bearing plants and flowers made their way among the graves and monuments of Greenwood Ceme- tery and deposited their tribates o: affection above the moands which covered dear departed ones, Dut the chief feature of the ceremony of the day was, of course, that in which the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic took part, The rendezvous of the foral brigade was ia the Pen- ston office, tu the basementol the City Hall, Here, from eight o'clock in the morning till one an the afternoon, the ladies of the Floral Charity Sociery and veterans labored in the arrangement of fragrant freignted cargoes for conveyance to cemeteries, At hall-past twelve o’clock the line was formed at the iptersection of Court and | Joralemon streets, in the following order:— Mounted Police. Battalion of United Staves Marine! | Posts Nos, 8, 10, i6 and 84of the Grand army of | the Republic. ) Carnages containing | One and Maimed Sol. | Flower Wagons. 1 Colonel R, C. Ward commanded the comrades of | the Grand Army of the Repuulic, assisted by the Jollowing staf:—Lieutenant W. L. Rowley, Lieu- venant Payne, Captain George Lewis, Captain J. H, Storey, Major J. L. Catlin, Adjutant Frothing- © | bam, | bad been so properly honored by their comraves, *# Achorus of wale voices then rendered “Mark | the Dear spot,” whica was weil received. Rey, Samygel Osgood then addressed the assem. blaze and pointed our the great moral to be drawn from tne decoration services, ‘Himmel’s Battle Prayer” was rendered by Miss Mary H. Hobbs, alter which Proiessor Hartley gave a recitation. tion from “Pon Carlos’ by the Goveroor’s Isiand Band. The Chairman then introduced Mr. Stewart L. Woodford, wuo delivered a stirring address, waich elicited general applause. Mr. H. Pope recited “Sheridan's Ride’ with characteristic Vigor, and aroused the en- thasiasm o/ the assemblave by his spirited inter. pretation of the poem. Alter a selection by the idiewild Quartet, Mr. Benjamin K. Phelps de- livered a brief address, wnicn was foliowed with @ soug by Miss Hobbs, Tnen tne Governor's Island Band played tue e io March,” by Emi Stig- ler, and tne proceedings were brougnt to a close with the benediction. IN BROOKLYN. ‘yhe ovservance of Decoration Day is growing more geberal as the pages taro in the book of time. This sssertion was manifest in cue City of Oburches yesterday. Public schools, the courts (save the Cuited States Court), private schools and many Workshops remained closed ia honor of the occasion. Flags and streamers were displayed from the City Hall, County Court House ana many private dwellings, Little or no business was trans- acted in avy of tne stores, while the streets and cars jeadimg to tue cemeteries were thronged to excess alt tue morning and afternoon. Fiorists drove a (oriving business and vlessed the hour when it was first made proper to purchase flowers for this laudable purpose. But tuough tne demand lor flowers was very great, the stock on hand Was equai to the emergency, and the burial places Were ‘urned into blooming flower gardens; jor the decorations were not confined to soldier ataves, but extended to orhers who Dad fougnt lie’s bafties and left a scar im the hearts of sufyi- vors on departin The Hanson pia Baptist church, in Brooklyn, was ded last evening by a large and brilliant audience, who assembled to participate in the memorial Services neid under tue auspices of the Brookiyn posts of the Grand Army oi Republic, The church was asomely decorated with fags and flowers. Te exer- es opened with an organ solo by Professor J. M. Lovetz, Jr. Captain Jumés Tanner delivered # fine adaress, after which anumber of giees were tue giee clab of the Thirteentm regiment. Snort ad sor Homer B, Rev. W. J. Parkin- y and Rey. Emory J. was fine yocal were delivered by Dr. Jam ,. aynes, During the evening the nd instrumental music. IN WILLIAMSBURG. ‘The Eastern District of Brooklyn presented a rance yesterday. Flags were dying to receive Company A The various societies met in the vicinity, \a tue following order: — Safety Layton, Marshal. Mounted aid fwenty-eignin Seyiwent, Y., Lieatenant Colne Freaerick W. bbernier commanaing. Companies 2 ana LD, Thirty second reyiment, Vap- tain Jono Kissel, enant Wiliam Company 4, First regio 101s was followed by a seiec- | The procession, which numbered about 400, pro- ceeded to the cemetery througn Fulton street, | Flatbush aed Flith avenues to Greenwood. The | route to Greenwoou was thronged with people, | and thousands awaited the coming of the veter- | 443 at we necropolis. They proceeded slowly to the music of the “Dead March” to the Soldier's Plot, Where Mayor Hunter opened the meeting. He spoke of the deep sympatiy he bad with tue spirit actuating the people and which was at that moment animating the hearts of patriots through. | out the land. They were assembled pot to per- | pecuate, by offensive ceremony, the differences be- Tween sections. but to honor the memory of men who hed given toeir lives for the sake.o! ine whole country. He arew from tue jessons of the hour favorable auguries of the future of the Union—.ree, prosperous, bappy aud united. atier uairge by the Navy Yard Band, Professor Vas- well conducted company B (thirteentp regiment) Giee Club 1a singing ‘The Story.” The invoca- tion Was made by Rev. R. C. Puiney, which was ia turn succeeded by ‘Marg the Dear spor.” by the Giee Ciao, Mayor Hunter theu introduced tae orator, the rector of St. Ann’s cnureh on the Heights, Rey. Noah H, Schenck. He said that the men whose bodies lie buried here were eXponeots of a hamauity, tuat the whole people ure taught 'o hooor one Decorauon Day, and so the common heart 18 touched aud the common mind taught by the sentiment and act of this anniversary. ‘The sur- render of the cause by toe South im 1506 wus, he beuleved, houest aud sincere, and fer leading men have sinve had the meoliness to accept tue tnevit- able consequences with diguity and gracetulness. He ca:led attention to the iact of tie commingilog | of the bige aud gray in the saad memories of Decoration Day as witnessed last week at Mem- phis and Atlanta. In tis Wise We suall extn. guish, not perpetuate, the autagonism excited oy toe great civil struggle. We will beal tue wounds of war by talthfully and teariessiy | reading the tistors o1 the epoca, by the free intercourse of those represeuting aDtugunistic ieeling aud the manly discussion | ol existing issues. The glories of Greeu wood are not a litle dimmed by the varrers woich have been made to Separate tae places where ine dead jie buried. He appealed to tue giorious Decora- tion Day to vreak down the fences ana walls waich divide the iving hearts aod toimkiug minds of this great American people, that so along the landscape of the future we snail see nowuwing to lnur iis beauty, only behowing two monuments ofa triumpuant past, and the guidepusts pom lug onward und upward to still greater acnlevement. Atibe conclusion o1 the oration the work of strewing flowers over the graves was commenced, and eaco mound was literally covered with tue | iragraut (ributes to the departed veterans of the war ior the Union. | AT THE EVERGREENS CEMETERY. At nine o’clock A. M. yesterday Post L. M. Hamil- ton, accompanied by tne Washington Continental Guards, Company C Tweaty-eigntn regiment N: tional Guards, Iudependent Order of Seven Wise Men, Rainbow Lodge 1. O. O. F. and the Con- cordia Singing Society, a‘ter a short parade iurough East New York, proceeded to tho grave of Louis M. Hamilton, in the Evergreens Ceme- tery, and, after tne usual ceremonies of the Order were addressed by Mr. Gustav Detloff, who spoke | eloqueutly of the dead and the cause for whica they died, matntaining that tue ovject of the cele- bration was bot so,mach self-giorification, but te | teaca every one the lessoo of gratitude ana pa- triousm, not only by chis trioute to the put | by our efforts for tae living; Closing With an ap- | peal to the charitable for means to carry out the | institation estabisied for soldiers’ widows and orphans. At the close of this ceremony a post from Will. | jamsburg kuown as the Harry Lee No. 21, in | de! the principle of iraternity which drew ail the other posts toge entereu the cemetery | alone and decorateu the grave of the brave man alter Woom they are numed. Dr. Charles K. Doat delivered au eloquent oration and aiter the uo had been sang by an excellent cootr tae benedic- | tion was propoanced and tue Harry Lee Post re- | tnrued home, Post Hamilton and the otaer socie- | ties having previous to theirentrance jomed tue procession en route to Uypress Hill. | IN CYPRESS HILLS CEMETERY. | As soon as the procession had passed down | Broadway many Of the spectators burried to the river and over the ferries toward the cemetery, | so that when the procession, after receiving its local reinforeemeuts at East New York, slowly wended its tortuous way through the roadway of the Cypress Hills to the masic of a dirge there | were fully 20,000 people waiting to receive them, When the procession had taken the position allotted to it and the plots were ready for the cer- { emony (he picture Was @ beautiful one; the varied | costumes of the immense assemiviage—military, civic and parti-colored, the banners, dowers and Jast, bast not least, the graves, each one bearing & small fag, jorming a fout ensemble pecauariy Byerything being ready, Mauanban’s ed the programme with ge. presiding otiecer or tne aay, Mr. A. W. sheldon, then stated the objects of the day. Rev, H. J. Eduy, Cnapiaia of tue Department of New jowed With prayer, aud ater the ‘ne Graves of tne Brave’’ oy ing Society, the orator of the Gay, Major Willard Bullurd was introducea, ‘Tne Major opened by denying the assertion that the Grand Ariny WAS either a politicat or irreapon- sible Order, it arose from necessity and the com. | radeship of the war. Decoration Day bad been | Mstiiniea by the Order throug its comman- der-in-chief, Genera! Joho A. Logan, a movement | whieh touched ime heart oO: the people all over | the land, apa even our Legislatures have dee! proper to appropriutely recognize it; in fa Grand Army of the Kepubiic to-day tnim« , the even more o| tae perpetuation of Decuratioa Day by tne whole people (uaa they do ior the exisvence of tae Order. The Wea of the day is not to aad glory vo toose WhO bave died, bur to teach us all toat these men fave died for their country. We | can add notaing (o tuelr glory, bus standing here by their graves we can ‘draw inspira tion tuat durimg the years to come will ename us ww betier disenarge our duties as cilizens and patriots tv our Cvuatry and our liviog comrades, Or the Widows @nd Orpoans Oo! those who lie nere or tn others of the cemeteries of tue jand. Tue singing of ‘America’ and a dirge followed, during which the graves were decorated, aod aller an appropriate hymo by the Wijliamsbury Saengervubd the benediction Was pronounced au the assemblage siowly dispersed. The police of the Futh precmet, Captain Wogion, pad chai of the cemetery. During tne ceremonies some shgnt accidents ovcurred; one lady aud one man, & | member Of Post 122, were injured py being ran over, and several wagous and carriages Were 8 GoWD, but it Was impossible to obtain any | AT CALVARY CEMETRY. A general holiday air characterized Long Island City yesterday on account of tne numbers of peo- ple who flocked vo Calvary Cemetery trom New | York and Brookiyn. The Sixty-ninin regiment | arrived by the one o'clock boats /rom New Yors, accompanied by a large number of iriends, rel- atives of the late General Corcoran veing among the latter. Tne Kev. Father Mooney, of St. Bridget’s charen, New York, woo was chaplain to the Sixty-minth regiment at an early period of its existence, Was prominent among those present, The military and their friends were provided with cars at the ferry, and the wagons carrying the memorial flowers followed. At the Cemetery the band played a dirge and the crowds gathered togetuer to hear Mr. Ben* Jamin Willis’ oration, Mr. Wilils opened by say- | ing:—"The gor We stand upon is indeed comse- | Cfated; both Datriousm and religion ate Fever | ment of a sratute declaring 1! a legal holiday, | open skie , TUESDAY, JUNK J, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. enced by the magnificent presence aud solemn ceremonial of to-day, We are sheltered two banners, fiat Of the cross aud | of our country, Glorious era, in nh devotion to the government and | e to religion are 50 bappily bieudea, Church and State poth vie ja rendering sacred Unis occa- sion; one lends its sanction by Lovokiug ail ibs cihdren bo participate in its observance; the other rendera its observance @ duty by the enact- Why this condition ? Woy 18 patriotism accepted as an clement of Caristian character—a voucaer of Christian development? Because apon this Conti: nent two grand, c-ntral, Caristian trotns have fouad compete und hearty recogniuon; tno fact constitute the essence of our government— | First, the absolute supremacy of God; second, the absolute equality of men. We are here to-day, because all (hat ls morta! of so many fathers, suns and brothers dwell in this sweet and tranquil en- closure, shut ont from the rade, cold aud supreme- ly selfish world. to serve wien their brave spirits fed (he Garth to their Other home eternal tn the | heavens. ihe orator then went on to speak of the nature | of govergment, following Uo (hese remarks Wita some allusions fo the revellion and tts conse- quences and closing as follows :—“If righteousness wlone exalteth a nation We cannos engure as such Unless tuis Unparalleled wrong ve redressed. We | must Susialn charines organized for our co.urades, their WidoWs and orphate; We must kindle anew the old dame of iove for our neroes, and keep it in heaitefui, unabated glow until the last murmor is suppressed—untuil the lust of the nation’s de- tenders, their widows and orphans, sleep be- heath the bonored tarf, Let us, in tne pres- ence of these dead, with all mature—these these beagtilu: trees as witnesses— vow that the men waose toil and blood gave vic- tory to our May and ltherty to a race shall nave no occasion to curse the Repuplic whieh, howsoever great ils bounty, cam never repay them ior weir benefactions aud sucrifices, The strewing of the graves with flowers was periormed a8 Asolemn ceremony. A delegation Irom the Common Counell vot Long Isiaad City aud severa! prominent Brooxiyn oMcials attended. AT THE NAVAL CEMETERY. ‘ There are comparatively few who even bestow a passing thought upon the faci that aud ail the honors paid to the patriot dead, there are graves beneath which repose the bodies of men who “went down to tue sea in ships’? and fell Sgbtiug on the wooden walls of the nation, There are few “bine jacket’? burial places. Poor Jack baying made nis voyage of life and passed luster answers his last roll call ‘“‘at quarters,” and bis sbipmates know him no more, Local habitations are rare amoung men- | ol-wars men, but @ nation must cherish their deeds us it realizes the blessings of peace aud plenty. It was in this spirit that the Grand Army ofthe Repubuc, when the custom of strewing | Qowers ou the graves of the soidiers of tne Union army was Urst inaugurated, ¢ime to recognize the fact that in the United States Naval Hospital on Flushing avenue there was a restiag place for: sailors, in which slept | avout 1,000 men who had borne the starry benner to ali guarters of the globe, and | had trained and touch the guns against 1¢s foes. | ‘They wt once included the Naval Cemetery emong the graveyards to oe Visited aad honored by thew. Hence it Was that between nine and tea o'clock yesterday lorenoon about 100 comrades of Posts | Rankin, No. 10; Frank ead, No. 16, aud Matiory, | No. $4, Uoder command of Captain Frederick R. Jaschke, formed at the Oity Hall Park and marched in two ranks to the Flushing avenue Marine Barracks, iollowed by a wagon. ludeo with Mowers. At ‘the entrance to the bar- racks bey were met by @ _ battalion | ot Bitty marines and a Ofe and drum corps, . in full uniform, and the route step was taken up jor the Naval Cemetery, distant about a quarter of amile. On tne way huudreds of people fell tn rear of the columa, Which was joined by tne brass band of the United States receiving saip Vermont, Arriving at the soucieast section of the burial ground the marines, Wao were under commaud of Major Butier, Were drawWa up beneath a cluster of willow trees aud tue Ceremonies were com- menced, many ladies being among the spec- | Vators, A airge was played by tne band, alter which Chaplain Jod G, Bass deliy- ered the invocation. He prayed for a continu. ance ol the biessings of peace and prosperiy waich we have enjoved during the past cecale, and also that God might inspire the héarts of the people with endearing gratitude for the surviving patriots Who took part in the war at suca great | sacrifices, Lo Wom we owe our present bappluess | | 43 @ Bation. The assemblage theo sung the hymoa, “My Country, "fis of Pace,” che speciators joining to the reiraia. Many of sae invalid seamed | hobbied down Irom the sick Wards of tne hbs- pital, aud their eyes ligotea up with pride as they drank in {ne melody and viewed the scene. Key. Rovert Andersou, of the barracks, then de- live: ihe oration, He hoped tuat twis piace, the humblest of ail tie resting piaces of the patriouc dead that wouid receive the atcenrtion of the livlug \o-day—this Cemetery, Waicn bas been so long Degiected—would receive a recognivion worthy of Lue occasion. It was true that, periaps, | not a singe person baried ive might have beca known iu lie to those who stood within the eu- closure. The imMits of the cusiom of decorat- mg the graves o; those woo jell in the path of duty suould pot be circamscribed by geo- [ar aciweon lines, No; there snould be no istinction made betweea the North and the South. The soldiers of the South fellin tne discharge of their provessional duty, while oveying the commands of tneir superiors. if we haffextended ainnesty to the leagers, way not take into our Comren uoion memorial decora- Tod those WOO tellin tat iamuy quarrel on the — other side? At the conciusion of the address the band played “Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer,” and the comrade 8 in decorating the graves wita piauts and pouqueis. There was, contrary to custom, no salute fired over toe gtaves. The marines were then marched of, andin a few minutes the ilttle cemetery was leit to silence and toe dead. AT HOLY CkOSS, FLATBUSH. The graves of the sixty-seven so:diers who re- | pose in the Catholic Cemetery of Holy Cross, Fiatpash, were decorated io t f.renoon by @ qaetachment of Grand Army of the Re- public posts, under the direction of Uap- tains A. G. Lyons and ©. Bailey. Services for tue dead were read by Rev. Fatner Rhatigan, pastor of St. Augustine’s church, Brookiyn, and the discourse was delivered ny Rey. E. W. MeCarty, of St. James’ church, Jay street. After alluding to ‘the beauty of the ceremony, the reverend gentle- man said, There is a peculiar fitness in the aecora- ton being made by the Grand Army of the Re- pubdiic, and io stooping to place Nuwers over their Gepartea comrades, the uct Bupors them iu these days of peace, as they have done them- seives honor oa the battle Held, It is out just that those only Who have mace a clear recoru aud passed thr ugh the Vice witt @ snare of glory ould periorm tais beautiiul dul) and exiena the Symooilc tripute. Historians will speak of batties Wat nave been fought, but their recital will scarcely meet with belief om account o1 the high coloring they May give the itatements. When, however, We can stand oy the graves of our aead sodiers avd point to the materiul proof tuat patriotism st li lives, our youtns will be roused to ; @ emuiate tue deeds of bravery oi their fathers when occasion may reqaire, We should aiso bonor them tor knocking off the chains vi giavery. Scat- ter dowers lavisoly, for these dead oppose them- f brass to those who would vio- | y's bon | AL PLUSEING, Outside of Flushing there were no special cere- monies in Queen’s county in observance of Decor- ation Day, most of the veterans of the war gatuer- ing at Cypress Hulls to take part in the ceremontes there, At Flushing the memoers of the Grand army of the Repuolic gathered at the Town Hali im the Morning to receive the floral contripations of the citizens, and subsequentiy the soldiers’ monument was profusely decorated by them. Tne members of the Urand Array of the Republic, Post Of College Point, visited Pi ng in the afternoon, apd, joing With the Post Plasning, escorted the ofaior of tue day, ex-Assemoisman Captain Vedder, trom tue resideuce of the Hon, L. Brud- Jord Prince to the Town Hall, where the oration was delivered, [a suiflk county the aay was ov- served with the customary ceremonies at Baby- | Jou, a /atge number of people from the adjacent Villages taxing part in them; @iso at Orient, where there Is a soldiers’ monnment, and in a smalier way at Hunrington aad various other places, the fine weataer contribating much to mace the ob- servance general. ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. ‘The observance of Decoration Day at Governor's od was confined to @ salute of musketry at sQurise vy the military at the post, aiter which the men Who desired were given leave to attend the emonies eisewhere. There Was no other Special ooservance. Decoration Day was observed as @ general holl- day upvn Staten Isiand, Colors were suspended at balf-mast upon all the public aud many of the private Uulidings in the different villages, T. F. Meagher Post No. 84, G, A. R., assemoled at the Stapleioa Park, with & compagy irom the Ninth regiment and a band of muse and artillery with cannon from Fort Wadswortn. ibe procession Jeit the park at two o’clock and marcued to New Brighiou, where an address was di George William Cartis. She processioo then moved to the cemetery of tae Chureb of the Ascension at Factoryvilie, where services Were eld at graves of deceased soldiers, Which were proiusely Covered with Sowers. Tae assemblage tnen re- turned bythe shore Railroad, each car veing Hite’ gi et gad cat t | Paviuon BAI fembainerils. ‘thee | | ON STATEN ISLAND. | tion ceremonies were witnessed by a great crowd et people. 1X WESTCHESTER COUNTY. A serupuiogs observance of Decoration Day, with its pathetic associations, was noticeable throughout Westchester county. ‘There almost an entire suspension of business, the Stores and markets in the larver villages being, with few exceptions, closed, while vhe national colors Noated at hali-mast above many public and private bulidings. At Yonkers the exercises were earried of On @ larger and more imposing seale than has been witnessed there on any previous #imilar occasion. Under the immediate auspices of Post Kitching, No, 60, GA. K., @ suitable pro- gramme bad been provided, and av abundance of fowers secured trom voluntary and other sources | to fittingly perform the aunual ceremony of honor. | Ing the bremory of their fallen comrades, relany: und friend# who sieep beneath tne cypresses OF St. Jonn’s Cemetery. At about one o’civck in the | alternoon @ procession, numbering — sore | thousands, jormea on Getty square, and irom there, under the guidance oi marshals and aids, woved siowly, to the sound of ineral maste and | iauMed drums, through the chief thoroughfares | of the city to the cemeiery, The processions im cluded the Mayor ana Common Vouncil, some of the resident clergymen, a ablet soldiers and sailors, in carriages, wits many other persons. Ao elavorate horal car, containtag thirreen young girls, attired | in White, lormed # conspicuous feavure of the pro- | cession, In the cemetery and afier a feeling | rayer had been offered, an oration was delivered y General Joseph U, Jackson, of New York, witch was followed by short adacesses on the part of other gentlemen present, ‘The ceremony Oi scat- | tering flowers on the dead saldiers’ graves was | then center performed and conciuded the day’s edings. proc In the village of Sing Sing the occasion was duly honored by the cltizeus. Shorty after the meri- dian hoor @ nuwerous assembiiue congregated at the Spring street Methodist Episcopal caurch, where & procession Was tormed, wilch wend its way to Dale Cemetery in the lollowing order :— A Band of music. Fire Department. Sehools. Clergy, in cacriages, Ladies’ Coniumittee, 1n carriages. Common Counc, In carriages. ‘Lown Officers, in carriages. soldiers aud Savors. The exercises atthe cemetery embraced prayer, | singing of hymns, recitulion of a poem, an ad- dress, and au oration by Key. G, W. Ferguson, at the conciasion of waich sne Mounds which mark the resting viuces of the Dation’s deienaers, Were decorated with flowers by loving lands, At Tarrytown, humerons citizens, accompanied | by sume of the Jocal civic oi ganizations, marchow tO Sleepy Hollow Cemetery mm the after- noon, unc, alter approoriste ceremunies, besirewed with floral offerings and evergreens the graves of those who had 1alien wale batcnng for tne union of the Scutes. At toe last name: village the occasion Was o marked bY aarill | and a review of the pixteenta battalion, N, Y. Patriotic opservauces of the oer were ‘arms, | 8.) aisocarried out at Waite Plains, West Morrisania and Bensonia cemeteries, IN JERSEY CITY. Yesterday morning Posts Zabriskie and Thomas assembled in tha Hudson City division and pro- | ceeded to the Catholie cemeteries at Tongele and West Side avenues, Jersey Vity, whece the graves of the soldiers were decorated. There was a choice collection of Mowers, and the parade, al- though smaller in Dumbers than in former years, | was Very creditable to te zealous veterans Wao took partigit. A programme had been arranved jor the evenlog, when memorial services were to be neid ta the Waverley Metnodist church, but this part of tne day’s celebration Was woandoned. | iil the diasolution of the existing Chamber. | with itself. ‘Tuere 1s @ very strong feeling im lavor 21 ove national holiday to celevrate the aecorations, as | Ube division amoung tne different posts o: the | Grand Ar@y O! the Repubiic on toils occasion was Jur irom gratifying. Toe cousequenee was th the céremoay lost wost of toat grandeur aud sig nificance wuica characterized it a few years ago. THE DAY ELSEWHERE. Decoration Day was opserved at Albany by posts of the Grand army, The graves in the soldiers’ ploc in the Rural Cemetery were strewn with flowers early im the day, and the | afernoon exercises, consisting of an oration by Dr. 0, A. Robertson, @ poem by George Fieteber and musi¢ty the Philharmonic Musical Society, took piace in Academy Park. ‘The banks and pub- lic offices were closed aod re dispayed Trom al! pnolic and many private buildings. the citizens generally par.icipated in the denionstra- tons. ‘The ceremony Of strewing the graves ol the sol- diers wita Nowers took piace uc larrytown yes. | teraay. The Jackson Instiute Cadets paraded With the Yost of the Grand Arioy of ie Kepupiic, | and the citizens generally ivok p: Captaa Storms and Proiessor Jackson acted a¢ marshals. ‘At tie cemetery & prayer Was Ofered by Key. Mr. Wilson, and the oration was delivered by Freder- ick G, Geaney, of New York. Tue speaxer aweit prineipaily on the lessons suggested by tne scenes, paid special re‘erence ro the awakened fraternal feelin. # over the graves of the federai ana Cohiea- erate dead an ded earnestly for the cumpie- tion of the soldiers’ monument, acanduned live years ago, The ceremony of strewing the graves | followed. Immeaiately after the ceremony sub- | scriptions were handed in to complete the monu- ment, and it 18 now believed tue soait will be erected. vecoration Day was generally o-served yester. | day at Poughkeepsie. The fags in toe city have been fying At hall-mast and the posts of the Grand ‘Army of the Republic marened in pro- cessiod, accompanied vy music, to tue cem where the graves of the soluiers were decorated witn flowers. This evening General George H. Sharpe delivered an oration at the Presbyterian eharen. Decoration Day was observed at Raleigh, N. C., esterday. Toe Raleigd lignt infantry aud arti- ery Cummpanies accompanied, a8 an escort, the com: anies irom the teaeralchmp to the federal cemeiery and participa‘ed in the ceremomes of the day. Toe Ralviga companies imciade many men who fought in the Soathera army during late war, ‘This is (he frst occasion of anything of ‘the kind bere. Memruis, Tenn., May 31, 1875, The graves of the Union soldiers at the National Cemetery here were decorated this afternoon. About 4,000 people were in attendauce, More than half of whom were ex-Confederates, Tuere was no parade beyond the appearance of the Chicka- saw Guards and the Irisa Volunteers of the Stare Guards io tuli Uovlorm. Hosea Townsend, orator of the day, made an eloquent and appro- priate wdgress in which be reierred to the pre: eace of the exX-Coniederates. Colonel Trambaili, anex-federal, iead an origioal poem. Genoral Pulow made a brief and appropriate reply. Baltimore, Md., May 51, 1875. The graves of the Cnion soldigs at Loudon Park and other cemeteries in this vicinity were strewn With flowers to-day, attended by the usual ceremonies. The Post Office and Custom Ry 2 ty bay ceremonie: a ations were also hud at Laurel Cemetery the graves 0) colored Union soldiers. i THE METHODIST MINISTERS. This body met yesterday im their usual place, and discussed the topic whether the Bib e'sbould ve retained in the public schools or not. Rev. | Jobu S, Wiilis took the ground thatit should be that toe Bible was @ national and an International book; that itis not @ sectarian book, and aoes | not teach amy particular ism or form of Wuris- tianity; thatit is the best text book of morals iv existence, and that education and morals cunnut be aivorced, and that tne government, the con- | stitution, the lawsof this country, are based on the privcipies of the Bivie and o1 Caris:ianity. he Would put tne Donay Bipie aide by side with the English version, One wouid ia purpose as well as tne other, but he on avin one or the ower in tie se brs, Ketteil and King held ound = sn stantially whiet they toon + Monda in favor of the exclusion of the Bivie, But Mr. Dic’ ison rather amusngiy showed that lr. Kettell ‘Was taining OD both sides of the question at th same time. He (Kettell) did not think tnat Catn- olics Of to-day should oe viamed for the crimes cominitted many generatious ago by their ances- tors. Neither dia Mr. Dickinson tame it fair. Pro, estants of to-day wonld not like to be charged with the burding of Witches in New Pugland a ceutury ago, nor the banisainent of Baptists and the persecation of other sects. Some e ealied the brother's attention to the syliaous which ap: roves of all that Rome has done, or taat hus been jone in wer HamMe in the past, so that tne parallel does not run straight, aud the brother was not to Make it do Negt Monday, being the first Monday in the peg BA pre icand day, and the er disc: 4 4 question Was postponed until ® wee! irom neXt Munday. gs A DESPERATE CONVICT. A few weeks ago Michael Sallivan, a prisoner ia the Essex Penit lary, mear Newark, N. J., at tempted to murder a fellow convic named Patrick McOnrystal, by stabbing him tm the back and arm. fhe two bad quarrelied and MeChrystai gave Sullivan the lie. Sullivan swore to be revenged, but no notice was taken of ithe — thre; A few nigh after, however, While the convicts were being marched tot Ces, Sollivan suddeniy sprany trom the TaDks and pounced down on MéCnrystal, stabbing ‘Dim so roat his life Was jeopardized, He maue no unr’ to conceal watention to murder rystal. Yesterd y' a} Was arraigned for seu ten viously been tried end found Ion sente to ten years ip i | royalty, ! holding up as a patiern to bis countrymen. Wh | parely political. ANCE. The Assembly Determined on “Happy Despatch.” 8 UNWILLING TO FIX THE DAY. What the Government of ‘ France Now Is. PARIS, May 18, 1875, ‘The National Assembly has at length signed its own death warrant, without, however, Daving haa the conrage to Mx the day of execution, The sed sion had hardly commenced before a committed was busy considering M, de Courcetie’s propost tion that no more by-elections should take place on the 12th the committee reported that fliteeu seats were vacant; that partial elections at the present moment would greatly agitate tue country, whit needed repose; that therefore it would be bette? not to All up the vacant seats mill THE GENERAL ELECTION which was immigent. It 1s needless to observe that this anxiety lest the country should be agk tated isa timenonorea conservative formula fre quently used by ministers of the Second impire when they wished to stifle manifestations of pub lic opimion, The repudlicans, however, de termined to support M, de Courcelle’s Dill, as it practically insured at no very distant Gate that appeal to the constituencies wmien they have long demanded, The Bondpartists, on the other hand, were bitterly opposed to the measure, ig) during tne itwo years the partial elections is whieb they haye won many victories have added immensely to the morai strength and to the pre | tige of their party. This prestige they justly sam pect will, if maintained, have its influence on the general election. Frenchmen will believe trom the result of separate elections that the nation ta uoperialist at heart and will Dasten to terminate the uncertainties of an interrugnum by recording their votes for Napoleon JV. Accoraingiy M. RAOUL DUVAL (who seems destined to succe¢a M. Rouher in the leadership of the Imperiaiist party) pointed owt | that M. de Courceile’s measare was inconsistent It forbage by-elections and yet con tained no provision that a general election could be speedily held, if it passed into law fiteen, and gradually twenty, thirty, or forty desartments might remain incompletely represented or not be represented at all, While the Assembly would nev. ertheless continue to umpose 1's will a,on @ nauon the opinions of whica it could not ever pretend te reflect. Obviously the Chamber would degenerate into another Rump Parliament and in all probabil: ny re the fate of its English prototype. M. Wolowski (noderate republican) endeavored to meet itis objection by the Joliowing amendment za The parc evtions are suspended till the gen- eral ejections, provided tnese are veld before the year 1876, Incase the Assembly shall mak ft to prorogue itselt beyond that date the partial eee lions Will take place on tue lst of Augus¢ next. This amendment was @ touchstone of the sin cerity of tne Assembly. The debate was not long; all the arguments were on M. Wolowski’s side, and ali the votes against him. The House re olved that it would not ix A DAY FOR THE HAPPY DESPATCH, the yeas to (hat proposition being dniy 179 and the nays 4ci, The substautive motion, however, that | py-clections should cease was carried by 370 votes 10297. Tue principle of an early dissolation nas, thereiore, been aecepted. It can hardiy be post poned beyond the spring of 1876, The present government of France may be con- sidered as an unacknowledged Orleanist mon archy. The princes of tae younger brancn of the House of Bourbon reside in their native land, are accorded all the deference supposed to be due to see their own partisans tn office, and lack nothing but a general suMlcientiy devoted to their interests to effect a revolution which snouid place them nominally as well as really at +ae nead of the nation, Much is sald about Bonapartist con spiracies, but these seem to be of sligut impor tance when compared witu the imtrigaes of @ fao tion the chie!s of which can now set the whole aa ministrative machinery in motion to serve they) ends. By yesterday’s vote in the Assembly tne) have checked all expression of PUBLIC OPINION during their good pleasure, and they can employ twelve long months @1 manipulating the constita encies till these snali recognize the beauty o Orleanism, or at least Orleanist gold. Perbapst is fortanate for the country that certain roya dakes, who shall be nameless, appreciate the value of money and are sfow to part with it, eves when a crown is for sale. The adherents of the monarchy of July were yee terday victorious im the Academy as well as the Assembly. M. John Lemotnne, the !amous editor of the Journal des Dévars, is toe new Immortal, having been elected in succession to Jules Janin. It was wittly observed of him that h¢ seemed to think Frenen history began wt 1890 and ended in 1848. Latterly b> Das ac cepted the Repudiic as an unpleasant ne ceasity. He sees no saivation for France except in the reign of the Comte de Paris, sup- ported and encouraged by leading articles im the Débots, He is at oace clever, accurate ana ner row-tainded, ana wonld have been an admired atesman iv that Engiand whicu he is constantly it is Most to the credit of Jona Lemoiane is that among & people who are prone to suspicion and almost sceptical as to the existence o: colitioal virtue, the fair fume of the latest academict at never been assailed. Perhaps this honorabie ex emption from calumuy may de due to the circam stabce that M. Lemoinne has never been in offive ‘The chair vacated by the death of Gaizot war not filled up, nether M: Damas, of toe Acaaémie des Sciences, nor M. Jules Simon being able obtain an actoal majority of all the votes recorded. ‘The votes in both elections must be considered French wit and learning remaie conservative and royalist, shrink from the fellowebip of the mildest republicanism. BELENAP AND SHERMAN. To Tus Eprror or THE HEeRaLn:— Your Washington correspondent, whose com munication *as pabitsned in your issue of May 23, is slightiy at fauit ins (now Secretary of War) commanded a origade at the battle in whieh onr beloved McPherson fell In that battle, July 22, 1664 (no one whe there will ever forget the date), Colonel Be Knap did not command avy origade, but Was the janior cvlone in the Taird brigade, Fourth division, Seventeents Army corps, and commanded oniy his own regt meut, the Witeenth lowa inianiry, The ori of which bis regiment formed a part was com. Thirteen'h, Fiteeato and pozed of the Eleventn, Xtwonth lowainfaniry and was commanded py Coloue! Wiliam BE. Hali, of tne Eleventh iowa ia. fantry, who is now dead. | speak from persona kuowledge, i was present, am item of bne brigade on t vloody da: VETERAN. THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION. Aconsofidation which has been talked abot for some time between two important societal in this city is likely to be consummated in a fen montas more. Committ: trom vue Americut and Foreign Bible Society and the American Bibig Union me bere om tae 14th of last Octover, and agreed npon a busis of union aad censudiation, Th» Union, at its last anniversary, agreed to meet y at tue call of theit Board of Managers, aod vbe Colon met in the Mariners’ Temple to Oliver. street. Dr. Armiiage if presitent of the Union. He read yestergsy coustitation ad pted by the Board jor the new slety. Mf auopved by the otuer soviet § to-dayin the Board Room of ¢ Howse ip Nassau street, thea a unired meett the two societies Will take place next October, te cousummafe the duion. Toe new souiety Wil take the title of the American and Foreign Bible Union, aad a js HOW in the Governor's bands awuiting 13 Signature, giving tee new society ali the legal rights aud powers ol the separate bodies which 1t is designed to supersede, So fa, as action could be takeu ou tue new comstitation it We approved yesterday, it Was understuod that Ilie members of either socrety sail contiane fo be ite members of the unite: soctoty. At tne time of union Lbe pres-ut oflcers of ootn societi cease to be such, and yes! ¥. Drs. Mier, O. Os00rne and M, Waters Were appoint te@ to Dominate oficers for tas