The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1876, Page 4

to. ary orgunidations as they came upon ne when everybody ws ta his proper Jomeph Fi ‘watroduced (General ’ 4 | ou Oe Cs SES | Grand Expression of a Be Toward the "Fallen Warri WWERY CEMETERY A GORULOUS GARDEN. The Graves of the Country's Benefactors | Covered with Emblematie Flowers. WAR MEMORIES SWEETENED. | The North and South Linked at the | Feet of Lincoln. | | | i | ried peta eeiee | No fairer or more genial day could have been desired | for the beautiful decoration ceremonies than that wi which Now York city, and this section of the country | renera: wed yesterday. The storm of the pr the air and thoroughly | cleane | through df the greatest and most mewory awake! tional holidays, What may’ be te: kind of | Sunday air pervaded the city, All over the metropolis } and in the harbor fresh looking bunting tiuttered to the | breeze, The sister cities, too, put on their gayest at lire, for all were to be engaged ia the insp: thoagh voul-subduing work, of decorating the graves of our | fallen brave. From an early hour New York, grook- y, Was ed lous day bad cle the streets. The bright morning sua stone d lyn, Hoboken, Jersey City and all their suburbs | were alive with people prepafing _ for the | grateful duties of the di As the’ morn. | ing advanced, the streets were, erowded with woll dressed people either makiig thetpvay to the various cemeteries or taking ap posiwons in order to fot a good view of the great provespin, 1t was impos tible, upon looking at the halfafillion of people that | jy he various organizations | | ined Broadway and ¢heer as they passed, to represe“@ feeling of sadness as one thought of that otlyf halfmiliion of now forever | ailont witnesses tp-fove of country, who, in their nar- | row beds y, WIT FACES UPTURNED TOWARD MEAVEN, ad that their blood be not shed in vain, seem to i the mighty calamity averted by their saqi \ may threaten the country no more for ever. Nor | Pain theming stop at the spots on Northern soll hul- | lowed bY the dust of our heroic dead. No. Thought | sped, on her own peerless wing, along the Potomac and the Janles, by Petersburg and Richmond, and, eyeing in her flight the tens of thousands of nameless graves, each the last home of a heart as brave as ever leaped to War's summons, mourned their silent occu- pants asthe heroes of a mistaken cause, gloriously maintained, It.1s perhaps as well that the movement and anima- tion of aday like yesterday temper, in a measure, the pain of such musings, Indeed, one noticeable feature of the main pageant of yesterday was the total absence of anything ofa funercal character. The muffled drum and “Dead March” gave way yesterday to the more tnapiriting strains of martial music proper, the quick- step being peculiarly prominent. Arms were | Bot reversed by the various military bodies | parading. The men looked anything but | gloomy, and ds they passed the spectators | frequently applauded those whose bearing and march- ing met with their approval, Perhaps on no previous Decoration Day has there been 50 splendid a display, tither in point of numbers and generai bearing or in the profuston and superb characier of the floral offer- ‘gs intended for the graves of tho fallen. It was a Hight but rarely seen, even in this great city, and was eminently inspiring and suggestive, THE FATHER AND THE MARTYR. The neighborhood of Union square ard the place it- self were crowded yesterday morning ut eight o'clock by thousands of citizens desirous of witnessing the decoration ceremouies at the Washington and Lincoln statues and the formation of the procession. The ex- ercises were well worth seeing, and the pageant was the most brilliant of its kind in many respects ever seen on a similar occasion in this city. The head- quarters of the Grand Army of the Republic were at the cottage on the plaza, and a committee on floral contributions was kept busy all the morning re- ceiving and assigning floral tributes, Many of the houses on either side were dressed with flags of every nationality. At No, $ Union square, the headquarters ot Post Phil Kearny, a crape-bordered inscription across the front read Qeosvcerssnecsece ses. POST PHIL K N 1 reeseccercecccecerese roe eo) ‘Y, No. 8, G. ALR 3 mua, 3 Decarccccersrcesecsceressessceseerinerssete ne reesee) Floating from the windows above were the tattered battle flags of a New Jersey brigade, and from other windows hung the emblems of the Union, WASHINGTON'’S STATUY. ‘The proceedings were begun at Washington’s statue, which had been draped and decorated during the nig! by Cameron Post 79, Comrade Jobn H_ Hrady command’ ing, The adornments were profuse and comprised a framework Temple of Liberty enclosing the statue and surmounted by a liberty cap. Vines and flowers al most hid the figures of horse and rider, aud emblemati, cal stars and the flags of all nations were seon through the terns. The legends “Post Cameron 79, G. A. R.."? SAUTE-2876,” and “Pater Patria’? were wrought of lowers. ‘The post assembled promptly at half-past eight, and shortly after nine o'clock the es began. They were opened by Rev. 8. B. Willis, chaplain of Post 79, G, A, R., who prayed, A band then piaye: finging society, composed of veter: he Day We Celebrate,” Comrade Joseph C. Pinckuy spoke for a short time, ing the history of the iwith a eulogy of Washington, idiers, sang first in peaco and first in the hearts of his countrymen.'? After this brief address Comrade Joshua T. Owen, Post 29, A. R, deliverea | the oration, “A Song of Freedom” and “The Star Spangled Banner” wore then sung and the benediction pronounced. LINCOLN'S STATUR. Abraham Lincoln Post 13 decorated Lincoln’s | statue with admirable taste, The pedestal was cov. ered with green mosses, relieved by parti-colored flow. era. On the verdant ground beneath the fect of the great President was the word “Emaneipator” in letters | each afoot long, composed entirely of white roses, ‘The | semi-circular ifiseription surmounted a national shieid | the stars and stripes of which were wrought of red, White and biue Rowers. On cach of the flanks of the | pedestal was a large floral star, over whieh were the | © Upon the back were the werts | it Tho figure of the | wehiel he paid a | deceased, numerals ‘1 1876." ribute of Lincoln Post, No. 13.” noble Lincoln overlooked an oid moss grown rail te twined with tvy, and near th Dine: rom Maine a South Carchna, connected Vine silken stream th of iwo American en: perct Abraham Lineolo’s feet The warded by W, A. Courtuey, of the Washington Ligit of Charleston, 8. C. the pines were pres sented in'the name ot the ne by L man, of We The work of decoration completed | ne A. Mit o'clock when everything w the opening of the ceremonse rm in fromt of tho statue was to were two hardy | pottos from ed, White and jed {rom the berks the rail fence at nettos were for dup’ nap was Not upon tt, Those w Major General Hancock, 3 Lawson, Andrew J. Campbell, wall, General Henry &. Garnet. The weighboring sircets ings were densely crowded, airove ih vain to between the statue and —platto: ©, Folle ing drums and sou nounced the apptoach of Post 13 and o: to take part | i theceremonicy. Then th people atthe | tion of University place and Fouriecuih st Fight end left oyd saowedt the Lead of th it eum es Latayette, ander Captains Weil aud Hermndenger; then followed ydmore Guxris (colored), Captain gph | MH, Fighth — regment f | Fegimeut State of New Jersey; {calored), W. 2. Govervor's island bana, Lincoin ehildren and chotr of Sbiloly Drum Corps, Insabied Cou ‘of Washingtou Continen and other organizations. procession at the Fwenty-secoud Resiment Armory at audlel: i before ten im toe order pre- Quinmander of the divisiou, The | above Mentioned fndieato the man, | to the places as. | 0 secured po iL surround i tinreh (colored), | ‘ades of the Post, Le, Lincoln rn “HONORS 10 THE DEAD. 2 acrisp, cool atmosphere, iuly ushering in one | got our nas | | Memor | Colonel ) | gut’s grave and elsewhere. | | ance, } in | tion by Colouel WV. CO. Booty and a poeta by siajor Fisl | Th | regiment, Excelsior | choiwe dowers, Post T sot | ful Wreathes on the atave of Comrade piot | was expected that the widow of Admiral Fi | would be | that she wouid not visti the cemetery wali later In ihe | j day. | wliere they were joined by several members o! the | police | Wore dttingly hovored, | | BROOKLY? ot | scbools i | Sime, and business was generally ‘suspended. | from privaie dwelt | any preceding yea | sixth street, paging the Worth monument to Fifth av Henry F. Davios, Jr., who stated in brief terms the objecis of the assemblage, He said that they bad cote | todo honor to the memory of the great man who bad € ve pation through its most pertious strugle recall how much that country and this people indebted to bim. Rev. Heury Highland Garnes | ced the Great Ruier of the world tor blessings which had acerued to the United the | staces and the colored race during the adiummistration | of Mr. Lincoln, and prayed that Inture administrations zuided. The orator was General M. | Mahon, tormer Adjutant Geveral of the Sixth Corps.’ He said that by a more cunning alehemy n that whieh “could recreute the rose with all its ders from its own ashes but without the bloom, | hont the lost perfume’ he and bis comrades were | ssembled to bring back by the inspiration of the hour the dear comrades of other days, to live for one day again | with the men who were once their brothers i arms. he flag of the Sixth corps—Jobn sedgwick’s bate flag—had been raised beside the speaker, and when be referred in touching words to the meniories of both Lincoln and Sedgwick every cap was raised and head bowed reverentisily, He recalied the deeds of Richard Montgomery, and ‘the poet soldier,” Miles O° itetlly, on Whose thonument und grave they were going te sirew tow Many tender recollections were cow Jured up, awakentng fervor in the hearts of some and drawing tears irom the eyes of others. The last wet of this portion of the — ceremonies — wast crowning of the Lincoln statue by a young colored u named Matthews, who placed a wreath of latre!s to which be mounted on a lad- | police. In the centre of the tomb (the lower part alone of the prison ship martyrs: Jutionary. War Tt is a granite or marble shaft The remams which are enter 2,000 n, among then) Romain and many other di lutionary fame. They ¥ which they were officers of Revo- from the tomb in the Tammany Socicty of New York, at the: street, near the Navy Yard, Brookiyn, in to their present resting place, about two yeurs ago. Yesteruay the tomb was hand- somely decorated, under the dircetion of Chief Engi- noer Js, Cuyler, of the Park Burean, Festoous of evergreens, intermingled with choice white flowers and carnations, clustered about the sepulebre in graceiul | “the gtllant General | protueion. In trout of the facade of the tomb was & bed of moss, sprinkled with pretty flowers and en ‘easing the word “Martyrs.” Above the tomb ran a temporary balustrade draped with bunting, behind | which were the speakers, In the inclosure set apart | for the speakers and the press Were seuted, amoug | other prominent citizens, Colonel James M United states District Attorney Tenny, Colonel suiwe: der arid the applause of the mnititnde. WA a Miche Memorial Committees Ie a, Ls Kar One butoward ineident occurred dugmg, General Mo. | Chairman of the Metin et General EB. Fowler, Malion’s speech, Lt was the passage of a poss along + \fter’ eight the Gatling Battery, wo Broadway and through Fourteenth witeet, headed by | re ot cpanel Gudsu, a brass Dand which play on Lincoln's statue, thereby interrupting 808, pivott the e: THE PROCESSION. The procession started pursuant to orders tminedi- ately alter the ccrémontes were done, it passed around Washington monument, ap Foarth venue to Tweut nue, along iPto Fourteenth street, up this thorough- ¢ to Broadway and dowa to Mon nt 1st Pauls chureb. On the route to this point the procession assumed its formation, wit ren p teriafly irom hat tor it, Jor three of the posts Meparted trom the orginal prog nd decorated the graves at Trwity chureh, while the ceremonies at } Union square were in progress. Rice aud Anderson, These posts were Phil tof these should file to the right and decorate the grav 's when the procession had r morning UW rand Army, 3 and Shannon renown, and © changes noticeable in the order of march, published in tho HERALD, were these:—The Hawkins Zouaves, who shouid Lave been in th, Were in the Firat division, and the war-wora men, in their well known picturesque uniform, ate | tracted marked attention, As they passed along with | ineasured tread through Broadway the thousauds of spectators irom time to time gave them round after round of applause. the posts and military bodes assigned to it in | bat they wore in positions different trom | ally allotted to them. The same be d of the Third division, except that Dablg: 113, and Battery B, First division, N.Y.3.N. occupied third and fourth places in the Fitth, ‘the | Sixth division was not represented at all, having been dgtuiled to perform the ccremonics at Admiral Farra- | ‘The Seventh division, con sisting principally of disabled soldiers m wagons, was | distributed at intervals throughont the otuer divisions, | THE WORTH MONUMENT, | in Madison square, Was decorated tustefully by B.A. | Kimball Post No, 100, assisted by the Aerial Ladder Company ot the New York Fire Department. Two upright pasts were placed above te top of the shalt | and pendant from them, in the centre, was a bell of | vers, bearing in vivlet letters the words | 1876. "The shaft was overtopped by a tem- | porary one, on which was a liberty cap of natural | flowers. All around the buse of the pedestals were Leautiiul exotics and hothouse plants of different kinds, The work of Post Kimball was doue with rare taste and excellence, and commanded the attention of every | man in the procession as it passed. | ‘The route to Mou(gomery monutnent in the rear wall of St. Paul’s church at the corner of Broadway und | Vesey street, was lined with people, who, dressed in | holiday attire, many of them carrymme bouquets and | pois of flowers, which they, too, were bearing to the | graves of {rionds or relauves, gazed with pride upon | the columns of veterans who tarched erect and lelt again “the elbow touch” they knew so well, Banners and streamers were displayed without stint along the | When the column headed by the miliary: | looking mounted potice passed tho church Lincoin Post filed to the right, and entering the iron gates of the graveyard, drew up in line betore the mural monu- ment to the MEMORY OF GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY. Tho following survivors of the Veterans of 1812 ac- companied it:— Age. Gen, Henry Raymond, . 84 Col. Abratiam Dally... 80 Maj. Chas. K. Crowley, 88 Chaplair Josep H, Hull $2 Henry Morris... 76 David Van Arsdale..... 8t Thomas Stewart,...... 77 Thos. Jettorsor Jared Olmstead... Jesse Watson. Charles Coonibs. Amos Briggs. John Bouton John Daveuport..... J.C. Baylis. Col. Harvard Crittenton 83 Michaei Van Name...., 81 The ceromo wore opened by the Rev, James Mul- eahy with prayer, and Colonel Charles P, Shaw deliv- ered the oration, Above the urn of the monument was | a beautiiul star of evergreens and flowers, above | which drooped the American flag in graceful tolds, while from the star on either side depended evergreen | loops and gurlands oi immortelies, There was also « large shield ot red, white and blue flowers, with in- seription “177¢-1876,"" The tombs of Majors John Lu- cas and Job Sumner wore also decorated, Thsee sol. diers.were Revolutionary oflicers, one trom Georgia; the Sther from Massuchusetts, They died here 10 1779, wud are buried side by side. ‘sana 0 acnivin’s graves Were also decorated, emonies here were ended the proc n ty | fe Thomas Bloomer.. Permenus Doxey Lewis Taylor, Willian Tway | sion seemed to become almost mextricably coutused. | Posts and Nutional Guard companies wore hurrying toward Wall street as if they wanted to get through their we rapidly as possible, ‘Therefore it may be said that the procession broke up at St. Paul’s Cburch, although all the organyations marched down to the Wallstreet ferry, while the wagon trains went to south torry, on the fallen comr: AT WOODLAWN CEMETERY. A more glorious day than yesterday could not have favored the Ume-honored custom of decorating the graves of the dead heroes buried in Woodlawn Ceme- tery. The occasion was impressive, denoting the affection and respect in which the memories of the brave men who there lie interred are universally held. Although the usual method of strewing flowers on the tombs at dawn was not adopted, the'ceremontes were, | nevertheless marked with characteristic solemnity, ‘The organizations detailed to the duty consisted of Til- don Post No. 90; Ellsworth Post No. 67; Farragut Post No. 75; a company of the Fourteenth regiment of Brook- lyn, Captain Codova commanding, the Emimet Legion Captain Henuessey; Morris Lodge, Knights of Pytaias, of Yorkville Lodge and rt > admirably Carried out 25 train, the party quickly reached the cemeter whieb, on every presonted a beauiiful appear: At the railway Station a large assemblave was attendance, and without much ado a procession was formed, the band meanwhile playing a funeral ch. The sceno Was allogetuer suggestive, aud tow witn ed it without feelings ot emotion. Assembledat the gave of Adnmural Farragut, Whose vame is enshrined in the Beart of every Ameri: | ean soilor, the usual ceremonies imcident to the occa. sion were y ceeled with. ‘There were over 4,000 peo- { whom joined in the reudering ‘The Rev, Judson PB. Swit prayer, atter which Colonel A, P, da oriet’ oration, in the course of (ribate to the memory of the Chaplain of Post Ells. which concluded with worth, No. 6 the words & Thy country’s suved and toes are foes vo more, The grave of Licutenant Joho F. Young was after- ward handsomely decorated by the members from ie Fourteenth regiment, the neluding an ord | ss thée. rest! Thy wortal strife ix o'er; H grave of in Char gad a n meanwhile W. Squier, of the Fitt | Cap | rated with | trewing beauti- | tern! iv | ragut | oni, bul it Was subsequently undersiood | pre At 12:20 the party proceeded (o Morris nia, eventh National Guard, and the graves of the | ried in Westchester and Begonia cemeteries S$ HONORS TO THE DEAD. | Decoration Day was nevor before so gencraily ob- | served as it was yesterday im thatcity. The public | wero closed, and the children ten. | dered their offerings of flowers in great pro- | lusion to assist in decorating tho graves. Wagons laden with flowers were to be on moving in every direction. ‘The public offices closed at noon for | the day, Tue stores put up the shutters at son ee | ‘lage | were f¥iugtrom the City Hall, County Court House | and ter public buildings, The display of bunting was unsurpassed by that of any TOMD OF THE PRISON SHIP MARTYRS. ‘The ceremonies of the day most appropriately | opened on Fort Greene, an historic locality iamous in the pages of American history, At ball-past seven | o'clock im the morning the people began to assemble on the slope of the hill facing on the plateau toward | Myrtle avenue. A space of about 2,000 fect square | ec a martial quickstep while | It was arranged by the | of him whose name | ve aud the tombs of Captain | the | j pect the dead who The Second division bud nearly all | ee ie tal 2 | tide and careeped over on her side at low tide, Within | | the war, who enddred the most terrible privations | memories of patriotic sacrifices, One haudred years Thomas Addis Em. | to the cemeteries to decorate their | Leaving Harlem by the | ores | dead were peicetul and Lappy, being iu recognition of | et ¢ last echo of the salute dred | band in attendance played the “star Spangled her,” after which Captain d. A. Lewis, Commande in Post No, 10, Who had charge of the cererso forward und mado the following brief addre owe here this morning to do bower to the of those brave men, Who, one hundred years their lives tor their country, “They and died horrible deaths rat a evant much And now, while w > those of our own number, wie sull preservation of this great Ke- public, we deem i but just and) proper to | turn uside and the first duiy we pertorm to co it b at tho shrine of the Reyolutw: ay we never forget thas they gave to b was Worth the enormous gaeritice Laat since made Lor 1k just reported for thirteen poor aud | but it will soon report fur wirty- and powertul States, | red the Invocation, in which he | Givine blessing upon the nation aod tout r forget the brave nen woo made such great sacrifices, that they might obtain Liberty for | those who came afver them. ‘Alter adirge by the baud Rey, Justin D, Fulton de- | Hvered the address, He said, in substance; — Soldiers ot he Grand Arniy of the Repablic and citi. | zens of the Republic Iu combining to bestow praise upon the brave martyrs of the prison stup you prove yourselves worthy of the grander army which gone before you, “It is but fitting that you should hon iby (he ‘prisom ship and hospital stip in the hands of the enemy rst strugyle for liverty. The keel of the prison stip Jersey was embedded in the mud at low riting. As U memor, nt were dishonor the: never be ty our respects and died tor the | w glu, b large | | | | her were 11,000 patriotic inen at various times during and tortures. Had it not been for their loyalty and there sacrifices we’ should bot have been here wna | morning to celeurate the centennial of our indepeud- ence asa great nation of the earth. It fs mor diticult to forget obligations to those who made sacrifices tor their couutry, but we are here to revive those ngo there was uo United States, One hundred yeurs ago this morning, May 30, there Was but a confused dream in the brain of- Adams and Jeiferson of ihe United States of America, Canada had slipped trom our grasp and were struggling against fearful odds "he ships that had returned trom Boston and {rom Charleston bad anchored in the waters of our harbor, and they were welcomed by the tory residen's of New York and of Long Island, Attempts had ire- quently been made, the speaker sald, to slueld the memories of these tories trom reproach, but it is hard todo it, They were men who were influenced by seit interest and a desire to retain their hold on their prop- erty and possessions above all et The battle of | Long Island was fought August 26, 1776, and ail around us were then entrenched the arwies of the itfant colo- nies, about 8,000 strong, confronting lor one whole week the trained and disciplined troops of oy Soda Thus army of Great Britain, 30,000 strong. ior | au whole week they stood here confronting | their powerful foe, “hoping against hope, Nhat 1,000 might put ‘10,000 to fight und that | one man might be equal toter, On thig very hill it | wus that our fathers were transfixed by the bayoucts of the Hessians, The battle which raged on tue z6tn of August was continued till nightiall of the 27th, when Washington rede along the lines, and, seemng that tur- ther resistance was useless under the cireumatances, | he ordered that retreat which was the most masteriy of | the war, The enemy, when they diecovered m the | morning that the entire army had crossed over the river in safety, declared that such men could never be deteuted. z ‘THE PRISON SHIP JERSEY was to the Revolutionary war what Andersonville and Belleville were to the late rebellion. Eleven thousand men went down to death on her to establish the Siberty of this Republic. The Jersey was built in 1736, and car- | ried sixty guns. Her figurehead wasalion, Ip tho year and to 1780 she was moored by chains to iho dock at the foot of Oxford street. Her only spars wero derricks, which she used to hoist supplies, Her portholes, which were twenty in number, were sixteen feet apart. She wasa filthy and rotten hutk and her dark and disagreeable exterior correspouded exuctly with her interior, In the year 1773, April 9 all the pri oners were removed and the Jersey was abandoned, and tho dread of contagion forbade her being visited, Finally, ag if asbamed ot her record, she driited out into deep water, where the worms fuished her, and she sank beneath the surfaco of the water. Some years ago, in dredging off the Navy Yard, a pieco of the keel of the Jersey was found, and is now to be seen mm the Lyceum, in the Navy Yard. Let it be | written that although five guineas were oticred for every man who would enlist 1 the service of the British, there was not one of the 1,000 men tortured on the Jersey who did not prefer to die rather than accept the bribe, (Applause.) The speaker also reterred to the | hospital ships Scorpia, Stromboh and The Hunter, where many patriots suffered and died. | Oh, tf the martyr dead could but look apon this assemblage, it they could have known that such rever- | ence would be felt for them 100 years later, thoy, would have praised God more than ever. So may wo hope that our children’s children may come hiere at the sec- ond centennial and keep green the memories of those who lived and died for iberty. May they cover these places of sepuichre with floral emblems of our love, A poom written expressly for the occasion. b; Colonel R, H. Chittenden was then read by Dr. J. Farley, of Post Mailery No. #4, after which Mr. W.8, Murray moved that the address of Dr. Fulton b& printed in pamphiet form for circulation. It was a0 resolved by the assemblage, with the amendment that the poem be also printed. Tho band played “Columbia,” the flowers were strewn avout the tomb und a salute of thirty-seven gu rat tired in honor of the thirty-seven States of the Union, AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL. iW | bioou, whose s: Immediately after the termination of the ceremonies: | on Fort Greeue Posts Rankin, No, 10; Thatford, No, 3; | Prank Head, No 16, and Mallery, No. 84, Grand | army of the Republic, escorted by the Fourteenth regi- } ment band and the batterymen of the Eleventh regi ment, New York, marcbed to the Naval Hospital cem- etery, Flushing avenue. There wore assembled at this much neglected cemetery about 1,009 people. When the decorating column reached the cemetery, about main walk, and facing to the front the band played a dirge. Colnrade Frank Gasche then introduced the Rev. Job Chaplain of the City Prison, who ollered the prayer f invocation, 1 the course of which be prayed that the Lord might inspire the hearts of the people, that they may erect that home for those that are without means and are helple Rev. Robert Audersou, chaplain of the United States Murine Barracks, then’ delivered a brief but pointed address. It was fitting that the spirit of 1776 should bivad with the sentiment of 1876. The mem- perpetuated by strewing flowers about the Bus aprinciple which is enduring and holy. Itis fuing that the jowly and humbie who le about in that cemo- lery should notbe tor,otton, Wastingtoo and Lincoln are vames that will never die, but to (heir greatness | the deeds ef such mon as xleep around have added nach Flowers are the love letters throuwwh which peaks tous in human kindness. Jt is pleas: joad, Flowers were then strewn | on the graves CEMETERY OF THE HOLY Choss. Shortly afver wine o'clock Port Frank Head, No, 16, G. A R., to whom had been deputed the duty of dec. orating the graves of the soldiers and sailors buried in the Comevery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, arrived at that place and marched to the chapel iu the centre of the ground, where the services were heid. After a prayer by Rev Father McCarthy, of the Church of the Assumption, av ‘address was de livered by Rev. Dr. Freel, of Si Charles Borrorsco's chureb. The reverend gentiemen said that they bad come there to decorate the craves of some of those heroes who had died iv hospaal trom wounds received in the beat and storm of barile, while ovbers: | had ded on the feld amid the roar of cannon apd with ihe shouts Of victory ringing im theirears They had come there to testify their love and veneration for the men who, kuowing their duty and recognizing the voice of God in the comitmands of lawiu!l auiuoruy, marched tothe batuefleld and fought and died for liberty and country, Their bodies are worthy ot vencration, be- cause they were t f the beroie, immortal souls of brave jatian soldiera aud tem- ples of the Holy Ghost, and because tl animated they ehared the bardstips, perils and misfortunes ot the dreadiul contest. Let as bri freshest and most Deautilul hower seatter and plant them lovingly over thi zens and C place, Li the dead Wav are sleeping a aree and appear ‘e a BOW, think you, would they say to us? ‘ests who are i underneath this chaj eould come betore you, what think you would they po] jd us be has b-| en ore eiovng! 008, bt ja ‘hrist, the Saviour, iT ‘and His drat words were:—"Peace be with a quarter alter ten o'clock, they marched down the |. thank God that the slavery of the is no more, and that all a: pret! Selmar great land. About iS, who were present, then assisted 1,000 person: the members of the Grand Army in decorating tho graves, and the services terminated, CALVARY CEMETERY, The avenues leading to Calvary Cemetery were thronged with carriages aud pedestrians before noon yesterday, and vy two o'clock there were no less than 16,000 people upon the grounds. Owing to a misunder- standing with reference to the place of holding the exercises the maim concourse gathere: iu the vieimity of the Soldiers’ Mogument around whieh a delegation of the Sixty-pinth regiment formed a hollow square about two o'clock, the marshals, Cameron’ ost, and other participants | having meanwhile completed arrangements for the ex. ercises on the uew ground near the main entrance, A celay of nearly an hour was thereby occasioned. The detachment of the Sixty-ninth was. commanded by Captain MeDonald; Cameron Post by John He Brady, ana the Sixty-ninth veterans by Captain Bres. lin, The procession was further cnlarged by several jarge wagons joaded with flowers, ‘The exercises were opencd with prayer by the Fatuer Flyna, which wae followed by singing by a chil: dren’s ehoir trom St. Puirick’s Sunday sehool, John Savoge, LLD., the orator of the day, was then intro- duved and spoke as folk VureRans, Soupinns, F 03 :— It is a beautiful and anctens Catlolic custom to deco- Tate the graves of the dead, in Catholic countries the days set aport tor the revival of allectionate memories und the perpetuation of respect for the beloved deal— wh a8 tie festival of ail Saints und all Souls—are among the most universally and lovingly observed, at the te of All Souls is to the uutversal nm dead, Decoration Day is to the memory soldiers Who have fallen jor their country. Ii. deed, the character of Decoration When we rem y is cubaneed otism cent of virtue: ons are £0 vuEsell results 80 \ To merei musortai Wreaths and evanescent garlands ou Ul oc the brave and dead would avail but Ith pleasing forms are not without 8! lessons—if — uch—gets didnot cicate sentiments and memories and hopes which, trom (heir purity aud iitensity are above and beyond 1 power of expression. tle and radiant Contrasts of color, might as we'l ha’ hever felt lae sullueing light of nature. well be painted rags it the feelngx which’ euygested their presence here are not assoctated with more than eartaly rewards of thoughtful remembrance with the zouls of the gallant and ihe faitt'ul departed. Decoration Day 15 assuming natioual importance, y that tills us with every sentiment of love th connection with tho dead. Que first visit to-day was, was proper, to the statue of Washington, the iil es of Whose hame and nature adda serenity which ates the occasion. The lives of our great men are yearly becoming of deepér mport, of witer recognition, of wore lasting bevetit. They are being interwoven with Liat romubee of tration which once implanted in a nation's youth 4 never eradicated trom its memory. ‘This 18 peculiarly sO in reyard to Washington. Of all men there i$ not, perhaps, one other upou whose per- sonal merits and the result of whose mission all eviliza- tion is 80 Well agreed. We visited THE TOMR OF MONTGOMERY, lt would scem that tne ases of Sontgomery were laid thus coospicnous in the chief placo of the cluet | city to innocuiate the surging current of numanity | tnat sways. and sweeps and rolls up .and dowa (nat busy legality with the active nobility so ciaracterisfic ‘of itself when moved by a not less bounuing spirit than that which its con templation now inspires. The tomb of Montgomery chronicles the birth of the KR the scene in which we are uctors records ils sulvation; the centen- pial yeur reveals its wondrous growth. ‘If Americans houor Montgomery and point with pride to his varcer, they must also approve and honor the services of those heroes who have detended to the death what he died to win. If Americans poimt to the pages of history which record the name and tamo of the revolutionary statesmen of Irish birth and atures arc appended to “the great charter of American libertios, they must bid the na- | tional historian of more modern umes record the nuines apd efforts of those statesmen of Irish bicth and blood who have helped to build and beautify th great lavric of which their fellow countrymen in Jaid the broad foundation. In contemplating the ith services aud death of Montgomery we seo that at the very source of American treedom Irish brains and Irish “blood. became a portion of the epring whence flowed all the valor that achieved, the energy that developed, the progress that culminated. in and the blessings that solidily aud consecrate the system under which we live, move and have our being. And from that day to this we find the Irish race Hhoronetly identified with tho destiny of America, Not only in the physical capacity which Mr. Maguire illustrates and extols in his book on “The Irish in America,” But in the various intellectual de- velopments which win @ character for a nition and give a character toa people. In statesmanship, in let- ters, in art, 1m the Church, on the Bench, m the army, the 4a the marts of trade and in agricultural pur- Bull find Irish intellect and Irish energy per ating and winning the confidence of the body politic, The development of Irish devotion to America on the fleld during the civil war is illustrated by General Michael Corcoran at Bull Run, as prisoner of war and subsequently in command of the Irish Legion; by Colonel James A. Muliigan in pis famous deienco of Lexington, Hie: ‘vy tho orator? hero, Thomas Francis Meagher, aid the Irish brigade, in some of the most tremendous conflicts of the war; by Gencral James Shieids, who, alreauy the possessor of imperisvable fame by his deeds in Mexico, added to his glory by out- maneuvring and deleating Stonewall Jackson; by General Thomas W. Sweeney, by Colonel W. K. Bryan, fell at tue head of his regiment at Port Hudson; by Colonel Cass, who also fell at the head of his ‘Irish Ninth” of Massachusetts; by Colonel Cahill and his Connecticut Irishmen; by General Dan Keily, who, receiving his first military bonors iu the Papal service, came to America, Won distivetion and gave up his lite in the Vinton cause m Louisiana; by Colonel James E, MeMahon, who was literally riddled with bullets at the bead of tho 104th New York, one of the Irish Legion; by Colonel Matthew Murphy, who succeeded Corcoran in command of the Legion and met bis death in that position; by Colonel Patrick Kelly, who died at the head of bis gallant Eighty. eighth; by Colonel James Kelly, who led ‘the famous churge of the Sixty-minth at Antietam; by Captun John Kavanaugh, who received bis first wound in be- hail of his native land in ’48 and his death wound for his adopted country AT ANTIETAM, ‘The perishable garlands with which we deck the gra are emblems of imperhable love. But all that 1s tangibie witoers; only the soul and the emanations of the soul are immortal, The rose and the rosemary, the willow und the vine, which commemorate our grief and Jove, die; the bay and the myrtle, the oak leat and the laurel, with which virtuous cittzeus aud bards and wartiors ‘are crowned, die; the marble often be- comes dust detore the hand that raised moulders; monuments of — granite - and — of brass and all their glorious and paséionute 1aseriptions crumble and fade; but tho monuments which intellect designs, which tender poets and true historians raise in the hearts of humanity sink deeper and wider with each civilized generation and live forever. Hew deeds which make history a necessity aud poetry a ee ward are their own monuments. Bence the deeds we commemorate ure full of biessings, and in honoring them we not only auticipate tue verdict of iuturity and intimate the immortality of our fellows, but we co honor to ourselves by proving that our country and our day are worthy of their heroes, Yet, my iriends, we live {0 little purpose if the contemplations which the day aud its transactions suggest do not deep! ailect and guide us Their tender and solici dutios concentrac, as It were, those thouglits which should never be whouy absent’ from » truly Christian spirit. Cold, indeed, must our sensibilities be If vy the sacred asues of the dead our siumbermg faith ts not kindled into a fame within ua, ligoting us to the ways Of justice and the unpurchasavle, as Uasaleable, houor which springs from manly and uprighs principle, The casuTalle mved Of respect t0 41 from the tomb it beautities a warning of tuatt shouid prepare us to be worthy of THR IMMUTABLE UERBAPTER. It is eminentiy betting to this seene of death and murtyrdom, of peace and viciory, und especially betis- ting this centennial glory, that we ehould solemnly oller a ptayer for the we fire aud progress of our coua- try—a prayer (hat its morai grandeur shouidl keep pice with its wondrous — material —deveiop- inent; that reforin should not be te empty cry of political. «= ambition or the Sigual of political distress; that wath — shoud triumph over corraplion; that life should uot only be a Struggle, but a viclory o: rationaliy satistied industry ; What the victories of peace may. be economy and ro: finement; that the tenacity of the ony to theif gov- ernment and system way overwhelm the danger of cial corruption; that the iavor of the poor shall not be the bauble of the politician, bub that wise economy and geverous caro may result in general comfort’ nnd domestic ease; in a word, that We may #0 progress 1n (ue arts of peace and juuustry, and in religion, purity and strengch, that oar Repubiic may be worthy oi (he pairiot statesmen who ave it its liverties, ond of the equally disinterested foes and martyrs Whose blood bas presorved them, ‘The benediction was pronounced tn Latin, the choir responding, by the Rev, Fatuer MeGean, alter which the Various graves were supplied with the tributes cus- tomary. CrMETEBY OF THE EVERGREENS. ‘The town of East New York was enlivened with inat~ tal music carly yesterday morning, as the people of that town united with Post Louis M. Hamilton, No. §2, im their observation of the day. At half-past nine A. M. tho procession, composed of a platoon of Contiven- tais; Company 0, Twenty-eighth regiment; Rainbow Lodge, |. 0. of 0. F.; Concordia Singing Society, the clildren of Pabiic School No. 2 and Post Hamilton, proceeded to the cemetery, and, aiter a dirge by the band and singing by the Concordia, the graves wore decorated accoruing to the ritual for a single post of iboG. A, R., the oration being delivered by Dr. 8. Dotiot. Post Hamilton and party then withdrew, the surains of their masic scarcely dying in the distance ero the van of. Marry Lee Post, No. ered the come- tery, aud proceeded to the grave of the hero alter woom the Tost is nated. Hi under the direction of Foster, leader; prayer, chole Charch of Christian Endeavor vices of Grand Army Repubitc; hym “Patriotism and Gratitade,”’ Rov. hymn; oration, Colonel Leas RB, 8! benediction, Rov. Dr i effort was masterly ono, taken from ee. ee! These beauuiu! flowers, those | They mughtas | | seeds of corruption, | | int of a soldier, and made a javorable i:npression on iis audience, ‘The general dceoration of graves was then carried out, and the carriages were again taken for Cypress Hills, Sagas it was going out meeting the other procession Williamsburg at the ceme- be haya third scene im the Cemetery of the Evergreens took place at two P. M. nF. J. Korch acting as inaster of ceremonies; but it was conived strictly to the ritual of the Order, ag the post desired to partici pate in the services at Cypress Hills, and. at three o'clock, none were left in the Evergreens but those whe eeniae loattend to tho last resting place of a Telative, CXPRUES HILLS CEMETERY. By three o’clock the road {rom East New York to the cemetery was like an old-fashioned fair, The blare of trumpet, tap of dram, march of men, passing of carriages and wagons to and from and the calis of dealcrs‘in every kind of ware and games of chance fully appreciated. The cemetery itself seemed like | a park on an excursion day, picpic parties eatmg ches as they wnited for the procession hich mare it$ appearance shortly after three o'clock, | aud marche to solemn music int the space reserved which A mmaprover | ot th . The unsightly mounds had been razed, | a nice marblo head stone graces the resting | each Federal soidivr. Here and there a gap oc the serried lines, denoting that beneath lay the remains: of usoldier of the Southern army, When the procession had tken is p'uce Mr, George F, Hopper gave the signal and a band played the opening dirge. Coiunei Hopper, as the presiding officer, then stated the odjcet ol the ceremonics. He then deciared it the duty of the Grand Amny of the Repubhe to fill up the gaps in the rowy of beaustones in the plot, The centenual year was tho opening of a new era, and, with ali difterences, buried, | be trusted that on next Decoration Day every grave, | Woether of “bhioor “gray,” would bave a headstone, | The idea was loudiy applauded, Rev. C. E. Hewes, of led ip prayer and Mr. George W. yy made an address, in which he sald thata new lease hud been given the nation iby the soldier who bad with bis life removed the ceeds | oF diseolution, so that it was the duty of bis surviving comrades to curry on their work by bow removing the the Veteraa Singing Society fol- towed, and Colouel Rush CG. Hawkins in the oration | of the day, succeeding it, argued that the groat lack of the American people was sentiment, and this aervice was tue birih of ageneral fealing of sentiment m the nation, and as such should be fostered aud supported, Hie address concluded with as olitical appeal to all those pr the corcuption and cerrnptionisis that exist to-day ; to pat out of oftice avy man who retains a corruptionist in place, and to work against any one who ts likely to. do eo. “ America’ was then sung by the multitude, anda geveral decoration, by laying plants and tlowers on each grave, in which all participated, closed the services. ‘ . IN WILLIAMSBUEG. The various posts quartering in the Eastern District of Brooklyn were early at work perfecting their arrangements, and at half-past nine o'clock 4. M. the Procession started from Fourth street and Grand, pro- ceeding through most of the principal streets on their way tothe cemeteries, Major Fred J. Rorcher was Grond Marshal, andthe procession included, besides the posts of the Grand Army, Company I, Thirteenth regiment, Captam Noah L, Cochen, twenty- four files tront, battulion of | companies of the Twenty-cighth regiment under Captain Kissel, a battalion of companies of the Thirty-second regiment under Captam Ritter; Progressive Lodge, Knights of Pythias and the Veteran Assotition of Wiiliamsourg, Aud various Wagons bgt tabi § flowers and plants, The march wus concluded at one P. M., on Broadway near Grabam avenue, where cars were taken for the Ceme- tory of the Evergreens. Post Harry Lee No. 21 mot at No. 10 Lee avenve, and accompanied by various notable citizens and the choir of the Chareh of the Christian Exdeavor, took sarge stages and carriages and attracted great attention as they drove through the streets en route to to the Ceme+ tery of the Evergreens, at which they were to hold the principal service, IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. ‘Throughout Westchester county ‘Decoration Day’? was duly observed, although the numbers participating inthe touching ceremony of placing flowers on the mounds which riso above tho nation’s dead fell far short of those witpessed on provious similar occasions. ‘This was particularly noticeable at Yonkers, where of late years the observances appropriate to the day ‘were wont to attract a civic and military procession of many bundreds of Rees Yesterday the members of Post Kitching, G. A, R, were lett almost alone in prosecuting their ‘‘ador of love,’? while the donation of flowers were meagre almost to meanness, At Tarrytown the local militia were joined by com- ‘panive of the National Guard from Nyack and Dobbs’ Ferry, and these, with the addition of a few citizens, torned in procession and marched to Sleepy Hollow Cowetery, where floral tributes were offered tothe memory of the falien braves und an address delivered by Rev. J. A. Todd, pastor ibe Reformed church in the first named village, rom the Spring street Methodist om Gan jing a number of citizchs tery, consisting of singing, prayi carried out, the graves of the soldiersand sail there were strewn with flowers, which had nisbed for the moat part vy the ladies of the village, Woodlawn aud Bensonia cemeteries were also visited during tho day by members of Post Tilden, G. A. R., with some companies of the Twenty-seventh regiment, N.GSN.Y., and a corps of boys from the holic Protectory. ON STATEN ISLAN The Mengher Post of the Grand Army of the Republic performed the simple ceremony of decorating the soldiers’ grav yesterday in @ quiet manner and without undue display. At @ quarier to twelve A. M. the post left its headquar- ters in Tompkinsville in six coaches, which were followed by three wagons loaded with flowers. Seven cemeteries Were visited, ‘the cemeteries were nearly all visited vy numbers of other péople, and in many instances the members of the post found that the relu- tives of the heroic dead had already done what they had come to do, In the Moravien Cemetery at New Dorp there was quite a lar and as the members of the floral tributes on the monument of Colonel Shaw they found there the father and some other relatives of the dead nero, While the ceremontes were being per- formed the old geutleman stood uncovered, and when they were conciuded, with tears in his eyes, he shook the members of the post by the hand. In the evening & memorial service was held in the German Club house at Tompkingviile, on wiick occasion addresses were made by Senator Prince, George William Curtis and County Judge Westerveit, t IN NEW JERSEY. . THE DAY IN JERSEY CITY. Jersey City presented a sad contrast yesterday to the neighboring cities im {ts testimony of Fespect to the memory of the nation’s ho. rocs. Not over 100 men turned out in the procession. But for the Emerald Zouaves, a splen- did company that appeared in full uniform, the proces. sion would have b ble failure. Company F of the Fourta re; -G., and the Zouaves had hoon inviied, but they absoluiely reiueed to join in the precession, Several thousand stators: were gathered in Jersey avenug, Newark avenue and Grove street, The line moved eleven o'clock im the Jotlowing order:—Pobee, aids, Emerald Zouaves, Heury Witson Yost No, 13, bearae, several wagons with flowers, Greenytile veterans, drum corps, Van Honten Post, Zabriskie Post, Alter marching through some of the leading streets the procession eutered the Jersey Cuy Cemet re the Cathvite cemorery on West Side avenue, s ergen cemetery and the New York Bay Ceim- eicry. In the latter place an oration was delivered by | and represents an Capiain A. 3. Cloke, who spoke for nearly an bour, MOBOREN’S SOLDIERS’ MERORIAL, Yesterday aliernoon several thousand people wit. nessed the laying of the foundation stone of the Ho boken Soldiers’ monument on the bank of the Hudson, near Stevens Oollege, The torn banners. which bad scen bloody work duringtho war, were festooned at one side of the platiorm intended for the speakers, The monu- ment to bo erected is to be of bronze, jafamiry soldier, and, with the granite pedestal, willbe twenty feethigh. ltscostis to be about $5,009, of wineh sum about $2,000 has been collected, chietly vy the aid of the Gertiaa singing so- cleties of Hoboken, The exercises commenced at about tour o'clock, Wien the Niath regiment eucircied ihe spol where tie foundation stove was to be laid, aided by the itebekea Veteran Corps, and the Lyra, Ger- mania apd Quariet Clay {German singing societies), Battery Ahad meanwuile tired a national sainie on | the river bank, The most perfect order prevailed. | Rev. Mr. Goocenow, of the Firat Baptist chareb, opened Vie proceedings with prayer. Aiter this the singing societies sang the martial alt or “Gebet vor der Schiact" (Prayer before Battle), with excellent effet. Dr, John RK, Goblo, one of the veterans of the late war, thea spoke, adverting to the propriety of such celovravions us the present for the due bonoring of the deat, Tue spot upou which they stood was to be.dedt- cated to the memory of those who had sacrificed their lives tor the countrys. He then ically sketebed. what was going forward all over She aae, Linenene coebrated Gettysb: speech was quoted as a to the ‘occasion, ihe orator saying that (helt motment would speak to the living as well as of the dead, A> Dauriotie appenl concluded his pabrees eswieas she tr, Oharies Grose, Acti: ay Jai the corner stone of tty Tnoaameul mm which wore enclosed, in atin box, the Hmrat.o and other news. be od be head es ne et ~ P ciasion iT “e tar gg “Yankee Doodle,” aes alter whieh ike the’ hauds of ihete and erans’ ce it others. condi dren jucted as Cee EEE EEIEnnISEE EEE nEEEE EEE EERE made up a scene of confusion that must be seen to be | out to rise in their might and put down | papers and various documents. Mr. Gross made u briet. imouuwent, and at its con- |” display. Subsequently were regaled on ice cream, he. ob late reaperniee sonecla i ¥ ‘THE CELEBRATIONS IN NEWARE. About one o'clock a great throng of the citizens gathered at the corner of Broad and Market streets to Wilvess the formation of a procession by the various Postecounected withthe @ AR. Is commenced to move at two o'clock under the command of Grand Meyer, of ‘Dermot Phil Kearny: and Hg ye George Wheeler, of Post No, 1¢ foliowing was the order of the secenaee:--5 ato’ ft police, Vosy Band, Phil Post, Line ‘tamer Post, Mexican Vi y German Veteran Union, and soldiers the Sold: Home, in a tour horse wagon. The rear was brought up by a large number of wate ‘The pro el to the rmount where appropriate exerci ’ Mr. John Y. Foster and others made speeches in ciation Hall. There was also a reunion of the 0. A. U. M., at their rooms on Broad street, which was attended | by several State ofllcers, . THE DAY ELSEWHERE. Wasuixarox, May 80, 1876, Tho decoration ceremonies to-day were attended by a largo number of personas. At eleven o’clock the pro- cession formed in front of Arlington Cemetery, and afterwards marched into the cemetery, when: the lines were broken aud the graves decorated by the visitors apd members of the Grand-Army of the Republia, which organization had charge of the arrangements. After the graves had been decorated the line was agaim formed and marched to the Amphitheatre, Bear the main estrance to the cemetery, where appropriate ceremonies were heid. ar were ned by & nae tional salute, After prayer by Rev. Granville Moody, of Ouio, and singing by the orphans from the Soldiers and Sailors? Orphan Home, ap original poem by F. Taylor was read and the oration. wae by General Stewart L. Woodiord, of New York. In the other como! in the vicinity of this city appropriate ceremonies held, and the graves strewn with flowers. Hon, Martin [ Townsend, of New York, de livered the orution at the Soidiers' Home Ce: The executi departments of the governm offices of the District government, ag well as the moar are closed, Business senor 18 suspended, and day 13 being observed asa holiday. AT BALTIMORE. ' Bartmorr, May 30, 1876, The graves of Union soldiers at® Loudon Fark and other eemeteries in vhe vicinity were strewn with flowers to-day and otherwise honored with anpropriate observances, At London Park the ceremonies, under the supervision of General KE. B. Tyler, chairman of the Executive Committee, were particularly intoreat- ing and aatisfactory, and participated in much larger number than for some years past. oration was delivered by Hon, H. 0, Prat Pectinee Cena? from iowa. and the address by Hon. G. Wiley Wells, momber of Congress from Washington, The Post cifice, Custom House and other government offices were closed at noon. AT CINCINNATI. Cixcrxyatt, May 30, 1876, The decoration of soldiers’ graves at Spring Grove Cemetery occurred with the asual ceremonies to-day; but, excepting the closing of tho Post Office and other national offices, there was no suspension of business. Reports from tho smaller cities throaghous Ohio and Indiana show that the day was very generally ob- served and that business was suspended, AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIO. Those who have hitherto hold the idea that *‘Decora- tion Day” and: its attendant exercises and ceremonies we custom fast dying out should huve been at the Asademy of Music last evening. The’ house was crowded to repletion, and, except that there was not s¢ much dress, the occasion resombled in every other respect a first night of an opera Tht rim of the stage, which on opera or the atrical nights shines in the glare of the footlights, was tastefully embellished with shrabbery, dotted hero and there with choice flowers, On the Stuge, and in the boxes were assembled a company which numbered in its ranks people distinguished in every profession and walk of life, gathered there for the purpose of doing honor to the memories of tne gallant dead; people who had assembled not tor the purpose of perpetuating recollections of strife and of bloodshed, but to cast a green leaf anda bud om the graves of heroes who have offered up their lives for their country and in the cause of libery, The meeting moreover, charita- ol , a8 it was understood that” monies received, whether trom the sule of tickets or fram suby seriptions, were to be applied tothe purpose of the erection of ahome for disabled soldiers and satlors, Judge Noah Davis presided over the mecting, and ag he udvanced to make the opening address was warmly applauded, On-the little reading stand by which he ‘stood was & magnificent basket of flowers, and indeed the atmosphere of the placo was ladon with the perfume of Decoration Day offerings. ‘The Governor's Island band had been engaged for tno occasion, and ip order to make. the exercises still more attractive the services of a quartet choir, con- sisting of Messrs, Brooks, Green, Post and Deyo, had been procured. The rendition of ‘Peace to’ the Memory of the Brave” was an exceedingly creditable performance and evoked an encore, Mey or the Graxp Any the dawn of the secund_ century to honof the memory of com nation it live—some on the field of battle, amid tories or defeats; some on the weary march; in. hospituis, from wounds jisease; some in prisons, by ‘the tortures of starvation or neglect; et each forming one of the mighty roilof men who lai life for country and liberty. a cause in which they fed was born unto us” hundred years ago. It spoke ite wer tones first at Lexington,’ in “the shot heard round the world,” and, again, in higher accent, Men the unskilled yeomen crushed oppreasion back, dot ‘the slopes of Bunker Hill, and it found the voice grown manhood at Philadelphin, i pendeuce. You eannot rightly hither — to | chorish, lion with the — patriot You have to-day crowned with ae elec Li 1 conflict, upon whose metnories men of the future will cast unfading wamortelles. ‘The Muse of Hi culls herjewele from the annals of aces, but 40 wots them In her corunet that, seen down the long vi Fest. upon hamaulty lik» ® ai ‘luster, to the children of onr childs ind distant years the patriot graves of the Revoluti and of the rebellion will draw pearer abd ni oget! till they blend the fo a ot tiberty it common giory. Haz t ar! Yet it is she lover God by whieh He ti the nations and races of earth. Doiti war alone the lborty should out and established in the Rerolurtou. bt not it was His decree that the liber ali of man under the law should be wrou our and ostabliahodd by a war, which could vat cease slavery re. dead, venants buried and barred and boltod in sts grave, by the eon aguinat the Omnipotent was gever part of the constitution. lt was never iu “A nor of it, but alt Laocoon and of a constitut around ft. Like the serpent that erui sons, it held it in unreiaxing yrnsp, fixed (t with its glitter ing eye, filled it with fis poisonous breath, till its mularia shivered along each alyzed outery ort, Istate, what cour could not execute, bec: was thi eed a id s. Henven hath vo. quareel with feagan ware at these. Thos were not like Alexander's for rae Hike “Caene's, for ambition; wot like Ne dominion. ‘the people's; for Independence last for and liberty, Comseq net jars bas Leen no exception, Extravn [| Rataanos te have ‘ied ia vain if we de not meet | tirpate them, Neme there are whe go. : mi i torms have come in this Bat forward with upli id in = “i their valor sa iy Hity ef our fathers. Then, only. ‘ate numerous millions of our sey. wi Pacific Are set to e bine the IiSerty, th'ne the lary, sey dee sce the thine the South, "acloslos of bls address Judge. Da Atthe ress Judge Davis intro~ duced Colonel H. A. Giidersieeve, who delivered the OFRNING ADDRESS seule aise, Zr het inautsatann 6 pe ito ‘duced mi u Sa geremeene’ a nice. satan big ted Meirulee are written: fn" the hooks a ts ly governed by precedent. pobler eftite Ves virtues. it conace from fnd knows no rules Reateec at ess tent more em phat 5 lene eo of touduy, mobetructed Ny’ ar forth in nil hi 4 Stine hatte Youd. has’ Einscwed win he dost examples of the lag el have down the Terns, the tawpera fers teres,