, 1869-05-31
THE UkRETuRkING BRAVE.
Decorative Ceremonies at
the Cemeteries YES
terday.
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Flowers and Esergre Placed
Over the Undyins ='ad.
e
The Memory of the Fzza Cher
ished by the Lii =.
Imposing Exercises at Rose
hill and Oakwood.
Orutioa% by Rcvs. 11essrs. Coll
yer and Johnson.
Observation Of the Occasion in Other
Parts Of the Nation.
orntion by Vice President Colfaz at
South Bend.
Imposing Exercises at Rose
hill and Oakwood.
dDrz,tioRs l1y Rcy.. f1essrs. Coll
yer and Johnson,
Observation Of the Occasion in Other
Parts Of the Nation,
Orntian by Vice President Colfax at
South Bend.

Drntinn by Vice President Colfa1 at
South Bend.
Yesterdays EyERC6SES.
i: iii ;i:t:r cS csnnt7s. NJ. Il kcs stsi bse:: T.
Reta1ns ssfss i a:eS x,is ta.l aez 6a ss sa sa i
shc thsrc ahsl find a :" c,'sestt.
The worts which the Ensl,sh1san wEo1e 1lore
than IN hundred teaIs ago, are Us sweet aud a.
:,e1,t.ne uoH, Is they were when they fell from,
the lips of the lyric poet, for she heart Of hu-
mantg then, AMI The Ae:lrt Of humanity now, beat
IN solemn unison and accord The better emo
:!ons, and the Hner passions which H.
nuenced men in those lays, aetuatc
them now, and The poet Vt that tinle
felt tendczjy toward the graves OF those Of ILL
counttymen who had fallen on many su European
battlefield, as We now do toward the graves d
those who fell In :he long series Vi CONFLICTS thai
have made memorable SO mauy rivers, mountains
aId valleys between the Ohio and the Gut, The
Mississippi! and the sea. The only difference was
that his feeling expressed Itself in words that Of
the mouEneEs OF the present day In deedA
From the earliest moment Of recorded time the
RISING places Of the dead, where they sleep
s'Uuder the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,''
those swelling u:ountls that alone remain o. the
loFed, the brave and the beautiful, have bceu the
recipients Of q tenderness which which was not al.
nays du1ing life given to their occupants People
OF ali nations have turned from their pur
suits and, With stller footsteps AMI
with more revetent manners, hare
sought the graves Of their dead, taking With then
such gifts as thelr Euder religious, or more caltI
waited tastes might prompt Some brought food
some offered prayers, and some strewed flowers.
These Wete the gifts Of private love. The sor
did honor to his parents. The ucailcu forgot no
the grave Of lover. nor the mother the home 0
her child.
It was but seldom, however, In other times, tia
lose who had slied for their countries
c-tyes1 other than some mere oHlcta
recognition OF their merits. They were
mentioned in some Bulletin, or by some rare
Chunce II monument was erected over theil
remains Few received such honors rs were paid
TO those who fe1 At Marathon, whose namcs long
lived In the pages Of G-ec:an s1or7. National
osattons m t9 tne memory o. the brave consisted
the dead had deserved well Of tho republic.
II II was o, !ett for Us u.s. to si!ow Republics
test thetr affection for their soldiers,
not only t,y pensions anil donations, hut Dy those
tcrdeser signs u atlrcsun, u whch Iower5 axe
perhaps the sweetest Manifestation. Material
gifts have their good Side, but celebrations Ike
those OF yesterday show love Y hieh Is more than
nntse n,I deep. aa affection which can give song
existence CT other thlA.;5 than bsead and 1lt.:i
The loets have again :unl again spoken Ut
mons The 81, iIlan valcs to strew With
blossoms the hearse where Lycni lay. But
they sI ioked forward to u tce,ulug earth aud
fruitful spring to bring forth Upon lhe graves Of
their dead those flowers which wonld SO greatly
adnrn Them. They were content to wait until life
s1sn1 d " suns, semIsfate nIeszes aud warm rains.
had coaxcd froE, thc cool Garth the whits the
pink, tn's the purple buds that arc the pride OF
spring.
Here, however, the fresh and living sense Of the
lore and hnnor cue tho dead, who hare fallen for
common cause tlOts NOT lHrn. II to wa!t uu; the
faffF eesson Ellall have done lts work. The pvAl
ren and women ri Chicasn hive snatche.t from
nature one Of her sweetest attributes, aud their
whe BANDS IT sTewe oa !owy ares the sweet;
fortf richer niors than those which arc borne hr
Inc bfeezca that Eweep over beds OF Persian roses
t'sif the greater number Never na kiushin or nc.
4laintance with those to whose memories they
,cstcEsfay did honor. They lei, their hun1cs when
sizes were cloudy md Wiut.H were chill 10 show
affection for men whose chief claim 10 regard was
that thcy fell IN 1he seFrice of rhetr coin1ry II
was aa aet:on which houored !,otls :nd there was
not Tower = 1licll fcl! upnn thOse graves which
did not IND there noter and ,nnrr fehiting rest
'rg rface than II 1t hh'l ,lirl i natural death in
TWO years ago feeling af lore and honor for
Inc dead soldiers Of ihe Republic Inspired many
p 70 pay rrbute u respect ~ the graves Of the
1alen ny E1TeRlnR them with iuMer4- They acte,i
without unani1nitE. aud only in i few localities
The idea, no matter Whtrr il pr,,y1nafa,l wa
taken up l5 the Grand ARMY If tl, R,nmhltc ,n,i
THAI orsllzat1o,l in orItt.r T., nrr,r VI cn
rert uf actiol. mst ,t:,T .nnn,n,a1I ie ~, ~,
::ah q Ma, a. The t!ay ,i''' ID Which 'Ds =
1io. OWING to q variety Of causes wa; NJ, oa gnn.
rrai as Il should ayc hcen his Tesr :n ~ hnva1 ~
llsnmlhary action WAS taken In time by the citf-
<t the country; ard hc.e IN s'hiraro fnnrc ~ ~ NJ
no lack Of interest nor Of energy. s,cn and WoosI,
gave Their time mad their money to ti1c usi.
III II o4EL
articlta: committees ~ agr.,.u,,nts ,nrtes,.
1ne1r dunes with r,,at enerrxs se11a. y
was agreed upnn nj thc ,a,,,,,a ~ services
a1l The arranEcntnts were male Ia thn f.,rr ri
threatening skies anl uncertain Sraih,r ~ "
-
-.- AT leU~EIII1I.
-, aua nutaai -koaIds sser' visited ycsterar, init
the r1.a'.r a1 n,,ns eAeres W , "sEs r. a. Rcic whrc
1F'o'H'ea 'of Tue 1ellaFtliFe ri
,4o, -, 1HE t7HsI TRAIN
,tr7yi. n,f ,., ~ IeaH pe!nle tae hont tn spite OF
~ H. E;n1s s.Io, tn9sans s u rcfsons assembled
snv n'Ae sttee' Depot Ihe various military
iatj1es "a nhefm OF we1Fng
,i ~ T. g.fnenl Of hnttt1y IN which they fought.
al" III "lacA tAt.f tuln1ss,lts 1el.
-, 1,:s, p,,as sakkin1As u Gc4kn q
wire stressed II bright green, Anl ouLn.l iur C4l-
Saty Cemetery, 70 lay Oh the grave Of thu gallant
,u Has414 ~ stsen ~ the sthant turf OF
het 1Mn1uet= Ct flowers, which e.nittc,l m u,1or
INV uIitIt nl:e ccfns borne on The winds that
"lc" tklouen tne hoWery de1!ca VI Paradise.
THE cTuER MILITANT.
Ihen came tht r9nIn;4u; Of j'a.:esy \, ilrtt
L.cat sAE1le1y. ul!1cc command oi leutcnant
jean =; Ht1useF. Thcy we.r hardy, hrayc-.ook-
ing fellows Sesent9-fve men pf the T~cnty-
!nulsh Illinois lh1an:ry, Cn'!cE the cor,,naa1 0f
Iap1aln Edward Minister, wpi.i ont to take mart IN
INC proceedings although no special mission. uor
M spSc'Aa EIarc ca!lcd tat1a there. The Cntol ;ci-
Sa esan Keel Association, comprising members OF
1he E1RhtF-Fecond Infantry. mustered strong ntl-
nel Ssb.an Al1Eet! Smith. They represented the
stubborn. immovshIc German courage thar ,rnrrd
70 sfnc'ent N the ssar. tviih them Vas small
monument having inscribed On It's sides the words;
EErgcE at'!enkcu fur uzseres Rc,a,cnen KIM
.. er1aen- N>->-AS'
."GederEct der urttEea u1d y-aisen'.
HI+t;nn ~ I-, -, ~ H.,!,t - sneo,. H.e ut'uA
The Tav,or n,,ta,- w. ~, 49,.
nun'1ers T,,.as 49,. ~ ~, aI-o u naF" IA eoou!y
ont In lie rst t,sin ill.,, a,3 .. ,aat vent
@A@ - DoA1'e4 u p'+,a.s M shizenS
t.nns,s.o, NJ tf,,.n a .A 4hAtS
;nt.Iv Sraun..,1 <1r Sso ~ VI HAch were af'so.
tpJits Af 1:..s iha - .u ~ t1e feyc!A
tr,in ,,o1a, an,s siS WHSLE soHnde. and the
was ,rn"; 81 ~. lAto sne rain Ill h1o1la- The Sky
usN - ......-
.ha, h,,, tt.a e,1,, 41as a',.e FL ~ alSI. .
Past fhc hnnsca nrl t1e ,h. N.uean .s pacSefonnd.
Tpca Aalthoagh 5 i was raining. persons stood b.
handIerchtcfa u ha.a - ei,a, M "ni1o~s anl ;vare'
tIemnnstratinn ~. r.ot, ~ molse or nnseelniy
:rain ~ ''''o's " tne oecas'ous Al l:l3 the
ARRIVED 4r posrun,
farkt.l and the ,ran r,ores1 an 1ar, ,1SAG sc!..-
with the.e bound for tha, pia"e. % Into e"ata: e:
were o; tned sad the s1na MONS n me s,s,s,
house we're sought "a grateful Shelter fro,n fha
storm. But theY lid moi nceon1untIsts me hn1 ~
slredth pa-t ur the yisltors, and urubrciias wsr,
hnI ufc@f ft-< 49,