Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-31
Especial to the Gold Hill Daily News by the Allan
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To-DAY's KILOGRAMS.
A solemn md Interesting Holiday In the
East. In Honor Of the Soldiers wht
Died In the Late War.

BosToN, May 2o.-Flags hre ut half
mast, minute guns are firing, and busi-
ness is suspended. The graves Of sol
diers are being decorated. Farfagut
and Sherman will be present.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May Robustness
generally is suspended to-day. An i'm
mense crowd is at the cemetery to par
ticipate in the ceremony of decoration
Of the soldiers graves.
PHILADELPHIA, May 29.-The flags of
the Custom House aud Government
buildings are at half.mast. Very carly
the soldiers orphans formed u process
sion and marched to Concert Hall where
appropriate commemorative exercises
took place. The orphans wore viewed
by Governor Curtin, Mayor Fox, Cen
eral Van Ylcit and others.
CHICAGO, May 29.-To-day is observed
in Detroit, Providence, Philadelphia,
Washington, New York, Boston, and
many cities throughout the country in
decorating soldiers graves. The citi'
zens generally turned out. Large num-
bers Of bells were rung, minute.guns
fred, speeches and prayers, ETC., com
prised the scrvicesin many places. The
principal ceremonial occurs tomorrow,
WASHINGTON, May 29.-The city to.
day presented the appearance of Sun
day, thousands having left to attend the
solemn ceremony of the decoration OF
the graves of our gallant heroes at Ar
lington. The Departments are MI closed
but one. The subordinate officials have
left for attendance.
At the White House the President,
accompanied by Mrs. Grant and General
Dent, left shortly before noon to attend
the ceremonies.
One road to Georgetown, and through
Germantown, and n cross aqueduct
bridge to the cemetery, was thronged Mt
an early hour, and the carriage way,
thronged with vehicles of NIL descrip-
tons, was literally packed NIL morning.
A battalion of marines was on tho
ground. Visitors passed through the
grounds and visited all points of inter
est, and stopped for awhile among the
graves before IL o'clock. The crowd
was immense, and every moment
brought additions.
One of the greatest points of "tirac-
ton was the tomb Of the unknown aud
amouument erected TO the unknnwn sol
diers, which stands to the front Of the
stand. Around it had been erected "ran-
opy Of American flags, supported by
six upright posts The canopy was
beautifully trimmed with wrenths "f
evergrecns decorated with small flags,
streamers and colorei cambria. The
monument is solid block granite eight
feet square and six feet high on either
corner is placed nj iron IL FOUNDER.
Between these guns is piled n stuck OF
balls, which nre used in the guns.
Around the monument were tasteiully
uung beautiful wreaths of evergreens,
laurel and roses. The effect was ele-
giant.
Inscriptions on monuments are ms fol-
lows:
"Recorded in the archives of the
country. Its grateful citizens honor
them ms Of their noble army of martyrs.
They rest in peace. September, a. D.
1906"
Beneath this stone repose the bodies
or 2,lll unknown soldiers, gathered
after the war from the field Of Bull Run
and the route to the Rappaha"nock.
Long before the commencement Of the
exercises n dense crowd collected in
front of the stand, which was decorated
with evergreens, flowers, and II proiu-
sion of national flags. About | o'clock
President Grant and family, General
Sherman, and members Of the Cabinet,
the Foreign Ministers, and other promi'
nent officials, took their seats, when "
salute was fred to indicate the com
meucement of the ceremonies. Samuel
A. Duncan, Grand Commander of the
Department Of the Potomac, called the
assembly to order, when the Marine
Band played Miscrcre.' a prayer by
Rev. Dr.. Newman followed. An ode to
the dead having been sung, the usual
order of the COMMANDMENT. Chief of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, General
Logan, ordering the observance OF the
day, was read. The concluding exer-
cises on the stand were the singing of
"God Bless Our Native Land !" n po-
en-, "Our Martyrs" written for the oc-
casion by Francis D. Halls and Kan
veer's song, "Slecp Well, Ye Heroes
Brave" was sung by the Washington
S%engerbund. S. S. Fisher delivered an
address commemorative Of the dead,
after which the orphans gathered around
the monument to the unknown dead and
n prayer was offered and n requiem sung.
The orphans sang, "Shall We Know
Each Other" and "The Children of the
Fallen Brave"
The procession then formed and
passed into the National Cemetery,
where the decoration Of the graves
took place.
Two bands were stationed at opposite
sections of the cemeteries, and played
dirges while the graves were being
strewn with flowers. The ceremonies
were concluded by firing signal guns,
and the people gathered around the
stand in tho cemetery, when the band
playcd Rossini's Sfd6at Mater, and the
Chaplain of the Department OF tue
Potomac pronounced the benediction.
The ceremonies throughout were OF
nm interesting and affecting character.
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