, 1870-05-31

benediction, and felt that you were receiving Il
lust nov, when your listening hearts were storm
fore can only say, Cod bless you; and let Us all
so home with the sweet blessing our fellow citizen
has given us Amen" 4 thousand Approving
ediction, and few moments later the vast crowd
was seated In the long train Of cars, and whirlng
toward home, most heartily pleased with the
events and exercises Of Dedication 0ad Decoration
Day.
At Calvary.
At Calvary the attendance was smaller than at
Roseh!l,. but sufficiently large to Impress one with
the fact that the Catholics not dlspoeed to for
get the services Of the brave men who died In de-
fence Of their countrys honor. So beautiful were
the grounds OF the cemetery. 80 luxuriant was the
fresh veruure, SO thick1y shaded were the walks
and graves by the rustlIng leaves and the waytug
branches, that the noral offerings brought by the
friends OF the fallen braves Seemed an almost un-
Necessary tribute to their memory. About two
hundred soldiers rest In Calvary auu most Of their
graves were yesterday onnmented with the fa,rest
and choicest Of howers- .He!lotropes, fuscnas,
MtgRonettes and ruses, mingled with the darker
siat,es Of the cyrress pine ami hemlock, produced
an enchanting Effect
The devout and respectful attitude of those In
attendance, was marked. Sadness YVES expressed
III the faces Of all, contrasting strangely with the
joycus countecance Of nature, which rendered
the halowc1 precincts OF tho dead 30 attractive.
The eoleunity Of tie Occasion was unbroken by
d1sccralant sound, and as the procession slowly
moved from the train into the grounds, and there
separated % me different graves, the scehe was
an impressive one
The number Of women wns apparently greater
than Of men, which may be differently accounted
fof, but was at least significant of the estimation
i'll which the attributes Of man's stronger nature
are held By the weaker sex Courage and patriot
womau's admiration, and the attendance Tester-
day showed that the memory Of the heroes who
lie beneath the sod at Calvary is still warm in
In the aged matron it was easy to discern the
mother, ~ her lips moved In silent prayer for her
darling boy, perhaps an only child.
smile on a pale cheek, showed, mora plainly tnan
words could tell, the sol1ieT's widow.
@ a 2, Va
paJtng their tribute to the departed
CtEslicaols anong the graves Of the soldlers
whose lie and death arc familiar to Chicago read
srA. Among the trsI to answer his countsyfs call,
be soon yielded hls life In her defence Lieutenant
Rev. Fathers Kelly and Dunn lie in the vicinity
OF the handsome monument opposite the entrance,
aud their resting places were tastefuilT otna-
Colonel o'Kaue, Captain Fitzgerald, Lieutenant
ballard, Lteu!enant Plliiau, and numerous others,
were remembered BY their friends, and thelr
graves al bore testimony to the undying Affection
which their loved ones cherish. .
The decoration ceremonies were under the Bu-
pery1slOn OF Colonel Stunt and Captain La. ring
ION. and were conducted In manner to reflect the
highest credit On rhose gentlemen
At Grace1and.
There. was no public ceremony at Graceland
Cemetery, and the display was such as would not
attract attention, except from those who were
specially Interested In the sacred spots where thc
bodies OF the fallen soldiers were laid to rest
The graves had been decorated on Sunday, and
only few visitors were to be seen in the
Hsu sosa aa e ts eene s Ssef
which no stonc has yet been raised, and 1t was
pleasant to note that these had not been forgotten.
Wreatns OF evergreens and noEa1 crosses were to
te seen In many remote corner, strewn above
some namelcss mound, while In some instances
card was placed upon the willow at the head OF
on on t K.a's WIN '''' DAD' - 'e 0''D '''o W
Near tho entrance to the cemetery, one Of, the
drEt objects Of attention was the grtve Of Colonel
William 4. Webb, Of the Forty second Regiment
Illinois Volunteers, over which graceful marble
| monument has been erected. It was decorated
with imnorteles and variety Of nowers while tWo
linton rags were placed az the head aud 1oot OF
Al u little distance apart was the tomb Of Aloert
| DorchtFdt, Captain OF the Fifth Missouri Cavalry
Volunteers, who died October g, 1869, Of wounds
received In the battlc OF 1uka, Miss, on Septem-
er -, 1862. The column was entwtned With
| upon the grave ard around the burial lot
Passing farther through the Interior OF the cem-
| etery, 3 number. Of decorations we're seen on
a taatciul display Of roses, lmmortelles and
-.UtG1 wreathE, With evefgreens twtnel around the
/ Dlunn, marked the grave OF Luctus s. Larrabec,
captain Of the fo5ty fourth New York Volunteers,
= no fell at Gettysburg.
Adjoining this ground Was the tomb Of Captain
| r +. Weed. Of Battery A, who died December 30,
.sC5, OF disease contracted In service. Several
union Caes, floral wrecths, and crosses, we're the
The grave Of william D1YoIf Lieutenant Of the
Thru United States Artillery, was appropriately
Iccked with tmmortelles, He fought at Belmont,
| Frrt DonelEon, and WAS mortally wounded at Will
1 ;jamsburg.
Near to this was grare without any monument,
that Of Captain John A. Thompson, OF the
Eighteenth Infantry, who fell at fIoovera Gap,
| Tennessee, on June &C. 1863. The grave was very
| uccly decorated with Tags, ererEreens, and
l w1ealhs Of various suitable devfceR
A simple wrath OF flowers, from which depend
cd Cross Of cTergreens, was plnceG on the monu-
mcnt erected over the grave OF Major William Il.
| nnrtaiIy wounded at Gettysburg on July S, 1868.
On a lot adjoining that Of Mrs. N: D. Capp were
SoInc beautiful decorations, consisting OF Rera-
.lum beds, and n0Ta1 dEv1ce representing vase
aud an anchor, which seemed to marx the resting
place OF some naval hero. There WAS no stone to
Indicate the name anu rank Of the dead.
The German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery,
near Graceland, contains only the grave OF one
soldier Frederick Ross, who fell at PtttsburB
Landing, and there were no decorations to be seen
in this place.
0akwood.
The decorations st OaEwood Cemetery, where
several Union soldiers are buried, were conducted,
ike the others, IN quite pr1vate manner by the
surviving friends Of the deceased There was no
publtc ceremonial yesterday, although good
tuany ntDplc drove out during the day to pay q
visit " the graves. The decorations were all done