Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-18
1t dr0ppeth as the geRtle rain from heaveA
Upon the place beneaths 1t il twice blessed;

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ass:sss ths ha1loTsd ne ds bpgr lst s
mess. Let us, in the true spirit of Christian
charity and Loving kindness, concede that our
/ fallen brothers were animated by convictions
as strong, if possible, as ON. own. There is a
moral heroisn in this. TO, be found jim the
tented field, nor battles fiery tdhiultJ Let us,
i then, supply to these war-exled dead the sacred
| Offering of maternal or sisterly love. ssIet, us
say to them, as to our own heroic sons, rsai's95y
| Soldier rest thy warfare o'er,!
Sleepthe sleep that knows no breaking;
! Dream of battle-6elds no more,
/ Days of danger, nights of waking y
| May the baptisnaldews1of-he -heayel deseeid
| upon you like gentles sbenedictlon; causing
each spFiagtbe little blade Of grass t9 gad
] dure! And may heaven vouchsafe that when
| the voiceess inhabitants of these two silent
cities of the dead shall, after the stern minis
treky Of gsr, in Which they net litt fhf tsres
meet ingthe golden streets of the Celestial City,
| they may embrace with az mutual and fraternal
ardcr that hath in it no alloy nor recollection
| of earthly differences And while these pleas
ant scenes are enaeting above, may the grand
refrain go forth here below in a voice like that
of the storm-god, from all the Free remitted,
patriotic sons of this great Republic. as in her
better days, and Efan EaH rtils and vallies
and mountain tops.
20 70 Thou saEoni o. ship of.ttatete; "a gsI
HGnanitss with all It's fears . - = aefE;Iehs
With all its hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate
And finally, my ffienas,F here in the sacred
presence of the heroic dead, let us conclude
With the patriotic prayer that sthe beautiful
smooth -browed Empress of Peace may 1,ey er
retain her smiling and prosperous dominion,
and sontinue to wave her olive wand through
out the length apdE breadth OF all oar borders
Except in the above extract, we have not at
tempted; 4 r0rsis Of the soratibn; but
have endeavored to convey the speakers ideas
rather than attempt to clothe them in the exact
phraseofogy useaA But the reader mn not fail
to realize that, asa rhetorical efortit was bear
tiful, and those who were present know how,
the speaker held his audience in ,wrapt atten-
ton during its entire delivery now causingI
their bosonrs torswell with emotion while ,alonI
the 'unbidden tear Would start from eyes made
humid with tender reeollections.
The allusien to7the soldiersof tleSU hion wasl
most gratifying to their comrades, present, Of
whoina there was IA largel number and
eyipced an amor prop re- nl9st delicate I'm con
ception andbriliiant an ddlirery.is isgps
y;igo: - DEcoR AEIo8 or THE 80 .al59 -.
At the conclusion Of the Grafton, all the la
dies present were invited to come forward and
assist in dec rating the graves The flowers
were taken from the baskets and soon scores of
ladies and little girls, assisted by committee of
gentlemen, were engaged in the mournful yet
pleasant task While the flowers we're being
pstreyn, the. Band discoursed appropriate music
- g '.fhe . officers fdnera: whose yahlenrnful
cadence as it, rose and fell on the airs carried
back the recollection to similar scenes on a
lesser, scale YheEe. loved comrades. were, cont
sighed to Asofdiers' graves t""'' iSVA f""
irss saq -ys siagri SoNeLQsIo8!ss .qHYTAFsA (
There are about three thousand graves in the
cemetery, not one of which was neglected.
After a benedictioh BY Rev. J. L. Lloyd, the
.assembiaged dispersed. 5e-r o. .,;s,b & II