Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-31
Decoration Day.

/ THE CEREMONIES YEsTERDAY---A QUIET oBsERv-
ANoE.
Decoration day was quietly observed in VII.
mington. There were no orations delivered, nc
eulogies pronounced, no beating of drums OIL
playing of flies, but the ceremonies were unos-
| tentatiously performed by the comrades of the
fallen braves their he arts swelling with emotion
| and their memories freighted with the remem-
brancs of the deeds of valor in which the sleeping
heroes had participated in days gone by. 1t was
| q voluntary ofering-tle spontaneous outgrowth
| of feelings of the warmest friendship engen-
| derer amid the smoke and carnage Of battle.
| The Post Of the Grand Army which used to exist
| here has been dissolved. and the movement was
| gotten up and participated in by about so of the
| survivors of the rebellion.
During the morning OF yesterday and until
O'Clock in the afternoon the Floral Committee
Has busily engaged in the preparation of the
| flowers, which were to be laid upon the graves
At that hour the soldiers proceeded in body to
the different cemeteries, when the decorating of
the graves took place without any ceremony
whatever. Each soldier bore q boquet, which
was deposited upon dead comrades grave as 1t
was passed going from one cemetery to another,
until all the graves had been thus crowned with
tribute of memory and affection. Last year
committees were sent out to the different ceme-
teries but it was thought best upon this occa-
sion that all should go in body.
The procession moved first to the Wilmington
rades are sleeping. When the tribate had been
paid, the Catholic Cemetery, adjoining, was Wis
tied and twelve graves were three decorated. In
passing the colored burial ground, at 9th and
Walnut, the procession paused to psy q tribute
of respect to colored soldier who rests there.
Five graves in the old Swedea cemetery were
next crowned with flowers, and five others in
the Asbury church yard. when the procession
moved back to the City Hall, where business
meeting was held, a report OF which has been
sent us for publication. 1t is as follows
When the reports from tho several Commit
tees had been received, the following resolution
was adopted:
ResOtDd. That vote OF thanks is hereby ten
dered to Miss Annie E Leech, Mrs. r Il. Rob-
inson, Misses Matte and Bessie McComb, Mrs.
John Merrck, Mrs VIM Candy. Mr.. Levi G.
CLARK, Mrs. VIM. Lea, Mrs. O. Febiger, Mr.. Ed
ward Tatnall, Miss Newlin, Miss Butler, J. J. P.
Richardson, Mrs DR.. Vaughn, Mrs Dandy Mrs.
Daniel Kent. Mrs. Israe Pusey, Mrs Robinson
Miss NJ. ID. Sisson, Mr. Hazard, of Dover, Mary
b. Houston, Mrs j. s. Valentine. Willie s. Mitch
ell Mrs. B Houston. Miss Mary Y. Stewart, Miss
Bell Hatfield, Miss Eda Haergrove, Miss Alice
Prettyman, Miss Hannah Hutton, Miss E. dupont
Smith, and Miss Julia Aydelott, for the very gen.
erous donation of flowers and kind assistance in
their arrangements Also to the Editors OF the
WmMINGToN DAILY COMMERCIAL for their liberal
donation of $6.72, the amount Of their printing
bill.
The following bills were ordered to be paid
To the editor of EUery Euening, for publishing
a call for meeting, and call to the public for
flowers, $5 80; to editor Daily Gazette, for pub
fishing call for meeting, so cts for repairing
soldiers graves in old Swedes cemetery, S5 so
for flags purchased to make graves, S3 80.
On motion, the various papers were requested
to publish the foregoing proceedings