The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-12
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WASHINGTON.
The President Refuses TO Place Troops
In the Louisiana State House.

WASHINGTON, December lin re-
Spouse TO urgent requests that the
president place troops in the Louisiana
state house, he Is quoted NJ saying I:
al will not provide against threatened
dangers but II violence occurs | will
suppress it,
Between eleven and twelve O'clock
to-day large number of persons wit
messed the interment In Grace church
yard, near Silver Springs, of the re-
mains Of seventeen confederate SOL
diers, killed in the attack on Wash
ington, near Bunker Hill, in July,
1864. Bishop Pinckney read poem
and General Phillip Cook, who COM
manded on that occasion, delivered an
an address.
At a meeting of the house judiciary
committee this morning, y sub-com-
mittee was appointed to draw another
civil rights bill. 1t is understood that
the committee were instructed to ill.,
corporate all the essential features of
the senate bill now on the house cal
lendar, emitting the cemetery and
school sections.
The removal of the remains of con-
federate soldiers, killed near Silver
Springs, on Monday and Tuesday,
July 18th and 18th, 1864, when an at
tack was made upon Fort Stevenson,
on the north side of Washington, by
q column of confederate troops of Gen
eral Early's corps, under the imme.
diate command of General Gordon,
now senator from Georgia, took place
to-day.
Quite o number of soldiers belonging
to the union army were killed in the
engagement and their remains were
afterwards buried in Battle cemetery,
which was laid out on Seventh street
road near TT. Stevens for that purpose.
There were also u number of conteder-
ate soldiers killed and their remains
were inferred on farm near the fort
where they fell.
A few weeks ago, friends of the
''lost cause" headed by Rev. j. Is.
Averill, pastor of Grace church, sit
uated about two miles above Silver
spring, on the Seventh street road, re-
solved to gather up the remains and
remove to the above named church
yard for interment, and steps were i'm
mediately taken to carry the plan iuto
effect and progressed so satisfactorily
as to be executed to-day. On Tuesday
last, the bodies to the number of sew
enteen were exhumed and placed in
six plain collins and borne to the
church yard, where they were this
morning placed on a bier in front OF
the church and covered with q black
pail, on which was stretched a neat
cross of white muslin.
The remains were all unknown eX-
cepting one body, that of James Is.
Bland of Highland county, Virginia, a
member ofthe siXty-second infantry OF
Imboden's brigade. In the Enclosure
between the front OF the church and
the street grave, large enough for the
six collins, had been dug for the final
resting place of the remains, aud
large evergreen cross was placed NJ the
: head oft.
Inc SERVICES CViIllhSHcSu "V my
o'clock. Quite a large number of the
Neutrality-suspicious. assembled at the
corner of Ninth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, and taking carriages pro-
ceeded to the church about seven miles
from the city to witness the ceremony;
N large number from Rockville and
the country around about were also
present to the number of about three
hundred persons including many ladies'.
At eleven o'clock Bishop Pinckney
and Reverends Averill, Williamson and
Buck entered the church, reciting the
service, commencing "Lord, let me
know the end of my days. etc. After
portions of the scriptures had been read
the choir sang 81 would not live al
ways, / ask not to stay" which was
followed by prayer and another hymn,
after which the audience proceeded to
the grave in front of the church to in
ter the remains.
The following gentlemen acted as
pail bearers: General Cook, Henry
Garnet, DIR. Young, DIR. Bayle, Will
liam Harmon, G. Il. Howard, General
p. NJ. b. Young, J. w. Drew, Colonel
l.. q. Lamar, Colonel Herbert, A. Nj.
Stone, Colonel r. Fleming and Colonel
Ed. Dorval.
The collins were lowered into the
graves, wreaths being placed upon each
one, the one containing the remains OF
Bland being placed at the north end