The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-03
Floral offerings on the Tomb of valor!
[Condensed from the Mobile Register, April asth.

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Bring flowers. pale flowers, DER the bier to shed.
A. crown for the brow of the early dead;
For this through its leaves hath rose burst
| For this in the woods the violet nursed,
| Though they smile in vain for what once was ours
They are loves lastgift Bringye flowers pale flowers
The twenty sixth of April, as our read
ers are aware, is the day fixed upon
throughout our entire State for the Annual
Memorial services in common grafton of the
| Confederate dead. Falling as it did, this
year, upon sunday, yesterday, the 9th,
was observed here instead.
The day was bright and beautiful. as if
even He would aid the holy work, and
stald Mobile, whose martial record is uu-
stained, whose escutcheon brightens in the
glare of history, and whose best blood, like
water, flowed through those memorable
years, turned ont en- D1dsse to honor the
Confederate dead, nor .ers alone but all
who sleep within the hallowed precincts Of
her cemetery. Who'er they were, where'er
they lay, within those holy walls her
reverend hand had gathered
The sacred dust
OF the warriors tried and true,
Who bore the flag of our nation g trust
And fell in the cause, tho lost still lust
And died for and you.
Under the auspices of the Ladies' Memorial
Association, and the Committee of Ar
engagements on the part of the gentlemen,
every preparation had been made for a
proper observance of the day. Nothing
was left undone. The seasons sweetest
contributions had been wreathed by loving
hands to decorate the silent homes of that
echoess city; and from the lap of spring
the hand of woman had golden flowers
plucked to garland the abode of those who
sank
By all their couutry's wishes blessed!
The various commercial houses of Mo-
bile were closed, business of every nature
suspended, and revcrently a whole city
gathered to commemorate the valor of the
fallen.
At the appointed hour, p. NJ, amid the
living mass upon the sidewalks and in the
of the Grand Marshal, Col. Thos. II.
Herndon, and his corps of aids, formed
on Government street. Promptly Mt
NJ. it began its march to Magnolia Gene.
terry.
ORDER OF PROCESSION. !
The State Artillery.
The Academy Cadets.
Ge ThS Pi Es Psp %.s0siatiop
St. Petricts Bepevo %gie % q i0t
=. st; Patricks R. R. and L. Society.
Baymen's benevolent AssOciatiop Hi'''ef
St. yincents Literary and Bsne volsnt Association
s Erench Mutual Aid and BeGevolent Society,
The Pupils Of ihe Public Schools,
The Orator Of the Day.
The Executive Committee of the Ladies' Memorial
Association in Carriages
R. E. Lee Benevolent A Association.
The Can tGet Away Club
The Franklin Society.
Confederate Soldiers from all States.
Strangers.
Citizens on Foot.
Carriages Generally.
Besides those in the procession, the
streets were thronged with carriages and
pilgrims on foot, all bearing floral tributes
In addition to the regular street cars, a
arge number of extra ones had been put
upon the lines leading to the cemetery, and
their passengers might have been reckoned
BY fifties, as trip after trip was made as
last as possible. The gathering at the
surpassed any ever assembled
here upon like occasion, and it was with
The utmost difficulty the writer made his
way through the dense mass Of humanity
hat surged around him. Taking his posi-
ion he surveyed the scene and awaited the
arrival of the procession. Before him were
he little green hillocks in ranks, as the
'leepers often stood in life to receive the
shock of battle, each with lis plain white
leadstone hung with u green and floral
wreath, not op e forgotteL-all remembered
while in the centre, from our own endur-
3g stone, love aud the sculptor skill, had
cared sentinel to guard with solemn
watch
The bivouac of the dead.
So quietly they lay, SO free from earthly
are, 1t seemed mockeTy to mourn them
zone.
After life'e fitful feyer ttev sleep ,-oll III