Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-25

uieS at EtmWOO0.
MEMPHIS, May 24.-Business is sus-
pended to-day in observation Of the memo
rial service al ElmWOOd. Since s o'clock
this morning the streets have been crowded
with people. The procession now forming
is the largest ever seen here except, perhaps,
at the funeral services of General Les.
Ex-Federal soldiers have, almost to a man,
turned out, and in the ranks are seen the
tattered battle flags of both the Federal and
Confederate armies. At no time since the
close of the war has there been seen such
genuine intermingling Of the blue and
grey, as is presented here to-day.
Night Report
The memorial ceremonies to-day were
the gTandUst ever witnessed in the South.
Despite the threatening weather, at an early
hour the streets were filled with people
bearing flowers WheTe8ith to deck the
graves. Business was almost entirely sus-
pended, while from numerous buildings
the National and Confederate flags were
hung cut, which, with the brilliant uni
forms of the State Guards, gave the city
holiday appearance. At noon
The Procession
was formed at the corner of Main and EX-
change, and moved down Main in the fol-
lowing order: Chief Marshal Gen. Cotton
Greene and aids-Music - ChiCkasaw
Guards, COMPANY A-Irish VOlunGeers-
Templars' Guards-OratOrs of the day, in
a carriage-Soldiers of the Mexican and
Florida war-The Invincible Fire COmpa-
nv, carving Gen. FOrresL's battle flags and
the battle flag of the Third Tennessee
Federal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on foot
-Ex-COnfedeTates in carrisges-EX-COn-
federates on hOrseS-Music-Hib Hibernian
Mutual Relief SOciety-Irish Literary So
ciety-Father Matthew Total Abstinence
SOciety-Societie Francaise-SOciets Di
Unione Z FTatellOnga ItaliaIa-M Music
German Benevolent Society German
Casino-Deutscher Bruder Buud-Mem-
phis nneTchOer-Templars of Love, One,
Three, Five, Nine, Eighteen -MGsie-City
Schools, first division - Music - City
Schools, second division, in carriages
Mayor and General Council of the Army
and Navy UniOn-EX-Federal officers and
sOldiers-St. Andrews SOciety-Graette
Berin-Citizens. The procession WIS
Over a Mile In Length,
and as it passed through the principal
streets, which were crowded with people
bearing flowers, they gave venN to sheir
feelings as objects Of special interest were
seen.
At the head of the ex-COnfede- -ates rode
Gen. Forrest and the surviving members of
his staff. while the Mexican veterans were
led by Gen. Gid. J. Pillow. In one car
rage was two large flags, Federal and Con-
federate, made entirely Of flowers, the
latter
Partly FUFIed.
and the National flag flung TO the breeze.
The number of eX-Federals participating in
the procession was about one hundred, rep
resenting nearly every State in the Union,
amOn- whom were Lieut.. Col. George Glib
son, L. 5. A; Col. J. W. Jefferson, who
served throughout the war in the Eighth
Wisconsin, or Live Eagle regiment, and
now a prominent cotton merchant, and
who, like most of the ex-Federals partici-
pating, has never taken part in any public
demonstration before; Col. Harry +. Tom
linsOn, formerly Adiutant General on the
stafIs Of Gems. Curtis and ScOfeld; Capt.
y. D. Menken, formerly of Gen. ROseCan's
stali, leading dry goods merchant; Capt.
F. B. Ellington, Of the Twelfth Iowa, a
prominent lawyer; Hon. Hosea Townsend,
Lieutenant Of the Second Ohio, a prOmi-
lAEllL Id W tl- " ole Jas " EcAAAE 1GslsLAllL
Inspector General on Gen. Washburn's
staff, one Of the orators Of the day; Capt.
". y. Lowe, Of Gen. Buffers staff; Capt.
Alf @. Tu;her, Of Gen Buckland's staff;
Mai. L. B. Harrigan, United States volun-
teers, and many others who occupy promi-
nent positions in the city. After traversing
the principal streets, the procession took the
Memphis and Charleston trains for
EImwOOd Cemetery,
where a grand stand had been erected for
the occasion, and on arriving there the fol
lowing order Of exercises were observed:
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Stainback-Hymn,
Rock Of Ages, by the MendelsOhn Quartet
Club-Poem, The Blue and Grey, Master
Lee Meriwether-Grave song, by Memphis
Maennerchor-Ora by Luke Z,
Wight, Esq.-Hymn, Nearer Ny God to
Thee, by the MendelsOhn Quartet Club
Grafton, by Judge Jas. o. Pearce, late of
the Federal aTmy-Night song Of the war
ri Jrs, by the Memphis MaennerchOr-POem,
composed by DR.. Granger, Of the United
States Army-Hymn, Old Hundred, by the
MendelsOhn Quartet Club-BenedictiOn, by
Rev. James Carmichael.
The OratI0as
were in keeping with the spirit Of the Occa-
sion, and everything passed of well, and the
general impression prevails that nothing
since the war has occurred 10 so completely
break down the barriers between the North
aud South, and unite our whole people.
Only one accident occurred to mar the
celebration, and this was caused by the
horse Of Gen. Cotton Greene, the Chief
Marshal, falling upon him on his return to
the city this evening and breaking his left
leg Just above the ankle.