Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-01
DECORATION DAY.

| witness the 0ecklng with HOral ol1er-
ings the last resting places OF the he
roes of the late civil war who have
been mustered out of LIES service in
this vicinity, and whose mortal re-
mains are deposited in the different
cemeteries in the outskirts Of town.
Flags were displayed at half-mast
during the day, and shortly after
noon the procession formed IN Main
street in front Of the Courthouse. The
Eureka Guards, under command Of
Captain Colgan, made their first ap.
|pearancein public, and arrayed in their
bright and tasteful uniform, appeared
to good advantage. and presented Il
martial and soldierly appearance. A
finer body OF men it would be hard
10 find in any community. Owing TO
the short notice OF the parade given
to the members and the limited uaI-
Der of uniforms obtainable, the ranks
were not as well filled as they other
wise would have been, bat, owing to
the unremitting efforts of the officers,
a sufficient number was musted 10
make a fair showing. Quite a mum
Der of the soldiers OF the late wal of
both armies appeared in the process
sion, but for some reason many pre-
ferred to witness the celebration as
spectators and the "blue " and "gray"
were not as largely represented as we
had hoped they would have been; but
those who appeared in the procession
presented a soldierly appearance, and
reflected credit upon the colors they
represented. The Mexican War Vet
Grams We're fairly represented and
took a lively interest in assisting
in carrying out The programme of the
day. In their ranks Were some of orr
best and most prominent citizens.
The school children marched in the
rear of the Veterans, and their rosy
cheeks and innocent faces formed a
pleasing feature of the spectacle. An
Interesting incident of the day was
the appearance i'm the procession of
Colonel" a large Newfoundland dog,
once owned by the late Col. Cradle
baugh. The intelligent animal carried
in his month a basket of flowers. and
he seemed intuitively to realize the
solemnity of the occasion and the hon
ors being paid to his late master and
ttlN fDlttl AUS VIM lidtA 20 FNCNi away.
Arriving at the cemetery, the process
sion formed around the grave of the
late Col. Cradlebaugli, when the pro.
.gramme of exercises vas carried ont.
The Rev. Charles IL. Marshall, of 81.
James Church, Chaplain Of the day.
read the impressive funeral srrvice of
the Episcopal church; the gentleman,
before commencing. deposi,ing at the
head of the grave a handsome cross
of pure white flowers and evergreens.
Afer the reading Of the burial service,
Selden Iietzel, orator of the day, de-
livered the following Grafton:
Lakhes rat Btas tstJtts3 TdGeS:
This Both day nf May has, by the on
situated authorities Cfthe land, and by
universal acceptance, been set apart To
do honor TO the dead of Il late war.
II il to-day over ten years since the
tramp of armed men has beer heard in
oar land. Il Is over ten years since orr
bugles sang truce at Appropriations;
sounded a truce which has grown 10 a
permanent peace; n peace we all fer
vently hope may prove eternal.
The beautiful custom of strew inc the
graves of departed warriors with flow
crs is of immemorial antiquity, and
long before the dawn of authcutlc his
tory the graves OF the heroes of Homer
were annually decked wiki flowers and
green wrelthes by the Greeian maid
ems.
We meet to day. not only to bury
the con eniipns of the past, bni to hon
or lis memories. To-day the sons AMI
daughters of our whole country, from
the storm bound coast of the Atlantic
TO the tranquil shores of the Pacific,
from the vast pine forests of Maine to
the fragrant OF Louisiana,
meet to day to lay tokens of respect
and affection upon the last resting
places of those who Tell on either side,
whe her bravely battling for our be-
loved Union, or mauiullY lighting in
tho cause of their beloved South.
Friends, it is a solemn hour; it is a
holy spot.
:. lark What a sacred calm there brcathes
around,
Bids every fierce, tumultaous passion
In still. small accents whispering from the
ground
A grateful earnest of eternal peace"
Not the least among those whose
memories we are assembled to honor
was Colonel John Cradlebaugh, the
first soldier of our mountain state; a
gallant soldier, an able statesman, an
upright judge, a faithful friend and an
honest man. lie lies dead AZ our feet,
brought To an unt!nely grave hy unre-
mitting labor IN the service of his State
aud country; and ! here deposit at his
feet the token of my respect and alice
ton for his memory, and of my re-
spect and affection for all those who
fell manfully fighting, their faces to
the foe, in the causeihey believed Just.
Friends, and We my southern breth-
rem who are no longer enemies, let us
bury let us honor our dead heroes,
"Undar tho cypress the gray,
Under tbs laurel the blaze"
And let US with our dead bury the hit-
ternesses and animosities OF the
past, and rising from our heroes
honorod graves, with a steadfsst pur'
pose in u hearts, ''with malice to-
ward none, with charity toward all,
doing the right as God gave us to see
the right" let us set our faces in the
line of march of civilization and
shoulder to shoulder fight in the sacred
cause OF our whole country, of human
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