Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-30


Heaven resCUEds with lyud applause.
Rest, yc braves with God in glory.
We On earth NUnr p.aHs sing,
Year by year we n tell the story.
car 10y year these garland bring.
TIL We 're called from hence to Join you.
Where the yiCtar's crown l. given
Wr,athed with bright immortal flowers
decoration Day q Heaven.
Mr.. +. c. Townsend was introduced, and
read The following original centennial deco
ration poem, by Marie Barton Greene, daisy
THE NATIONS SABBATH
M 40, png flushed with beauty tiHts the hill, alar,
W here our nag l. waving DER the brave and trua
" ith IT. stripes Of scarlet mingled with the blue
'"''fiS % II the green >"aTa ffiuged with flowers
Where the sacred emblem Of onr country. fame
Drops o er marble tablets and hero : name
Morning summer stiffness rests on sea and shore.
Rests on manhoods heauty-throbs in woman ;
Closes all the temples bars the gates TO art
Locks the doors Of learning and the marble halls
Shields the sword of honor on the fiells of pace
Prays that love Of UHioH never more may cease.
Why this morning 5 gory-merging May with Junes
My AZ sTGhdD sssrI 'HE and it, loftier tunes
My tins sweep OF mem ries down the grade Of time.
While the thoughts Of nitAtOAs with each other
npning an the eatewass where the lilies bloom
With the tTining roads round some hero's tomb
~ nlng rolls Of h1nor-wOn by time and age,
Why ths added clory-won in Mexico
Mreathed in fadeless beauty with our own Shabg-'
my these wresths Of laurel for Antietam = fame
W. IlineIing Win garland ~ Old Concords name,
why brave " orktown' blending with the Wider-
ness.
Clasped 10y fragrant roses AZ they droop and kiss
Nj the snowy lilies in Mount Vernon = crown
Ana The olden Motto eXington's' renOwns
Why this roll Of honor called to-day with pride
Marsh ing az our heroes from the battle ; tid.y
oh theIe something glorious in this great birth
Fer Centennial honors pave the Nation way:
Ah1 inns morning glory, with it, blushing glow,
Reaches down the ages-a hundred years ago.
+ en- TO brave Columbus; when that gallant band
Land
Irvine their names with glory in the vine wreathed
and the flower ged anc hor stu idei er with moss
Let the dTewdrops linRcr in the lily bell,
breathing iprh sweet fragrance their great deeds 20
Irvine = New England's' wild flowers with a sun
In the scroll If honor where their names are
Minele prairie roses from the blooming s.west.p
And magnolia blossoms with their creamy crest
Let the white. stsrred daisy and the violet
Mingle with the ny rtle I'D the miznonette.
And the land be sprinkled-whcre these heroes
With the 90, and E,sTsl and forglf-,,is-not.
Let the oak lesvcs-whisp ring where our banner
Spesk their weIl-krown emblem. Glory to IN
While the snowballs tremble to tas,r mem'ry given
Heaven
We shall see some head boards marked to-day " Ua
Crown these nsmeless heroes, sleeping meath tn
Gathered mp in fragments to the Nations trust.
In the herCeSt conflict. ct the front they stood,
Where abe shock of battle shook the mighty wood
In the stormy copfict-and the battle cry,
onward was the watchwvrd, conquer now or
die
ont beneath the waters in the ocaa,, re5
There are thousands sleeping Of our gallant dead,
ND their coral Saskets; underneath the waves,
Let sweet mem ries clasp them in this halowed told
Fcr fb .eiT gfsy gngfrsd and the names untold
And their glorious record reached loyal God.
In his holy keeping garnered up for years
All tnelr names are treasured-a their prayers and
Not a"comrade missingT-not a brave unknown =
Though he died in battle near the neld-alone.
With no father blessing: where no loved one smile
I'm m no farewell .npken and no kiss g love;
Hal sweet SaRhs,h mOrnins Let thy glory shine
W While the Nation pauses, and the orphans weep
Let our sacred tributes on these fields Of Nav
Nait their sweetness upwards-tis the Nation 5
Pray that love q UH,on never mere may cease:
er these offerings bind the Oltre JTaach Of ps1ct
The 5000 graves in the cemetery were then
strewn with flowers, and the exercises were
other Cemeteries.
The committee proceeded To Battle Gene
terry, where, without any formal proceed
ings the graves were decorated.
The decoration of the graves at the Con-
gresstonal and Oak Hill cemeteries was by a
committee under the directions of Comrade
Richard X. Brouler.
oak HILL AND THE CONGRESSIONAL GEN.
kTERY.
The graves OF the Union dead reposing in
OAK Hill cemetery, Georgetown, and In the
Congressional cemetery were beautifully
decked with floral tributes by members of
the Grand Army. Among those whose re-
mains rest al Oak Hill are Edwin NJ. STAN
ton, the great War Minister under President
Lincoln; General Reno, who fell at South
Noun tain, Md, while calamity leading the
van OF the Army of the Potomac on its march
to The historic field OF Antietam, and Lieut..
Meigs, son OF Gen. M. G. Meigs, Quartermas-
ter General OF the army, who fell in an am
bnscade In the Shenandoah valley In 1864.
Their graves, as well as those of all other
Union soldiers, were beautifully decorated.
Under the management of the officers aud
committees OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the several statues in our public
squares were also decorated with wreaths
and flowers. The statue of President Lin
coin, recently erected at Lincoln Square,
was the point OF considerable attention. The
statues In the old House OF Representatives
and the pictures in the rotunda were all
management.
DECORATION DAY ELSEWHERE.
Tnlk0Oel
PHILADELPHIA, May 3o.-The weather
to-day, although overcast, is cool and pleas
ant, and the solemn observance elaboration
day is very general. Visiting Knights Tenn
plar are In the city Ia great numbers. The
banks, the chamber of commerce and all the
leading public Institutions are closed for the
entire day.
New York.
NEW YORK, May 30.-Decoration day cere-
monies were unusually interesting this year,
and were Witnessed by far larger concourse
OF spectators than on any former occasion.
In the Eastern Cities.
NV YORK, May 30 Dispatches from
Boston, Providence and other eastern points
mention q due observance OF the day. In
the large places IL is general holiday,
while the demonstrations of the Grand
Army and other organizations h ave even
exceeded those OF previous years.
EuneFfDg I'm the British Provinces
HALIFAX, N. g., May 30.-Late Newfoind-
land papers say much apprehension is enter
tanned for The people In the northern bays,
owing TO the scarcity Of food. or the many
craft laden with provisions for the north
ward, not one can hare yet reached Green
Bay, and much suffering and privation has
been gone thycss. = sSssare this dme.