Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-31
In Several Instances No Distinction is
Made Between the Graves of the
Blue and the Gray, but All /.
are Alike deliberately
Decorated.
New York City and Gettysburg Cele-
brate the Day with Most Elaborate
and Imposing Ceremonies
Prominent Speakers En-
Iiven the Occasion
at All Points.
At Cincinnati.

At Cincinnati.
| CINCINNATI, May 3O.-Decoration day wa
| Grove cemetery to-day. Except the CLOSING
of courts and government offices there was n
| suspension of business.
At Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, May 30.-The graves of tn
Federali soldiers were decorated to-day Il
| the presence of large concourse of people
Ex-Governor Young, of Ohio, delivered TIT
| address, and Rev. B. B. Young, of this city
| otficiated as chaplain.
At Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, May 3O-MemoriaI day wa
generally observed in this city. The promi
nent feature of the day was the singing O
several hundred children from the public
schools. General Ed S. Meyer delivered the
grafton Of the day.
At Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, May 30.-The decora-
ton ceremonies took place at Hampton cepl-
etery, to-day. Over three thousand people
were present. The veterans of the Soldiers
home were joined by tire Peninsular Guards,
of Hampton, and both the Federal and Con-
federate graves were decorated alike.
At Columbus, Chic.
COLUMBUS, O., May 30-Decoration day
was more generally observed here than AZ
sisted of parade of the military, an grafton
by Rev. T. F. Higham, the strewiug of flow
ers by the United States troops, and review
of the troops by Governor Bishop and staff
At st. Joseph, Mo
ST. JOSEPH, May 30.-Decoration day was
celebrated here more generally than ever be-
fore. Business houses were generally closed.
The procession was very long, and the people
on the ground numbered between teo thou
sand and twelve thousand. John F. Crosby
was the orator, Rev. F. L. Kenny chaplain,
and A. G. Davis marshal
At Detroit.
DETROIT, May 30.-Decoration day was
more generally observed than for years, the
streets and buildings presenting a holiday
appearance. The street parade was partici-
pated IN by various military societies, vete-
rams of the Mexican war and the late rebel
lion. An Grafton by Colonel 0. I. Beard and a
poem by D. Bethune, of Ddfiield, completed
the exercises Of the day.
At Chicago. -~'~--''
CHICAGO, May 30.-Decoratiou day seems
to have been less generally observed through
out the northwest to-day than usual. In
Chicago the banks, government buildings,
and many places of business, W ere closed.
There was a parade by the fremen and mill
tary organizations IN the afternoon, and at
all the cemeteries the decorations were car
tie military display or speech making.
at Baltimore, Md.
BALTIMORE, May 30.-A heavy rain storm
interrupted all the ceremonies connected with
Decoration day except that of strewing the
graves with flowers. This ceremony was
performed in the midst of the storm with I'M
tagging devotion, large number Of ladies,
drenched with rain, aiding In the work and
not ceasing until every grave had received its
tribute.
at Springfield, HI.
SPRINGFIELD, May 30-Decoration day
was observed here, as usual with exercises
at Oak Ridge instead of at the National Gem
etery. Business was generally suspended.
There was parade of the Grand Army of the
Republic, with the Governors Guard as es-
cort. The exercises at Lincoln's monument
were most impressive. w. S. Brown, of At
tica, New York, delivered an address, and
the Grand Army memorial service was OBJ
served afterward.
At Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Decoration day
was generally observed as holiday. A ma
tional salute was fred this morning There
were services at the Congressional cemetery,
the Soldiers home and Arlington. All the
soldiers graves were decorated. At Airing
ION, Representative w lllldIl5, OF Wisconsin,
delivered the memorial grafton. The attend
ance at the several places was not as large as
heretofore, owing, IN measure, to the alb
sence of the President and other dignitaries
At Terre Haute, Ind.
TERRE HAUTE, May 30.-DecoratIon day
was more largely attended to-day than ever
before. The veteran soldiers followed the
battle-aags of the Eleventh, Fourteenth,
Thirty-frst, Forty-third, Seventy-frst and
If,r-Lt Ivth NH IN
also were the Light Guards, Governors
Guards, police and fire departments, civic
societies, and carriages OF citlz ems. An ora
ton was delivered at the cemetery by N. g.
Bulb.
At Toledo, Ohio.
TOLEDO, O., May 30.-The ceremony of
decorating the soldiers graves in the Gene
teries adjacent to the city was this after
noon duly performed by Forsyth post, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, assisted by the
various mi itary organizations and citizens
generally. At Forest cemetery, where the
principal exercises took place, an address
was delivered by Gsaeral John Beatty, of
Columbus, and poem written for the occa-
sion, 10y Mrs. T. L. Sherwood, was read
At Milwaukee, Wis.
MILWAUKEE, May 3O.-Very little BUSH
ness was transacted here to-day. The cham
Der of commerce and banks closed at noon.
The Grand Army of the Republic organza-
ton, Kosciusko and Sheridan Guards. paraded
the streets in the morning, after which they
proceeded to the several cemeteries, and
after decorating the graves, marched to the
Soldiers home, where extensive preparations
bad been made fo~ the occasion At this
place large number of people assembled in
the evening and listened to an eloquent adj
dress By General Shields
At Indianapolis, Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 3O.-Decoration day
here was observed by a general suspension OF
business During the afternoon a procession,
consisting of light infantry, artillery, a de-
tachment of mounted soldiers, the German
veteran association and citizens, marched TO
Crown Hill cemetery. The floral offerings
were never more profuse. Among others On
Senator Morton's grave was large Maltese
cross, the initials reading, "The German
Veteran Association In Memory of Morton"
Not soldiers grave was left without some
token of remembrance.
At New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, May 30.-Decoration day
was celebrated under the auspices Of Joseph
A. Marver, Post No. l, Grand Army of the
Republic. About three thousand persons WIS.,
tied Chalmette National cemetery, where
the graves of the Union soldiers were hand
somely decorated. A company of United
States troops and company of the Orleans
Artillery were present. Colonel Wood
ward, of the Grand Army of the Republic.
delivered an Grafton. The Continental
Guards sent floral tribute, the design being
an American flag, composed entirely of flow
ers with an evergreen staff, pyramidal base
of flowers and olive branches The Louisiana
division of the Army of Northern Virginia
contributed a magnificent American shield,