Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
ORDER OF THE MARCH:

Appeal, was the
ORDER OF THEMARCH
The Police Force.
| Music-Arnold's Brass Band
| Memphis Eight Guards.
| Helena Rifles.
Bluff city Grays.
/ Chickasaw GuarCls-First Company.
/ ChfckasaW Guards Second Company.
GAINESVILLE City Guards.
Mcclellan Guards (colored)
Memphis ZOuaveS (colored1
| Music-ThOmas's Colored Brass Band.
/ knights OF Innisfail-Forty Strong, and in
Full Regalia.
| Societa di UntOne Fratellanza Italiana
Represented by the Officers of the Soci-
ETY. in an open carriage, and carry
ing the Society Banner and
Italian Flag.
Societe Franchise de Secours MutuelIe. Rep.
resented by the Officers and other Mem
bers of the Society in hacks, carry
ing the Society Banner and
the French tri-color
Flag.
mel NJ G. Galloway, Colonel A. J. KEEL
Louis Hanauer.
Hacks containing the Taxing-District OFF,
ciais.
Hacks containing citizens and distinguished
The Committee Of ARA Arrangements, in open
hacks.
DesotO Masonic Lodge, No. 800.
Leila Scott Masonic Lodge, No. 2S9.
AngerOna Masonic Lodge, No. l6S
South Memphis Masonic Lodge, No. us.
The members of the different lodges were
dressed in black suits and had
on full regaIia.
Grand Master George c.. Common and other
Grand Officers of the Order.
The procession, after marching
through some of the principal streets
of the city, arrived at the Custom
House, where the ceremonies of
laying the cornerstone soon after
ward took place. The ceremonies
were those of the Masonic Order,
and were performed by the Grand
Master, George G. Connor, of Chat
tanooga. A great variety of arti-
cles were deposited in the stone,
consisting of coins, ancient and
modern, stamps, list of United
States Government officials at the
present time, also list of State and
city officers, historical sketches of
Memphis, history of the Masonic
Order, commercial reports, ETC., etc.
ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR MARKS.
After the above ceremonies were
over, Governor Marks, the orator of
the day, delivered an eloquent adj
dress to the assembled multitude.
He congratulated the people of
Memphis that while they were lay
ing the cornerstone of their Custom
House, the cornerstone of the future
prosperity of their city was also
being laid. The commercial facili-
ties of Memphis, he said = were I'M
surpassed by those of any other city
in the Union, and he predicted that
in the near future she would rank
among the wealUhiest and most i'm
portant in the land-that Memphis
would be to Tennessee as Baltimore
is to Maryland.
Speaking of the great pestilence
with which she was afflicted last
year, he paid a noble tribute to the
women of Memphis, who, he said,
had been faithful among the faith
less, and that while there were nu-
merous instances of parents having
deserted their children, children
their parents, and husbands their
wives, there was not one instance
Ola wife having deserted her hus-
band.
We heartily endorsed everything
said by the Governor till he touched
upon public debts; here we could
not sympathize with him in senti-
ment. But the speech, taken as a
whole, was an able one, and re-
ceived that attention from the
thousands of people present which
it merited.
The crowd which witnessed the
ceremonies was immense. The.
streets were thronged, and windows,
doorways, porticos and house-tops
were crowded to the utmost, every
available place being occupied.
THE BUILDING.
The Custom House building will
be constructed of Tennessee white
marble, which for beauty is unsur-
passed by any in the land. The
upper exterior walls of the base
ment are of Missouri red granite,
backed with brick; the interior
foundation all of Alabama lime
stone; the interior walls are of
brick; the foundation is of solid
concrete two and Q half feet in
and double the thickness
of the walls. The building prom
ises to be both substantial and beau
tiful.
Immediately after the ceremonies
of laying the cornerstone, the
Chickasaw Guards, Memphis Light
Guards, Bluff City Grays and
GAINESVILLE City Guards repaired to
the drill ground of the first-named
company, where were soon present
a large crowd, gathered to witness
the drills by the different compa-
mics. The grounds for these exer-
cises were a short time ago donated
to the Chickasaw Guards by the
city of Memphis, and the Guards
have now under course of erection
Il large amphitheatre which will
extend round the entire field.
THE DRILLS
of the several companies were
marked by "a precision and accuracy
which the best drilled company in
the Union would find it hard to
excel. Memphis may well feel
proud of her "soldier boys" for
better ones would be hard to find,
and should an occasion arise for
practical use of the military knowl-
edge which they possess, we do not
hesitate to say that they would, by