New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-31

i QT0Vra tO0E nIare. 81 N
was held in the Academy Of Music, when Horace
MAYNARD. OF Tennessee delivered m Grafton and
chOrnses were sung bv singing societies. go
At Orange New Jersey there was no public pa
rade Int the members Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic visited the cemeteries IN attachments am
decorated the graves Many o. .hS GA d'o hnsn mss
was generally suspended after II m. At p. IN.
public meeting was held in Music Hail. and the ora
ton was delivered by Colon George Gray, oil inc
9th Michigan Cavalry Volunteers
on STATEN ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND.
The public celebration on Staten Island yesterday
was the largest ever held there such OCCASION
The ferryboatscarrcd thousands Of vsitors some OF
whom spent the day quietly in secluded places. The
principal celebrations were ~ Stapcton and Toten-
Vile At StapletOn James W. Covert delivered an
Grafton 10 n large aSsemblage III Washington farN;;
AZ the close Of the exercises procession was ioIl,l
which moved ont Of the park in the following orher.
Squad OF Police under command OIL sergeant h'e
band: a detachment of Battery ], 81 Artillery. Gap
tain John b. Eaton Company Il. 9th Regiment,
Captain Joseph Springer; oth'lals ana pI0nhhel'
citizens IN carriages; Corps of Cadets under com
mand Of Tohn Fadie: aons of soldiers and sailors
b. T. VanVorst in command; Post shaw drulnmers
and ffcrS; Robert 6. shaw Post \ o. III; IMAM
Wermerskirch in command. wagon ioaIs -,
flowers brought mp the rear: ne eIocGS9,,"n
marched through the principal streets of S'apeton'
Tompkinsvie. New Brighton and West Bughton'
and on returning TO Washington PARK dlsbanded.
The soldiers graves in ST. MarY's, 81 Peters,
Coopcr's. Silver Mount and Woodawn Cemeteries
were decorated.
y
grove Erasius Brooks made an address Post Len
hart No 49,, Company & 9th Regiment. IottFn,,
Vile Fire Department. puhIic scnoo chlldren am
Others took part in the procession. The soldiers
monument in the Bethel Churchyard and Inc mon
umcnt of Colonel Robert q. Shaw III the MoraVlan
Churchyafd az New-Dorp were decorated, n were
also other t0mls and graves. The American cOOrs
were generally displayed ut hali-mast Throughout
the villages Or.
Counties the stores were closed after 10 o'clock, and
in those places where there are Posts Of the Grand
Army the cemeteries were visited ana thr Tpih"iS
graves were decorated by relatives or lTltluN ~
Flushing Northport. Riycrhcad, Orient and sag
HsrbOr the soldiers monuments wcre dcckci, win
appropriate ccrcm nics. At Riyerhead ne ever
ciscs consisting Of music aud addresses by the ley.
H. +. Abbott and {. 4. Buckingham, "rrr held III
the Fair Ground and later the graves IN the cemetery
were decorated. At Sag liar6or procession waS
formed in the afternoon consisting OF the soldiers
Veteran Association. trustees oi the village, flIr
Department aud the SUNDAY cliillr n hrad'd
hy the GrccupOrt Nonet Band. hen the process
sion reached the cemetery there singing by the
children music, aud an address 10y the Rev. j. W;
Barnhari. The hags IN tho village were displ3Ngh
at half-mast during the day. and The church hcIl-
were tollcd from the time the procession started
until II reached the cemetery.
AROUND THOMAS ruNE's GRAVE
Tho anniversary was taken advantage Of by the
admirers 81 Thomas Paine 10 decorate and rcdrdi-
cate the monument to his memory. The stone
stands about two miles distant from the Neville
chclle railway station. At The angle II ihc main
ROAD ana Inc Zane " iltN l''ti~ l' iiif lstll y ~
him by The Irri,lturr II the state Of NrWl ORR iu
recognition of nIs services 80 thcr"uniTy hichorN
tree m luXuriant lci marks the spot where tnr body
Of the author nf he ~. az Reason Wy was AZ one
time buried Ills BONES Wcr" removed many years
ago to Europe. he gathering ycSicriay Wa
not large only between 100 and 700 l""pl" hIng
present. The monument. which hIG boon con~ld'r-
III, dcfaccd by hunters. has been nrtniiy
repaired and the ~ouarc corners Of o." block
have been rounded of. The lettering has also been
rccut. There were many ilowcrs placed 10 The ~
closure in the ccnirr Of which the monument stands
ana "A floral star siIrnouutcd tn" stone.
+. LNcLcnnan, a lawyer Of Mount Vernon. pre-
sided aud briefly introduced Ahran WaArman. Of
Nev-York. rs the orator Of tlc day. Mr. Waterman
gave a sketch of the life Of Thomas aInr. and of
The services BE- rendered 10 this country. England
and France he described HIN ~ devoted 10 li'~r-
t. science aud humanity. and said that the three
among them being Mr.. Mcndhcim, OF Boston
and DcBOlgne NJ. Bennett