Daily Republican., 1881-05-30
H0N0RING DEAD HEROES.
GARLANDED GRAVES In THE
BIVOUAC or THE DEAD.
How Wilmington Celebrated Deco.
ration Day-New Castles Part.
Sermons In the Churches.

memory or the soldier ueau. DecOra
tion day, so thronged and crowded wit!
tender memories and noble impulses
was never entered upon with such :
good will, or so generally observed
in Delaware before. In charge of tn,
Grand Army veterans, it wi be cele
brated all over the State, and not The
grave of u single soldier who died in hi
countryS cause will he passed by un
noticed
In Wilmington the general zeal will
which this is being done is remarkable
The arrangements which have been un
drrway for weeks have all been com
pcted, and the work Of decorating tn,
graves this morning was done fairly and
well. The ceremonies Of the afternoon
will be rs successfully gone through
with.
| Appropriate to the occasion Spccial
decoration day services were l.eld IL
several of the churches, and fitting SER
mons were delivered to different Grand
Army posts.
MIR MILLER AT GRACE.
At Grace NJ. T.. church Rev. &. W.
Miller preached to Smyth and DUPONT
Posts, last evening, taking as his text
"TheSe all died in Faith. The preach.
er, in opening, dwet upon the fact that
in all ages war had left its mark. In
our own time we have had bloody con
hicts But in these there was .juStitica,
| ton. IL was q war for the preservation
Of ina'ienablc rights. 1t was war to
remove the Oppressors foot from the
neck of those groaning i'll slavery. The
first geam that broke through the dark
rebellion was the righteousness Of our
cause. Another bright gleam was the
splendid patriotism of these men
Patriotism comes from religion and
they We're patriots IN the highest sense.
Fort Sunpter'S first gun struck deep in
the national heart. The nation looked
on in alarm but those brave men rushed
forward, and died, but the old flag came
out from the battle smoke without Il
star removed from the blue field
Don't do that comrades" said the
preacher, us Il tumult Of applause swept
through the church at this splendid
sentence. "Don't do that, we have sen
sitive people here, but i'll our hearts we
can applaud all the same"
Other CLEANS Of sunshine were the
surgical and medical service, and the
and patience Of women
in the hospitals. To the patriotism of
our soldiers our memorial service of dec
Grafton is the most beautiful monument
that could be erected. 1t keeps fresh in
our minds and hearts the deeds of our
dead heroes. There are some who say
1ItfnrDngs
Flowers cannot do this. They are God $ |
of love. We scatter them
with liberal hands above the dust of our
honored dead. SOFT will be Tomorrow.
Wherever sleeps n patriot, however |
marked the spot, there we scatter flow
FRS. On the hills and in valleys of both
North and South they sleep tonight.
Men who showed their patriotism with
their lives, whose offerings made on the
lltar of their country, sacrifices as rare
Us any spot on the earth except Calvary.
While Christ died to make them holy,
hese heroes died to make men free
Forever be remembered their names
MR.. RAwLINS AT SCOTT.
AT Scott NJ. f. church yesterday
morning Rev. p. II. Rawlins preached
o the Grand Army Post The sermon
vas appropriate but very little allusion
vas made to the war. The text was Sc
ected from Habakuk .: /, The rev.
rend gentleman after making some
Introductory remarks, cited
he three things which continually me
ace the stability of the free govern
nent of the United States. These
hings, said he, are the desecration of
he Sabbath, ,intemperance and improper
raining for children. He dwelt upon {
nd enlarged each point fully, and, in
onclusiou, paid graceful tribute to {
he usefulness and loyalty of the Grand t
lrmy of the Republic, their devotion
} the cause of the country, and closed
18th brief summing up of the i'm
lenSe Importance Of the trust coniided {
} their care, that of cherishing and t
uarding mighty nations honor, and :
lvoking the aid Of a higher power in a
reserving in the future, as in the past, G
le unimpeachable honor of the Grand +
.rmy. The sermon was listened to f
,ith attention, and created Il deep felt a
lterest and enthusiasm among all b
resent. I
DIR. BUTLER AT EZION.
Rev. DIR. Butler pastor of Ezion NJ. f
church, preached, yesterday morn n
lg, to Charles Sumner Post, No 4. n
is text was selected from Psalms II: n
}. He spoke of the causes which led f,
the lale rebellion and referred to the f,
,tive part which the colored troops q
ok in the war.
AROUND WILMINGTON
Early this morning the Grand Army
, Grams were astir, making prepara- OF
ons for their beautiful labor of loving b
At the City Hall at an al
.rly hour large quantities of flowers d
I'd been received, and an abundance J'
me in later.
Admiral DUPONT Post, No. 2, with
ing squad numbering 30 men went
1t to the suburban cemeteries in the
renoon on the summer car Of the city pt
ilway. Admiral DuPOnt's grave was ia
sited first and after being beautifully th
corated salute was fired over it. M
le soldiers graves in st. Joseph's, pl
reen Hill and Mt. Salem cemeteries Iii
ere then decorated in succession. The
)lh Iooh UP tHe BIedIer paTt Ol Jno w
renoon. h:
General T. A. Smith Post, No /, sent IN
to Riverview cemetery and m
all the cemeteries within the city til
nits except Wilmington and Brandy Sc
ne, and all the graves there were Ii
.ewn with flowers. This work was nj
us all completed except the decorating IN
the graves III Wilmington and Bran OF
wine cemetery, which will be done es
Is afternoon. al
AT NEW CASTLE.
New Castle took prominent part in 70
@ observance of Decoration day this on
1rning. At a very early hour the lit ma
city was astir. The ceremonies were of
tered into very generally. Tasker's
,rks were closed, nearly all the other
lis stopped work, business was sus-
nded and the houses generally were
corated. The new hall was trimmed
n tha JaffpraOn House was DartiClllar- tn