Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-06-01

Was formed at IL o'clock under Il
direction of Marshal Lentz, assis
ed by Marshals Wilson. McComb
and Tyrre.l. The plocessio
formed as follows:
Marshal.
Band.
Carson Guard.
Custer Post No. 5, G. A. Z.
Union Veterans.
Mexican Veterans, in Carriage.
Fireman.
Citizens on Foot.
Carriages containing Orator, Chap
lain, Reader, Quartet, School
Children, State Officers
And Citizens.
The procession was larger tina,
last year, and it reached the Gem
etery without accident.
AT The CEMETERY.
The soldiers stacked arms in from
of the stand and the ceremonies
opened with music by the band and
the singing of ''My Country, tbs Of
Thee" in which the audience
joined, led by Ben Foster. Rev.
w. G. Gray then delivered a prayer
which was terse, elegant and APP
propriats. The quartette, consist
ing of the Owens Brothers, DeA
Hatch and Ben Edison, sang q
hymn composed by M. Robinson,
The school children then rendered
patriotic medley with pleasing
effect.
Tha following poem, written by
S. P. Davis, was read by E. B.
Zabriskie:
Oh! who would stand where hostile
weapons SI6aTU,
Where camp fires glow, and destinies
Or tread that misty bridge which spans
the stream
That sweeps between us and the tragic
gpaSt;
To see the glare of crimson on the sky,
Or hear the woods resound again with
clam'rous battle-cry?
Wouldst view once more the heaps of
1oA f1sacH
Where rise the smothered means OF
men in pain?
Wouldst see the wounds of martyrs
bleed afresh,
And red,mouthed trenches gaping for
the slain:
The shivered saber and the crushed |
cuirasS |
The hoof-fiailed grain, the riven earth,
the powdered-blacken grass:
No! rather seek some consecrated court,
Where supplied choirs, with organs |
solemn note,
Chant requiems for the dead; or boys in |
Peer IN d ip%rs the cannon.s dark and
rusty throat;
Where scents Of roses drench the sum.
mer air
On ruined meat. and black and yellow
ti2er-lilies flare;
On find the rent redoubt. where ivy
creeps
Ger shattered shell and broken bay.
onet;
its leafy standard ON the
To win the grim, dismantled parapet;
conquest none the less com.
plete
Than when the sanguine slope was
pressed with wounded, weary feet.
The past has left It's heritage OF hate
adored,
But who would turn the dial of
Fate
To cancel legacies so golded. stored:
DR. rouse the ranks from fratracidal field,
70 place again the blot of bondage on
nations shield?
THE GRAFTON.
General Sabin was then intro
luced and delivered the Grafton.
BE was in good form. and his clear
'oice and fine delivery enabled
very ooe on the grounds to enjoy
he address
ar. President, ladies aud gentle
aea and comrades: |;
With this recurring day we meet I
gain to DO honor to the Nations s
atriot dead. To call to mind again
he mighty scenes which, but a few j
ears since, reused the Nation to
upremest effort, and demanded !
rom her sons and daughters sacri- r
ces. as pure and noble as were a
yer laid upon Gods hottest affairs. I
We meet in honor of valor upon
ne battle field /; in honor of those $
Tho. in the fiery contest of national t
yielding their Lives /
Matched from the grave the crown t
immortality, wreathed with the t
rateful thanks of a noble people s
se meet to renew again our pledges \
undying fidelity to our country. i
nd from the millions Of fellow citi- n