New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-31

flowers bouquets Among the paSss
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York John A. Andrew Post "ad'"of'n f0''' ''O
hG AZ Tansy ce%st.y
fthst and NorthRiyer the graves MsIe deGprs sHS
by John A. Dix Post Com%ands. Und ta the oe emu
eteTy carrying Wrssths Of immorteos T. B. odeh
At Governors isand number Of soldiers iss, weG
Post, No. iss, and DshlgrSn Post. No. 11S. visited
these outlying graves and paid them due honorS a.
At the Cemetery Of the Evergreens near n1S.
me- ~ l. l. h.%s1n ssts eIsca
IN German was delivered BY Post CoWmapp eIt
August DsttO and one bE the Rev. S vna Ens
Of the Reformed Csurcna, sr. vere then decorated,
an sd tbos nc the sailors on "Ssiior Hill" IS we'll
The Harmonis and COncordia Singing Ciuos sans
W 9aSsTy Cemetery L. L. eersmoaie: were =, held tba
in thsmorDing Detachments OF veterans on .I1
s Ss @ Of s Ss city, S
placed flowers and plants on the graves Oh 'nen
comrades buried there. l.. A..
memory of General Frederick vilmar, late com
mandant of the I'd Brigade, by bis stat omoers,
took at a.,:ted b S post f NS
EsMoltR Pos No. a. and Vsre
the It'll Regiment Senator Koch made an Grafton.
The family and many friends were present.
EXERCISES AT THE ACADEMY.
The Academy of Music was filled last evening
when President Arthur Rear Admiral Cooper, Mayor
Edison, Henry Ward Beecher, General George A;
Aspinwail, President Riley. of the Board Of Alder
men, and others entered and took seats on the stage
W. Bruennghasen. chairman OF the Me% Waad
IRo tue the asv .elSee
prayer. Mayor Edison was introduced as
the presiding officer, He said: I'VE have have
their lives to the life Of the nation. Memorial
Day lever more widely or generally observed
than to-day. But the gloom which was more on on
servable when the North and South were separated
is ghtencd the sections have come tOgethcr, anu
will soon have passed away"
Miss Georgia Cyahm gave He%ry nl@
Karl Formes sang the war song from the " Hugue-
nols" General George A. Sherdcn was then intro
have passed since the last battle in our great civil
contest was fought. The dead need not our
| praise; the graves In which they sleep
make them sacred Our war was simply fighting
| out on new field and under more enlightened aus
! pieces contest that had been waged for centuries
among the people from whose lOlnS we sprang
| The question of human bondage divided the ma
ton. Those who fought against us are now
the priceless pr blessings that have come ficn
| the nations triumphs. They owe rs much
to the dead soldiers of the Republic as we do In
| the providence of God the struggle they mace 10
rend us asunder has but strengthened the bonds OF
our unity and with us they should bow their heads IN
| thankfuness and Icyerently acknowledge tiat
above all the designs of men move the majestic laws
| of God, evolving alike from victory OF defeat OF
| the nation substantial good for all his children"
Miss Emma Abbott sang "Should auld acquaint
ancc be forgot" and gave an encore "COlu lnbla
| the Gem of the Ocean," and after stormy recall
| The Last Rose OF Summer
IN BROOKLYN AND THE SUBURBS.
| The holiday was generally observed in brooklyn
| by the cessation of business BY midday. The line
| OF the parade was formed III Bedford-aye near tho
1 nmer the direction Of General Benjamin F. Tracy
Grand Marshal Following the posts were, car
containing G Gianhje5 Seternns od
I mroo,,,vnit te% Aldermen and Supervisors.
At the end of the line were wagons carrying flowers
and a troupe Of Indians in their native costumes;
! At Clinton and Lafayette aves. reviewing stand
was erected, draped IN bunting: URon 1t , were
Mayor koT PIT anTv anx
Miss Kate Mcclure of Ne; y Collegc- place,
overcome with fatigue and the heat, tainted and
| fell Hat on her face sustaining slight Injuries.
4 separate parade was made by the Grand Army
posts and German organizations OF inc o'A'eeh'h
Ward.
| held in Wesriied and Stap!eton. At the former the
exercises were held under the auspices of Lcnhart
| POST General George W. Ialmer delivered the
Grafton. The soldiers graves at T9ttenvile, Ross
| willie and Woodrow were decorated. In Washing.
! ton Park, at StapletOr, Post Shaw had charge OF
the ceremonies The supervisors and other officials
| occupied seats the platform. Erastus Brooks
delivered tie ora ion and the Rev. Father Barry pro-
nouuccd the hencdiction. Vanderbilt Post. of New
| York. decorated the grave of the late Commodore
| Vanderbilt in MOravlan Cemetery at New DOrp
| In Flushing. the soldiers monument and graves
were tastefully decorated by the resident veterans
| The day was appropriately observed In nearly oil
| the other towns and villages on Long Island.
| The Decoration Committee OF Ncw-ROchelle
divided their abors and thus attended tn tho Deco
ration of the graves of the sal Ors and soldiers in
| the various cemeteries in the town OF New
| Rochelle.
I'm Paterson. n. j., the two local posts Of the
Grand Army marched to the old cemeteries at Sandy
| Hill. escortng about three hundred and thirty
| children At a signal, each child placed flora!
| tribute on some soldiers grave. Wagons in waiting
| then conveyed the veterans and the children 10
| Cedar Lawn Cemetery, where similar ceremonies
| were observed In the afternoon there was parade
| through the principal Streets
THE DAY GENERALLY OBSERVED.
| REPORTS OF MEMORIAL EXERCISES FROM VARIOUS
| PARTS OF TIE COUNTRY
WASHINGTON May 30-About the departm ent'