Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11
The Council OfRed Men.

Ine COunc1l Of He'd mens ELMRA, Sept. 10.-The great council of Red Men of the United States closed it's annual session here tonight. A parade took place in the evening which was participated in by Red Men from Buffalo, Binghampton and other places. The braves will give an excursion to Watkins Glen tomorrow. THE ARMY OF THE TENNEssEE Fay Solemn Tribute To The Memory of General Grant. CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-The adjourned busi- ness meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was held this morning in the call board room in the new board of trade building The meeting opened by the read ing of several telsgrams from comrades and from societies containing friendly greetings. The report favoring Rock Island as the place and September 10th and 18th, 1886, as the time of the next reunion was adopted and General Chetlain was chosen orator. Gen. eral sherman was unanimously elected pres ident of the society for the ensuing year. A set of resolutions paying the society's solemn tribute of respect to General Grants memo " was adopted. Generals Hicksnlooper, Henderson and Belknap were appointed committee to confer with the Secretary of War with view to asking Congress to re- move the statue of General Rawlins in Wash ington to 8 more suitable site. General Martenbaum then asked the privilege of ad- dressing the meeting and delivered fervid euIogy on General Sherman, reeounting some of the notable exploits of his career and paying glowing tribute to some of the gen. erals now gone who were associates of his in the war. The meeting then adjourned to the board of trade hall by invitation of the pres ident. There was no formal reception The reunion closed tonight with banquet at the Grand Pacific, over three hundred members participating. Toasts were re- sponded to by Generals Logan, Oglesby and others.
 THE sCHOOLMATEs OF WHITTIER Meet Once Again In Their Annual
 Reunion.
 HAvERHILL, Mass, Sept. 10.-The reunion of the old Haverhil academy schoolmates of the poet Whittier occurred this afternoon at the St. John rectory. The academy was founded in 1927 and the first class, of which Whittier was member, numbered one hun dred and twenty. There are now thirty three survivors, of whom Whittier, born December 17th, 1907, is the oldest. Letters of cong1atulation were received from such of the survivors who were not able to be pres
 
 Northampton, the first preceptress of the academy, now over eighty years old. The following was received from the distinguish ed poets old-time friend Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes:
 BEVERLY FARMS Mass Sept g. 1885. My dear sir-I thank you for treating if old schoolmate of our dear friend Whittier was at I Philips n academy in Andoyer during the years 1S24-1S25 or large part of them and from 1895 to 1899 member of Harvard university. The class of 2 has bright reeerd but how much ae the rsnna raedes sad all the degrees of all the colleges do for him so has 6seP knded by that re on the banks of Ayr and Whittier among the 1nists e could b ent and how much t regret that cannot n have h the and admirable friend am very truly yours,
 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES The following poem, written by Whittier for the occasion, was read by Mrs. Abbie J. Woodman, the poets cousin.
 1894 -REUNIoN-18s5
 The gulf of seven and fifty years
 We stretch welcoming hands across
 The distance but a pebbles toss
 Between us and our youth appears.
 For in life's school we finger on
 The remnant of a once full list
 Coming our lessons, undismssed,
 With faces to the setting sun.
 And some have gone the unknown way
 And some await the call to rest;
 Who knoweth whether it is best
 For those who went or us who stay.
 And yet despite of loss and ill,
 Our T length % of f days y.sH is na@ not in vain
 And life is well worth living still
 Still to gracious providence,
 The Fhs of ss hearts due
 For all the good vouchsafed us since.
 The pain that spared us sorer hurt,
 Ihe d w1sh denied fd the purpose crossed
 These merces to small desert.
 lis something that we wander back,
 Gray pilgrims, to the ancient ways,
 And tender memories of old days
 Walk with us by the Merrimac
 That even in life's afternoon,
 A sense of youth comes back again,
 As through this cool September rain
 The still green woodlands dream of spring.
 The eyes grown dim to present things,
 Have keener sight for bygone years;
 And sweet and clear in deafening ears
 The bird that sang at morning sings. Dear comrades scattered wide and far,
 send tse their na Smile ca us from some heavenly star. For life and death with God are one
 by ee%ng s sa his He breaks no thread his hands have spun. Soul touches soul; the muster roll Of life eternal has DO gaps; And after half century lapse Our school day ranks are closed and whole, Hail and farewell, we go our way Where shadows end trust in light; The star that ushers in the night Is herald also of the day. My psalm" by Whittier was very feelingly read by Dr. Croweil. 'Praise God from whom all blessings fow'' was sung in place of grace before the bountiful collation.. The distinguished guest presented each of his classmates with his photograph and auto graph and the reunion closed with the sing ing of "Auld Lang Syne." More Light Wanted.