, 1885-08-09
IN GRAPE.
Memorial Services in Honor Of
Gen. Grant.
The City Draped in the Trapping,
of Woe.
Synopsis of the Exercises at the
Opera House.

TILE PROCESSION.
In addition to the mourning drapery
which had been placed upon buildings in
this city during the time since Gen. Grant
died, yesterday morning the work began
anew. and by noon nearly every business
house in Cheyenne and many private
residences were draped, some of them
with a great deal of profusion, care and
beauty, and the city presented an appear
ance which gave strong evidence of the
admiration which the people had for
Gen. Grant living and respect for his
memory, dead.
At l O'Clock p. IN. the societies and
organizations which were to take part in
the parade began to assemble on Seven
teenth street, but during the time the
parade was forming a drenching rain
came down and everyone on the streets
was driven to shelter. When the rain
ceased the line was formed with the gov
ernor, clergy, territorial. county and city
officials in carriages, followed by the 9th
infantry band, Reynolds post G.. Il. r.
and drum corps, Meade Camp Sons of
Veterans, Hook and Ladder company,
Durant. Alert and j. T. Clark hose COM
panies, knights of Pythias and citizens.
The procession moved down Eddy street,
up Sixteenth, up House, down Nine
teenth, down Ferguson, up Seventeenth
to the opera house and filed in, the off
Gals and clergy occupying the stage, and
the remainder of the procession the audi
forum and the people outside ofthose who
took part in the parade, then filed every
seat that was left and all the standing
room. The opera house was draped and
decorated profusely and elegantly in black
and white, to which were added portraits
Of Gen. Grant and large American flags.
In the centre of the stage stood an imita-
ton OLA marble column which was
draped and at its foot a large eagle. Upon
the column were hung wreaths Of tube
roses and other flowers and II beautiful
cross of tube roses was placed upon the
stand.
EXERCISES
were opened by the meeting being called
to order by Hon. NJ. +. Post. who an
nounced that Governor Warren would
Governor Warren, after a few
introduced Rev. r. L. Field,
who delivered an eloquent, beautiful and
appropriate prayer, her the quartette
composed of Messrs, Whitcomb. and In.
man and Mrs. Marrh and Miss Kingsley
sang. Mrs. G. l.. Holt presided at the
piano. Hon. a. c. Campbell followed in
a brilliant and pointed address, which was
As follows:
Mr.. c~AMPBELL's GRAFTON.
We meet to-day as mourners ut the
bier Of a nations dead to pay homage to
his worth and his works, and to bear
grateful testimony to the measureless ben
his greatness and his genius rem
dcred to his country and to mankind.
The mortal remains OF him we honor ale
now hidden forever from the public view.
but the record that he made, the victories
that he won, the fame he forged in wars
fiery furnace are the worlds heritage, and
will outlive the marble reared to his mem-
DRY.
Times destructive agencies can moulder
into u%nregonizable dust the form and
substance of Gen. Grant; they can
crumble the proudest monument; aye, a
nations gratitude e~fface, dismember and
the Union he saved, the govern.
ment he protected and defended. but time
cannot blot from the annals Of arm the
glories of Forts Henry and Donaldson,
of Vicksburg and Appomattox; they will
blazen and brighten the pages of the fu-
ture with a lurid light that time cannot
dim nor captious criticism diminish.
Born in that period of our country's
history known as the ERA of good feel
ing, We find little in the life Of Gen.
Grant worthy of note until the thunders
of Sumpter aroused and duickened into
life and activity his slumbering genius.
Scarce had those ruinblings died away
ere he had responded to his country =
call and zone forth to her defense, with
the determination Of the Spartan youth
to come home with his sword or on it.
Then commenced a career OF glory IN.
paralelled in our own history, and almost
unprecedented in the annals of war.
From sub-altern he rapidly arose to SUI
perior, as victory upon victory marked
his march to fame. Dark clouds
hung lowering DER the nation
defeat and disaster had sent a chill of
dependency through the entire North.
Commanders trusted and true, had each
failed in turn. There were ~iealousies in
their councils; discomfort in the ranks;
disaffection in the cabinet. The
of the union seemed trembling in the
balance. Strong hearts bent and bowed.
and only the most %sanguine dared to hope
When lol a rift in the clouds appear as on
the wings of the lightning flashed the
grand intelligence that Fort Henry had
fallen. The nation breathed freer aud
despon lency gave way to hope. Scarce
had the nation learned the name of
Henry's hero. ere he had pressed on to
Donaldson, and against superior odds com
PEELED her to- capitulate on the terms of
unconditional surrender. The query,
"Who is Grant p was no longer heard.
The nation turned to him as a dellverer-
and when Donaldson fell zone doubted
the ultimate result. Shiloh, the greatest
battle of the war, aud Corinth soon fol-
lowed, then he entered upon what re-