Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-10
4 THE DAY AFTER,
|Ths Dead Soldier the Theme OF
Many Preachers Yesterday
Raw. Or. COllysr's Fine EulOgy on
Grant in New York.
Ssms Pointed "reminiscences OF
the General,
Services Held in MsmOriam Over
the Country.


At the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day and re-
ce;yed no visitors. They will return - Mt.
McGregOr probably tomorrow or Tuesday.
Several elergymen spoke nom their pH-
pits on General Grant to-day. An audi
.pce OF over 5000 people filed the smphi-
theatre at the Manhattan beach hotel this
evening and listened with evident interest
20 a beautiful and exhaustive biography OF
Gen. Grant, delveredby the Rev. DR.. Col
Iyer. During the address, which lasted nearly
one hour and half The vast audience sew
eral times broke into bursts Of applause,
which even the efforts Of the reverend gen
tleman Corld not restrain. GIlmores band
Rlsyed a selection Of sacred music, includ
.nr the dead march in SauL Madame
4 Clemetiue Studweu sang There are Green
. Hills Not Far Away \ marked feature
of the service was the treat audience rising
70 their feet and sin-iag with grand effect
"Nearc- Ty God 70 Thee The services
closed with the bensdiction, after which the
audience slowly departed.
Dr.. Coliyer reviewed many interesting
points in Gran, military career, aud at
the clcse Of the sermon said. The estimate
ot ULYSSES S. Grant, which dates his great.
ness With the victory at Douelson. misses
TIE golden thread OF sequence for there
TIE same life running through all his day
fs through all his deed The quail
ties which shone forth in such
ccnsp;cuous splendor st Nicksourg and
Chattanooga wsze no other than those
which marked his conduct upon every field
in Mexico. This same force was mighty
ard persistent through thsse desperate days
Of his late encounter with suffering and
death. His character was greater than all
his victories and more imperishable than
all reroRu Before Grant was a soldier or
statesman he had the sense Of Justice, the
sentiment Of generosity, the singleness Of
aim, the industry o: duty which made him
a man. This
Crown Cf Manhood
rather thar swo-1 Of the soldier. OF the
sceptre Of t-s statesman, is the secret OF his
corquests and the pledge Of his fame. His
character was as transparent as the atmOs-
phere. He was never less than himself Ii
his speech was restrained il was never the
reCcence Of concealnent II he had moth
ing to reveal he had nothing to hide. He
was sien. when he had nothing to say.
ManGness in q. man is his
charm snd fascination. During
I Grants first term of otice as President, he
attended service in the church OF which
was the minister in Chicago. When the
sermon was treating Of the uRity Of the rare
and the brotherly obligation Of man and
mar, the President took occasion after the
service to speak in commendation Of the
ain Of the sermon, and with beautiful sim
phcI said IN the tersest sentence
"a len are More Scarce than Horses"
At the house of friend in Chicago l |
was sitting with him late into The night, |
when he closed a long, thoughtful discourse, |
which | seldom interrupted, by referring to /
the irresponsible way in which even |
friends would proffer advice and, rising !
from bis chair be said. Il have never /
asked for people TO give me advice
,Ou Than lsgiving day, 1876, when |
the country was under no lit.
tie strain of evil apprehension
Y was IL Washington and sittiug with the |
President in his private office. He asked |
me If the people thought there would be any /
trouble about the Inauguration Of the Pres
.ide1; elect. In reply said that the people
naturally looked 10 him and asked what he
would 90 should there be any laVlessness or
.outbreak The President looked amused |
and pleasantly answered Il know what |
would DO. bat don't mean to tell
At Camp 5. Grant.
GETTTsRuRG, Pa, August This has
been perfect day at Camp L. S Grant
About $500 members Of the G. 4. T. have
already reported and Judging from the ap
phostious received for quarters it is BE-
heYed that fully 1000 comrades viii visit
the camp during the week. At lO:3O this
moruirE divine services were held at the
rostrum IN tn National Cemetery. con
Quoted by lain J. W. Sayres. At D p.
N. there : parade and review, after
which the COZ des iJrmed in q hollow
square ard Grant memorial services
WI conducted by Chaplain Sayres
in accordance with ;he ritual of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, Chaplain Sayres
and Rev. J. 4. Danss, Of Pi,,sburg, deliv-
cred addresses. A. the conclusion of the
latter address the comrades a. his request
Joined IN tbe chorus Of Tramp Tramp.
The exercises closed with the doNo!ogy, in
which many OF the :, 900 spectators Joined.
Ritual hymrs were rendered By choir Sc
ected from the different posts assisted 5y
the FrsHktord band.
This ev5ni8- there was sacred concert
IN the open air. Gen Burdette, COmman-
der-iu- Chief, viii arrive here on Monday.
At Five Points Mission.
Nav YoRE, August 9-Memorisi ser.
vices Eele held tO-uigh, in the Italian
Church connected with the Five Points
Mission. After prayer and the singing Of
hymns bJ the congregation, the Rev.
Antonio Arrigie delivered an address on
the life Of Americas Greatest Hero The
speaker drew comparisons between General
Grant and Garabaldi. Both, be said were
similar IL many respec's They cared only
{ the Welfare Of their people and sacrificed
.erythiug personal in order to benefit their
syuntrynen.
s< Services NJ Chicago.
? CHICAGO. August 9.-Over 1000 Union
Seterars and other citizens attended the
I$eu oral services IN honor OF Gen. Grant.
-kryices we're conducted under the auspices
SIthe G. A. R. Posts here. The address Of
occasion was delivered by Bishop Follows,
and wss full ofeloquenee and rich in eulogy
Of the deceased General
At most Of the churches in this city ser
mons had direct reference to yesterday
national funeral ceremony, congregations
generally being unusually large. Dis
patches from many localities in the west
sneak Of services similar to those held