The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-06-01

AT THE CEMETERY.
Tho members of the q. W. Debong Post, No. 40,
Department Of California, G.. A. r., met at their
Hall at p. m last Saturday, and by three O'Clock
the procession was formed. 1t was headed by the
Hawaiian Band followed by the Princes Own,
Kings Own, Honolulu Rifles, Geo. W. belong
Post and was closed by a number of private carri-
ages. Arrived at the cemetery short address was
delivered by Commander Laine, the ritual Of the g.
A. Il. for the dead was reclted and Pastor Cruzan
gave an address, winch lack of space forbids our
inserting. The graves were decorated with flowers,
a military salute was fired and the procession
marched back 10 town.
AT Y. NJ. C.. A.
large audience was present in the Y. d. G. A.
Hall to hear the evening exercises The Hall was
appropriately decorated with the Stars and Stripes
and portraits of General Grant and Lieut.. Geo. w.
belong. The members of the Post occupied seats
ON the platform.
Miss Lulu Joran. The General Orders Of the Post
then read, followed by roll call roll call of
the dead salutes to the dead. Mesdames Han
ford and Judd and Messrs- Hall and Yarndley
sang quartette, which was followed by the hymn
America when the United States Minister Resi-
dent, His Excellency Geo. w. Merrill. delivered an
address of which the following glowing extract is
taken:
Though the flower wreathed graves are strewn
all along from the whispering pines of Maine, out
beyond the Golden Gate to this island Kingdom Of
the Pacific, marking the resting places of the re-
mains OF those who once stood behind the brazen-
throated monsters belching the fires of hell hur-
ling destruction and death into the ranks of
kindred; though, from the Potomac TO the Rio
Grande, there are sepulchered the bones of the
unoofiined and unknown; though the blood of
kindred lately crimsoned the brow of Lookout
Mountain, and roaring cannon mingled with the
shouts of armed legions iii the Wilderness, crying
give Us victory give US death !; though but
Yesterday. from beside the singing streams of the
East FROM the plains of the West, the factories of
the North and the land of the magnolia and the
palm, there sprang up such crop OF gittering
II Ia had oh
but a few short years ago sabers were sheathed,
guns silenced. sentries withdrawn, ambulances
made their last dreary rounds, or the mother, SIS
ter or lover pondered over the long list of dead,
wounded and missing yet we have lived to see the
doral wreaths of the South blending with those of
the North, and the leading actors bend and mingle
their tears over the graves of the oonquering
heroes of Gettysburg, Antietam and Appomattox-
As,
From the silence of sorrowful homes
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers,
Alike for the friend and the foe,
We realize that there is noble spirit permeating
the hearts OF the people, proclaiming, as the law
of tho land this granted amnesty TO the living-we
certainly will never refuse it TO the dead
The speaker then spoke of the Unity of the coun-
try and of its Prosperity, and pointed cut how
Education is the true pole star of progress. lie
concluded by saying.
.Tbe bones of the heroic dead mOlder in the grave
while their spirits tired of the scars and wounds
clay and gone TO join that grand army encamped
upon those peaceful shores where war shall be
known no more; and rs we assemble around the
dust that hides Them as the silent tombs foroi bly,
remind us that no shining steel, cannon S roar or
rushing troops can drive grim death away as we
annually scatter the floral tributes over those tor
Shom the final tattoo on earth has beat let US
unlte in beseeching the God of battles that frater-
nal blood shall never again crimson the broad ex-
pause Of the American Union, and that ere long
the nations of the world viii delight to join IN
chanting the anthem:
Alfhai' TO the morning bright bean.lEg in light,
Yfeh sittcred the shadows OF battle-stained night
CONCLUSION.
On ING Conclusion Of the address, comrade v v.
Z Ashford t1se and after a modest preamble, de-
liyersd an address upon the profession OF arms.
Mr. farndey played an exquisite violin solo, hr
locke licalrdson gave graphic ard striking read-
ing ana a capital trio WIS sung by MAGAZINES haC-
fore, SEqzaa and Judd. Consul General Putnam
then oelifered an address, historically treating the
causes wnlSh brought on the Great Civil war. Inc
singing OF ga If1me,Tca concluded the proceed
inns.