New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-31

| Captain Augustine W. Costello delivered q stirring
Memorial services wers performed at Lutheran Como
terry under the auspices Of j. = Riscr Post No. os,
Sso ~. Eoe sSots delivered tho 0ra0n anu
HoNoRING GENERAL GRANTS MEMORY.
Tax TOME AT RIvERsIDE PARK BRIGHT WITH
yIowEns-GESERAL wooDFoRD SPEAKS.
Riverside Park was hidden in the foliage which tho
recont sprng storms have brought forth In great
b,xur,suce The tomb OF General Grant, in contrast
IN tbr deep green of tho lawn bright with flowers
that almost concealed the walls U. g. Grant Post
Of brooklyn had finished the decorations carly in the
day. Floral designs had boon scnt by Grand Army
posts from all parts Of the country. One of these
from the George E. Meade Post, Of Philadelphia was
a massive panel of immortees surmountcd with
an eagc and two flags. In tho centre Of the design
was inscribed " Our Comrade7 and tho name OF Gen.
oral Grant A floral circle was placed across the
entrance of the tomb inscribed His words were fcw.
but his actions decisive.' Nearly oil the designs
contained some epigrammatic quotation which has
become known through General Grant
In tho afternoon as tho hour OF tho services ap
nroaebed crowds from the city came mp over the hill
mt, the space around the tomb was covered with
pcople Shortly before O'Clock Grant Post and de-
tachmeut of W. s. Hancock Post had assembled III
Opc-bundred- rd-twenty -ffthst. The Grand Army
Posts were preceded by detachment Of the 9th Regl
ment which acted escort to the Richmond Grays
Brooklyn police who members of the Grand Army,
and the o3d Regiment band led tho procession as
moved around the wide avenue to the platform at the
tomb Seats wero arranged In front OF tho tomb for
the Grand Army Posts and the Virginia company and
the members OF the 9th Regiment. Aftcr the band had
played funeral march, the Row. DR.. j. M. King offered
prayer and the ritual Of the Grand Army was read.
The grafton delivered by General Stewart L. Wood
ford He was frequently applauded by the Richmond
Crays, as vol as by the Grand Army men, In his
Grafton, he said:
Flowers arc on the graves to-day. Gratitude is in
our hearts and Thanksgiving is on our lips The best
expression Of thought that comes TO me at this moment
is TO say with all rcverence Thanks be to God that
our old Washington is coming back to health
that he not yet Join the ranks OF the departed
Every heart old armies North and South has re-
sponded that prayer which has gone forth all over
country, God spare yet little while the hero OF
Winchester We glad 70 see our brothers OF virginia
bore to-day reminds that ve are here to-day one
in heart 1t recalls that August day three years ago,
when General Johnston among the pail bearers OF
tho great cheftain whose menory We honor now wheh
the blue and gray black and white follower him 10
his last rest In the last chapter that General Grant
pennod he said that felt that the revival Of friendly
feeling coming over all the land, and to-day the
Nation IL being rebuilt IN the hearts OF Tire people.
It has been said Of Abraham Lincoln that his success
was becsuse he represented tho purpose Of the people
The statement would apply TO Grant II Lincoln
the statesman, Grant was the captain OF the
people. He Illustrated its rssoute PURPOSE ana No
represented It's untirng determination IN what he said ana
did When the end OF the had come and dawn was
brsking Il was he the soldier, who said: Let Us have
peace and keep II forever.
At the close Of the services the Richmond company
fired three salutcs in front Of the tomb The ousle
call was sounded and the members OF Grant Post
macrhed past the tomb each threw bunch OF MOVERS
within Many of the members Of the Methodist Epis-
copai Conference which adjourned TO attend the ser
vices were present Among those on the platform
were Colonel T. D. Grant and wife, U. s. Grant j.,
OK. Mayor Low, OF Brooklyn, Samuel Booth, W; IL
Lyon, Mrs John T. Newman, warner Miler ana W.