Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette

Decoration Day in all the national
cemeterits, which belt the capita. ana
in which SO many thousands OF leu
eral soldiers lie buried, was commem-
grated by appropriate exercises. 1 .ba
tue first time in several years T TLo
weather was clear and beautiful. Inc
absence of the President and MS Caol-
n It escorting the remains OF secretary
G,esham to their resting place In the
vest deprived the day OF some oil It's
'xnsc,ed features. Notable among
,hem was an address which Secretary
Uerber, OF the navy was to have de-
;,vered at St. Elizabeth's cemetery
UPON the reunion of the gray and the
b ue. In this cemetery are inferred
the remains of those who died in prls-
ons and hospitals on both sides OF the
war. The preliminary parade along
p nnsylvania avenue, headed by the
local Grand Army posts, with percept-
ibly diminished numbers year by year,
and followed by the reeularcavalry from
Fort Myer and artillery from Wash
uston barracks, moved promptly on
time. Arlington was the chief point
of interest. The services began with
the decoration of the tomb of the I'M
koown (all the other graves having
been previously covered with flowers(,
under the direction Of the Women's
Relief Corps, Department OF the 70
tomac, accompanied by chorus OF a
couple of hundred young girls. The
Marine Band supplied the musical part
of the programme and Department
Commander Anderson conducted the
exercises, which included addresses by
General Felix Agnus, of Baltimore,
Md. and Lieut.. Lucien Young, .. S.
N, and poem by Will Carlton. Inc
programme of exercises at the Con-
gressional cemetery was more elabor-
ate than usual. General John A.
Rawlins lies buried there. Special
services were held over his tomb.
There are also inferred there a number
ofcongressmen who have died in Wash
ington and from this fact the cemetery
gets its name. The parade to the ceme-
terry was led by field musicians of the
Marine Band and followed 10 order by
school children of southeast Washing
ton and an encampment of the Sons of
Veterans. The ceremonies at Rock
Creek cemetery, near the Soldiers
Home, were largely attended. The
chief point of interest there is the tomb
of General Logan. This tomb was
deliberately decorated by the ladies
r presenting Illinois, resident in Wash
iugton. In this cemetery thousands OF
soldiers are buried and upon each
grave appeared miniature U. S. flag
and also a bunch of flowers, and, in
MANY cases, an added wreath. The
services for Oak Hill and Holy Road
cemeteries were held conformity at the
Holy Road cemetery. Oak Hill was
not forgotten, however, in the distribu-
ton of flowers and many graves there
were decorated, notably those of James
G. Blaine and of John Howard Payne,
author of "Home, Sweet Home" A
zeal Grand Army post conducted the
ceremonies. The numerous statues in
the public squares of the city were
draped with flags and hung with
wreaths and garlands. All the public
departments were closed and the day
was observed as generalsholiday.
An ex. Congressman from Louisiana
here to-day, gusher, says the dedica
ton of Confederate monument at
Chicago to-day was the best thing for
the interests of this country that has
happened since the defeat of the Force
bill, and that as congressman are more
prone to follow than to lead public
feeling, he believes that next year they
will provide for a grand reunion OF
ex Union and ex-Confederate soldiers
i this city, at the nations expense, and
also for a memorial bridge across the
Potomac at Arlington, on the southern
End of which shall stand monuments oil
Generals Lee and Jackson, and on the
northern of Grant and some other ia
vorite Union soldier.
A great many people left this city to-
day for the various public resorts near
by, but by far the greater number went
to the race track at AleXander's Island
Among those were many women, but a
close observer says he didn't notice q
"brazen-faced" one among them,
though a member of the board of trade
here, who went there some time ago,
said all he saw there were of that sort.
Next week all the officials and employ
ees at the St. Asaph track will appear
in Confederate uniform, made of the
same material and cut in the same style
of that worn by the soldiers of the
"Lost Cause" the officials wearing that
of the officers, and the employees, that
Of the privates.
Judge II. Gudger of North Carolina,
who holds an important Office in the
Judiciary Department, has come out,
over his own name, in card, in which
he opposes every democratic principle
and policy. Some democrats here say
that for doing so he will probably be
promoted.
1t is reported here that Mr.. J. w.
Alexander, a prominent lawyer of
Leesburg, Va, who is now in San Die
go, CAL, has determined to move his
family to that place and make it his
home.
A resident of Marshall, Va, here to-
day, saysthat the estate of the late Col.
John A. Washington, Waveland, near
that place, has been sold to Mr.. Bed
ford Glasscock of Rectortown, the home
part for $50 and the Free State part for
$25 an acre. The tract contains
about one thousand acres. Mr.. Chan.
cellor Delaplane has bought the John
Carr farm near Delaplane for S25 an