Dust To Dust

Saltirday. August , sih.'S.'i, will be a day ooted in lüsiory iis tho one apon wbich the mortal remanís of Gen. Ulywea ö. Grant were oonsigned to their last resting placo. In Aun Arbor, us In nearly cvery piare lo the uation, services were held cotnïminorative of his Ufe and death, and they were BUCh U ïellected honor upon the coininunily. At 2 o'clock p. ra. the various cliurch and other bells of the city commenced to)linr, whtob was continued unlil -I' , o'clock. At the (ame hour Coinpany A, itate troop, and the organliation of veterans knowD as the G. A. EL, fonaed at the corner of Main and Iluron streets, and accompanied by the Union Hose cumpany and the H. & L. compnny. preceded by the Anu Arbor City Band, repaired to the M. E. church, which had been prepared forthc services, aud where ¦ large tudlsnoe had gathered. As the old soldiers marohed in upon one side of the church the state troops mtrched in upon the other, and i rolantury soanded from the orfran ander the hands of Trof. F. L. York. The troops formed a liue in front of the pulpit and stacked arms, then repaired to seats reserred tor ihem. After the rendering OÍ a hynin by the ehoir a jiortion of the reripturea was Mad by Hev. R. H. Steele, and prayer oftered by Hev. S. H. Adama (in the absence of Kev. R. B. Pope). Then au anthem was glven by the choir, after whlch Hon. Thos. M. Cooley, sa the pruskllng offloer, delivered the followlng introductor}' remarks : A great soldier is borne to his final rosl loday. Kame Iiüm wrltteo n] bil record cm unperlihable t&blew.and on Chesoroll ol Immor lal military IcaiU-rs nu nitnn1 sta mis tiigtler or hol. Is a aN.-inril pOtltiOO. A gTOkt peace LoviDg p6ople are th6 mouruers ut hlstumh, hihI in ihi' houiea of a wimlr oonllnsDt lioiuage n paiü to hls meniory to day. Uhy dOM a peace-loving people pay horaage to the military nero ? It would leem more fitting llial iluy should crowu wltli tht'Ir ehapieis ot" honor the man whose reiiown lias beeo won in civil Ufe, and Uut U) glorily military success might brefd ti tafito iormilltary glory luconslsteut with the priuciples oftvie iialiou and dangerous Lo lts truiiqullity. Butthehero in this insUneo was nol exclu8lvely warrlor: bewas clvl lan as well, though 11 Is upon hls military aclileveini'iits 1 hai his fame must rest. Hut as a warrior lie was one of the peop'e: eduealed asa soldier he had eurly reHlaned hls commisslon aud taken up peaceful avociations; he luved peace a hls fellow countryinendld. and only re!pond i lo the cali lo arins ffheo tlie denianils oí imtrloiism became lmpeiallve. Among hls short and plthy sentrin v none is more indelllbly Imprewed upon the oommon Blind than hls stern adinoniltons to thecuntiii'ling factions after the clvll war. "Let us have peace.1' Bul the war In which he won lus renOWD was a war whtc'h was wued for peace. Wild pa8ions were couvulslng Ihe country, underminliu lts iustitulions and I hrralfiiinu It disruption. and war ulooe could save the repu bil e and restore toits libertles Ihe solld foiiiKiatlons of fraternal and en during amlty Thercfore lt was tbat the moei slupeudoua and destructl e war oi modern times was in the truesl sense a war for peuce. And thaiiklul weareto-day llmt in ÜieproTldeuce of Ood it brought peace. The march aud counterinarch of conlending armtei t rampled the llfe out of the pernicioussyslem wlucn so lonu bad endaogered Ibe oatton, and itli' n in the fullness of time it w is by forceuf law torn up by tho roots, the natiou feit that at l"St peace had come: petcetothe ( mastor not iesslhan to the wearyslave; peace to seetions no longer diverse: a peace ol great content to the natlon, - thftpeooeol i strona nmu loo powerful to be Insulted, Hiid too consciousof hls own strength to care to glve it trial. The very sta'es the greal soMier .has tised soseverely, rejoiclng now In their peaoe and prospericy. the B6CKM of whieh weie phinted in his battle flelds Joln in the honors that are pald hlm, and st-ml tlie most renowued ol their leaders to bear the funeral pall. Hut the people mourn the liero to day because in his ways, in his want of preienoe and assumpllon, in sympathles, in his chlldlikcsimpllclly, In his very we&kneuee he was one oí thern, so that tliey took him t thelr hearts aiiil lelt lf they did uot say, "lle Is not like unto us and touclied wlth our lnflrniiii'-s." And so in that long and pal hetic struegle wlth deuth they feltthe pailas whu-h rut-li ..t 1. to .-. -... ..t.,l , i . i ¦ ' ' ¦ utterances touoKed u synipalht-lic oüord in their bosoms for it seemed to them the utterance of one of the family circle, whowaa p tienl.'y enduring the torture thatslowly and most remorselessly led up to death. fcvery day tl ey drew uearer to hlm as he cir.w oearer the end, and the ugly shades ofold antlpathies disappeared in ttie gloom oí theapproaching calamily. A great sigh of relief went up frora the whole ntitlon when at last "death came wilh friendly care " and set the spirit tree. Hut it has not been my thought to address thls walt ing assembly to-day. when the soldier is borne lo lus rest llie civiltan may well stand mule, feellng sure that his silence is golden, whlle those who fought under hlm are present to pay their tribute of respect to thelroldcommander. These will teil usagain of the days when patriotlsm with Ithunel's si ui touclied the hearts of the people, and a mili Ion men sprang toarme to defeud the integrity of the republlc. It is a story already olu, but whieh will always be new, and it has a moral as-ndurlngas time, and so lofty that It transoends all personal and temporary motives. It Is the moral of true patriotlsm In all time. 11 Our country first, our glory and our pride. Land ol our hopes, land where our l.ithcrs died : When in the right we'll keep thy honor bright ; Wlwn in the wrong we'll die to set thee right." After wliich Itev. Wia. 11. Ryder, who had been a soldier in the aimy, and rose to the rank of captain, addMBMd the meeting, the following belng n iynopaü of his word-: We have not gathered here as a Jury, to pronounoe ourjudgtnent upou the lamous man vhi has pased away,and decide whether he should becensurea forthisdeed orcoiunieinieil lor that. Unit will be lelt to future historlans, For2Uyears Gen. Graut has been the most illustrious man in this country, aud is so rooogolxed by the whole civillzed world. It Is not for us to pass in critlcal review all his acts, and deelde wuich were wlse aud whieh were unwise. or Juut where his greatness lay ; In whut proportiou liis faine is due lo provldential circumstauces, and in what to Inherent greatness. No man could have so arlsen bul for an eminent opportunlty, and noopportuulty could have so exalted a man of inferior powers. Hut these evento and minute aualysls and criticisrus belong lo other occaslous, and we will leave these problems fir historlans and crilics of future generations. We have come to pay our tribute of respect to the illustrious dead, and show our gratltude to Ilim whose wsdom raised up the i.i'.u i ijinmander in the time of our ueed ; t express our sorrow that in the full maturity of his powers he was taken In m us. Yon expeet not iulsoine eulogy, he was too great to need t hul - of all tilines ihis honest, simple so dier could aiïbrd to have the truth told about him; you do expeet words of just appreclatiou of lii.s cliaracter and services. One word, il use.l llterally, describes nis cnaracter : ".iagnaiiiniuy. ' We wlll note the dlstlnct characterlsllcs of Gen. ü: anlt and nee huw lliey appear uuder eacli quality of character: 1. Perfect courage. No evidenee exists that Gen. Grant ever feit fear in batlle. Ouce when nsked Lba questlon, If amid the shrleklng oí shell and whlzzihg of bullets he feit no fear, hls simple answer was, "1 have no time lor lt." It 18 reluted of hlm that wlille eu1,'HKeil In wrlting adispatch a shell burst over bts&ead; not a perceptible tremor wus visible In hlm, lie vontluueU wrltlng uutll the dlHpatch was finlshed. nnd In looking lt over over afterward lt was lmpossible to teil by a qulver of a line where he was ui i: me wíien I shell burst. Manya brave man ex hl bit s ¦lgna ot fear under nucii eirenmstancM bli bflart wlll beat laster, hU cheek blanch, but Iils courage does nol falter, and he perforan his iluly, though fully reallzlng the danger he is hravlng Whlle not passing judgment upon these different kinds of oourage, thls lust was not Gen. Granl's kind, and Uoublliss hls kind was belter for a oominander. Yet he was not reekles; lie never sought danger because it was uangerous, as niany iiirn do on the battlefield, but when duiy called tie knew no danger. HedlKpluyed the same quality In the liandllngol men; hurilng them lulo thejawsof death ; they had en Usted for wur, they came to meet droger, and death If ueed be, and he expected (rom thi-m the same qualll (llsplayed hlniself; these were establlslicd by the 6,0011 men who lay dead In the Wilderness. and the 10,080 killed or ffOQnded ui tt n iiiinules at C'olil llarbor. Audyet.it wms not cruelty or lndlfference, but his recog. nltlon of the stern ihwIIIim of warfare, hat victory must be wou, at wuatevai tlls care lor hls soklleis could uot be ques'ioned. He had been known to turn away rom i hurdle raoe, because he eould not enlure theslglitof men rlskinu theiiilves useessly ; and once when vlslting Niágara Fallí ie went away with disgust upon learnlng hat Blondín was to needlessly risk lit„ u walklug across the stream upon a wire. It w:is not In physlcat courage alone that leo. Oranl val reat. lle ha.l courage to levlfc nnd oonfldaaoa t oarry out lus plan ie inlüht have recognized that others per iais were heller able to plan taan he, but ho knew the plans weri hls. that the burilen of eiponiibillty rested upon liim, and beoarled Cbero throagta inooeMfnlly. Tbltooafl.¦nee t'oiiowed blm lulo civil Ufe, and he iltoed uiuw-i rellano In h .s nlvlsers nd hls irlends jiistif.vlng thein In all they ld. Th 11 perfeoi oonfldeDoe in ultímate sucessespecuilly.tti.pears al shiloh, tor though epulsed at flrst, ne ordered a fresh attack lie followlug day and accompllshed what ue altemptod and so lurlng the yoar of farlD6M ml hloml on tbe Uuplduü whicli clused wi ; ti Appomatox. DcMbtlen be had his hoursof bereaveraent, hls bitter dlsappolnttnenu, liui hls fuith and cuuragi' nuver fitiled. H fniplred lilsarmy to deeds nf valor, hut wba( was ut even more linportanoe, heiusplied thecouulry wlth hls oonfldenoe. Aneiuloent umi ily In thls magiiaulinous man was IiIn power lograspa slluallon and loadjusl hi torces io it. Thls qualltyappeared even in his youtli during liUoampnlgn in Mexico, and hls fint batUeat Bell-raont. At Kort Donelson, when a prlsouer was takin und hl8 haversack was found to be providt i wit h threa day'a ruimiiN, beordered anattack lm liately, for that simple fact lold hlui that Ihe enemy wore preparing lo evacúate und escape. In demaodlng an uncoDdltional urrender, is .1 il ii t Donelton und Vloksbnm, be feit Ibe need of nucIi a course for lts effect upon Ihe irmy tnd tbe country; whlle at Apiioiniiiox, lie reooKiilzcd that Ihe rebelllon luid been oruibvd, mi the Urnu of surrender were Iwnpered rltb nieatmercy. Hls "numllltary" move, as It had been callea, apon Vloksbargi had been oriticUed, Wbere be lelt his supply Ualu and pushod lorward. und tuau liiijulry as to the object be .-.Hiil thut "Oor auppllea wlll be cut olf unleu wr iluht,'1 be reoognlEed ihat alonner delay In a bostlle couutiy would be dlsastrous. Whllo poundliiK away In Virginia lip wik asked why Iih dld not udopt Bome military (tratecema to ontwil tho enemy, he replied, 'I never maueuver." A Htrontf remark lor u general to makc wm RcoomplUned the i;raiid maneaven at Vloksburg; wbo dlraoled ih brllllant rampalKn aboul Ónatanooga; wno never had enlered acampáis liH tosuoi dj wbo bad ontrmarobed, out flanked, out-iraneuvered the enemy hkuIm nul agaln ; yet he reeosnised ihui in ilns campalgn the only rond to mocea was BOfld Hgh tl Dg, the rebelllon must be onuktd, not oui-il.u.ki-.l oroutraaneuvered; no brillliint victories needed tben, bot tbe army and tbe country in rebellion must he exhausird. He was always ou tue aggreul ve, never ou thiMiefensive. Tbeapeaker tben referred to McC'lellan. and termed hun thomunhly ntolditr, but nol po ¦eased of the civil qualitleB that entered luto ( iruiit 's oompoal tion. Qeo ü ra n i's clear apprectatlon and hearty recognltiou of the final end aud lts eöect was notable. The apeakor had reforred to the fact that Orant's end and alm, was to crush out irnnd rebelliou and stamp out the spirit of pecessiiin ; hlsdeclared alm from flrst to last was to brlng back thesecededstatesand rebellous cltlzeos lnto thelr old places as cltlzeus of the republlc und siatcs of the uin.iu. In proof of which, (Jraut's rtrst order was read, US follows : Paducah, Kkntuckv, Sept. 6th, i85i. I am coininp among you. not as an enemy, but as your fcllow-citizen ; not to mitttreat you nor annoy vou, but to respect and enforce the rightt of all liv:il titi.ens. An enemy, in rebellion against our COnmofl ijjovernment, has taken possession of and planled hs guns on the soil of ICentucky, and fired upon you. Columbus jiml llicktuau are in his hands. He is raoving upon your city. 1 am here to defend you against this enemv, to assist the authority and sovereijjnty of your government. 1 have nothing t" do witn opinions. and shall tlv.il inilv with arined rcliellioil and lts aiders and abetlors. You can pursue your usual ovocations witbout lear. The stronif arm ol the governmerit is here to protect its friends and punish lts enemies. Whcnever it is manifest that you are able to defend yourselves and maintain the authority oí the goveriiment. aud protect the rights of loyal citizens, I shall willulraw tiic forces under my command. U. S. GItANT. Brigadier Genenl Coinmanding. Several otlier quotatlons were also read. Al Appomalox he permltted the defeated army to Uike thelr norte liume wHh them and upon being asked why he did ho, mild tliey " Will need them for thelr spring plowlug." Thu8 provlng that hls one aim was not awarwaged loconquer lm! lo couvince the South of thelr error. And so witli bUowo army, he hastened their discharge thai thry mlghtalso be at home to do inelr "spring plowing " Bvartblng bears evldence to hls uniform love il peaoe. Aller the war was over hls famous remark "I,et us have peace," wíl] live. ever iu the baart of tlie people. He was uot fond of war, uut he recoguized lt as the means, peaoe and unlty the end. The speaker tben referred to Grants plactug tlie ludían pollcy In tho hands of men o? the church, us proviDg slill fnrther thls love of peace; though not cartng to dlscuss the wisdom of the move. ICven more posltlve was hls love for constttuilonal llberly and law, evldenocd In miisterlng out the army and bis refuta] to hold stauton's place as Secretary of Warafter being convlnced it was not right to do so, and in hls letter to Johnson Wbatever the multsof hlsadminlstrutlon, hecannol be accused oía desire to set upa military detpotlain : If the formsof law were soinciiiniis iliM-i'i;ard-d, it can heascrlbed to want of legal educatlon and not to want of retpeol for the law iiself, and no oneknowa tix evllt reeacaped by havlnga law abldlng ii[i.'M for our tlrst soldier. BUgreat slmpilolty wu next referred to, and qnotutloni read. llis generoalty towanl lus subordínate and rabordlnatlon lo hls superiors wal proverbial ; hls Mendthip towaid (Jins. bberman, MoPbenon, Bherldan and Soofleld was llkened unto the simple frleudhlp of schoolglrls for each other. Hls hearing toward lnfarlor ofticers and younger men was such as to Inspire conlldence and secure thelr esteem. His simple raimen! as he appeared at Appomattox to rweive the surreDder of the armles o! the confederacy, in undrevs uniform, wlth a feit hat that was not we, and the only thlng to repreaeDt hla rank tlie stars upon his shoulders, was also sbaimeterli loof ihe inan's simpiicity. Acoused and critlzlsed for hls civil oondaot he will doubtless be remembered malnlv as the couqueror of the great rebelllon. iLis deficiënties, if such there were, could be acoouoted lor prlnclpally by awanr o( irm ittií ni muñí auaui. liut 1 ani c-onlldent that hlstory wlll put a hlgber estlinatlon upon his services tlian ¦ome of liis contemporarlos have. The Iniineoee ditticuliles of recoustruction ; the conduuMi of allairs at the eud of Johnson's adlu i nistration ; tho claims upon hlm of successful soldlers; the wan! of unlty of views In the noiili, ere all delicate to deal wllh, aud we eau trulhlully say that he saved us lrom some disasters, and left no incurable evils. Hut can we he satlsScd In noting illustrlous ¦en laai al , or the iualiiicalions revealed slmply in the cooduct of ereat alFairs? The uoblest quallty in a man is hls manlmod, uu! all ui Qeo. Qrant'a illustrious services woukl be clouded had he been a man whose (Hioiial tastea were low, and whose private obaraoter was aadly defective. No man Is iruly great whose life is base. Perfect purlty of conduct is au eleuient essenliai to ti ue greal qobb, Sec. ï'ish, after au Intímate acqualntance of elght years. sa s he "never heard hlm use a profane or au obscene word," aud that he was "the most scrupulously truthlul man 1 ever met." Mr. Plerpout tays that he was one of the moat leinperate of meu, and reports to the contrary were groundless. That he had lltlle sense of the value of inouey and litlle sklll In lts management, must be admltted, bul nu one questious his hooesty. Hls hearing under adversity and suflerlng; hls herotc efl'orts to complete lils muiDolru tlittt lic mlght repair hu waMted fortune, dlsplayed the motives of a noble na - tuie; and his letters t his wife showed hls laiih in Uod and lmmortallty. He was not ouly great Ín actloa but great lu suflerlng and submisston. MI tou's language may well apply to hlra : "Toeive a kingdom hath been thought Greater and noblcst done, and to lay down Kar more inajf nanimous than to assume.'1 To-day is laid in hls last resting place a yieat commauder, a putriotic cltlzen,a sieailtast fnend, a generous foe, a pure, modest, ufTectlonale and clevout man. A natioii niuurns, iiui ii.it wlth the mourning whlch follows lieieat anti irreparable loss, but wlth eliasleued mournlng which follows a costly vietory, and which seea even through Ha laan the sheen ot lts own aud oí the bonoted and belovod sufferer's imirjorlal glory. Then Col. H. S. Dean, who had beeta a Boldi ir nader Gen. (írant, and knew blm wel), anti loved hini i'or liis truc worth, was utrocluce and spoke feelingly as follows: Mr. Prtsidtnt,Ladiesand Oentlemtn-C'omradeê: I am painfully consciousof iny inabillty to say mij ¦ i ii mu worlhy of thia occasion. There are uow living nol les than 250 000 men who nrved ander theeyeol u. 8. Urant, who saw hiin In .sunslilne and storm- on the nuircli. in battle, and after vlctory had been won. In theheartsof Ihesc are enduring and precious mi'iiiiM'ii's of thelr cumraider and frlend. Whoshall tttcmpt to recount the record of a lile wlncli formssolargea cliapterof the nallon's hislory 1 aud wliose faine is world-wlde? l know, my comrades, that many of you here present see hlm iu memory at this moment, as we ollen saw hun I ti Ufe: modentand stront;, llke a tower of solid rock, hls face llghled by au eye whlch was as coldas steel to hls euemlef, but brlglit and sparkllng to hls irleoda, Unassuming in manner, yet every liueainent of tal! it'aturos assurcd you of inflexible Hrnness and streuglh. It thus yu see hls forni and features even more vlvldly, do you reuieinber the qualltleH of lus mlnd ? The fume of Oen. (iranias a soldier is linkcd forevcr with the hlitory pi uur nation. Aye ! il wlll stand recorded In thu world's hislory as lonit as it lias one. I . s. Qrant ontered the V. S. A, as a LlaOtenaul In IHIS; was a Captain in 1853; aColonel in l(MJI ; a Brigadier-i i'iii-ral llie saine y car ; a Malor-Oanenri Ul 1S.; Lleulenant-Oeneral in 1801, and General in 1886, VVbat be aobleved I u.innot íllustrute belter lliau by repeatíng the mimes, Bel mont, Fort Uenry, K. n Dpna,lson, siiiioii, Vlokatmig, Chattanooga wiidernrss, Bpottfylvanl, COld Harbor, Fetorsbuigli, liatclier's Kua, Fivu Korks.lticUmond aml Appomatox. Hoomroanded lus first regiment In 1861, aud lo I86$ai onm rxindur-l n-öaief ot all the' arniiis ot ihe United Mtalus be mustered out Scniíiiein Confederad?. Ills iniHlrsty was as great a.s hispouraire. He eouhl untliuchingly bear ( lie shock and orasb il hut I le; bul be sürauk Irom llie applauseuí an audlence. Mis character was as grand and as simple as a lotty clilsek-J granlle oulQinn. Every step of bis career an a tOldlsr was marked by loyal and anbealtatlng obedlsoee to law. The obedieuce he reudered he rlgldly requlred of Ihose under his ooamMnd, llis ínrtuence over hls troopsgrew (teadth He won liisascendancy over Ihem neltberbv arlillco, norany special act of dailng, but he graduaíly fllled them with lil own nidoinltable spirit, un til Ibelr eonftonoe m lum knew Un bnlltlds. The language applled to Welllngton mlght al most lie nnslaken for a ile-crljitlon of (í. ii. Qrant '"He held hlsarmy In band, keeping it, with unmltlgaied labor, alwayn iu a ni stute t.i mareta 6r flght. SometlmeN be waa lndebteii to fortune, nmaUmM to bl nat I ve K'eniKs, alviys to hls untiring Industry for he wasumphaticiilly a palnêlukiru inau." Loni Brougham's addreu lo the [fon Duke ii applloab e lo bim : ¦ Mlghty Cnptaln ! wbo never adaiicel exoepl tOOOVOT hisarins wlth glory. M lulu u-r Captain! whonuverretraaled exeptto eclipse the glory of hls advauce." Uue characterlstic of Uen, Qrant stampod htm a great man. lie nerer returned lnjury for injury. Nolwllhstandlng the numborless opportuiilih'.s whlch he lmd to meto out puniNlirucnt lo tliosu wiin liad wanioiily aasalled hlm he nover .lul II ills irciicrusllv t'ii'iii'iiiU's was as great hls abillty and courne to flght them. Tu-day those whom he coiKjuered nu wltliusat hls gnivr. Ky hls generoslty to vanqnlahed loes In Hielr flual hour of defciu he well-ulgh ouangcd them from euemles tu Meada. Hut ileuth bun taken from nsagreatclllzen, our KiiateHt soldier and our moot, Illustrlnus comrade. and glveji us a lioro, who In hlstory sball -t it ml besldu thosu who were nut bom todle. f In HfeOen. Qrant was the target for detractlon, vllllflrallon and calumny. lts mens ure wan equnlled only by the grealness' f hls character 1 achleveraents. Uod in hls meroy spared hun, untll a better knowledgeof,hls motives and deedg conquerod all opponenu arrayed against lilm. tluiH kIvIiik oom fort to the patiënt paln-strlcken suflerer In Um lant hoursof hls Ufe. Now that Oen. ( runt Is deud weallreallze that he was a man who wlll comparo favorably wlth the tirt'1 men of any age or natlon. It wlll add to our prlde in hlm when we remember how entirc Iy he was one of us. He was of American Uneage,and belonged to the plaln oommon people, He was tte product of our own beloved country and lts lnxUtutlons, unalded by any forelgn clvlllzatlon or training. The mlglity deeds he wrought In llfe were to the end tbat the country he loved and servad so well niight have peace. In dealh hls power hath not departed. Around hls iiianlmate form thosc who met In mortal strife mlngle thelr tearg, and the whltti-winged angel of peace hoverso'erthem. lic has goue to hls rest, but hls noble deeds and great aclilevrments are a nation's rich herltage. Tliey wlll be cherlshed In the hearts ofagrateful people. who to-day bow In sor rowovertilH bier, and pay loving tribute to thelr honored dead. " He slccps hU last sleep. He has fought hls last batlle, No sound can awakc him to glory again.'1 Tlie pronouncingof tho bt'iicdiction by Rcv. S. Haskell, and a very appiopriate pieceof music by the band closed the services. We caniiot close tbls report without saying a word or two in praiae of the decoratiotis 11 the church, which were tasty, modest, and artistic. Suspended over the pulpit to the rear and in front of the oriran was tlie word "Grant," formed out of nik loaves, tipon a blnck back-ground, the dieet beiuf( bcuutlful. Above and over the center was a large portrait of Gen. Grant, draped in black and encircled by i band of oak leuves; and below liung two sbeatlied swords, crossed. Above and below Were draperies, American flags heavily draped in mouruing forming a poition of the same. The floral offerings W alío beautiful and arranged with tnuoh taste. A large cross composed entirely of white flowers stood upon a pedestal to the riglit. Laeh pew iHHh: cliurcb liad a bow of crape at the end, and festoons of crape followcd the gallery its entirc length. TIn coinmittee having tliis work iu charge dest-rve praise. It was done under the supervisión of Mr. B. B. Morgan, assisted by Miss A. Cormvell, of the Baptist clmrch; Louis Taylor and Miss M. Scott, of the Congregational church; Will Worden and Miss May Breakey, of the Methodist church; and Mr. R. McAllister and Miss F. Eberbach, of the Presbyterian church, Chus. Hatch and Janiie Breakey. The house planta, that leut beauty to the decomtloas, were kindly furnishi'd by Cozzent & Hall. Kvery place of business in the city, wiili scareely an exception, was closed from 2 to 4 o'clock p. m. out of respet to the memory Of the dead hero, and appropriate eiubiemi of Bourniuc were (Haplayed.