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Show Al IbaTenib urilrneret llrenl. Nkw Voiib, May llualnen waa prai llmlly ui eudid hero May, and KlltlwruuiU and gownntejit build; Intra cloaeil. Tlio rtmde waa lamnand Imwulnit. The irravra of tlio aoldli'ra In ttaecemeterlrawrm drcoratinl utid all tuaeoldlwa' mouunicnla covered with llowrra. The programme for the afttrnoon Included rlcw at the timili of (leu. tlrant, under the direction of U. H. (Irimt 1'oit of llrooklyn. Tho llnltnl eJtuti-M inan-of-iar l.nlerprl" wai anchored In lludaon river opiallii the tomb aud find inlniito guue ilurlinc icrvlov. A numlrof ox.t.onfnletato Oldlera WHO preaint oa Kllaeta, 111. MinUiM ei.doveruor John H. WIocf Vlmmla, who dellvoreduii iloijuent oration. . , The day waa generally "bacrved tliriiughcutllieHtale aud ill New Jer- VIe In Ida 'ech, lld n moat ejo. iment tribute to the memory of t!u Itreat commander, whone fanie, ho tald, waa world-wide. "Ilia l"oi"J lharacter are known to the fiirthrjt bonda of fame," which fact proved hla uri-atnn-.. llelald partlcuUr atnta mi (Irant'a inaiianliuliy And then, ikj u of l.re, ald It may t the tlmo will Hover itmie when thn orlll cjin rewn-cllo rewn-cllo It to a aenao of loyalty to honor hla memory. Htlll, It wuuM be very atranee If, with the American lovu or iMlorAtid aelf eaorllli-e, Ihelr grail I-rhlldreu, I-rhlldreu, when tho Dltterncfa of the day I. part, tliall deny a aliaw of fame lo him wluo aword waa never lowered to any foe but tJranl. Htlll, be thla aa It may, there atamla old Oonfedrmtua at (Irant'a i:rave; no louutr aectlonal r.ulUana. ni.t van. fpilahed, illttptlnliJ, IrrrcontllaUa low, Imt with rww liiaM new nrkbi and the ninbltlime l BttlAena of the whole lleiaiblle, i lamtnir n full ahare InlheglorleaofUrant and the tltlej to honor to hla mc mory." |