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the top of Mount McGrepor, like Moses on the top of Nciio. his spirii departed Without onegatbertng mi<t or shade upon his mind, Encircled by his family. Watched by affection's penile eye, His soul God took to Its long repose; Its light shall linger round us yet, Bright, radiant, blest. Farewell, honored soldier! Peace to thy remains! Peace to thy soull To-day, with these exercises, wo pay to thy mortal body the last tribute of respect. Thy deeds and virtues we leave to be told by the voice of history. llich shall the chnplet be history shall weave thee; Unchanged in thy glory, unstained in thy fame! Monuments shall arise to thee on which with enduring Letters shall be inscribed thy acts and name; "One of the immortal mimes That were not born to die." "Sir. Gilbert's Address. The Rev. M. >'. Gilbert was next intro duced, and delivered one of the longest ad dresses of the day. and one thai called forth most applause. Be Bald: Inter woven amid the solemn vestments ofmoum ing to-day that cover the entire nation are the brilliant hues of exaltation. The mournful dirge carries with it a cadence of rejoicing, and the two commingle wherever in this broad land men gather to-day to pay respect to the great dead. Way is this eSrange mingling of sorrow and joy? why these emotions so widely different? It is because this great lii just gone out is • - the possession of the Amer ican people; because of the name that shall be written forever high op on the frontlet of the American brow. When before the Spartan mother was brought the shi< Id (raiding the body of her boy slain in the mountains of Aehaia she made no mourning, but with a smile upon her (ace she murmured, "My s in." So America, bending to-day before 'die body of her great son, utters the words of the Spartau mother. Nations are Judged by the character of the men they produce, and we are quoted to-day among nations because out of our young loins has come this man, whom kings ol all nations have delighted to honor. The speaker then enumerated the men who have made England, France, Germany and Other nations what they are, and pronounced the names Washing ton, Lincoln and Grant as the ones that would make America a place among the others. Peculiar ques tions to Bolve have produced giant minds, and Titanic woes have developed MATCIH.KSB SOLDIERS. The life of Gen. Grant was briefly and eloquently gone over from his boyhood to liis death, and the speaker eharacterizcl the dead man as one not stru^irliiiLC con- Btantly for his own advancement, but ever doing his duty as he found it: never tilled With his own Importance, but ever ready to give credit for his success to the brave sol diers under him. When left to himself he rarely made mistakes, and his rare common sense -and insight Inspired his soldiers with confidence. When the boys knew that Grant was at Chattanooga ii inspired confi dence, for they all knew there would be a cool head and daring deeds. His command over the Army of the Potomac was briefly told and his magnanimity with the South afterQ the surrender of Lee. That lie could be magnanimous under the popular farffag at the North was an evidence of greatness that could not have been shown had not Grantseen with a prophetic eye the after effects. 11l his military career, the speaker said, Grant reached the acme of his greatness. He drew a pathetic picture of the suffering at Mt. McGregor, in sight of spots made sacred by battles for the independence of the nation. "Was ever man SO honored as to die on such a spot?" said the speaker, "and how grandly modestly did lie die! His cup of victory,already full to over-flow ing, it was still left for him to conquer the deadly disease. His death was the noblest act of all. He had taught the Americans how to live a life of duty and he also taught them how to die. In all this funeral pageant the nation is his chief mourner. A dirge by the First Regiment band was followed by an address by Capt. 11. A. Castle, as follows: Capt. < ;<'.«l'.'s Address. The next address was by Cant. Henry A. Castle, and was as follows: The sun of this sorrowful day l(X)ks down on an unprecedented spectacle. Funeral pageautries,beltlng the globe and Hanked bui by the zones of barbarism, testify the urii versalityof homage paid to :i fruitful life and an Imperishable renown. A stricken nation weeps at the bier of Its most illustrious cittaen. while the civilized world bows In re spectful eommnnion Of bereavement. Few men have ever been more widely worthy such grand apotheoses of honor. He has none to his i<-<t and his reward, but he is dead only to earth's pains and woes. The towering granite above his breast will always throb with t.i" unstilled pulsings of his patriot heart, and toe statue which crowns its sum mit v.-ill speak to us forever, in :;<• -ents tune ful us the soiitf of immortality upon the lips of cherubim. The veteran!* of the Grand Army of the Xil publie. the sharers of Us haftins. ins marches and his triumphs, now trebly bereft; appro priately lead in the oeremontos of this mourn ful ol servance. It was their extreme felicity and his to live and act in thai tremendous epoch, when their knightly daring and his con summate skill contributed so much to tlie preservation ol' the Union, the t-maiK-ipaimn ol'the slave, and the regeneration ol' the country. BOJOETEIfBg WB HK.VIJ T!IK P8 \Ts>: for this emancipation nnd regeneration Hi as cribed to the fearless and heroic handtu! of agitators, who. before the eontesi of arms,nad lour st<x>d for the Immediate unshackling 1 of the bondman, and refused to t»e silenced by bribes or persecutions. Hut it is error t<> credit a single (lass wtth this splendid consummation. Slavery perished because its death-doom had been Bounded on the celestial chimes; because the nhMtoenth century had come; because the By- Ing engine and tlie speuKinj;- wire had oome; becausi the school i >«>k. the oewspar per and tii" open Bible had come: because Wflborforce and Qai'iieou and Harriet Btowe had oome; because liinroln and Bewardand Siai:ion hud come; because Qrant and Bhor man and BherJdan had come; hcrsniwi t,OOO,- MM gallant ii<>ys in btue had conn-; bncause thegtoat and terrible ilny of tbet<ordhad oome—and not all (he powers of hell could longer buttress and bulwark the crowning iul'uniy of the ages. coacsDnra ai.t. tius. aye. Mloryinn in it. there is enotijrh jn the career md character of the great man sane, a life and nature not lawless, but heroically prand. to freely justify the nsMIT. i\ hit h n heavily have draped our marts and homes— for few. Indeed, in such exalted spheres, have displayed abilities more aumctauUviitiies more commonil:ilile,or defects more iiicon>e(|iientii;l. lie w emed to live uiK-ua--. in.iMy on a Ugh lovel. to which others mnnntuwi but with paln- Cnl toil: to spontaneously evolve strategies and combinations beyond the grasp of uss,> ciiitcs or adversaries, confoundlnir ail sci-ncr by their amazing simplicity, and only com prehensible in theßgU <>i hivsilalilo sucocss. Hence, lifted above envy or nialiee. In 1M jtaious of do comrade's advancement, while those jealous of him were farthest removed from all possibilities of rivalry. HE WAS THi: BSD KH.IIT ARM Of the philosophic t-pirit of the century. He added to the inflexible prectotoo of a reslst leag ■wwiliantnal force, the mshrht and gener alization of a hidden, but gutdtnfr ißtellec tuullty. Thus Ins- will whs nmhillami into ef fective energy; and his sturdy common sense wus sublimated intoiofty frenius. Thisthesol diei. In civil administration.a staii:l<-s purity of purpose and un onswervimf eourape of conviction piloted an untrained and not un erring Judgment, amid breakers innumerable ami whirlpsob i.nlathomahle. to a linn anch orage in the confluence of the people und the luudation of history. The future will more clearly discern the Empress of his policies upon our laws und institutions, and posterity will preserve for him a broad approach of fame and ever-rinjmitf avenues of song 1. PAINS REVERSES clouded his last lingering; months.yet through tin-Hi all gleamed the radiance of his daunt less soul. Having Instructed conquerors in the art of war, and rulers in the science of government, it was his final task to teach the suffering Christian how to die. No summons ever found him unprepared, and to the last recall his clear and ready answer rang like the gladdened greeting; of a brother in ■ foreign land. As during the conflict every battle fought, and victory won was an expression of its great Idea*, union, liberty, equality—so this world-encircling pomp, which attends our departed chief to his homo with the Immortals, is the expression of a regard, limitless as the planet and deathless as the stars, for the cause ho championed and the heroes he led. Through him we renew allegiance \o the Union flag! Through him we honor once again the memory of our -martyred comrade • marshaled rank beyond rank to greet him on the shin ing shore. They did not die In vain I Every crimson globule of their priceless blood, every voiced and voiceless groaning of their agony, every precious teardrop of tho loved ones left behind, every winged prnycr-brer.th lifted by tbera or for them, hu> been treas ured up. All, all lmve been fused and or.w talHaed in (imfs alembic,shaped «n<l polished in the laboratory of tiie BOgeia, BUO B BMB Sff luirovt ray, and fixed lor aa ei«'i-iml lxacon an.l waininff in the zenith of the republic's lustrous diadem. The quartette, composed of 11. C. Mun-er. EL McLachlan, Frank Wood and (',. YVillrich, sangvery clT.c tively "Our Hero Dead ■ composed by W. l}.\Vil<-oxon.and set to charm- Ingamate, eoaapoaed by Charles Pothjleaer, alter which the entire natheriag Jotaad in simrinj; "America,'"the iiivat Western band aeeompanyfalg. A benediction was ]iro nounced by the EteV. E. P. Norton, and the e\crci<' R were ended. The crowd <lis peiaed qulekiy, and the several organiza tions that had I'onned the procession, marched to their respective l.eadxuarters. "V«>:<•<. «ii> the Day. From sunrise to sunset, at intervals of half an hour, with twenty-one minute guns at the hoar of interment, a detachment bom .the Emmet light artillery kept the cannon booming. Lieut. ]>ovle "with four men had chart:.'. The company turned oat thirty-six men »vA twenty-live horses fat the parade, their ftrat appearance, and ap peared in good form. Alter the parade the company went out on the prairie and bad ■ flying drill for a couple Of boon, and were then entertained by Capt O'Brien, who gave them a bountiful lunch. Botaea may be damta brutes, bat some of tlu'iii have eavs for iniisic. One of the chargers in yesterday's procession. :i grey, ilif name ol whose owner was not leaned, happened to be pmeed near the band, is was ■ matter, of ajmctal ijlwiialfci all aloni: the rouN; how (o.iectly Urn aniiual kejit tiiiie BO the BUtsfe. With their usual lack of common sense the street car driven mixed themselves in the parade and proved a general nuisance. As the procession did not require an hour to pass, the opinion was general that they might have stopped daring that time. The two divisions of police made a fine sppwarance yesterday and marched to the music like regulars. Ther«' were com manded by Liems. Walsh and If organ, with Sergts. Uanft and Murphy n> aides. The. Irish Catholic societies did not par ade in the procession, owing, il is said, tp the fact they were :'.-si':ne<l to a place ill the rear of the subjects and ex-subjecta of Great Britain. The proeeaslan was forty-five minutes in iiassiiiL: the Merchants hotel. One hundred and tiiirly British subjects paraded in a body. IN .■■'i;\M.Vi i:,1.!'.. lloxv tltf.Uill City Paid He KespecJsi to tin- Itero. The day broke, in Minneapolis, dark and lowering and heavy mists hung in the air from the rain which had just ceased falling. About 4 o'clock a sullen cun boomed out and the heavy atniosj-iiere carried it* rever berations tar away. Gun followed gun until thirteen h;;d beeii'tin-ii—a general's s.i lute—over two horns being consumed in the firing. Comrade John MiddK I.IM. With a s^uad Of men, had planted two pms on University heights, facing the river, and the sharp r. ports rang out at preconcerted mtervals during the day. The city was early a-tir. but no gathering of crowds was Muiicasv d>irinff the niorninir hours. By eight o»(M-k every flag in the city had been bung at half-mast, and Ihonsands of new dra peries lunl appeared. Borne <>t these were magnificent in the extreme, the highest art i<;io skill having beeuemployed in their arrangement. The armory, city hall and all public buildings wen- profusely and elegantly draped. AJong Nic()!i t -t ami Hennephi avenues tin- business houses vied with each other in their «ii> ]>lays. among the handsomest not already mentioned being Dale. Barnes, Horse ft Co.. Bradstreet, Theurben iV <'.>.. the Glass block, Sea, Curtis ft Co. and Hale ft Thomas. These wereeoaspieaous by then* elegance, though there were thou^nuis that might be inciU.nt.iily mentioii'-d. OJLTHESIXO CBOWDS. Alon? toward doom t )■«> streets in the center part of ttw oit> began to 811 up, the intenedioß of NfeoUet and Washington avenues being the general objective point. Trains from the ■ninwiiwltnc country had begun to poor staangen into the city, the lake u;;ii:s being especially crowded. The motor gathered in the iwfrsrtran residents and soon, after 9 o'clock Urn lower sUeuU of the ciiy w.to to crowded m kg render pedestriauism difficult In the meantime ttia ckmds bad shown various rifia and occasional lashes oi sunshine came to dry the streets and heal the atmos phere. Uniforms began to ■ppoar and aidei galloped about preparatory t-> ar ranging tiu' procession, a!! movements being toward NieoUet, where the line * form. BUSIXKBB ci-OSKn. At 8008 nearly every business bouse in thocitv had closed its doors, only HwiJ PB> iwalning ojmmi where imj'erative neeeaslry demanded it. Even a number of saloons ciosed up. Tii in is adjourned at IS (.•"clock and tin' departments of city and county government suspended work. The postoffiee dosed up, and the wheels of traffic and manufacture ix-came ntilL It was as | >ad Babhath bad settled down ii]mhi the city—no holiday, hot a da] of genuine municipal sorrow. At 1 o'clock the sky had entirely cleared and the sun shone with oppressive heat. presaging a probable storm. Within the hour, the assembling crowds had doubled their numbers and the sidewalks of all streels leading toward the general rendezvous began to be literally packed. The sound of muffled drums was heard at intervals and the steady tramp of organized bodies told the societies which would partic ipate in the parade were taking their posi tions. People at the same time had al ready begun to drift toward the university campus, giving promise of a crowd there that would come up to the expectations. The right of line of the procession rested on Nlcollet and Washington avenues. • and there, at 1 o'clock, Chief .Marshal Babb and his staff took their positions.' All were in full uniform with draped arms, each wearing a drai»ed rosette on the left breast, over the <;. a. ];. badge. The cross streets, from Wash ington to Seventh, were used for forming, in the order already given and by the appointed time each of the six grand divisions was in position, ready for the signal gun to move. The city officials, with the officers of the day, took their carriages at the city hall and from there assumed their places in the line.■ ■•'• At 1:45 o'clock all ears were intent on the gun from the university, but such was the crowd and confusion that when it came it was not heard. In the meantime the sky had overcast and huge clouds sailed up ■gainst the wind and grew black and low ering. They withheld their contents until just as the procession got under way, when the rain, fell in torrents, demoralizing the parade and spoiling a magnificent display. The start was made at 2:10, and such bad been the perfection of the arrangements that no hitch occurred, and each division filed into its place with the most prompt precision. The formation of the parade has already been given. Before the rain the imposing cortege was a magnificent spectacle and was thirty-eight minutes passing a point The police led off, followed by the hearse, drawn by eight black horses, escorted by a guard of* honor with reversed swords. The Grand Army posts turned out in great strength, each decorated with crape and flowers and with out arms. They marched with slow step to the requiems by the bands. The Cru saders followed, opening their ranks and presenting swords while the others passed. The three companies of the First regiment presented a fine appearance, in spite of the crowds which hampered their lines of full company fronts. The various organizations were decimated by the rain, but neverthe less made an imposing array. When the head of the procession passed the starting point the ram was falling in sheets and the foot marchers presented a rather sorry appearance, but they neverthe less persevered and marched to the end. The route of procession was db-ect to the University grounds, and as the mud was deep and soft, the pageant arrived a half hour late, more or less deranged and be spattered. ■ At tbc ramp'iK. The rain storm which set in shortly after the procession started of course re: tlje arrangements for j*^ outdoor meeting THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE. • SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 18S5.—SIXTEEN PAGES. sti]K'rfluous. The arrangements were very complete, and it is to be regretted U much pain-taking should have been unuec- When the mm otaae the people had already begun to arrive, and to the aumber of about 500 sought shelter within the build ing. At 3 o'clock the strains of the dirge an anouiieed the arrival of the procession. En tering, the members of the G. A. 1L and others were assigned seats Bpoa the main floor, while the spectators were Hal the gaOcrtea, On ftaataaa W€t» aaaaabaa of theO. A. 11.. the Sons of Veterans and the officers of the occasion. Tiie short no tic* had of course prevented any attein]>t at decoration" of the interior of the immense auditorium. A life-size jKirtrait of Qaa. Grant, which was placed in lnmt of the sjwaker's desk, was the Bale decoration. Bad when it was placed m pOMiion the audience applauded. A fair estimate places the numt»er in attendance at .j.ooo. This is less than half the number which would have been bjomul had the weather beaa fa\orabie. Hundreds while oa the way to tiie depot to take the earn turned back of the thnateaaag atorm. There were eaougfc, however, i<> till the eolliseum completely. tue i \ Bx-GOT. l'illsbury. president of the day. Bailed the vast aaasabcafe u> oniec ..: j>. in. ami made a brief opening ad The nation, he Mid, was bowed in deep grief uver the bier Of its fallen her. •. A SBOti tribute waa paid the dead commander and be predicted his fame would apraad un til it equaled that of WaabJagton ana LhMOfei "The Chapelt" a soiemn air. waa played by the Dan baad, and Bey. M. D. Boattet -.1- Eered prayer. The BJBBm, "A Loving Father EVr W Nidi." was sweetly rendennl by a male et, sending a "soft syin]<athetie thrill uh the assembly, and even bringing TTi il»<>,i:i: Idoii'ii,ioii«. Col. C. H. BaaftOß, chairman of the com mittee on memorial resolutions, read the following: Mr. President: Wo. to whom was as si.'iied the duty of drafting lesolutions.real ize that, because language is inadequate, we cannot express hi words the extent of tiie loss whfch the world has sii»fered.or the kind and tender sympathy which this eOßJ niunity feels for the family and lamily friends, ujnui whom that loss falls most heavily. We have, however, prepared the following? A man die.]. }jo \cns a model husband and father, one of the kindest ne:: friends, one of the most vulunMc Of citiaSßS, the ablest aae* most powerftd <■: diets and rulere, a noble man. His virtues need not be recounted here, for tin- world know him. We do not need now even to speak Ins Dome, for it is Ulysses S. Grant- Oecauso ho died, tin- world mourns, the nation mourns, the state in which he lived mourns. his neighborhood mourns and his family mourns. for all then met with an irreparable- Joss. Ho will never be forgotten. This wo respectfully submit. c. 11. Bnros, 1»ANIKI. FISH, H. n - W". B. H HWII. O. 11. Ski.wji:. Oasssssttas an Resolutions. "The Fallen Hero" was rendered by Brooks band. Tlit- r.nloey. Bishop C. I>. Poss delivered the eulopy, Uie event! of the day, nyaaUas; as fi To-day :i great nation bewails Ha hat man of its ::reate»t three. v7asUa Lincoln and Grant have been i on a triple medallion ami designated "Paler, liflrfsalin. Balvator." Five cen turies hence, when this nation shall be everywhere ackaowledfeed ii<-; ofperesa nei:t repahHes, and when its superb ex ample oi a '*govenuMßl af the people, by the people, tor th»' people** shall have Uyii anivet sally followed, no historian will fail to lmine these three as the mightiest among the iniiriity in the first century ol oornat history, the father, the liberator, the preserver of the nation. Throughout the United - victors and vanquished, brothers now. alike pay tribute of reverent irratitude to him who kept those states salted. IJc.lt muftled drums; toil, solemn bells; boom, muuruful -iin>: while a bereaved rapnaOs ia>> Us chapletson the tomb ot i>- ,natest geueral and toreniost citi/.en. Grants eamai MM distinctively Aineri<-an. TWKXTY-Kotn TEAKS AOO probably not one of i^ had heard the name Ulysses Grant Twenty years ;e."> his tame had idled the world. At the ;;,'.• of dwelt hi obscutity. At •}:.. nali"ns knew him well. From his tan vat- to Apaomat tox the road now s,^'!!^ ■arprislngly short. What were the qualities which made so speedy, aakiM ami amgniaoeal an aehlev ment )>ossil»le to t!ie (iaK-im tanner? A breath asks 0m auestlou. It will want the lag li-iht of year.s of careful study aad the aiti]i!e ]>a^e of history Jully to answer it. Yet then is no e!nin:'!!t man ■ salient (eatares are more marked than I . Granti As the granite fouadatiOß oi a!! name eonnnon sens**, strong, bro:,<!. deep, ooauaoa ■ Common sense is like money. Multitude-. have the small change o( it <oi ready cash, but BO capital for productive investment. Grant bad millions of it. HLs enormous drafts on that baak were always hoaored. .Some men can tlo an oecaskmaJ brilliant thing, but rarely just the right thiag. He showed on a ihoiisand nrrsiiinan a p:..«tical sagacity that hxiked like pruphetie fore .-iL'hi. He had an ir.stinciive aeaee <•; the adaptation of means to ends. They linked themselves loirethcr in his thoinrht, and he lelt sure of the outcome. CLOSELY A: !.!!]> TO Tin*: was his military genius. I use this word deliberately. At first we thought hint sim ply a plucky and lucky lighter, a sphinx with a Cigar in his mouth; a boil-dog who won by reason of his lack of the knowledge when he was beaten, and of the power to let go; a rough, somewhat coarse and unat tractive man, entirely wealing in the power of si>eccli with either tongue or pea. We soon had occasion to raise all such estimates. Alter the night of defeats, blunders and failures which had almost broken the na tion's heart, he swiftly dawned on us like the full-orbed sun. We quickly knew it was no meteor which had burst into our view, but the King of Day. From the very first the swing of triumph was In his mighty tread. Through Belmont and Padncah and Fort Doaelsoi and Vieksburg and Chatta nooga he marched into the nation's confi dence. We wanted a leader. We must have one. Everything else was ready; arms and supplies in measureless profusion; millions of men fat the ranks or ready to rush into them: billions of treasure. Oh, for a master mind to organize all the ter rule enginery and hurl its thunderbolts against the foe. .!•• Till: M VX ATI'F.ARKD. lie wielded large armies along: a longer line of battle than any other general in any age. lie was constantly meeting emergen cies for which no laws of war provided. He took risks the most enormous, and won. lie was the most self-reliant man on the continent lie respectfully listened to the advice of his generals, and then executed his own predetermined plans. His decisions were often instantaneous, contrary to all manifest reasons, intuitive and almost always right. On the battlefield he took in the most unexpected and critical situations with a glance akin to omniscience, and in the twinkling of an eye pointed out the one path to victory. His resources seemed ab solutely inexhaustible. The prodigious pluck of this masterful man was, alter all. the determining factor in his masterfulness. Without it his colos sal common sense and his splendid genius would have failed him somewhere along the thorny track of such multitudinous and stupendous difficulties. As the drop to the ocean, so is the will of man to the Alinishty will. When one human will majestically rises to control and wield the wills of mil lions towards some vastly beneficent end, it becomes god-like. Grant's incarnation of such a resistless purpose raised a fainting nation to its feet and struck terror to the hearts of its foes. What a thrill of courage moved our loyal millions as we listened to the response to Buckner"s request for terms of surrender: "No terms other than an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. 1 propose to move immedi ately upon your works." This Incessant proposal to move upon its works broke the back and heart of the rebellion. MS MAOXAKIMITV. I must speak of his crowning character istic—magnanimity. Use has drifted this word away from its very suggestive etymo logical meaning—great-mindedness. Only a great mind can be superlatively magnani- YVho was ever more so than Grant? What master of men ever dealt out more unstinted praise to hi> >übord:: Before Petersburg he waited iv uncom plaining silence, enduring the most malig nant criticism, while his generals were everywhere praised for movements con ducted or victories won on plans which he had minutely laid out for them. What great warrior wax ever so free from the brutal spirit of mere conquest? He hated war. 11 Baaatj accepted it as a dreadful neces sity on the road to lasting peace. The clos intr words of his letter of acceptance when nominated for the presidency were, "Let us have peace. ' In his dying chamber he •d the hand of him whose sword was the tirst he had won. and ><i:d. "I have wit nessed since my sickness just a hat I warned to see ev*-r since the war —harmony and good feeling between the sections." On Easter Sunday he sent forth this tender measure: • -I*desire the good will of all. whether hitherto mv friends or not." This spirit had i-»>essed him all through the war, and culminated at the moment of ITS TKIIMi'IIANT CLOSE. This was a most critical moment. Matt? of the best men in the coun try were saying, in no vindictive spirit, but with s'.Nre-t >cnse of justice and calcula tion of what the future Misty of the nation demanded: '-Let us make treason odious. nil Lee and twenty me t-t the foremost nUN be hanged tor tnaam Let Southern pn>i>erty l>e confiscated, the old Southern state lines !>e obliterated and the whole section be parceled out into terri tories to be governed by martini ! iw." >. Great; to the immortal honor of his "saving common sense," ]M>litical fore- Mght and peerless magnanimity, be it said, it ataoel bbbbm as aeoejk he had hneeea this day when .Tohn>ti>n and liuekner Mmuld help to lay lii> aaaet in the tomb, and South riMMld vie with North bitterly to bewail the truest friend of both. 1 have thus indicated what - tome the chief elements of Gen. Grant's greatness, colossal common - lofty military genius, superb pluck andpeer ainia'iiniity. Kvery hearer wil! judire for himself concerning the justi.-e of the de lil>erate characterization I have given. Pass ing then from his public career, it would be ■eel unjust at once to his memory and to your intelligence ii I should fail to apeak of Jiis dOBMOtiC lite. The home is the nursery of civilization and the bulwark of the state. Let intelligent, virtuous, happy homes be multiplied through all our borders, and the republic is safe. The s;>.credness of awrriage vows, the preeiousness of wed detl lo\e. the delightful endearments of father and mother, son and tlau-rhU'r, brother ami sister, in homes worthy the name, are the stromrest bonds of the public welfare. Twice within the rc-eiit years this great nation has held mournful watch. for weary months, beside the deaih-lx-u <>t its prevdVnts. and in both cases the lifting up of illustrious sufferer* to th»* KjaqpaVaUc ; the world has revealed the- secret of model homes. Giant was one of the most chivalrous and loving of husbands and one ■ tendercst and h:<.]>j thers. During all the engrossing occupations of his public life, his wife's sweet testimony "He n.'ver fafgOl me." 111* BKUOIOI sCHARACTEIt. M final topic is Grant's religious char acter. lam persuaded that his steadfast faith in God and in Providence, in the Bible ami in prayer, had not a little to do with his practical virtues and with his great achievements. Born in a simply and devoutly religious home, early taught the great Christian virtues, ho never lost the impress of this godly nurture. As his career drew near its close his virtues were most severely tested, and shone forth resplendent. A broken limb made him a hoj>ele.ss cripple. through no fault of his own. His large fortune was swept entirely away, and he endured the shame of bunk ruptcy; and at last I most dreaded, pro tracted and distressing disease slowly sapped his life, allowing not the shadow of I hope of recovery. All these things he bore with a meekness which would adorn a saint, and an unflinching fortitude bent ting a martyr. The general and president we knew before; the last two years have shed the splendor of a mellow and unfading luster on the great qualities of the man. The great warrior and statesman, patriot and friend, died as the Christian dieth. He is gone from us. Let his ashes rest in the great metropolis which was his last and greatly loved home. The whole wide spread country which he loved is his sepul chre. Xay, "The whole earth is the tomb of the brave," Down the track of aires his memory will )>c fruitful in this and ail lane!-. Godaata the repahDe which he has so irrandly ile fended. and rai-«' u\> aoooeaaiTe generations of heron t<> aid i;i sa\in.r it. (ua\ paaj us such a life, as genuine if Bflfl M -teat, and ■a a dtpaitaie. The. delivery of this matmifieent eoJogy anal marked by alternating <!> iii";< und iiujiressi-.n and appfaUHß, when he Bpoka Of letters BUtVuiUl (Jrant and hhi wfcfe acaree a dry eye eonhl Im; found, while BOba wen- fn-.; lent. Hut elo- QVeal and i, rraml as it was, the oration was too lons, bMthaj in its delta rjr aeariy forty minute-. The readeringof Last BeeoUee tions by SUwdTa band wasfoOoiwed by the ranainK of CaspbetTfl ataaorhd Ode by Miaß Clare LoaJee Thoaapeon, am! E boldier. Sleep, by the qn irtet. Address of Ccu. Urn. Gen. John P. liea was intrmluced and apoka a-. ieUowK Standing by the open jrrave of the idolized commander of the jrraiuiest army ever mar shaled upon the battle plains of earth, spcak injr for the men who foujrht under his stand ard, who followed him into buttle ami on to victor}-, I can do little more than utter the simple —they loved him. AH of him that was mortal lie--, in the cold icy fetters of death, Bat so irramlly did he live: so heroicully did he act his part; so ma jestically did he move across the earth; m thoroughly did fie impress his nobility and his ::< niu- upon hi* country, upon the world, upon the ajre, upon the great current of hu man proareaa sweepingl out into the nires to come; so dazzliiur i* the ni<!i owe that lingers behind, marking forever the pathway that he trod; so much of him was BBBMCtaI, that but little was led to die. GUA2CT THE COMMANDER was the product, the rich rip© fruit of that mijrhty uprising of frcemeu in dofcnso of land and liberty in ISO. The army of the Union quickly discovered in him th- essence afttapOßW. It made him it? leader. He be came the concentrated abstract and epitome, tin' very incarnation of its enthusiasm, it* love, its loyalty, it- fidelity, its patriotism, its endurance, its eoasaej • and it- life. Scattered In peaceful homes all out this redeemed republic, the remnant of his old army has never ceased to love him. • A i>or tion of the life of every one among u« accom panied the old commander, as a iruard of honor, when he traveled down into the valley of the shadow and under the impenetrable shade. It will stay and keep its watch with him till the reveille of eternity Is sounded, lliat made fruard is swelled, too, from the ranks of bis form.T foes; for swift as was his sword to conquer armies, his treat soul was swifter still to conquer the hearts of the con quered. Tested by the character of the cause for which he fou#ht.by his qualities as aconquerer.and by the Licking's flowing from his conquests, he was the grandest military hero of all the ages. AN EDUCATED SOLDIER, war to him was neither pastime nor pleasure; crowned with the richest diadem ever plucked from the fiery cauldron of battle, he sheathed with joy the sword he had drawn in sadness. Stern and unrelenting in the application of | the cruel agencies of war so long as war was just and necessary, when armed resist am t yielded and the smoke of battle rolled away from the land desolated by carnage, wet with tears, drenched with blood and furrowed with graves, it was bis voice that stilled the <ure ing billows of passion and dispelled the linger ing hates and terrors of the strife by proclaim ing' in clarion tones from nis throne of moral power the God-like command. ■•Let us have peace." His place in history is not merely that of theflrst soldier of modern times, but also that | of the first statesman to demonstrate to the civilized world the possibility of adjusting a cause of war without violating international peace or sacrificing national honor. LET IT BE WRITTEN in characters of living light upon the bending heavens that all the times to come may read it; th:U it was reserved for the first soldier of the nineteenth century, standing at the head of the strongest military power of earth, iv the middle years of his manhood, in the full vigor of his faculties, in the Kr-t tiu-h of a fame gathered in campaigns that dozed man kind by their brilliancy—unduntned by a single defeat, unmarred by a single mistake—with two million warriors trained by himself ready to obey his call. It was reserved for him, thus circumstanced, to abolish the sword of the arbiter and teach the nations that right Is nobler than might, by compelling the refer ence of an international grievance to a civil tribunal to be adjudicated In the forum of reason upon the basis of justice and law. He possessed beyond any public man of his age that common sense which is the true genius of humanity. Throughout his mar velous career he comprehended every situa tion, rose to the level of every occasion and surmounted every ot>stacle with an ease and Pimple maiesty that left the world in Ignor ance of the full measure of the powers ho held in reserve. Untrained in state-craft, as a civil ruler he mastered the ino-t UitVcult political problems of the century, and puarded tbe nation's honor in cabinet as heroically and success fully as he guarded its life upon the field. Take him all in all among tho men of his time, Ulysses S. Grant was without a peer— without a rival. He stood towering above the undulating surface of American man hood like Ararat above the waves Of the wan dering sea. He stood there self-poised, in simple silent grandeur and he stood alone. Grn. T. Im Hoiier delivered the closing oration as follows: Ladies and Gentleaien: The hackneyed aphorism so often used by speakers and writers, that great occasions make great men. should be discarded, for it is untrue. Great meu are God made, and great occa sious merely afford them opportunities for exhibiting their ]M>wers—that is all. The revolution of '7G gave the opportu nity to George Washington. Tho secession of the Southern states in lstil gave the opportunity to Abraham Lincoln, and the war which fol lowed secession, or the war of coercion.gave the opix>rtuuity to Ulysses S. (Jrant. These three spirits stand to-day, und will stand for all time m the ideal pantheon of this nation, as the trinity of American heroes! WaaMagtoa wrenched liberty from the clutches of the British lion and bestowed it upon us. Lincoln wasted from the escut cheon of our country the stain of slavery, and Grant re-tonil order hi the belligerent family of states, and reunited our broken country under the banner of peace. The third in this trinity was the son of a humble ta.mer in the little village of Gal ena, near the northern frontier of Illinois. A gallant and chivalrous kiriirht. rawed by the outcries of fair Columbia, who hail been cast upon the AoßMtlag table of dis union for dismemberment ami death, betas death and fearing MC, n fi.kw to iiki: Ri:srri:. saved her ami restored her to her high place upon the throne of liberty and union, and thus won for himself a place in the affections of the American people, and a name upon the scroll of MH equal in glory, equal in honor and equal to renown to that of QtHHfJfl Wash ington or Ab;-.iliam Lincoln. To-day the nation".-, tag lints at half-mast, bells are tolling, our dttea IN drai»ed witli the em blems of mourning. The drums are muffled, and the heads of millions and tens of mil lions of people are bowed in grief and la mentation at ihe death of Uhsses Simpson Grant, who died America's most illustrious citizen. TO TnE SOI.DIKKs. Soldiers: I minirle my pief with yours on this day <>t national sorrow. I miude my condolence with yours for the bereaved and sorrowing family of (Jen. Grant, which hi de J beadi ta the hot time over his casket and lay-- his precious form away in ■Heat tomb. In our faith we say to them, that this shall be hut a short abiding for him. Thence he will rise when Gabriel sounds the great reveille calling him to a more glorious lite beyond the stars, in a world of trlory and of ikmco. eternal and without end. My relations to Gen. Grant were peculiar, and I would not be true t-> ■|Mlf me to those who acted with me, it in your presence now, I should fail to call tho:n up. When Con. Grant, in eoanaaad <>f an army of the United States cr.»s>ed the Uapiuan liver, in Virginia, May 4, I^<»4. I m a member of that well trained, well onranized. well aniie<l an.l a!>ly commanded army of rebels which met him there. 1 stood with the CuaflliwilW uiuler the command of Gen. 11. K. Lee, in that dark and Moodyatngglfl in the Wilderness for days and nhrhts, and opposed his advance. We had met the Union armies on tins ground before, and had invariably lamed tiiem back, and we had vanity and artf-eoaJKRMm OMMfh on t!iis <,ccasiou to believe that we would do it again. <>n: sKii.i.Fri. commandku and his able lieutenants thoroughly under lie groand and it was unknown to (Jen. (irint. The roads were blind, nar row and few. the streams were deep, miry anrt BBbridfjed. Hooker and Meade had found this w illenu-ss impenetrable and im brafßahhl and had recoiled from its jun^k-. The Union troopa had ao oftea fatted oa this route to iUebJBOBd that they took up the march uiider Gen. Grant with many I imrs and doubts. The hero of Forts Henry andDaajebon, ofYiekabarf and Mis sionary Kidge was indeed inspiring, but the long li.-t of failures which preceded him stood up glaringly like no many danger ixcirds on the qaieksands and whirlpoota on the journey ahead of tlicni, that they were discour.iired and disheartened. McClellan, lope, liuniside. Hooker and Meuiie, each of tlu*^' in iiis turn bad led this grand ■nay only to failure, and when waatha as surance of 8880881 Bnder another? The cir eaaastaaeee of war were decidedly hi favor of the Confederates, who held the adran hnjeof groand—heal a ahotter line of da -1 and the Interior unea of operation. Yet Gen. Gtani held his army constantly in <-ntact with that of Gen. Lee and closed apoa it with an mni.-Mim:, annbuciag preaBBTB, which iti ic-s than one year Btraagledand destroyed it. (Jrant foojdst and strove as a strong giant, untiringly and con-ia:itiy, ttuongb eanaaar*! Ihanderinga and musket's roar, until lie s;iw the star of victory i is*.-on !l;e Bektof Api>omatti»x,whieh aaheied to the ly.-.j; prayed for day of peace, which we now and which I hope we shall ever enjoy. <>x niAT tkhkibi.e mai:< ii from the Wuderneei t<> Appoatttiax,whieh, Indeed, was but one long battle laid, ami extended over adistance el -00 miles. no marks of vandalism, no wanton waste ami deetraetion, bo devastated booaea <»r general stion Marked the track throujrh the country of that ureat army under (Jen. tiram. and, n> well expressed by the distiu gatehed Boßthera general, Dick Taylor. Own flrwt mado wit In the, true spirit of a soldier, never by deed or word Inflicting wrong OB ni'ii-i -omhatant*. Geßi Grant • ; I>\ ins irovernment to de stroy the organized resistance to national authority in the Sooth, and to this task and wlthontßjaUee he addressed himself with all his inhwi His habits were simple, hi was BMdeot he surrounded abajnlf wi;h no ecuitly train of sycophants i...l paradto>.who are always only too will iim tn ding to the robea of power. He al lowed <iiily those aboat him who were au ■-I !>v the anaj nuiilatlam. and made tl>eirni!ml>er as lew as tie exigencies of the >er\i<e would allow. He did not dis "iiplomatie que>t'ons; he was not a partisan in politics; indeed BO one knew his polities during the war. With "uncon ditional surrender" to the authorities of the United States as his motto and battle cry, he struck heavily and incessantly for vic tory and power. On the field of Appomattox, when the clouds of war had been rolled back and his sword blossomed in the sunshine of victory, when his namn was heard in the joyous paeans of millions his fellow country men, and he was the hero of the hour, with an army under his command and ready to do as he should bid. larger than Ccesar, Wal lenstein. Tilly, Frederick the Great, Adol phus, Napoleon. Wellington. Yon Moltke, or any other military chieftain of modern times ever commanded. HE STOOD IS THE MIDST of this great power, sufficient to have turned the head of Ciesar. in the midst of these intoxicating and tempting opportu nities, these transporting scenes of joy and exhilaration, as loyal, as imperturbable and as calm as the eternal rocks of Gibraltar, lien. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia had surrendered to him substantially without terms or conditions. This great man. Lee. and his grand army, which had shaken the continent with its giant tread, and won for itself fame and reverence even in the cabinets and camps of its adversary, these were now his pris oners aud at his mercy. Here we see Gen. Grant in a new role. We have followed him through campaigns and fatisruini; inarches and we have seen him where the red tempest of battle lowered in the thickest of the fight, wielding the sijthe of destructive and desolating war, where stern, tierce and dreadful he hurled his surging, thundering legions on to do or to die. Now the contest, the mad dening, bloody contest was ended, and he stood over his once mighty,, but now prostrated and humiliated foe. Behold the transformation! The severe, stern and rigid countenance of the soldier that we have been gazing on is now un wrinkled, his brow is unclouded and smooth, and is wreathed in the sweetest smiles, his language softens and his voice is sweet. He warmly and compassionately clasps the hand of Lee and raises him up. In a tone of benign absolution he proclaims, ' 'Let us have peace." THE MA.GXAXIMITT AXP KIXDXESS shown the Confederate soldiers by Gen. Grant at Appomattox, Va., won the South ern heart over to him, ami the confidence which the South had in him restored quiet in the land, and occasioned that speedy re turn to the pursuits of peace which the country experienced. With Lincoln dead, Grant was the only friend and advocate the South had at the court of Washington, and sad indeed would have been our fate if this great and good man had been taken with the immortal Lincoln. As a Confed erate soldier, as a rebel soldier who opposed <ien. Grant in battle and who finally sur rendered to him, I tell you my friends how ever loyal you were to the flag which 1 op posrd, that my esteem for Gen. Ulysses S. Grant amounted to affec tion, and I assure you that my grief and that of my comrades in the South for him is no less than yours. Gen. Grant lived a hero, he died a conqueror whom death has failed to vanquish, and whose fame shall endure forever. "His spirit wraps yon dusky mountain: His memory sparkles in every fountain; Ttao merest rill, the mightiest river, Roll on with his fame forever." Gen. Rosser was greeted with the most tumultuous applause when he appeared and nearly every ■■Aenee was aaphioded to the echo. His reception amounted to an ova tion. The Last Tribute by Danz" orchestra was a plewiag fatnlwle, the ■rtitmmn hav ing been long. By this time 6 o'clock had arrived and the ]>eople began leaving in swarms, n that when Col. Beaton'a speech began the house was but half full. IS. C. Bcnton Delivered the following address: I cannot better perform my allotted share of this tribute than by quoting the remark made to me by a distinguished army officer. He said, "The man was greater than the office. This is apparent from the fact that while Gen. Grant has held the highest office in the country, no one remembers him as Presi dent Grant, but we all speak of him by the title by which we first came to know him." This sentence Is eulogy of itself. He was a great man. He was great in action, and it was his pe culiarity that his capacity became enlarged with the occasion for its exercise. He was equal to any emergency. He was great in silence. During his career he was often misunderstood, frequently misrepresented, and sometimes misused. All this injustice never extorted from him a murmur of com plaint. The "Silent Man" kept on in the even tenor of his course. He was great in his adversity. Overtaken in the evening of his days by calamities and broken down by infirmities, he yet with a stout heart set himself to work to retrieve his misfor tune, and even when the grim messenger came with its summons, this man kept man fully on and completed his task. It was this manly fortitude that won back for him the equal love and respect of the whole country which had been some what estranged by the political contests in which he had been involved. The party supported the president. The whole country honors the man. mourns his loss and renders hearty tribute to his memory. The man was greater than the office." Hon. s:. n. v. v -on was introduced and spoke as follows: This day a whole nation are bowing their heads in reverential sorrow for a dead hero. In the sad contemplation of this great loss the asperities of politics are hushed, sec tional differences are forgotten, and all over the land from the great lakes to the gulf, from the storm-washed shores of the At lantic to the golden strand of the Pacific, millions are paying their tribute to the memory of Gen. Grant. The workshop is silent, the doors of the bank are closed, the store has intermitted its trade, and a gen eral suspension of business typifies the uni versality of lament Though this great man's fame was earned in that tremendous conflict of a nation di vided against itself, the dark emblems of sorrow encircle alike the arm of the "blue" and the "gray;" side by side, bearing his remains to their last resting place, march the Federal and Confederate generals, ming ling their grief and acknowledging him as the great chieftain of a common country. His great magnanimity to the conquered, his great service to the conquerors cause him to be mourned both beneath the orange and the elm. As he in war did so much to save the Union, so his temperate conduct in peace did much to make its preservation valuable. (ifii. Grant's talent was peculiarly of a military order. Prior to the Rebellion his life had been uneventful and would doubt less have remained so, but for that great event. Providence had adapted and pre served his great faculties for so great a pur pose. When oncts upon the theater of war, he was fully anaed lor his part. lit; was not possessed Of erratic genius, that daz zles the world with temporary success and next astooJshea it with dismal failure. Ire had a better quality of miinl, a truer talent. It was th<' ability to make a calm applica tion o[ intelligent reason under all circum stances. His mind was at all times well poised. Whether in the Hush of niatrniii eent victory, in the wavering doubts of evenly-fought conflict or in retreat, he was always the same, his mind cool and working with all its powers in their best equipment; always ready to achieve tiie most from sue- OBBS aad so save the most from danger. And there too was his great courage, not rash but intelligent, pertinacious and in j-pirimr. Failure was not in his military %(mmbulary. He knew no reverse which < instancy could not amend. He had the wry qualities necessary to constitute a great military leader, and whatever may be the various opinions as to his statesmanship, there is but little doubt but that if he had been more of a statesman he would have been less of a general. Gen. Grant enjoyed to a remarkable degree the confidence of his countrymen, and his character was by them well under stood. They well knew his almost child like simplicity in matters of business and linanee. They recognized and even in its errors admired the fidelity of his triend .shi]>. When scandals arose as to his civil administration, the nation resented the very suspicion of his knowledge or participation, and at once, and ascribed all to the abuse of his confidence by false and designing friends, and when the clouds of financial ruin rolled in their blackness and sadness over the sunset of his life, none, not even those made to sutler under the shadow of his great name, attributed to him any wrong of intention or act. The blame was at once laid where it belonged, ai the door of those who so wickedly speculated upon his fame, and so cruelly embittered his closing years. They are now the dis honored inmates of a prison, while their unsusi>ected victim is followed to his honored grave by the footsteps of a hundred thousand present mourners, and the hearts of fifty millions absent ones. Though dead in body he lives in name and fame, and is transfigured upon the tablet of a nation's grateful and everlasting memory. And to you, my comrades of the Grand Army, this is especially a day of grief. You were part of the great deeds which made Gen. Grant the nation's hero. You can better than all others appreciate the trials that proved his patriotism and constancy. All nations have their sacred spots. Amer ica has hers, and chief among these hereafter will be the tomb on the bank where the majestic Hudson rolls its waters to the sea. Patriots will there make their pilgrimages. Children now unborn will go in silent awe to visit the spot where lies the mortal tenement of so greats soul. Ere this tin* last sad rites are performed, the sufferer's pains are ended and he is at rest, and we close with saying: "Soldier sleep, thy warfare's o'er. Dream of fighting fields no more, SleeD the sleep that knows no breaking 1, Morn of toil or night of waking." Wlien Mr. Wilson concluded, two-thirds of the audience departed, that being the last address. The audience sang "Nearer My Gud to Thee." standing, which was fol lowed by the closing prayer and benediction by Rev. J. N. Tuttle. The colored baud closed the exercises with Longfellow's "Funeral March." during which the com rades of the Grand Army deposited their badges and flowers in a heap before the pic ture of Gen. Grant. This closed the exer cises of the day. Plnmmer Post Hemorial Service. Plummerpost, G. A. R., last evening held a memoiial service in commemoration of the life and death of Gen. Grant. The attendance was quite large and the exer cises were very interesting. After the reading of the memorial service prayer was offered by Elder Starkey. Remarks followed by Col. Sessions, J. B. Burdick, Charles G. Hunt and Rev. J. B. Starkey. C. W. Hill of Morgan post also gave some interesting reminiscences of Gen. Grant when he first took command in 1861. The hall was beautifully draped in honor of the occasion, and a number of musical selec tions added to the enjoyment of the even ing. MINJfETONKA MEMORIAL. Appropriate Eulogies at LakeFark Hotel. Assured that sorrow for the departed hero of Vicksburg and the Wilderness was in no sense localized in its universality, and be lieving that it was matter of sincere regret to the tourists summering at Lake Minne tonka that they were debarred • by absence from participation in the mourn ful obsequies of the distinguished dead, the members of Frank W. Halstead Post So. 57, G. A. R., of Excelsior made extensive preparations for fitting memorial services to be held last evening in the pa vilion at the Lake Park. Though the day was gloomy, the skies overcast and threat ening rain, the interest felt by all in the memorial was such as to bring out an audi ence at the appointed hour which quite filled the seating capacity of the hall. The steamer Star arrived at the Park dock at 7:4s,bring- Ing the members of Halstead post, Excel sior lodge, I. O. G. T., and a large number ot citizens from Excelsior, who formed in line ami, headed by the Excelsior Marine band, the color guard preceding the veter ans of the G. A. X., with the stars and stripes appropriately draped, marched to , the hall. Soon after other steamers arrived crowded from the various hotols and cottages about the lake, and at 8:15 p. m. the memo rial EXERCISES WERE OPENED with a dirge by the band. After the Im pressive Prayer for the Dead, from th 6 Grand Army ritual, read by Chaplain John Murray of the post, a chorus of ladies, as sisted by the entire audience, sang "America." major liul stead's Address. Maj. George B. Halstead, po,st com« manderof Halstead Post, addressed tha gathering as follows: Comrades and Friends: Wo are gathered to mourn and houor a member and a comrade who is dead—a comrade whose equal re mains not among all the hundreds of thousands of comrades who ara left. Even as wo sit here, the funeral bells are tolling out upon the evening air, and. will toll on until tho silence of night has hushed their mournful tongues. We, out here upon this hike, my friends, have thought you mijrht be pleased to join with us in our memorial service, and your presence hero testifies that wo thought aright. Wo welcome you cordially and sincerely. LETTERS READ. Following the remarks of Major Hai stead, Dr. K. J. Walker read the following letters from eminent men of the Jsorth and South, received in response to invitations from the post to attend the services, their sentiments confirming the statement of the chairman that the sorrow in the nation was universal and sincere: GOV. B. GRATZ BROWN. Gen. George B. Halstead, Chairman—Dear Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowledge through you an invitation from the Frank W. Halstead post, G. A. R., to meet with anil address them on Aug. 8, prox., when they propose, in con junction with their fellow-citizens, to render tribute to the memory of Gen. U. S. Grant, and regret to say 1 caunot be with you, as my stay here is nocessarily limited to a few days. But that tho great soldier should be so uni verstilly mournrd from one end of the land to tho other, and that tho partici pants on both sides of our civil war should unito so cordially in hi 3 praise that even the rivalries of hostile political parties should subsido to do him reverence, is the strongest attestation of the valor and virtue of his life and the nobleness of his death. Trusting 1 that others will bo with you to speak inoro forcibly, though I am suro not more sincerely, words worthy of such an occasion, and with much apprecia tion of tho kindness that has prompted this request, I remain, my dear sir, yours truly, B. Gkatz Brown. Northome, July 31, 1885. BX-OOT. PACKARD. George B. Halstead, Esq., Chairman Frank W. Halstead Post, G. A. It.;— Dear Sir: I have to thank you for your polite invitation for the memorial services to take place to-morrow at Lake Park hotel. Had I remained in tho vicinity over Sunday it was my purposo to have been present, thus testifying my respect to the memory of the departed hero. Gen. Grant. But my departure to-day would prevent my presence. With every good wish for the welfare of your post and yourself. lam sincerely yours, L. B. Packard. Hotel Lafayette, Aug. 11. Letters were also read from Judge Robert T. Gould and lion. Charles Gibson. Gen. Kosscr'a Address. Following the reading of the foregttng letters, Ma.j. llalstoad introduced to the audience Gen. Thomas L. Kosser, as one who believed in his cause in the days of the rebellion, not less than we believed in ours, but who valiantly submitted it to the arbitrament of the sword. Gen. Kosser rs appearance was greeted with generous applause, which he gracefull}' ac knowledged, and then eloquently and amid frequent bursts of applause pronounced the address of the evening, a brief biography and glowing eulogy of Gen. U. S. Grant. In sequence of thought and word, the ora tion was fairly a repetition of the after noon's address in Minneapolis. After Hen. Rosser's peroration and the enthusiastic applause which it evoked, the band rendered another dirge and Commander Halsteud in a few well-chosen remarks, eulogistic of the hero-general, presented resolutions of thanks from the post to those who had taken part in the exercises, and, with the benediction, the meeting dis solved. DKKSS GOODS. 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