The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-08 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF 711ADDEUS STEVENS.

During Thursday, and until nine o'cleck on the
morning of Friday, the 14th August, the remains of
the late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens lay in state in the
Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington, D.C.
Thousands of citizens and strangers at the National
Capital took advantage of the opportunity for a
last look at the features of the great party leader
whose voice and will had so long influenced, if not
controlled, the action of the House of Representa-
tives. The Rotunda was kept open all night, and
until midnight a stream of sad visitors passed be-
neath the dome, and gazed upon the face of the
dead, reposing so near the scene of his legislative
labours. A guard of honour, composed of twenty-
five members of the Butler Zouaves (coloured)
remained with the corpse. At an early hour on
Friday morning preparations were made for the
funeral ceremonies, under the management of Geo.
I'. Bro 'Am, Esq., the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Se-
nate, General James A. Eaken and Gen. Michler,
Commissioners of Public Buildings. Eight gentle-
men from Lancaster County, Messrs. J. M. Parke,
Sam. Houston, J. Strachour, R. Jenkin Jacobs,
James Cros.3, E. S. Prosins, W. F. Martin, and J.
0. Easton acted as pall-bearers, an 1 at five minutes
past eight o'clock took their positions oa either side
of the coffin.

Immediately in their rear stood the guard of the
Butler Zouaves, with side arms, while at the head
of the coffin chairs were arranged for the family of
the deceased. S.:nators Trumbull and Sumner, and
the Committee from the Washington Council, were
present, and shortly after the entrance of the Mini-
sters, attending physicians, relatives and servants
of the deceased, the services were commenced by
reading the Ninth Psalm, and selections from the
Bible. Rev. Dr. Gray delivered an appropriate
and affecting sermon, and the Rev. 1)r. Hamilton
concluded the exercises with a prayer and benedic-
tion. Eleven Sisters of Charity were present dur-
ing the service, at the conclusion of which the pro-
cession was formed and moved to the Baltimore
depot. The hearse, containing the remains, was
drawn by four whit) horses. 0 a the arrival at the
depot the collia was deposited in the car arranged
for the purpose, and at ten o'clock the train started
for Lancaster, where he was burie 1 o7i Monday,
August 17. The funeral was atten led by about
15,000 persons, including the Governor of the State,
Senator Cameron, the Mayor and City CJuneilmen
of Philadelphia, and General Heintzelman. Among
the clergymen who participated in the funeral
ceremonies were the Rev. Mr. Bigler, Bishop of
the Moravian Church, a Lutheran minister, who
read the burial service, an Episcapalian clergyman,
a German reformed minister, and a Methodist
preacher. Eleven Sisters of Charity from Washing-
ton were also present. The will of Mr. Stevens was
admitted to probate next day. It was written by
the deceased, and has a codicil attached ; it is
drawn up in so slovenly a manner that the wonder
is how Mr. Stevens, who was a lawyer, could have
framed it as he did, unless his intention was to
create confusion. The principal bequests are as
follows:—$1,000 to a library association in Ver-
mont, $5OO to the trustees of the graveyard, where
his mother and brother are buried, $5OO per annum,
or the sum of $5,000, to Lydia Smith, his house-
keeper, at her election ; $l,OOO to a Baptist
church, conditionally; $l,OOO to the Pennsylvania
College at Gettysburg, and if $50,000 remains
$20,000 are to be expended in building a college
for indigent orphans at Lancaster or Columbia.
The will also provides that if his nephew, Thaddeus
Stevens, abstains from intoxicating drink he shall
receive the bulk of the property in three instalments,
at intervals of five years. The bequest to the
Orphan Asylum is made in these words, wherein
he strangely mixes races and religions—" Neither
Germans, Irish, nor Mahomedans, nor any others,
on account of their race, of their reli-
gion, or their parents must be excluded. All
the inmates shall be educated in the same
classes and manners without regard to colour."
The provision for Lydia Smith, the handsome mu-
latto woman, whom he was mainly instrumental in
separating from her husband, is further mentioned
in the will as follows :—" Mrs. Smith may occupy
the house the first year, and if Thaddeus, son of
Morrill (Stevens), prefers to keep house to board-
ing, he may keep house there with her, or with
any one else, during the three years, or any part
thereof. If at the end of the three years Thaddeus
Stevens prefer some other mode of living, then the
trustees shall dispose of said property as they may
deem best. While it is occupied by my nephew be
shall be charged withs3oo ayear rentfor it." In the
primary elections to choose members for Lancaster,
Thad. Stevens, though dead, was retained at the head
of the ticket, and declared to be the choice for nomi-
nee. This singular compliment, the first instance
of the kind in America, was paid to express una-
bated confidence in the departed statesman, who
died carrying with bim the strongest belief of his
constituents in his honesty and ability to represent
them. A New York paper, among some curious
traits which it enumerates, says that Mr. Stevens
illustrated his theory of personal right and indi-
vidual independence ; he seldom attended public
worship, and his domestic relations were such as to
almost entirely exclude him from other female so-
ciety—a fact which never seemed to give him the
slightest concern. He was an inveterate gamester
on a small scale, and almost invariably, after a day's
duty in the House, would drop iu at a favourite ca-
sino, and win or lose fifty dollars—that being the
average limit of his betting."

It is stated in the Scientific I?eciew that on the
22d of July it was possible tJ cook a beefsteak on the
south side of Westminster-bridge by the heat of the sun's
rays alone. Tho apparatus employed was very simple; it
consisted of au empty cigar box, the inside of which had
been blackened, and the top closed with three panes of
glass, about one inch apart. In the course of 20 minutes
the steak was done on both side whilst a few potatoes
were backed around it.

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