Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-08-25


, closed doors OF all the mercantile es-
} the Chaste and beautiful battle m0nu-
!, ment, from the beaks OF whose eae les
hung IN sweeping folds, large pieces OF
mourning drapery, conspired 10 raise
The deepest emotions OF sorrow Tor the
affective national bereavement; and The
subsequent solemn and impressive spec
tacle promoted those feelings OF grief
and respect which ale the surest pledg
es OF attachment offered by the living 10
the memory OF The dead.
First in the procession came a troop
OF mounted cavalry, and Immediately
benlnd 1t followed the long line OF car
riages containing the clergy OF the dlf-
terent denominations. Then drawn by
six noble black horses, with plumed
heads, and housings of black cloth de-
scendIng to their knees, and each led by
a groom In deep mourning, came the
funeral car. No plumes waved above,
OR around ii, no fantastic figures or IN
appropriate drapery interiered with or
lesscned The soIetnni'y oil the feeling
which II was intended to excite. Ii was
OF an oblons shape, four or five ieet
wide, eight or nine long, and perhaps
iour fee. high, lncIining towards the
top. covered with tightly drawn black
cloth, supported upon low antique
wheels, and bearing upon it two large
Hal collins shroudsd 10 black--upon he
body OF the car, IN front and behind,
were the winged globes OF the Egyptian
M nsoieum--on The sides separated by
| IacHfymai urDS, were escutcheons, con
lalnlng the daes OF the birth and death
OF ADAMS and JEFFERSON. This was
The car; pisln simple and appropriate,
| " by, and the eye, fascinated by a
strange attracIlon, rested upon the Two
collins uuiil they were no longer TO be
seen In the dense mass OF human beings
,hal surrounded them.
Alter the Car, as chef mourner, came
CARROLL, OF CARRoLroN, accompa-
aed b) Col. HOWARD, and General
oMiTH; they were Ia Darouche drawn
| D Tour back horses, each led by a
groom III mourning Need we here
| express our feelings in words! Is II nos
sufficient 10 state the tact, 10 aAlna,e the
imagination and the feelings oi our read
crs. CARROLL, OF CARRoLLron,
| tne last surviving s!gner OF the Declara-
ION OF our Independence, Chief mourner
al tae funeral oosequies OF the author
and the supporter OF ihat charter oil LII
pertY, JEFFERSON and ADAMS. VINO
at,endeu uisii ! Ons wac Tough, tn ats
| support at COwpens, who shed his blood
| tor Ii at Eutaw, who now, under his own
gipe and NJ tree at his own hearth stone,
received the crowd oil mourners, and
iolned them 10 their sorrow. Who else!
He, their contemporary once the spec.
tator OF their glory, now the euloelsI oil
their virtues.
Who followed CARROLL OF CAR
RoLLToN 10 the procession -Four gene
rations. Those who fought a. Bunker
Hill and York Town--lhose who fought
at Nor n POM and New Or!eaDs--
those now arrived a, the prime Oh man
hood--and those who, clinging 10 their
parents, or collected under their iDslruc-
tors, urged the short rapid steps OF Ia
fancy 10 keep pace with the proud ranks
that marched along. Need we say
mote OF Carroll oil Carrolton'S place III
The procession, than to state these facts.
After the barouche, came the state
authorilies--aiter them came old gray
headed men, who could tell Ok rs as OF
yesterday-then the officers oil the di
riiies--then came society alter society
then came long lines Of youths and chi
drep--then came seamen with their flags
enveioped in crapc--,hen came the
crowd OF citlzens oil all ages and condi
lions, filling the street from side to side,
children leading their parents, parents
leading their chlldren--taen, closing
The procession, On came The deep ranks
OF sOidiers--on came a sea OF piumes
scarcely waving in the solemn march !;
bu! The banners which were wont to lloal
so fairly were enve!oped in mourning,
and the eye looked in vain tor the gill
ter of arms-rank after rank passed by,
and still others filled their places, and
when the head oil the procession was con.
cealsd as it turned into Howard street,
the last files were still nearly mile in
the distance.
At last The head of the column reach
ed tie Park, and turning into the Belvi-
dere gate, wound through the woods,
until, after passing the crown oil The hill,
It descended into the natural ampitheatre
below. In The centre oil this, surround.