The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-05
THE BURIAL OF NJ MANUEL.

PARIS. Ang. 18th In consequence OF the cen
sOrs having prevented any notice Of the day or
hour OF NJ Manuel's funeral to appear ia the pa
pers letters of invitation WIRE printed 10 the
number of several thousand aud distributed in
the capital the government hoped by tins
means 10 render the funeral ceremony less I'M
posing. or diminish the signs of pubiic rrsprct
likely 10 be shown 10 the deceased, it has been
completely Misrepresentation whether ii arose
from the weather being more favorable. that
public spirit has but acquired more force from
The efforts taken TO que II, the concourse of PEG.
pie that followed thu hearse of NJ. Manuel was
much more considerable than that assembled on
the occasion OF Gen Foy's lnterment II is pro-
badly not an eEaggcratlon 10 say, that one-hfth
of the population of Paris went forth TO meet The
procession. Those who have an eye for such
calculations, say, there must have been consider
ably more than u hundred thousand people on
hc wide aud long extended line of the exterior
bouycards by which the procession passed and
IN the neg hborhood oi the Pere-H- Chase. The
hearsc, with its attendant mourning coaChes, "a
followed by a long file of private carriage, pr
scented a sombie, but imposing object IS II slow.
" moved through the dense and almost illimita-
bic mass of people some of the young men
surrounded the hear e took Out the coffin aud
carried il on then shoulders. They bad pro-
when the civil authorizes interposed and the
commssary of police required maj the coffin
should be replaced in the hrurst, according 10
the police regulations The young men expos.
tulalcd. saying that these regulal .ous were only
applicable mira iHiTOS but the commsSary as
surcd them That they were IN error they repIar-
ed he collin but declared as these regulations
did not forbid them drawing the hearsr, they
would unharnrss the horses aud uke their plac.
Cs
This was accordingly done and for nearly an
HON and a hRll they drew the hearse, until they
reaches the barrier of BelleNc. where was sta
toned another empty hearse with four horses n
a superior officer of gendafmefie. who notified
TO them the positive orders he had received 10
have the coffin placed in the second hearse This
order was ready 10 he enforced by body oil 900
myaniry and cavalry, that debouched from the
eonverglng roads. The young men not hntiml-
dated, declared that they would fms what they
had begun, and drew the hearse 10 the Cemetery
4 terrible scene o. tumut and probably blood
shed might then have enSued, had not NJ, Lafite
got up into the hearse from whence ne address
ed touching exhortatIon 10 the people 70 dcslst
from such project, invoking them by the shade
of Manuel, not to allow his remains 10 be prufan-
cd by the scenes of outrage and horror which
might result from perseverance in their iuten-
lions, lis NOlus luu, fortunately the uCSlf Ell
fleet and the coffin was placed in the second
hearse The young men. nevertheless. contin-
ucd to hold the traces, aud virtually drew the
hearse the horses serving merely Tor forms
stke.
On arriving nj the cemetry the gateswere found
closed, an order had been given not 10 admit the
multitude An immense crowd had, however
already occupied the interior Great numbers
ofthose accompanying the hearse, who were
thus shut out fastened to the neighbours houses
10 procure ladders when We placed against
the walls, by which means several thousand per
sons go, into the ccmetry. The picturesque
ground Of Pcre-la.Chaise presented at this mo-
ment n most extraordinary and imposing aspect
its varied surface sprinktcd with thousands OF
tonlbs, c, press tiecs aud swarming WITH null
titude oil probably not less than sixty thousand
persons. On some OF the largest monuments
might have been reckoned sky spectators.
MessrS LATTE, LAFAYETTE and schooner Coun-
sellers OF the royal court of Paris, pronounced
funeral oratons over the grave of Manuel
Cries OF glory to Manuel, aud Long live liber
W were sent forth with the most deatenng
Shouts from the surrounding thousands Most
Of the young men wore iatmOrieLeS a species of
hoMcr1 in their button-holes. The golden
crown toI merry decreed to Manuel, was upon his
cofin--aud when the latter was lowered INTO the
tomb showers OF oaN-lraf crowns were poured
down upon it. II is difficult ~ words to give an
reign ON this occasion.