Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-02-27
From The Charleston Courier.
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF
GEN. ROBT. Y. HAYNE.

The civil and military procession, yes
terday, was an imposing funeral pageant.
Our community uniIing, without distinc-
,ion Of party, in the grateful office ofmIn-
Cling the cypress an,! The laurel on Inc
iomb of the lamcn,cd lIAYNE. II was
formed at half past len O'Clock, A. NJ, at
the South Bay Battery, by Col. T. d.
Condy. Maj. T. L. Webb, the Hon. j.
S. Rhcl,, Dr. A. G. Howard, ,IVm. S. Brs-
banr, WIN. II. Ingleshv, Thomas Corhett
jr., and James NJ. Walker, Esquires, act:
ing as hlarshals of The llay. 1t consisted
of The Hon. George McDufie. the Orator
of the occasion, supported on The right and
left, respeclively,by The Hon. II. L. Pinck-
ncy, Mayor of The city, and the Hon.
Henry Dcas; the City Council, and OH
GERS Of the City the Relatives of the de-
ceased, the Members Of the State Leeis-
lature; The Committee of Arrangements;
the Presidents, Directors, aud Officers OF
The Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston
Rail Road Company. and the South Car
oina Canal and Rail Road Company, the
Clergy; the Judges, and Members of the
Bar; Officers Of 'he Revolution, and of the
Army and Navy Of the United States;
Foreign Consuls; the various Charitable
and oter civil societies of The city, with
their banners in Grape, in the order oft their
charters; the citizens generally; the Brlsa-
dier General. aud Slatl'an Officers OF the
Militia; the Fire Masters aud fle Compa-
MICS, of the City and Neck; the Military
E.scorl, formed by all the volunteer corps
of The City, under the command of Col
j. E. B. Finley, and The Caralfy-llIe
MarshaIs beins posted at the head and
rear, and on the llanks Of the column, and
Il, proper intervals in the body of the pro-
cessiou. The procession thus formed,
moved, in reversed order, to the solemn
strains Of appropriate music, along East
Bay street 10 Broad. up Broad street TO
Meeting, and up Meeting streetto the CIr-
cuar Church in Meeting street, the doors,
windows and balconies oltI,e public hiild.
ings aud private houses, in the line OF The
procession, being throngetl with the fair
aud sympahising daughters of our City
and Slate, unilins with the slcrner sex Ill
the common demonstration Of grief and
honor for the beloved and distinguished
dead. On arriving al the Church. the pro-
cession opened TO The right and left, and
moved inwards from ,he rear, (Which then
rested, such was the great length >of the
column, near the corner Of Broad and
Church street. and thus entered thcChurciI.
During The procession, minute guns were
fred from the South Bay Battery, The
banks and stores were closed, aud the col
ors Of tile shipping in tue iarbor were dis
played at half mast.
The spacious area, aisles as well as
pews, of lhe Circular Church, was crowd
ed with the immense auditory, and the
galleries were thrnnsed with ladies', who
came to joiu in the tribute of sorrow and
respect, awarded by their husbands. faith.
ers. brothers, or sons, TO the memory OF
the deceased.
The ceremonies in the Church COM
mcnced with an exceedingly impressive
and highly appropriate ptayer,by the Rev.
Dr.. r. Post, pastor Of the Church. Tie
following anthem, beautifully adapted TO
the occasion, was next sung by a runeful
choir, to the rich accomplishment OF the
organ.
Thou art gone to the grore-but we will lot
deplore thee,
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the
tomb,
The Saviour has passed through its portals be-
fore thee;
And the lamp his love is thy guide through
the gloom.
Thou art goue 10 the grave-wc no longer be-
hold thee,
No, tread the rough paths Of the world by thy
sdei
But the wide arms Of Mercy are spread to un-
fold thee,
And sinners may hope since the Saviour hath
died.
Thou Dirt gone to the grarc-ahd its mansion
forsaking,
pcrchance thy weak spirit in doubt fingered
long;
But the sunshine of Heaven beamd bright on
thy waking,
And the sound thou didst hear, was the Scra-
phim's song.
Thou art gone to the grave-but we will not
deplorc thee,
Since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy
guide,
ale gave thee, he took thee, and llo will re-
store thee"
"And death hath no sting since the Saviour
hath died."
The Orator then rose aud pronounced
a noblo and eloquent eulosy OH the char
acier, virtues, and services Of the illus,ri-
ous deceased. embraced his biography,
even from his birth aud boyish days, and
through his brilliant and unblemished ca
rcer Of manhood, 10 its ssudden and lament
ed close, in the faithful and jealous dis
charge of responsible public duties, and
in the highest and paln,iest state OF bis
fame and usefulness, i'll au untimcly and