Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-03-13
MIsCELLANEOUs..
From the National Intelligencer.
THE BURIAL,OF THE DEAD.


The opening Of lhe Spring, to which the
mind usually attaches none but The most
cheering associations, has this year been
marked by an event has obscured lis bright
i=ness, and made the season of hope and of
:ioy mournfully memorable among us. A
general gloom has for several days settled
over the city, suspending the hustle OF
| life, clothing all countenances with sad
ness, and filing every mind with solemn
musings.
The first hours afierthe appalling caias-
trophe of "Wednesday last were marked, as
might be expected, by high excitement.
/ Aslonishment, and feeling of d:smay,
mingled with intense and painful curiosity,
seized upon the entire community. All
tongues were busy in pressing, or.answer-
ing, Inquiries. Sympathy with the berea-
we'd, lamentations over the public loss,
wonder al the astounding dspensalion of,
. Providence and speculalions as TO the.
! consequences, seem 10 absorb all minds
and, for the time to supercede all other
Thoughts.
1 The next day crowds poured down to
the wharf where the bodies were expected
10 be landed, and. though long disappoinl.
ed, continued to wait, hour after hour, till
allength the minute guns from below an
nounced the departure of the coffins from
OH board the Steamer, and the commence
ment of their melancholy route up to the
city. AS the boat which bore them ap-
preached her landing place, the surround
ing shores were covered with spectators
while long line OF carriages stood waltlog
10 follow in the train which bore the re-,
mains of The dead. Six hearses, in horrld
comtieuity, stood side by side, and re-
ceived in succession their sad freight, as
their coffins, borne by Seamen and follow
ed each by an escort of Naval Officers,
were brought along through lane Of sym
pathizing citizens, who opened to the right
! and left 10 let them pass. More than sixty
carriages followed to The Presidents man.
sion, whittier the dead were carried by the
! Presidents particular desire, and deposlte ed
in the East Room. Yes, in that vast
apartment, SO often the scene Of brilliant.
! festivity-so often echoing the strain Of
ioyous music and the mingled voices Of
The gay--now converted, by the act Of
God, inlo a sepulchral chamber, cold and
silent as the grave. Here they were visi-
ted during the whole of Friday. by nu-
! merous groups, moved by the irresistible
feelings which draws US to spec.acles of
terror and grief. The upper parts of the
collins were open, the counlenances OF the
dead, with but one exception, being ex-
posed to the public view, covered, however,
with plates Of glass.
Saturday was fixed upon for the funeral
ceremonies, which were conducted with
appropriate order and solemnity. The as
pect of The Pennsylvania avenue forcibly
called up the remembrance of the scene
when Gen. Harrison's lamented honored
corpse was borne along it to the tomn. Al
though the chief market day, and the bus.
iesl day of The week with all classes OF ven-
ders, The buslle of business was hushed at
an early hour. The streets were silent though
full ofmoving masses, the stores and places
of business being universally closed, aud
many of them hung with the drapery Of
mourning. Notwithstanding that thous-
auds from other cities and from the country
were added TO the thousands of The metrop.
oils, 10 witness the solemn rites aud funeral
pomp OF The occasion, yet The order and de-
| corum which reigued ihroug hout were not
less gratifying than the entire exemption OF
the day from the slightest accident.
The expectation Of the people now, as
at the Funeral Of Gen. Harrison, thronged
the avenue with waiting multidudes hours
before the procession made its appearance.
The perfect silence observed in the gather
ed througs, and the clouded gloom of the
sky, sensibly deepened the solemnily oi'he
scene.
Al the Presidential Mansion, the Officers
of Government, civil, military, and naval,
the Foreign Ministers, Members OF Con-
gress, Of both Houses, and relatives aud
personal friends of the deceased, bad the
entire at All early hour. Before tho bodies
were removed by the Rev. Mr.. Hawiey,
the Rev. DR. Laurie, and the Rev. Mr..
Butler, of Georgetown.
The procession was then formed, and
presented an imposing coup elk the fu-
neral escort composed of United States
troops and volunteers IN their beautiful UNI
forms) heading the column. e
Then in the order announced in our last,
came. the bodies, each in its own hearse,
accompanied by carriages containing the
pail bearers, and others, filled with the
mourning relatives of each sad victim; next
the Presidents carriage, shrouded in
mourning, and then long train Of official
persons, heads of Departments, Senators
and Representatives 10 Congress, Judges,
Complrolers, Auditors, &C., together with
the members of several civic societies.
The body of Mr.. Maxcy was not among
them, the family having already conveyed
| it for the sepul,ure to bis home in Mary
land.l .,
While this sad array was moving slow
ly on, minute gunswsre fred and the bells
toed at measured intervals.
In this manner,he bodies were borne 70
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