New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-20
Funeral of Hon. Isaac c. Bates.
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WAsHrSGTox. March 18th. 1915.
The Senate Chamber, to-day, presented mourn
ful spectacle. He who but few evenings since
held the Senate listening to his eloquent voice,
pleading against what he conceived to be violation
OF the Constitution, was now no more. His body
was enclosed in coffin covered with black velvet,
placed in the middle aisle Of that Senate chamber
which he had so long adorned with his living pre-
sence. His soul had retsrned 10 God who gave IT.
There sat the President of the United States, with
all the members OF his Cabinet, and his private
Secretary There was the venerable sage ot
Quincy, full OF years and gray IN the service OF ms
country There was Webster, the colleague, OF
the deceased his dark features rendered still darker
by the cloud OF sorrow which settled upon them.
There was General Scott with his staff IN full uni
form. There were the Senate and It's President /;
committee OF arrangement andthe pail bearers dress
ed IN weeds Of mourning there were Nr Facken-
ham and the other Foreign Ministers, IN PLAIN he-
publican style, me; 10 pay the last tone OF respec5
to the remains of one whom they had known and
loved as d friend There too was the young son
Of the deceased weeping for loss which was only
Rolaced by the consc ousness that he had departed
for better world.
The galleries were filled with ladies and gentle
men who had come 10 partake IN the solemn cxer-
cses The flag OF the Senate t1oated al halt-inast
in the keen half wintry blast.
A have already mentioned, the remains OF the
deceased had been brought INTO the Senate. Iney
had been brought from his former lodgings at Mrs.
Whltwell's under charge OF the Serseant-at- Arms
of the Senate, the committee OF arrangements,
the palh hbearers and mourners. The committee OF
Observation-Disclosures. Evans, Mangum, wood
bury. Barrow, Sewer and Cass; and the pall-bear-
crs-Messrs Huger, Woodbridge. Crlttenden, Ben
ton, Berrien and Sturgeon, were dressed IN White
scarfs; Daniel Webster and John Quincy Adams
wore black scarfs as chief mourners
AT II o'clock the Chaplain OF the Senate, MIR.
Tuston, commenced the exercises IN the Senate
chamber, by reading an appropriate portion OF
Scripture. This was followed by a short but elo-
quent and touching prayer.
Mr.. Tuston then delivered shortfaneral sermon,
from the following text:
"Tby sun shall 20 down, neither shall thy
itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting
light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended"
lTsaiah LX-20.
From these words he preached very elt leent
sermon, descriptive of the happiness of Heaven
There should be no national darkness--no intellec
ual darkness-no darkness of temptatlon-no dark
ness of sorrow and disappointment. Upon these
points he dwelt with much eloquence: He closed
closed his discourse with tribute 10 the virtues OF
the deceased. Though these had beenso eloquent
ly portrayed he would beg 10 hang his humble
chaplet on his halowed urn. He had died without
leaving a single enemy earth TO plant thorn
upon his grave. He was vanqnlshed in the struggle
with death, 10 rise a conqueror in better world
without leaving the shadow of stain on his Chr5-
lldn 6rUlOT.
After feeling alluson to the other Senators who
had died during the last few years, he closed with
the Benedicuon
The Funeral Procession then formed In the fol-
lowing order:
The Clergy attendance.
Physicians who attended the deceased.
Committee of Arrangements.
PAIL Bearers.
The Family and Friends of the deceased.
The Senator from the State of Massachusetts principal
The Sergeanat rms Of the Senate OF the United States
The Senate Of the United States preceded by the Vice Pras-
dent Of the nted States and their Secretary.
The Members of the late House Of Representatives, the Clerk
Of the House OF Representatives. aud the officers of
both Houses of Congress.
The President of the United States.
The Heads of Departments.
Foreign Ministers.
Judges of the United States.
Officers Of the Executive Departments
Officers Of the Army aud Navy.
Tile Mayors of the cities of Washington Georgetown and
AieSandria.
Citizens and Strangers.
In this order the Procession moved 10 the Kali
road Depot, where the body was delivered TO hls
friends and relatives, TO be taken to his home IN
Northampton, Massachusetts. The coffin was de-
posted in car provided tor it, and will leave with
the Regular Train this afternoon at 81 o'clock.
In life, he was beloved and respected; in death, a
Nation mourns in common with bereaved family
Yours. FICHELlEU.