Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-03-10

two thousand persons were upon the floor OF
The House, and the galleries filled so full that
there was no room for more. Such a mass
of persons were hardly ever before crowded
within the Capitol. aud an assembly of ike
official note probably was never before found
in the Union. 1t embraced every depart
ment of the public service, and every mem
Der of the Diplomatic Corps, tue last Of whom
were clad in their most gorgeous uniforms.
The Army and Navy officers we're also in
like manner decorated with the uniform of
the country. The Massachusetts Senators
and members attended as monrners. There
was much in tho extreme ofcOutrast between
the afflicted mourEers. clad IN the deepest
black, and the pay uniforms Of those who
came in their Official robes Of office 10 testify
their respect. The scene was one Of marked
solrMui,y and interest throughout, and tie
sight If such an audience could hardly fail
To awaken The most interesting reiipctlons.-
Among The ladies' present in a gallery set n
part for distinguished persons, were Mrs.
Polk, Mrs. Madison, and Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton, and the ladies' OF tho Secretaries
and Foreign Ministers. Opposite were.three
powerful church cloiTs united 10 one. Their
sweet hymns stole over the multitude like
the solemn chants Of the cathedral. Never
were the tones oi church music more soUth-
ing, inspiring or solemn, and the hymns
were. next 10 the words OF the preacher. most
impressive.
The funeral sermon was by Rev. Mr.. Cur
ley, Chaplain Of the House, anu 1t recoun'ed
some only Of the many virtues Of the decsa-
sed, dwelling most upon his respect for the
religion OF The Bible. and his love oithe Di-
,'., A,tl,r IL. J,ntr;n,l ,,,,f,,.r ,..-a
barely mentioned, while il was truly said that
he had sincere respect for every Christian de-
nomination. The last conversation that Mr.
GuIley had with Mr.. Adams. (and it was
Mr.. 4. who nominated Mr.. Guriey as Chap
lain,) was when the venerable Patriot ex-
pressed his establishment at the indifference
Of public men. and often Of highly educated
tnen, to the great question Of religion. To
him, he said, such negligence and indifer-
ence had always been The subject of profound
astonishmont.
Some interesting incidents in the early
life of Mr.. 4. were dwell upon, and partic-
ularly the pions teachings of his motheG,-
one of the most remarkable women of the
country, and as well fitted to adorn social and
private life, public station and the domestic
circle, as the elder Adams his place as one of
lit l'ltllI'ol lIt.l u wv iANl'us IHltl1 q
a child been blessed with such parents, and
more rarely perhaps has Il son reflected such
honor upon these who gave him birth.
The silence Of the vast congregation was
Of itself 4 sermon,-anG the scene would have
impaired eloquent thoughts had there been
no words spoken.
A solemn prayer over him who died "full
Of years and full Of honors,' and an ~invoca-
: ,i,p for Gol'o b1pcciprr nnnn all and Ia. h.
had been so long the living oracle and orna-
meut of the House of Representatives, was
borne hence to the place appointed for all the
living. What, indeed, may a day bring fo,lh
and how full Of events are the hours Of tn,
closing week.
The congregation followed from the llal'
3 to the busy world without. Some ten or fiji
5 teen thousand persons were crowded near tn
: East front of the Capitol, and presented
sea of heads. There were banners flying anc
draped in weeds Of mourning. There wa
the music of the mufled drum and the dead
march Of Saul and the Sicilian hymn played
by the National and City Bands. The Civic
Societies mad their banners hung with Grape
and appeared in all the insignia Of their or
ders. The ssa of heads, the noble statue Of
Washington in the distance, surrounded by
a vast concourse of people, the solemn mu,
sic, the waving plumes, the distinguished
persons, the gorgeous funeral car, drawn by
six milk white horses. made the picture one
that only the united strength of The Govern
ment, in a session like the present, could pro-
duce.
There were nearly two hundred carriages
in the procession, and the military on post
and Cavalry troops from Virginia, and Soci-
cites from Georgetown and elsewhere.
Under the direction of the Sergeant-at-
Arms, the procession moved and was quite
two miles long. Leaving the Capitol al
twenty minutes past one, it was nearly three
hours in reaching the Congressional Burying
Ground. Here the military presented arms
as the mourners passed on.
At four o'clock the remains of the memo
rable sage and true Patriot, Of the Statesman
and the Scholar were committed to the grave,
amidst the prayers Of the clergy, the tears oi
his surviving relatives and the respectful re-
membranes of thousands who had followed
him to his las, earthly place Of abode. He
was consigned for a season to the Nationa'
tomb, and will be removed to the family vaul'
in Quincy. Thus ends the honorS here fol
the illustrious dead. l.. n.