Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-27

the civic ptocession--tlte CIR which Dor
the remains OF our late President bein.
proceeded by the Civic Officers Of TIL,
District, the Committee Of Arrangements
If the two Houses Of Congress, tie Chap
lains of Congress, the officiating clergy
men of the oceasio,,, the attending pl,y.i
cians to the late President, and the pail
bearers. twenty IN number, whose names
have already been announced ana fol
lowed by the family and relntvss Of The
late President. by tie President Of the
United States and Heads Of Departments
the Senate md House of Representatives
aud their Officers, the Diplomatic Corps
AMI greht number Of official persons, rs
enumerated in the programme, ind hlin.
more than hundred carriages besides
those attending in carriages md OH foot
from tie uniglboring Statca. all ol whom
| would deserve particular notice had We
any means Of ascartHining them Among
them we ought not to omit to mention tho
Governor of the State Of Maryland, oI
whose presence we happened to be apprl-
zed also the Mayor and City Councils
Of tho metropolis of dat State. aud u
small band of its heroic volunteer defel,-
| ders in the war Of 1914.
The procession extended nearly two
miles, its rear being Mt the President q
| house when the military escort. which oc-
cupied more than ii third of its entire
length, had raased the Capital. It slowly
wound its way over the high grounds east
of the Capital, p,rsuind the broad and
lately improved avenue which leads to the
Congressional Cemetery. All tIl- way
along that distance. from the starting
point to the place Of ilernent, were sta
toned private carriages. horsemen, groups
OF citizens families Of children, mud mix
ed collection OF exrac'ant people, patiently
awaiting (many of them for hours) tie
coming of the mourning trim. Every
shady spot was avaiIed ol but, Theses be-
ing soon occupied, as well as every win
dow, roof or tree that would corlilnnnd n
view OF the procession, numbers eat or
stood III the burning sun, 80 great was the
desire to witiiess the solemn spectacle,
Arriving at the graveyard, the artillery
were posted on rising ground, the troops
drawn up in double line, and the coffin,
preceded Ivy the clergy and attended by the
pal. bearers. la=Fed through The centre
gate, aud slowly reaehed The front Of the
receiving vault, which Ind been iastefully
decorated with festoons of black, and was
guarded by seutrirs to keep of the pres-
sure of the crowd, which Ind already filed
the enclosure. Here, the bier being set
down, the Rev, Mr.. Pyne read the solemn
and beautiful service for the dead appoint
ed IN the Episcopal liturgy; when the
body was taken UP and deposited i'll place
appointed for its reception, until it shall be
finally removed to its last earthly resting
place in the West, where the remains Of
Zachary Taylor will be empbatically ut
home.
During the ceremony, us indeed during
the whole march Of the procession, the ut
most silence had prevailed. The eyes Of
the surrounding multitude were now dis
rected to the tall and venerable figure Of
Senator Clay, whose appearance on such
n spot and in such al office gave rise to
many serious reflection. They then
turned, inquiringly, and with deep inter
est and solicitude, to the less familiar Co,in-
tenance of President Fillmore, who stood
Immediately in the rear. II was filled
with solemn awe, and seemed to express
meek and becoming sense Of that ofnnip-
otent and irlscrutable Providence which
had thus suddenly and unex pectedly elsva-
ted himself to the highest human dignity,
while it struck down, as i'll moment the
prcat and good man whose ashes were be-
fore him. Yet there was mingled with
that nntlve rnodesty which never leaves
him, Il serene lirnlnesa, equally eharacter,s.
tic of the man, and which seemed to re-
nective observer to say that the rsslstcss
hand which had lifted him mp. nnsonght,
to so high and periloua n station was MS
strong to sustain as to elevate. 10 that
hand, as rnorcifl,l as mighty, is he heartily
commended by the hopes the wishes, and
tho prayers Of every virtuous American.
Thus has grateful nation performed
its last sad duty, and yielded the latest ot
many well.earned tributes to the honor Of
Zachary Taylor. OF the tears that have
embalmed his memory many fell from eyes
unwont to weep, and many from those
whose relentless purity tics, or whose stern
convictions Of political duty, placed them
in the ranks Of his decided political oppo-
nents. Opponents they may have been.
enemies they could not. So much obvl-
ous honesty of purpose, 80 much true de-
votion to the cotmtry's cause, so much un-
pretending but unyiclding bravery, o
much unaffected kindness of heart, uaitcd
to so much manly sense and clear discern
nent, could excite the enmity Of nothing
that deserves to be called man. Il such
feeling could ever live, it is now dead
buried in his tomb. On that sacred tomb
will flourish ever only the laurels Of bis
military glory, mingled with all those mild
er wreaths of fragrant gratitude which
are the need of every social virtue.
PRESIDENT FfLLMoRE-The New York
Globe, democratic paper, says: The
talents and business qualifications of Mr..
Fillmore arc Of high order, and we be-
Iicve that they who hope or fear that he
may manifest any sectional bias, will be
disappointed Such is our information Of
his opinions-ndeed, such our knowledge
Of the man, that we do not hesitate to pre-
dict, that he will give no cause for the
South to continue its reproaches against
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