Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-12-18
4 iae Ituneral abseHmies On Thurs
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Tte mineral ~al,spauisa III Thursday, Ii
hon1f Of tile memories II CALHOUN, CbAt
aud WEBSTER, ,lfpw iuaeilief MI immense
seen IN The Fsoutlli Tile day daWiled ATS
piesoitsly, hot Willisianiiliu The heavy fHitis
Of The night previous mid 4 cheerful stt
Hlii \ lititi,ia mir, combined 10 altfhnt Oh,
Whole population, M II were Into the
streets. A large l%itiili,pf 1T strangers were
sad tribute tiaid hy HE commercial Queen
ut the South. 10 the fIlustfieus Three, vile
III ttteif lives ilItsirHtpd the ltpiiiHnrit
workings OF tfae Institutions IN file eleva.
tipH aud Happiness Of man. and Wilnse III
tpllectiiHl atliespnleiiie,lts viii fttlpet iii
dying feliuWii upon themselves aud tl,eir
Gotiitfy.
All Of The public buildings Of. the rity,
were iasteftilly afai,a III mourning, AZ
wire aiso ntest ri Tile siefes aud many 81
HE private residences. Had we ra6ttl. 1t
Waitld aIlofi ,is intiall p~laasttfe tn paflietia
l%afise-Ato notice The nhpfnpflate ittattos.
the opposite quotations, and tie III and
litftioiiois arrangements ifall things iiatla
throughout the town by our e~it.izsiis, To tip
honor 10 the oeeasioli Tie effect pfos
dieed everywhere was very striking.
The procession formed at The place t1ss4
igilatetl Ia die ttogfahi,nH, aid estntiien .
TED ttlptltiE with unexpected p%iil,ettta itv
Tie best ri order prevailed tIiaituiluial The
day, for which much credit il die 10 Col.
g. A. Lahii9ih, Grand Marshal, and his
efficient Assistants. Their admirable M.
fanserietits We're themes Of much eoit,.
fieiilatioli,
The procession WINS undoubtedly iha lang.
eat ever sect, ~ New Orleans, It was
alle l.oitr and A hall passing the t'ite Hotel
Oh camp street, aud when II Il borne In
mind that four ahtl six persons frequently
marched abreast, /, COOL ldea may le firm.
H,l Of the numbers Ia The ttfaeass iott From
four to five Thousand Is tbs general esti.
mate, which appfosiihHtes The ruth el1=e.
~, But Ibis humber was insignificant,
indeed, Wliel compared tn The tens If
thousands that filed tie b~alpnties md
windows, aud every Heressible sfot where
4 view could te had, and titn,igei lie
streets Ia dense i1asses, Before the left
ot the rfoi'e ssiuli had crossed Calial street,
The right WIS passing ,tp Cafpi,lelet, con.
sidefsbly above Cuintiioti
We have het room III eiitiieratu the
various Sboieties that were out, or altitude
to their b%antiefs, devices, aud mniily atpl
appropriate hearing All were dltly feps
resented Ia the procession. Not n situte
di=aureeable Incident occurred during The
whole march, or indeed during lle dav.
Az set down III the order OF arrange.
tnei,ts. the eeFetiieiies of the day were
concluded by the procession II ling iatp In.
Fayette Squire, where tile uftis, rarli lipar.
ing the iiaHis Of oiie Of The great states.
men, were taken from The funeral ear, and
under the eseoft Of the pail hearers. de.
posited III the epnusaph. The l,ptiplietion
was theft pfoionneed, aud the PROCESSION
dasIafed Dismissed,
The ~eulogies delivered N Old Fellows
Hall, Dr., SCOTS Church aud Lyre,un Hall,
were llAtshed to, not Withstaniine the late.
neas Of the hetlf, md the fatigue which
the people had undergone, by crowded
audiences, Judge MeCalal, stNalse NJ Old
Fellew#' Hall. Mr.. 1toaeli,ia ut tl,p ctturel,
aud jndue hsttstia Mt I.yeeum Ilall-lI,e
lifst OIL Henry Clay, the aec,i,d Oh DauivI
Webster, aud the third Oh John On dwell
Calhoun. Their efforts have all t,ee,i apo.
ken OF ia the highest Of rernua. y
But, Notwithstanding our crowded aal.
%titiils, we feel constrained 10 notice briefly,
tlaussA4tlip retotapl, aud lu,lefai
car, The eenotaph attracted universal
admiration II measures sixty tret square.
by sixty feet Ia height, and although, the
4lfleiure IL composed Of wool and pain.
ted canvass, yet, at 4 little distance, IL
bears q striking resemblance To marble,
Ia outline, the design was II dome, sup.
ported by Tight columns. built y n
base, approached en NJ sities by
lights Of stars, the Hpaee under the dome
,eing open aud containing al altar. The
whole was appropriately decorated and
aud tas,efnlly dfaped. From the
street, 1t presented a most beautiful up.
The funeral car, sixteen feet higli BY
III length, was truly d splendid
A tail en,lopy. supported by slight
npriglits rested on n bIael velvet
covered base. A gilt eagle |surinoanted
he whole. The car was richly and elah.
draped from top to bottom with
velvet. with silver and gold edged
CoNchanu bronze eagles a,lorn.
d the sides, black plutnes wa we'd from the !
aud IN the centre We're three ufns, III {
cribed with the names of the departed
tatesnien. The car was drawn by six !
ray horses, oaparisoned in black velvet,
pangled with silver aud silver edged, aud
tatnped with the arms OF South Carroll. {
"a, kentucy, and Massachusetts. II was !
magnificent affair. aud reflects great cred. !
! upon It's getters up. q
From sunrise till Stlnset the bells tolled, 9
guns were fred, and the dark IN. i
ignia Of woe waved monufully in the 1
Thus did New Orleans pay tr:b. i
tie to departed greatness md patriotism ]
nd we have no doubt TINT. night before i
,st, thousands said with H., I've ane 81 i
hall Look upon their like again. bid {
i
Our friends IN Livingston inay rest ma 4
irrd, TINT East Baton Rouge will do her
nty towards assisting them 10 roll up a 4
rye majority for the .Yonag Dstnosthe.
who by his eloqnence and talents IL
to grace the Senatorial l.ail Of i
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