New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-08

us filled with the details of the :. last sad rites -
in the interment of the mortal remains OF Dam
el Webster, the statesman, orator, and sage, at
Marslfieid, Mass, on Friday the 18th. From
the Courier we take the following clear and
graphic account of the simple yet imposing
event:
THE BURIAL OF Mr.. WEBSTER.
This solemn chapter in the history of the re-
public was recorded on Friday. The occasion
drew together an immense collection of people
from all parts of the country, and nearly every
town in Massachusetts, had her representative
at the grave of the illustrious dead. There
could not have been less than ten thousand per-
sons present Grief sat, heavy upon every
countenance, and a silent melancholy absorbed
every soul.
Of all we saw at Marshfeld the sun alone
looked cheerful, and among none, Of all that
mighty concourse, was the grief so apparent as
of the men and women of Marshfeld.
We have time only to make brief record of
the proceedings, and therefore must enter at
once upon the facts There is another cireum-
stance connected with the burial of Mr.. Webster
the transportation of the bodies of those mem-
bers of his family who went before hinl-from
Boston to Marshfeld-which we will record
here
DEPOSITS OF FAMILY REMAINS.
On Thursday, Mr. Franklin Smith, underta-
ker, at the request Of Mr. James W. Paige, re-
moved from the tomb No. 6 ST PauFs Cemetery,
in this city, to Marshfeld, for re-interment, the
remains of Mrs. Grace Fletcher Webster, first
wife of Daniel Webster, who died at NewYork,
January 81, 1928, aged Al years. Mrs. Julia
Webster Appleton, wife of Samuel Appleton,
who died at Boston, April 2s, 1S4e, aged 30.
Edward Webster, son of Daniel Webster, late
Major in the First Massachusetts, Infantry, who
died at San Angel, near the City of Mexico,
January 2s, 1S4s, aged %. Chas. Webster,
son of Daniel Webster, who died at Boston, De-
cember 10, 1924, aged 3. Grace Fletcher Web
ster, daughter of Daniel Webster, who died at
Boston, January "a, 1e47 aged years. Grace
Fletcher Webster, daughter of Fletcher Web
ster and Caroline White Webster, who died at
Boston, February Z, 1874, aged 6 years and 6
months. Harriet Paige Webster, daughter of
Fletcher Webster, who died at Boston, March 2,
1915, aged year months and "a days. Con-
stance Nancy Appleton, who died at Boston,
March Is, 1s49, aged year and 10 months
These bodies were deposited in Mr.. Websters
tomb, which has recently been erected in the an
cient burial ground at Marshfeld. The sad
ceremony was witnessed by the relatives only,
THE ATTENDANCE AT THE FUNERAL--y1Ew OF
THE CORPSE.
Early on Friday morning the people began to
approach, in long professions, the mansion of the
dead Secretary. Innumerable carriages, heavily
freighted, which had tarried for the night in the
neighboring villages, came up, one after another.
to the avenue leading to Mr.. Webster's house:
Those persons who arrived before nine o'clock
were permitted to view the body in the library.
where it had lain in state for several days be-
fore. But the crowd became so great after that
hour, and the desire to see the body so general
that it was brought out into the lawn i'll front
of the house Here, beneath the shade of sill
ver- leafed poplar of his'own planting, were ex-
posed for general gaze the dead majesty of the
country. The countenance of the great states.
man was but little altered, and those who had
seen him within the past two years easily recog
nized his features. In order to accommodate
all who wished to fake farewell look, the polio
arranged it, so that the people marched in pro
cession by the body. For three hours constan
train was in motion, and many sad tear upol
| that bier was shed.
| Amongst the distinguished persons present
were Hon. Franklin Pierce, Hon. Rufus Choate
| Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Abbott Lawrence
Hon. George Asllmun Hon. VIM. Appleton
Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, Hon. Otis P. Lord
Hon. Geo. S. Hllard, Hon G. H. Warren, Gov
Boutwell,, Lieut.. Gov. Cushman, the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, the Land Agent, the Ad
jutant General, Hon. Hy Wilson, Hon. N. ?
Banks, Judge Sprague, Hon. Homer Foot S. D
Bradford, ESQ, George T. Curtis, ESQ.,, th'
Mayor and Aldermen and twelve members o
the Common Council of Boston, Professor G. g
ferent parts of Massachusetts. 1t would be saf
to say that nearly one-half of the Suffolk ba,
was present.
The government of the New England Society
of New York was represented; also, the Newly orl
| Historical Society; the bar of NewYork; th
Wing General Committee of NewYork, and tn
Democratic Republican General Committee, o
the same city. The Albany barwas represente
and there were many other delegations from TIL
In r VLo bo,, ntat
| by G. W. Cushman and others. From Dart
mouth College there was a delegation of tw
| from each class. There was also u large at
tendance of the Reverend Clergy of Massachu
| sets.
THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
AT twelve o'clock precisely, the religious ser
vices were commenced. The guests of the famil.
occupied the right and left parlors, aud the peo
pie stood uncovered in the sun. The Rev. Ebe
nezer Alden, the pastor of the Orthodox churcl
in South Marshfeld. conducted the religious ex
ercises. He stood in the hall, and, in an I'M
pressive voice, thus addressed the multitude;
| FUNERAL SERMON.
son an occasion like the present. a multitud
\ of words were worse than idle. Standing be
fore that majestic form, it becomes orlinar
men to keep silence. He being dead, ye
speaketh' In the words he applied to Wash
ington, in the last great public discourse he eve
delivered, the Whole atmosphere is feuolent
his name; hills and forests, rocks and river
echo and re-echo his praises. All the goot
learned and unlearned, high or low, rich or poo
feel this day that there is one treasure commo
to them all, and that is the fame and characte
of Webster. They recount his deeds, ponde
over his principles and teachings, and resolN
to be more and more guided by them in futur
Americans by birth are proud of his characte
and exiles from foreign shores are eager to pa
: aticipate in admiration of him; and it is tt,
that hes, this day, here, everywhere, is more 9
f object of love and regard than on any day sin
+ his birth.
ssAnd while the world, too prone to worsh
mere intellect, laments that the orator al