The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-02-26
THE LAST CHAPTER.


Mcssrs kirkwoo,l and l.ownlcS Of Charles
ton; and Mr.. Gibhcs and College Com
mitlcc from Columbia. The coffin WI,
taken in hand ut The depot by Tic Mayor
and Aldermen OF Augusta, am, quietly con
vcyed in the City Ilcarsc to the City Hall.
where it WIS placed in statc in the ccntr,
of the large and handsome Council Cham
Der. Hundred, were there in mourntul ST.
!cncr, to look upon The s"cne. Scarcely u
word WAS audible for minutes ut 4 time.
rs the immense crowd came and went
in orderly Succession. The f.clinu was
evidently deep aud unaffected; an1 will
long tc alvcrtch to Lv many citizens
"t South Ca'"'ina then present. rs maui
icstat'on 1T once grateful 10 us a,.l houur.,-
lie to G,"r.i;,,a.
At quarter past 1 o'clock l.. NJ, i, was
an'"uicc'! iha! tho procession WIS formed
without! and ready to accompany the cnr,n..
t" the town of IIamAur. nn the South
Carolina s't!''. Til" c"liiu WIS arain taken
II" hand hv tn. Augusta mcnlcrs of Eouu
cil and carrie! To :l,c street, where it WA,
placed III Il lary: and cr"ant l.,ar,c drawn
by -Four blact> horses, which had beer, pro-
cured Tor the occasion through the Mavor
Of Charleston. The prorcs,;,n consisted
ot 'loup of Cavalry. four uniformed com.
panirs ot infantry, Il louM tram OF carriages
and number Of c.i:cns on tuot--t.c
whole proceeded l.y Il t.;,ud Of m,l,. with
unified d,uuis. l'ir. lcn.ll Of tie column
c"ull not have l".,.n less thau :, hall. mile
As it passed through Broad Street, almost
every piazza, balcony and window were
: crowded with !;,.ic~, eager to witl;cs~ this
: sad tribute t" Tie gallant .!rcca,cd Many
Of the prominent business houses were
i. closed and the Whole occasion was, every
way, one I" hu long remembered We
, cann"t avoid repeating, that tir manner in
mhIrh our Augusta friends have acted in
this matter li:;, drawn many Il heart toward,
them, ami has g"',. .;r IT, u:.!.. Us feel
more warmly alive t" the fact, that t:enrr;,
,llc Caro':ua are indeed sisters. bound to-
"c,l,rr 10y ties .! feeling rs well us ot n-
trIcsl.
+ At Il li;:lr before d!l. the ,;urv,s;uu
ha,ci in front al the American ln,ri.
Hamburg; when the collin was t:,k.;.
from the h"a'a" hy the officer, If tn: 1u!
n"terr ,,"mranic>. and LrIn>;;.l in he
Hotel rarl.'r. :!rl, l:;,,! hrrn a;.prnrlat,ly
l,un" ~!;!l 'i"ca. The ".r,,t i.o:n ...t,
::il>tl ,hrn returned t, li.a. c:.v :,ri ,!,,,
relnain, "f our a'nrMtel representative
were in the krrl';ny "' his constituent, And
friends. y Guard of Honor KEEP. wa;ci.
during the night.
Eriiv in He morning. the entrance, and
roo!,a %! t!c ll2,'l begun to I'll with any.
i"na ri'':cm>. whr ran,c I" drop Il tear upon
the coal, polished iii, that concealed tie
ia;: al'l form they lni so Lately admired
III ii!r. y Younger brother ui the .lcrc:,scd,
observing the h;ninc>s o.! this ,!rmon>,r.,-
ii"n, rriar,'.'l tirr" particular ilirn'!s to
rsain.c the face If III" corpse an,l, if
ln"I"'r, u .Nhili, il through the .;l:,>> plate
un,l"incaill the outer case Il WIS found
:" l,'.cnt :I:il y ''.">t natural Hppcarancr,
, a'.i ever one, o!l am,i yvung, mai. an.l
female, h"l the opportunity "f Ippkiu.
hur'iriIy upon the I:!i,! but still regular
features Of Preston :; E."ok<.
We must nut."n!, t" mention here, tic
r';I'inrSs and Z:s cvinc,.i iv the people OF
Hamburg; OH this occasion. he town att
th"r'i'S !i;.t every ncre,Sarv arrangement
made, anal the ri'izcus generally entered
into The manifestations, OF respect with
m,rh c"r,il!iiv.
y: . "',!"ch, y. NJ. lFri.Iay) tn" coffin
WIS conveyed by the llamhurg Committee
to tho hrnr>c. IL MIS- escorted out Of the
c"rl'",ar hmii, 10y II large number of cit,
H"'a oil foot, under :hc coln.au,i nf Col.
Stuart lllrIisun, one "f the Mar>haI, of
the pr"rcr'lsnG day. 'on the hill above
Tho town this r~rrot opened rauk>, f:,c;ny
inwar'l> and the lcal.c. llauLr, lv l!.,.
Field Officers OF til. Ih Eryimrn,. au.l
followed by Il nulnh,r Of carriages convey.
ins tie variu;l, committees. pas,r, through
H.,
inlcrIncnt was To take place.
Al half past ) o'clock +. 81, the cortrgr.
now very largely Increased l.y the falling
into il.c ot many carriages on the route,
approached Eigci"I. III. arproacl, wis
ann"uucc'l ty Il signal gun fired in the out,
skirts "t the ViI!a.e. \ few miles ont
til" !.ral 81: the ,rr,.r>~i"n WIS met lv the
EIc,'ii:d lln:r;l.. capt. triia.) who then
conducted The advance. Within sight of
tic ,owu, Il long a.rly of citizens WIS mar.
sI,alcl on either side OF the ro,,l, who
were at once placed in Inc Immediately in
from, of the Corpse, the whole under the
giihlancp Of Mi :. s. I"mpLins, assisted
bv f.icnlcnants Adams ami Penn. Aml thus
the entiro procession cn,crcl the Villa .c
square. We Lad not until. then, formed II
correct i'lca of the uunlbera IN attendance.
Ih: large area literally filled with
men, women and children. :. The body was
At once taken into one OF the smaller apart
merte Of the Court House, that the family
Of the deceased might in private ,a..o their
melancholy leave OF it. 1t was then placed
upon the table Of the Court Room; and
thousands came to look for a inomeBt rpon
the strong mau stricken down I.y the land
of death in The mid carccrof his earthly
cxcriiuns. Not the least affecting part. ol
this scene, was tho nhniher Of servant.
, who c"me crowdfng in, by Permission, t.
see the faco Of the dead once. .mores3bcfor.
B it went down into the grave; among them,
| a weeping old woman who had nursed. tbt
deceased ii, his childhood.
At length, the privilege Of Iookiag dii
alieu h,iyintr hnaI, aac.nr rfiefI To all, 4fha re