New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-27

take some part in the last toncn due b. toe great
friend Of their country. At the door Of tee hoase
the great men especially 10 science. OF Berlin.
were collect pe-Mnistsis Of State Generals Of tue
Army-pone, Rector Msgnifcus Of the University,
aud Others ia the full Us'torm Of th-ir stati0ns-
Ritter, the Ross; Mitscherilsch. Eucks, ard
host II others whose Dsmes statd 50 high Ia the
a. hals Of science. The funeral car, very simple,
covered with black with Elk splendid black horses
from the royal stnbles was already there aud the
roy"l AID oth'r state ctrrisges we're arriving aud
ioI ibG in line further Gown the street
Whether any cert monies tOch place in the house,
j sm Lot yet informed.
SION after q. NJ, the huge Oak coffin was
brought out and placed upon the car, AID the pro-
oess'on moved ia thu following order:
]. The servauts Of Humboldt and Of his family.
2. Depuiaiois Of the students il the different fscu
ties If the University.
.. band Of brass instruments playing solemn
oLtrals.
4. Clergy in their peculiar official dresses.
{. Three gentlemen 10 Ich uniforms bearing red
velvet cushions which eispls, ed tue various
orders which the deceased had had conferred upon
INN.
6. The funeral car, ornamented With wrsatbs and
palm branches On each side party Of royal lacqueys
N their Court cortmmes.
Z. The male relatives Of the deceased, accompanied
by such Knights Of the Order Of the Black Eagle az
wtrs preteIt.
8. TIE Minister q State, the principal Generals-
On or them old gel conspicuous officers ofthe
COuit, Real Pnvy Councillors and the Royal ChsG-
btrlaiIs Next these cume Gov. Wright In civil dress,
WITH most Of the Americans in the city, few being
uDas oidably absent.
O. Deputatiols from beth Houses Of the Prussian
Parliament.
10. High oficers Of State and staff officers.
Of nobIe.ooktg men grand old Carl Rtters tall
form especially conspicuous; the principal men Of
the University, aid Of the Academy Of Art this sec
ton closing with three four Of the old distinguished
actors from the Roy al theaeis.
l2. The City GUvernment-;ts members, each wear
ing gold chain and medal over his coat.
l3. Then other perions who felt disposed to join,
after which, came line Of empty carriages led off by
ibo.e of the king, and Prince Regent each drawn by
eight black horses, and other prnces some half mile
in length.
The procession passed directly into the long
Frederick street, which Is but sb0rtdlstsnce from
tbe house aud dOwu to the Inter den. Linden, aud
so directly TO the Dom Church. On the steps 10
front stosd the Prince Regent, with many others
Of the family-princes, 10 princesses-snd with
head uncovered, received the coffin. 1t VIA borne
int" tue church, the piiocey party following imms
diattly behind and placed before the altar; the
Princes the Humboldt family, aud certain Of the
PRINCIPAL persOnsges occupying the estrada within
The railing.
A large number Of persons in the procession had
all hiongtt and piled up around the c, fin.
The exercises Of the occasion were simple; they
were:
voluntary the organ.
Priest" blessed are the dead who ole in The Lord"
Choir Yea saith the spn for they rect tom their sbo
rlie.i~Prsyer, Address, Lord. Prayer.
Choir snd CO. gregsiion-" Amen
Prie.t-Tht ssins
Choir and Cousrg.'iou-" Amen, Amen. Amen"
Corgreg ,icn--Chors" Seid gerost und ocherfreut"
magnificent choral spenddy suDs without sccomps
"Christu. der let meir Lebep"
And thus The ceremonies closed, and the immense
crowd, which filled the building to the utmost quiz
ely separated.
Tbs afternoon or evening the remains Of
Al xaudcr won Humboldt are to be taken out to
Trle smsl place some nine miles north of
Berlin, and placed by those OF his almost equally
celebrated brother Wilhelm. Humboldt was born
Sept. u, 17G9-therefore lacked some four months
at con pleting lis Dnetieth year. To the remark.
Pity he bad not flushed his Cosmos" have
head it replied, He had done it'-putting bis
last words to IT on bis eighty ninth birthday. 1t is
rarely ,tst the sound nilUd remains 81 long la the
BODY, however sound. But Humboldt had never
abused bis constitution in his earlier years. En-
gland shows still few examples Of thi. tenacity
of rental power-our own country One--hm, who
70 many years ago fought against the spread OF
Slavery: our noble Josiah Quincy.
The great berslity Of Humbodts political
opinions is universally known, and it was this
which made BIN go beloved by the COMMON people
Of Berlin. The lower classes all believe that he
was utterly opposed to the course OF the King
during the goumy days Of 1882; aud they will
tell you that On this account politics were forbid
den topic between him and Frederick William ~.
The King really loved HUmboldt-hs greatest sub
lect whether he has still mind enough to feel his
loss few know When vist,rs pass through the
little palsce Of Charlotteubof at Potsdaw, the
rooms Of Humboldt are always pointed out.
That Lberality 10 his views which mtde mere
birth of no account to hiu and the strong love for
nan in general, which seemed but to strengthen as
he adv need in age, with bis strong hope that the
great American experiment IN selfgoye'Dnent
would succ. ed, and mark new era IN the history
and progress Of nan, made HIM most sensifively
sse TO the agitation Of the Slavery question: 10 our
country His opinions upon this toplc-hls bitter
sorrow 10 6ud that this eeoerati0n in the South
Sc. h to strengthen and extetd slavery thus suof-
inc the rrinciplts OF Washington jefferson AID the
pn,ujntt I Souih-Jn men. when be was i. America
hi. corlen ptuous indignation 1t the famous os-
tend Manifesto of buchanan, Soule aud MisOD-
oil tits hsd its place heretofore in the columns OF
1uE TRIBUNE. l need not repeat 1t.
In its pages to-. in the summer Of 1853, may
be fouho his emphatic testimony against Slavery, III
the orlpual French Oi his note aud his pleasure to
find that there we're still some noble splus who
lad raised their voices against is spread over linds
LOW free 1hst note was written after reading
the fsuous sueeches Of Seward and Sumner at the
tine of the Kansas outrage. Ny ouly Interview
with him was at that time (June, 1851 and Re-
utmb,r, az if ii was yesterday, with what life tue
1vb!e I'D IN an went into the roon aud brought h,s
l,trst map Of the Unitrd States that Insat mark