Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-31

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From tho London Star.
Funeral of Baron Humboldt

Funeral of Baron Humboldt
On Tuesday last tho remains # this great man
were committed to the tomb. "u which day Berlin
presented scene that will hc ever memorable to
those who witnessed it. Early in the m"rning
the people assembled in canntlcss crowds in the
well known thrnughlnrc Inter ien Linden md in
Frcidrchstrnssc. through which places the process
sion wns to rnss. Orienhurgrrs,rnssc al No. g.
in which street Humboldt died. wns closed to tho
ropulace, and nearly all the houses in it were
daped with black nugs and other insignia of
mourning. Those persons who wcre about TO
take part in the cortege assembled by degrees be.
fore the house. and soon the collected intelligence
OF the capital was there. Those who Ind not
the eren, philosopher since his death, then
hnstened to take II last look NJ his remains. Tho
coffin consisted or single she'll Of oak, and was
placed in lumhpll,'s study. Here hung the
wrll.known nortrait of llildcrb,ant. surrounded
hv palm leave, aud blooming cxoics, which en-.
bcms lnrciblv reminded tho spectators of tho
long nnd hazardous travels in tropical lands.
which the great mnn Ind accomplished to the
great hencft Of science and Of mankind in general
Soon after o'clork, nll the friends having
taken last lingering look Mt the body. thr coffin
was conveyed to the catnmllnc in front of the
house. A> soon ~ the coffin Appeared in sight.
all of the Immense crowd who were able to oblnin
glimpse of it, instantly barcl their head in To-
ken ot the great respect they entertained for their
c"untrymnn, who had NJ recently passed from
them. The cnyalcadr was soon afterwards in
motion. and after the chief nournrrs. among
whom wctc his servants and those of his family.
followed the students Of the Friedrich Wilhelm
University about GOO in numhcr, led by marslms
bearing black rods and then came band of
mu >cians and ntlcr them eight clcrgymcn,
among whom was the general Superintendent,
II fimnn Near the hcarsc were three court
clnn.hr,lnins the Count ur Furstenhurc Stamm.
hoi, \.,p h,pL L,,rn 4 I(,r
To whom II fourth was added bearing on rcd velvet
cushions the insignia OF the high Order of til. Black
Eagle. tho civil division Of the Onlcr If Merit and
countless cthr, orders which tho drreas passeSscd
Before the frederic Gymnasium, in Friedrich
-trasse. the pnnils werc assembled. Ms were also
those Of anothcr school in the street, and ns
the procession approached the boys sung n hymn.
Throug1"u, the wholc line nf procession the crowd
bnrcd thrir heads: and NJ the windows uf the
houses. which were filled hy tho residents aud
others numer. as marks of rcslcrl were observed;
and among the pupulncc, who filled every nook
and corner whence view Of tho ro,tfgc could loo
obtained, an unbrokrn and IN urninl sil6fcr pre-
vailed. A. soon ns the "Lindrn" was passed the
sound Of the telling bcls came ON tho mir, mingled
with thr strains of II hymn SUM by tic Choral
Sorir,y If Berlin. l1rsi IL the po,lieo ct l.c Dom
Church, the goal ot the procession, were t|e
Prince Regent, the Prince Frederic Wilhclm
Prime" Alhrrrht aud the Young Prince AlhrccIt
and Princes Frederic, George, Adnllcrt, and
Augustus of Wur'emh'rg, and Frederic of llc'se-
Ca~sr who received the remains If the illns,rious
deceased with uncovered hepI.. At the piincpal
entrance If the church stool tho court preacher.
snr r."unled. hy several other ccrlrsiastcS and in
their mls the coffin was horn" to the nlinr aud
placed on bier, before whi.h and on either side
were llntc' the cushions ,chrinG the orders and
decorations Il the deceased aud tie benrcrs OF
which placed thrmsclfc. nt tie head OF the colin.
The altar was richly decorated with palms and
blooming 'w"r', and there were i"ur Immense
rnnIrlnb hpnrlnn immense wax tapnrs, the Innt