New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-04
THE JOHN BROWN INVASION
FUNERAL OF COPPOCK.
OF The N. Y. Tribune.

co--.s,.,a.,s 9 OF The n. Y. Tri,une
SALyn, Ohio, Dec. 81, 1889.
K,ov;,s IN. a, ,xiety prevailing in amos. every sec
80, ~ o hear all that relates to the gal
Ian, hso ~ na,.y,, tho have fallen in Virginia, aut
feeIsr NV spt burn ". thin me for some utteranoe,
propose to give hasy .e tch ofthe two burals of
young hero EDwrs CopyocAN, lou nave heard Oh on
uncle from near this place BEN x WIN MN oe'oro IN
execution, and that his remains ere uen'eiea 70 rl
out Of the clutches OF Winchester 1t, 'oenh ny a''
fifteen dollars to the ten Virginia pro Vlaed or ner VIC
Tins, black walnut coffin of the rude ana Pianes'
description was furnished, such Our under'akerS
would ask five for and paying By reign iOr tne car
rage of the body from Harper's Ferry to "neeing'
the old reached his home with hs sad eignt on
Sunday morning, the 18th inst The relatives, oelng
all Quakers desired the funeral should be conduc ed ID
the most quiet possible General notice was
not given and the rites were hurried through the
fternoon of the same day. Stn, thousands gathered
the old homestead, five miles from Salem, and fol-
owed to an humble grave, in an out-ofthewsy bury
ng-ground, one of Oho's poblest young men. 1t was
no fit place for hero to lie the free people Of
place thought, and constituted a. Committee 10 wait
upon the friends and obtain his remains for more i'm
posing burial We felt lie belonged to us-his fame
erred and brought here, where it was placed IN the
hands of efficient persons prepare for the solemn rites
that were to take place the Friday following. The
miserable coffin from Virginia replaced BY hand
some metallic one the body robedn white hanne anu
taken to the Town Hall, where ii exposed to view
for four hours The hall only accommodates SIX hundred
Those who came first were seated and then for four
hours one continuous stream Of earnest-looking men
and women with a sprnking-thank Heaven, onlya
sprinkling-of .hardhearted men, poured in at one
door and out at the other thus il is thought at least
four thousand persons passed through the room, while
the most perfect and solemn order was observed
throughout. Some women, in pausing 10 looa on the
fine manly form and blaekened face, would burst into
tears while men would clench their hands and COM
press their lips as If making and earnest re-
solve Pray God it may prove so. The Rev. james
Thome of Ohio City offered upa prayer-a genuine
prayer that am sure reached the of his Divine
Master and found an answer there. This, with few
thrilling remarks and an announcement that the funeral
sermon would be preached at seven in the evening,
ended the ceremonies in the hall. The pail bearers,
eight in number, with 'eyerent hands bore their
dered brother to the hearse, where thousands were
waiting to form in procession. The relatives followed
rst then the colored people, for whose race he died.
while the vast assemblage who brought up the rear
made aogeherthe most striking display we have
had here.
The cemetery where lie was laid is beautiful spot,
in sight of town, and intend having suitable mon
unent erected upon the spot made sacred TO Free
dom. W e. G