Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-12
The Funeral of stephen A. Dourlas,


lowing account of the ceremonials attending the
burial of Judge DOUGLAS:
The funeral of Stephen A. Douglas Yesterday,
was the most solemn and imposing pageant ever
witnessed in Chicago. From eight to ten thou
sand persons formed in pr )cesSion and marched
foot to the grave. distance of four miles from
the point of departure. And more than four times
as many more proceeded thither in carriages,
railway cars and street cars Long before the
hour for the procession to move. the grove was
filled with people, and the avenues leading to it
were thronged with carriages and pedestrians pro-
ceedng in the same direction. All along the
route of the procession, the streets were lined
on both sides with ladies and gentlemen in car
riages and on foot, who did not unite in the pro-
cessiOn.
The thousands of silent spectators, the mourn
ing emblems that draped entire blocks and whole
streets of houses, the many national ensigns droop-
ing in folds of Grape, the wailing strains of the
funeral dirge, the slow and measured tread of the
vast throng that accompanied the dead, and above
all, the deep sOlemnty and unaffected grief which
seemed to pervade all. formed a spectacle of
mourning such as our city has never before wit
messed
About halfpast ten the carriages appropr-
ately trimmed with the symbols of mourning, drew
up in front of the north door of the fremont
House Mrs Douglas, her father, mother, and
two sons. passed into the first between lines of
citizens with uncovered heads the Bishop i'm full
canonicals, relatives and physicians occupying the
reminder. Shortly afterward the procession
commenced moving, in the order as given in yes
ter'ay's paper.
In the central portions of the city, every bust
ness house was closed. Indeed, among all classes
and occupations, the day was observed with pro-
found respect
The procession was composed largely of gen
tlemen from other sections of the State, and
many from other States Large delegations
from Springfield, Quincy, Freeport. Princeton,
Joliet, and many other places in Illinois; from
Milwaukee, Kenosba, Janesvile, Madison, and
other towns in Wisconsin; and from several towns
in Indiana were in attendance.
The military part of the procession was the
largest and finest ever seen in Chicago. Ii en-
braced four companies of the Zouave regiment
Gust returned from Springfeld,) the Chicago
Light Guard Hoffman Rangers, Sturges Rifles,
Capt. Phillips and Capt. Gleeson's companies,
Irish Brigade, Capt. LOOMS company, Capt.
Wallis company, (Col. Hecker's regiment and
several others whose designation did not learn.
In all there were about two regiments. They
were preceded by the Great Western brass band,
playing solemn funeral dirge
The funeral car was apparently canopiedwith
the cclors of the republic, and surmounted by a
golden eagle all heavily draped in mourning. 1t
was drawn by six white horses, each led by a
groom, all appropriately caparisoned.
All the civic societies, corporations and crafts
were represented by large delegations in the pro-
ccssion. Among the distinguished gentlemen
from abroad, we observed Senator Grimes and
Ex-senator A. c. Dodge, of Iowa.
AT THE PLACE OF BURIAL.
At seven o'clock Yesterday morning, the Uni
versity Cadets, a military organization composed
of the students in the University of Chicago, to
whom were assigned the duties of a guard of
honor to receive the procession, mounted guard
around the grave. Their lines encompassed an
area of about three acres.
The funeral procession reached the ground
about O'clock. The military entering some dis
lance in advance, filed to the right and left and
formed hollow square around the entire area.
The procession slowly entered and filed up the
space within the square. The Guard of Honor"
comprising the committee of thirty citizens and
the Light Guard, formed smaller circle around
the grave, within which none but the immediate
friends of the family the clergy, the pail bearers
and the committee Of arrangements were admit
ted
The remains taken from the and
placed in the box stationed to receige them over
the grave This done, the RI Rev Bishop Dug
gan, clad i'm the robes of his Office, advanced, and
with uncovered head pronounced the funeral ora
ton.
At the close Of the Bishops Grafton, the re
mains were deposited in the grave, and the i'm
mense assemblage slowly retired.
During the passage of the procession all the
bells i'm the city were tolled and minute guns were
fired by the Illinois Central Light Artillery Com
pany, at the shops of the road-the gun used be-
ing the one recently manufactured by the ma
chinists in the employ of that railway company.