The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-10
ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS OF
MISS SEWARD AT AUBURN, N. r.
Affecting Scenes nt the House of Mr..
SeWard--The Life and Character OF

Affecting Scenes at the House of Mr..
SeWard--The Life and Character of
Miss Seward.
The AdverttSeT and Union, of Auburn,
N. Y, after rehearsing the funeral
scenes in Washington, speaks OF the
arrival of the remains of Miss Seward
in that city and of the touching scenes
at the house after the coffin was opened,
as follows: a.
Her remains, attended by her father
and family, with other relatives and
friends, including DR.. ii. Robinson, Jr.,
her physician, reached this city by
special train last evening, and were
met at the depot by pail bearers, select
ed from her most Intimate friends here;
by. a COMMITTEES, consisting of the pall-
bearers who served at her mothers
funeral more than a year ago, and by a
large number of other citizens and
conveyed TO the family residence on
South street, where they now are. The
scene at the house at the opening of the
coffin, no poor language of ours can de-
scribe. The venerable father bent over
the casket as the undertaken removed
the cover, with his face written all over
with the intensest anxiety 70 behold
her face once more, and with a
sigh from his inmost heart of hearts,
turned to the relatives and friends with
the remark, "There she is; come and see
hee.n There was not, for there could
not have been, dry eye in the room.
The Secretary soon recovered himself
sufficiently to receive the condolence of
his attending neighbors and friends.
Her death being regarded here as the
resulting consequences ofthe shock she
received at the time of the assassination
tragedy which carried away her beloved
mother, the memory OF all those pain
IN HGanRH InRtnnflET JarF.tllnG
mingled with sympathies for the pres
ent bereavement. We did not fail to
recall the scene, so we'll described by
Addison when the dead body of CatoIs
son was brought to him. 1t was hard
very hard for that stout-hearteEl patriot
10 lose his boy, but being Roman he.
nevertheless essayed to speak:
-t'W Who would not be that youth2
1 should have blushed II CatoB house had
Secure and hourished in a Own war;
Hard as this terrible affiiction l,hs
been to Secretary Seward land lhari
enough to have crushed any person
beside him, he has never been heard to
murmnr nor utter single word of
complaint.
To heart Of remarkable purity and
tenderness, and temper OF uniIsunII
sWeetnees and serenity, Fanny had
been carefully educated In all the things
which belong to gentle, elevated chris.
tan character, She resembled her
sainted mother in all that was delicate,
attectionate, dutiful and religious. Her
earliest tastes for reading were best
gratifed with works of the most exalted
and chastened order, and her pen has
lettSraceS of thought which seem onlYi
TO fall short of divine inspiration. Az
ter the death of her mother she UNDER
took, by all the means in her power, to
III, SO far as II was possible, her place
in her fathprSa hOnanfan old end ~ fTs,1ffC,,g5
and all that filial affection could do TO
that end abe faithfully performed. But
the painful scenes before referred to 80
greatly shocked her delicate nervous
skin has been unable to restore her.
With occasional intervals, afTordin0
some promise OF ultimate recovery, abe
gradually declined until the time Of her
death.
She was greatly beloved by all who
knew her:
She was a devoted member Of the