The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-26
ENGLAND.
The WIN of the Late Artemas Ward. .

AS conflicting acc ounts have been circulated
respecting the disposal of Mr.. Browns property,
we append the following as the substance of his
beQuests:-
To the children of Mr. Kingston (his AGENT, two in
number, he leaves each $500.
Of his real estate the value Of which Is at least $O
Greeley, trustee, for the purpose of founding
asylum Tor decayed printers.
sent receiving their education AT the school IN which
The rest of his personally devoted the object of
providing for the education of George Stevens an in
tegent youth fourteen, who has been his constant
attendant and companion for the last two years The
% c 0r n ans en his to m on
the periecting of his education. Mr. Brown stated
afS ms U2SSs oSe M WI a he 10 how
little he knew, and how important 1t was to learn"
His funeral took place at Kensal Green Gene
terry on Saturday, the 9th OF March. The mourn.
tul procession started from the residence of
Charles MIllWard, Esq, one OF his most cherished
friends. The hearse was drawn by four hne
black horses, and 1t was followed by tour car
riages, each having tour horses. The first car
riaae aimed Mr.. Hineston George Stevens,
and DR.. Croft. The second was occupied by
the Enelish all'bearers-Andrew Halliday,
the third by the American pall:bearers-
Major Charles S. Dix, MIR. Ed. Curtis, of
New York, Laurence Barrett, OF New York, a.
Chadbourne, of California; the fourth by Lon.
don literary friends. The carriage OF the Ame-
rcan Minister, occupied by the Secretary Of
| Legation, cane next; then the private
broug hams of Messrs. Halliday, Toole, Hood,
| Pond, Sothern, and others in all, twenty car
rages, About sixty members of the Savage
Club, of which Artemus had been elected a
member, Joined the procession at the entrance
of the Cemetery, as did also the principal mem
bers of the literati OF London the leading
actors, authors, etc.
The beautiful service of the Church of Eng
| land was read by the rector in a most impress
| siye manner, and when he came to the words,
/ ''earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust
IU
| into the catacombs below the church. Ladies
| closed around the mouth of the tomb, and show
cred beautiful flowers upon the coffin.
After the service had been concluded, Mr.. M.
| ID. Conway by special request OF the Savage
| Club, addressed the large assemblage. The
church was crowded to sutfocation. The follow
ing is a very imperfect sketch, as the crowd rem
| dered it impossible to take a report
He said;-It had often been remarked that the foun
was closely followed by tragedy. In the ground
fine wits, whose memories were intimately as
for ber T dss o Seg o SnS SSU " and o0 a
often happened for their early deaths How often die
Of irfnlle Jest and humor must be made, as ii
the Play Of Hamlet on his skull, And how mean
they were sitting before the friend whom they hae
and delighted with the fine touches of his humor, h
was wasting away before them and that the flashes
suming his life There was something in ali this; bu
the % Tehecqon 6ic was stu more melancholy that h
native lana, ana lar away from that mothe
|, had been here surrounded by friends, and tende
by them with feelings true and genuine, fact that h
= (Mr, Conway was sure the countrymen OF decease
would never forget. That was not the place TO DIVE
on any criticism upon his works. The verdict of tn
entire literary world had been given on the subjec
and that verdict placed him in the ranks
the finest and most exquisite humorists of h
10 time, They all knew how line, how bright and ho
delicate We're the setsibites which were required
make up man Of fine ana genuine humor, and til
| verdict given in both countries In respect to hi
| would, he sure, be confirmed by poslerity.
I | Artemas Ward there no meanness, cORr5
| ness no vice. He had lived in the public eye tro
7 | his youth upward. He had been known, while yet
how as an editor of a paper In far Ohio. He had ais
e | been known in the same capacity IN New YORK an
| san Francisco, and all the way from New York
| san Francisco. Thus he was man who had live
= | In the public eye and been criticized during n
= | Whole lifetime, and he (Mr. Conway would ventu
| 10 affirm that he had never met with one who
he had not made his friend. and never lost filler
I | that he had made. He had never use
, | his great powers of humor for that biting pu
, pose which WRa Implied the wOca sarcasm but hI