Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-24

HoNoRs TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES
F. DANA.-On Saturday we made the
sad announcement of the death of our
esteemed friend, Charles Francis Dana,
of Boston. The high regard in which
he was held in the city and State of his
residence il aba ndantly shown in the
cnaste and loving tribute paid to his
memory by His Exeellency, Governor
Bullock OF Massachusetts,, which Is
given below, accompanied with notices
of the meeting OF his classmates and the
funeral, taken from the Boston Journal
of Saturday:
a meeting of the Executive Council was
held at IL o'clock yesterday to officially
notice the decease of Hon. Charles F.
Dana, Councillor from the Suffolk Dis.
trict. All the members OF the Council
were present. After coming to order,
His Excellency, Gov. Bullock, submitted
the following communication in writing.
The orders were adopted unanimously,
each member risipgin his seat:
CoMMoNwEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
BosroN Oct. Is, 1867.
Gentlemen Of the Council Since we last
met respected and esteemed member OF
this Council has been taken from us by
death. The Honorable Charles Francis
Dana, the Councillor from the Fourth
District, died suddenly at his residence
In Boston, on Wednesday morning, the
10th instant. .m sure that We all re-
call the circumstances of our last meet
ing, in which he participated with us
and bore as usual manly and useful
part. That was On Friday last; and
to day, sitter the lapse Of one week, we
meet again, to follow his mortal re-
mains to the last resting place.
Mr.. Dana, when he died, was thirty
seven years of age. He early in life
went abroad, where he passed ten years,
mostly at Antwerp. During his resi-
dence there he became well acquainted
withseveral of the continental languages,
especially the French and German. So
modest and uupretending was he, as to
all his attachments, that doubt if many
persons at the State House were ap-
prised OF them. Yet uron several occa'
sions, which rember, they have proved
a great convenience to the Executive
and credit to the State, when the Coun-
gentlemen, who could speak but poorly
our language, while he was called in to
speak we'll their own. This service he
had rendered, before, to the benefit OF the
| city OF Boston, when he was member
Of its Board of Aldermen. He entered
Harvard College in an advanced class, in
l849, and was graduated in 1852. He
studied for the profession of the law.
But his life was mainly passed in the
discharge of social and domestic duties.
Having served two years in the govern
ment OF the city, he was elected to the
Executive Council, where he was COM
pletng his second year when nvert.ken
| by death.
In this Council We have all observed
his intelligence, his integrity and his
modesty. Upon the Committees of Ac.
counts and Pardons his services Aave
seemed to me most valuable to the Com
monwealth. In both of these relations
he was ever scrupulous, never unkind or
ungenerous, but ut all times firm. With
| the utmost confidence | have entrusted
to him accouts amounting to millions
Of dollars, and you have received his re-
ports With the same conf fence. / have
not known him to deviate from con
scientious judgment to please any man.
The voluminous accounto which now lie
upon his desk, where they have accumu.
lated during his brief sickness, cannot
pass into better bands than his.