The Portland daily press., 1868-08-18
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE FUNERAL OF THADpEus STEVENS.

LANCASTER, Aug. 11.-Many places through
out the city are draped in mourning, together
with the newspaper offices, Post Office, house
| of fire company, of which the deceased had
| long been member, and other offices. Flags
| are all at halt mast The event seems to have
made deeper impression on the community
| than any other for years. The first down train
| this morning brought an immense number OF
people from Harrisburg and the vicinity, add
| ing to an already vast crowd in the city. The
| remains are now being visited by thousands,
| and it is with difficulty the passages can be
| kept open 50 as to give all an opportunity to
| see. From every direction the people are pour
| ing in, and the crowd IS now greater imam we
| have seen for years. Among the arrivals are
| Gov Geary Gen. Cameron, Col. Forney, sew
| eral State officers and a number of other well
known faces.
The coffin was decorated with wreaths and
a cross of evergreens and white lilies The
face was becoming somewhat dscolored, Pre-
vious to the arrival of the trains, the people
of that vicinity began to come i'll by hundreds,
vehicles lining the streets and the people the
sidewalks. The first train brought from Har-
rlSburg George Geary Senator Cameron, Gen.
Hntzleman and several officers of the de-
p2rtments, and number of citizens from New
York and another large delegation. They pro.
ceeded to visit the remains, finding some diff
Guilty in reaching the door account of the
crowd, even at that early hour, but still they
came, filling the streets, the scene exceeding
anything witnessed for years, but there was no
confusion or disorder The trains westward
next arrived the regular bringing large dele
cations from various points along the rout,,
one of the finest of which came from West
chester The special train from Philadelphia
brought the Mayor and Councils of that CITY,
Delegations from tine " InvinciDes and the
Union League" the latter carrying SPLEEN
did banner draped in MORNINGS and also a rep
resentation from the colored citizens of Phila-
deIphia, including committee from the Ban
nerker Literary Institute. The city was by
this time literally filled by the vast crowd, and
now the various organizations began TO mus
Ter Tor the procession, all turning out in large
humDers, and despite the difficulties incident
TO the crowded streets, they were promptly
forme By the efficient marshal, Col. Ulbarr.
AT two o'clock the services at the house were
commenced with an invocation by the Rev. A.
III. Keimer, of the First Dutch Reformed
Church. Rev. Bishop Bgler, of the Moravan
Church then read the 9th psam. Rev. e. II.
Nevn followed in prayer. The coffin was clos
ed and conveyed to the hearse by the pail
bearers and the line of the procession began TO
move as follows: Captain of police and CITY Do
lice. Chief Marshal and aids, the fire DEPART
ment; the Shiffler's d" had the left, it being
the company of which deceased was for many
years member and officer the city cornet band,
the Mayor and Council and School Board of
Lancaster County, officers of the United States
and officers of the 9th district the medical fac.
ulty, members of the press, trustees faculty
and students of the Franklin and Marshall
caleges, Monery Lodge of Odd Fellows, junior
order of the American mechanics Westches-
ter delegation, deputation cOlored citizens of
Philadelphia and other places, including a
representation of the b GARD of Aldermen from
Washington city, Republican, nvncbes, I'm.
ion leagne of philadelphia with draped banner,
Mayor and Councils of Philadelphia, bar of
La ncaster, Geu. Geary and State officers, COM
mitsee of arrangements clergy, pail bearers,
haarse attended by committee of escort fsom
Washington and the relatives of deceased in
carriages.
The procession of citizens, which wa, in
tended to close the procession was abandoned |
as the crowd was so great as to make it impos- |
sble to form into line, and they moved in |
masses toward the burial ground in advance of |
the procession proper The line marched up |
South Queen street to Centre Square, out East |
Nln9 to Lime, up Lime to Chestnut and down |
Chesnut to the cemetery, where the various |
organizations divided to the right and left, and
tne clergy and hearse and it's attendants pass
Gu tntouSh, ana the procession closed ND in the |
rear. Not one-tenth of the vast assemblaoa
could ind standing room within the grounds. |
and the streets on all sides Were blocked up |
during the entire progress Of the ceremonies |
ana very few of necessity could hear the voices |
Of the speakers.
Arriving at the cemetery the burial service |
Of the Lutheran Church was read by Rev. w.
v. Gotwald, after which the Rev. DR.. Wom-
bert of St James Episcopal Church delivered |
an address. Rev. j. S. Hurlock then read a
prayer from the Lutheran burel service, after
which DR.. Gray, Chaplain of the U. S. Senate,
made closing remarks, concluding as follows:
: Aud now, till the morning OF the resurrec-
ton, we commit all that remains of our depart
ed friend to the grave, and to the guardianship
OF that God who watches alike over the living
and dead and as the mouth of the grave closes
upon this sacred dust we will pray God to give
to Vermont another son, to Lancaster another
citizen, to Pennsylvania another statesman,
to the country another patriot, to the poor an
other friend, to freedom another banetactor.
and to the world another man like Thaddeus
Stevens" r.
An anthem, Rest in peace" was sur by
the choir, aud the Benediction pronounced by |
kew Kew z. ID. Torrey, when the services closed |
Ihe whsle day was remarkably free from dis |
order. The number of persons in the process |
sion and at the ceremony is estimated at15,0OO. |