The Portland daily press., 1870-02-02
Especial Dispatch by Western Union Linel

Boston, Feb. 1.-The special funeral train
leaving full hour behind time, ran easily over
the whole route to Peabody, making little effort
to recover lost minutes, and taking only a
trife less than four hours for the trip. At
every station and cross road from end to end
of the route the people turned out in immense
crowds to see the train. They came on foot,
they came in wagons, they came in seighs and
on horseback. There was hardly mile with
out its crowd of curious spectators. The first
stop was made at 2 o'clock at Kennebunk,
where wood and water was taken in. Multi
tudes here clambered on to the train and as
many were admitted to the funeral car as there
was time for. Three o'clock brought the train
to Portsmouth, whore countless multitndes
thronged every avenue of approach to the de-
pot and a band of music drawn. upon the
platform played as the train rolled in. Capt
Fairfax and number of civilian passengers
here left the cortege, but the stay was very
brief. Just beyond Newburyport there was
another stop, at Ipswich there was fourth
and at Beverly the fifth. AT all these places
the band of the 9TH Artillery played dirge as
long as it was within hearing At Beverly
there was some further OBJECTIONS from the
PNAsoA>S
thence to Boston, while the funeral train kept
on through North Salem to Peabody. AS it
approached the end of it's journey the excite
ment among the neighboring inhabitants
seemed to increase, and tor the last few miles
there was hardly break in the crowd along
the road Passing through the outskirts of
Salem the train was saluted by field piece on
one of the river docks, and a few minutes later
it rolled into the depot at Peabody. Here the
railway buildings were draped in black, the
flags were at half mast and bordered with
GRAPE and the crowd of spectators not only ex-
ceeded all computation for its numbers, but
seemed to be made up of the reputable people.
The farmers were there in their rude sledges
and the nabobs of Beacon street came in their
fancy sleighs. The Sutton Guards, named
after Gen. William Sutton, here acted as the
Guard of Honor and received the coffin as it
was removed from the car. A funeral car was
in waiting, consisting of very high bier, al
most pyramidal in its structure, to the top of
which the coffin was conveyed by sort OF
portable inclined plane or scaffolding. 1t had
no canopy, and, though rich and tasteful, was
not comparable with the one used in Portland.
The procession was formed without much de-
lay. The band and four companies of the 9Th
U. S. Artillery preceded the car with its Guard
of Honor; three or four carriages following
with the Peabody family Capt. Amy, Com
mander Harmony and few other naval
officers and the remnants of the committees of
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Boston, Bal
timore, Portland and Peabody, marching two
BY two on foot. There was abundant snow on
the ground, but it was hard, so the marching
was good. AT the Peabody Institute, which is
not quarter of a mile from the depot, the
troops fell into line and presented arms, the
committees and civilians filed into the hall and
the coffin, after it had with some difficulty been
brought down the inclined plane, was borne in
by twelve strong clumsy men and deposited in
the catafalque. This is plain but rich struc-
ture, much less elaborate than the one in Port
land and much lower, and the decorations of the
hall generally trivial compared with those
in your city. The Library Hall, however, is
not we'll suited for affairs of this kind, and be-
sides Peabody is very small place. After the
coffin had been deposited in its place the
officers of the artillery companies came in to
view it, a guard was posted and the rest of the
procession, after viewing the portrait of Queen
Victoria and other testimonials exposed at the
head of the coffin, broke to pieces and FILTERED
away. About half the company were after
wards entertained at Gen. Sutton, house, the
other half under the hospitable oversight of
Dr. Osborne and Mr.. Blaney, were invited to
handsome supper at Symond's Hotel, and at
73O P. NJ. the special train went on to Boston
with as many of the party as chose to go.
About two thirds of those who left Portland
this morning awaited themselves of this priv
ilege ID.
A dispatch to the Associated Press describes
the catafalaue and the decoration of the hall
more infinitely:
A canopied catafalque 10 feet long by Z wide
and 10 feet high occupied the centre of the
apartment. The bed for the reception OF the
casket was raised about three feet from the
floor and covered with black velvet. ornament
ed with silver fringe at the Sides Eight cher
ubim in silvered bas relief were placed at each
corner of the base aud an elaborate wreathed
monogram of the initials of the deceased in sill
yer was prominent in 'front.' the Peabody arms
and motto, "MurUs Eneus C5nScientia Saaa,
occupying like position at the opposite end.
The canopy was of Grecian design, supported
by four velvet clothed columns futed with sill
yer cord The gabled summit at the front end
enclosed pair of heavy silver torches crossed,
and that atthe rear end winged hour grass
emblematie of the flight of time. The north
side was ornamented by wreath enclosing 13
stars, and the south side by single star en-
closed in a serpent wreath, sigplfying eternal
memory The upper corners were set off by
arabesque ornaments in which We're set mourn
mo nlnmes in black and white. Four incense
urnS the pedestals of which were six feet high,
occupied suitable positions at the sides. The
surrounding objects were draped with Grape,
incindino the statues of Peabody, Hawthorne,
Shakespeare, Milton and Webster, and the
beautiful portrait of Queen Victoria, and 9TH
er public testimonials to the worth of their re-