New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-09
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sffIcIAl JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of NEW ORLEANS
GENERAL ANDERSON.


Point.
We copy this report from the New YORK
Times of Thursday:
Yesterday the final honors were pad to
the remains Of the hero OF Sumter, Drlga-
der General Robert Anderson. AS early
as nine o'clock in the morning the two com
panies E and H) of heavy artillery winch
were in Fort Sumter at the time of its
siege by the rebels, and a battery OF light
artillery, were on the ground, taking Mp
their position on Second avenue, between
Second and Third streets. The narrow
iron gateway which gives entrance TO the
Marble Cemetery was guarded by police
men and by a detachment OF the Eighth
United States Infantry. who were actually
in charge of the caskeu then lying III the
receiving house. The regiments OF the
National Guard WHO took part in the cere-
mony we're less prompt in their attendance,
the Seventh being the earliest.
Next came the Seventyfrst then the
Seventy-ninth. and the Ninth arrived Just
as the casket was being placed upon the
caisson. The flag that had waved over the
ruined Notifications Of Sumter was then
brought forward and gracefully draped
over the casket Beautiful flowers in vari-
GUS forms were fastened on the top and on
the sides. the most beautiful being con
tributed bv the members of the Old Guard.
the funeral caisson. The pail bearers ar
rived shortly afterward, consisting Of Bre-
vet Major General S. w. Crawford, General
G.. G. Foster, both of whom were at
Charleston with the dead hero, Brigadier
General j. V. Bomford, Brevet Major Gen
eral Jefferson C. Davis, who were assigned
to the first carriage, and Messrs Hiram
Barney, r. j. Thorne, II. +. Vail and c. ?.
Kirkland who were in the second. The
third carriage was occupied by Charles
Larz Anderson, Of Cincinnati, the brother,
and his eldest son. These preliminaries
having been arranged General Mcdowell,
who, assisted by General Mcheever, was in
charge of the whole matter, gave the word
to advance, and took his seat N the fourth
carriage with Fighting" Joe Hooker
The artillery wheeled into column by sec
tions. the infantry deplOyed into column of
companies all the bands struck up. and TIE
procession began to move at the slOwest
possible pace After all the military, and
the caisson with its honored freight had
moved off, the Anderson Zouaves, with their
torn battle flag, wheeled into column in
rear, followed by the Columbian Command
cry of Knights Templar, headed by General
Bendix, acting commander general and
Commander Frederick w. Herring. Next
came the Pacific Lodge No. 233. commanded
by Isaac Teichman, master. The route lay
through Second avenue up to Eighth street,
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street, then up Fifth avenve to Thirty
fourth street. and down that street to the
pier on the North river, where the steamer
Henry Smith was lying. Along these streets
the people were nassed in crowds to see
the passing of the Solemn pageant and to
listen to the melancholy strains OF the dirge
music. The windows on Fifth avenue pre-
scented dazzling array of pretty heads,
and all the stoops were thronged with eager
gaZers passing comments on the dis
play. The Seventh excited the usual
commentator. and the Ninth called forth
the warmest need Of praise. All the field
officers Of the other regiments were mount
ed, and the head Of the column was taken
by Brigadier General Ward, Assistant Ad-
jutant General Chauncey Mckeever and
Lieutenant Gardiner. of the United States
artillery. all mounted. At Thirty-fourth
street and Tenth avenue the military and
the majority of the carriages halted, the
national guard wheeling into line in front
of the sidewalk. The caisson with its
companied by the old guard and the pail
bearers, and Generals Mcdowell and Me
keever, then went down to the pier, where
they were received by Colonel Conrad OF
the Second United States infantry, in
charge of the steamer and party of engi-
neers. To him the precious freight was in
trusted and it was carried on board, every
the caison. The military pall-bearers then
stepped on board with Mr.. Anderson and
his son. and the members of the press. The
fastenlngs were cast OF, and the steamer
at half-past twelve started for West Point.
At half-past four o'clock the steamer
reached West Point. A caisson decorated
with flags and drawn by four cavalry horses.
ridden by cavalrymen, was in waiting, Gen
eral Ruger, the commandant, and abou: |
twelve officers connected with the school |
and the post were on the pier. The casket |
was fastened on this cassOn. and the pro- |
cession started again, but sadly shorn of !
all the pOrnp and glory OF a military funeral. |
There was no band, there was no military |
escort, there was nothing that could convey |
70 the beholder the fact that Brigatiier |
General of the United States army, and q |
graduate of West Point, and one. moreover, |
who, when tried, had not been found want |
ing in his duties to his country, was being |
taken to his long home, amid tue graves |
of his military brothers. amid the scenes Of |
lis brig ht youth.
Arrived at the cemetery. the coffin was |
lowered into the vault, and the post chap |
lain, DIR. Forsyth, commenced reading the |
beautiful burial service of the Episcopal |
Church. But, very strangely, he omitted |
the most beautiful part, the opening stan |
zas, commencing, Il am the resurrection |
and the life The part commencing, II |
heard voice from heaven say write was |
taken up by Rev. Richard b. Daum. ID. d..
pastor of the Episcopa,ian Church of the
Messiah, IN Brooklyn, who had been pastor
OF General Anderson when he was stationed |
at Trenton before the war. and who had fol-
!oNed his remains from d true and tender
love tor the dead man. He recited the
prayers that followed with great fervor and
pathos which brought sohs from Mr. Amber
son and tears from not a few Of the bearded
warriors around who had been the com
rades Of Anderson. General Foster. stand
ing Ill all the full glory of his magnificent
physique by the side OF the vawninr grave |
dropped something else when he let fan the
earth upon the coffin. for certainly the ex-
IRENE brightness of his eyes was caused bv
starting tears. General Crawford also was
visibly affected. This done. the manned |
rites were not graced by any funeral vollev. |
and the party turned away from the tomb |
in silence and wendell their several ways.
This compilation was made by the New |
York Tribune:
General Walker, superintendent of the
census has issued the statistics OF wealth, |
taxation and public Indebtedness, forming |
part Of the census of 1870. The true value |
of the real and personal estate Of the Union |
is $50, c6S, jlS.507. being nearll " double the |
amount in 1860. when it was sic, l59, 9l6oGe. |
The true value of the real and personal |
estate of New York is $4,000. Sal ,264; i'll |
1860 it was 81, $40, 33S, 81. New York great
ly exceeds in wealth all other States: Penn
sylvania, the next highest, being S},S0S,- |
3i0,li2. Pennsylvania has more than
doubled her wealth since lS00, when it was
$l,4l6, sol ,SlS. The increase in wealth of |
the Union between 1850 and 1860 was. in
round numbers, $4,000, 100000: in the last
decade it was nearly $4,000 GEO. oO. and