The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-04

Banks, Thur,ow Weed, Thomas Rocker,
and the Tribune attaches .ss57s-t
The City Hall Park has been jjafnmed with
thousands Of people endeavorfng to obtain a
last look at the remains of MFR. Greeley as
they lay IN state In the Governors room In
the City Hall. ~ The whole space Of the Park
fs literally packed, and although the crowd
Tiles By the coffin at the rate Of nearly one
hundred o minute, there is no apparent dim.
mutton. The mass extends from Broadway
to Chatham Row. .s-.@z4 ..,,.s..... ..-...-...
The flags on all the buildings throughout
the city and on all the shipping In the harbor
are Mt haif-mast. Great crowds still continue
to arrive by every train and steamboat, and
they add to the general crush to view the
remains Of the late great editor.
Admission to the church tomorrow viii
be by tickets. -, .ls s.... =. =. J,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND HORACE GREELEY.
NEW York, December s.-At the regular
monthly meeting of the Associated Press,
held this day, the following resolutions, Of
fered by Mr.. Erastus Brooks and seconded
by Messrs. Jones and Bangs, were unani-
mously adopted: 49,.
+" "Resolrcd, That ne receive with feelings
Of very deep sorrow intelligence of the death
OF Horace Greeley, the founder of the New
York Tribune, for more than thirty years its
editor.in.chief, and one of the original pro.
prietors IN the organization of the Associated
Press Of the country.
"Resolued, That the newspaper press of
the United, States loses in him one of its
ablest conductors, writer unsurpassed in
the purity OF his English and clearness OF
expression and i'll concise and logical con-
nl1 RI ;ob ho Io
leved TO be founded in truth. In bis event.
ful life we see the success which follows
ernest labor, courageous action, and manly
independence, as well as the evidence of q
temperate, orderly, and well-spent life. We
remember him in connection with our own
calling as q faithful apprentice, good printer
accomplished editor, and liberal proprietor
Losing all this in one for so many years al
only to that Of the public, in whose interest
in the press OF the country and in the forum
Of debate he labored for more than forty
years of his life. .=e.-sE"-ca as rr
"Resolced, That our profoundest sympa
associate und friend in their double affiictioI
Of loss of mother and father within brie
month, and that we tender to them in tneil
81 SOl1ON SluSClC Z u1O 1CSpCSt
".Resolred, That in the recent death o
three of the oldest and most distinguished
editors Of the journals of this city we are ad
monished Of the unteitlinty of life, of thu
instability Of all human affairs, and that al
daily teachers and chroniclers of the great
transactions Of the world it becomes us to bt
ready to meet that summons which only {
little in advance of us has called home oul
late friend and brother. - .s..sJ
"Resolred, That copy of these resolu
tions. signed by the President and Secretary
of the ASSOCIATION, he forwarded to tht
family Of the deceased and published by th'
Associated Press. ,......r@
"Resolred, That the members of this AS
sociation will attend the funeral Of the de
ceased in body.
[Signed] "DAv1D N. STONE, President.
81. ". Eagland; Secretary"