The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-12

Der this morning to the distinguished
n personages previously determined up
on, President Grants ticket being sent
/, to him at his hotel, and thereafter, al
about half past 10 o'clock, the party
E took carriages and left for the church,
according to programme.
Broadway was lined with spectators
awaiting the funeral procession, and
flags are suspended at half mast from
nearly all the buildings on either side
of the whole length of the thorough
fare.
New YORK, Dec 4.-The interior OF
the Church of the Divine Paternity,
where Mr.. Greeley's obsequies were
held, presenteda beautiful appearance.
Grape was suspended in profusion,
and exquisite floral offerings We're dis
played, having appropriate designs.
At the rear of the pulpit is a sheaf of
wheat from Chappaqua, in the form
of a crown, and suspended over head,
a pen and an AK. A floral wreath at
the left of the pulpit bore the letter
'H, also in flowers. There was also
q floral plow from the Tribune office.
Outside Of the church were throngs
waiting in respectful silence. The po-
lice stood in front of the church as
guard. The church was opened
about half past 10 o'clock, although
ladies had been previously admitted,
and filed the galleries. During the
hour which elapsed before the arrival
of the procession, strains of music
were disceursed by the choir.
Among the first celebrities to arrive
was Gov. Hoffman. President Grant
and Senator Roscoe Conkling soon af.
ter entered, and Immediately follow
ing them were Henry Wilson, Minis
ter Washburne, and Secretary Belk-
nap, who sat at the right of the pull
pit. There were also Gen. Schurz,
Lyman Truinbull, and Vice-President
Colfax, who took seat near the Pres
ident. The crowds outside extended
as far as the eye could reach on either
side of Fifth avenue, waiting the az
rival of the procession.
At IL o'clock the funeral procession
started from Mr.. Sinclair's house, on
Forty-ffth street Many affecting
scenes took place there during the
morning. Mr.. Greeleys daughters
were inconsolable in their grief The
corpse was borne by ten men. Next
came the chief mourners; then the
Tribune Association next the Herald
Club. Then followed succession of
civil and military officers, according
to programme. '..4
At 20 minutes past II the process
sion entered the church. The solem-
nifty of the scene was most impressive,
and the stiffness was such that it
seemed as though the people in the
church scarcely breathed. Promi
nent among those who slowly wound
their way up the central aisle were
Thurlow Weed, W. NJ. Evarts, and
Mayor Hall. There were also present
Postmaster General Creswell, Gen.
Sheriden, Gov. Randolph, Of New
Jersey, and committee of the Union
League Club.
The Rev. DR.. Chaplin opened the
ceremonies by reading an appropriate
selection from the Scriptures.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg next
sang very touchingly, 81 know that
my Redeemer iyeth," after which
Henry Ward Beecher delivered the
funeral oration.
He spoke substantially as follows:
When men have filed the household
of God with their presence, it is not
surprising that we miss them when
they leave us forever; and yet they
are constantly, like as in the present
case, going from us, and others are
being called upon by means of the
heavenly, impulse to take their places
in the great cause of Gods truth.
The occasion, my friends, is a solemn
and sublime one, and we forget the
strife and contest of the world-that
strife that separated us politically in
the affairs of the nation-and JOIN in
this meeting to weep over the remains
of him who is now in our presence,
soon to be taken from us, but whose
memory shall live forever in the annals
of the country. Who is this man
whom we are here to-day to commem-
crate? For thirty years he has filed
the land with the greatest contro-
versy. Hewas man of war, and yet of
civic honors; private citizen, and yet
we honor him one and all. The Pres
ident of the United States and his
officers are here to bow in silence to
the will of God in taking from us our
great brother. A little time ago, and
we were in fierce battle with the great
dead, the leader of one side, and yet
now he lies ifeless before us. 1t is
because the man was something more
than professional man; SO good and
noble that he had few compeers; it
is for these reasons that we assemble
here to mourn the loss of Horace