Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-18


Banks introduced orders that a con'ml''ee
Of three from the Senate and live from the
House should be appointed TO meet he
body aud that another committee OF The
same size should DC appointed TO provide
for the delivery Of u eulogy before The
Legislature. aud a third to take charge OF
the funeral obsequIes in this state. which
shall be held in the Doric hall of the State
House Oh Monday. at 8 o'clock, aud also
TO invite the city Government OF Boston
to participate.
The session Of the House-exccpt an
opening haIf-hour Of busiuess-was similar
TO that OF the Senate.
The House concurred with the Senate
in lis action relative to the conduct OF the
funeral. Both branches adjourned over
ill Monday.
Both branches of the City Government
Of Boston met for the purpose OF taking
measures with reference TO the death Of
Charles Sumner. Addresses eulogistIc OF
the deceased, were made by Mayor Cobb
aud other gentlemen. aud u series OF APP
probate resolutions were read and adopted.
THE END.
The honors which have been paid Mr..
Sumner ever since his death culmi-
mated, Monday, in his funeral III his ma
tive city. The remains Of Charles Sum-
nc! were carried from the State house TO
the venerable Kings chapel, where a fit
ting service was held, lasting one hour
aud "a half. From the chapel 10 Mount
Auburn the scene reminded one more of an
ovation ttan Of u funeral. The process
sion itself was mainly noticeable for its
length and the absence of display. The
only indications Of anything marital were
the band and the squadron Of mounted
police, and they were. not enough to mar
the appropriately civic appearance of the
line. Even The he9lse Was much palmer
than is used at an ordinary fashionable
funeral, aud the six black horses that
drew it were without piunes. On either
side rode "A b~ody-guurd, mounted on white
horses. Otherwise. the procession was
only noticeable in that numbered sonc
300 hacks anu was over a mile in length.
From the chapel 10 tie grave the route
vas iriDged deep % either side with the
people who had turned out Gu masse.
There they had stood patiently for hours,
waiting for u chance to uncover their
heads as the dust of the great nnp went
by. Very many Of the houses along the
way we've draped in mourning. aud some
of the draping was quite elaborate.
Slow y. the long procession wenied its
way into Mount Auburn, just as the sun
was sinking behind the clouds that lowered
over the western hills. Reverently the
crowds gathered about the open grave.
and very tenderly the casket was lifted
from It's place and the body placed beside
It's long home. Then Rev. Mr.. Sunder-
land, chaplain Of the United States Senate,
read the burial service, while the immedi-
ate mourners and the masses stood with
heads uncovered. Close around the open
grave stood the dignitarics of the state and
uation, and back of them the people, COW
cred the western hiIl-sides. which rose like
an amphitheatcr Oh three sides. At the
head OF the grave, n giant tree doomed up
alone aud grandly. but its main branches
were broken short III near the trunk. aud,
like Il gian' stricken in his strength. it al
most seemed to typity the giant who was
% res among its roots. Toward the west
the view was unohstructcC 10 the last rim
OF hills, behind which the sun was already
set, while the clouds gathering above had
cast II twilight gloom over all the scene.
save a single glorlfed >po, where the sun
streamed through u rift. And so they
lowered the great S euator to his last rest.
Then the people crowded reverently around
to take u last look, and first one, timid-
ly, and then many, broke off u bit of cy.
prus, cast il upon the cofiu, and turned
and ven away.
A touching incident at the grave wos
the placing of a beautiful wreath aud
cross upon the coffin just before It was
lowered by Il daughter of the poet Long
fellow. Mr.. Longfellow himself aud Ralph
Waldo Emerson stood arm in arm beside
the grave.
REMINIsCENCEs, COMMENTS. ETC.
From the Boston Advertiser.
There IS a very general, but erroneous
impression, that MIR Summer was cold and
arrogant in the intercourse of private life,
accessible TO none but his personal friends.
ana i%nattrnlive to business. inquiries and
suggestions of his constituents. But moth
ing could be further from the truth. He
was always ready to receive graciously the
humblest person who had the slightest claim
upon his time, and few public men ia Wash.
ington have been better liked by the news
paper correspondents than Dir. Sumner.
The merchants of Boston will testify to
his practical acquaintance with their nee.
essities and interests, aud also TO his uu-
varying promptness in responding to all
reasonable demands for aid or information
No 'etter addressed to him, unless it was
OF a frivolous character. was ever allowed
TO go unanswered, and a far larger portion
ct his correspondence Than Is customary
with men in his position was despatched
by his own hand. He was constantly 10
receipt of letters asking for his autograph.
aud an instance of his good nature 10 com.
plying with these requests once Game un-
der our observation. During the first year
OF the war The Senator irauked d good
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