New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-18
WHOLE NUMBER 2l32.

The Damaged Steamer in Port.
ST. JOINS, N. F., March 1.-THE steamer
State OF Alabama, from Glasgow, for New
York. which got into the ice on the twenty.
eighth ultmO, and had several plates.
crushed and was otherwise damaged, is
now at this port discharging.
Obsequies of Senator Sumner.
BOSTON, March 1.-THE obseouies of
senator sumner took place at half past
tnTee rec, O'Clock % last evening, in Kings Chapel.
Inc remains were conveyed from DOric
Hall, IN hearse drawn by four black
horses, escorted by force of mounted State
cOnstables and followed by procession of
the executive and legislative authorities,
the congressional committee and delegation
OF United States officials, the municipal au-
thorities and other bodies.
The pall-bearers were Ex-Governor Bul-
lock, Ex-Governor Clafin, Ex-Governor
Washburne, ex-Chiet Justice Biglow, Hon.
N. P. Banks, Hon. Robert c. Winthrop,
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, John G.,
Whittier and Ralph Waldo Emerson Az
the casket was borne from the hall down
the stairs, Baldwin's band played the
"Dead March in SAUL"
The procession passed directly down Bea-
con street, between masses of people, which
required the vigilant exertiOns of large
police force to prevent from encroaching
upon the street. Preceding the mayor were
four men who bore a massive crOss, nine
feet in height, composed of camelias, lilies
of the valley, viOlets and other choice ex-
otics. At the base, in a bed of white violets,
were the words: "A tribute from his native
city and home"
It is probably one of the finest floral offer
ings ever seen in this city, and attracted
the attention of thousands before it was
moved from the main entrance of the City
Hall. Arrived at the church, the remains
were conveyed slowly down the aisle and
deposited in front Of the altar.
After the organ prelude, the Rev. Mr..
FOote recited in tremuIOus voice the
beautiful sentence of st. John: II am the
resurrection and the life, saith the Lord He
who believeth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live, and whose iveth and be-
ieveth in me shall never die"
Then followed the words of Job: knew
that my RedeeIner iveth, and that He shah
stand at the latter day upon the earth, and
though after my skin, worms destroy this
body yet in my flesh shall see God. We
brought nothing into this world, and we
can carry nothing out. The Lord gave and
the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the
name Of the Lord.
The choir then sang Newmarket choral,
"To thee, 0 Lord, yield my spirit" Mr..
FoOte then read the thirty ninth and nine
tieth Plsams, the choir chanting the alter
nate passages, and selections from the if
teenth chapter of the first Corinthians.
The burial service was then read, after
which the choir sang Mendelssohn's beau
titul anthem: Happy and blest are they
who have endured. for though the body
dies, the soul shall live forever"
Mr.. Foote then read touching the passage
of the service beginning, 'man that is born
of woman is of few days and full of
trouble. He cOmeth up and is cut down
like flower. He faileth as it were as a
shadow, and never continueth to stay" 4
The choir then sang Gastorious' choral,
"Leave God to order all thy ways" Prayer
of the service followed, after which the
choir sang Montgomery's hymn, Servant
of God, we'll done" Mr.. Foote then pro-
nOunced benedictiOns and "MendelsshOn's
Funeral March" was played upon the organ
as the remains were removed from the
church.
The procession then reformed, and the
cortege proceeded through Beacon and
Charles streets to Cambridge bridge, and
thence to Mount Auburn, where it arrived
shortly after six o'clock. At the grave the
Lords prayer was recited by Rev. DIR. Sun
derland, chaplain Of the United States
Senate.
choir of forty male voices from Apollo
Club sung some appropriate music, and q
benedictiOn by the Rev. Mr.. Foote closed
the last sad rites paid to the mortal remains
of Massachusetts senior Senator and BOs-
tons hOnOred son.
In accordance with Governor Washburn's
proclamation, the bells were tolled during
all the time that the procession was moving.
A vast crowd, numbering many thousands,
gathered in the vicinity of the State House
and chapel, and lined the route OF the pro-
cessiOn.
No Freshet mt Augusta.
AUGUSTA, March 1.-THE river is twenty
five feet high. The rain has ceased, and
apprehensiOns of a freshet are removed.
Waylaid and Murdered.
T. B. Farrow, while returning from a
circus performance at Batesville, South
Carolina, last Saturday night, was waylaid
and murdered, and then robbed, by two
negroes, who made their escape.
Suicide of an Ex.Army Officer.
SAN Francisco, March 17-Colonel o. P.
Robe, formerly of the United States army,
committed suicide yesterday.
Great Snow storm-RaiIrond Trains
BlOckaded.
The Central Pacific railroad is again
blocked near Emigrant Gap.
The snow at Summit is fully twenty five
feet deep on level.
The telegraph poles and wires are buried
out of sight half the distance from Emgrant
Gap to Truckee.
Later-The Snow Blockade Raised.
The snow blockade has been again raised
and trains are moving each way.
Railroad Complications.
MEMPHIS, March 1.-THE directors of the
Memphis and Charleston railroad to-day re-
fused to accept the proposition of the South
ern Security Company to annul the lease,
restore the control Of the road to the stock
holders on payment of bonds of $l60,000,
which the Security Company claim to have
lost in running connecting roads.
Schooner Wrecked.
BALTIMORE, March 1.-THE schooner D.
K. BrockfOrd, hence for Charleston, before
reported ashore on the middle ground of
Chesapeake Bay, will prove total loss.
Independent Changers.
ALBANY, March 1.-THE Independent
Grangers recognized the National Council,
organized at Springfield, as supreme au-
th0rity of the order in the United States.
About thirty subordinate councils are
now ready to be instituted.
Council No. /, of Albany, is to be in full
operation next week.
A New Sensation in North Carolina.
RALEIGH, March 17-Passengers from the
west on this mornings train confirm the re-
ports received of the rumbling noises and a
general upheaving of Bald mountain in
West Carolina. People living on and near
the mountain are moving out, and volcanic
eruption is momentarily expected.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 1--we have
no positive information of the volcanic
disturbance reported from Raleigh. 1t is
reported from Ashville as being between
that place and Old Fort and not in the
Bald mountains. The rumbling sound has
been head and felt frequently during the
last two or three weeks, for some distance
in that vicinity.
The Temperature.
The thermometer at Touia EriOario's No