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brought those together VINO, hau DOT acatt
stepped in, would seldom so meet. Near,
est TO the head Of the cOfiu sat President
Grant /; next to him Secretary Fish, and
nearest tse foot 3euatOr Sehurz. Aud
here, in the presence Of this death. they
were all moved alike to tears. The ma
ton in Its three hransbes, legislative, e
ecutive and judicial, stood close around
the coffin. and the people from all quarters
Of the land looked down upon it. The
eyes of the great throng seemed to wan
der from the coffin to the one empty chair
and upoceupied desk, and back 10 the fea-
tsres Of the dead Senator in his cofis. The
religious exercises we're brief, lasting but
half an hour, aud at their close Senator
Carpenter, in a tone and manner which
none who heard and felt will ever forget,
made this simple AMI beautiful announce
ment 'Aud now the Senate of the I'M
tied States eutrusts the remains OF Charles
Sumner to Its sergeant-at-arms and the
committee appointed 10 convey them to
his home, there TO commit them, earth to
earth, ashes to ashes. dust to dust, in the
soil Of the Commonwealth Of Massachu-
sets. Peace to his ashes" 1t was by
far the most impressive sentence uttered
in the chamber, and all were deeply moved
by it. At the close of the services the
remains were taken to the station, aud the
committee and Massachusetts delegation
left with them at 3 O'Clock.
THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
The special train bearing Mr.. Summers
remains, and the delegation accompanying
them to Massachusett consisting of ole
parlor car and an express car drared in
black,-lcft Washington at 3 O'Clock, ar
rived in Baltimore at 4.l0, passed Havrc-
de.Grace at SIG and arrived at Whining
ton, Del, at 9.3S, where it stopped to al
low the passengers to partakc Of refresh
ments. There was no demonstration at
Baltimore, it being unknown at what hour
the train would arrive. but a large crowd
had gathered at Wilmington. The train
reached Philadelphia a little before s.
when the box was opened and the caskct
exposed to view, but M crowd was prss-
ent, owing to the uncertainty Of the time
of arrival, and the casket was viewed by
railroad officials only. During the uf-
a delegation of colored citizens
had telegraphcd James kalney, a colored
member Of the House from South Caro-
lima aud one of the committee having IN
the remains, that they would be
at the depot on the arrival Of the train,
10 lay a floral tribute upor the coffin, but
the delegation did no, arrive until after
departure of the train, and the wreath
and crown, composed Of japoniicas, i'm
morielles and camellias, was shipped at
once to Boston. The train arrived at the
City depot at II o'clock, Quite
crowd had gathered to witness the trans.
to the ferry boat, among the number
being a delegation of colored men from
who, upon tho arrival Of the
remains in New York, and 10 company
with a detachment of Metropolitan police.
,ctel az an escort to the Fifth Avenue
lotel.
The remains of Charles Sumner reach
ID the State house in Boston CD Saturday
The train conveying the body
eft New York at 10 o'clock, Saturday (
morning, the cofin having renamed at
he Fifth Avenue hotel, where the con-
,ressional party stopped, during The stay
II the city. Much dissatisfaction was OK.
that no provision had been made
Or allowing the body to be placed in
tate, even for the few hours it remained
u the city. AT O'Clock, Saturday morn.
ng. the coffin was placed in q hcarsc,
ind the procession, escorted by a delega-
Ion Of the Union League club, went TO
he Grand Central depot, from which the
party proceeded by the 10 O'clock
lightning express for Boston.
Demonstrations Of respect were paid
the funeral train at almost every station
where i! stopped. The distinguished par
ty accompanying the remains including
the following members of the Massachu-
sets delegation in Congress-aIl but Sen.
ator Boutwell, and Representative Crock
or, who were kept in Washington by sick
ness-Dawes, Butler, BnfintOn, Gooch.
e. II. Hoar, G. Il. Hoar, Hooper. Harris,
Pierce, Senator Sumner Off. L., McCreery
of Kentucky and Foster Of Ohio; Rev.
DR.. Sunderland, chaplain of tho Senate ;
H. Field. A. A. Lowe and S. b.
Chittenden, representing the New York
chamber of commcrce. There were 9TH
crs in the party, but these we're the most
prominent. The remains of Sumner were
IN a handsome casket in a baggage car.
by eight of the capitol police
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