The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-08-05
DUST TO DUST.
ANDREW JoHNsoNs FUNERAL

ANDREW JOHNSON - FUNERAL
THE LONE GRAVE AT GREENVILLE.
AN IMMENSE AssEMBLY-THE TOWN IN
MoURNINa-soLEMN CEREMoNIEs-GREEN-
VILE LEFT TO GUARD HER DEAD.
NASHVILLE, August S.-The following
special was received tonight from Green
Vile, Tenn, by the Banner: The events of
to-day have justified yesterdays expecta-
tions, and the body of Andrew johnson has
been buried in the presence of such crowds
of people as living he delighted to face and
address The day opened gloomily. The
town was shrouded in mist, which rising
showed the mountains enveloped in clouds.
Many misgivings and fears were expressed
as to the weather, and many hopes vera
entertained that the day would
brighten. 1t did. and was ali that could
have been wished for the occasion, warm
and somewhat sultry at times, but alternate
| Iy in sunshine and shadow, and free from
rain. Governor Porter, comptroller Gaines,
Senator Fowler, NJ. Burns, George White
and other Nashville visitors, Dep
uty Grand Master Connor, Of
the Knoxville Commandery, and
MANY other East Tennesseeans arrived,
on the morning trains en- route TO the house
| of friends, where they stopped. The COVER
nor's and comptroller's carriage stopped in
| front of the court house and they entered
and visited the remains. The taste and in
dustry OF the ladies and the energy OF the
gentlemen OF Greenville had united to make
the dingy old court room sadly beautiful, and
| almost a suitable place for the remains
Of even an ex-president to lie in state. The
cssket, plain but elegant, resting on coffin
stands in the midst of foliage and flowers,
was closed so that no part of the body was
| visible, but on it lay an excellent steel en-
craving of President Johnson in a
heavy gilt Masonic frame. while
upon the walls and canopy posts were
hung various portraits and eDgravings of
the deceased. The regular trains from the
east arriving at and 10 brought large
number of people from the up country, and
a special train of seven cars from Knoxville
at III brought large delegation from that
city, and many from other towns along the
| route. Meanwhile the citizens had been
steadily
TBRoNeINe THE ROADS
from all directions, and before noon fully
five thousand persons were assembled to at
tend the burial. At noon the family came
from their residence to the court house.
Greenville lodge brought the body out and
placed it in the hearse. A procession was
formed and marched to the grave under the
charge of a marshall and assistants in the
folio wing order:
Patrons of Husbandry.
Odd Fellows.
German band and Dickinson Guards, of Knox
4 Vile.
Masonic lodges and chapters;
HeaTse bearing the body with pail bearers
attending and knight TemplarS
Fl Family in carriages.
Gov. Porter.
Other state officers and distinguished guests
Members OF the press, and lastly citizens on fool
ii and horseback.
. Special coverings for the hearse horses
adorned with varied Masonic insignia, had
been prepared for the occasion by the under
taker Among the distinguished visitors
not already mentioned were: Judges Me
Farland, Trigg and Chancellor Key, con-
gressmen Mcfarland, Thornberg and
Crutchdeld, and representatives Bullen
) Taylor and Sedgewood, Col. John Will
r liams, Col. Luttrell and Mayor Staub o.
Knoxville. to whose industry and energy
+ in no small degree may be attributed the
large and respectable delegation from thai
city.
is on a hill half mile southwest Of the
, town, in view of and on the left of the rail
. . road as you go to Knoxville. 1t is
,, natural mound, about hundred feet high
and commands a view of the Unaka range
on the southeast for fifty miles, while to the
northwest may be seen the Bay Clinch, ant
possibly Cumberland Mountains. Thither
to the sound of mourpf ful music, the process
sion moved, and was arranged in double
circle around the grave, leaving an opeI
: space of about two hundred feet in diane
> ter enclosing the family, Knoxville Com
mandery, the Knoxville Glee Club, aud the
) governor and other distinguished visitors
y The Knights then performed their besutifu
. funeral ceremony under the lead of Com
mander Woodward and aided by the glet
Q club. A brief abridgment of the maste
!. masons' ceremony of burial was thel
conducted with much feeling and elo
quence by ID. G. M. Connor, aided by tn
r Greenville lodge, and, amidst the moan
. and signs and tears of the bereaved family
j.. the clods ratified upon the coffin lid of An
drew Johnson. his body was committed t
J. the dust, and his soul to the God who CAV
8 it. Nothing whatever of an unpleasant ma
l. ture occurred to mar the mournful harmon
of the solemn occasion. Order and quie
Ir reigned during the whole day
IT and the respectful silence {
the large concourse of peopl
70 was a feeling tribute to the memory of on
of human virtues, At 8 p. M. the services wer
d concluded, and the orderly crowd dispersed
At o'clock the trains bore away most of th
8, East Tennessee visitors. The Nashville an
l. Chattanooga delegations left on the p :
: train, and Greenville Is left alone to mour
q the loss of her illustrious dead.
10 H0NORS TO THE DEAD.
% IN NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 3.-The federal off
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