The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-10

played by a military band. The head Of the pro- |
cession was nearing the point of cstablishment |
OF the right ~ the line. A, Flatbush avenue It |
halted for ten minutes only while the disposl- |
tion OF the various puts OF the procession was
perfected. The Twenty third Regiment. that |
had marched up In hollow square formation,
the Forty-seyenth Regiment passed through
and took tho right Of the line. headed by Ia
splendid band. Then the hearses and under
double column. and the Twenty third Regiment
was placed "a guard OF honor, surrounding
this portion OF the mournful cortege. The
other necessary dispositions were quickly
effected and then the march was resumed,
with the procession In the following order;
squad Of Mounted Police Sci. cant Johnson.
Alderman Fisher and supervisor ouimby Of Commit
ro.iy..even,S regiment Rand.
De,achmen, FourteentS Rcsmsnt withou, arms.
Ustiing i,s!ery, without piece
nankins nrst hearses.
Por,y ave Undsrtsser. wsscSs Win from one to four
csrrisges ylth Relatives
Carriages with Ministers
and ofncisls.
Thirteenth Regiment and Drum Corps.
| Flatbush avenue, on both sides, was full Of
| spectators, and there was scarcely a window on
| that thorouahfare through which gloomy faces
were not regarding the spectacle. A long row
OF rty finished brown-stono-front houses a.
| Atlantic and Flatbush avenues presented an
especially noteworthy appearance, seeming. as
| II did, almost all windows. and every wpdow
throneed by as many persons az could get peep
| from II:
Near Bergen street the diree which the band
had been playing up to that point ceased, and
| the roll OF twenty-four mufied tenor drums
marked the time for the steps Of the miIitory.
| Solemnly impressive as had been the music OF
| the band II seemed Infinitely less affective than
or OF melody, even though full OF sadness, but
the latter I'M pressed Itself on the heart mon
otone Of sobs. The air grew heavier with the
| weight Of those measured pulsations OF half
| voiced grief Along both sidewalks moved
steadily; keeping stop with the procession, ST.
lar IN q hufrviny m
| versation to oeguile the weary way only a sui
len resistance 90 the frenzy OF the gale. and a
servable In the waiting thrones that lined the
| route.
| band walled forth another dirye more werdiy
| sad than that frst played. A trembling, thrill
| cornet, awoke, In a fuguo movement, a chorus
| OF sympathetic tone. Then quartet OF cor
| nets and horns succeeded In a harmonic wall. In
| hearing which. one could not repress shudder.
| Again the music ceased. and the terrible roll OF
the mnfhed drum: began mingled with the
As the coflns passed. many upon the side
heads, and frequently women sobbsd aloud.
| All who thus gave vent to their emotions could
unable to repress this public expression Of their
private grief.
I've e Dom. the deadly cold. the grief on every
hand but that portion from Sixth avenue to the
the ws All sas %ay sc r" o the
muffied drums continued, and across the wide
r.. sSgas sSs as.,S bay ne icy 0S
engine house OF Brooklyn Engine Company No.
| /, on Fourth avenue. near Fourteenth street.
Above II nOated a. balf-mast a nag partly furled
with Grape. That was the only mourning decora-
tion visible oh the route, except the embems OF
private bereavement at the doors OF two houses
on Flatbush avenue, one on SIKH avenue and
Que on Fourth street.
THE BURIAL.
The head OF the procession entered the
Twenty-nfth street gate Of Greenwood Gene
terry at 2:i5 O'Clock, the bands at the moment
playing dirges that mingled their tones with the
mounful tolling OF the cemetery bell.
Battle Hill, where tho arrangements FOR the
iEterment Of the bodies In one common grave
had already been made, is the highest point VI
ground in the cemetery. and Is situated but a
short distance from the gate by which the pro-
cession entered. Here circular trench ad bee n
cut, seven feet deep and thirteen feet wide, near
ly surrounding a round sodded space ten feet in
diameter, upon which the projected monument
Ia TO stand. One by one the hearses and under
Its ghastly freiaht and then moving away by
Battle svenue Flom each one to four ,ofins
received the cofns; six carrying each one uD
tn, steep incline TO the trench, and lowering 1t
| to eight other employees-four on each side OF
the Point of deliyery-who meth hodically placed
them In double row. the heads all pointins n-
Merchant, Assistant Supernt ntendent OF the Ceme-
tsrey, directed the operations Of interment.
slow. Meanwhile the bell kept up Its monoto-
nous nous .ol5g ,"roillng on the IN human man, heart rear, a
| stone, anu tue gde htthcheu Win CfuSl Jury all
upon upon that exposed site.
1t soon became evident that human endurance
would be insufficient to bear any protraction OF
the obsequles. Win wonderful fortltude, not
less than 1000 persons maintained their places
u. al %sas ss y Ss 1S
tensely from cold, and Il was determined by
those In charge to make the services US brief as
AT length the cofins were all In place. To the
19-containina lOl bodies-broneht now, were
added two which mad arrived before, each con
which bad been brought by relatives ana
ns smo, ns ssa S'Ts the trench sify fs Ss Ss1
man singers, members Of The Brooklyn
schustxenlust and Brooklyn Maennerchor, led
by W. 9ro.enel, stood upon the Ssnt5s grass %
Parker read the Protestant Episcopal burial ser
vice. The Rev. DIR. Putnam, instead of the ex-
tended funeral orsilon d which ne, he had PREPARED
cold would preclude the possibility OF Us deliy-
cry, and merely ssid a few brief words on tn the
} mortality. Then the benediction was pronounced
by the Rev. Mr.. odell, and the ceremony con-
Guided with the singing by the Germania chOi.
OF Kuhlaus beautiful choral, Above all sum
mits there Is repOse.".
fOrty-two RrayediRgers took their stations about
the trench aud began shovelling earth upon tho
coffins. Most OF the spectators took their depar-
ture immed lately, many taking up handsful OF
earth and dropping them reyeren.ly into the
fingered until the last CONN had been shut out
, from view, and OF these the majority were wee D.
, | lng women, one man, a fthlWart EnRlsnmhn
, named Weldon, Long Island farmer, stood on
, the central plat until the earth shut out the
| interrogating Raze his tear-dimmed eyes
; bent upon every CONN. Somewhere among the
, unknown dead WAS all that remained Of his be.
loved brother Harry. The first shovefuls OF
frozen earth and stones sounded loud upon tht
hollow cOflns. Soon the sound changed to q
steady rush OF down. pouring earth, and IN al
Incredibly short space Of time the trench wa
filled, the great mound rounded over the un
! claimed dead, and the early evening shadows
fell upon the fragile but beautiful monument
placed above their last resting place by the Ger
! mama Theatre COmpany-a horal crown anc
cross.
, Burials from Private Residences.