Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-03
Funeral of the Latc T.. G. Bn.ersoIl.


Tie fuoers! Of the late !Ion. Ebon c. In.
gersoll took p|ace yesterday siterco,n liom his
late resccoee on K street, pcsr fourteenth, 10
Washington The ATTENDANCE, vas very la!ge.
the parlcrs being very nu,h crowded. The
carcucai:s w,ra very simple. The rcmaiGs
wtrt 'l'"ed By relatives ard tiend., AID q"
Grafton was delivered By Col. Rob- q. lager
CT OF the d ceased.
Col lngels1il was Very much overcome with
HE SURROUNDINGS. and spoke while standing
uear rhs luol If the coffin contsiuiug his dead
brother He had cticistcd 10 this way % The
OCCASION Ct the fuoaral of lis father, and after
wards, several years since, at the burial CT hi,
Own sou. His vlc. was filled with emotion,
AID as he sid that his brother had promised
to perform Tho same duty fer him had he fallen
o the waysiIc btf1rc him. it was spoken with
8, much feeling that all Of his hearers we're
v.ibly affected. E7elythirg was conducted in
the mtst simple and plain manner. Colonel
lcRcrsoIl snoka az follows:
MY Friends D.: | an goiCg 10 do that which
the dead oft promised he would do for me.
The luved AID loving brother, husband, father,
friend. diei where menhoo1'd mGr0ing almost
t1uchcs noon and whliD the shadows still were
falling towards tho West. lilo had not passed on
lifes highway tho stone that marks the highest
point. tu. being weary for s moment he laid
down by the Hsys,de, end, using his burden
for pilIc8, fell into that drramItss sleep
that kisses dawn Liz eye!idl sill. While
set 10 love With life and rap.uccd with the
w0rlJ he passed to silence and pathctu dust.
Yet, after eli, it maybe best just 10 the hap.
picst, suuIiest hour CT all the voyage, while
eager winds gro kissing every sail. to d.:
against the unseen rock, ard il an Instant
hear tho biil2w5 roar ab5Te su1kon ship
For whether in midsaa or amorg the breakers
Of the farther shore, q wreck must mark ct
last tho erd Of each aud ALL And every life.
20 matter ii its every hour isrich With love, aud
every moment j2weIed with Joy, will at its
cloSo bccome o tragedy US sad and deep and
dark as can be EOvan CT the warp and wool Of
MYSTERY and death. This brave sld tender
map, in every storm of life was oak aud rock
but in the sunshine no was 7iuo and nlwer.-
lie WAS the friend CT all heroic sculj He
climbed the heights aud Lett all supersi!ions
Tar below, while on his forehead fell the golden
GnTniDg OF o grander day. lie loved The
beautiful ADD was With color, form and mu,ic,
touched 10 tears. lie sided with the weak
and with awilIiog hand gave aims. With loyal
heart and with The purest hands he faithfully
discharged all public trusts. He was w1r'
shipper cflibarty, friend Of the oppressed
A thousand times have heard him quote tho
words, For jlsiio1 all plac, temple and all
season sum ner" He believed that happiness
was tho Only good, reason the only torch, justice
the only worship, humanity the only religion,
and love the only priest. lie added to the SUM
Of human Joy, and were every one for whom
BIO did como loving service to bring blossom
to bis grave. he would sleep tonight beneath
wilderness of h,wers. Life is o narrow vale
between the ocla and barren peaks of two
eterri.es. We strive in vain to look be-
yond the heights. We cry aloud and the
only answer is the echo OF our wailiog
cry. From the voiceless lina of tho unrep'yng
dead there comes no WORD; but in tho night Of
death hope sees star and listening love can
hear the rustic OF wing he who sleeps hero
when dying-mist stalking the approach of death
for the return OF hesIlh-Whispered with hi'
latest breath, II am better now Let us be-
lievo in spite Of doubts, ard dogmas snd tears,
and fears, that these dear words arc tfua OF all
the countless dead. And now 10 you. who have
been chosen from among the many mon he loved
to do the last sad offico for tho dest we give bis
sacred dust. Speech cannot contain cur love.
There was, thore is no genter. stronger, manlier
man.
This concluded tho GorvceE. Tho casket WAS
then closed and WAS carried to the hesrse by
Senators Blaine. Davis of Illinois, Paddock and
Allison. Representatives Boyd. WHO now Iep-
resents in Congress the district for several Con
greGsea represented by the deceased. and Hon.
derson of Illinois and Colonel Ward b Lamon
Among others present were Secretary Sherman,
Assistant Secretary Hawley and Senators Voor-
hees and Logan. The remains we're then taken
to the Oak Hill Cemetery, where they were
temporarily deposited in the vault, the buris
service being postponed in consequence of q
driving rain storm, which began TO fall as soon
az tho funeral cortege, which was q very large
one started on its way 10 the com story. An
affecting sceno occurred when the Misses Law
Ter, daughters of tho lsto General Lsw!oI, and
adopted children oc Ebon q. Ingoraoll, 10 whom
they were devotedly attached. took their last
leave Of their dead foEter father. One Of them
tainted on being taken to her carrisge and tho
other fingered at the gravo until almost forcbly
lni susC hu her friendi