The New York herald., 1879-11-08
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS.
We will meet over the divide.

The platform and the surrounding space
tastetully decorated with United States flags and
evergreen plants. At an early hour visitors began
to arrive to view the remains. but the casket
not opened AS the hour fixed for the funeral ap-
preached the church filled up until the crowd over
flowed and blocked the adjoining streets All the
flags on the public buildings and hotels were at
half mast, and the church and alarm bells tolled
during the progress of the procession.
THE sERvIcEs-cHAPLAIN EARNsHAws ADDRESS.
General Augur and staff. General Thomas H.
Young, John II. Treadwell. G.. r. Hanford. nephew
of General Hooker). John Hooker "a cousin). P. L.
Lamb (hs secretary and William A. Groesbeck
pied the corpse At past the funeral
ceremony began with solemn organ voluntary
The Rev. DR.. T. II. Skinner. pastor Of the church.
read the funeral service and made q short prayer
Chaplain Earnsh.w, of the Soldiers Home ut Dayton,
delivered the address. He said:-
Three hundred Thousand brave men laid down
their lives before the rebellion put down; the
others returned to their homes. and since their
turn one after another have ceased to live. When
any of our heroes die every heart is touched. The
great leaders one after another have live in
our midst. The hero of Nashville, General Thomas,
is dead: the leader OF Gettysburg. General Meade.
has gone, and to-day we assembled to pay tho
last rites to the heroic General Joseph Hooker.
There is an inspiration in the name or Hooker.
of the 5th of May, 1861 aud remember with
thrill the words with which he inspired
him since the war; He was a patriot. He was for
his country first. last and always In battle he had
charmed life. He stood untouched amid the mis-
siles of treason. but he lies low before He
is not dead his name will always 1.-Two in the his
tory of his country. On the day OF his death re-
ceved letter from him. 1t was about the unveil-
ing of the equestrian statue or General George H.
Thomas at Washington on the goth inst. "Ill
meet you there he said. We will be there. but he
| will not.
A STATUE TO HOOKER.
ask for q statue for General Hooker. have
m m M at ha IN n
| white charger on the top of Lookout Hill. Some
may that location will give riso to sectional feel
fair and square fight will not object. and when all
in this nation shall learn that to defend the country
was righteousness want it to stand there in the
white clouds OF q peaceful summer sky after the
storms have passed.
| Turning to the casket. he continued
Farewell! farewell General Joseph Hooker.
| responds In many sad heart to-day. Thy spirit
inspired us when our country in danger. The
inspiration Of thy character led them to scale the
zcn. Thou art dead. but thy name shall live for
| ever.
Rev. Thomas Lee. of tho Cincinnati Bethel, made
brief prayer and pronounced the benediction. The
corpse then borne from the Church on the
shoulders OF eight soldiers of the Thirteenth infant
| ry, and was followed by the mourners and pail
bearers the audience standing in respectful silence
| THE PROCESSION.
While the services were being held in the church
the PROCESSION formed outside on the north side of
| Eighth street. the right resting Elm street. the
given yesterday, under orders OF the Grand Mar
shal, General Dickinson. The casket was placed on
gun carriage. and tho procession took the line of
| march through the principal streets to the city
limits. corner of Freeman street and Lin.
| opened ranks. and the carriages and cata-
| falque. accompanied by the military escort.
! proceeded to Spring Grove Cemetery. Thousands Of
| citizens lined the route of the procession it
| wound slowly through the city to the tolling Of
bells and the solenn dirges of the military bands
| The cemetery not reached until twenty minutes
| past i've. The Rev. Thomas Lee read the burial
| service. No salute fired the grave As the
| Groesbeck vault found inaccessible to the
ket it placed in the Burnett vault. where it will
remain until the Hooker vault is prepared arrange
ments for which have been already made in the
same cemetery.