The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-08

PuberaI ObSequies Of General Joseph
Hooker - OuJpOuFiBE OF People IA
Pay Their last Respects 10 the Deed
Warrior.
CISciSxArl, November 7.-The remains
Of tho late GCherbl Hooker, lay In state In
tho Second Presbyterian Church all laii
night and this morning, in charge oil
Lieut.. buck aud a squad Of soldiers,
The raskOt was not opened. The church
around the Chancel was appropriately
decorated with llags. The casket rested
on a aCataialqne, covered with the National
stars on u blue Held. a rIcl, floral pillow
from California, was placed at the head,
On tho white ground In purple buds ap.
peared the following: California rio.
neOsi We will meet over the divide"
Another floral design, in tube roses, with
tho inscription, "I'irst Regiment Of MRSsa.
chnsetts Volunteers, Hooker's old Brig.
adO." ".
The procession was slow In getting I'm.
der way, not reaching the church until
after o'clock. The column formed In the
following Orler: Detachment OF police;
Grand Marshal; Grand Army Of the Re.
public; Soldiers and Sailors Memorial As
SoCiRtiOn; fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth
Ohio Association; first aud second Ken.
tnCky Association; Veteran Military As.
soCiatiOn; Society Of ex.Army and Navy
Officers; First Regiment Ohio National
Guards; COyington Light Guards; Brown
Guards, Soldiers Home; guard OF honor
OF U. S. troops; catAialQue; pail. bearers
family aud friends; Gen. Angur aud stat;
Gov. Bishop aud staff; Common Council,
Judges and officers VI U. S. Court. The
flags on tho government and city build.
ings are at hali.mast. As the procession
moved the fire bGllstOlled, aud at Newport
barracks minute guns were fred.
At the church, which was densely
packed, Captain EmshAw delivered The
oratiOn, speaking extemporaneously but
impreSsively, and with the deepest emo.
ton. Ho said 800 900 brave men had laid
down their lives before the rebellion was
put down. The Others returned to their
homes. Since their return one after an
other has ceased TO live. When ono OF
these heroes died every heart was
touched. The hero Of Nashville, General
Thomas, is dead; the leader Of Gettys,.
burg, General Meade, Is gone, and to-day
we pay the last rites 10 heroic General |
Joseph Hooker. There Is inspiration In |
the very name OF Hooker. remember |
with thrill the words with which he in. |
spired the men in tho last victorious
charge in battle on the 9TH Of May, 1861. |
In battle he had charmed life. lie stood |
untouched amid the missiles OF treason,
but now he lies low before us. lie Is not
deAd-hiR name will always live in tho
history Of his country.
from him regarding the uuYeiling OF the
statue ot General Thomas at Washington |
on tho Goth, "lll meet you there, he
said. We will be there, but he will not, |
| ask for a statue for General Hooker. It |
must be on white charger on the top Of |
Lookout Mountain. Some may say the \
location will give rise 10 sectional feeling,
but ! know that the men who met Gen. |
Hooker in fair and square fight will not |
object; and when all, In this nation shall
learn that TO defend our country was
righteousness, want it to stand there in |
the white clouds Of peaceful summer
sky after the storms have passed.
Rev. Thomas Lee, OF the Cincinnati
Bethel made brief prayer and pro.
nounced the benediCtion. The corpse was
then borne from the church on the
shoulders Of eight soldiers Of the Thir.
teenth infantry, and was followed by the
mourncrs and pAll.bearers, the audience
standing in respectful silence.
The route OF tho procession led as far
east rs Walnut street, thence down to
Fourth, and thence by the nearest way TO
Spring Grove Cemetery. Crowds OF pco.
pie lined tho streets, many OF whom stood
with uncovered heads as the body OF the
dead General passed on gun.carriage,
with riderless horse following behind. |
A number Of fHrled and tattered battle.
flags bound with Grape and borne by an |
association OF soldiers OF tho late war,
added a mourniul interest to the process.
sion. 1t was half-past o'clock when the
cemetery was reached. Rev. Thomas Lee
repeated the burial service and the body
was deposited in Dexter mausoleum,