Huntsville gazette., 1881-10-01
A NATION IN MOURNING.

Final ObsequieS of the Late President
Garfield at CIeveland-Solemn and I'M
pressive Ceremonies-The Body Laid to
Rest in Lalzevicw Cemetery-Countless
Thousands, with Barred Heads, Fay
Homage to the Illustrious Dead-A
Whole People in Mourning.
CLEVELAND, Sept. &c.
The obsequies of late President Garfield
were concluded to day in the most impress
i've manner.
Except the invited guests and members OF
committees, no one was allowed in the Park
during the ceremonies, but other spectators
were ranged around outside of the grounds
thus giving many more a chance to witness
the scene than could otherwise have been
possible.
THE FUNERAL CORTEGE.
The procession formed at 9:30 a. m. in the
following order:
First Division-Military Companies.
Second DivisioR-UnifOrmed Soc1eties.
Third Division-Neteran and other SOc1eues.
Fourth Division-Civic Societies.
Fifth Division-Cathollc Socletles
Sixth DiviSiOn-DelegatiOnS or Citizens
seventh Division-Funeral Escort.
Eighth Division-Guard of Honor.
Ninth Diyision-Ohio National Guards.
THE CEREMONIES AT THE PAVILION.
Promptly at half past 10 O'Clock the cere-
monies at the pavilion began. The immedi-
ate members of the family and near relatives
and friends took seats about the caSket, ana
at each corner was stationed a member OF the
Cleveland Grays, each OF whom stood like a
statue during the entire programme. The
committee members about the pavilion were
almost cloalled in Grape, their drapings being
very heavy. DR.. J. p. Robson, President
of Ceremonies, announced that the exercises
would be opened by the singing by the Ceve-
land Vocal Society of the "Funeral Hymn" !"
by Beethoven, whereupon the hymn was
sung, as follows:
deDlore thee,
Tho sorrow and darkness encompassed the
tomb,
The Savior has passed through its portal be-
And the lamp of his love is thy light thro'
the gloom. Slt 4A
The Right Rev. Bishop Bedell, of the Epis-
cOpal Diocese of Ohio, then read several pas
sages of the Scriptures; the Rev. Ross G.
Houghton, of the NJ. Z. Church, offered q
prayer; hymn was sung; and then the Rev.
Isaac Errett, of Cincinnati, delivered an elo-
quent address, taking for his text the follow
ing:
''And the archers shot at King Josiah, and
the King said to his servants, Have me away,
for am sore wounded His servants there
lore TOOK MN OUT Oh cildIlUt anu pun
in the second chariot that he had, and they
brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and
was buried in one of the SepulcherS OF his ia
ther, and all Judea and Jerusalem mouIned
for Josiah, and Jeremiah lamented for Josiah,
and all the singing men and the singing wo-
men spake of Josiah in their lamentations to
this day, and made them an ordinance IN Is
rael. And behold they are written in their
lamentations. Now the rest of the acts of
Josiah and his goodness, according to that
which is written in the law of the, Lord,
they are written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah, for behold the
Lord, the Lord ofhosts, doth take away from
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the
staff. the whole stay of bread and the whole
stay of water. The mighty man, the man OF
war and the prophet, and the prudent and
the ancient, the captain of fifty and the hon
Ordblc man, and the comptroller and the cum
ming artifcer ard the eloquent orator. The
voice said Cry and he said, what shall i
cry? All flesh is grass, and all the godliness
thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass
withereth. the flower fadeth, because the
Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it. Surely
the people is grass; the grass withereth, the
flower fadeth, but the Word of our God shall
stand forever
DR.. EIrett was listened to with close and
earnest attention. He spoke for forty min
utes, and when he closed a hush for a moment
hung over the vast audience.
DR.. Charles 5. PomerOy delivered the fna
prayer and benedictiOn.
At the conclusion of the services Mt the pa
car by q detachment of artillerymen under
Lieut. Weaver. and, followed by the pail bear
ers, guards of honor, family, immediate
friends, and distinguished men in carriages
the procession marched to the cemetery.
When the head of the column reached the
entrance, the funeral car, and what was deS-
lgnated as the funeral procession proper,
passed within, while the rest OF the process
sion halted, open order, and awaited the con-
cluslon OF the ceremonies.
AT THE CEMETERY
In front of the vault, from four black poles
thirty feet high, was suspended canopy oH
black cloth, dropping down on all sides, and
looped up with heavy black cord and tassels.
The passage way and floor of the vault were
carpeted. Underneath the canopy and the
width of the drive way were strewn with
evergreens. and upon them a thick layer of
cut flowers. The int erior of the vault was
drapcd III deep black, and $3.50 worth of cut
flowers, contributed by the lady teachers of
the public schools, were strewn everywhere.
In the opening of the center arch hung a
cross sixteen feet in length and thirty four in
width trimmed with evergreens. Across the
summit of the center arch four simple but
most eloquent words greet the eye:
''CoME HOME TO REST"
Upon the two center columns were two 9th
er sentences of equally suitable significance
Lay him to sleep whom we have learned
TO love" and Lay him to sleep whom we
have learned to trust" Suspended in the
center of the arch was large, handsome let
ter &c" worked i'll evergrcens upon frame
of wood. ON the east side were the words
"lie lies in all our hearts; death can not
touch him there" Up on the west side the
inscription, Love was the source, duty the
law OF his life" The whole structure was
beautifully decorated with the emblcms of
woe. Tho bier upon which the casket Law
two and half feet high, ten feet long
and four wide, the sides covered with black
velvet and heavy. pail looped with silver
fringe thrown over ALL
DR.. j. 7. Robson, as President of the day
opened tie exercises by introducing Rev j.
II. Jones, Chaplain of the AID Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, which Gen. Garfield com
manded, who made q brief and appropriate
address in eulogy of the deceased commander.
The ode from Horace (Ode XXII.. First Rook)
beginning I" Integer vite scelerisque purus -
was then sung in the original tongue bv the
German vocal societies. Mr. Robson then
announced the late President'sfavoriteh hymn,
Ho! reapers OF ife's harvest" which the
German vocal societies of Cleveland sang
with marked effect.
The exercises closed with the benediction
by President Hinsdale. of Hiram College, who
was introduced by DIR. Robson, as follows:
Friends and fellow citizens: From the
heart broken friends of the deceased tender
you these thanks. Mr.. Hinsdale, will YOU dis
miss."
Mr.. Hinsdale said 80 God, the sad exner
1eRce OF this day teaches us the truth of what
Phou hast told us in Thy word. The grave is
the last of this world and the end of life,
Earth to earth dust to dust ashes to ashes.
But we love the doctrine of the immortality
of the SQul and the NO of l,a