Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-23
THE CARS FUNERAL.
Continuation of the Description
Of the Affair.
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| NV YORK, March 23i-Followiug is a
continuation of the George Augustus Sala's
description of the removal of the Cars body
from the Winter Palace to Cathedral SITS.
Peter and Paul, prevented coming yesterday
owing to a disarrangement of the cable:
THE PROCESSION.
In the procession, after the Grand Dukes
and Princes, walked the Generals and aids.
de-camp of the Emperor with the aids-de
camp and suites of their Imperial Highnesses
and the foreign Princes. Then, preceded by
a company of grenadiers of the palace, ap.
preached the stately mourning coach of the
Empress and her children, accompanied by
Princess Marie Paulsona, wife of Grand
| Duke Vladimir. The windows of the
carriages were 4anked by two esquires-
alarms. and the rear was guarded
by a couple OF Cossacks. Almost similarly
escorted, drove in one of the mourning car
riages, Grand Duchess Alexandria Joseph.
evena, daughter of the late Duke Saxealten-
burg. and wife of Grand Duke Constantine,
Olgo Feodorvina, Princess of Baden, and
wife of Grand Duke Michael, with the
Duchess of Edinburgh In another carriage
was Princess Marie Maxmilianoyna, Princess
Romanskoky. Duchess Luchtenburg, Therese
Petrovna, Princess Eugene Maximilianovna
OF Oldenburg and Duchess Helene George
vona of Mecklenburg- Strelitz. Following
these came the ladies of honor attending the
Princess. Then the great court officials,
with ehamberlains. gentlemen in waiting, his
late Majesty's physicians, body servants, ETC.,
five companies from as many regiments of
guards, one battery of artillery, two squad
rons of cavalry, another battery of horse
artillery, and finally squadron from the
School of Cavalry. Meanwhile the black
flag, bearing the cipher of the deceased Car
embroidered in white, had been hoisted to
the tall gilded spire on the cathedral within
the fortress.
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
The center of the nave of The cathedral was
filed by the huge catafalque with its cloth of
gold lined with ermine, rising to the very roof
of the edifce. Beneath this was dais with
three grades, covered with crimson velvet,
while the surrounding pillars of the cata-
falque were shrouded alternately with dra.
peries of cloth of gold and cloth of silver,
bearing the monogram of the lamented Car.
In accordance with the Russian custom, black
draperies are but seantily employed in the
interior of churches. AT length the head of
the cortege, consisting of the personal escort
of his late Majesty brilliant bank cuirassiers
with white tunics and silvered
helmets. mounted on superb black
chargers, appeared at the Ivanoyskina
gate. The foreign ambassadors and
Embassadoresses, Ministers Plenipotentiary
and consorts with members of the respective
Legations, ladies in waiting, maids of honor
of the late Empress, Senators and such high
Russian officials whose rank entities them to
place in the church, ranged themselves
around the steps of the catafalque, anxiously
watching for the bringing in of the ilustrious
dead. Bishops, priests and deacons in sable
velvets stiff with silver embroidery, Choir
listers and acolytes in cossack of black serge,
stood in readiness. expectant, and immobile
in dead silence. Then mutely fled into the
church the great body of officers of superior
rank, bearing on cushions decorations, crosses,
badges, crowns and diadems, all intermingled
into such
GLIMMERING, GLIsTENING CONFUSION
That the scene could only be likened to some
swollen river full of gold and silver, fresh
flowing into sea of lapis lazuli and dia-
monds. These stood around the head of the
coffin in semi-circle. The regalia was ar
ranged on either side of the Imperial stand
ard. To the left lay shield and sword, and
on the right were the orb sceptres, crusted
with briliants and surmounted one by q
matchless sapphire and the other by the
celebrated Orloff diamond Adjoining these
were the crowns of all the kingdoms and prin-
cipalities which together make up the En-
pire of all Russia, in delicate oriental metal
work and uncut precious stones. Greater
than all these was the Imperial crown itself,
matchless in beauty, showing Respondent in
jeweled luster. Then followed tt e body of
the deceased Gar in sumptuous gilt coffin,
borne by the Grand Dukes Constantine,
Nicholas, Vladimir, Paul, Sergius and the
Duke Of Edinburgh. 1t was reverently.
placed exactly beneath the center of the
dome of the catafalque. The Emperor and
his brother removed tie lid from the bier,
and the upper part of
THE BODY OF THE DEAD GEAR,
Attired in the uniform of the Preobajinski
guard regiment, was exposed to view. EN-
peror Alexander III. placed himself, with
the Empress and Imperial children, at the
head of the coffin, the priests and choristels
intoned the dirges of the Russian funeral
service while the metropolitan handed each
cons asperged the church with holy water.
The scene was one of great splendor. At
the lecturn stood black-robed priests reading
the words of the gospel in sonorous Slavo-
MAN Russian. At the four corners of the
catafalque stood as many aids-de-camp-
general. Motionless on the steps of the dias
were a guard of military cadets. In the
midst of all this splendor lay the muir
dered sovereign with CHASTITY upturned
face and folded hands. The lower part
of the body was completely hidden
under heap of fresh flowers, deposited by
loving hands. When the service was con-
cluded Alexander Ill, kneelipg on one knee,
kissed the hand of his dead father. The
Empress followed his example, then bowling
slightly to persons in the vicinity the I'm
perial couple left the Cathedral. The
Duchess of Edinburgh and the Grand
Duchesses present were successfully con-
Quoted to the coffin to pay the last tribute of
love and reverence to the murdered sovereign
Then followed all the Imperial royal mourn
ers, foreign princes and members of the corps
diplomatic. They gazed awhile at the
features. which, although altered, were yet
easily recognizable. Then, STOPPING, they
kissed with reverence the hand that had