New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-25
1AsT HONORs TO MR.. WEED.


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.XrrcrsEs AT THU HOUSE AND Al nv .r,,
pnrspyrEnAN cHURcH-AppREsshs pi Inn
~, xyMpsHALL AND TILE REV. DR. JOHN
HALL. -. ,,,o. ves
luz :, Aha First Presbyterian Church. at
.ssh.vs and Twelfth-st The public services
~ ,receded by informal and brief exercises IN
~. ho,,e adjoining the church, In hlch numoer
's,hs dead mau's most intimate friends joined WIN
AZ. family. A simpler and more unostentauous
;se than that which was performed couiu
lily have taken place; yet there were circunl'
...,css connected with the funeral winch marKeo
:. "a a notable occasion. The attendance do
an. church numbered at least A'V0
s.,sons and embraced men and WOMEN
~ the most exalted and Of the hnmhlest statonS ia
as. There were men who had governed thousands
- men who had only served men worth millions
.ra men and women who had lived largely OH inc
bounty of the dead man lawyers, eultors' no'-
chants municipal officers, sodieTs-amon2 'he"
comrades of Thurlow Weed in the War oil ISL
mechanics and beggars. common iee'i"s ,"
chem all and n simple and unadorned expression
was given to the feeling. There was no ri'u"iiS''o
service: the music consisted OF hymns sung ny io",
n;.aa xithout organ accompaniment; tunerai
address was gwen, but it was not eulos'u"
IL, an exhortatlon to a religious hle
and there was no great display OF flowers. EAoop'
for the ti,nr occupied in gathering WITHIN ihe
80, Ealing the last look at the dead man. 'ho
servlees occupied no more than an hour.
THE SERVICE Al THE HOUSE.
The priyate service at the house. NO IL "oS'
sr,-elftb-st. occurred at half-past O'CLOCK nan a"
-, before the funeral exercises at the ehuic"-
Ia.i,oa.e friends of the dead man gathered tnero
49,, the family in the parlor on the second moor
Thatr Had
vi No service for the dead was read The Kew.
Tarord Kempshal, pas or of the First Presbyterian
NA..h In Elizabeth n. j.. made brief address, III
- ho spnnlied a page in Thurlow Weeds history
.,had been of necessity omitted from the obituary
,oticrs The speaker was the son OF an Pid wing
ConercssIuan from Rochester, and his remarks
IIed mn recollections of their childhood IN some OF
Az family and their friends present. MI Kemp
shall said: Ant. o.o..,0u
s,okan mainly for the that the family OF our
Seoersbie departed friend happened u nno IN hne
soesker connecting ink between ,ne ~ ne tate
na the "penIng years of his public career WIN ls warm
enG:aps anq or In Year 1874
r were resident the city of Rochester three ypuns
men hnss eide by side These young were thur
ioSy We'd Eyerard Peck and Thomas hempshalL lhat
cry ~ was then mere village; but t was the centre
NJ business energy and Ofnhueuee the sectoh
VI known as the Genesee Valley. Between these
,hrsa young men whose names l have meu'iohed
thrre al once spang friendship when rpeheu INTO
o. eo.e persona macy aud extended To tnelr ram
NJ remaining uubroken througI their lives, this irend
ship by the provdehoe o 'foa ~ veT
fhatr children them were associated years
ras.ri oy growing number OF men, citizens OF h"enes
Ter and Tue ADJ lcent towns, who likewise became Tue
warm persnna friends aud admirers OF Inurl0w Weea.
Taese men nad much to 40 in moulding pubic senu
,nept eslecaly upon the great pOuca issues Oh theH
and In giving shape to the history Of tue progress
and development OF Western New YORK: some Oh men,
IA deed nave left their marx upon tue 80, IL
staie ana OF the Nation. Among them mention tne
nanes of Misrd Fillmore OF Buaaio; irum a%ns
Wadsworth, Of GeneseO; Frederick "Bltslesey'
Addison Gardiner, MyrOn Holley, James x Livingston
and Levi Ward, OF hOcnester From among these nleu
W d'isrs If our departed friend. they stood with
him man, of them, shoulder TO snouder through the
names OF not a few them stood high up III the ron oil
honor OF that grand old party which nal us neat GIe
the leaaersp 80 ced With an enthusiasm of patri
o1e interest and a warmth of personal devotion wnich
has never surpassed IN the history Ui poli par
ts ia our country around the dag which, in 544 bore
For them aud for many OF tBeii cdidfen after tneH
tie names OF seward and weed were rs tne
suiing or .ces of political opinion ahd Guty, IAer
work on earUn done aud nearly ali OF theD 90 now
Feet their abors and boir oesce ar Via!
enjoyiu, the rich herl1Age OF thelr to. among tHOsc
sii living the friends OF Mr. Weed IN rochester sAy
years ago recall a. ths moment VnS S'e nam a .
Iou Addisou Gardiner, Charles ). HUI ana ID, Geors1
Dawson so lou1 aha 80 whey INV n Ihs hhsf NJ
The Albany ErenIHg journal IL Is III t1e oenau :" ~
many whu we're friends Of my boyhood the sous OF
fneT hOnOIed tathers tudt lay ihis ial upou to
Of Thuriow Weed tribute OF lneir respect or me
nan non their Ia hers ueld In such hign esteem dc
Ia. men gathered ke the suOck or corn fuy ripe INTO
IN, glrurr on nigh, Dus ais work viii remain iOF many
erveriions to DrIng forth us ruit Tor the gOOd-nay
We MOI sa, i--ot tue state and OF the NatOn'
After the Rev Mr.. Kempshall had concluded the
Rev Dr. John Hall made prayer. which ended
,ha exercises at the house The coffin COVERED with
sbravy black pail was then lifted by SIX of the un-
aer,asers men and carried around the corner to
the church The Rev Drs. Hall, X. K. Booth and
WILLIAM NJ Paxton and the Rev. Mr.. Kempshall
walked ahead of the coiu the pail bearers sur
rouuded il then came the family and friends. and
after them thirty or forty members of the Press
Club. headed by the president. I. a. MerrI-
man. The pall-bearers were Hamilton
Fish L. D. Morgan, F. W. Seward,
lanes Watson Webb. Isaac Bell. A.
Van santvuord James Bowen, George Dawson,
If Albany. H. r. Riddle, Of Niagara. and julius J.
Wood, OF columbus. o. The middle aisles OF the
church had been kept vacant for the family and
friends. and soon after they entered the last pews
WERE filed and hundreds of persons stood in the
aisles.
THOSE PRESENT AT THE CHURCH.
Among the prominent mel present, many Of whom
were accompanied by their wives, were the follow
sng:
rau.. q r aine William X. Grace.
p ,'ooD.r ThOma> l.. James,
N Nla,a ba u H'"f'' Thom IS g. Acton,
JcSn Taylor Johnston, John Porter,
Hamilton Fish, Lloyu ASpih"an'
Edwin D. Morgan. 5snue' oioih
james Watson webo, milnaM T.; Douge,
isaac Bel, 1"NaaSS loltof""''
Frede,iek NJ seward, John L. AgneT.
SIarsmce A seward Henry g. Pearson,
Niluam A. seward, Salem ii. wales
1,nes Royen Whlteaw Reid,