The Portland daily press., 1883-04-09
NEW YORK.
Scenes at Peter Cooper's Funeral-At
Rest at Greenwood.

Scenes at Peter Cooper's Funeral-At
Rest at Greenwood.
NEW YORK, April 7.-Soou after o'clock
this morning the body OF Peter Cooper was re-
moved from the house of his son-in-iaw. Abram
Hewitt, 10 Lexington avenue, 10 All Souls
Church, at Fourth avenue and Twentieth
street, where they remained on view till 3
O'Clock, the hour Of the funeral This ar
rangement was adopted because more eonveu-
lent TO the family than the acceptance of the
offer OF the city authorities te let the body lie
in state in the Governors room in the City
Hall. -Four graduates Of the Cooper Jnion
stood near the coffin as a guard Of honor. he
ing relieved every half hour by brother gradu.
ates. Crowds of people from all parts OF the
city pressed IN TO obtain a last view OF the
dead philanthropist. As the hour for holding
the funeral services approached the crowd Of
people increased. All the seats in the church
not reserved for the family, friends and deleaa
tIons were filled at noon, and many secured
standing room in the rear OF the church two
hours before the services began. Shortly be-
fore O'Clock the bells began tolling. aud Rev
DIR. Robert Coliyer, Rev DIR. Howard Crosby
aud Rev. Thomas NJ Peters took their places
10 the pulpit Mr.. Cooper's family entered and
the services began with the singing OF the an
them, II heard a voice" Rev. Mr. Pc ers read
a selection from the scriptures aud the hVun
'l'll praise my Maker" was sung The euloov
was pronounced by Rev. DIR. Coliyer Rev Dr.
Howard Crosby followed in an address He
6dlu tuAb Ali recognized the TACT that this day
had occurred an event such as New York never
before had witnessed. The mourning for Will
liam Il. Dodge resemb9d it In some degree
and yet this manifestation Of public sorrow
stood out alone. What brought this great aud
distinguished assembly together2 It was slim
plJ admiration and love for virtu1us life. 1t
spoke we'll for this city that II stood still and
uncovered, and bowed its head when Peter
Cooper died. 1t was net Napoleon, nor a
Cesar, nor an Alexander, who was really
huf In a.. "a. T.. a
John Howards, and Peter Cooper was among
them 1t did much to redeem the vcionsness
OF the city that 1t recognizes the greatness Of
goodness. The blessing that such a life as
Feter Cooper's was to community could new
er be estimated too highly Welt might we
mourn the loss that has befallen us, but amid
our mourning, we should cherish his memory
ank keep the lesson he has taught us. In con-
clusion, DR.. Crosby said. "What an example
bis life Is to our young men, in showing them
what should be the true aim Of their lives: and
what an example IL is to any wealthy men,
showing them that money obtained by honest
industry, and spent Ia assuagiug the sufferers
OF humanity, will never produce war between
capital and labor. II all wealthy men IN the
city were like Peter Cooper. our community
would soon reach perfection" The benedic-
tion was pronounced by Rev. DIR. Colyer. The
ceifin was then borne to tho hearse by the
Cooper Union alumni, and the procession
started for the ferry, en- route To Green wood
cemetery. Among those present az tho SER
vices we're Gen. Hancock, Whiteiaw Reid
William NJ. Eyarts, S. H. Nj. Barlow. John
Jay, Sei ator John j. Kiernan, Albert Bier
stadt. David Dowe, the mayor, aldermen and
heads Of the different city departments, ID,
Willis James, David Dudley Field, Agernon
>. Sullivan, ex-Mayor Grace, Orlando Il. Pot
ter, Howard Potter and George w. Lane.
Great crowds were gathered along the route Of
the cortege to the ferry, aud the bells Of old
Trinity tolled as it fled slowly by. The pro-
cessiou broke up at tho ferry, and only one
carriage, containing the male members OF Mr.
Cooper's family, accompanied the body to
Greenwood, where it was deposited IN vault
The remains will be inferred some time during
the coming week.