The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-08-13

dead yet shall ne live ~ comrsde after com
rade departs aud we march on with ranks ffok-
en- help ms TO be faithful unto Thee ana et s61
widows and children OF deceased comrndes. ahn
with thine own tenderness console ana comfors
those berexved by this event which calls us mere.
Give them the oil OF JOY for mountaineering
garment OF praise for the spirit OF heaviness.
Heavenly Father! bless and save our country
with the freedom and J eace OF rghteousness'
and through Thy great mercy, saviors grace,
and Thy throne In heaven. and 70 Thy great name
shall be praise forever aud ever.
Al the close OF his address a grizzlet bugler
came out OF the throng, and, standing directly
over the body, sounded taps. Then Bishop
Harris came forward. and. while gentleman
standing near shielded his head from the sun,
which beat fiercely down. he began the beautiful
burial service, which commences, Il am the
resurrection and the life. When he had con
cuded he read from Corinthians xy., Al, and
following verses: There IL one glory OF the sun
and another OF the moon, and another glory OF
the STARS: for one star dinereth from another In
glory, etc. Then Comrade Lewis +. Moore
ing: -In behalf OF the post l give this tribute,
a symbol of undying love from Comrades OF
the war" Comrade John A. WED srsheim laid
flowers upon the coffin and named them SYM
bols OF purity. Another wreath OF laurel was
laid upon the casket by mrade j. A. sellars
as last token OF affection from comrades IN
arms. Then Rev. DIR. Newman read the rest of
the burial service. Then came an address by
Rev. j. W. Sayres, Chaplain in chief OF the De-
partment OF Pennsylvania, g. A r., in which he
such occasions, OF another coIhrades march be-
ing over, whose virtue all should cherish. whose
example all should emulate.
Then again came the g-izzled bugler TO he
front. In his eyes were tears, and bis II ps
quiveTed. With trembling arm he lifted the
instrument 10 his lips, and there broke upon
the still air the beautiful and sad notes OF the
soldiers long farewell, called bv them Rest. "
As he PLAYED the tears ran down his cheeks and
the notes Quiyered soft and low. Grim Phil
sheridan turned and looked at the bugler He
A turuQd
that old war horse. Gen. Sherman, whose eyes
were fixed on the PLAYER in sympathy Little
the soldiers, and then looked askance at her
| father, whose head was bowed upon
Ms breast. With the last quivering notes OF the
soldiers Good night" gun from the Alliance
n the river below doomed out. But one gun
was fired, and ms its echo died away in the Jersey
hills the casket was placed In the steel case and
taken to the tomb Undertaken Merritt closed
the doors, locked them, and. putting the key
| in velvet-covered case, handed IL to General
Hancock, who gave IL to Mayor Grace, the latter
in turn delivering it to President Crimmins, OF
| the Park Commissioners.
| just as the casket, inclosed IN the cedar box
and steel case. was placed IN the tomb John
Hawkins, the colored coachman who drove Gen
/ Grant, when President, stepped within the
vault and reverently placed bouquet OF roses
on the top OF the steel case When all was ovel
! the members OF the family OF the dead turned
| sadly away and entered their carriages. All The
| friends went away In their coaches, while the
military departed some by railroad and some
| by steamer The crowd dispersed as quickly az
its enormous proportions would permit, and
| taxed every means OF conveyance TO the utmost
| in the haste OF its departure.
The work OF sealing up the tomb began ut g 30
! D. m. Fifty-sx bolts OF steel were driven into
the enter wall of the case making 1t absolutely
air-tight and waterproof. AT 10 %. m, every
thing being completed, Undertaken Merritt
locked the great door with huge key and
handed IL TO Police Captain Beattie Then the
police formed and marched away, leaving the
tomb in charae of Captain Fessenden, with
guard of eight regulars TO act as sentine. Is
| for the night.