St. Landry democrat., 1885-08-15

uIuHY WSIS IhS PENSIONERS tAAo ~AS
bounty. In private, unseen life, he bore
many of the fruits OF the spi!iE. He loved
his enemies not as he loved his friends, put
he loved them as enemies by doing them
good as he had opportunity. On one OF
these delusiye April days when hope revived
in all our hearts 1 satdt to him:
'.YOua are q man OF Providence; God made
you the instrument to save our Nation and
he may have u great spiritual mission to &C
compllsh by you and may raise you up"
With u mind clear and q voice distinct, he
replied:
he spare my life it is my intention and re-
solve to throw all of my influence by my ex-
ample in that direction"
He Is gone; but shall death defeat q pur-
death than in his life? What home has not
felt the sympathetic chord touched by the
invisible hand of his terrible but patient SUI
fering? How the embers of sectional strife
have died out on the hearthstone of the Ma
ton! How political animosities have skulked
away in shame from the peaceful spirit of
his last moment Q, Ii would NOT even
for mankind? And this was his consolation.
And where, in all the annals of the church,
shall we find a dying hour SO full ofrepose?
In the early light of April Ist, when all
thought the end was come, the sufferer re-
vived. Heaven added months to a life so
dear TO us all. When ne had recovered snt-
fcently, l asked him:
"What was the supreme thought on your
mind when eternity seemed so near?'
1.-THE comfort of the consciousness that /
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was the response, which revealed the hidden
life of his soul. And so came his last night.
The services were concluded by sing
ing the hymn, "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
and ~pronouncing the benediction.
About half past twelve o'clock the
members of u. S. Grant Post No. 32?, OF
Brooklyn, drew up in front of the cottage
and populations appointed to remove the
remains entered, and soon r~eappeared
| bearing the casket. The march to the
depot was then commenced. The mill
tarY were drawn up in open ranks, aud
IS the members of the Post bearing The
remains passed through, the soldiers sa-.
luted while the people uncovered n
bowed their heads in mournful silence.
The funeral train, which consisted or
seven cars, awaited at the depot. Next
to the engine came the funeral car. n
transfer of the remains from the cottage
to the train was without incident, and
exactly ten minutes to one O'Clock, the
train steamed out from the depot.
ALBANY, N. Y, August 5.-When the
funeral train passed slowly through Sara
toga at 2:20 p. m.v vast crowds assembled.
The bells tolled, and an expression OF
sad interest was unmistakable IN nearly
every face.
At Ballston another assemblage stood
uncovered as the train dashed swiftly BY.
The long platform of Round Lake station
was occupied by at least 1000 people. at
Mechanicsvil1e and the other places
crowds of several hundred were in holi-
day attire at the depots. At West Troy
salutes were fired.
Precisely at the schedule time the train
came to a halt in Albany at Spencer
street. The funeral car, heavily draped,
drawn by six black horses in funeral
trappings, was in waiting, and after q
short delay the casket was transferred to
it, At 1858 p. M, the order was given to
start.
The procession was made up as fol-
lows:
FIRST DIVISION.
Headed by platoons of police to clear
the streets; Maior-General Hancock, U.
S. A., commanding, and staff, mounted;
Maior-General G.. j. FarnsWorth, Chief
Marshal, and staff, mounted; Major 10
B. Carr, commanding, and staff, mount
ed: armed and uniformed military or
CARNATIONS comprising the escort; a
funeral car, fanked by United States
troops aud q delegation of q. S. Grant
Post, G. A. R.; mourners' carriages:
Governor David B. Hill and staff the
Mayor, Common Council and city officials
in carriages.
sECoND DIVISION
Brfcadier-General james Warner, com"
handing, and staff; the military order
Loyal Legion, G. A. R., veterans OF the
late war and sons of veterans.
THIRD DIVISION.
49, TrT.T1.. c 4lb.ar,on command
ing, and staff; civic societies, escorted
by the Albany jackson corps.
Enormous c%oncourse of. people lined
every street on the line of march. The
pack and lam at times detied the efforts
of the police to preserve sufficient Dol
for the pageant. The crowds in Albany
were far yaster than were present at the
funerals of either Lincoln or Garfield.
It is supposed that not less than 25,00O
strangers visited the city.
The casket was borne into the Capitol
at 80 p. M, and was taken Immediately
to an ante-room adjoining the main cor"
ridor. where the Inclined rest, draped,
with the National colors under the truly
grand and imposing canopy, waited
its sacred burden. The under
takers were in waiting and rap
idIy removed the purple and
plass lids. 1t was found that the jar
ring attending the removal from Mt.
McGregor had in a certain degree dis
turbed the remains. This trouble was
quickly rectified.
Exactly at six O'Clock the casket was
placed on the rest in the corridor. The
doors were opened and members OF the
State Senate entered, two abreast, at the
foot of the casket and passed out OF the
Capitol by the private entrance. Inc
members of the Assembly followed, and
then came the public, four abreast, white,
black, old, young, rich, poor, the lame