Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-12
REQUIESCAT IN PACE.
Funeral of the Father OF
the COnfederacy.
MANY Tributes OF REsPEcT
The Southerners Turn Out En- Massf
to do Reverence to Their
Departed Chief.

Associated Press Dispatches TO the HREALD
NEW ORLEANS, December 11.-By uni
versal request Jefferson Davis was gwen
a funeral in full ACCORD with his rank as
a military officer, in addition to which
numerous civic and other organizations
combined to render the cortege today in
all respects most imposing, not only in
reference to numbers, but in pomp and
the circumstances of its elaborate csre-
monial. There participated in the obse-
uuies of the Father of the Confederacy,
besides the veterans of the lost cause,
who have once again been called upon to
close up their decimated ranks, many
valiant soldiers whose unfinching valor
displayed on numerous hotly contested
fields, resulted in glory and victory to the
''stars and stripes"
Eleven thirty was the hour at which
the funeral ceremonies were to be COM
menced, but long previous to that time
the great square Immediately fronting
the City Hall became an unwieldy mass
of eager humanity. According to the
programme. the square proper was to be
reserved exclusively for the military. In
the enforcement of this injunction, how
ever, the large but by no means adequate
police force on duty experienced innu.
merable obstacles, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the swayipg null
titude was kept beyond the prescribed
environments. Every available place
from which either an unobstructed or
partial view could be had of the portico
of the municipal building was crowded
almost to sufocation. During all this
time the air was laden with funeral
dirges the solemn requiem OF bells was
heard on every hand, and loud and deep
we're the sounds of the minute guns that
at intervals thundered their deep.
mouthed tribute to the dead.
THE STREAM OF VISITORS.
The city was crowded with people repre-.
senting the prominence, wealth and
ehivalry of the Southern States. Six or
ssven Governors we're here, attended by
their staffs, and bringing with them great
delegations OF people.
The floral decorations we're added to
this morning from every State and city in
the South, and were superb in design and
hnish. The town was draped from one
end to the other with the most elaborate
showing OF DlacK.
At early morning the streets were
thronged with soldiers and fremsn in
uniform. the mem bers Of civic organiza-
tions and representatives of every profess
sion and association.
As soon as the doors Of the City Hall
were opened the stream of visitors began
to pour through the death chamber to
take farewell view of the remains of
f0v,o ta L.
Gro wd of visitors WAS even greater than
yesterday.
IMPRESSIVE OBsEQUIRS.
The body, notwithstanding the very
warm and exceptionally oppressive
weather of the past week. was remark
ably we'll preserved. At 1910 the
casket was conveyed from the me-
mortal room to the improvised catafalque
in the center of the front portico,
whose massive pillars were entwined
with profusion of crepe. Over
the casket was thrown the soft folds of
silken flag of the lost cause, as also the
glittering sabre with which the dead
soldier had carved fame and honor for
himself, and glory and victory for his
county on the field of Chspultepec and
Monterey. Immediately surrounding
= the coffin were the clergy and armed
sentries, they being the only peraons ad-
mitted to place on the portico during
the service. The relatives of the de-
ceased were assigned seats in the
Mayors parlor, from the windows Of
which they were enabled to witness the
ceremonies.
BISHOP GALLAHER's ADDRESS.
The obsequies were conducted by
Bishop Gallaher, assisted by five officiat-
ing clergymen of various denominations.
There were altogether twenty surplicsd
ministers, besides the attendance of
numerous clergy of different denomina-
tions from various Southern States. A
.surpliced choir of thi-ty-six voices,
accompanied by the organ, sang the
Shadow of Daath," after which Bishop
part:
::'The end Of long and lofty life has
come, a moving volume of human his.
strange and sudden dignity of death has
been added to the fine and resolute dignity
of the living. A man who in his person and
history syinbolized the solemn convic.
tions and tragic fortunes Of millions of
men cannot pass into the gloom that
gathers around the grave without sign
or token from the surcharged bosoms of
those whom he leaves behind. am not
here to stir by my breath the embers of
q settled strife; to speak one word un.
worthy Of him, or add to
what is writ in the worlds memory
and in the books of God. But 1 am
here to say for our help and inspiration
that this man, as Christian and church.
man, was lover of all high and right.
Gus things; rs citizen, was fashioned in
the old faithful type; as q soldier, was
marked and fitted for more than fame,
the Lord God having set in him the seal
of the liberties of men. Gracious and
gentle ever to the lowliest, nay, especially
to them; tender as he was brave,
he deserved to win all the love
that followed him. Fearless and
unselfsh he could not we'll escape the
lifelong conflict to which he was com.
mitted. Greatly and strangely miscon-
oeived, he bore the injustice with a calm
ness be6tting his place. He suffered
many and grievous wrongs; suffered
most for the sake of others, and those
others will remember his unflinching
fidelity with deepening gratitude while
the Potomac seeks the Chesapeake, or
the Mississippi sweeps by Brierfield on
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