Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-17
GENERAL BUrLER,s BURIAL.

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 Msssachusetts Mourns at the Bier O
 Her Distins uished Son Soldiers
 Legislators and Jurists Honor th
 Dead.
 LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 16.-To-day th
 foremost citizen soldier of Massachusett
 was laid at rest with all honors. both mill
 tary and civic, to which his high rank en
 titled him. Thousands gathered around
 his bier to attest their sorrow at his de
 parture. The chief executive of the com monwealth and the humblest stood elbow
 to elbow at his grave. Major Genera
 Benjamin F. Butler, jurist, ex,congress man and ex governor, received in deatf
 the full measure of recognition which ws,
 denied him in life. He was buried as the
 friend of the people. There were among
 the mourners all shades of political
 opinion, all sects, all classes. There
 were many who had differed with
 him in the forum of political de. bate or before the bar of justice, who had been prompted to harsh criticisms by the great mans independent. and at times, radical, speeches and action. But death quiets all disfensions, ended all strife. They were true mourners who laid the statesman at rest to-day. A whole city mourned his death; commonwealth ceased its executive duties to bury its former chief; the veterans of the great civil struggle in which the dead man figured 60 prominent ly, rallied around him by thousands oD his last march, eager to show by their devo- ton that they accorded to him the full measure of credit for what he had done to save the nation in its hour of peril.
 The bench and the bar sent their most honored representatives to bury the great lawyer. There, too. were the mouldsrs of political thought. Some had worked with the doughty old hero of so many campaigns, while others had been leaders of the oppos- ing factions. So too, the representatives of the people, aotusted by one common impulse, came from far and from near to honor the dead.
 Yesterday thousands on thousands passed the casket, and fathers lifted their little ones that they might look on the face of the man who had figured go prominently in the country's history. The private serv- ices were held at the house, the eulogy was spoken, and to day the family sur rendered the body to those who had been associated with him in the greater affairs of life and who asked the privilege of lay ing the body in the grave.
 At 8 o'clock this morning the doors of Huntington hall were sgain opened to the public, and more than 10000 people looked at the face of the departed warrior The greater portion of this throng of sight seers came from out of town. The trains were packed and the streets were filled with sleighs and vehicles of every de- scription. The crush on the sidewslks, especially near the entrance of Hunting ton hall, was frightful, and the police found it difficult to prevent injnry to the women and children.
 At 11:3O the hall was closed and the body of General Butler was surrendered by the Grand Army, in whose keeping it had been, to the state military authorities. To them was assigned the duty of giving 1t military burial.
 When the body was carried from the hall across the street fully thirty thousand peo- casket was seen hundreds of heads were barred, and heads were bowed as the pail bearers slowly bore their burden into the sanctuary. Only those who held cards of admission secured entrance to the church. They numbered S50-s handful compared with the enormous crowd without. Among them were his excellency GoyernorWillism E Russell and staff, the governors coun- ell and the committees of the legislature, ex-Governors Banks, Ames and Brack- cit, the surviving members of Gen eral Buffers council in 1883. General John W. Kimball, the state auditor; Secretary of State Pierce and Hon. George K Warden, state treasurer, represented tho other executive departments of the com mon wealth. Ex Secretary of State Henry B. Pierce was also present. Governor Smith and staff of New Hampshire, with President John Mclean of the senate, Speaker Chamberlain of the house and In surancs Commissioner Lipeman came from New Hampshire to assist in the obaequies. General John Palmer, past commander in- chief of the G. A. R., came on from AL bany to attend the funeral, and the pres ent commander in chief was represented by Inspector General Goodale and aides Commander Churchill and ten aides rep resented the Massachusetts department of the G. A. R. Among other veterans were Brevet Lieutenant Colonel H. O. Clarke of Kankaka, Ill. , who was on General But ler's personal staff during the war; D. c. G. Field, who was General Buffers fnan- cial agent in New Orleans, snd the Army of the James; Henry Bennett of New York, who was General Buffers private secretary in New Orleans, Colonel R G. Usher, chief paymaster of the army of the James; w. B. Batchelder, private secretary to General Butler in the army of the James. The three first Massachusetts regiments were represented by Lieutenant Colonel William Sheldon and fifteen commissioned and non-commissioned officers. Colonel J. H. French, Col J P. Sweeney ,ex- Depart water, General E. W. Hinoke, Colonel B. Tovoll CoIopa1 Thopoas F ParGay Colonel J W. Coveny and Colonel Fl. H. Hugley were among the veterans present. Among the more prominent of the legal fraternity was Hon. c. M. Horton, ex- aminer of the department of justice of Washington, D. c United States District Attorney Cbsrles H. Allen of Boston, Judge Aldrich of the United States district court of New Hampshire, Judge Hadley.
 It was 1:45 when the tolling of the bell of St. Anne's church announced the ap- proaoh of the cortege. General Peach and staff of the First brigade preceded the hesrse. The four coal black steeds were R. veterans lifted the casket and placed 1t upon stretcher guarded by the body bearers.
 They carried the cssket into the vesti- bule, where Rector St. John Chsmbre and the honorary pail bearers awaited it. The latter were: Hon. John A. Lowell, Hon. J. E. Sherman, Edward Avery, E. T. Bur- | ley, Hon. Charles H. Allen, Colonel George J. Carney, Hon. George F. Richardson, Hon. J. M. Marshall. Following the casket | came Mir. Paul Butler and his sister, Mrs. | Blanche Butler Ames. General Ames and | Cadet Ames of West Point, and the other members of the family and intimate friends | who had assembled at the house. The | regular Episcopal burial service was per l formed by Rev. Dr. Chsmbre and his
 assistant, Rev. George s. Sinclair. At its close the casket was borne out of the church and placed in the hesrse, and then the line of march was taken to the ceme. tsry. There were more than 1S0 carriages | in line, snd when the escort arrived at the | grave with the cssket, the last of the cortege had just left the church.
 The march to the cemetery was long
 and hard one, the fall of snow Saturday night and yesterday making di6culi | marching. No carriages were allowed in.
 side the cemetery and only those persons l who came In carriages were allowed tc enter the enclosure General Peach and
 staff occupied a knoll inside, and tht
 troops and the volley frers were grouped
 near the grave.
 Rev. Dr. Chambre concluded the re ligious service, the Mssons gave a shor
 ritual, the remains were lowered into thei
 last resting place, the mufaed drum
 rolled, and the final volley was fired
 Thousands followed the procession to thu
 burying ground and there was great con l fnsion in narrow Hildredth street after th