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THE lIBART - TF
Int' snags roassoNf
The. eart of man loPka up to ttiOt!,
When vtrtopp'd in Sorrow's night; ;
'When s ta and lone it bends .beheath ,
Time's ever wasting blight;
And Upward still it ever looks,
When stink in deep despair,
t 'or well it knOws that in that hour
It needs a Father's -care.
The heart Of 'Men looks up tri Gott,
Wheti fierce the lightnings flasik;
When or the wild 'and stormy deep
The wild waves mistily dash,— '
ror well man knows that God's itht arra ,
Extendeth o'er the' shore; •
While in the .th u n der's voice he' spuakii,
And makes tke whirlvvind's roar. -
The sorrowing heart looks up to thid,
When all it loved ie dead;
When friends Wore the blast of debit'
Have terror-stricken fled
And when we folio* to the tomb
The forms of those we love,
Tho heart look up with truthfulness
To him *hi) rulett 'above.
The v heart of man looks trp on tier,
When in His temple
The joys of Heaven corns down te_hinr,
To - Chase away . despair;
When all is-bliss—or - when indeed
He bends'beneath the rod,
\ The heart, the sorrowing heart looks up, d i
And owns there is a Goa.
PLACES
bh ! that the bells in all these silent spires,
•on clash their clangor on the sleeping airy
Ring their wild IIiUBIC out with Throbbing choirs,.
Ring Peace in everywhere.
Oh ! that this waveopf sorrow staging o'er
The red, red hand, would wash away its stain;:
Da~w nut 'he ungry—firo-frona.shoza_to_shore.
And give it Peace again.
Spirit of God ! that moved upon the face
Of waters, and bid ancient chaos cease,
Shine, shiie again o'er this tumultuous space,
Thou art the Prince of Peace!
lis7 , 4-=.1_40 diFtli+Nith+4,l
THE LATE PRESIDENT.
Funeral Ceremoniei in Washington.
Immense Ontporing of the Bereaved People of the
Union.
-PRIk-Y-ER-OP-131S-ElO-P-SIZIPS
Funeral Oration by Rev. Dr. Gurley—A
Nation's Borrow over Her Martyred (Thief,
WAsnitioTox, April 'l9 —Early to-day
the streets wore crowded with persons, thou
sands of them from distant cities, and other
localities. Nearly the entire population was
,abroadlly ten o'clock every prominent
point on the line of procession was occupied
by those who desired to•obtaia the best view ,
of the'solemn and truly impressive pegeapt'
In the immediate neighborhood of the
Ea
eeuttve Mansion a dense and unpreceden • ted , .
ly large crowd had . assembled. During the
forenoon various bodies had met at the Tress
ury Department, separate rooms having .been
assigned them,.and to these Assistant Sure ,
tory „Harrington, who had - charge of the ar
rangements, delivered tickets of adisission to
the Executive 'Mansion, They included the
Assistant Secretary, the Assistant Postmos.
ter General, and the Assistant Attorney Gen.,
oral, Senators and Reiron tatives ia Congress,.
Governors of the several States, the Judicia.
ry, and others of prominence. None could
enter the mansion,withent tickets;room
lag. been provided for six , hundred persons
only, upon a raised platform, with steps on
the east and north and south sides of the
room. The corpse lay about the centre; the,
spaceleing-reserved-all-araund-the-cataftd
quo with chairs for the occupation of the im
mediate family of the deceased. It was here'
in the, East Room that' the bodies of Presi
dents Harrison and Taylor lay in state;lit the
arrangements on those occasions were 'far in
,
fertor to the present, for now artists lied - beeni• and mysteriously deep, at a time when the
'employed, contributing of their skill 'and i c ,:,rebellion was passing away. The assassin ,
taste to produce. the best possible effects,— has stricken down Almon upon whom the pee :
At. eleven .O'clock the guests began to arrive,,,,ple had learned. to trust, and upon' whom
body• of about sixty clergymen, from ell , more than upon any other had centred their ,
parts orthe . pountry, being the fi rst to enter . hopes for a restoration of the Union ands re
'There ioterval - of dievt moments be.; . :; turn of harmony.. In the midstof, out re•
tvreen.the arrivals, aid thus no confusion P.joicing we needed this stroke, this 'dwelt's.
Whatever was occasioned. The proper dn.:: don, and therefore God has sent it. Our af
ters were ip attendance to assign the guests a,diction has not come forth from the dust per .
to their appropriate places in •the room --;:" from the ground. Beyond the act of asses!
suds ert.overnteent bureaus, Goiernors qt:,:sination, let us look to God;•whose. preroga.
,i§tates, members of, municipal goierniaents, tive it •is to bring light out of darkness, and
eeis the,army and 'navy; itielgood 'out of evil.
,diPlentiticeorpa tit costume,' members of He who 'has led us and well.prospered us
UotetnisSiVe, 'theUnitm League so wonderfully during, th s last fonr.xcars.,of .
Omnuntiee of Philidelpita . 'F ork, anxiety and conflict will not, forsake ms,now.
milseltaritstirf,th.§ prinmpal pities' members of Ile may,chasten, but not destroy; lle may
o . n . iressi` . 'and Others.. ;purify 'us in , the furnace, .but not eon..
• 'l'here were:honored - representitifea, hold. 'same us. Let our prineipal , anaiety noir 'be'
iog aiaT stations ,
from all parts, 'that this new sorrow may 'boa suoctifted sor
.neeltr,:psyn;4oiletrY .and 'Nth 'foreign fitiitls, row, and induce.us to..give all weJrave,to
?Ander ,the ; eireizinattitiCeiortheissa n ii. calm of truth, justice, law, .erder,':fiherty,.
o natioß,'o,ft President, WhOie laYlicfarc tid: . good , governmenc r and pure; and ; nr4deftl•
Etepo l e,ivaistilemniygrandied.'i na . ed , religion. 'Though weeping :..rnayl.iguitAre,
A't;meciti the - President of the for a night; joy .cometh .;itt ;the sornitts.,.r--
nifed Mates-entered, in 'companywlth"hia Thank God, th't in spite of this .temporary
Cabinet, all of them, .excepting Seeretfiry Si- 'darkness the t . orning ltas , •b'egun to dawn,
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ItATNES)*MY, pIIANKLIN.COUNTt, FRIDAigOIOIING,AritII;;L?B,IIt,'
, Oarci; President gehueoy nppr,one ed t eat
itfalqueiand took a •last, shnt, brief leek. Ust,his
illustrious'spredneessor,, pad ) then retired, to a
Position intmediately :911, the east, and in, full
View of the: eoffited remains. in.• his , frorrb.—
Al ten minutes past' twelve, amid Trofottod
silence.,' Re*. • Pr. Gurley, approaching., the
head 'ofstbeleatafalque; announced, fhei order
of the religious ;services, when Bev,.
tpireopeliarr, from the ; came point, read to
portion of the ScriptUres according to the
• form of that Church.
The opening prayer was,made . by "Biellop
Simpson ; Methodist ,Episenpal, who ire.the
course of it said that in the bands of 'Gad
:were the issues of life,and death.: , Our sins
had celled for His Irretit.to deepend,,upon
as individ uals
, apd,as a coanninity. ' For the
'sake of our, blessed , ~.ltadeemero forgiveness
,•was asked for all our transgressiotri, and that,
.all our iniquities . may be washed away, while
t'e bow under this sad bereavement which
''has caused a wide spread gloom, not only LA
this eirele, but over the entire lad. An in-'
voeati i pn was niade that we might all submit.
to God's holy will. Thanks were returned'
`for the gift of such a man as our Heavenly:,
Father had just taken from us, and for the•
many virtues which distinguished all his
transaetions;lor_ the_ integrity, honesty,• and
of character bestowedrupon him
'and for having given him counsellers to guide'
:our nation through perils of unprecedented '
sorrow. He was permitted to live to beheld
the breaking of the clouds which overhung,
'our national sky, and the disintegration of
the rebellion. Going up the mount he be
, held the land of promise, with its beauty and
happiness, and the glorious destiny reserves:
'ed for us as a nation. Thanks were also re- , -
turned that his arm was strengthened, and
wisdom. and firmness given to his heart to . ;
pen a declaration of emancipation, by which
„.
'were broken the chains of millions of the ht-'
man race. God be thanked, the assassin who.
struck down the Chief Magistrate had no
the band to again bind the suffering and op- ,
pressed. The name 'of the beloved dead.'
would ever be idented with that is great
and glorious with humanity on earth. God 'r•
grant that all who'stand here entrusted with:
the administration of public affairs may have',
the work of His servant se grormus begun,
and may the successor of the deceased Pres
ident not bear the sword in vain., God grant
that strength may be given to him, and to our
military, to perfect victory,,and to complete
the contest now nearly closed. May the spit,
rebellir
it ol .deltion soon pass away. ay t e ast
vestige of slavery, which caused the rebelP
lion, be driven from our land.
.God grant'
o
!that the sun may shine on a free people, from'
,Lake s
Atlantic 'to the Pacific, and from the.
to the Gulf. Not only safely lead us
'through the struggle, but give us peace with,
all nations of the earth. Give us hearts to
to deal justly with thein, and give them
hearts to deal justly with us, so that univer
sal peace may reign 'on earth. We raise our,
hearts to Thee, to plead Thy blessing may'
descend on the. family of the deceased:—
God, bless the weeping widow, as in her bro
,ken-heartedness she bows under the
s sad
'stroke—more than she can bear. Encircle
her in thine own arms. God, be gracious
• 4r--th-e-elrildren - left behiud • ,
sons with wisddm from on high; prepare
them for great usefulness; may they appre
ciate the patriotic etample and virtues of
their father and walk in his footsteps. We
pray Thee, the Bishop said,. to make the as•
sassination of personal profit to our hearts.
While by the remains of the deceased, whom
we have called a friend, do Thou grant us,
grace 'and repentance of our sins, so: that at
the end of .life wo may be gathered where,
assassins are not found, and where sorrow
and sickness never come, but all gather in
peace and love around the Father's throne in
glory. We pray Thee that our republic may
be made stronger for this blow, while here
we pledge ourselves to set our faces as a flint,
against every for of opposition which may'
rise up for its destruction, sa that we, the;
children, may enjoy the blessed advantages
of Government delivered from our fathers.
He concluded by repeating the Lord's Pray
er.
The Rev. Dr. Gurley then delivered a ser.,
mon, standing' on the steps, and• near the,
head of the coffin. He commenced by say-'
ing: We recognize and adore the sovreignti
of God. flis throne is in the heavens, and
His kingdom ruleth over all. It was a cruel
[hand, the dark hand of the assassin, that)
smote our honored, wise, and noble President f i
and filled the land with sorrow. But above;
this wirich—we-must]
see and acknowledge. It is the chastening,'
hand of wise and faithful God; He gives!
us the bitter cup; we yield to the behest; and
drink the draught.
This chastisement comes in ti way heavy
• Orit'
.biiy ,bas, ever .before Seen. .That day,
,will
mune, Mid •th'e aetith, of a himdied Prebidinis
andTabinetti cirindt toreient e•The
'ple Confided id the' late lamented, .Pre4derit
with, &firm and loving confidenee, which no
Other man enjoyed since the &lye of IVasli'.;
ingfa.; 14e deserVed. if `well; and 46served
it all.' Hemeritod it by his character and
ly.his acts, add by the whole.tenor, and torif.;
and spirit othis life.,. He was wise, simple, ;
and sincere, piaiajtnd lionest,
,truthfUl' and
just, benevoleht and kind.' His perceptions;
were quiek: and clear, his judgement was
calm and• accurate,. and • hie purposes.w.er:
good. and pure , beyond a.question; always and
. everywhere he aimed and endeavored to b
right and to do right,--H-is-integrity was A:
pervading, all-controlling and incorruptible, ;'
He gave his personal consideration to all mat- •
ters, 'whether great or small. How firmly
and well he occupied his positiorkdind ree l
all iti grave demands in seasons ofiTial and
difficulty is known to you all, to the country,
and to the world. lie comprehended all the,
enormity of treason, amd rose to the full dig.
nity of the occasion.' He satv
.his duty
Chief Magistrate of a great and imperilled
people,and leaned on the arch of Him who giv- '
eth power to' the- faint end- who- increaseth:
strength.
Ilev, Dr. Gurley, towards the close of hi
address said:.
I speak what I know and testify what I have
often heard him say, when I affirm that that
guidanee and mercy were the prop on which
he humbly and habitually leaned; that they
were'the best hope he had for himself and for
his country. Hence !• when be was leaving
his home in Illinois and Coming to • this city,
to take his seat in the executive chair of a
disturbed and troubled nation, he said to the,
old and tried friends who gathered tearfully
around him and bade him farewell, "I leave
you with this request—pray for meY they
did pray for him, and millions of other's pray
ed for hits; nor did they pray in vain. !Their
prayers were heard, and the answer appears,
in. all his subsequent history. It shines forth .
with heavenly radience in the whole course
and tenor of his administration, from its com
mencement to its close. God raised him up.
•
him for his work, and a
ided him in its 'ac
complishment. Nor was it merely by strength
of mind, honesty of heart and feeling,and per
sistency of purpose that he furnished him.
In addition to these things, he gave him cred
it for a calm and abiding confidence in the
rtwairtitauttiniscraulq
timate triumph of truth and righteousness
through the power and the blessing of God.
This confidence strengthened him in all his
hours of anxiety and toil, and inspired him
with calm and cheering hope, while others
were inclining to despondency and gloom.—.
Never shall, I forget the emphasis and the
deep emotion with which he said in this
room, to a company of clergymen and others
who called to pay their respects, in the dark•
est days of our civil conflict: "Gentlemen,
my hope of success in this great and terri
ble struggle rests on that immutable founds;
tion, the justice and goodness of God; and
when events are very threatening and pros
pects very dark, I still hope that in some wat
vat' -' all —9-1-17-
rich man cannot see, all Avi well in the'
L end, because our cause is just and God is on
?our side
Such was his sublime and holy faith, and
;it was an anchor to his soul. both sure nod
steadfast.' •It made him firm and strong., it
:emboldened him in the pathway of duty,,
however rugged and perilous it might bc.---•
jt made him valiant for the right, for the
• cause of God and humanity, And it held , him
:in steady, patient, and unswerving adherence
to a policy of administration . which h e
!thought, and which we all tiow think, both
:God and humanity required him to adopt.—
' We admired and loved him on•many accounts,
for strong and various reasons. We admir
ed his childlike simplicity, his freedom from
guile and deceit, his staunch and sterlingio-
Jegrity, his kind and forgiving temper, his
industry and patience, his persistent self-sac
rificing devotion to all the duties of his mil
neat position. From the least to the great
est, his readiness to bear and consider the
•cause of the poor and humble, the suffering,
•the oppressed; his charity towards those who
luestioned the correctness of his opinion.
,and the wisdom of his policy; his wonderful
;skill in reconciling differences ninon the
;friends of the Union, leading them away from
abstractions, and inducing them to work to-;
.gether and harmoniously for the common
r : weal; his true and enlarged philanthropy, that
• . • no-difference-of-color-or-race:but- re
garded all men as brethren, and endowed a
' like by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, amongst which are "life, liberty, and
:the pursuit of happiness;" his inflexibility.
of purpose that what freedom had gained - in'
•our terrible civil strife should never be - lost r :
and that the Mid'Of the war should be the
end of slavery, and, as 'a consequence, of re-•
hellion; his readiness-to spend•and be spent;
for the attainmeat of 'such a triumph,• they
blessed fruits of which •should be, as wide
,spreading as the earth. and as enduring as As the procession started, minute guns
the sun—all these things commanded and i'. were,flred near. St. John's Church', the .City
fixed our admiration; and' the admiration of ';;Halli and at the. Capitol. The bells of all
•th e world, and stamped upon his character f :.! the churches in ,the .city, and the yarious,fire
and life the unmistakable , impress of great- engines, were tolled. FirstAa the order of.
'ness; tut More sublime•than any or all of.; procession was a detachment deplored troops;
these, more holy and influential, more bean- then followed white reniments.of infautry, and
,tiftil and strong' and sustaining,..was his abi-,;• , bodiesof artillery 'notreavalry; navy, marine;'
ding Confidence in God, and iii the final ,trj- (land army officers en foot; ,the pall-hearers , in
umph of truth. and -righteousness .through.l! carriages; next, the hearse, drawn by six
Him and.for His sake) , Thiawas his noblest` White horses, the/coffin * piOniineirit to 'every ,
virtue, his grandestprinciple—the secret
:;. be holdir.'"'The &For on -which it rested Was'
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like of his • strength, his patience, and ha iskstrown 'with 'evergreens; and.the .coffin. cov-,
success; and-this, it seems to me, after being•T; ere& will whito,,,flowprs,.., The . diplomatic;
.near, him . steadily ' and with him often for I ; corps, members of 'Congress, ; GOverners of
more, than fOut years, is , 'the ' principle by states, delegations of various States, fire corn •
which, mgrs than by MI 'other ' "he, being panics, civic iissoCiatioris ' •
e leiks o f rh e ' va d. , ;
dad yet . ipeaketh! t . Yet; l 4 b is:steady, en. ens, departments , . .Ind. othors,,an, :14 thn,order 2
during 'Calt4dencOlii'kliid;and"ity'flie -Com• of the preeessian, logether with moos , , public
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plat) nitimaiO.SuceeSs of the''eduse of God, and, private, carriages, ill elesine; up with A
which is the cause Of linttianity, 'more -than nuniber 'of culorda'incn:" The'body was,
'in any other way, does in; now ..speak''tel us'' conveyed td and depo , ited in the rotunda of
=NEE
~lnd to the na~ion7ielo'vediio~leerved ' aabvell;
• Dithte stieceheor '' office,
ind 'where faitli in GO. • : Jy
this bespeaks to the members ef
et, the ; 111011 vtithovbem,he counselled so
tea and.',Wieasiopiated with itiloeg, and' 'lie
el:fates 'thereto 'have faith 'hided." ''Bythie
. be speaks' to- 'all. Wheotoupy positions
iluence and authority; in these, sad, and , troll,
blous times, and ahargeEt to have faith in
God. By this he speaks lo this great Pea
: - ale as they sit in 'ettekeletli to-ddy and Weep
bi.him With a bitter wailing and refuse "to
•e coinforted; and he charges them to . have
aith in God, and by- this he will speak'
brough• the ages and to all rulers and •peci-;
ile in every land, and his message to them
..111' be,' "Cling to Liberty and-Right; battle
Or them, bleed for them,' die . for them,
seed be, and have ; confidence in God." Oh! .
hat the voice 'Of ihiti testimony' may Sink,
•6'wn into our hearts to-day, and every ditt,
sad into the-heart of the nation, and exert
ts'appropriate influence upon
.our, feeling%
, surfaith, our patience, and our devotion to
, be ,cause, now dearer to us than everbefore;
•ecause consecrated by the"bfood of its moat.
onspionous defender, its wisest, and most,
• ondly trusted -friend. - kle ie, dead, bat the,
od in-whom he trusted lives,—,and be - can;
_uideand strengthen his successor as he gni.,
• ed and strengthened' hiric — He is dead, but ,
lie tudeory of •hie virtues, of his 'Voice and!
• 'triode counsels tend labors, of 'his calm and:
steady faith in: God, lives ; ia.p . recions, and
will be a power for good in the counry quite ,
down in the 'end of time.' Be is 'dead ;
eanse . he so ardently loved, so ably, patiL
'irtly, and faithfully represented an , • • •nr
wi—not for. himself,only, not for only.
'ut for all people in,all their generations, till'
line shall be no more, That cause"survives
is fall, and must survive it. The 'light of
its , brightening prospects , flashes cheeringly
o•day athwart the gloom occasioned by his
death and . the language or God's united pro-. •
iidenees is telling us that though the friends,
of liberty die, liberty itself is , 'immortal.—i
There is no assassin strong . enough and ,nn
weapon deadly enough to quench its inextin. :
guiehable life or arrest its onward march te ,
the conqueit
s end eoipire of the world: This
as we weep and mourn today. Though our
beloved President, is slain, our beloved coup,
try is saved, and so we sing of mercy as well
as of judgement. Tears of gratitude mingle
with those of sorrow, while there is also the
dawning of a brighter, happier day u aonour
-• • . en an , weary land. hod, be praised
that our fallen chief lived long - enough to see
the day dawn and the day star' of joy and
peace arise upon the nation. lie paw it, and
he was glad. . .
Alas ! alas be only saw the dawn; Whoa
the sun has risen full orbod and glorious, and
a happy, reunited people are rejoicing in its
light, it will shine upon his grave j' but that
'grave will be -a precious and a consecrated
spot. 'The friends of liberty and of the U
nion will repair to it in years and ages to
come to pronounce the, memory of its occu
pant blessed, and gather from his very ashes
and from the rehearsal of his deeds and vir
tues fresh 'incentives to patriotism. They
will then renew their vows of fidelit •
country and their God.
Rev. Dr. Gray, Baptist, closed the solemn
services by delivering a prayer, concluding
as follows: "God' of the bereaved, comfort
'and sustain the mourning fathily; bless the
new'Chief Magistrate. 0 let the mantle of
his predecessor fall upon him. Bless the
Secretary of State and his family; 0 G,od, i
possible, according to Thy will, spare their
lives that they may render still' important,
service to the country. Bless all the mem
bers of the Cabinet; endow them with wisdom
from above. Bless thecommanders in our'
armies and navy, and all the brave defenders
,of the country. Give them continued sue
:cess. Bless the 'ambassadors from foreign
'courts, and give us peace with the nations
, of the earth. 0 God I let treason, that has,
!deluged our land with blood, and desolated-
our country and bereaved our homes, and
fil
led them with widows and 'orphans, which,
has at length culminated in the assassination .
of the nation's chosen ruler, God of justice'
and avenger of the nation's wrongs, let the
: work of treason cease, and let the guilty',
!perpetrators of this horrible crime be arrest-,
,ed and brought to justice. Ohl hear the
cry and the prayer and the ,wail now rising?
from a nation's smitten and crushed heart,'
and deliver us from the power of our enemies;
and send speedy peace into' all our borders,'
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen."
The-corpse-was-t hen-re movedj.a-th earsei
which was in front of the door of the Exec
utive Mansiois, and at 2 'o'clock.the proceS--
Edon was formed. It took the line of Penn
sylvania Avenue. The streets were ke .t:
clear - of all encumbrance, but the sidewalks'
were ,densely 'lined with people 'from the.
White House to the Capitol, a distance, of a
mile and a half. House-tops; porticoes, the,
windoirs of, every house, and all elevated,
points were occupied by interested specta-'
tors. ,
the Capitol. t .
.:,:;!rhis, was .the, largest fuppr,ai.processiod
thnt„ever, took place in Was hington. One
hbiir balf t t vair aciruirie4 in' passing a
'.lt)winrii the highest 'degree
iinposingi land i niany:,,thousands. of , hearts
throbbed in Audson.,with ,the,, solemn dirges
tis the,pyoceseion slowly, moved upon its way.
Tho . iierireet relottoli of thir;late.Presidant't
.faiiiily; tie* here, ardr; the tive sone of• the de
deased,.namely4aptain Robert-arid Thadde.
ds Lincoln; :V: W.P.ldwards.and 0... M. Smith,
of S pringfield, brothers-ta l low of the
hite`PreSidentoMiti..Lyinzin Beeehey Todd;
Of Lexingliyei-Ky.v Geri.' 1; Todd, ;of
:Dabotah, ,eousinia -of -Mrs, ;Lincoln. ; Mrs.
•Lincoin,was not prescnt at the.funer,ai,,it .is
'Said, that she has not even seen her' hnsbarid's
caspse §iiicellie morning of itis"tfoottilg6.
, WAstaN43volf, , Aprii 19.-411 thritinteig:
minititers, -with their attaches, is all fitty•aiii
'irr:truruber, were
,pyesent at ,the funeral stl-
Vice at the Exeeutive Mansion today' 'Their
place in the Procesatoil'aras direct), after:the
Preside& ind'
the first time hi our ..history, .as in accordl .
once with th.e usage el foreign nations, where
the diplomatie.corps follow the, monarch-- Heretofore
Heretofore' 'have heed placid" 'in '-the
'programme after the-ex--E'residentS;lliaXiti
tices 'of the Stprerne Court, and- members of
Congress; :Upon the arrival of the head of
the.probession at +o east front of the Capi
tol torday,,the ~ effin having beou borne, to, the
centre of the rotunda, the President standing
at the foo of the eoffin, surrounded by a
throng :Seiraters and higliinilitarjr embers,
and , small, number of illinoians,,; as. chief,
mourners, the entire
,company t ,filling,but. a
small portion of the entire plaed,'.l)r.'filurr
14, at the head of the coffin; uttered a few
brief:and mostimpressive remarks, chiofly.in
the words of,Scripture, consigning the dead
ashes, once animated by the soul of Abra 7
ham Lincoln, lb the course of nature, to re
turn' to its original duak----The-deep tortes
of his voice reverberated from the vast walli
and ceiling of the great rotunda,, now first
used for such a pageaut,.and during the imr
pressive scene many were affected to tears.
&me ten or twelve years ago, a toy awl ]
girl, as is often the case, were among the
scholars going to school in one of the town-:
ships a few miles' east of Meadville. The
boy, as boys always are, was rather dna and
j
stupid, getting as a natural consequence,!
many a sco dings, while the girl was ,
and helped him with. his lessons, as girls al
ways will. • He was very grateful, of course,
and promised to repay her someday, "when
be got to be a man. Notwithstanding this
strange promiie, time passed on as usual, and
when he got to be a man the war broke out
and he enlisted.
. .
'ln the meantime, the parents of tho girl
that was the *Oman now, having become ve ,
ry poor, elle was obliged to support herself;
so'obtaining a place in a good ramily she came
to Meadville to work. , Last summer the
•young man was wounded and came home.—
Just before his return to the army, having
re-enlisted, he told her 'that he. might pro
babl • never return. that h: •
gotten the promise made in his boyhood's
-days•and ho now wished in some manner to
I fulfill it; that he bad not much to offer; only
• the third interest in three acres of land on
Oil Creek; that be could not tell whether it
would' ever be worth anything, but whether
'it was or not she might have it and welcome.
The gift was accepted end the papers proper
ly,made out before he left.
• About six weeks ago, the other two own
ers of the land' having gone on to develop
that territory, a forty barrel well was struck
and'sbe was at once offered $40,000 for her.
interest, one acre of land. The first intima
tion the family where she is now living heard:
of her good fortune was last week, when the ;
_gentleman, who, by the way, lives in one of
the finest houses in the upper ,end of town,
having mentioned that he had been offered;
,$lO,OOO for his property, was very much as-,
tonished when she , made him the same offer,
and said if the house was sold she wanted to
bu it as b c me-for-her-paren ts. Thin ki
surely she must be "daft," ho made some in- 7
quiries, when the facts were found cut, as
,s.tated above.
If she tiocs'nt •'put on airs," and marries
the •soldier boy when he comes back from the
wars,- the story will be finished iu,a good old'.
'fashioned way, and we will duly notify our
readers of the sequel,
' arza,—lf-there-be-any-day — itr - which
we are quite certain that we shall meet with
no trial from Providence, no temptation from
the world; any dayla which we shall be sure ,
to have 'no wronfr tern 'era excited in ourself
g eii; no call to, bear with' those of otbers;, no
misfortune to encounter, and no need of di
vine assistance to endure it; on that morning
we may safely omit prayer;
' If aert+ is any evaning of a day in which
iv° have received no protection from ,God,
end experienced no mercy at his '11E41(14 if we
.have not loses single opportunity of doing
or receiving good, if •we are quite certain
that have not once• spokon tauadvisedly
'with our, lips, ,nor entertained .One.vain or
jolt° thought in our IThart;.on that,,night we
gtayeafely.owit,topraise!, GO . and tioafciis,
our sioftilnese; on that night we tuay,
omit humiliation and thanksgiving. ,;:
If you,see half a dozen, faults in a woman,
you way rest assured.she has, a half • 114 . 40
virtues to counterhalance
,thein.., 16ve
your faulty Ivoine,n,,and fear, yqur
wcueu.• , When yqu see,,Ano, ));I,tcripe4l.*
faultless woman, •you would
snake.
:The po Tor
. of conceal
the dgfectslvhich sho,:inust. have is of itsel
a serious vice.
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, •
.}' .The' Oen t
ay. , 'The tail', of. - LIM; rattlesnakooraakes aU
the noise, but the hortl, does‘ thetoxoeutiou.
MEM
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Primident,..Johnsan ;on the Fail 1.-.1
Richmond •
Upon the' iteeptiou . itt 'Washing ton: Of , Vic ! '
dews'-of the ftill-ofltiohblond, , `On the 8d in t. ; •
President ,TOhnsini -itia , sereitaded by tlio'ju=
hilant people, and made a apeeph to • them of
great force and power, in which he laid,down
the:treatment he conceived to be , propei• for
the Rebel leaders ' anti thassea. - • In view W..
Mr. Linc - ohes untimely' eaih, and Mr. ',fit; ll
sorA succession as' President of the Unit,•.l
'States, the remarks then delivered have ;
double interest and meaning: We reproduce
the speech, and: the terms laid' down in `:it
will undoubtedly- he the policy of the' ile.,;;
President, lla said: ' ' •
,"You must indulge me in making one sin -
gib temark in tionne&ion with mysilif. At
the tithe the traitors in the Senate of the :Dui
ted States plotted against the lioverment,
and' entered ibto a conspiracy more foal,
inure:execrable, and more. odious than that
of Cataliue against the i ßannuts, I happened
to .be a member of that body, and, as to loy
alty!, stobri Solitary' and alone arriong the Sen
ators fridditlife Sdh - theK - 1 States. I was then
and there called upoty to knowwhat,l would.
do with such , traitors, and 1 want to repeat
my reply here.. I said, it we had an Andrew
dmikson he would ha 4 theM as hi h as ila
med..-- But as , he is ho more; and , sleeps in'
his grave in his. own beloved state, whore
traitors 'and treason have evert., insulted his
,toaib and
,the bery earth 614 covers his re-
Mains, hUnable'as 1' ant, when' you ask rue
What I wont./ do, my reply is, I would arrest
them; I would try them; I would convict
them, and I, would hang them. As humble
as. I am and biti , e been, I have pursued but
eMetindeviatiog course. All'that I have- -
life, limb And propertya4tive been put ar
the disposal of the country in this great
'struggle. I have been in, camp, I. !lave' been
in the field, I have been everywhere where
this 'great Rebellion was I haie'pursued it
'until I believe I can now see.ite termination
Since the world began, there never has been
,a rebellion of such gigantic proportions, so
traminnmausmanwzra o IAJEt in mo
tive, so entirely disregardful of the laws of
oivilized war. It has introduced the most
savage mode of warfare over practiced upon
the earth. I will repeat here a remark for
which I have been iu no small degree eels--
sured. What is it, allow o
has-sustaimad• it
can this great strug
gle? The cry has been, you know, that ou-
Government ins not strong enough for
time of Rebellion; that in such a time sho
would have tot contend against internal weak
ness as well as internal foes. We have now
given the world evidence that such is not
the. fact; and when the
the
shall hafe ,
been crushed, out, and the natiOn shall'oiace
again have settled down' in peace, our Got
eminent will rest upon a more enduring ba
sis than ever before. But, my friends, in
what has the great strength of this Govern
ment consisted? Il as it been iu one man
power ? Has it been in some autocrat, or in
some one man who held absolute Govern
ment ! ' No! I thank God:_l_hava_mi,-
power to proclaim the great, truth, that this
Government has derived its strength from
the American people. They have issued. the
'edict; they have exercised the poWer that
bee resulted in the overthrow of the Rebell
and there- is not another Government
upon the face of the earth that epuld haver
withstood the shock. We can now congrat
ulate ourselves that we possess the strong
t2est, the freest, and the best Government the
. world ever saw. Thank God that we havo
;lived through this trial, and that, looking in
your intelligent faces here, to-day, I can an
nounce to you the great fact that Petersburg,
1 the outposts of the strong' citadel, has been
occupied by our brave and gallant officers,
'land our , untiring, invincible soldiers. Anti
;not content with 'that, they have capture/1
'the citadel itself, the stronghold of the trai
tors. Richmond is ours, and is now occupi
ed by.the forces of the United States. Death
to the conspirators—clemency to their vie
tires. One word more and I ilbase-.dono.
it—
is this; I am in -favor of leniency, but, in my
.opinion, evil-doers should be punished.—.
Treason is the highest crime known in the.
- catalogue of crimes; and for him that is
auil
x'ty of it—for him that is willing- to lift his
'-,impious hand against the authority of the
Nation-1 'would say death is too easy a pun
::ishment. /My notion is that treason must
:be made odious, that traitors must bo pun
t: h - cd - midlinpovernahed. their social power
broken, though they must be made to feel
the penalty of their crimes. Hence I say
this—the halter 'to intelligent, influential
traitors. , But to the honest boy, to the_de,_
eluded man, — who wh - crlutaTb - cen — dedeived into the
Rebel ranks, I would' extend leniency. I
would say return to your allegiance, renew
:'your support to the Government and become
a good citizen; but the leaders I would hang.
I bold, too, that wealthy traitors should be
made to remunerate those men who have suf
fered as a consequence of their crimes, Union
men who have lost:their property, who have
been driven from their homes beggars, and.
wanderers - among strangers. It, 18 well to
tsdk ; ehont things bore to-day, in, addressing
the well-informed. persons who compose this
,
andiebee. You l ean,' to a very great extent,
aid in moulditig piiblic opinion, and in giv
ing it proper, direction. Let. us ,commence
the work.„ have put down.these
,traitors
in arms; ice us put them down in law, in, pub
lic judgement; and in the Otorcris of the
w o r ld; . u r 1, *; ,•' I •
(1.110 tluk,4, prays, act. oft egotozo, Nue Jere
gpylpr, pr gjr,es.e . bAs fp,r,,praise, or facts
to be aciounted relig ious, is bu l i
idliedeviitibb;' and a biggar-liattlis t :atais,
and. b3ipoOrite ;1,::r
It is tlig tende q ny. of e !no:milt:6
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