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TNE GATHERED HARVEST. Civic Honors to the Remains of Horace Greeley. ——_¢————+— A CITY IN MOURNING. The Body Lies in State at City Hall. A Continued Stream of People Passing It for Thirteen Hours. oo ed ‘THE PUBLIC TRAPPINGS AND SUITS OF WOE Decorations of the Church Where He Worshipped. eae ered THE IMPOSING SERVICES TO-DAY. ps tht el eet President Grant, the Vice President and Cabinet, the Governor and Distin- guished Senators To Be Present. SEED "SES The Democratic National Commit- tee’s Lament. Action of the Various So- cicties. pale PROGRAMME OF THE PROCESSION. rte Se mt FATE The busy life of the great city ceased its hurry and bustle yesterday to mourn for Horace Grecley. ‘The people whom he had so richly honored pressed to the side of his bier to honor him. The metropolis puton its weeds of woe, and paid its tribute of respect and sorrow to the last earthly remains of ite well beloved Sage. YHE TRUE AND DEEP AFFECTION of its people for the departed Philosopher was tested by the ordeal of cold weather and long Waiting, but they endured silently and in patience that they might pass one instant reverently in the prosence of the honored dead, and cast one glance upon what yet remains of his earthly clay, THE EODY OF MR, GREELEY in its casket was removed quietly from the house of Mr. Sinclair, on Forty-fifth street, early in the morning, and conveyed in a hearse, accompanied by a few ci.izens and some members of che Typo- ®raphival Association 28. guard of honor, to the City Mall, Here it w.: aced in state in the Governor's Room, upon a cata.alque. It layin the centre of the room, with the head toward the west, The corpse ‘was dressed in black. On> arm lay extended by his side, his well-remembered plain gold ring upon bis Dow emaciated third finger, and th» other arm jay across his breast, w DHE £ACB looked somewhat pinvned, .4t was stil well pre- served, considering the time that he has been dead and the fact that no preserving process had been used. The lid of the casket was turnea back, and on its face was a silver plate, with the inscrip- ‘tion :— neacoonestacesseonne nee: HORACE GREELEY, BORN FRBRUARY 3, 1811; Disp NOVEMBER 29, 1872, LONER IEEE LENE DONO NDE IE OE DOOE OEE: THE FLORAL DECORATIONS, at the head of the casket, resting upon the black loth of the catafaique, was a bank of flowers, sur- mounted by a coronet and cross, composed chiefly ©! camelias and tube roses, which bore the card, “From A. Oakey Hall, Mayor of the city of New York.” Another bank with a coronet, but no Cross, bore the card ‘From the Common Council of the city of New York,” and in the centre was an inscription, formed by violets, “It is done.” Be- Sween these two banks of flowers a portrait of the Philosopher rested, and upon its face were scat- tered white flowers, At the foot of the coffin, resting against the iid, was a floral representation of an anchor. presented by the girls of the Gram- mar School, on which was the motto, “Fama sem- per vivat.”” Next to it at the foot was a plain low bank of flowers, bearing the inscription around the edge, in purple violets, “I know that my Redeemer liveth.” .Two other testimonials, one from Mr. Benjamin Manierre and the other from Mrs. Thomas N, Rooker, covered the rest of the catafalque, while white Mowers and tratling vines were bestrewed all over the corpse and coffin, On the western wall of the room, where the passers- by could see it as they left the room aiter viewing the remains, was a heart worked in biack cloth, in the centre of which was suspended a wreath of wheat, enclosing the following lines Work while bright daylight on thy But not for gold; Vame proves a phantom and an idie dreaming, Ts a tale that’s told. Bat cherish ever witn a grand emotion A vent for strife; Our earthly birthright ‘This threetold lite, Underneath the wreath were an axe and pen crossed, The testimonial was presented by the village of Chappaqua. Amid these testimonials of dove and reverence the dead Philosopler rested, in ‘te historic room where the great men of our coun- try gone before him had lain, as cold and silently and from the waiis of which the portraits of Amer- ica’s celebrated sons lvoked down upon him, In one end oF the room stands the ancient writing desk of Washington, and about the reom are sta- tioned historic relies of the Revolution, The mem- bers of THE CITIZENS’ GUARD OF HONOR, rat h is beaming, this wild commotion— composed of Jobn A. Dix, John McEeou, Witian F, Havemeyer, Samuel J. Tilden, Thurlow Weed, Stiepherd Knap G. W, Varian, John T. Hoffmay W, Butler Duncan, A, T. Stewart, Abraham R, Lawrence, Horatio Seymour, William J. Hoppin, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Nicoll, Peter Cooper, W. B, Astor, took up thelr headquarters in the Chamber of the Board of Aldermen adjoining and visited the Gov- ernor’s Room at intervals, These gentlemen were onremitting in their duti of the widespread respect and honor accorded the memory of the dead man that his recently bitter political opponents, like voy Weed 9. ne- fal Dix, and newly made political a eran 8, SIke 4. Oukéy Hall and Samucl J, Tilden, were together, paying the tributes of regret by the side of hia bier. 4 LANGE DETAIL OF THE TWENTY-SIXTU PRECINCT POLICE, ander Captain Leary, were stationed on the front steps of the City Hall, inside the rotunua and alon; the passage wave as soon as the body had been aid 'y for the public view; but it was soon found that the force must be increased, as the line of those who stood two and three deep waiting their turn to view the body extended by nine o'clock trom the door of the Governor's Room to the plaza in front of the Hall, thence along the plaza to Broadway, thence to the walk leading to the new Court House, and thence again around the Court House to the avenues of the Fark hear the Park Hespital. It was estimated that it took the rear man of the line an hour and a half to reach the body, aud estimating at the rate ‘of 3,000 passers-by in an hour, 40,000 people passed by and jooked upon the remains of the dead man, had been heavily er, sped tot hi heavily Craped in mourning doring the night. The coiumns of the veranda were twined with black. The cornices above were hung with Grapery, inscribed with large jetters as follows :— A. Oakey Hall, Moses H. Grinnell, Charles O’Conor, Emil Sauer, Augustus Schell, William M. Evarts, Charles P. Daly, William OC. Prime, Sbabaesbiberebuinereddiecrtevons nodes WE REMEMBER WITH PRIDE IB BCSY LIFE. Lsvegneneererieieeitioeveroe ene neeeee ne re a Above this Was a photograph of the ‘Overcoat reading the T7ouwe, enake 1m bls he route which the people had to traverse to nec the body, the black drapery hung iu thick folds, pnd pn the eteir raiings, overiogksbx the ascending nd it was one evidence | heavily draped in the on the top of the in every direction ty’s sorrow similar in the breeze and similar “suits of woe” hui nm sombre folds from the door- posta, By nine 0% ik in the morning ‘THR STREAM OF PEO commenced ee sow’ _ the pened hypearthd the body lay. ine eo) men only, a pecoadl and more convenient line being formed ior ladies and their escorts on the opposite end of the Plaza. ‘The two lines aivergea ‘on the staircase and met in at the door of the Governor's Room, where the people were compelled to enter in single file, passing through the west room, down the nar- row staircase to basement, and thence out the west end of the hall into the Park. The crowd was composed in its two lines of ail of people, the rich and poor alike, patiently awaiting their turn, Many among the ladies were richly attired and many were in mean apparel, Some even car- ried their dinner buckets w.th them, and were evi- dently of the working clase*s, snatching a few brief momeats from their dai} toil to join their tribute All gazed with the reat. - Wird VISIBLE KMOTION on the face of the dead, and many sobbed aloud in thelr sorrow, One or two bent and kissed the forehead. One gentleman—a Universalist minis- ter—who had known the great Philosopher in his chureh connection, was overcome with grief and had to sit down to recover his equanimity. The policemen and the citizens who acted-as a guard of honor had to urge’ the passers continua, wo move more rapidly, a many thousands yet walted outside to see body, and it would be dimicult without more ‘haste to accommodate all. The steady stream mtinued without cessation until dark, al after the usual dinner hour was inereased in density by the addi- tion of those whose daily duties had prevented their coming earlier im the day. The gas wae lighted in the room, and, with more sombre aspect impressive one. The stream ceased not its ste o'clock throng, wae an American flag colors of morning. ‘The fou City Hall were at hale mont Bs from this central point of cil tokens of grief fap) fow until at ten the barred gates were closed and no more were admitted. A large crowd was shut. out b. this peremptory embargo, but they bore even ti infliction with the patient decorum that had sig- nalized the crowd throughout the day. AN UNUSUALLY DECOROUS CROWD it was, Patience and quiet resignation were the chief characteristics of it. A slight Yankee spirit of speculation was deyeloped by the younger and Jess serious tenants of the long line, who sold their places when near oor, in many in- stances, for ® dollar or two, and of @ sort of selfish gallantry by others who asked unpro- tected young ladies for the privilege of escort- ing them, in order that they might join the ladies’ line and succeed in viewing the sooner, but otherwise the heterogenous crowd seemed fully im- pesen with the sad nature of the occasion. There 8 not been, , since the day that the re- mains of Abraham Lincoln lay in the same room #0 im} roesise, : eo fe weneray DOUrninE. « mo e and look upon the body of his old friend whe 4 GENERAL DIX. He entered with some other gentlemen belonging to the citizens’ gnard of honor, looked long an sadly ciated face and passed ahead, Soon a THURLOW WER: We the terward came D, the last surviving partner of the famous firm of Seward, Weed & Greelev, still erect wiun mis BeY- ent y pat ears whille Gredley Ties low with his eixty-oné, “and ‘ard has gone but a month or two ago with seventy. He looked with con- siderable emotion upon the haggard features of his great co-worker, and walked slowly away, look- ing abstractedly at the portraits of great men on the walls, or reading without attention the inscrip- tions among the drapery. He soon seated himself on one of the sofas intended for the citizeng’ guard of honor, and entered into a distralt sort of conv exgadon with the other members, Among the other DISTINGUISNED MEN who gazed apon the remains with varied emotions were Colonel Ethan Allen, who but a few months ago haa been flushed, like his dead leader, with ey ee hopes of success; ex-Superintendent John A. Kennedy, Abraham R. Lawrence, W. J. Hoppin, Peter Cooper and William Cullen Bryant. Messrs. John R. Stuart and Edward J. Carpenter were present as REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FAMILY of deceased. Itis probable that at their request the body will be permitted to lie in state at Dr. Chapin’s church for two hours this morning, in onde that the ladies of the congregation may ace THE DROORATIONS OF THR CHURCH are of a most extensive and imposing character. Over the three entrances are American flags, draped. The vestibule is hung with crape, in the midst of which is a photograph of the Sage, with | Chappaqua in the background. Inside the church the scene ig most sadly suggestive of the regret felt by his church associates. From the ridge of the edifice are hang in festoons at equal dis- tances five rolls of drapery, ae almost as low as the gallery, and being twined thence avout the lofty columns, at each of which is ap- [dels & rosette of crape and white flowers. Black ry all around the railings of the gallery and en- circles the dial of the clock, Against the heavy walnut paneling back of the pulpit the black dra- pery hangs in heavy folds, dotted with rosettes of crape and camelias, and lung with long festoons of ivy. The altar is magnificently draped and fes- tooned with smilax, rosebud and heliotrope, An arch, five feet and four inches high, made up of red flowers on a white ground, forming the ee) “yr Know That My Redeemer Liveth,” spans the pulpit over the preacher’s head, while underneath is hun, the motto, “it Is Done.”? This magnificent floral design is presented by the ladies of Dr. Chapin’s congregation, A sarge floral offering of a unique design is also on step of the chancel, just where the head of ft) will rest. 1t was presented by tbe TNOuM employes, THE GREELEY PEW, which is the seventh from the entrance on the right hand side of the church, is protusely deco- rated with crape, and against the far corner of it stands a lyre with one string broken. It was de- signed by a young lady of the congregation, THE TICKETS OF ADMISSION to the body of the church were ali given yester- day to the municipal officials, Congressmen, legis- lators, distinguished strangers and persona! friends and associates in business of the deceased, and last evening tickets were distributed as far as they could be to the ladies of the congregation for seats in the peta. The pew-holders have al! given up their rights for this occasion. Seats will be re- served near the front and centre of the church for President Grant, Vice President Colfax, the mem- bers of the Cabinet, Governor Hoffman and staff, Senators Sumner, Fenton, Trumbull and other dis- tinguished national men who will certainly atteod. The ticket of admission is of a pecullar design, the back being black, with the words, “I know that my Redeemer liveth” painted in shaded letters upon a closely checkered surface. It is stated that the church will only seat about one thousand six hundred people, but the sexton says he Will be able, by judicious packing, to seat 2,000, THE BODY was taken ata late hour last night to Mr. Sin- clair’s, and, if the day is fine, will be borne thence | by carriers, the distance being short, The order of service {s as follows Foneral March Chopin De Profund Chant Reading of the § riptures, “I know that my Redeemer liveth,” - Miss Clara Louise Kellogg Address, Henry Ward Beecher “sleep BesVees nartet Address. hapin ‘ Pray “Angels Ever Bright and Fair’ Miss T. Wienecke (Soprano of Bt, F Xavier's Church), Organist. Dr. William Berge SS10N of citizena who have arranged to attend will be compelled to remain in line outside the church during the services, as there is no room for their admission. It is probable that the funeral cortége will be over two miles tong. The following is the propane of arrangements, under the auspices f the Common Council :— The mi!‘tary and civic officers oj the United States located in this and adjoini es, nit of the State of New York and of other States now in this city. ihe Mayor and the members of the Common Council of this city and the heads of the several departments of the municipal government. 5 S 2 ¢ 5 S 8 : z The Mayors and members of the Common Councils of Brooklyn, Jersey C Long Island City, Newark and other nelghborinig eit ral officers of the county 0 ve of New York, the Judges of the Supreme, Superior, Marine, Common Pieas and District Civil and Police Courts are hereby Fequested to meet in the Governor's and Common Council's rooms in the City Hall, on Wednesday, December 4, at nine o'clock A. they will be' received by the committee, preparatory. to d Fifth avenue, and partici) ing in the funeral In consequence of the ort space of time ninittee to make the necessary ar- rungements for viewing the body of the deceased while in state in the Governor's room and arranging for the obse- quies, they are precluded trom extending personal invi- tations to the persons, corporations and officials above- ereby respectively invited to ceremonies. allowed the Special C EK fs personal invitation. Being the day set apart f maenitee i the funeral rites and ceremonies, {t 1s recommended by the Common Council that our citizens close their respective places of usiness, and refrain from any seculat employment; that e OWners OF Masters of Neppels iy he hatpor and yu owners or occupants of dwellings {n the cliy be requeste to diaplay their fags at half mast from sunrise Until sun. set. The Committee direc 8 on the Cit Hail and all other Public. buildings be also displayed wt hi he C ed, hepa rifctlanly reauested By Ad Bonn ase Bic those who have charge of the church and Fire Depart- ment bells in the city will cause them to be tolled from one o'clock P.M, until the clO8é of te procession, about three o'clock P. Ttis also requested that the houses along the route may suitably draped in mourning emblems. The streets through which the procession will pass are reserved from curb to curb for the funeral cortege. On arriving at the church the guests will enter in the. same order and be seaged as directed by Alderman Falconer and Assistant Aldermen Geis and Connor, After the services in church they will resume their seats in the carriages in the same orde; hey arrived, yb ag in DOA On e eerie nie Oraer ae the Chiet ot Police, y air DANIEL D, CONOVER, ™ JENKINS VAN SCHAICK, JOHN FALCONER, Bpecial Committee Boar of pecial Committee Board of Aldermen, NICHOLAS R, CONNOR, MICHAEL Hl 4 RANCIS J. JOSEPH P. BTRAUK, JOVIN GALVIN, £pecial Committee Board of Assistant Aldermen, Francis J. Twouny, Secrotary. Hy request of the ‘Mayor atid Joint Committee of the Common Council Superintendent of Police James J. Kelso will supervise the processional arrangements, who has provided as follows The remains will be privately removed fe City Hall on Wednesday to the house of Samuel Sinclair, @ad will thenee privately removed by iriendg :M., where | ing to Dr. Chapin's chureh, corner of Forty-ifth { and Tribune staff and employes to the Church of the Di vine Paternity (Dr, Chapin’s), on Fifth avenue, corner of Forty-fifth street. “The tuveral serviees will occur in the church at eleven o'clock, and the body of it will be re- served for the immediate friends of the deceased and tor those connected with the Triune esiablishment, and also the invited guests. Private societies and citizens gen- erally who expect to take part in the procession (which will move as soon as the services conclude) will jeuse station themselves in Fifth avenue, north of Forty- ith street, No music will be allowed. The route of the Procession’ will be through Fifth avenue to Fourteenth Street, Fourteenth street to Broadway, Broadway to The guests of the Fis Aap thorities will assemble at the City Hall at niue A. M. and willleave at ten A. M. pe- remptor Meads of civic bodies, civil functionaries and militar QMicers will promptly on their arrival apply to F. J. Pathe Weg of the committee, at room No. 8 City Hall, offive of the Clerk of the Commeén Council, for tick- ets for seats in the church to the number allowed by the special committee. ry Each holder of a ticket for a seat In church will then be furnished with @ coach ticket by the secretary on ap- ation. PiGeorge W. Roome and Edward Van Ranst will superin: tend seating the guests In the coaches, which will proceed m the following order trom the City Hall :— yor and Common Council of New York. on {ads of Departments, Judges and other New York city Mayor and Common Counefl ot the city of Brooklyn, fersey City, Newark, Long Island City and other adjoim- ies. ing ic 2 i civ f the United States, Olicers of the goverment of the Slate, and of other States now in the city, Officers of the county of New York. ‘The list of pallbearers cannot yet be published. ‘The following is the programme of arrangements made by the police :— Superintendent Ke procession: bas appoini 8 EE Grand Marshal of the funcra? nepectors Walling and Ditks rmott to remain in charge at 4 Chapin’s church, where 8 Will be held will be in eliarge o! Cap tain Gunner, of ‘ineteenth precinct, with a force of 280 men. Hapecial detail of torty patrolmen under com: Foand of Capt mn, of the Fourth preoinet, will CR) Fal procesalon and the mounted iq ui of hopor surrounding the Bearse and pallbearers. | The procession will through ih avenue, which will be kept by in Burden, of thé twenty-ninth precinct, under Captain Walsh, Seventeenth pre- t, will be stationed at the junction of Fifth avenue ry broadway ‘at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and another ecial force At Union square, in command of Captain way Gaptuin Byres, of the Fifteenth precinct jr , e qullthave charge dowit to Hand street: Captains Ulinchy, fourteenth precinct, and McCullough, Eighth precinet canal et; Captains Kei iY ‘Sixth precinct, and elty, recinet, fro nal to Chambers slreet; Canin jams, Third precinct, from Chambers street uct, will ‘have charve ot the Adrangémbns. at "ihe e ot the o Haat Part ‘Captains Ward, cattroy"and Van Dusen 9f Broadway trom Falton street to the cee ¢ Battery Captain Copeland, with a force ‘of 200 men, will be ned. A.sauad of the mounted force will ‘also be “dgtal ‘Superintendent Kelso to fucets from the Clty Hall to tue ehuvel, wucre ‘the obse- iy ry ‘ 4 o Gules will take place. The captains and inspectors detailed for duty assembled at Headquarters last night, when the final arrangements were concluded. * At a mee! ng of the St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Temperance Association in Ir hall, Sixth ave- nue and West Wasi , last night, a series of resolutions Were passcd expressive of their sorrow at the loss of so great a humanitarian as Mr. Greeley, as a Christian gentleman and as the fiend of total abstinence, ein a Se ee The Coroners’ Silice Closed. The Coroners’ Office will be closed to-day from eleven o'clock A, M. to two o’clock P. M., a8 @ mark ar respect to the memory of the late Horace Gree- ley. By order of the Board of Coroners. JOHN T, TOAL, Clerk, Mr. Greeley and the Associated Press. ASSOCIATED Press Rooms, New York, Dec. 3, 1872. At the regular monthly meeting of the Associa- ted Press, held this day, the following resolutions, offered by Mr. Erastus Brooks, and seconded by Messrs, Jones and Bangs, were unanimously adopt- ed:— Resolyed, That we receive with feelings of very deep sorrow intélligence of the death of Horace Greeley, the founder of the New York Trituae, for more than ‘thirty ears its editor-in-chief, and one of the original propric- ors In the organization of the Associated V'ress of the country. Resolved, That the Newspaner Press of the United States looses in him one of its ablest conductors, a writer unsurpassed i the purity of his English, in clearness of expression, and in concise and logical conclusions drawn from premises which he belicved to be tounded in truth. In his eventtul life we see the success which followed earnest labor, courageousaction and manly fndependence, aswell as the evidence ot a temperate, orderly and well- spent life. We remember him, in connection with our own calling, as the taithul apprentice, the good printer, the accomplished editor, and the liberal proprietor! Losing all this in one for many years at the head | of | his profeasion, our loss is second only to that of the public, in whose interests, in the press of the country and ‘in the forum of de- bate, he labored for more than forty years of his life. Resolved, That our profoundest sympathies go out to the daughters of our late associate and friend in their double affliction of the loss of mother and father within ‘a brief month, and that we tender to them, in their great sorrow, our sincere condolence and respect. Resolved, That the recent death of three of the oldest and most distinguished editors of the journals of this city admonishes us of the uncertainty of lite, of the instabilit of all human affairs, and that, ‘as daily teachers in an chroniclers of the great transactions of the world, it be- comes us to be ready to meet that summons which, only @ little in advance of us, has called home our late friend and brother, ved, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the President and Secretary of the Association, be for- warded to the family of the deceased aud published by the Associated Press. Resolved, That the members of this Association will at- tend the iuneral of the deceased in a body. DAVID M, STONE, President, I. W. Enarann, Secretary. Action of the American Press Associa- tion. Atameeting of the Directors of the American Press Association, Mr, Howard, of the New York Star, in the chair, and Messrs. Francis Wells (President of the Association), of the Philadelphia Bulletin; Robert C. Dunham, Boston Times; Robert Johnston, Evening Matl; George C. Bartholomew, New York News; Feodore Mierson, New Yorker Journal; G. Wharton Hammersley, Germantown Chronicle, and Sidney Dean, Providence Press, present, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted — Whereas the death of Horace Greeley has remove from the world a foremost champion of truth, the tri ar excellence of his kind, a benefactor of the race and filtstrious examplar of the possibilities of his country: and whereas the profession of journalism has great catise tor grief in the loss of its chief, its sturdiest writer, its constant defender and brightest star; therefore Resolved, That the directors of the’ American Press Age sociation unite with other members of the craft in extend- ing to the family ot their dead friend their hearty and most respectful sympathy. Resolve, That to the 7r0une staff, and more especial, to Whitelaw Reid and Sainuel Sinclair, they express their appreciation of the great loss they sustain and their sin- cere condolence with thei Resolved, That the dire in honor of Hsrace Greeley’s memory together, these resolutions be published in the papers ciation and be sent also to the family of the deceased and his late associates in business. Address of the National Committee. The National Democratic Committee have issued the following :— Heapquartens OF me National Democratic ) Commrrex, oy vd n a Democratic Nuw Youx, Dec. 3, 1872. § je Nattonal Committee’ did, in’ July, 1872, unprecedented in the ‘history’ of the af their candidate for the oMce of | nited States Horace Greeley, of New ork. Six States cast their electoral votes tor him at the late election and millions of men in the other States where we failed of success testified their appreciation of his noble character and the greatrervice he had ren- dered to the country by voting our electoral ticket. But Horace Greeley is dead, and the splendor of the political victory fchieved ‘by his opponents is now diminished by the sorrow which this sad event has cast upon the people whom he loved and who regarded him as one of the best, truest and bravest of men. The les- sons of his pure and blameless life will long remain tm- pressed upon the age in which he lived. Every beat of his creat heart was in sympathy with humanity in its broadest form. He loved the govern. ment, he loved his tellow-men, and the labors of his whole life Were to elevate the condition of mankind. No struggle. for erty, civil of religious, was ever made on the surface of the earth sinee his manhood be- The Demoe with @ unani party, nominat President of the charity, of forgiveness and of I Not his stricken family alone, but a stricken people sor- Tow for @ loss wholly inscrutable aud almost unparal- leled, The Nationa! Democratic Committee, in behalf of the great party whanchieved honor by their faithful effort to clect hiin to the first office in the government, will do all in their power to honor his name ang memory. ‘ommuttee, STUS Chairman National Democratic C Action of the Fire Commissioners. A special order was issued last night by the Fire Commissioners detailing eighty-eight men to act as part of the funeral escort of Horace Greeley, ‘The men are ordered to report at Firemaa’s Hall thi morning at pine o'glock in fal} nalform and whlté gloves. The men will form in co mp ied Pe der the command of Foremen King, Walsh, Van Orden and GriMiths and assistant Foremen Breg- nai Fettigren: MOffy and Cashman. The en! re 16H, tinder command of Engineer Shay, will ed to the church and there take their place in the line. The Commissioners have resolved to attend the funeral in a body, Action of the Farmers’ Club. This old club, of which Mr, Greeley was an ex-oMcer and an active member, heid a meeting yesterday at half-past one o'clock, Upon the blackboard, where scientists and enthusiasts have so often illustrated their learned papers, was suspended a large-sized portrait of Mr. Gree- ley, heavily draped in crape, Nathan C, Ely, President of the Club, cccupied the chair, and John W. Chambers acted as secre- tary. Mr, Ely made @ brief address eulogistic of the deceased, when Messrs. P. T. Quinn, Henry Stuart ana fF. M. Hexamer were ppointed a Com- mittee on Resolutions, These gentiemen reported the following :— Resolved, That, in the death of Hon, Horace Greeley, a Faraiciy’ Club pind yg" apPloultural interest of the country have lost a friend and fellow-worker, @ teacher Whose works were always full of instraction, & supporter whose efforts were never spared to elevate their con- dition, and one te the lossons of whose busy life they are greatly indebs fully pay our sineere m and tender regard to the memory of him whom we loved and henored during his life, and whose loss we now deplore. Resolved, That we, for ourselves and the millions of farmers throughout 'this country whom we claim. te Fepresent, tender our sympathy to the bereaved relatives in their and our common fons. Resolved, That resolutions be entered on the minutes of the Farmers’ Club aud be suitably engrossed and framed and hang in the rooms of the American Ip- stitute as a memorial of our departed associate. made Remarks mere Nr. quinn Robert uini Smith and o! love for agriculture and his well. manity. Action of the Rural Club. The above club, of which Mr. Greeley, at his death, was president, met at two o'clock, Vice- President Ely in the chair, Messrs, C. T. Hurlburd, A. B, Crandell and F. D. Curtis were appomted a committee, and reported the following resolu- tions :— Whereas by a sad dispensation of Providence one of the original founders of this club, and when living its Freadent from the first, has been suddenly taken rom us, Resolved, That while deeply deploring this, our Joss, we fecl assured every lover of rural life where his great mame and labors are known will also feel this loss as that of a constant friend and advocate. ed, That in the death of Horace Greeley the farmers and horticulturists of the work! have lost one who wasever ready and desirous, by his voice and his fea. to promote rod Protect their interests, and while ‘hos taboring for their: by example and wise t \- ing carried sunshine, contentment and prosperity to the sides of thousands, ‘solved, That in this death we have all lost a genial, warm-hearted friend, agricultural literature one of itt rarest and richest contributors and the friends of all science and truc progress a generous supporter and most reliable champion. Resolved, That we tender the bereaved children and family our most heartielt ee eo) and trust their uish will be somew! alleviated with the in mis is ps are mute fhe hush of death he still lives and will cver live in the cherished recollection of millions ore specific burden he strove to lessen and whose lot Of tolls he ever cought to mitigate when he could not brighton it attogether. esolved, That the Club do attend the suncral services of our deccaged President, The Amerteanm Institute. A meeting of the AmerigamInetitute, Professor Barnard in the chair, was ‘at Cooper Union. The folowing was put epee, Record a6 the sentiments of the body of which Miz. been such an active mnembe _—— Whereas the Supreme Dispenser of events, re not our ‘ways and whose: thoughts are a ai ‘not our thoughts, has, in’ His inscrutable wisdom, seen fit to Te. move from among us by death our eminent feliow citi- zen, Horace Greeley, formerly Vresident of this itnte, f man whose perainal history for the last forty years hod been Intimate! Wovens thd history of the couni- try An every department of political and sgelal fe, in every branch of benevolent effort and in evéry compre- hensive measure looking to industrial improvement; therefore, ved, That we, as members signed to cherish and improve th to encourage the advancement ot Jectsto which Mr. Greeley was de record our profound sense of the soe! of an organization de- rts of civilization and practical science—ob- ply devoted—desire to heav calamity which uuffered in his loss, a calamity which will be ry it in the Interesta which our Institute repre- sentaand of which he wan the earnest, zealous, consis, ent and persevering advocate throughout his lous hin userul Te. ra ee wulved, That the prominent traits in the character of Mr, Greeley—his simplicity, his sincerity, his kindness of heart, his honesty of purpose, his devotion to the right as he understood It, his passionate love of liberty and hatred of oppression, Ins generous championship of the cause of the helpless and oppressed, togeth he many striking facty attending his early self-training and subsequent remarkable carcer, bis eager craving for patience in its acquisition, his resolute it difficulties, auly self-reliance, his al, his untiring industry and his uncon: querable perseverance—compbine to make his example one proper to be held up to the youth of all coming time aswell worthy to be studied with profit im all things, and in most things for admiration and imitation, Resolved, That in the fall of Mr. Greeley there has been extinguished a power for good such as has never before in the history of this country, or perhaps of the world, been wielded by a single individual in private station ; a power which made itself distinctly felt and recognized in within our wide national domains, and directly or indirectly, the remotest confines of the elvilized world. Resolved, That we respectfully tender to the surviving meinbers of the family of our departed fellow citizen and friend the expression of our sincere condolence and our profound sympathy: under the successive severe bereave- ments by whtch they have been visited, and of which the present is the crowning trial,’ hoping and trusting that some alight alleviation of the bitterness of their sorrow may be found in the reflection that a na- tion ig mourning with them, and fervently praying that He who ma father of the tatherless, and the only sure stay of the afflicted may compassionately pour out upon them ® more paeaea re and enduring consolation, which the world can neither give nor take away, The other resolutions (two in number) pledge the members of the Institute & attend the funeral in a body, and wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and to present an engrossed copy of the resolutions to the members of the family. These resolutions, offered by Professor Tillman, were unanimously adopted. Pulogistic addresses were made by President Barnard, Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Richards, Mr, Westervelt and others, Action of the United Nationalities. Ata meeting of the United Nationalitics, held at Ittner’s Hotel, on the 3d day of December, 1872, Colonel L. W. Tinelli in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously passed :— Resolved, That whereas we, in common with our fel- low citizens, have learned with mingied feelings of sor- row ad regret of the sudden and untimely death of the iend of humanity and liberty, Hon. Hor and whereas, in common with ‘all, we are grieved at the sorrowful occurrence; therefore, Resolved, That in the death of Horace Greeley, the country has lost the prince of journalists, the fri benetactor of the human race, a man of the peopl who rose to prominence and distinction from a poor far- mer boy to the proud eminence of the most successful and dislinzuished journalist of the age through his own unaided skill, indu rt nd perseverance, and who today is acknowledged to have been the humanitarian of the ved, That this association do adjourn out of re- spect to the memory of deceased, and that a copy of these resolutions be sentto his family and also to the daily papers and also entered upon our minutes. 8 Action of the Kings County Democratic General Committee. A special meeting of the Democratic General Committee was held last evening at the bead- quarters of that organization, corner of Court and Remsen streets, for the purpose of giving expres- sion to the sentiments of sorrow engendered by the death of Mr. Greeley. Ex-Congressman Tunis G. Bergen presided, and the following resolutions were read and adopted by the meeting :— Resolved, That this committe? does deeply participate in the general grief at the death of Horace Ureelcy, to Whom it so recently wave its most earnest support for the highest office in the gift of the Amer eople. esolved, That, highly as we esteem the private and public character’ of Mr. Grecley. as shown by his whole ite, we 1egard his noble and pairiotic conduct during his lost years as elevating him far above the realms of par- tisaihip, among the few illustrious Americans who have sought the Presidency on the broad plattorm of patriot- 6. isin alone. Resolved, That the causc of universal amnesty and im- partial suffrage, of peace and unity between all classes of American citizens, of the equality of the States, of local sel-government and of the supremacy of the civil over martial law, expounded in his last and grandest utter- ances, are rendered still more sacred by his sad and touching death. . Resolved, That this committee do now adjourn, as a token of respect to the memory of the illustrious d Remarks were. made by G. and the meeting adjourned, ead. W. Reed and others, Action of the Republican Committee. The Regular Republican Genera) Committee also met last evening at their rooms, in Commonwealth Hall, 8, B. Dutcher inthe chair, and passed reso- lutions culogistic of the life, services ana character of the late Horace Greeley, Tribute of the Faust Club. The directors of the Faust Club, Brooklyn, con- vened last evening in special session to take action on Mr. Greeley’s death, Mr. Edward Lamb, Vice President, occupied the chair. Mr. Gabriel Harrison said that it was pre-eminently proper for the representatives of an esthetic orga- to take some action in regard to the loss yn and journalism had sustained in the demise of Mr. Greeley, who had zealously labored, pola a to his light, to advance the interests of a common humanity, Messrs, Harrison, Hudson and Torry reported a preamble and resolutions, which were ubanimousiy adopted, Westchester County Mourns For Her Adopted Son—Resolutions Offered by the Bar—The Board of Supervisors Will Attend the Funeral as a Body. At White Plains, Westchester county, yesterday, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Justice Pratt presiding, a committee appointed on the previous day to draw up resolutions expressive of the sense of the Bar of that county upon the untimely de- fg gw lorace Greeley reported the follow- ssolved, That although the = varell 5 voice to Its sorrow upon the demise of any other than one of {ts immediate professional fraternity, yet, when the ‘most illustrions son of our countya great advo: cate of it legal reform—one who our Senators d generally ed purity of ar, itcannot Tt be expected that we will entirely sup ow gelling. ¢ (or his fellow man, wis sym Resolved, That in his lov or pathy with the oppressed, the poor and suffering; his devotion to his country; his efforts for its pacification; his struggles in behalf of freedom of speech and of con- science, and the great cause of human errs energy, industry, perseverance and ity of life and character, we present him as an exemplar, and hold him eminently worthy of imita'io Resolved, That we find consolation in the consideration pas though, like the stars covered by a passing cloud, death may take him from our view for oment, hi Nght cannot be extinguished, but will shine like the stars through all soming oaee. Resolved, That lchester proudly claimed Horace Greeley as her son; thatthis Bar mourns his departure as though he was one of our brethren, aud here gives public Prosergion ot its profoandest grief. Resolved, That these resviutions be entered upon the minutes of this Court, be cngrossed by the Clerk and resented to the surviving members of the late Mr. ireeley’s family, with expressions of profound sympathy. In the Board of Supervisors yesterday enlogistic addreages OD the Jife wud character of Mr, Greeley | Windsor.” NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1872.—TRIFLE SHEET. delivered by several of the members, after the Board adjourned for the purpose of at- thefuneral of Philosopher asa Body, ‘The Heboken Common Council to Attend the Funeral, The Counciimen last evening passed i respect to the memory of the illus- triows philosopher, commending his strict integ- it career, and proposed to attend nies On the Occasion of his inter- the lamented journalist and rity. meni 1 § Perestie Newark’s Tribute to Horace Greeley. Porsnant to a call issued yesterday by Mr. A. W. Grifings, President of the Newark Typographical Union, a meeting of printers and journalists was held in that city last evening for the purpose of formally expressing their sentiments regarding the death of Mr. Greeley. Mr. Joseph Atkinson was chosen to preside and Mr, John T. Hastings to act as Secretary. After a few feeling remarks by the President, appropriate to the occasion, a com- mittee of five consisting of Messrs, A. O. Halsey, Samuel Toombs, J. Schoch, John Campbell and the 3 ———_—=- AFRICA Mr. Henry M. Stanley's First Lecture—The Herald Exploring Expedition Into the Heart of the Unknown Continent. Mr. Henry M. Stanley delivered last evening, at Stemway Hall, the first of his series of lectures on Central Africa, and the spell of his name and the widespread interest that clings to Nis discovery of the hero-explorer of the age, Dr, David Living- stone, as wellas the success as a speaker which the leader of the HenaLp expedition has achieved in England, drew together an audience altogether exceptional in its character. Most of what New York can boast in fashion, intellect and learning assembled to listen to the wonderful story of the greatest feat in journalism that has been successfully accomplished in a generation, distinguished above all others in the past for the Chair, to prepare resolutions, The following were submited ‘and unanimously adopted: - Whereas, under circumstances no lest sad. sorrow. ful and melancholy than tragical, a great light in Ameri- ean journalism has just fone out, a light primarily touched into flame and brilliancy by the art which Gut- fenburg, Schaffer and Faust created and which Franklin labored honorably in, that third of the three great lights of the press during the last third of a century, whom the world knew as Horace Greeley; and whereas it is mect and proper that we, the journalists and City of Newark, laboring In the same useful and honor- able callings which the great and gifted Greeley helped so much to make a use to alland an honor to us, should re to give suitable expression tothe deep and earfelt sorrow which such anevent must oceasion; therefore, be It Resolved, That we, the journalists and printers be this 01 city, re ard the death of Horace Greeley as 2 national calamity, one that involves the sweeping away from our midst of on nd- 1e of Sie mranios and noblest human marks the womb of American true gi has yet produced ; and be it far Resolved, That while we, as American citizens, in com: mon with the whole country, (eel that we have’ lost one of the best and purest of Ainericans—a man who united in him the very highest order of intellectual greatness Jrith the simplicity of a child: 4 man who, in, an eminent renius an er degree, ca o sacred injunction, “‘Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do i wits all thy might; a man who the qualities of the statesman, the pintaeo ner the Christian philanthropist, and of ‘that ighest order of nobility whose patents alone come from nature; rift feeling Sul this ee realize, as journalists and printers, that we have additional cause for sorrow, as journalists, that our great chief has been ealled hence so suddenly, so that our sentiments cannot be expressed mercly in “the trappings and. the suits of woe ;” as print- ers, that we are called upon to shed tears over the inanl- faale, form of one who throughout, his useful life shed oner on our noble ‘1 reservative.”” be it still further e Resolved, That we mingle our deepest fympathy, tn their hour of greatest afliction with the daughters and other relations of the illustrious dead, and that a suitably engrossed copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the bereaved daughters, Follow! @ the adoption of the resolutions Mr. Halsey, responsive to a call of the Chair, made a short address, Messrs. Atkinson, Griffings and Hastings were appointed a committee to attend the Stpegnlce of the distinguished dead, and the meeting then adjourned, Mayor Ricord and ten representative Newarkers will also attend the obsequies, baving so tele- graphed Mayor Hall, The National Liberal Republican Asso- elation Pass Resolutions of Condo- lence. PHILADBLPHIA, Dee, 3, 1872. The National Liberal Republican Association has passed appropriate resolutions on the death of | Horace Greeley and appointed a committee to rep- resent the Association at the funeral. A number of prominent gentlemen, journalists and members o! the bar, have left for New York to attend the tu- | neral. | SALE OF THE DERBY-EVRARD COLLECTION. EON The first batch of this excellent collection of | paintings was sold at Clinton Hall last night by Messrs. Leavitt, The rooms were crowded with the elite of the art patrons, not alone of the city, | but from all parts of the States. There was a good deal of interest and enthusiasm manifested, but somehow the bidding was slow, and the prices realized much lower than what was expected, No doubt this was caused in great part by the depressing infuence of the Boston fire, and was not unex planation the price# brought were very low. It ts to be feared that the same influence will be felt throughout the sale, No doubt it will be an advan- tage to purchasers, but it will serve to check the enterprise of those who undertake the responsi- bility of bringing foreign works into the market. We have already expressed our opinions more than once of the unusual average merit of tne works in this collection, It has also the advantage that the authenticity of th juestion by the cha r and representations of the dealers who are making the sale. Though there were many works of very great value, a consider- able portion of the collection is within the reach of people who are moderately rich, aad no doubt many Will be induced to purchase some of the small cabinet works who never purchased a picture be- fore, and in this respect these sales have the effect of popularizing art among the people. The follow. ing are some of the highest prices obtained :—“I Will be Revenged,” 'T. Portaels, $900; ‘“sentch Cattle in the Highlands,” H. Garland, ‘whe Pet,” J. B, Trayer, $3703 “The Little Friend,” the same artist, $370; two tsi! pictures, Verbec! hoven, $465 ; “On the W: ? Richter, $500; “Roma Girl at the Fountain,” 075; “Lake Scene near Naples,” Carrodi, $: The Fortune-Teller,” Leon of Escosura, $410 “The Music Lesson,” Chavet, $190; “Coquetry,”’ R. Wylie, $875; ‘Amu: ,” Guillemin, $630; “Page,” Bakalowic ‘or Me, Mamma,” Dell-Acq' Jesari, $57! kating Scene in Holland,” $1,300 jay of Ven- ice,” Zeim, $675; “Returning from the Fair,” Hees lel $92 “The Wounded Officer,” Bi 9 A \ filled ected; but even with this ex- | ntings is placed beyond | keenness of the competition existing between those great journals, which at the same time form and record its spirit. The ball was full, and though ite human contents were, perhaps, a little too weil bred to be very eagerly enthustastic, they lent throughout an attention which was neither ex-. tinguished by the necessary dryness of much of the material spread before them, nor sated by the bright glimpses occasionally offered them of what life really is among the untutored savages of the great unknown continent. The platform, wide and empty as it seems in its naked and unadorned aspect, was for once pleasant tolook upon. Mr. Staniey had been ac- commodated with a handsome new reacing desk,~ and round him were displayed the memorials he had gathered in his great journey. On one side ‘was spread a huge map, upon whieh were pic- tured the latest additions to our geographical knowledge in this most interesting section of the “wide, majestic world.” Upon the other were ranged an appetizing array of deadly weapons in vogue in the offensive and = de- fensive warfare of Mirambo and his foes, together with specimens of the cloths which form the basis of trade, and, indeed, for that mat- ter, what may be termed the national currency, in the interior of Eastern Africa. But, what touched the hearts of all present more than all else, per- haps, was one of the two fags which floated at either extremity of the rostram—that identical American Stars and Stripes upon which the eyes of Livingstone himself rested when, sick in body and weary and discouraged at heart, he iooked up to gaze upon Ris deliverer and saw in the coming procession of relief the banner of the Great Republic! The other standard was that of.the Sultan of Zanzibar, and if not inspiring was at least curious and inter- esting. Perhaps, indeed, we may learn to cheer it also ifthe successor of Medjid will consent to listen to the entreaties of Christendom and abolish that infamous siave trade, whose horrors and atrocities Livingstone and Stanley have for the first time dis- played to the world in their naked hideousness. Nor was Stanley altogether unsupported by anl- mate objects of interest. To the left, half con- cealed by the spears and cow horns and barbaric swords and rusty guns, sat the brother of the great explorer, Mr. John Livingstone, who listened to thes lecture with genuine and eager curiosity. And tar in the back- ground glowed the black visage of the boy Kalulu, Whose name and gentle, obedient disposition Mr. Stanley has handed down to fame and posterity ip his book. ‘This, the first of his lectures, was, perhaps, im trinsically by no means so amusing as those which will follow it, treating of Mr. Stanley's personal adventures in the land of the hippopotamus and the cannibal, It was, 80 to speak, a mere skeleton outline of the story of his expedition, to be up and colored orrap erg | by that store of humorous anecdote and thrilling adventure which have been written upon the tablets of his memory, by the experiences of his } ever memorable campaign, Mr. Stanley confined himself to telling us what our best informed savans have at last come to know of the geography of Central Africa, Me made his audience start | with him from Bagomoyo, through the recesses of | the primeval jungle, and over the rugged mountain | range dividing the two watersheds lying between Tanganyika and the coast, aud thence through the Land of the Moon to Ujijt aud the ivory regions of | the Manynema, This was the path over which | duty nad led him in his immortal qnest, {and he described it with # vividness and graphic force that painted the scenes themselves through which he passed before the aye of his hearers, If there had been even one sceptic in | his audience as to the truth of the story he had | told go well in the columns of the HeraLp, that sceptic was forever converted to the side of reason, common sense and justic Asa lecturer, perhaps, Mr. Stanley still betrays some of the vices which ere the necessary blunders of the tyro. He speake too fast in his eagerness not to bore his hearers, and the consequence is that they sometimes fail to understand the force of what he has said until it is altogether too late to award him | his fairly-earned meecd of applause. Then, again, the acoustic dimiculties of the hall prevented hita from being very audible in the buck part of the room, though he will doubtless in future pitch hia | voice to @ more useful key. These flaws, however, were trivial defecis, — in no sensible de- gree the effect of his effort. As he spoke there rose before the mind ail the romance and the strange, savage charm of the African interior—its vastness, its luxuriant wealth of vegetation, its | teeming, overflowing fullness of the forms of animal life, and its wild, barbaric images of the Great 5 3. Jealousy,” ee ah $1, 16 “The Favorite of the ha,” = $1, ‘The Lunatic,” Hugues Mer! $2,576 5 “The Chess Players,” J. Carolus, $870; “The Farm Yard,” E. Lemmens, $65; ‘The Artists,’’ F. Moor- mans, $ “Halt of Gypsies near Naples,” Philip- peau, $220; “Dutch Fishermen,” H. Koekkoek, $200; “Landscape, with ao te and Sheep,” L. Verwee and Eng. Verbackhoven, $110; “Ald and Protection,” Jan Verhas, $395; “The Mother's Blessing,” J. Griienwald, $235; “Scotch Sheep,” A. R. Jones, $150; “Knitting, A. Seigert, $205; “Taking Comfort,” A. Seigert, $205; “Landscape near Namur,” Gabriel, $135;’ “Queen Elizabeth Knighting Admiral Drake After the Destruction of the Spanish Armada,” H. Schaefels, $1,400; “Queen Elizabeth on Her Return from Knighting Admiral Drake,” H. Schaefels, $2,100; “Winter Scene near Cleves,” J. B. Kionebeck, Eng. Verborckhoven, 450; ‘The Artist,” V. Chavet, $535; “Carnival in Rom 0 Italian Girl Throwing Bonbons,” P. de Coninck, “Neapolitan Girl’? (companion nck, $400; “On the Hague,” L. cene in Holland,” L. Herman 3 a, $F Gness My “Sunset: Winter View near Cleves,” B. C. Koekkoek, $1,360; t echt,” A. C, Dommersen, $60 st ne near Gorkum,” A. C, Dommersen, $55; “The Canary,” M. Arnoux, $80; “Blowing’ the Fire, M. Arnoux, $80; Vea’ carborough, Yorkshire,” L. Zimmermans, $65; “Fish Market at Concarncan, Brittany,” L. Zimmermans, $120; ‘Feeding the Favorite,” W. Bromley, $70; “Landscape ne Haar! 1. H. P. Koekkoek, $145; “Dutch I terior,” H. F. Heyligers, $165, $235; “Hunt the Ring,” H. Name,” H, P. Picou, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. acini The Sunday evening concerts have been discon- Uinued at all the theatres, Miss Agnes Ethel isto make @ tour of the States at the close of her engagement at the Union Square Theatre. ‘Agnes’ has but three more weeks to Tun, when it is to give place to “‘Atherly Court.” ‘The first of a series of popular orchestral con- certs will be given en Saturday evening at Stein- way Hail, under the direction of Mr. Bonawitz, They are designed on the plan of the London Mon- day popular concerts. “Monte Christo,” which is to be the opening play at Fechter’s, will be given with all the elegance and magnificent effects of its first production in Paris and London. George Boniface is among the actors engaged for the new theatre. A baby having given too long and too loud vent to her emotions at one of John Owens’ recent per- formances, the actor stepped to the footiights and informed the audience that “unless the play was stopped the baby could not go on.” Professor Vanek will replace the German opera thig_evening at the new Terrace Garden Theatre, and the Geliat pera Cdnipany appear at the Staat Theatre to-morrow evening in the “Merry Wives of A change from vocal Greworks to pres- tidigitation and the reverse, The present season of opera will have @ brilliant ending on Friday night. Miss Kellogg will sing in the second acts of “Linda” and “Crispino,” and Madame Lucca will be the feature of the last part | ofthe programme in the second act of “Fra Dia- volo” and the fifth act of “L’Africaine.” On Sunday evening a concert of more than ordi- Rary attractions will be givem at St. Francis Xavier's church, Sixteenth street, fer the benefit of the poor of the parish, The soloists will be the principal members of Dr. William Berge’s choir, one by Herr Sachse, trumpet, and Mr. Even, ute, In connection with the question whether a thea- tre on the west side can prove successful, the re- ceipts at the Grand Opera House are the most cer- tain test. When “Lalla Lookl”’ was produced the receipts of the firat week were $17, while the first week of “Le Roi Carotte” realized $19,700 and “Round the Clock’? $24,000, Father of us al). Fragments of unfamiliar dialects | and stray phrases from uncouth tongues broke | suddenly upon the year, and mingled with a curious , medley Of less ulfatuiitar and uncouth, but not less | curious words and phrases, such as the toils and | squabbles of the men of science have now made us | half know—words and phrases as troglodytes and the struggle for life and the theory of evolution and the genesis of species. Even if, sometimes, the lecturer was a trifle too abstruse for his pub- lic, the general impression he made was at the least truthful and instructive; that Africa is a country so interesting that the veil that hides it from our ken ought at once to be drawn asile, Mr. Stanley, in the latter part of his lecture, told | at length his own impressions as to the ethnology | of the tribes among whom he sojourned for a year | and ahalf, His conclusions seem to have been formed mainly on a philological basis, and though | he is too modest to say so himself, it was | platr from the fluency with which he used the | native dialects to which he referred that he had | made good use of his stay in Africa in mastering | the tongues of its peoples so far as he was able. No doubt it was a seemingly thankless and un- | {Moti task, but he has succeeded in extracting rom it some very striking and bg foe generaliza- | tons. All the people in Eastern Africa, he thinks, | are descended from a common stock, which has, however, been somewhat modified by an infusion of Arab blood, This theory is not derived in any | Way from the traditions of the savages themselves, which, indeed, seem at most to go back bat a couple of generations, but bert and only from the unity in structure and verbiage of the various dialects, Mr. Stanley, however, goes much further than this, and asserts his belief that ali men spring from the same source, and that that source is no! as Darwinism would have us believe, the gorilla o! M. Du Chaiilu, He says taat black men, 80 fal | he has seen them in their native lairs, have the same passions and eee tite as well as nearly the same human form as white men, and had 2} physt- cal peculiarity they show may be accounted for by climate and the conditions surrounding them, ‘This, of course, gave him a text upon which to ex- pand upon the iniquity and the horrors of the slave trade, which he did, though pot at obtrusive length. Altogether Mr. Stanley seems likely in time to great a success an entertaiping lec- turer as he has already ac! ed as & special cor- | respondent. Even if he were a dull and lifeless | Speaker, the intrinsic interest of his present sub- ject and the glory that gilds his personal career, and the natural curiosity which all men have to look upon one of their kind braver and more earnest and ontiring than his fellows, would make what he has to say worth listening to. But in his case the charm of a vivid eloquence and the grace of @ modest and unaifected delivery would secure the respect, friendship and interest of his audience, whatever might be the subject he chooses to talk about, SOUTH CAROLINA. ——_-—__——_ Governor Moses Inaugurated Yesterday as Chief Magistrate of the State. CoLumBra, Dec, 3, 1872, The inauguration of Governor Franklin J. Moses,’ Jr., to-day drew to the capital thousands of people. His political opponents were iargely repre- sented. His father, Franklin J. Moses, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office, 4 spectacle which riveted the attention of all resen a @ address of Governor Moses was ver con- servative, acknowledging his obligations the republican party, rue ending just dealing with the opposition. His promises of reform, if carried out, Would place any State on a firm basis. The only Weaknees observable among those who deen so long desiring reform were remarke that instruction been the Speaker of the which has done more than saree the indebtedness of the State. In this, however, he has ample chance to redeem him- self, He is acknowledged by all to be exceedingly able, and no small lope rests on the fact that be iq @ Dative, ‘

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