The New York Herald Newspaper, May 11, 1873, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE, of the Ilustrious Statesman at . George’s Church Yesterday. LYING IN STATE. The Final Ceremony and Fare- well Honors. A DISTINGUISHED ASSEMBLAGE. “The White Flower of a Blame- less Life.” Scenes Within and Without the Church. Soldiers and Statesmen, Bench and Bar, the Church, Literature, Poetry, Music, Oratory and Flowers Render Tribute. THE FUNERAL ADDRESS. Appearance of the Distinguished Dead— The Services and Surroundings of the Scene—Departure of the Re- mains for Washington. He wore the white flower of s blameless life, Yn thatfierce light which beats upon a throne, And blackens every blot. The last tributes of respect and esteem toone of the nation’s honored dead were paid yesterday at St. George’s Protestant Episcopal church, on Stuy- vesant square, over the mortal remaing of Chief dustice Chase. It was truly a nation’s lament for the loss 01 one of her most favored children, to whose memery the lines of Tennyson are singularly ap- plicable. The blameless life, which no storm or contention of warring political elements could ®@werve from ita path of duty; the high prin- ciple that carried him, like a noble ship, safely through the angry sea of vielent and unscrupulous partisans of slavery. the commanding mind that Faised to life the public credit as did the Prophet Elijah the widow’s son at Nain, and the keen, dis- cerning intellect that placed him at the very head of his noble profession cannot be blotted out from the nation’s memory by the unsparing hand of death, and the obsequies of the departed states- Man were distinguished by the presence of some of the most eminent representatives of a great country, There was a characteristic plainness about the obsequies according well with the repub- lican simplicity and disdain of outward pomp that surrounded the mental greatness of the late Chief Justice, and those accustomed to the splen- dor and display of the funerals of mill- tary and civil celebrities in monarchical countries must have been disappointed yesterday. It was more like the funeral of a Cin- cinnatus or @ Washington than that of a Richelien or a Palmerston. The modest and unassuming character of the deceased would but ill accord with ® sumptuous catafalque, waving censers, rich harmonies frem choired voices or the gleaming of tinselled uniforms, In the lights of the church, ‘which formed a circle of fire around the handsome Nave, there was naught to meet the eye but the dignitaries of the nation in sombre attire, over a thousand representatives ef the public in the gal- Jeries, the three clergymen in lawn sleeves in the chancel, the coffin with its wreath of foral tributes in the middle sisie and the organist at his post, making the air reverberate with the sad tones of the funeral march. REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS TO THE CHURCH. At six o’clock in the morning the undertaker ana his assistants removed the body of the Chief Jus- tice from.the residence of Mr. William S. Hoyt, No. 4 East Thirty-second street, to St. George’s church. As the hearse, containing the remains of the de- . parted statesman, drove up to the door of the church, only a few faithful friends were present. The park lay silent and deserted, and the leaden sky above appeared gloomier than ever. Midway up the central aisie of the church, on a raised dais heavily draped and festooned with Diack cloth, were the honored remains reverently placed. Around it were tastefully dispesed the choicest gifts of the realms of Flora. Crowns, anchors, crosses, wreaths, chaplets and columns of flowers surrounded the coffin, The lily of the valley drooped her graceful head as if sorrowing over the nation’s loss; the camelia betokened “the ‘white flower of a blameless life ;” the violet and tea Yose shed their fragrance over the lifeless clay, and the japonica, the tuberose and pink united their charms to grace the memory of the dead. At Beven o'clock a large body of police, under the command of Captain Tyson, arrived and took their Stations both in and around the church. LYING IN STATE, The excellent arrangements of the police pre- vented any undue crowding or disturbance among those who came to take a last look at the face of the dead statesman. church by the side doors, down the side aisles, around by the chancel ana through the central aisle in adouble file by the dafs on which the re- mains were deposited. All classes were repre- sented in this stream of humanity, The broker or Merchant, on his way down town to his place of business, paused a moment to gaze on him who saved the financial life of the nation wiren it was ip its direst need; the lawyer stopped a moment from the forensic arena to which he was hastening to gather new inspiration from the Titan of his profession; the sewing girl and hard-worked clerk stole @ minute to look on him who struggled so bravely from the lowest rung ef the ladder of poverty to the pinnacle of fame, and the dusky face of the negro bent over the casket with glistening eyes, not unmindfal of the departed mind which gave its novlest energies for the disenthralment of his race. Among the last Mentioned class there were many remarkable instances of the deep veneration in which the Chief Justice was held by the colored people. The tears ‘that rolled down the cheeks of an aged negro as he passed by the casket spoke volumes for the appre- ciation of the Chief Justice’s gigantic contest ‘@gainst the “relic of barbarism,” at a time when no ordinary courage or firmness was required to maintain smh a position. As the day advanced the Dumber of visitors increased, and the ladies were 40 the ‘majority. OUTSIDE THE CHURCH. A drearier, more cheeriess aspect could scarcely ‘be assumed by the weather, The gloom of a coler- less 8) from which occasionally dropped, as it ‘Were, tears, seemed to be contagteus, and the wonted brightness of the beautiful Park was quenched for the day. Even the fountains, which never relaxed their plash and play for a moment, Jooked duil and cheerless through the iron railings Surrounding the square,’and the pelicemen that guarded the approaches to the churca succumbed to the general depression and assumed an expres- sion a8 serious as that of the Quakers’ home near ‘which they were placed. Thus for five hours the Temains lay in state, and all classes flocked to tne church to pay their respects to the memory of a great man. AT ONE O'CLOCK precisely the police nctified all persons then with- in the church to leave, and the doors were closed and not reopened until half-past two, Meantime people kept coming up to the church, anxious for @ last Jook at the remains of the illustrious dead, and were extremely disappointed to find them- selves behind ume. A portion of the police re- mained op patr outeide, and the crawd. which had, The people passed into the | afno time been a large one, seemed to gather re- cuits about im the same ratio as it was diminished Jy the departure of straggling individuals, Within the church the sexton, undertaker and assistants were busy in the removal of the casket from the alale to @ small room to the left ot the chance) and preparing the church details for THB APPROACHING SERVICE. At aquarter past two o’clock a crowd of per- haps & theusana persons had assembled about the church gates, and a space ef fifty feet from the charch doors was kept cleared by the police. First among the prominent gentlemen to arrive were Charles O’Conor, Vice President Henry Wilson, ex- Congressman 8. 8, Cox and Mr. Algernon 8, Sulll- van. The gates were opened by the sexton, and these gentlemen, with a few friends, were admit- ted, and five minutes later tne doors were opened to the public, Then a severe rush for place en- sued, and it was particularly noticeable that among the first to pass the vestibule of the sacred edifice im that indecorous confusion were several elderly women, who decidedly forgot that they ought to be ladies, THE GALLERIES WERE OPEN to general public admission, and the ground floor of the church had been reserved for the distin- guished visitors and mourners, and ladies and for members of the press. So fierce was the rush for seats in the gallery that the HERALD reporter was carried upstairs before the pressure of the throng, @nd it was some minutes before an oppor- tunity presented itself for hia return to the floor of the church, Although the streets were by no means crowded outside the churcn, people began to arrive rapidly when they did come, and in twenty minutes THE EDIFICE WAS FILLED, every available seat being occupied, and large numbers of persons, including ladies, being oblige to content themselves by standing. The front seats, tothe right and left of the middle aisle, nad been reserved for the use of the pall- bearers, relatives of the dead Chief Justice and dis- tinguished persons. Vice President Wilson, David Dudley Field, Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, and many other prominent citizens were early in at- tendance and took position in that portion of the chureb, ‘Tae same floral emblems that had graced the chancel steps, the pulpit and reading desk during the morning remained; but the mourning-draped bier had been removed from the centre of the aisle and placed in position immediately in front ofthe pylpit. Tne gas had been lighted also and two great chains of jets, with apparently MYRIADS OF FLAMES, almost encircled the interior of the building, As the solemn swell of the organ rolled up to the heavy oak-groined roof the scene became im- pressive, and a siarin almost of anxicty was visible among the audience. At this time there was indeed A DISTINGUISHED ARRAY present, noticeable in which were Justices Hunt and Field, of the Supreme Court of the United States; Congressmen John A. Garfield, Nathaniel P. Banks, ex-Governor ©. C. Cox, of Ohio; Gover- nor Jewell, of Connecticut; Governor Straw, of New Hampshire; Edwin M. Stoughton, United States Attorney General Williams, Postmaster General Creswel, Sohcitor General Banfield, of the Treasury Department; George F. Richardson, of Boston; George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia; General Joe Heoker, ex-Judge Edwards Pierrepont, Justices Daniel P. Ingraham, Noah Davis and John R. Brady, of the New York Supreme Court; Judge Charles A. Rapallo, of the Court of Appeals; Judge Cur- tia, of the Superior Court; Judge Larremore, of the Court of Common Pleas; Judges Woodraf, Benedict, Smollet and Chipman, of the United States Circuit Court; State Senators Tiemann and Benedict, and Assemblymen Vedder and Van Cott, John M, Wallace, reporter of the United States Su- preme Court; Hon. R. ©. Parsons, of Ohio, formerly Clerk United States Supreme Court; Maunsell B. Field, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the edministration of that Depart- ment by the distinguished dead; Demar- | est Lloyd, private secretary to the late Chief Justice; General John Cochrane, District At- torney Benjamin K. Phelps, ex-Judge Peabody, Dr, S.J. Clarke, William F. Tracy, Chief Clerk Middle- ton, of the Uniéed'States me Court; John F. Nicolay, formerly private secretary to President Lincoln, Chief Marshal of the United States Su- preme Court, and hundreds of other notable men, whose lives and reputations goto make up the history of States and the Union, President Grant was not present. In the rear room of the church, off the chancel, were assembled r THE PALLBRARERS, General William T. Sherman and Major General Irwin McDowell, of the number, being in the mili- tary uniform of their respective ranks. At three o’cleck the casket was lifted from its resting place and was borne by attendants from the rear door of the church, followed by the pallbearers, who wore rosettes and broad sashes of white linen and crape, The cortége passed around to the front gates of the church, the police keeping a clear way through the throng outside, which by this time had become quite dense. The casket was followed by the pallbearers in the following order :— General W. T. Sherman, Hamilton Fish, Gerritt Smit, John J. Cisco, Wm. Cullen Bryant, Wn. F, Havemeyer, Gideon Welles, Ma: Hiram Barney, William M. Evarts, Charies 0’Conor, Whitelaw Reid, They were foliowed by the immediate relatives of the deceased. As the body was borne around to the iront of the church, Rev. Dr. Tyng, Rev. Dr. Hall and Rév. Mr. Peet, in their ecclesiastical vestments, emerged from the vestry, passed across the chancel and down the main aisle toward the doors. Here they met the faneral cortége at the church gates, and, turning, preceded it into the sacred precinct. As they returned up the aisle with solemn tread, the measured ac. cents of the priestly voices repeating the ritual of the burial as prescribed by the Protestant Episco- pal Church sounded throughout the church with | deep effect, and the vast congregation arose to its | feet, and, Gen. 1. McDowell, WITH REVERENT MIEN, remained standing until the cofn had been placed | on the bier. The pall-bearers filed to the right and left into the two tront pews, ex-Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, and wife, and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hoyt, of New York, with several nieces and nephew of the deceased Chief Justice, as chief mourners, occupying seats in rear of the pall- bearers. The floral emblems were replaced on the lid of the casket, and the services were continued, As the solemn words, “| AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE,” which cemmence the impressive burial service of the Episcopal Church, were utterea by the Rev. Dr. Tyng, with whom were Rev. Mr. Peet, his assistant in the church, and Rev. Dr. John Hall, to whom the honor ef pronouncing the funeral oration was com- mitted, a hush fell over the large assemblage. Be- fore the commencement of the service the magnifi- cent organ spoke a requiem, under the skilful fingers of Mr. Willams, who selected for the occa: sion g “marche fanebre,” by the composer of “fone,” and Shothé¥ trot “Don Sebastian,” by Donizetti, The well known march in “Saul” and “I know that my Redeemer liveth’) were aiso added as musical tributes to the memory of the deceased, THE FUNERAL ORATION. Dr. John Hall ascended the pulpit, and in his address to the crowded congregation said:— BreTHren—In this sentiment all classes will Agree, that the glory of man is as the flower of grass. ‘The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away; but the Word of the Lora endureth forever. So it was said by the illustrious poet in the Old inpeneuinion to PAG it C3 said as the comfort- ‘ophe: ne Bor lop phy 2 saiah in his tribula- strain was rendered b; and it continued with its one CA err ed the close or e endureth fo 2 a tea wae rever, That Brethren, it fails “The flower fadeth, dureth for ever.’’ serve among ; the briet man’s uncertainty, to divide the current of whether for personal loss or for into the channels of faith, There was a time when there was a the main pt of in revit over the ity dead deeds that, had been ib their time andthe. vii tha for them human irtnes that had secured tian, There were than few facilities Jor erecting | Are you ready for its approach? . into his ear, Saf, Sy oS Stare: Pome Sa admiration on the other. But it i not so now. The seeling in the Fable rand that is manifested by the Providence that brings us ther is expressed more fully, more concisely and to far wider audi- ences through the means of the than can ponent be by the pulpit, Brethren, it is not un- peng that on such an occasion as this religion should show a kindly union with tnat public virtue that alreaay beats sively to q's EVERY PATRIOTIO MAN. Christian men in all times, both in the present and in the past, seek the prosperity of the city and country in which they dwell, Well, it ought to be eminently reassuring to all honest public ser- vants and to all men pecking tabs rity ih the ad- ministration of civil affairs when they see the ap- reciation that has been brought to the light by he removal of Chief Justice Chase. The appreci- ation is universal, The highest ana purest civiliza- tion has largely represented the principle that Christ was embodied in His kingdom—namely, that he Is the greatest who can so lead himself as to be the servant of all. He has acknowledged claims to our kindness. He did render such distinction to manhood and to the public service, that no one could charge him as being moved thereto by public gain, The highest place in La Vtg to which he had dedicated his life was his when it pleased God vo call him, He Siseparned many and most momentous duties in war. ‘as there any failure? In some departments there was conspicuous and unprecedented success; unprecedented in a most literal way, for was there ever aman who called and reduced the resources of a great nation into money for exigencies so sudden and go tremend- ous, and which were secured and executed with so much power? How well THE WORK WAS DONE. How soon doubt and depression were triumphed over by courage and contidence history has told already. History will continue to tell, and, proba- bly, will more and more appreciate that colossal result when years have sed away, and we are enabied to see its magnitude and are free from the @ust of feeling with which we are now surrounded. For great men, as you know, brethren, carry with them @ greatness that enables the course of our view of them to be incre: as they rest from their labors in the progress of time, Lincoln, Stanton, Seward and Chase— what a constellation of great soldiers in the cause of human liberty! What a work they did in the war in our own native time!—a warsecond in im- portance enly to one @ hundred years ago, when the peeple plunged themselves into a strife and into an organized mass of injured and indignant colonists, and, by God’s help, they came out of the struggle a recognized nation. He who recounts to the future the progress and the ceurse of our liberty, and that war, the greatest in many re- spects, the greatest warfare of civilization, shall not be able to omit the name that I have just now ronounced in your hearing. It was not assured him to exhibit boldness, courage and indomi- table will upon ‘THR TENTED FIELD. He was there the arbitrator when calmness fled from the face ol misrepresentation to defeat the intrigue and the clamor that was always Rite srt anew. He was ever ready to guide the hali- blind knowledge of the Commonwealth until that Commonwealth came out not only free, secure and triumphant, but free, let us hope, forever. But why should Iremind you of that which you were witnesses and of that which I only witnessed irom afar? Rather let me speak, my beloved brethren, of that which is common to us all— of the vital and the transcendent moment, When I sat last Tuesday night by the bed of Chief Justice Chase; when 1 looked at that broad brow and great brain, I thought of the mighty interests over which he had ruled; and when I looked at that great heavy bosom and thought how it had been weighed down by many cares, by domestic loss and oF the burden of political persists I could not help thinking that, as the ship of life made its unconscious passage to death, how much alone he is now. How inaccessipie to any man is that voice! How inaccessible to any power but the pewer of Him who made him and to whom all hearts are known! It is not sible for any one to make an inquiry of him. The one thing upon which to think, and the one thing upon which ne trusted, was that he had believed in THR LORD JESUS CHRIST; that he had rested upon the promises of the God of mercy. He had cast away all self-strength, all his personal goodness and all his public services; he had cast them away to accept that which the strongest must accept, which you and | must ac- cept, as the lowltest must accept—the forgiveness of our sins through the blood of that life everiast- ing that is given to all by God our Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord. ere are some reflections, beloved brethren, that seem to me to be sugges- tive to Jou, under the circumstances in which we stand here to-day,in thus paying our respects to the memory of a great man—of one who has fallen among us. When they do tall away we are delighted with all the good that is in them, and we allow the view of it to obscure the evil, for evil there was, That is good so far as it goes. Might We not anticipate this before they die? Might we not fully represent their life here, and give to them some of that generous appreciation and cordial ap- proval which we are willing to dispense to them when they can hear itno more? Let us be kind, generous and just to those who serve us se ably in dimcult and tr; crises. Do it not ria gl but heartily. Tis Sasy for'us tn eee THE QUIET VALB to look up and censure Of these who climb the ragged Our eyes are hidden from the crevices Which they see, and which they have to cross, . In our improvident leisure we see the heights they are climbing to, and which they attain with dificulty. Let us ve just, kind: and genérous tothem. not let us trouble them by imputing bad motives. Do not too soon ascribe want of honor, and suggest an unworthy ambition with regard to the rewards rendered to our great public servants, as if am- bition in itself were absolutely wrong and wicked. I tell you it isnotso, Itis semetimes an inevita- ble consciousness of strength, A GOD-GIVEN INSTINCT, by which men are stimulated to seek that which can be done by none 80 ably as by themselves, Let us be just to the genius of these men, whose nobleness Makes them fit for high places that the nation requires them to fill, and to this only. It is with men and nations as with mountains—the more frequent the storms beat around their heads, the more are those heads made visible, and the nations look around in the sunset of their de- parted and weep for their honored dead. Ido not shrink from saying a word or more to the younger men here, who, in a different position in life, have their way to make in lite, sometimes full of hope and at other times cast down and disappointed, He whom we bury to-day in honor, with so much feeling and 80° munificently, had maay great advantages with which to begin his career. Among these 1 place a vigorous physical nature, great and decisive courage and a mind singularly well poised; having a family histery to maintain with proper self-respect; a boyhoou and a youth saved froin enervation by the neces- sity of toil—toil from which strife was gone—and | there was left a healthy and proper consciousness | of that strength. But you see while these are God's gifts, and we should be thankful for them, they are not extraordinary in amy way. How many men there are who have such gifts! Then, my brethren, make the best use of them. Hyou have the power do not walt for AN EXPECTED OPPORTUNITY. See if you possess moral qualities fitted for the work and God will soon put in your way great op- portunities, if you do not waste your powers. Exercise your talents and employ your gifts. Men will think of yon as young men of capacity and will come to regard you as having honest brams and honest consciences—conseiences, too, that will no more flatter and will be no more guilty of abominable detraction than the sun light of the photographer's plate. can be made to flatter. See that you have this con- sciousness and this sense of power within you, and God will teach you wo make it subservient to His wili, In so faras He ts pleased to make it known to you. My brethren, one week ago to-day Chiet Justice Chase occupied his place on the bench and erformed his duties. To-day he is to be carried ence in this cofin. But the death blow came to him suddenly, as it may come, my brethren, to you. Are you living under the power of the world to come? Do you seek to maintain an habitual appreciation for THE INEVITABLE CHANGE ? “As a matter of evidence,” it was inquired of a lawyer who attained é0 a weil deserved eminence, “as a matter of evidence, can the Bible be sus- tained ’” “Asa matter of pure evidence,"’ was the calm reply, ‘I do not see how an: Hey and candid man can doubt the authority of tne Bible.” My brethren, have you weighed the evidence? My brethren, have you accepted its clusions? Have you received the light affords to you’ Have you trusted the Saviour it presents to you? Have you taken hold of the promises it proclaims? Have you rested upon the Son of God as your Saviour? If you have done this God will give you work to do and give you etrengtt todoit. This should be the ef- ject of you? gehérous sympathies and your nobiest aspirations, If we believe these trutis ourselves Tet yin ie nara ue as wuaut Curcer that has ‘ake that fame which was won by Chief Justice Chase, when in the clear light of true love he. saw liberty and was willing to sacrifice anything to the cry of the oppressed that entered Men said of him, “There goes a fine young man who has rained himself.’ To-day what do we see? We see the fruits and the effect of the choice he then made, and whose heart burned to deliver the oppressed, and who would rather have this than the brilliant successes and distinguished career Of @ great field marshal; for to believe in Christ is light; it is the beginning of light, and it is a light that we shall then never want, whether we live or whether we die, for whether we live or die we are the Lord's. The address was concluded by a few worda of comfort to the mourning family. AT THE OLOSE OF THE SERVICE, and while the deep dirge of the “Dead March” rolled through the building, the vast audience moved slowly up the aisles so as to pass the casket, and thus took @ farewell look at the features of the dead Chief Justice. Exit fora very large proportion of the assemblage was found through the postern doors of the church. When all had retired the lid of the barial case was replaced and _ fastened down and Poly ‘Was placed in cl of the undertaker, o in the church until about seven man ea the revered relics iw hen the coMn with 1 | inet tients Chief Justice Chase left 1n a special car of the Penn- goanie Railroad for Washington, escorted by Maunsell B. Field, R. C. Parsens and John M. Wallace and the members of the family, ‘ations to Receive the Remains of the Chief Justice at the Capital—To Lie in State in the Supreme Court Reoom—Fuli Arrangements for the Final Interment. WasHINGTON, May 10,'1873. The body of Chief Justice Chase, aiter arriving here to-morrow morning in charge of the friends and the immediate relatives of the deceased and the pallbearers, will be conveyed to the United States Supreme Court room by the following ser- vants of the Court, who, in accordance with time- honored custom on similar occasions, will constl- tute the corpse bearers :— A. Lewis, J. Craig, J, Welsh, W. Brace, A. Herbert, J. Malvin. Arrangements befitting the occasion were made to-day at the Capitol, The bronze doors leading to the Senate Chamber from the east and north sides were heavily draped in mourning, ag were algo the doors leading to the corridor of the Senate, the arciway over them in the hall leading to the Supreme Court room and the main entrance to the building by the way of the east and west doors, The main entrance to the Supreme Court room is draped in black, as is that of the office of the Court, immediately opposite. In thec ourt room itself the funeral drapery extends entirely around the room, and in heavy iolds, The judicial bench is covered with black, while the chair of the Chief Justice, the gilt eagie overhead and the semicircle in the rear, are draped in crape. THE CATAFALQUE on which the remains will repose ts the same as that upon which the body of President Lincoln reposed in state in the Rotunda in April, 1865. Since that memorable event it has been in what is commonly known as ‘Washington's Tomb,’’ under the Crypt. It is two and six inches high and nine teet in length, and will be covered for this Occasion With black broadcloth, A heavy floral wreath from the Government Gardens will sur- round the casket, which will be otherwise deco- rated with beautiful flowers. THE REMAINS TO LIK IN THE SUPREME COURT ROOM. In a letter to the Clerk of the Court, dated yester- day, Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, writes from New York to say that Governor Sprague and the daughters of the Chief Justice think it proper that the remains should repose inthe Supreme Court room until they are taken tothe cemetery. He remarks in his letter, ‘here is an eminent propristy in the placing Of the remains of the Chiet Justice there, im the Sapreme Court room, and in their proceed- ing to their final resting place from the room in which but ten days since he sat at the head of the Judiciary of the WHEN THE REMAINS CAN BE VIEWED. ‘The Supreme Court room will be open to visitors to-morrow from ten o’clock in the morning to five o’clock in the afternoon, and from nine to twelve o'clock on Monday additienal opportunity will be given the public to view the remains, THE CEREMONIES IN WASHINGTON, At twelve o’clock M. the Rev. 0, H. Tiffany, pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church, will preach @ sermon arprepenys to the occasion in the court room, At the conclusion of the services the remains will be taken to Oak Hill for interment, At Oak Hill the regular burial ser- vice she Methodist Church will be read. Cutef Justice Chase attended the Metropolitan church and was one of the trustees. The different departments of the government were closed to-day, in accordance with the Execu- tive order issued by the President relative to the death of the Chief a the flags through- nited States.” out the city were at hali@atr in respect to the Memory of the deceased. Governor Cooke has is- sued an order closing all the District gevernment oflices on the day of the funeral. REASONS FOR NOT APPOINTING HIS SUCCESSOR, The reasons privately assigned by tht President for not sapped @ successor to Chiel Justice Chase until the meeting of Congress are substan- tally as followd:—The subject is so important that it requires much consideration, and it is his inten- tion to deliberately select a gentleman who will be generally acceptable to the entire country. Be- sides there is no immediate necessity for acting, there being no judiciai business which now re- quires the attention of a Chief Justice; the de- ceased himself was not intending to go upon his circuit during the recess of the Court. It is the President’s wish that the nominee shall be con- firmed by the Senate before entering upon the duties of the office. New Jersey and Chief Justice Chase. Much surprise is felt among laymen throughout the State of New Jersey that not one of the Courts— Federal, State or county—nor a single gathering of the lawyers, have taken the initiative in ex- pressing the deep sorrow of the f agter gen- erally over the unleoked for and much to regretted death of Chief Justice Chase. Was thought that the Lawyers’ Conven- tion to suggest amendments to the constitution woul’ at least go through the formality of a set of veactauons sinilar to those adopted by other legal and judicial bodies throughout tne country, but it ap- pears they were too busy electing a chairman, two secretaries, appointing committees and adjourning fortwo months to waste time over even such an illustrious dead as Salmon P. Chase. If the courts and the lawyers have forgotten his great services to the country, it is, however, certain that the people have not, but everywhere express sincere sorrow that s0 great and se good @ man should be taken away suddenly, and at a time, too. when the race of public meu of which he was a grand type is well nigh extinct. Appropriate Action of the Philadelphia Bar. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 10, 1873, The Philadelphia Bar held a meeting in the Su- preme Court room to-day, and took appropriate action regarding the death of Chief Justice Chase. Judge Cadwallader presided. Action of the Bar of Ohio, CoLuMBUs, May 10, 1873, At ameeting of the Bar of Ohio, in the Supreme Court room, Judge J. R. Swan, of Columbus, was chosen Chairman,. and William Dennison, George Hoadly, A. G. Thutman, ©, N. Ods, Thomas Ewing, and others, were appointed a committee on reso- lutions to express the sense of the Ohio Bar on the death of Chief Justice Chase, and to report on the 14th instant, The Cincinnat®Bar Pay the Great Jarist a High Tribute. CINCINNATI, Uhio, May 10, 1873. ° The meeting of the Bar at the United States Court room to-day, in respect to the memory of Chief Justice Chase, was largely attended. The court room was draped in mourning. Judge Ewing, of the United States District Court, was appointed chairman., and the Judges of the Common Pleas and Superior Courts were appointed Vice Presi- dents, A committee on resolutions was appointed, among whose members were:—Hon, W. S. Groes- beck, ex-Secretary Cox, Stanley Matthews, Rufus King and Judge Taft. Acdresses were made by Judge Matthews, Hon. Henry Stanbery, Mr. Flam- men Ball, Judges Handley and Whitman, Mr. George E. Pugh and others. A memorial o/ respect to his memory was adopted, together with a resolution to send a copy of this tribute to the lamily of the deceased. The following was also adopted :— Resolved, That we respectiuily ask that his remains may be laid in the beautiful cemetery he did 80 much to establish near the city of his home, which recognizes the full measure oi his worth as its most eminent citizen. Hon, HENRY STANBERY said he had been Judge Chase’s personal friend since both were young, He said, although for many years estranged in po- litical opinions, yet never for a moment did that difference disturb our social relations. There is, he said, one monument of his industry and ability which, as it was the first achievement that brought him into.general notice, deserves meution. I reier to his compilation of the body ot the Ohio statute laws, extending over @ period of forty-six years— from 1787 to 1833, In the federal Senate, in the Executive chair of our State, in the Cabinet, on the Supreme bench, he was arene equal to the place ; and if he had reached that ovker place, the goal 0 i he would have been sound equal also 0 thal THE LATE OAKES AMES, Expressions of Syiipathy from Hard- ~—serce’ "wire Merchants. Ata meeting of the hardware trade and hard- Ware manufacturers, held yesterday (Saturday) afternoon at 45 Chambers street, to take such action in relerence to the death of the Hon, Oakes Ames as might be deemed advisable, Mr. Hull Clark was appointed Chairman and Mr. Richard P. Brut Secretary. A committee appointed by the Chair, consisting of Messrs, Mulford, King and Brutf, reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Wherea: hardware interests of the United States have sustained @ great loss in the death of the Hon. Oakes Ames, who for nearly half a century has been entative, and who ith of Mr. Ames the hardware rade loses one of its most active and efficient members the manufacturing interest its most able champion and vocate, and the Country one of those great minds Whose grasp, ras, ot, tram he cares of trade, but fa by tl red zealously and ciently for the promotion of all *hesoived. That, A taaiufactarer and asa merchant, re; , Mrs ore iret ; , ey mpal = ; his intelligence, and ‘his ‘admitted onunent busi. Resolved, That, as fellow mom we athize siaceroly with the family of obr lamented friend in their it bereaveme’ That an nt! the proceed- Seward tothe omy of Mr A DEADLY DUEL. Virginia “Bloods” Fighting Over a Slighted Lady. Mordecai and McCarty in Mor- tal Combat. Money and Wit Standing Out in Marked Contrast. Fisticufls Unsuccessfully Resorted to for a Se‘tlement. Seeaieeeliicemmriers BLOOD MUST SETTLE IT. The Duellists Vis-a-Vis—The Signal and First Shots—MoCarty Still Calls for Blood and Gets It—Both Badly Wounded and Oarried Off the Field. RICHMOND, Va., May 10, 1873, The community here has been more intensely ex- cited to-day than at any other period since that memorable April day, three years ago, when the “Capitol disaster” resulted in the sudden hurrying into eternity of some hundred victims, A sangui- nary and bloody duel, with the almost assured death of one and the possible permanent injury of the other participant, occurred almost in the city limits, between two prominent young gentlemen, and was alone known to the parties concerned till after its culmination, and then to the Chief of Police too late to prevent the meeting, and to the public not at all till the appearance of thé’ mere Inention of the morning Uailies, The duel @nd its attendant circumstances have formed the main staple of conversation in every circle to-day. A LADY THE “UNCONSCIOUS? CAUSE. As usual in a majority of the disagreements be- tween men, & woman, one of the reigning and most beautiful belles, was, unconsciously doubt- less to herseif, the corner stone on which is erected this superstructure of blood, Among her agencies for social enjoyment Richmond possesses a club of some aristocratic pretensions, consti- tuted mostly of yeung men who consider them- selves, or are considered by others, young bloods. The members of the club meet at a stately man- sion on the corner of Third and Franklin streets, and while away their surplus time by billiards, whist, the latest scan. mag. and an occasional in- dulgence in the German dance. PAGE M’CARTY THE AGGRESSOR, Among the members of the Richmond Club is a young gentleman of elegant leisure, named Page McCarty. He is of good Virginia lineage ; a nephew of the Virginia Congressman McCarty, who, some time in the year 1824, fought a duel with muskets at Bladensburg, with John Thompson Mason, his brother-in-law, a United States Senator from this State, which resulted in the immediate death of Mason and the loss of one of McCarty’s arms. This ancient duel at the time of its occurrence was re- marked as a bloody one, The first proposition to tie their hands together and jump off the Capitol at Washington was rejected, and the scarcely less humane one accepted to Aght at one pace dis- tance with muskets loaded with an ounce ball and three buckshot. As might be expected, Colonel McCarty was never ahappy man after that. His hair turned gray in a single night, and he sought to drown remorse in the flowing bowl. THE HISTORY OF THE TROUBLE. Some time during the latter part of March the Club arranged for a German (waltz) at Virginia Hall, in this city, and among the social notabilities who attended was the reigning belle heretofore ajluded to. She and Page McCarty “had been friends in youth,” but. a difficulty had arisen, and at the time the German came off they did not speak to or recognize each other, At the social festivities which duly came off one of the masters of ce: nies, either by accident or design, placed she es- tranged parties vis-(-vis, and the lady had either to produce a scene by the cut direct or quietly ac- quiesce in the arrangement and dance with her former flancé. She chose to dance, and former kind relations were, to all appearances, once more re-established. While the Club members were revelling in the glorious memories of the German the friendly master of ceremonies was doubtless feliciting fumselt on reuniting two estranged friends. tious poetry appeared in the Enquirer on the 6th of February :— “7H FIRST FIGURE IN THE GERMAN—AN EPIORAM. We have received for publication the following poem ‘ain who, doubuess, has been Kicked by his ey, Mary's qneenly form I NPR aae latest wh T would as well her lips Although those lips be For still with fire love tip: And kindles up anew The tame which once consumed my heart ‘When those dear lips were true. Of form so fair, of faith so faint, If truth were only in her, Though she'd be then the sweetest saint T'd still feel like a sinner. MORDECAI THE DEFENDER, Among the members of the club was John B. | Mordecai, an estimable young lawyer of this city. When the lines appeared they were discussed in the club, and the suggestion made tliat they had an individual application. Mordecaf, who was present, said with generous impulsiveness that he did not know the autvor, but if the intent was to ridicule the young lady Whom some deemed to be alluded to the writer was @ scoundrel, poltroon and coward. McCarty, who was present, then avowed himself tue author, and an impending cri- sis was then and there only prevented between the two men by a suggestion of the duello as the more satisfactory Way of settling the littie dim- culty which had so unexpectedly arisen. While the arrangements were being carried out for a meeting the police got wind of the aifair and ar- rested the parties, who were, however discharged, | the proof of hostile intent on the part of either being prudently kept in the background, OPPOSING MAGAZINES OF HATE. Since then the parties have been ina sfate of armed neutrality—opposing powder magazines— ready to explode on the application of the proper | fire, but both retaining their membership in the club. A week since, when the lordly tenement corner of Franklin and Third streets was filled with the | gay and festive youths who give éclat to the pro- ceedings of the club and illustrate the German, McCarty, with a friend, occupied one of the billiard tables, The game seemed suddenly to lose its in- terest to McCarty, and his conversation turned on personal dificulties and their proper mode of ad- justment. He alluded to the exp:oits of his rela- tives in the duelling line, his own lost opportunity of the same sort, and declared a similar state of affairs with him would be followed by a different result. At this juncture, unforta ly, Mr. Mor- decai entered the room, and took at near the table on which the sctence of billiards was not just then being illustrated in a very brilliant manner, MORDECAI TAKES TO THE ‘‘MANLY.”’ On seeing Mordecai seat himself McCarty, in- stead of confining his remarks to his companion, if he did not mean to initiate a dificulty, raised his press, is dart, f his previous remarks to such a degree that saftey was obliged to take Ronee of the! ie seemed finally to comprebend tan thsulf was intended him, and, rising, he the personality fee that. the marks intended for me, sir t”’ Looking him in the face, with affected contempt, McCarty drawled out—‘‘And who are you, sir?” Mordecat replied—“I am a gentieman, sir.” McCarty directly rejoined (long drawn)—‘‘Ah |"? If he had intended he did not Tiave the chance to further jntensity any feeling he may have enter tained towards Mordecai, for that individual STRUCK OUT VIGOROUSLY FROM THRE SHOULDER and Mevarty “went to grass” with the celerity of a cannon ball on its descending grade. Mr. McCarty thereafter resisted to the extent of his capacity, but the result was that Mordecai inflicted on him juite @ heavy Cchastisement. aay were parted by riends and Mr. bot conveyed to nis lodgings, where he was compelled from his injuries to remain in bed tor several days. M’CARTY THIRSTS FOR BLOOD, Meanwhile an emergent note from him sum- moned to this city Colonel William B. Tabb, for- merly of Amelia, but now of Charleston, W. Va. To the Colonel, who is aw fait in such matters, McCarty imparted his sorrows and desire tor re- venge. His accemmodating iriend supplied the necessary cartel Inviting jordecat to tue field of honor, which duly received McCarty’s signature and was despatceed in accordance with the code, MORDECAI WILL FIGHT, Mordecal, on its tion, took the affair very cooly, announced his will respond tn an: way, and suggested the name of @ friend, throu; whom he would thereafter receive missives on the subject. His friend and Colonei Tabb seemed to — meant. aa Weapo A onds, surgeons, inn Cx) WETS named with com™endable celerity and with a quietness and secr 4y truly admirable, THE \OMBAT ARRANGED, ‘The combat, as, ‘was to take place at The following ambiguous and unpreten- \ voice, and, rites teed at Mordecai, added to | approached McCarty and said, “Are those re- | large crosses made of immortelles, x six o'clock, Frid: vening, near the Ii York River Railroad, and ‘not far nal enskene muillpond, in the neighborhood of Oakwood Cemetery; weapons, navy revolvers; distance, ten paces. TWo of the leading surgeons of the city were e to do any carving.consequent on the affair, or extract any villanous lead that might effect @ lodgment in the bodies of the belligerenta, These were Professor Hunter McGuire, late Stone- wall Jackson’s medical director, and Professor 8. D. Cullen, late medical director of Longstreet! army corps. Not to implicate these gentlemen un- ne jarily in the result of the pending battle, it was arranged that they should be posted some distance from the fleld of battle and advance only on a given signal. COMBATANTS AND NON-COMBATANTS ON THE GROUND. The friends who went forth with McOarty to seek the bubble reputation, even at the cannon’s mouth, were Calvin B, Tabb and John S. Meredith. Those who performed similar service for Mr. Mordecat were Messrs. William L. Royall and W. Retnigg. The pending affair had been kept so entirely subd rosa that the parties bad no diilicuity in keeping the scene of action unmolested. If they were seen it only seemed that they were taking an evening airing. The men were promptly on the ground at a few minutes belore six o’clock, and directly the carriages stopped all who had official connection with the ceremonies inciaent to the occasion pro- ceeded to perform their allotted share o/ the even- ing’s work. MEASURING THE GROUND. The traditional ten paces were duly measured off and the principals placed in position, It may seem singular, but these two gentlemen, who were about to attempt to take each other's life, bowed to each other with stately grace. The weapons hay- ing been examined and loaded were handed to the parties, The clear voice of one of the seconds was next heard, saying:— “Gentlemen, are you ready %"" The briefest pause; then “One, two, three” were slowly counted, THE FIRST SHOTS. Just before the lust word was uttered an almost simultaneous report was heard. As the smoke cleared away both parties were seen standing un- hart, and immediately the voice of MeCarty waa heard demanding a second fire. ‘This demand Pea cluded any interference looking to a settlement on the part of the friends, and preparations were ab once made for THE SECOND FIRE. When the pistols expioded this time both parties were seen to lurch iorward and fall heavily on their faces, The signal was given and the sur- geons approached as fast is they could. An ex- amination disclosed the fact that both parties were seriously—Mordecai, pervaps, —fatally— wounded. A conical ball had entered McCarty’s hip, a round ball had penetrated the abdominal cavity of Mordecai. be JUSTICE TOO SLOW, While the seconds and friends were devising Ways to convey the parties from the fleld of honor a different scene might have been witnessed a half mile away—viz.: the Chief of Police, John Poe, urgii @ foaming steed m_ quest of the duellists over fences and _ ditches at fox-chase speed. He came up just as the sur- geons had parca their patients in comfortable positions, He ordered the seconds to consider themselves under arrest, and repere and ave bail tor their appearance before the Police Justice, after performing the necessary ofices for the wounded en. This they did. McCarty was conveyed to his mother’s house in this city. Mardecal was taken et the residence of his cousin, Colonel E. T. D, iyers, BLOOD TO THE LAST. Aperson present relates that while both men were lying on the ground Mordecat was heard to say :—‘‘He can have another fire if he wants it.’ Of course, in their situation, another fire or any- thing else but stimulants was out of the question, Mordecai is a rising young lawyer here, nephew of Colonel John B. Young, a prominent lawyer, and personally very popular with all. McCarty is not so well known, but is alse eg- teemed by those who enjoy his acquaintance. THE YOUNG LADY who was the primary but innocent cause of this useless effusion of blood is, of course, in the deepest distress, and las the sympathy of thou- sands of friends, She is @ blende, and has been for several years past the the leading belle at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs—no less lovely io mind than person, and the queen of many earts, The HERALD correspondent, in endeavoring to obtain the above information, was beset with in- numerable difficulties. Nobody knew anything about the bloody duel but the participants, and they of course were unwilling to tell what they knew. Sesides this, your correspondent was called upon by a number of gentlemen who re- quested him to suppress in part the causes which led to the meoting; but auty was paramount to every other consideration, and I telegraph the fullest details, which are correct and exact in every particular, The object of the HERALD being to tell the truth without fear or favor I have, in accordance with my instructions, done so in the present instance with impartiality. OBSEQUIES OF GENERAL PAEZ, Plain Funeral of the Ex-President of Venezucia—The Pall Bearers—The Touching Service and the Last Look at the MMustrious Dead—His Final Rest- ing Place. The funeral yesterday of Generai Paez, ex-Presl- dent of Venezuela, was not characterized by the sombre pageantry and those extraordinary marks of honor which are generally associated with the obsequies of the distinguished dead. It was a very simple and unostentatious affair throughout, though attended by numerous persons of high dis- tinction. The funeral gave food for pecullarly sad reflections. It was difficult to realize that the man who was the central figure in @ war forever memorable in history, who led armies and won batties in a desperate struggle with a great power, who formed and ruled @ nation, and through all the temptations of his eventful career came out with unsuilied honor—should have “shrunk to this littie measure,’ and have passed out of existence without more funeral honors yeid: to him than to the ordinary mortal who drogs oat of the busy walk: Nf, nw: a At ten celoc Seta morning the personal friends of the deceased, including the pali-bearers, assembled at his ate residence, 42 Kast Twentieth street, to take a last look at his remains, There were present the following PALLBEARERS. The venerable Peter Cooper, Chief Justice Daly, © Sefor Y. Mariscal, Minister of M&xico; sefur Car- los Martini, Minister of Colombia; Dr. J. C. Beales, Sejior Navarro, Consul General of Mexice; Sefor 8. Michelena and the Ministef of Ecuador, Senor Antonie Flores, whose illustrious father, a former President of Ecuador, fought in the Soutn Amer can war of independence and took part with Gen- eral Paez in the battles of Junin, Ayacucho and Minarica. There were also in attendance ° A COMMITTEE OF CUBAN PATRIOTS, consisting of Colonel Juan M. Macias, Dr. Fred. erico Galvez, who embalmed the deceased, and Sefior Helario Cisne: also Dr. A. K. Gardner, who attended the ted patriot before his death; Dr. Freeman, Sefor De la Cova, Venezuelan Consul at Philadelphia; Major A. P. Green and General J. B. Baptista, who commanded tne vessel which, under the administration of General Paez, brought back the remains of the illustrious Bol- ivar Irom New Granada to his native Venezuela, Ata quarter past ten the coffin was borne out, amid the tears of thé lady mourners, and placed in a plain hearse, drawn by two horses, Upon the coffin were placed TWO AMERICAN FLAGS, one of which, made of satin and velvet and bentt. fully embroidered in silver and gold, had been pre- sented years ago by General Paez himself to Major A. P. Green, who in 1858 (then a captain) commanded a troop of city horse guards, which, on the occasion of General Paez’s first ¢ ‘ture from this city, es- corted him to the vessel which bore him to Venez- ucla. The General having, in consequence of an accident, dislocated his foot, the horse guards on that occasion dismounted, carried him in a hospital vat ere to the North River and placed him on oard, The hearse and the cortége, consisting of a dozen carriages, the first of which contained Don Ramon Paez, son of the deceased, arrived AT ST, STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH at half-past ten. By that time the beautiful church was comfortably filled in all ts parts, ‘The coffin was carried up to the foot of the chancel and placed upon a bier, on two sides of which stood six pandiestieks with burning wax candies, Upon the coftin were four floral wreaths, while at the head and foot were placed in an upright position two TOR SERYICE commenced by the c! lg 4 of the office for the dead, This lasted about filteen minutes, i which the solemn requiem mass began. Father Lynch was the celebrant, assisted by Fathers Flynn and McQuirk, The music throughout by ie 4 impressive. There was a sadness and qaie! solemnity in {t that struck the listeners with awe, There was no address delivered, After the quiem the top part of the lid of the coffin was. opened, and through a giass plate was visible the face of the illustrious patriot, calm and peacefal in the eternal sieep of death. Those who desired were now given & chance to look for the last time at the features of the dead, Agreat many avaiied themselves of the opportu. nity, passing in a line around the coffin, e lid was then fastened down again and the remains Were conveyed in mournful procession through the’ church while the choir chanted a selemn dirge. The coffin bore a smal steel piate, with the follow- ing inscription :— nesenooees. OOM OE LE TELE EEITIO EE IOOONE OE HE GENERAL JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ, Murto en Nueva York, el 6 de Mayo de 1873, A ios 84 anos de edad. CONN DDIOLL HO NONOE DE EERE OE DELOLODE DEDEDE, THE REMAINS, followed by the pali-bearers, were then taken to the cemetery in Second street, near Second ave- nue, and there temporarily placed in @ vault, They will, however, find a final rest place in his na tive land, for itis expected that the government and people of Venezuela will claim back the re triot, and bury him with milk tary Pace received, only a wee before his death, @ letter from Guzman Blanco, tht present President of Venezuela. inviting him & return to hia native country,