The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1874, Page 3

MASSACHUSETTS’ DEAD The Remains of Charles Sum- ner Lying in State. Boston Draped in Weeds of Sorrow. THE MOURNING OF THE MULTITUDE. Fributes Paid in Tears to the Memory of the Statesman and Scholar. Noble Eulogy by James Freeman Clarke. Memorial Services Colored Citizens. by The Clergy of This City on the Nation’s Loss. Boston, March 15, 1874. Never on a Sabbath has Beacon Hill been covered with such a mass of surging humanity as to-day. In fact it has been rare that even any public gala or holiday attracted such a vast concourse of peo- ple as has been assembled all the day long to pay tribute to the memory of the late Charles Sumner. The announcement had been made that from nine in the morning until six in the afternoon the gen- eral public would be admitted. Long before the hour of nine, however, the crowd commenced to gather, and it was not until long after six that there was any perceptible diminution. During the afternoon the whole area around the State House Was one common concourse of men and women, all brought together to mingle in one common ex- pression of affliction, and testify their apprecia- tion of the departed and sorrow for bis loss. Every approach to the Capitol building was thronged with carriages and pedestrians, ana many of the vehi- cles were draped with emblems of mourning. The historical Boston Common, or that portion of it immediately in front of the State House, was crowded as never before; and to work one’s way through Beacon street was literally impossible. THE CIVIC ARRANGEMENTS MISERABLE. The arrangements of the authorities for the ad- mission of the multitude to the rotunda, where the remains were lying, were most miserably con- ceived and more miserably executed. Instead of allowing the crowd to pass in at one door and out at another, 300 or 400 were admitted at once and then the gates were closed, and when those Mmside were ready to leave another crowd would be admitted. These rustic arrangements prevailed all the day long, and the consequence was that not more than a Iraction of the thou- @ands who came were able to gain admission. Or course the indignation felt by the pubitc at the in- competency of the officials in charge was sup- ‘pressed for the time being, but it is vented quite freely this évening. THE CORPSE NOT EXHIBITED, ‘Those who were able to guin admission were dis- appointed in not having an opportunity to view the mortal remains of one they so dearly loved, but to have removed the hermetical lid in a nall where the atmosphere was so warm would have greatly endangered their preservation, and possi- bly produced immediate decomposition, THE DECORATIONS OF THE CATAPALQUE, The casket was placed upon a catafalque tn the centre of the hall and was covered with black cloth and draped with black alpaca and white fringe, the festoons being looped up with black and white Tosettes. A monogram of the deceased Senator is placed at the end of the structure next to the entrance door. The chief beauty of the catafalque 48 found in its floral decorations. APPEARANCE OF THE STATE HALL. The decorations of the hali were chaste, appro- priate and impressive. Around the cornices ‘are festoons of black and white cloth, the latter only being used in suMcient quantity to show thé éffecé by contrast. ‘Each festoon 1s looped up with a rosette, with pendant drapery over the centre entrance door, and over the arches of the window are heavy draperies of black and white cloth. Tne side doors, which are closed during the time the body remains in the hall, as well as the alcove on each side of them, are hung with black, handsomely looped. In the rear of the hall and in the centre of the en- trance, in Which {s the statue of Washington, there is a chaste design, black cloth curtains being Yooped up irom the centre, relieved by a little white at the top, and in front of this @ shield with Mr, Sumner’s monogram. On each Bide oi the curtains, and next to the cannon, are three national flags, draped, giving a fine effect to the entire rear of the ual. ‘The bases of the col- umns in the hall are draped with black, as are also the tops, from the door to the rear of the hall, and @ little black drapery around the lower part of the alcove completes the mourning. THE SCENE OF PUBLIC GRIEF. Here, amid all these sad paraphernalia, were the honored remains of Massachusetts’ most distin- guished Senator and the country’s great states. Man. As the mournful multitude lingered around | the casket and realized that it contained ail that Was mortal of Charies Sumner, Many gave way to | their feelings of grief and sadness. Old friends | and neighbors paused to drop tears of affection and flowers of tribute to his memory, and those who only knew the man by bis public life mingle in | the common assemblage of mourners. From morn- ing until night the temporary sepulehre of the great departed was the scene of incidents of the Hnost harrowing description, events which no mortal pen or tungue can ever describe, THE CITY DRAPED IN BLACK. ‘to-morrow willcome the final obsequies, and the last sad tribute of respect will be paid. As before imtimated, business in Boston and, in tact, throughout the whole State, will be almost Wholly suspended, and the Commonwealth will Unite almost en masse in doing honor to the memory of him who was so_ universally beloved, Even now the whole city is draped in mourning; public buildings, business houses, dwellings, and even the horse cars and stages are hung with crape. Among the most beautiul and impressive of Many vokens Of grief displayed in the city is one in the large show-window of a carpet store on Tremont street. The back and anguiar sides of the deep and high window are tastefully hung with deep mourning drapery. In the centre of the window is a finely executed picture of a negro mother clasping her child, their eyes turned heavenward in the attitude oj prayer for their deliverance from the bonds and shackles of slavery. Un the ta of the impressive pictare is @ tineiy executed likeness of Mr. Sumner, as he appeared in his prime as @ Senator when talking to the Senate about the “barbarism of | 6lavery.” The picture {s so hung that the great Senator seems looking down upon the slave mother while at prayer. Beneath the jpictare of Mr. Sumner are the words, “He spake, At the left of the supplicant and enslaved mother, to complete the group, there hangs @ large likeness | of President Lincoln, who also seems looking down | Qpon the mother and her child, and underneath the picture are the words, ‘And it was done,” A more impressjve tableau, portraying the repre- sentative acts of both Senator and President, | could hardly be conceived. The design attracted very general attention. There was a rumor in the city this afternoon What a post-mortem examination of the remains Was going on, and that while the mournful muiti- tade believed they were paying tribute to the re- mains of the departed the vody was at the same | time in the hands of the surgeons and doctors. The story was without the sugntest foundation, although itis true that a post-mortem mvestiga- tion Will be had early to-morrow morning. 1t is also true that the remains have commenced to | decompose somewhat, and that the features are #0 changed that it has been determined not to ex- pose them to public view. DR. BROWN-SEQUARD PAYS A TRIBUTE. When the throng of people were gathered around the depot or along the route whicn the sad cortege was to take On {ts Way to the State House with the remains of the great Senator, a touching incident occurred at the Lowell Insiitute, where the dis- tinguished medical gentleman, Dr. Brown-Sequard, physictan and intimate frienc of the deceased, was to deliver a lecture in the course for which he has been copaaed) = an allusion to his iriend He spoke with @ voice choked with emotion, and told of his frst acquaint- ance with him in 182%, when Mr. Sumner came under his care as a patient, and when he (the speaker) learned to love him and sympathize with him in ali the noble agptrations the advocacy of which has made his name beloved and his loss so greatly ‘The speaker opened his discourse | | Coat and looked at it for aiew moments with the to be deplored. Here the lecturer's ieelings com- Pletely overgame him, His voice broke and he was go on, maduigence audience until nerves became cl mt ? proce with the subject | with variety of attainment; such put of heart, matter lecture. When about haif through | jotned to such practised pity; so much of whole he again alluded to his acquaintance with | sOuled integrity and faitaful industry im work Sumner, and gave a somewhat detailed statement | such sweetness and such cour: 3 such read of bis case, asserting that when Mr. Sumner came | ness to brave enemies and patience to to him he wy ing terribly from the effects of | endure sufferings, as we find united im the tha 1 upon him in the Senate | life and character of Charles Sumner? sie 4 read or think without OTHER PULPIT TRIBUTES. being te could only walk | Posing tributes were also paid to the memory slow and pain ‘A xe on | of the deceased by Rev. E. E. Hale, Colonel Hig- by ex showed hg gene (ny Ry and inflamed, and the irritation, Shieh” zonld oy be Recon one of the most painful operations known to medi- cal science. When he iniormed Mr. Sumner of this, and gave him his choice to use anesthetics or not, the patient only asked whether chloroform woul be sufficiently effective, and when dea to. submit told tnat it would not he dect to the ordeal without ft, “and,” saia the lec- turer, “ne did submit to five of the most terribly painful operations I have ever performed upon human being, or even upon damb aniinal, | und his only reason for this was the fact thata torrerft of abuse was being heaped upon him. He | was accused of shamming sickness, of idling away hig time in Paris when he could and should have been in his place in the Senate, He suifered ail the terrible pain that 1 inflicted, refusing the use of chloroform with @ heroic courage in order that the effect might be more immediate and he might | return to his duties and still the voice of calumny and detraction which followed him across the seas. This I consider it my duty to inform you of | Dow, that you may know, perhaps, a little of the rand character of the great man you have just jost.’, At this point the speaker's feelings so over- | came him that he was unable to control himself, | and, hastily apologizing to the audience, he let! 5 Passer when IS lecture was about half nished, MOVEMENTS OF THE MOURNBRS FROM ABROAD. The Congressional delegation and others trom abroad in attendauce upon the funeral have spent the day very quictly. Nearly all of them attended divine worship in the morning and remained at their quarters in the Revere House the rest of the day, the only interruption being a brief visit to the City Hall, where all the visitors were received by the Mayor and tendered the hosplitalities of the city during the sorrowful occasion which had brought them here, A few took a short ride in the suburbs, among them Cyrus W, Field, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Chittenden and Dr. Brown-Sequard, who made @ short call upon Prof. or Longtellow at Cam- bridge. * "HE DEAD. to-day allusion was made to the great los: sh Massachusetts and the country had sustai. 1 the death of Senator jumner. Probably the most representative discourse was that made by Rev, James Freeman Clarke, of the Church of the Disciples. The pulpit of the church was tastefully draped in purple (royal mourning) ; also the table in iront and the clock. Upon the table was a@ bust of Sumner. The drapery upon Sie punts was relieved by beautiful bouquets and The services were conducted by Rev. Francis G, Peabody, ot Cambridge, who read some appro- priate sclections, commencing, ‘Help God, for the godly man ceaseth.”” The hymns, ‘Servant of God, Well done,” and “Go to the grave in all thy glori- ous prime,’ were sung by the congregation. Rey. James Freeman Clarke, not venturing to speak at length, his address was read to the audi- ence by Mr. Henry Williams. The address com- menced by alluding to the proiound impression which had been caused by the death of . Sum- ner and the general sense of bereavement felt. The friends who have fought by his side during long years, when success seemed hopeless; whose little barks have sailed attendant on his and partaken the same gaies; younger men who have chosen bim for their leader, and amid the thick of battle pressed on when they saw his white plume waving in the front, now clasp hands In siient sympathy. The colored people—whose hearts are always right, though their heads are olten wrong—now recognize in him the best friend their race have ever had; a iriend who with his dying breath still besought that equal rights might be given them. Massachusetts disgraded by an unauthorized act of her gisiature, hastened to right the wrong where it was given, and happily her voice reached the Senate Chamber before he left it forever. Even those wno opposed him now hasten to revise their opinions and float in the geet current of sym- pathy. The American Lge admire smart men, ut this event has shown that Charles Sumner is loved, So it was shown that the peopie loved Abraham Lincoln and John A. Andrew, and they were men of the same type of honesty, sincerity and conscience. Charles Sumner was the most un- pol ular of all. He was emimently what the poli- jicians call “an impracticable man’—that 1s, @ man ane canng be induced to sacrifice his ptincipiés to the success of his party, Nor did he have the tact which some men ana | many women posseas by which they can express unpalatable opinions without eRe, their op- ponent, though he had one of the kindest of earts, Thereiore this large, warm heart, longing mpatny and prizing friendship so highly, was ually misunderstood and was very much alone. People accused nim of self-concett, arro- gance and vanity. This was eet owing to the childlike natveté with which he Would talk of his own Career and his own accomplishments. What other men think ana cone*al ee said. Mr. Clarke al- luded to his many conversations with the deceased | ahd bis accouyts Eeansactions, all of which he saw and a party of which he was, They were al- ways deeply interesting and upon momentous sub- jects. He was afraid that there was nothing in the books which Mr, Sumner had prepared with | so much care nearly so interesting as in those | anecdotes of his daily life, which have probabiy | perished forever, He was unpopular from first to last. He loyed eae W}th all his heart, but was always in war. He loved appfobation, but neier bought it. He loved the good will of Hi, but was obliged to relinquish it, He loved sunshine, but had to live in storms. His ddelity to principie cost him dearly. Abraham Jingoln aqd Sumner were Sivaye iriends, Difter- encé of épitiion never estrangéd them. Many dis- liked Sumner because be always Kept himself on | that upper level oF principle. The air was not | PULPIT In nearly all of th: for conti suited for the breathe. He would | not comé down to the more comiort- able platform of party expediency. When a man dies whose virtues have created hostility there often comes a singular reaction. It was the case with Lincoln, when the nation was weeping “in the passion of an_ angry grief,’ and so it is with Charles Sumner. Death, Sore: him {rom our | outward eye, enables us to see him inwardly and truly. Thus we have looked at ao moun- tain, and only seen the creeping musts and clouds which concealed it. So when the west wind moved the air the vapors suddenly were dispersed and the pure snow summits came out in sharp outline against the blue sky. Death does the office of that cold wind. After the earthquake and fire and whirlwind of passionate and godless strife have passed death comes, and the Lord speaks in that still, small voice, When any important subject came up Sumner, being a statesman and not a mere politician, always studied it in the light of history and politi- cal science, without reference to party interests. He sought to declare the truth, The country is in peril to-day, because there are so few Statesmen in public life. His whole | life was devoted to the service of his fellow man, high and low, rich and poor, white and black. In him man was sacred. During all | the long contest with slavery his voice was heard | uke @ trumpet appealing for the rights of man. He stood conspicuous in the nation’s eye, @ young Apollo, ‘in silent majesty of stern disdain,” and dreadful was the clangor of his silver bow as he shot his arrows, thick and fast, into the sophisms used by the slaveholders and their allies, When they could not reply by argument they silenced him with murderous blows; but Sumner did as much for the cause of freedom by his suffering as he had done by his speech. When the news reached Boston of that assault a meeting was bastily called, The men who ought | to have spoken were absent, and, said Mr. Clarke, | Iremember withsome pleasure thatl had the opportunity of ete 2 first in Boston | against that cowardly, brutal ahd murderous assault. But many & man who did not raise his voice in public at that time, took a vow of hostility in his heart against the Institution which prompted that assassination, “Once,” said Mr. Clarke, “while Mr. Sumner was here in Boston, still suffering from those in- juries, I_calied at his house in Hancock Street. He was resting in an easy chair and with him were three gentlemen, He introduced them to me, one as Captain John Brown, of Ossawattamie. They were speaking of this assault by Preston Brooks, and Mr. Sumuer remarked:—‘The coat I had on at that time is in that closet. The collar is stiff with blood. You can see it if you please.’ Cap- tain John Brown arose, went to the closet, slowly opened the door, carefully took down tue | reverence with which a Roman Catholic regards the relics of a saint. Perhaps the sight caused | him to feel a still deeper horror of slavery, and to take a stronger resolution ofat- | tacking it in its strongholds. So the blood of | martyrs ts the seed of the Church.” Allusion was made to the encouragement that Mr. Sumner took when discouraged and unhappy from the fear that his work was done forever after the assuult, by reading certain lines of Milton, of which he was very fond. Multon still lives in his great example, and so does Sumner. Milton stood by the side of Sumner in that dark hour, and so shall Sumner inspire and awaken other souls centuries hence, so that they in turn can say, “I have fought the good | fight; I have finished my course; [I have kept the faith.’ He then spoke of Mr. Sumner'’s visit to a Wednesday evening meeting at this church, and how his heart went out tothe young people there and what a happy evening tt was. Nothing could be more modest, genial and iriendly than were his words and conversation at that time. A happy smile was on his face all the evening, and I could not but fancy that he eit more | at home among those youthful admirers than im the Senate chamber or among his political associates. It is @ pleasant memory tq carry in our hearts, Once ina time he gaia that he wished he had been born later 80 as to be able to take part in the events which are to come soon. in regard to this one lady said to him afterwards that she thought the Lord knew better than he did when he ought to have been born, And indeed how indispensable hos his work been during the last twenty-tnres years! Others may have been before him hf originating the anti-slavery movement. Others may have come bd to the common people in urging the abolition «0 | a ae | ginson, Rey, Mr. Alger, Kev. Dr. Webb, Kev. Dr. | Barto) ANd. dn Sygry DUIDIE thpoughout the cit EULOGIES FROM-THE PULPITS. ” Henry Ward Beecher on Samner. Mr. Beecher’s text for the evening sermon was selected from Isatah i., 26—‘And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning,” &c,—and Mr. Beecher proceeded to give the outlines of our political history and the events which linked the past with the present time. who had figured largely in its economy and their characteristics, Of these there were Garrison and Weld, who was like Peter the Hermit; Phillips, the patrician; May, Jackson, the two Tappans, Joshua Hewett, Rogers, Whittier, Emerson and many others he had not time to enu- merate. Who would ever forget Jonn Quincy Adams, Hale, Seward, and, later, Sumner, and, later still, Lincon. Recently two men had de- Parted almost in the same week, The funeral services of one almost overlapped the other— him of Boston and him of Buffalo; Mr, #illmore, the truckling tool of siavery, the man whoin | Politics was unconuscionable—be was the accom- modating pilot that gave up liberty to be crucified Detween two thieves, Southern Slavery and Northern Mammon, and then washed his hands and said, “I am innocent of this thing’—and Charles Sumner, the representative man of thet reactionary spirit which had saved the nation. By birth and surroundings he was fit to be an aristocrat. But his love of justice and truth made him essentially @ democrat. Person- ally he was not one, but he became one in the times in which he lived. By the force of circum- stances he became the leader of his party. He came forward at the time when Webster, Choate and Holt were, the heroes—in Massachusetts when it was almost worth a man’s life to mee word against any of them. Now how is it? By nature Sumner was endowed with a manly person, of an admirable cast of mind; yet he was a made up man. He tell fately from the blow he received 1u his later career, and neither Brown nor Lincoln was a ater martyr for lib- erty than Charles Sumner. How beautiful to die so! The club that struck him was better than knighting him. It brought him to honor and im- mortahty. God worked largely in him for the ben- efit of the nation, and he died at .the right place, Had he died two or three years ago, before some passionate hatings had given themselves untoward form, which, let us hope, was the fruit of baste,ymuch that may be now bitter would have been avoided, But the grave is kinder than man and cove’ his faults with him. No son possesses his name, No child shall carry it down to posterity. He is cut off from that. But the State of Massacnusetts stall carve hisname so deep that no hand can rub it out. Noson or daughter wept at his pier, but down a million dusky cheeks the tears stream, and they feel that a father and protector has gone from among them, and I would rather have the honor of the smitten than tne honorof the high, He joimed himself to the best things of bis tume, and now he 1s with God. Young men, let me give you some of his good ualities to follow. Ina venal and cor- rupt ume he has held trust and power unsullied and unsuspicioned. Nothing can speak better for his principles than the fact that corrupt men dared not approach him. He made this remark to me once, aecnle think Washington such @ corrupt lace, but I don’t believe a word of it;1 have jived here along time, and I have never seen any of it? And he never did, His was not a belige- Tent statesmansnip, He was an advocate for peace, although he demanded justice, Every- where his views were against violenc and his preference for peace based upon jus- tice, and for the defence of the poor and the needy. He was @ statesman, indeed, and the more to be honored because his tast did not lead him to the common people. His wi an example of personal integrity, much misunder- stood, partly from nis own fault and partly from circumstances. He was one of those who carr; their sense of justice furtner than it need be carried. He lost big life gnd found it, and established the truth that humapity and disinterested kindness are not antagonistic to position and wealth. There are not many like him, and it is good for us to be called to consider (ao who was devoted to the welfare of othe It is amazing to see one mm an aristocrat the nurse of the slave child,+ All the gathered treagures of ages weré his, and these he employed to build better huts for the lowly. No man has surpassed him in his service to the poor and the needy. When any disability has been removed every poor and honest man will be made to participate in the bounty he gave his life to preserve. He has gone, not without a spot or blemish, it 18 true, but let us forget it and bury it— dust to dust, ashes to ashes, earth to earth—un- der the sod. Let us remember his integrity, his industry, his great patience and his endurance unto the end—a martyr to liberty, De Witt C. Talmage on the Life and Death of Charles Sumner Mr. Talmage preached last evening on the hol- lowness and uncertainty of liie and of worldly honors, aud held up the life and death of Senator Sumner as one very emphatic illustration of the truthfulness of his subject. The Tabernacle was densely crowded. Mr. Talmage’s allusions to the dead Senator were as follows:—‘‘The week just ended will be memorable in the annals of American nhis- tory, and the leading Senator of the States, and the ministers of tne Gospel who con- front the people to-day with religious message may well be earnest and pointed in what they say. We have never had a better lesson concerning the hollowness and uncertainty of worldly honors than we have had | in the life and death of Charles Sumner. Now the land uncovers its head as a silent body goes through to its burial place. Independence Hall is offered for the reception of the remains, The flags are at half-mast. Funeral eulogiums are | sounded through the land, and the minute guus on Boston Common throb, now that bis heart has ceased to beat. But WHILE HE LIVED, HOW PURSUED HE WAS, how maltreated, how censured by legislative resolutions, how caricatured in the pictorials, how charged with every ambitious and tinpure motive! his domestic life assailed, and all the urns of scorn and hatred and billingsgate and falsehood emptied on bis head! And when Brooks’ club struck him down in the Senate Chamber, there were hundreds of ents to cry, **Good for him—served him By ast summer a year he must put the ocean be- tween him and his maligners that he might have alittle peace. They said he went off sick and broken-hearted because he himself could not get to be President. Oh, Commonwealth of Massachu- sets! who is this that lies to-day sleeping in your public building, under garlands and wrapped in the American flag? Is this the man whom, only a little while ago, you DENOUNCED AS THE FOE OF AMERICAN AND DEMO- CRATIC INSTITUTIONS? Oh, ye American people, ye cannot, by a week of eulogiums and newspaper leaders, which the dead Senator can neither hear nor read, atone tor twenty-five years of caricature and maltreatment. | When I see such a man as Charles Sumner pursued jor a lifetime by all the hounds of the political | kennels, buried under a mountain of flowers and amid @ great national requiem, I say what a hypocritical thing is human favor! You take @ quarter of a century in trying to pull down his fame and the next quarter of a century in attempt- ing to build his monument. Either you were wrong then or you are wrong now. Are there young men here ambitious for Guber- natorial, Senatorial or Presidential chairs, let them see the folly of all earthly aspirations. TWO GREAT NATIONAL FUNERAL BELLS are tolling, one irom the East and the other from the West, both ringing out the warning, “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help; their breath goeth forth on that very day their thoughts perish.’ Better be seeking alter the honors of Heaven; better be preparing lor the great future, Be quick, the moments dart past; be quick, the hour of your dissolution hastens; be quick, the day of grace is closing; be quick, lest some slight paralysis strike your brain, as it did our venerable ex-President, or like the Senator who now lies iu state waitin: for interment. You feel a one at the heart, iund you only have time to cry, “Oh! oh!’ and you are gone. God forbid that aiter 80 many emphatic warning, you shculd lose your soul, A Monument To Be Raised to His Mem= ory by the Colored Citizens—An En- thusiastic Meeting Last Night. Last night a crowded audience gathered at Republican Hall, situated in Twenty-third street and Broadway, to listen to a funeral oration on the memory of the late Charles Sumner. The meeting, although @ colored one, was largely at- tended by white people. On the platform a catafalque had been erected, covered with a black velvet pall. In the centre of the pall were in- scribed, in large golden letters, the name of “Sumner.” Gracefully entwined around the mournful emblem were some choice flowers. Among the most distinguished colored citizens on the platform were the Rev. D. H. Vanderese, J. Butler, A, Williams, H. 8. MclIivain, J, M. Andrews. ‘y; some m: ve been more fiery, soine More adrolt, But where sual: wo Aad combined in T. 8, W. Titus, W. H, Coopes, A Be Crosby and because of the death of an ex-President | Unitea | < He spoke of the men, private and public, | | to fustice and’ the righ | left for Europe, he wrote with his own hand his will, | He bequeathed ali his papers, manuscripts and | plied to the purchase of | behalf of the Garden City by Jerry Monroe or ve @ highly interesting sketch of the life of Sumner, and depicted in glowing terms the gratitude the colored race owe to the dead Senator for their emancipation and enfranchise- ment. He told of his batiies jought in the Senate for freedom, and said that in his opinion there existed no nobler type of a man than their late friend and benefactor, who had now crossed that bourne from which ho traveller returns, At the | conclusion of the oration, which occupied upwards | of an al “rete of the aeons speaker, rd ons were sub- Hired tay read by Mr. 4 A vit} — | PREAMBLE AND KRSOLCTIONS. Whereas in the dispensation of Divine Providence ft | God, who doeth ail things well. to 7emove 3 nd de Ving the illustrious statesma’ hist. the law Charles Sumne ely mnee the foundation of this the departed Senator has en- colored race in this te hase aad blotted the aned me aud blotted the history of our Republi-, maling his devouon to the prin- ciples of Justice with his blood. tererore, Resolved, ‘That we, tn comingn with the friends of human rights and civil | throughout this country and the whole civ! world, mourn the loss of the feariess champion of the poor and the oppressed and brgitest ornament of the Senate of the Uni bert, Kesolved, That the name ond noble deeds of Charles Sumner are engraven on ang recently eniranchined cite and that we wil! teach oar children sacredly to che: wo im the most ardent alfeciion, and t transumit ws to come the remembrance of his devovon ts of man. | Resolved, Thas thie meeung unite their sorrow and | rary, with the emenners vy ‘3 lon 8 i. fimeeieet tee prise rsa ani gh immortality to his own name. 2 fo" Wem and given ate ERECTION OF A MONUMENT. Resoived, That we recommend to our b opt he re x nipend to our brethres nrong’ “ h suggest | we would ar contrib on the auniversary o! the Hon of the fiteenth amendment to the constituuon of the United States, towards the asage Of Which Sumner's patriotism, eloquence and nfluence #0 largely contributed Lg being put to the vote the above preamble and resolutions were unantmonsly adopted. A STATUR IN CENTRAL PARK, After the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Garnet stated that he oped the colored citizens of the Empire City would erect a statue to Sumner in Central Park, as an ornament to the Empire City. The proposition was received with much applause, and alter taking up @ collection of several hundred dollars the meeting adjourned, SUMNER AND THE BATTLE FLAGS. te A Letter of Sumner on His “Battle Flag” Bill and Its Unjast Criticism. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 15, 1874. The Springfield Republican of to-morrow morn- ing will print @ letter from Mr, Sumner to a per- | sonal friend in this city, dated March 20, 1873, in | which, after alluding to his sickness, which he says “goes back in its origin to injuries received sev- enteen years ago,” he speaks a8 follows of nis “Battle Flag” bill:— Tt seems to me unjust and hard t bill can be called hostile to the respec be #0 understand th idier or to Un ) General Kobert Anderson od'and true soldiers. If person would onty consider candidly my original convietions on this question they would see how natural and inevitable has been mv conduct. As if in such a matter I could have “hostility” or “spite” to anybody. 1 am a public ser- vant and never was moved by @ purer sense of duty than in this bill, all of which will be seen at last. Mi men will flounder in misconception and. misrep tion, to be regretied in the day of light. Sincerely yours, VHARLES SUMNER, The Colored Citizens of New Hayen Unite in Memorial Services. New Haven, Conn., March 15, 1874. The colored citizens of this city united this even- ing in memorial services in remembrance of Charles Sumner, Appropriate resolutions were adopted, Religious Tributes of the Colored People of Utica. Urica, N. Y., March 15, 1874. Sumner memorial services were heid im the Alrican churches in this city this evening. 5 3 z = Tribute to His Memory by the Colored People of Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 15, 1874, The colored people will hold a mass meeting to- morrow night to express respect for the memory of Senator Sumner. SENATOR SUMNER’'S WILL. [From the Boston Globe.) , ton’s, amendment, In September, 1872, just before Senator Sumner lJetter-books to Henry W. Longiellow, Francis BE. Balch and Henry L. Pierce as trustees; all his books and autographs to the library of Harvard College; his bronzes to his irtends of many years— Henry W. Longteliow and Dr. Samuel G. Howe. He gives to the city of Boston, for the Art Museum, | his pictures and engravings, except the picture of the “Miri of tne Slave,’ which he bequeaths | to his friend, John B. Smith, of Boston, To Mrs. Hannah Richmond Jacobs, the only survivin sister of his mother, he gives an annuity of $500. There is a bequest of $2,000 to the | daughters of Henry W. Longfellow, $2,000 to the daughters of Dr. Samuel G. Howe and $2,000 to | the daughters of James T. Furness, of Philadelphia, | “which,” he says, I ask them to accept, in token | of gratitude, for the friendship their parents have shown me.’ The will directs that the residue of his estate shall be distributed in two equal moie- | ties; one moiety to his sister, Mrs. Julia Hastings, | of San Francisco, Cal., the other moiety to the | President and fellows of Harvard, in trust for the | benefit of the college library, the income to be ap- | oks. In reference to this last moiety the will adds:—“This Loe is | made in filial regard to the college. In selecting, | especially the library, lam governed especially by the consideration that ali my lifel have been a | user of books, and, having few of my own, I have | relied on the libraries of iriends, and on public li- braries, so that what | now do is only eturn for what freely received.” Francis B. Balch, of Boston, formerly cierk to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations when Mr. Sumner was chairman of that committee, 1s designated as the sole execu. | tor of the will, Mr, Summer's estate is valued at | $100,000, SPORT IN CHICAGO. Base Ball, Billiards and Cock Fighting— | A Merry Mill Meditated. CHicaGo, March 12, 1874, The mild spring breezes and genial sun have vivifled the lovers of the national game, and Prest- dent Gassette has ordered the White Stocking men to report for duty next week, when practice will commence, The club will, it is hoped, be prepared | to enter the arena in May, though It 18 feared that Wood will not be able to play until June or July, | even if he is ready then. The abscess in his knee | has Deen both painiul and dangerous, confining | him to his house for over a month; and six weeks or two months at least musé elapse ere he is able | to use the leg freely and sately, The disposition of the nine is to be as follows: Pitcher, Zettlein; catcher, Malone; short stop, Force; first baseman, Devlin; second, Wood; third, Mey: right fleld and change pitcher, Pinkham , centre, 1) lett, Cuthbert. In the event of Wood being unable to play, Force | will act as captain, The untiorm of 1574 will be | white, with black shoes and belt; the cap white, with black band and cord. The grounds at the corntr of State and Twenty-third street will, in all | probability, be retained, and satisfactory arrange. | ments for transportation both by rail and street car be concluded, | | BILLIARDS, Rudolph, who has been knocking about in the West Indies and South America, telegraphed to Tom feed esterday that he had arrived at New Orleans with lots of money and confidence, and, being in good practice, would play any man in America at the three-ball game for $1,000 or $2,000, Foley thereupon wrote to Garnier, and telegraphed a reply thateither Garnier or Maurice Daly wouid, in all probability, take up the gauntlet. Time ani place Were not specitied. COCK FIGHTING, The brethren of the gai? in the vicinity are on the tip-toe of expectation CT aed of the challenge of Mr. Thomas J. O'Neal, of Louisville, Ky., which reads as follow: I will make @ main of cocks with any party in Chicago or Stace of Ulinois, ror $200 a batile and $2.00 on the odd battle; to show twenty-one cocks each and fight all | that tall in, that is, give or two ounces, | Twill gis | parties: cepting the challenge $2 to com cd ght the main, or I will take is it the main takes place in oF ; 10 take fifteen days after sign nd puiting =) place i atti forieit, Which must be one-half the money bet on tne odd battle, $1,000. This challenge 1s open for ten days, Weights, from four pounds six ounces to six pounds. It is possible that the defi will be taken up on “pop” Chapple. THE PRIZE RING. Fistic matters are very dullin the West. At St. Lous Tom Allen and the other participants in the McCool figt + come up for trial in St. Clair county next week, and Arthur Chambers Will take East any authentic news, Allen pronounces wholiy gratuitous and unauthorized by him any metro- jolitan made challenges to Mace, with whom he jad intended to go to England on an exnibition tour, Under the new Missouri lw fighting, or even chavienging, is an expensive luxury in which Allen is not able to indulge. In the Northwest “Red-banded Mike” and Jem Taylor are said to be matched and in training for a $1,000 fight at Ne- gaunee towards the end of M The news is not very ancient, but it hath a decidedly fish fike smell. SHEET, WASHINGTON. Wasnrnaton, March 1s, 1874, The Financial Question As It Now EStands—The Prospect of an Enact- ment Authorizing Free Banking. The consideration of the finance question will be resumed in the Senate on Tuesday, to which day it adjourned, The strength of the “expansionists” has received some accessions, aud it is believed that ‘they have lost but one, which argues the | Passage of some measure providing more | money for circulation. It will not take the shape contemplated by Senator Mor- providing for the crease of $46,000,000, which has been so per- sistently argued pro and con, It may be that the free banking measure will provide the remedy now sought as against the alleged monopoly of tne present national banks and the evident preier- ences and exactions of the accumulated capital representatives, who do not want the market sup- plied with any otner sources of money accommo- | dation which will impair, as is claimed, their exclusive control of financial oper- ations through which they will be able to make, as they can now, any terms deemed accept- abie to them in loaning to the West and South. Free banking is reported to-night, from the high authority of a Senator who has battled for it among other measures of relief, to have largely gained in favor among Senators hereto!ore opposed tolt, and a confident belief prevails that the ad- vocacy of the measure will prove very formidable and stand a fair chance, with other measures pro- posed, of a final passage. It is said that a bul may pass providing for this assistance without restrictions as wo the West and South, A significant fact in connec- | tion with the finance question transpired when Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, was making arrange- ments to pair with Senator Conkling. The latter, Who Is to be absent from the Senate for about two weeks to argue some important law cases, de- clined to pair on the question of tree banking, although he has been opposed, heretofore, in toto, to that side of the Senate which has up to this time argued in favor of that manner of solving the problem of the finances. If this free banking question is pressed in the Senate it may be that Senator Merrimon’s propo- tu vi | sition may have to be taken out of the Way. | roe vnirty minutes after the flames made an en- General Logan will speak next on the finances, | and will be answered by Senators Sherman or Schurz, and then Senator Morton will follow, tak- ing about an hourin the delivery of his speech, A vote by Friday is calculated upon by the best informed, when the whole question will be dis- posed of in the Senate and then will go to the House for concurrence. Rebuke to an Informer. Colonel John E, Michener has been restored to his position in the Dead Letter Office of the Post OMice Department. Some time ago he was removed on the representation of a department special agent, who impugned his honesty, The investiga- tion of the Grand Jury showed he had done nothing whatever rendering him amenable to law. His restoration by the Postmaster General is intended | as a rebuke to the agent and an act of justice toa faithful oMcer unjustly accused of crime. Condition of General Dent and Mr. Sar. gent. The condition of General Dent and Mr. Sargent is unchanged at one o'clock A. M. Both are still seriously ill, with no hope of recovery, and death provable within three days. AMUSEMENTS. The Concert Season. The fifth concert of the Philharmonic Society took place on Saturday evening at the Academy of in- | Music. The first orchestral work on the bill was | the “Jupiter” symphony of Mozart, No. 4, in 0 | Major, opus 38, one of the grandest works in the symphonic répertoire. The performance of this work was characterized by more brio, finish and care than has been generaily tound at those con- certs o1 late years. The passages for the wind instru- ments—which are by no means easy, and which at times tax the powers of the performers to the ut- most extent—were admirably given, and the strings showed more perceptible color than usual. The other orchestral work in the programme was Raf’s “Lenore” vb time ago rv. Theddore Thomas with great réclame, The soloists were Miss Antonia Henne, contraito, and M. Emile Guyon, pianist, The former gave an interesting render- ing of the well-known scena from Gluck’s ‘“Or- sayeery, which was brought out some | y pheus,” “Che faro senza Euridice,” but fatlea | utterly to interpret the fanciful songs of Rubin- stein which she selected for the occasion. M. Guyon piayed the romance and rondo from Chopin's concerto in E minor. It is hardly in consonance with the true Philharmonic spirit to give only ex- tracts from such # work. expect at such a concert to hear it in its entirety, M. Guyon hasa neat, graceful style; not of much breadth and lacking in warmt! id spirit, A tew false notes here and there betrayed the presence of nervousness; but the general effect of his per- formance was calculated to inspire a feeling of desire to hear him again when less affected by nervousness, The next concert takes place on April 18, with the following programme :—Over- ture, “Sakuntala,” Goldmark ; Suite, No. 2, Grimm; “Egmont,” Beethoven. Inder the direction of the or- Git M. Loui achauer, The soloists were lle. Corradi, Mile. Gomien and Messrs, Phueger and Succio, The “Chjus Animam,” one of the most remarkable @rias ever a by the com- poser, Was rendered by Mr. ueger With taste church, w iy tadat Mater’ was sung last evening | One would naturally | and expression, and Mile, Gomien gave to “Fac | ut porteru” all the weaiih of devotional spirit and tutensity it demanded. The ality Of her voice here found a congenial theme, the jovely duet, “Quis est homy,”’ was sung fault- lessly by Miles. Corradi and Gomien, and the try- ing ‘quartet, “Quando corpus,” given without accompaniment, evinced a degree of excellence not generally found in churen choirs, The same may be said of the interpretation of “inflamma. tus’? and “Sancta Mater’? Coccio’s “Stabat Ma- ter” is announced for next Sunday evening. ‘The concert at the Grand Opera House iast even- ing was notas largely attended as on the preced- ing Sunday, although the attractions were in no wise interior. Gilmore's band, the best military organization of the kind we have in this country, Bae the Tannhauser march, two movements trom lendeissohn’s Scotch symphony and the overture to “Preciosa.” The soloists were Miss Isabelia Brush, Miss Henne, Wieniawski, Graf, Vierling, Lefebre and Arbuckle, A chorus from the German Opera also appeared in the flnales to the third acts of “Martha” and “Ernant.” Miss Brush won con- sideravie applause for her very artistic rendering of the air Biyour, from ” She is a young artist of great promise, and possesses voice of rare sweetness of tone, Gilmore gives @ promenade concert at the Twenty-second regiment armory this evening, at which, in addition to his band, Mr. Lambard will appear. Miss & farewell concert on Wednesd: Hail, in which she will be hardt, Maurel, Mills and er, A promenade concert, complimentary to Mr. C. 8, Grafuila, takes Place at the Seventh regiment armory on Satur- day evening. Theodore Thomas’ Fifth Symphony Concert occurs also on Saturday at Steinway isabeila Brush gives next at Steinway <. re, sympathetic | Me. Liebhart and | isted by Miss Luck- | Hall, a public rehearsal being given on Thursday | aiternoon, Mu id Dramatic Notes. “Revenge” at the Bowery to-night. “Toodles” 18 in the bill at the Ulympic, “La Fulede Mme, Angot” holds her own at the Lyceum. “The Rivals” will be revived at Wallack’s this evening. The Martinettl family replace Pox at the Grand Opera House, Janauschek appears as Medea at Mrs. Conwa: Brooklyn Theatre, An avalanche of talent threatens visitors to the Theatre Comique, “Humpty Dumpty" will be at home in the Broad- way Theatre on the 6th of April. » “The Man from America’ will form the attrac: tion for the week at Wood's Museum. “There is no rarity of ‘Charity’” at the Ficth Avenue. Daly thinks It is a virtue that pays. The Wallack and Daly combination performance for the henefit of the poor will take place on Thurs day next at the Academy of Music. “Les Huguenots” will be presented to-night at the Academy of Music for the iast time, with Mme, Nilsson and Signor Campanini in their best roles. John Brougham appears as Sir Lucius O'lrigger in the “Rivals at Wallack’s to-night, thony Absolute wik be represented by Jobn Gil- bert. Mme. Pauline Lucca, having entirely recovered from her late indisposition, Stadt Theatre this evening ip the role of Azncena in “li Trovatornsd will appear at the | born tn Irela 3 ee PANAMA. Alarming and Extensive Fire in the Isthmus City. The Grand Hotel, a Cathohe Seminary and Many Stores and Dwellings Consumed— A Bishop Despoiled of His Altar Froperty, Even to His Mitre—Heavy Losses to Insurance. Companies. PaNaMa, March 4, 1874, ‘The last days of the carnival had just passed When Panama became again the scene of a great conflagration, ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE FIRE. About haif-past six P. M. of the 19th of February, last, the alarm of fire was given und the bells com- menced ringing. The Names originated in a st hat store belonging to Selor Gutierrez, pr Ae in Calle Comercio, almost directly in front of ing private entrance to the Grand dotel. The buildin, in which this fre occurred was soon im flames, leaving the inmates of the second and third storied only time to escape with what they had on thems The wind being irom the north, the flames soon communicated to the Grand Hotel, a spacious) buiiding of many stories and occupymg a whoid block. The basement was occupied by valuabie retail and commission stores. A part of the build-| ing had been set apart as ‘a residence for the Bishop of @®anama, a Catholic semi- nary for young priests and rooms for mem- bers of the clergy connected with the episcopal government of the diocese. The Bishop lost every- thing, even to his episcopal mitre; so did the priests who assisted him in his duties. The rest of the building was oceupied by the proprietor, Mr. George Leow, his boarders, tran- sient passengers and all the et cetera of a hotels Many of those in the hotel at the time had a nar row escape of their lives, 60 sudden was the alarid and go rapid the progress of the Names, The stairs cases were soon in flames, and the only way of escape for those who got caught was by ladders placed against the fromt balcony. 1m trance into the hotel it was perfectly gutted, with nothing left but the bare walls of what was q@d sidered the finest hotel south of San Francifto., The hotel was fuinished with force-pumps and hose for fire occurring inside of the building; but was useless against a fire from without of the in. tensity of the fre under consideration, A builds ing occuyying such a central position, and of such; a size, once under tie dominion of the flames, no hope was left for the safety of the adjoining and meres houses, ‘The hotel occupied the norte side of the plaza, TIE HOUSES ON the east side, separated from it only bya narrow Street, were soon in flames. The stores of Messrs, Landsburg & Co., M. Zbinden, watchmaker an jeweller; the city saloon and restaurant of Mr! nopps, and the warehouse of Messrs, Geilius & Finke have nothing left but the bare walls, Th: fire followed down Las Monjas street, but the win changing about ten P. M., and the intervention o! a large, unfinished building, arrested its course i an easterly direction. In a northern and westerly direction from the hotel and the house tn which the fire originated, many buildings were burnt im Cailes merclo aud San Juan de Dios, in- cluding the Bank of Panama. The change of wind threw the fire back on tie burned district and finally exhausted itself but now before property in the streets of the Taller, Com- ercio and San Juande Rios had been destroye® to the amount, it 18 estimated, of $800,000 to $1,000,000. The central and most valnable part of the city of Panama, containing the finest buildings and richest stores, has thus been destroyed, INSURANCE COMPANIES’ LOSSES. The Imperta! Insurance Company ot London will lose $200,000; the Sun (British), $105,000; Nortn- ern (British), $100,000; the North British and Mercantile, $189,000; Firemen’s Insurance Com- Tar aa Imperial, $17,600, and the juce! LOCAL DIFPICULTIES ATDING THE FLAMES. It may be said nothing was done to arrest the conflagration. In fact, but little covld be done. The walls of the Aspinwall Hofel and other bulids ings remain as instructive but otherwise useless lessons, No organization having {n view a repeu+ tion of the calamity of 1870 was thought of. A fira engine and its hose were allowed to become use- Jess thsough neglect. The supply of water from ancient wells in the city is insuficient and pre+ carious, and noteven buckets could be obtained. The military were called out to patrol the streets and protect such goods and effects as could be pred from the burning or threatened houses. an organized effort the residence o Mr, Cariome and the office of the Pacifia Mall Steamship Company, although quite close to the east front of the hotel, were saved. Assistance was sent on shore trom Her Britis Majesty’s ships Repulse and Reindeer, but, fro1 the distance they were anchored off, was too late to be of much Service. Captain Wilson, of the former, and Captain Kennedy, of the latter, were both on the spot to see what they could do. Th¢ officers of the Pacific Mail Company's steamers in ort did good service. Captain Griffin, of the olima, and Captain Howell, of the Nevada, were both on shore with gangs of men, and worked la- boriously, but their efforts would have been un+ availing had not the wind changed, when, in truth, the fire exhausted itself. The railroad company sent over three steam fire engines, which arrived in two hours, bat, very curionsiy, both in the present case, asin that o} 1870, they Were found to be in such bad workin, order that nothing could be effected with them, nor, we believe, have they proved of much service in any of the late fires that have taken place in Aspinwail itself. OBITUARY, Eliphalet Williams. A telegram from Springfield, Mass., under date Of the 15th inst., reports as follows Elphalet Williams, the oldest and most prominent citizen of Northampton, Mass., died this morning from stroke of paralysis, received on Thursday. H@ was president of the Northampton Bank since its foundation in 1833, with the exception of ten ears; Was nine times a member of the Legisias ure; was auditor of the Connecticut River Rall+ road since its opening, and was engaged in busi+ hess until withina few weeks. He wanted oniy nine days of having completed his ninety-iourth year.” FIRE IN MOUNT CARMEL, Mount CarMeL, Pa., March 16, 1874 The engine, botier and shait houses of the Alaska Shaft were burned this eveuing. They belonged to the Philadelphia Coai and Iron Company, Thq canse of the fire is not Known, The buildings wer@ ail new and were not yet completed, FIRE IN BRIDGEPORT. New Haves, Conn., March 15, 1874. A fire in Bridgeport this morning destroyed Mr, Buckingham’s furniture factory, The loss id $50,000; insurance about $2,500, FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT. Baxtimore, March 15, 1874. Mra. Margaret Folke, aged thirty-three, wad fatally burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp last nignt THE PORK PACKING TRADE. Crncrnnatt, March 15, 1874, A part of the forthcoming annual report oa Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell, Superintendent of the Chamber of Commerce, on the pork packing of the country, will be given to the press to-morrow, From this it appears that the whole number of hogs packed in the West this winter, from Novems ber 1 to March 1, was 5,588,810, showing @ decreasey compared with his figures last year, of 12,19% ross Weight, 268 26-100 pounds, a do areon ot bH #4-100 pounds per head, The packing this winter ts equal tn hogs of la winter's aver to 4,958,818 hogs, and the di crease in pounds net 18 108,000,000, and the ave yield of lard of all kinds per head is 35 pounds, @ decrease compared with the previou ear of 4 57-100 pounds; aud the total yield of lar {31000, 000, a decrease of 27,500,000; average pric paid gross, $4 38, compared with $3 78 the pre ceding year. Total cost of hogs, $63,333,333, \ouK pared With $59,750,000 the preceding year. of a male child, apparently about y week old, Were found by Mary Shaunon lying ig the areaway of premises No. 84 Lexington avena¢ aad sent to the Morgue to await the resuit of a! investigation beiore Coroner Woltman. Nothin, could be earged concerving the parentage of thi | ar ae. | Intemperance and Death. About one o'clock yesterday morning Ma‘ Sanders, & womah thirty-eight years of Bev | of premises o Se maineryy street ce Meoctevert from the effects of intemperance. Coroner Woy mao Wil boid an inaueat |