The City Hall, a new and elegant structure, was elaborately decorated, and on either side of the main entrance were bodies of the state militia, and of the Grand Army

of the Republic, who presented arms as the casket was borne up the broad staircase into the rotunda. Col. Samuel Norris, of the Bristol town committee, stepped forward and thus addressed the chairman of the Providence general committee of arrangements:

Mr. Chairman: In behalf of the committee appointed by the citizens of Bristol, I have the sad honor of delivering to you the beloved remains of our distinguished fellow-townsman, Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. We all loved him, and part with him with the profoundest grief.

Col. William Goddard, chairman of the Providence general committee, then made the following response:

Rhode Island commissions us to receive these mortal remains of her illustrious and beloved son from the citizens of the town in which he dwelt and died. Reverently guarded by his own veteran soldiers, his lifeless form will lie beneath these solemn arches, that all who loved him in life may, even through blinding tears, once more behold that dear and gracious face. On the morrow all that was mortal of Ambrose Everett Burnside will be buried from human eyes. But the precious memory of his peerless honor, his inspiring patriotism, his glowing devotion to duty, his heroic courage, and of his knightly deeds, will abide forever in the hearts of the people of Rhode Island.

Comrades: The State commands you to guard well the ashes of the hero whose fame has now become her own inheritance.

Throughout the afternoon, and until late in the evening, a sad procession of visitors passed the open casket, as the remains lay in state. Men, women, and children, the old and the young, flocked in crowds to see once more those well-known features,

“And gaze upon the great,

Where neither guilty glory glows
Nor despicable state."

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HE last funeral rites over the remains of General Burnside were celebrated on Friday, Sept. 16, 1881, at the city of Providence. The public honors decreed by the state authorities in honor of Rhode Island's illustrious citizen were duly rendered, and truly may it be added that no obsequies ever before celebrated there had more sincerely expressed the public sorrow. Of the many distinguished citizens of Rhode Island who had ended their lives within her limits, and whose stations and virtues had claimed for their ashes every mark of respect, there had never been one at whose obsequies the public heart had been so deeply affected. The feeling of every one seemed to be as though he had lost a personal friend, and this sentiment of affection was universally blended with admiration.

Providence was filled, early on the morning of the funeral, with a flood of people, like a harbor of the sea swollen to its brim at the sea-tide. Business was suspended, the public offices and many of the private dwelling-houses were shrouded in mourning, the national colors

were displayed at half-mast, and on every hand were evidences of a calamity as unlooked for as it was great. Men in uniform were everywhere visible, the music of military bands was heard, and the sharp rattle of the drums still more unfailingly impressed the fact upon the

heart.

The doors of the City Hall were opened at six o'clock in the morning, and the public were admitted to view the mortal remains of the dead hero. There he lay, whose estimate of duty was, to obey, to command and to be

obeyed, pallid, lifeless, and still.

"Can this be death?- then what is life or death?

Speak!'- but he spoke not; 'Wake!' but still he slept.

But yesterday, and who had mightier breath?

A thousand warriors by his word were kept

In awe; he said, as the centurion saith,

'Go,' and he goeth; 'come,' and forth he stepp'd.

The trump and bugle till he spake were dumb;

And now, naught left him but the muffled drum."

It was noticed that the expression on no two faces was alike, as the passing throng gazed on the features of the deceased. Mothers brought their children to see the face of their fathers' beloved commander, and veterans who had honorably filled various grades in the army, took a last look at him whom they had loved so well. Delegations from distant cities brought rare floral devices, and other floral tributes were contributed by the people of Rhode Island. It was estimated that during five hours over one hundred persons a minute walked past and viewed the remains.

Promptly at eleven o'clock the casket was closed and borne out from the City Hall to the hearse by a detachment of veterans, and followed by the pall-bearers: Hon. John P. Sanborn, Hon. W. W. Hoppin, T. P. I. Goddard,