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The remains were met in the vestibule of the church by the Rev. Mr. Locke, who preceded them up the broad aisle, reading the opening sentences of the burial-service, the muffled roll of the drum and the soft strains from the organ making an impressive accompaniment to the clergyman's voice. The members of the Veteran Association, with the state and local officials, followed the casket, which was set down on the chancel platform. The services commenced with the burial psalm, read and chanted alternately, by the rector and the male choir of Trinity Church. The hymn, Thy will be done," was next chanted by the choir, and then followed the prayers, including the several. collects for Congress, for the President of the United States, and for a family in affliction. At the conclusion of the prayers, the choir chanted the De Profundis. The Rev. Mr. Locke, standing at the side of the casket, then said:

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While the whole Nation to-day mourns the loss of that gift which God, having given to the Nation, has reclaimed the gift of a brave, skillful, and chivalric soldier; of an honest, pure-minded statesman with the Nation. And while to-day this Commonwealth mourns the removal of one, who for many years past it has delighted to honor, we mourn, as a portion of this Commonwealth. But we have our special and private grief to-day. We came here especially to honor one whom we have known not only in these relations, but as the fellow-citizen, as the noble, generous man, whom every one, young and old, in this community claimed to know, and of whom the claim of every one, young and old, was acknowledged. We have come to take, as it were, in some sort, our farewell of this familiar and majestic form that we shall see no more amongst us henceforth, forever. The occasion is not so much to anticipate the burial services which will be held to-morrow in the city of Providence, at the church with which, more closely perhaps than this in which we are assembled, our noble friend was related. We are not here, moreover, as on an occasion of funeral eulogies. That which is in the hearts of this great assembly would require a long time for utterance, and the time available is quite inadequate to anything more than brief, simple words. But that which it is designed that this should be

especially, is that all of you may have the opportunity of coming forward to take a last farewell view of this beloved and honored face.

The lid of the casket was then removed, and all present had an opportunity to take a parting look at the wellknown features of their deceased townsman and friend. At half-past ten o'clock, the casket was closed and again placed in the hearse. The procession was re-formed, and marched to the railroad-station, the church-bells tolling continuously a mournful farewell. On reaching the station, the remains were placed on a special train, on which the Veteran Association, the pall-bearers, and the state and local authorities also embarked. The trip to Providence was made in twenty minutes, and at the waystations crowds of people stood in quiet and respectful curiosity as the train swept by.

On the arrival of the train at the railroad-depot in Providence, the remains with their escort were received by the general committee of citizens. Before proceeding to the City Hall, however, the cortege marched up Benefit Street, to the residence of Mrs. Bishop, the venerable mother-in-law of the deceased. Here there was a halt, and the casket was carried into the house to permit the aged lady and invalid to gaze for the last time upon the well-loved features of him so devoted to her. With her were her nieces and other relatives of his. As the sound of suppressed lamentation reached the ears of the Veteran Corps without, the twitching of eyelids and grizzled mustaches, and the settled grimness which came over the countenances of many, gave evidence that the grief of the stricken family found a response in their own hearts. In a few moments the casket was replaced in the hearse, and the column marched to the City Hall, in front of which it was halted.

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

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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 hon ors 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

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