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The Funeral of (General Anderson.The funeral of (Jon. Robert Andereou, the hero of Fort Sura ter, whlcn took place at Nice. U thin noticed bjr an Italian journal:Fife and drum preceded the mourning concourse. localise those two warlike musical instrument* were the ones which marshalled Americans to victory or death in their low* struggle with the English to drive them from their country and establish their independence. There was 110 funeral drapery around the coffin, because Americans do not consider death a calamity, but u law of nature, as the repost'd life, Just as night la the rc]o4o of day.— There was no hearse, because Americans desire their remains to bo borne to the grave by i thoir own countrymen. Thlt; re were no torches Ugh:*!. Ixctusn \jn*tdraMi consider this cere-1 moil) as a pure matter of busiult;4M. The groat light of day is enough for them. u« they consider It tie* emblem of the soul’s lif.* after death. The colHn was covered with thr-ir national flag. U*oau*o Americans who w ere proud to honor it In their lifetime have the privilege to envelop themselves in it when carried to the grave. There was nodisplay of rib'wm*. der-or at ions, or medal- of honor, t*ocause Americans lire mjd diw for thuir country, not for »i)owv distinctions, but as a matter of duty; they know no other distinction *han vlrtrn* and patriotism. Tim uniformed *.tllcers and soldiers were simple and d«s*orr»mi; their silent and grave Is-ming exhibited tlwdr re.-pc i and!regret f«»r tie* dead an I hU family; the mourning was not atlecled, kid one might -ee that •orrovv mu |n tliolr h«lt;wis, They were tree citiaens, accompanying to Ills eternal Jodetheir worth) Mlow-countryman, Getiertl An-lt;ler on. {spectators wore |*o«trat«d with a flt;* ling of religious sympathy, What a contrast between his funeial and those of the great Kqn))oan personages who have died at Nice! linnrnse pios’ftssions were on those oc*(iXsioii- compos'd almost of hirelings, who were compelled to be piv-i nt Those who attended the funerid of (Jen. Anderson will not readily have the remembrance of that ceremony eft iced from their memories.
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Rondout Daily Freeman
Rondout, New York, US
Wed, Dec 13, 1871
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