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BurftaI of Felix Uialer,AT CI.UCTIERVILI.K.Kf». r.M'*N,On Thursday Uit, onr quiet fl(lhr village was the sceuc of an imposing, pleas ug butmelamh./y pigwunt. dothe day b«*fon\ invitation* wb.v at* u out in evry direction, inviting atl to tiitf burial lt;k tin* young, b.’ivi* .1111 p« triot s-»M «?r, Fol.x 0 »»I*t. w 1 uj eorpe hidjiMi arr vvl at ItU fillierY from M isHouri.At au early hill, tin r.llag.i wh densely crow led w:tli the largest as-; | seinbly of pu op!#? evvT before seen v within it* limit*. At tun oVIoek, tin* mutn.hi drum called the doiitiervill • Comp my into liu % mi 1 til* fcit /.on* billing in behind thiu in.irdied in great solemnity to 111 *et the appro o iling corpse. wlrch was rt'orN by the Chasseurs a i’ic 1. of NuiHiiiocI** the *' August*!) Colon d Giinrds” of mounted men, t 0 M meth* Ouirds,n (a’so c dnru I) hii I an immune con-rii'iis# of wcvpmg friends, rrl.itiv* » and patriots.Tfin mount fat erfg • w 1* ny *t it tlio , I »pp'-r cud of th*- vifl Itr*’. ami the SIN II*-became at mvee on*.* of -hi imp*mhig tin*lire, riiu slowly to!! ng church bell, the solemn chant of the pres Is, c'tid in the v.Htitnre of their holy ofli *e, til** tramp of cavalry, the clang *r of amis, the solm **f m mming relatives, all combined to fill tin* heart of the In* holder with fouling.* of n.mtter ble e .mtions as the pr.»cessi»m in »vod to our little church.Arriving there, the hist, beuutiful ami holy rites of his own chosen religion were performed for the dead patriot and the procession again formed and marched to the adjacent cemeterami inarclie.j to tti-j adj ace lit cemetery, when the Chasseurs a Tied, Cupt. J. Janin, uud the Cloiitierville Company, j* Cspt. Pirrrw Hr«wn*et, fired their .me ! ( well hIu*1 into the grave of the Ituro, and the Colored Guards miu! Infatitvy above it, tlu’s paying tin- last sad tribute of respect to the memory »f the sa 11 ted patriot ami roldier.Am the nuufding earth gave back that peculiar sound we all have heard so often, and which fills so many w th terror and awe, many an eye ww jewelled with a tear, the sweet and holy ©mblc-m of love, -'igrief. This ended the lt;*?rerao»y over thw grave of poor Felix—the k nd, the noble, the generous and bruvc Felix— w.io now sleeps that ►lecp that knows no waking in the dreamless abode of lie dead, unconscious of tins honors wiuUi wo paid his poor dear body, aud wltere he will hear and aec 110 more foreverThe far nicrcing fif. the roxitfl -d drum. AihI ah the pride |»fup *ud cIkuu»umh.# W» glonotw war.ylftrr h iving borne in triumph the ll .g t»f his to. nlry upon the M«*d stained battle field of Oak If ill, after! ti | having faced th * cannon s mouth and P hoard it thunder, after having sio hJlion hearted in the midst of the death 1 «Jvaling missile* of a hated, cruel and i 11
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Natchitoches Union
Natchitoches, Louisiana, US
Thu, Mar 06, 1862
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