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Burial of Felix Ui.Ult;r,AT Ct.OfTIF.RVILI.K.Kr».On Thursday Uat, our quiet littlevillage wag the uccne of an imp Min/, picas ug butmelanch./y pigmint. On ihr d «y invitations wb.v st-uout in evry d ruction, inviting afl t*• tijg burial of flhf young, b/iW* .»u 1 p«triot s »M er, fc’ol.x U i.il-r, w i oo.pe hid jtHi arr ivl at uU fitherV from II isMouri.At au early h »u“, til* villa/.* w n | densely crow led with the largest as-; p seinbty of pe 'pie i vor before aeiu v within it-» limits. At ten oVhx’k, fin* mufib-d drum called the Cloiitiervill • Comp my »n*n lift % uni til • fcit **»hI billing in behind them mare lied in ffn**t solemnity to in *ot tho appro irh11/ corpse. wlrcli wan escorted by ther Chasseurs a Pic I. of X«b'li*tlt;H*li6-lt; f the *' An/iiaffii Colored Guards’* of :n •unt'-d men. t c M mrtte (luirds,* (a’sj c ilori* I) an I an ini njmn con-mm a# of weeping friends, rclntiv a and patriut*.Tan moiimfnl c • w mm *t nt th® upp'.r end of th»- vifl i/e, ami die stvue^ Ibecame at orvc** oik* of hi irnponhi/ inrure, ini* slowly tiding churcli bell, the solemn chant of the priest®, chid in the v.Htittlre of their holy ofli *e, the tramp of cavalry, tin- cl ing *r of ainiM. the sfd»« of mourning relatives, all Combined to fill tin* heart of the In* holder wuh foldings of n.miter hie e .iOtiuiM as the profession in lt;vuil to our little church.Arriving there, the hist, bountiful and holy rites of his own chosen religion were perfornmd for the dead patriot and the procession again formed ami marched to the adjacent come terami liiarctieJ to (.lie adjacent cemetery, when the Chasseurs a Tied. (jupt. J. Janin, and the Cloiitierville Company, Capt. Pierre BrosM*t, fired their M are well ulna into the grave of the Item, and the Colored Guards mid Inf.iiitiy above it, tlms paying the last sad tribute of respect to tlie memory »f the sa nted patriot and roldier.As the r uiubliiig earth gave back that peculiar sound we all have heard go often, and which fills so many w th terror and awe, many an eye waa jewelled with a tear, the sweet and holy ©mbiem of love, friwxWlip Ml’I grief. This ended the ceremony over th« grave of poor Felix—the k nd, the noble, the generous and brave Felix— woo now sleeps that ► lecp that knows no waking in the dreumb.as abode of lie dead, uucougciou® of the honors which wo paid his poor dear body, aud where he will hear aud nee no more forever*!I•I«nuc.intrni«ilIntl41siwwIIIhThe «r nlcroin* fif . lbs imifll -d jw And ali the pri«le |Mmp *ud drcuimUMca v» glcruras war.• i. s. IIdilwirVtld.cidtlt»bilOltiIfe.lTi-olt;ilIfitlvtftrr hiving borne in triumph th® fl.ig t»r hi® to. ntry upon the Mood stained battle field of Oak Hill, after j tr•' j having laccd th * cannon s mouth and j J* • ueard it thond'r, after having sio *1 I lion hearted in the midst of the death w I dealing missilea of a hated, cruel aud i idis
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Natchitoches Union
Natchitoches, Louisiana, US
Thu, Mar 06, 1862
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