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BAYARD TAYLOR'S FUNERAL.
LAST HONORS TO THE DEAD POET.
LARGE GATHERING OF PERSONAL FRIENDS AT CEDARCROFT-BRIEF BUT ELOQUENT ADDRESSES OF THE REV. DR. FURNESS AND DR. FRANKLIN
TAYLOR-THE GREAT CONCOURSE AT THE CEMETERY-EDMUND C. STEDMAN'S TRIBUTE AT THE 
GRAVE.

The funeral services of Bayard Taylor, the late Minister to Germany, were held at Kennet Square, Penn., on Saturday last. The little village was draped in mourning. At Cedarcroft, the poet's old home, were gathered his aged father and mother, the widow and her daughter,  and many relatives, and strong personal friends. At the house, addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Furness and by Dr. Franklin Taylor, a brother of the dead poet. The funeral procession was very large, and so great was the throng at Longwood Cemetery that the burial services were conducted in the open air. Fully 5,000 persons were gathered about the open grave and listened to addresses by the Rev. Dr. Furness and Edmund C. Stedman, and to the reading of the Burial Service. The exercises were closed by the singing of an original burial ode.

IMPRESSIVE SCENES AT THE BURIAL.
THE VILLAGE OF KENNET DRAPED IN MOURNING AND ITS PEOPLE GRIEVING AS FOR A PERSONAL FRIEND-SIMPLICITY OF THE FUNERAL SERVICES-SCENES AT CEDARCROFT AND AT THE GRAVE-A BROTHER POET'S TRIBUTE TO BAYARD TAYLOR'S STRONG FAITH IN IMMORTALITY.
[FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.]
KENNET SQUARE, March 15.-When the remains of Bayard Taylor reached here last evening, the air was damp and chilling, the sky was clouded, and many fears were expressed that the funeral ceremonies to-day would be held amid a severe
storm. But the morning light revealed an unclouded sky, and every one was astir early. The stores in the village remained closed; some sign of mourning was attached at all; flags floated at half-mast over many of the buildings, and the National colors looped in crape hung from the windows of several private houses. The house in which Mr. Taylor was born was destroyed by fire in August last. A new building has since been erected on the same spot. The front of this was draped in black. Marshall Swayne, a sculptor of Kennet, last year executed a bust of the poet. It was placed, on completion, in the Kennet Library. This morning it was removed from a back room of that building, and stood in the front window, heavily trimmed with black.

The arrangements for the funeral provided that only the relatives and intimate personal and literary friends of Mr. Taylor should meet at Cedarcroft, and that the public services should be held at the cemetery at Longwood, about two miles distant. The first train from Philadelphia arrived about 9 o'clock. Carriages were in waiting at the station, and a number of persons were driven to the house. A special train left Philadelphia at 8:30. On this came Governor Hoyt and the Joint Committee of the Legislature. This committee consisted of Senators
Horatio Gates Jones, of Philadelphia, Gazzam, of
Pittsburg, and Schuatterly, of Fayette, and Representatives Hackett, of Northampton, Landis, of Lancaster, McCochran, of Cumberland, Nakel, of Lehigh, and Butler, of Chester. George W. Childs, and the Rev. Dr. W. H. Furness, with his son
Horace Howard Furness, accompanied the party.

Cedarcroft is a little over a mile from the village
of Kennet. It is an estate of nearly 200 acres. The mansion, erected nearly twenty years ago, stands about a hundred yards from the public road. It is built of brick with gray stone dressing, and is surmounted by a tower near the centre of the front. Little patches of ivy cluster on the walls, in the corners and about the eaves and add a mellow effect of age to the structure. Cedar trees and evergreens of several varieties are scattered over the grounds, and closely-trimmed hedges of box line the terraces on the south front. The rear of the house is flanked by a large conservatory. The estate has suffered somewhat from inattention, owing to the absence of Mr. Taylor from home. Much of the furniture has been stored away, as well as many of the dead poet's pictures and books.

The library, in which the coffin stood, is a large room with a bay-window opening out upon the grounds in the rear of the house. Some book-cases stand in the alcoves. Some water-color sketches executed by the poet, and some pictures in oil representing scenes in which Mr. Taylor had participated during his travels, hung upon the walls. Over the mantelpiece is a stuffed head of a buffalo, while upon a shelf in one corner of the apartment are two large stuffed birds. Busts of Washington and of Plato occupy positions on the book-cases. A picture of Bryan hangs near the mantelpiece. In the hall separating the sitting-room from the library is a small engraving of Thackeray, while opposite on brackets stand two statuettes, one of Goethe and the other of Dante. Between them hung an engraving representing the "Babe of Bethlehem." On the coffin were the same wreaths and floral decorations which rested upon it while the remains were in City Hall in New-York. But there were many beautiful additions. It was found impossible to pile these on the coffin lid, and a small circular table was placed in the bow-window for their accommodation. A basket of a choice collection of roses was presented by Mrs. J. Taylor Ganse, of Wilmington, Del. A magnificent harp of tea-roses, calla lilies, white pinks and tube-roses was sent by J. W. Gilbough, of Philadelphia, and a pillow of white pinks, encircled with English ivy, was the gift of Mrs. C.B. Lamborn, of Colorado. There were also many other choice offerings of various designs.

A TOUCHING SCENE AT THE COFFIN.
A few minutes before 10 o'clock the venerable parents of Mr. Taylor passed into the room and seated themselves by the side of the coffin. Soon 
after the mother of the poet heard of the death of her son she began the cultivation of some hyacinths, in the hope that they might bloom by the time the body arrived. As she tottered into the room this morning it was noticed that she carried two little bunches of hyacinths. Approaching the coffin, she leaned over it, and with a trembling hand placed her floral tribute in the centre of the wreath of laurel presented by the Empress of Germany. As she did so tears rolled down her cheeks and fell upon her offering. The touching
scene caused many to turn away with moist eyes.
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Tuesday Mar. 18, 1879. A letter from Mrs. Sawyer this morning and one from Mr. Bates of Providence wanting me to send my little picture to him to see if he will buy it. Painted on Gertrudes portrait. I think I have the upper part of the head and the eyes like her but the mouth and lower part are unsatisfactory. Mr. Capen, President of Tufts College, came to see me and made a long visit. We talked of Gertrude whom he appreciated and     

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