The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . ed, and accompanied the remains to the wharf. The corpse,shrouded in an American flag, was borne on the shoulders of white men, hired for thepurpose. The line then moved towards the Plaza de Armas, where it was met by theFaculty of the Havana University, civil and military Governor of the city. Aides ofGeneral Concha, and a large number of the authorities, headed by another band The body was placed in the Captain Generals own boat, beautifully shrouded,and was followed on boar
The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . ed, and accompanied the remains to the wharf. The corpse,shrouded in an American flag, was borne on the shoulders of white men, hired for thepurpose. The line then moved towards the Plaza de Armas, where it was met by theFaculty of the Havana University, civil and military Governor of the city. Aides ofGeneral Concha, and a large number of the authorities, headed by another band The body was placed in the Captain Generals own boat, beautifully shrouded,and was followed on board the steamer by a large number of boats of all nations. Thesight was grand and impressive. On arriving on board the Cahawba, the Civil Gover-nor of Havana, Brigadier General Echaverria, made a very beautiful and appropriatespeech in Spanish. The remains which had been previously embalmed, were conveyedto New Orleans on the steamer Cahawba—from thence they were conveyed, attendedby every demonstration of respect, to Philadelphia, his native city, where theyhave been interred. Vol. Y. MAY, 1857, No. MEMOIPv OF THE KEV. JAMES BALMES. Of late years Spaiu, with all lier lofty history, has added little else to the budget of modern aifairs than oft told tales of internal discord and frequent revolutions. Literature, arts, and sciences, have little to thank her for. She has not kept pace with the march of progress among the 26 Vol. 4 202 Memoir of the Rev. James Balmes. nations of Europe, and as to the American quickstep, or pas de cliarge,or race against time, or whatever else our electric onward movements maybe called, she must look upon them, we may suppose, more as the curiousexhi!)itions of a magic lantern, than as any example for her imitation. But, if Spain has done but little to add to her good fame in the mem-ory of living man, it must be admitted that she has made some contribu-tions to the common cause worthy of her best days. Besides, havingbeen a few short ce
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