Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-03-04

moved, in charge OF the Committee of Arrange
ments, attended by the Sergeant at-arms of the
Senate, from Mr.. Tins to the Senate Chamber,
where Divine Service will be performed.
AT IL O'Clock the funeral will move from the
Senate Chamber to the place Of interment in the
following order:
The Chaplains Of both Houses,
Physicians who attended the deceased.
Committee of Arrangements
Mr.. Holmes,
Mr. Berrien, Mr.. Van Dyke,
Rugsles, Findlay,
Mr.. Macon, Mr.. Dickerson,
Smith, Chandler,
Lloyd, Harrison.
Relatives OF the deceased. and the Senator and
Representatives from the State of South
Carolina mourners.
The President Of the u. States.
The Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate of the United
States.
The Senate of the United States, preceded by the
Vice President and Secretary.
The Sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representa-
tives
The House of Representatives, preceded by their
Speaker and Clerk.
The Supreme Court and Bar.
Heads of Departments.
Foreign Ministers.
Citizens and Strangers. To-
March L. Yesterday being the day appointed
for the Funeral of the Honorable JOHN GALL
ARD, the two Houses of Congress met pursuant 10
their adjournment Monday. AT half past ten o.
clock, the House of Representatives. preceded by
their Speaker and clerk, proceeded to the Senate
Chamber, where the Senate were already assembled
and took the seats reserved for them. The corpse
having been brought from the lodgings of the de-
ceased, was placed in the in the middle of the
Senate Chamber: it was enclosed in coffin covered
,-ssk lo.t- tit Ill
ings, and surmounted by gilt plate inscribed with
the name and age of the deceased The Speaker of
the House OF Representatives took his on the ef,
OF the Vice Presdent-having on his left the Secre-
tary OF the Senate, the Clerk of the House. and the
sergeants alarms of both Houses On the right sat
the President Of the United States and in 'front.' the
Mourners and Committee of Arrangement wearing
white scarfs-as did the Chaplains Of both Houses
and the attending Physician. DIR. Staughton,
Chaplain to the Senate then rose and read the Goth
psalm; after which he delivered short but appro-
pirate address, the latter part of which was directed
particularly 10 the members of Congress The Rev.
MIR. Post, Chaplain to the House of Representa-
tives, made solemn prayer, when, after short
pause, the Secretary OF the Senate read the order of
Procession, and as the several bodies and indvidu-
ais were named they and took their places in the
Procession. The coffin was lifted, and borne out
OF the Capitol to The hearse. A train of about 60
Carriages fell successfully into line and the whole
proceeded to the burial ground, where are deposited,
under plain stone monuments, the remains of the
members OF both Houses who have died while attend
ing their official duties at this place.
The weather was gloomy and the sad aspect Of the
landscape, seen through misty atmosphere, con-
tTiouted TO heighen the impression produced by the
solemn cava!cade, as it journeyed slowly toward
the city OF silence;' where are entombed forever
all the hopes, and plans, and anxieies, of earthly
ambition, and lost in forgotten dust the momen-
lary distinctions which SO engross and agitate us
! brief soJourners on life's transient scene.
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