Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-04-13
WASHINGTON, April !. lS4l.
FUNERAL OF n PRESIDENT or TIE
United STATES.

49,
For the fpt time since The formation Of ,l,e Govern.
ment' the people have bcen called upon TO mourn the
demise ct their Chief Magistrate Every heart seems
Bowed DOWN with guel--every counienance marked
with sadness. His death is felt TO be a national COLA
nny. nnd - universally regarded n such. In this city.
ai business is to-day suspended. The bells are toll
ins and the deep mnuIhej cannon from the base ofthe
Cap iol each minute tells of The sad event. fcslOons
oi Grape and other cmbiems Of mourning are hung ON
every house.
The crowd at present assembled here IL immense.
Many came yesterday. bat the great mass of the peo-
pie arrived L. day. From early dawn they began 10
p"ur in-er"ry stage. steamboat aud rail road train
being crowded.
The military companies from Baltimore and York
arrived about tel o'clock. and immediately repaired
To their station IN the hne uf the Procession. ) on
nficr a tram arrived With nearly all the mcmhe - and
officers Of both branches Of the Legislature OF Mary.
land. They reported themselves to The Chief Mar.
shnl. who assigned them a station Immediately after
the nembers of The CIhinet and Foreign Diplomatic
Corps. A military company from Annapolis also came
on with The Legislature.
Previous io the formation Of tbs Procession. n large
number Of rilizcns uf Baltimore. of Baltimore County
and other parts of MARYLAND. assembled before t;ads.
hy's Hotel. and organized themselves 10y appointing
Gen. ;. e. LE,KIN their Marshal with ten assistants.
Their station in the line was Immediately after the
Legislature of Maryland.
About halt past twelve O'Clock the Procession
moved ia the order indicated ia The programme OF
the AdIuiant General. aud commenced its march To-
wards the Burying Ground of Congress. The pro.
cessiun was The largest ever witno ssed in this city. II
extended more than two miles in length. and Is sup.
posed 10 have contained ten thousand persons. The
military from Baltimore looked and marched extreme.
y well. and were highly oomplimented for their sol.
dier-liks department..
The corpse was placed on n magnificent Funeral
car drawn hy eight white horses. attended by crooms
dressed IN white. The ear was covered entirely with
black velvet. The coffin was placed on il, covered
ais with n pail Of black velvet. embroidered with
gold. A wreath of beautiful flowers was laid Oh the
top Of the pail. Immediately behind the corpse came
the family OF the deceased in carriages. and after then
President TYLER in n clr.iage with MIR. XEBsrER.-
The other Heads Of Department and Public officer
Then followed, and after them the Foreign Minister
and sulies in full diplomatic dress, in their carriage
ofsiuie.
At half past iwn the Procession reached the Buria
Ground. when the Military formed into line and IN,
remainder OF the procession passed into the gates. TIL,
Corpse having been deposited in the Public Vault
the funeral service uf the Episcopal Church was pre-.
nouRccd by the Rev. Mr.. lIAwLEr. The tomb wa
then visited by the Family and Friends of the dc
ceased. and The President and HEADS OF DErARr
MENrs, when the cert monies were closed by the Gus
I"mary No!lics from the Military.
The Procession then returned in the order in which
II Went out.