Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-07-18
WAsHIsoTos, July l3, 1850.

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ened our citizens to The sad reality of the
soemn scene about to be enacted.
Every private residence and store vas
dressed in The liable cmblens of mourning.
II The Pfesiden'l mansion and the differ
ent public buildings were all 'asiefily dec
Grated with Grape and muslin. Turn your
eye where you would, there was something
to impress you with the knowledge tina. a
ceremonial Of no ordinary solcmnity vas
about to take place.
II The Il ecial trains Of cars from Baltimore
brought d vast number of citizens and mill
iary, and every. avenue Of approach to the
city was lined from an early hour with
crowds who were coming TO pay their last
respects TO The deceased President Never
before, on any occasion, did tho capital city
of tie Union contain as many eople as now
H The grounds around The Presidents House,
and the streets leading to il, are filed with
people.
The doors Of the Executive mansion
were opened at Q o'clock, A. NJ. for The
admission Of the heads Of departments, the
H foreign Ministers and others who, by order
Of the Committee of the two houses Of Con-
gress, were entitled TO admission. The
crowd in the mean'me filed Up every ave.
nue. leading 10 the mansion not appropria-
ted to the military and other bodies that
were to take part in the procession.
The Senators and members OF the House
were in attendance by half pa, 10 o'clock.
The usual badges Of mourning wee pre-
pared by the proper officers. The galleries
of both chambers were crowded with ladies'
/ and gentlemen. At IL o'clock, the Rev.
Mr. Butler offered an appropriate and I'M
ptsssivc prayer ard the Senators aud mem
bers Of the House Withdrew to proceed to
| the Presidents mansion, whence the Give
and military procession was to inote
The members Of the Cabinet, tn. diplo.
matte corps, The pail bearers aud the mem
\ bers Of the two Houses of Cong tess, wlo
could be admitted, occup pied the f. ST room.
Col. B les, Col. Taylor, of Baltimore, Col.
Jefferson Davis aud o,het relatives Of the
late Pr sidenf, occupied positions near the
remains.
AS soon as all assembled, Rev Smith
Pync, ID. d., Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, performed the soemn and impress
i've burial service of that church, during
which many ~ eye was moist and many
lob vas heard among the large dsscrnblage.
An eloquent and touching discourse was
then delivered by the reverend gen, 'eInan
The family of the deceased were within
/ hearing.
The collin rested on r ,iseI platform, in
the centre of the Eas, room.
The coffin is magnificent. It is covered
with black velvet, the edges being Of silver
with huge silver ,assels, lnoped with gold
\ frnged buttons.
The inscription on the coffin plate is as
follows
ZACHARY TAYLoR,
.l PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
H.'r &c.
The countenance e The decease is un.
chan.eJ, though much emaciarcd Mrs.
| Taylor would not consent to elnbalrnihg the
/ body.
4 The services being concluded, the coffin
was removed and carried out of the Whjie
\ Hous". 1t was hen placed upon the funer-
! al car provided for the occasion. Near ,he
I car was the iavorlte war horse of tie de-
parted chicfian, "OIJ Whitley" appointed
TO ruIlow the car to the place ofnterment.
The funeral car was pain hearse, un-
der raised canopy ,beautf |, trimmed The
! American eagle being represented in the
centre. 1t was drawn by eight d rk grey
horses with black housings.
Each horse Was led by a groom in oricn-
tai costume,
The uoops were formed al precisely IL
o'clock, in the avenre North Of the Presl-
dents mansion, with the right, consisting
of Brevet Major dswick's troop Of United
Suites light artillery, resting opposite the
War Department.
The troops altogether consisted Of firing
| party, of two companies from Washington
aud two from Baltimore one battalion Of
! U. ). marines, one ba,,al on of u. $. ar,l-
Try, one troop Of lieh, artillery, and sever
al other companies.
The procession moved at ? o'clock, p NJ.
AS soon as il started, minute guns were fir
ed by detachments Of L. 5. artillery station
cd near 81. johns Church, the City Hall,
and the the Capitol, respectively.
a heavy discharge of cannon announced
the starting Of the procession.
All the troops from the different stations
within reasonable distance Of Washington
were in attendance. The whole OF this
1 portion of the procession Was under the
command OF Major General Winfield Scott,
commander-in-chcf Of the Y. 5 Army
/ The officers and men Of the navy AMI the
!, marine corps we're also out ~ ve:y unusual
\ force. In their brilliant uniforms, with
\ their muft1ed drums and badges of mourn.
II inc this portion of the processlcn was un-