Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-07
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Prosranae for DIondaI ana Tu..aa

ACNAON Ok THE JOINT COMMITTEES
Programme for Monday and Tussany
The startling and painful news o. th
death of oOlOnsIs Creighton and Crane, O
the Seventh Regiment 0. V. L, was rscsivs,
In cur city but few hours before the mos
active measures were set on foot to p-operl,
testify the esteem in which those gallant sol
disrs were held by this community, and tt
secure for them burial worthy of their we'll
earned fame. The citizens held a public
meeting and appointed a Committee to rep
resent them the City Council convened
aud also appointed s COMMITTEES to act off.
cially for the City, while the Typographical
Union, Of which call ng Colonel Creighton
was an houorsd member, and the ship car
psnters, to which Colonel Crane belonged
promptly took the necessary steps to identify
themselves with the solemn ceremonies. Rss-
olutions (slready given to the publicl ex-
prsssivs Of the sense Of bereavement felt in
the loss Of these brave and patriotic men
were adopted, the Council appropriated E
lot in Woodland Cemetery in which to deposit
their remains, and a Committee Of quail
ned gentlemen have been charged with the
daty Of collecting a sum sufficient to free
the widows Of the deceased from whatever
Pseunisry entertainments may rest upon
them.
Never, perhaps, has this community beon 60
a. h.
prominent citizens as It is by that of these
two soldiers men who had grown to be idols
in the popular heart, and who were every
where regarded as our most worthy repre-
ssntatiVes in the fsid. And never did any
community more nObly rise to a regard Of
Its duty to its honored dead than has ours
upon this occasion. In every heart there is
feeling Of bereavement that is pictured on
the faces and borne testimony to in the sor-
rOWful words Of these who reflect upon the
terrible visitation. All this is most eminent
ly proper, and while it is but duty We owe
to those who have Fallen in defending those
blessings We hold most dear, still It is of the
highest credit to US as a community, and will
give encouragement to those who arc left to
do the great work by assuring the 4 that their
devoted services are appreciated.
AsRIvAL OF THE BODIES.
It was the intention Of the escort having
in charge the bodies of ColoneIs creiebton
and Crane, to have reached Cleveland on the
Saturday evening train, as announced by
their dispatches from point to point along
erOuto. This would have been done, had
1t not been that by failure to connect the
train at Cincinnati the Committee that went
from this city to meet the bodies, missed
thsn at Cincinnati, and they were therefore
detained over at Columbus, at the request Of
the Committee.
AS soon Sc this arrangement vss made
Colonel Hayward, Chairman Of the Com.
mittee, tslsgrapbed to Superintendent
Flint fO' an extra train yesterday morn
ing in time to reach Cleveland during the
forenoon. This was promptly granted, and
the train accordingly lsft COlumbust yestsr-
day morning between four and five o'clock.
arriving In this city at FIVE minutes to ten
The bodies were accompanied to this city BY
Lieutenant LOomis, oasrtermaster Of the
7th, and Sergeant Major LisdsI, three pri-
Yates forming the rest Of the escort having
for some reason been detained at Columbus.
Tne remains had been embalmed at Nash
vile, nearlya week after death, no facilities
for such purpose existing at Chattanooga.
The body Of Colonel Creighton was not as
we'll preserved as could BE- wished, but the
remains Of Colonel Crane presented a very
natural appearance.
Long before the hour announced, citizens
in considerable numbers bsgun to move tow
ards the foot of Superior street, where the
train was stopped, and by nine O'Clock prob
ably three thousand had assembled there,
which number had been considerably aug
nented upon th5 41rival of the train. The
military, consisting of Company B, 2sth resi-
nent, the old members of the Seventh to the
number OfabOut thirty, and the officers OftAe
18th regiment was at i,s post, ready to form
Immediately upon the train arriving.
The arrangement for conveying the bodies
to the houses of their families was, that the
entire escort should accompany both-Arst
that of Colonel Creighton, and returning, that
Of Colonel Crane. Within ten minutes after
the arrival of the train, the escort with the
body of Colonel Creighton moved, the com
nittee from this city, with Lieutenant Colo
nsl Sterling, of the 1OSd, Formerly IN officer
In the SEVENTY acting as psll-bsarers,-in
the following order, headed by two uufasd
drums:
Company B, seth Regiment.
Old members Of the 7fh
HEARSE AND PAIL. BEARERS.
Quartermaster Loomis and Serraant. Mainr