The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-04-26
Funeras Obseonfes OF
PREslD'T ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IN THE CAPITOL OF THE NATION.

WASHINGTON, April 10 The solemn
funeral rites and obsequles to the lat
President Lincoln were paid to day b,
the homage of the American people il
the capital of the country. No create
fealty to the memory Of the illustriou
dead was ever demonstrated in the annal
of civilization. The remains ofthis grea
and good man were followed to thei
temporary resting place beneath the dom,
of the capitol by cortege that seemed t,
have DO end, and the exhibition of sor
row and lamentation, as it were, seemed II
have rose in its physical formation. The
dawn that was ushered in by the heavy
boom of the salute of the minute guns OF
the Qualifications surrounding the city
never broke purer or brighter or cleare
than on this day. The morn that sue
ceeded and the day that followed, to The
setting of the sun, was the loveliest cf thC
season. The heavens were undimmed BY
even one passing cloud.
At very early hour people began tc
assemble in the vicinity of the executive
mansion, which was almost entirely drap
ed in Grape. as were also the buildings
public and private, in the vicinity Al
over the city public houses and private
residences were closed. The enblems o.
mourning appeared on every cornice, anG
were fastened from every window The
inmates poured forth by thousands into
the streets, and by ten o'clock the latter
were in many places impossible. Penn.
sylvania avenue, from Wizards to the
White House, presented by noon one
dense mass of people, while the adjacent
streets, for half mile in every direction
were filed with military companies and
civic professions. From a distance the
trains were bringing hundreds every hour
But the great points of attraction were
the gates leading to the White House.
Those persons who had not obtained tick.
cts hoping to effect an entrance were dis,
appointed. Every conceivable plan was
put into operation to enter the enclosure,
but none succeeded in doing So
Between ten and eleven o'clock the
military escort arrived and formed in line
on Pennsylvania avenue, the left resting
on Fifteenth street. The escort consist
ed of two regiments of infantry, two bat
talions of cavalry, eight pieces of artillery,
and one battalion of fmannes. The marines
were headed by the full marine band land
the other military companies were also
accompanied by bands. BY twelve clock
the hour for the funeral Pennsylvania
avenue was lined from pavement to pave
ment all the way to the White House
with thousands of people of all ages, At
that hour the ceremonies commenced in
the East Room whose ceiling was draped
with crape,and whose res plendent mirrors
were hung or bordered with the emblems
Of mourning, and white drapery gave the
room dim light that added to the solem-
nifty of the mournful scene. All that
remained of Abraham Lincoln, the six
teenth President of the United States, lay
on the grand and gloomy catqtalque, which
was relieved, however, by choice flowers.
The spectators of this sorrowful scene
were not merely the Representatives OF
our people in Congress and of State, the
Executive officers and Cabinet Ministers
the Chief Justice of the United States,
and his associates on the bench of that
venerated tribunal, Chieftians who pro
tect our LoueS by service in the field and
on the ocean, and the clergy, but also OF
multitudes In various positions in the
affairs Of State and from private life, and
an imposing army of Ambassadors with
| their less elevated attaches with gorgeous
decorations.
Tickets of admission to the Executive
Mansion were issued to the number of six
hundred, of which sixty were to the cler-
gy, and twenty to members of the press.
The rest included the Governors of nearly
all the loyal States, friends of the family
and those mentioned already Not a sin.
gle relative, if there are any, of the lamen
ted President, outside of his wife and two
! sons, was present. On Mrs. Lincoln s
side there were Gen. Todd and three 9th.
er gentlemen. But son just attaining
manhood ahectionately grleved for Low,
ing father lost. Secretary Stanton, whose
relation had been most intimate, and a
portion of his household, mourned the
deprivation of friend, and all of what
soever degree, sorrowed for the chief
Perhaps the most touching grief, anC
which moved all present. was that of little
Thaddeus Lincoln, the favorite son. He
and his elder brother were the only
mourners ofthe family present during tht
funeral solemnities.
PreSiden johnson stood beside the re
mains of his lamented predecessor during
the funeral oration. Gen. Grant sat a.
the head of the corpse, while members O
the Cabinet and ex- Vice President Ham
lin, were grouped about these emiaen
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