Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-22
TEE OBsEQUIEs OF THE MUR.
DERED PRESIDENT,

DERkD PRESIDENT.
Fau seeOunts OF the Funeral Rlses a
sNashInEtOn-The appearances Of n,
Body OF the Presldent-The Grow,
Of AOurnefs-The Procession, DC.
&C.
We append below g. large namber 0
interesting extracts from the New Yorl
; papers, describing the funeral rites of Pres
ident Lincoln in Washington. We d,
not attempt to give any connected accoun
: of the grand and solemn ceremonial. Tha
4 has been done already by the telegraph
We only desire in making these extract
5 from the crowded columns of the New
York dailies to present the most strikint
features of the Obsequies, as most graph
cally told BY those historians of the hour
the reporters of the press:
{ TREMESD9Us CROWDS IN ATTENDANCE
The night before the funeral showed tb,
probable character of the cortege. Al
Wlllsrd's alone four hundred application
5y telegraph for beds were refused. a,
many as six thousand persons spent Tues
day night in the streets, in depots. and IN
= out-buildings. The population of The city
Hrning was not far short of a bundre5
.L.. # these as many as thirty
tba,ssc5. i,e1 s,, .no Tocession with Mr..
thousand walked In S-sl-.- -s~L
Lincoln's ashes. ir- '
REPRESENTATION OF THEFEofLE.
All orders of folk were a. hand. The
country adjacent sent in hay-Bsgons, DON
key-oarts, dssrborns.r All who could slip
sWsy from the army came to town, and
every attsinable section of the Union for
wsrded mourners. At no time in his life
had Mr.. Lincoln so many to throng about
him as In this hour, when he is powerless
to do sny one a service. For once in his
tory. Office seekers were disinterested, and
contractors and hsngers;on human. These
came for this time only, TO the capital of
the republic without sn axe TO grind or
curiosity to subserye; respect and grief
we're all their motive. This day has shown
that the great public heart beats unseldsh
plunder and war. '''1r a n Z ''ASt0 nj
THE PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS.
The arrangements for the funeral were
tsry of the Treasury who was beset by
applicants for tickets. The number OF
thess was reduced TO six hundred, the eler-
gy getting sixty and'the press twenty. 1
was among the first to pass the White
House guards and enter the building.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Its freestone columns were draped in
black, and all the windows were tuneresL
The ancient reception room was hslfclosed,
and the famous East room, which is sp-
preached By spacious hell, had been re-
served for the obseqlies. There sre none
present here but few silent attendants
Of the late owner of the republican palace
Deeply ensconced in the white satin stuff
fng Of his coffin, the President lies like
one asleep. The broad, high, beautiful
room is like the vanished interior Ofa vault.
The frescoed ceiling wears the national
shield, some pointed vases filed with |
flowers and fruit, and three emblszonings
of gilt, pendant from which are shrouded !
chandeliers. A purpiish gray is the pre-
vsiling tint of the ceiling. The cornice is |
silver white, set off by velvet crimson. |
The wallpaper is gold sud red, broken by |
eight lofty mirrors, which are chastely mar
gined with black and faced with fleece.
THE GRAND cATAFALQUE.
Near the centre of the room stood the /
grand cstsfslque, upon which rested the
mortal yemsins of the illustrious dead, en-
closed in metallic cofio, finished in the
most elaborate style, with four silver ham
dies on eech side, stars glisteniDg between
each handle, and vein of silver winding
around the whole case in a serpentine form. |
To the edges of the lid hung a rich silver
tassel, making ehasts and elaborate
fringe to the whole case. The catsfslque
stood lengthWise TO the room, or north /
and south, and Immediately in front
of the double doors which lead TO
the wide hall. The door of the cstafslque
was about four feet in height, and ap-
preached by one step on sll sides, making
II 5zsy 10 Wow thu face of the honnrsd
desd. Above this is 3 csuopy,in an srehed
form, lined on the under side with white
huted satin, covered otherwise with black
velvet and Grape. This wss supported by
four posts, heavily encased with the en-
blem of mourning. The canopy, the posts
and the main body Of The catstalque were
with Grape and fastened at each
fold with rosettes Of black satin. 1t pre-
sented on the whole an affecting sight.
APPEARANCE OF THE CORPSE.
Death has fastened into his frozen face
sll the character and idiosyncrssy of life.
He has not changed one line of his grave,
-rot@que countenance, nor smooshed out
; single fesuture, The hue is rather blood
less and lesden; but he was always sallow.
The dark eyebrows seem abruptly srched;
the beard, which will grow no mora, is
shaved close, save the tuft st the short
small chin. The mouth is shut, like that
of one who had put the foot down firm,
and so are the eyes, which look as calm IS
slumber. The collar is short aud awk-
ward, turned over the stiff, elias tic cravat,
and whatever energy or humor or tender
gravity marked the living face is hardened
into Its pulseless outline. The white satin
around it reflected sufficient light upon the
face to show US tkst death is really there;
but there are sweet roses and early mag
noliss, and the bslmiest OF hllies strewn
around, as if the flowers had begun to
bloom even upon his coffin. There is now
no blood in the body; IL was drained By
the jugular vein and sscredly preserved,
and through cutting on the inside of the
thigh the empty blood vessels were ehsrg-
cd with chemical preparation which soon
hardened to the eonsistence OF stone. The
long and bony body is now hard and stiff,
30 that beyond its present position it can
not be moved any more than the arms or
logs Of q statue. It has undergone many
CHANGES. The scalp has been removed, the
brain scooped out, the chest opened and
he blood emptisd. All this we see of
Lincoln, so cunningly contem-
plated in this splendid coffin, is mere
shell, an efigy, sculpture He lies in
Ileep, but it is the sleep of marble. All
b at mazda this haeh vial ea,tis1f erd af |