Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-29
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Sixteenth President of the United States.
Born, Feb. u, 1909.
DIED, April l., 1855.


4 The outside of the coffin Is festooned with
massive silver tacks. representing drapery;'
Hin each fold of which is a silver star. There
are eight massive handles to the coffin, four
3being placed ON each side. The outer edges
3of the coffin are tastefully scalloped with sill
kver proid,to which are attached five tasselsI
{of five inches each in length. A row of
ssilver tacks encircles the entire top of the
scoffin, being placed two inches from the
outer edge, while a SILVER plate, encircled
sby shield formed of tacks Of the same ma
sterial, occupies central position on the top
lid, with stars at the head, and foot OF the
Scoflin, on the outside. The inside of the
zface lid is raised with white satin, the cen
tier piece being trimmed with black and
awhite silk braid fastened down with six
steen silver stars, four to each cor:er. The
face lid and top of the coffin is fastened to-
ggether with five silver stars.
The inside of the coffin is superbly lined
with oX-pleated satin, the bottom and pill
low beingof the finest white silk, while rich
Ethree-inch cheniel satin fringe encircles the
Ientire inside. ~ "a s.U--F.r H.fb
4 THE CATAFALCo OR CITY FUNERAL CAR.
The magnificent and heavily draped cata-
Ifalco or funeral car that bore the coffin in
Ithe procession, was the subject of universal
observation and admiration. 1t was p
Isrlendid SAmber structure, made especially
'and in excellent good taste, for che occasion
lit was II feet long, So feet wide, and. 1zIs
fleet from the ground. to- the apex oftsthe
canopy. The main platform was 4 feet
from the ground, on which rested dais for
the reception of the coffin, IL feet long by 5
3wide, raised ~ feet above the PLATFORM
The canopy in shape resembled Chinese
Ipsgoda, with the interior Of the roof linedI
with silk flags, and the outside covered with;
lfine black broad-cloth, as were the dais, thel
|main platform and the entire catafalco.-l
Black cloth depended from the PLATFORM
within few inches ofthe ground, ,iestooned,I
|fringed with silver lace, and ornamentedI
with handsome tassels of black silk.
N Surrounding the cornice or upper portion,
'of the canopy, were thirty-six silver stars,|
and on the apex and the four corners were
live heavy black plumes. The canopy wasI
|tastefully curtained with black cloth linedj
with white French merino. On each side|
of the dais was the word, sLincoln," inI
large silver letters.
This eatafalco was drawn by six whitel
horses covered with black cloth, edged with
silver fringe, the head of each horse beingI
surmounted with large black plume, andI
each led by groom dressed in black With
white gloves and white band round his hati
Asthis funeral car passed along gthecrowd-I
ed streets, amid the solemn .procession,I
whole bands of music played melancholy
dirges, every voice was hushed, and oftent
tears were seen to start unbidden down thei
cheeks of the spectators. Nothing couldI
more forcibly impress upon the people theL
greatness of our calamity in the loss Of our
revered President. d'a,
THE .CATAFALCo IN THE RoTUNDA.
The Catafalco in the Rotunda of the Cap
ltol, onawhich the Presidents remains lay inn
state, nearly. all day, was a fine structures
and appropriately decorated. Its length atss
the base was % feet by 20L wide. The y
platform was elevated 30 inches from the
floor of the rotunda and assembled on all5
sides by stairs of five steps. On the plat-H
form afdais was raised, the base of whichS
was IL Y feet inlength by fin width, and on Z
its top, % inches above the main platform,
was plane surface 25inches wide, onwhichI
the coffin rested. The sides of the dais fors
Z inches below the coffin seat were slopingE
or beveled, and lined with green moss rep-4
resenting banks, of. flowers. These banks
were full of beautiful, delicate flowers of
various hues and descriptions. The plat
form aud stairs were neatly carpeted, and
the dais covered with rich black cloth.
The profusion Of floral adornments was
truly magnificent. 1t seemed as if theN
green house and the garden had beencdis-E
robed of their brightest ornaments to beau
tify the scene, and illustrate the belief in
Immortality, even in the presence of theI
emblems of deep sorrow over the dead. On
the platform, at each end of the dais, risingT
to a.height above the coffin, stooda hrgeA
urn filed with delicate, e,tiowers, in the midst
rose a. beautiful -horalpyramidE
about a foot high These, withotiersmag-
nificent and appropriate emblems, made theE
catafalco in the Rotundas attractive. aswells
as worthy of the great and solemn occasionX
for which 1t had been prepared.
sAU s'A THE PROCESSION. -
In attempting todescribe the grand pro-
eesslon from The depot to the State 0apitoII
we can only give aagenefabSiewsq Theen-
tire ordering and marshaling OF the pro-
cession was under the direction and con-
troll Of Major John W. Skiles, as Grand +
mn. ~, lnI