The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-04-28
FuLcral Corteee,
Baltimore, ADi;l

baltimore, April 2l
4 2usrd of honor together with djsliD-
2uished army and navy ofic.rs Including
Gen Grant and Admiral Davis. and al.o
the nsDlbsrs Of The cabinet, and judy.
Davis, of the Sarfsms Cour! Of the Uni
ted Sts'ss, asssmb.ed ia the ro:unis OF the
Capitol tn, moFn;GC, 8. seven o'clock,
vhelr, sttsr Il truly impressive rrsYeI bv
Rev. AIR. Gnrlsy tha remsins Of President
Lincoln, under an ssC0ft Of .hfea com,xE-
les OF tie veteran corps, conveyed without
music, 10 tho r2;lrusd s.alioD, 'lscal in
the hesTse car, 10 which lhs rel1sins Of
his son Willie Eal previously been RS
moved, and there the Rev Or. GurlSy
again delivered bIief pvayss, coLc'uI.ng
"IIh lhe benedclion.
4 isrge concoCFse Of citizens WAS pre-
cent IS spectators. all mournfully impress,
eI with the so!emnitg Of the SCENE
Among The imHs sdis'e ard most intimate
friends Of the 'e!a rresidsut. there were ia
lie train Wsrd Lamou, L. s. Mar.hsl ::
Gov Og esby. Judge Davis, L ; eupre-
me Court; Hon, n. ". E.lwa-ds anl &
NJ, Smith, bro;her-iu Law Of tie la:e presi-
dsnt; Gen. Todd cousin of Mrs. Liu-
coin ; Col. John Williams, I. S. MnF.h.l
y. l.. Phillips srG Rev. DR.. GurIey.
K NAV here be mentioned ths> he re-
mains Of little Willie Lincoln were placed
II the interior Of tie hearse car. imme,l;s>
;u!g in front of those of his f.shar.
Mis-. Lincoln hss requested that no dis
play be made OF her SOD, tu. that lie m:.y
be private! Y removed
The car VAS drawn by four splendid
black horses. Tia military was one cf
the largest military displays sver witness,
ed, and exceeding imposing. Ths entire
column ia, under the command Of Brig
Gen. II H. Lockwao4.
The procession commenced TO move a.
1880, over the route previously designai-
cd. few minutes before | o'clock the
head otlhe procession arrived a, the south
ern tTcSt Of the Excharcs AS tho head
Of the military escort leach sd Calvert
.tTeei, tie co.Qmn was hall,d, and he
Aoarae With ia Guard Of honor pa<zel he
tween tie lines, tie tr.-2ps presenting
arms aid the band playing Peace, trou-
r!ed soul" The general otlicer. disIaouot
ei and formed, Win their staff on either
side Of the approach from The gate to the
main entrance Of The Exchange. The re
Ta;ns were then removed from the fun+r-
a ear aEd carried slowly aud reverentl7
into the building and placed on catafaI-
que prepared for thea. Af:er they had
been properly place and the covering re
movcd3 Tie officers presen. passed s!oah
forward on either side Of the body Tie
clv.c part If the procession fol owed, anj
the general public were .ben admitted -
Tie catafa'qne was erected Immediately
beneath the dome, aud was a model ct
good ;as'e. 1t consisted Of raised dai4
Ii feet by 4 az the base Tie who!e
structure was richly draped The floor
and siies Of the dajs were cox cred with
fac black cIoth, and the canopy was form
ed Of BLACK Grape, the rich n:olds drooring
from the four corners and bordered With
silver ftrge
Tie interior Of lie canopy VS., b'sck
cloth gathered in fate fo'd TIE central
polnt waS a &rger star Of back velvet
studded With 36 stars, one for each State
Of the Union. TIE floor cf the daia on
which the body of the iInstrio1s nartyIed
patriot rested WAS borderod with ever
greaus ani choice flowers
B4t sin2i i.ore!on Of tbs tLroug ib nj
tendance ere able to Obtain view Of tie
presidents remains. At about half pas:
two O'Clock, 10 the regret Of thousands Of
our citizens, the cctfin was closed. The
procession ther re form ed and took up lis
moprUfnI march 10 TIE depot of,he Norh
eFn Genital 4 K The coffin was placed
IN csr tsss,fuI!y d'aped. The e.cor.
'ook = tram especially assigned to ,hs,n
~hich was slso drsped and .tartsd for
Harrisburg whsrs they will arr, q to nigh.