Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-04-20

: @CEENfN DAY.
impressive Features.
THE IMMENSE PROCESSION.

/ her IMPRESSIVE funeral pageanLs, where tie
| d sad ~ as the head OF the country, and where
| The obseQuies were marked by all the rever-
| ence and solennity due 10 the occasion. But
to this was added the depth OF feeling from
| almost tilial love for the benign dead, and the
| sense OF 1tional wrong and loss in his death
| tina, came home 10 every heart. Business was
entirely suspended, giving strange hash and
bringing out in mOurnful relief the boom Of
minute guns and the toiIing OF bells.
Later IN the morning the mournfnl minor
strains Of the bands accompanying various
| delegations moving 10 their positions n the
| line Of procession added volume TO the pre-
| vailing dirge.
to run over from the acCessions by trains and
boats. Alexandria, Georgetown and Balu-
more seemed 10 have depopulated themselves
| for the day, and cities further noTth We're
largely represented.
| The PbiadeIphia firemen, a superb looking
| body OF men. who have heretofore visited us
/ on festive occasions in their smart uniforms,
| now came black DroadclOth TO pay their
| reverence 10 the remains OF hIn they helped
/ TO iTGUEurate.
| The City Hall was the central point where
| various delegations from corporations Of other
cities met under escort of our City Councils.
Here, too, s. long line OF horses were in wait
ing tor Marshal Lannon's aids Mayor Wal
| lach was present here with the Councils and
the corporate authorities to receive the visitors
| and escort them IN the procession. Elsewhere
! on every street was 20 be seen the gatherings
| OF various associations, delegations, orders
! De, marshahng Tor the procession. Every
| house top TINS early was frelghted with spec-
| tatoTs; and the trees bordering the avenue and
the public grounds bore 4 perilously heavy
burden OF human beings. The avenue from
18th street was jam already; and the side
streets within squares Of the White House
were alive with people. The Treasury col
lcnade was occupied by thropg OF patient
spectators holding tenure by " 81 uatJer's
rights" and first occupation.
| at the White House.
During the forenoon various bodies he'd met
| a. the Treasury Department, separate rooms
having been assigned them, and 70 these As.
| sistant Secretary Harrington. who had charge
/ Of the arrangements, delivered tickets OF adj
| mission 10 the Lxecntive Mansion. They in
Cluded the Assistant Secretaries, the Assistant
| Postmasters General and the Assistant Attor-
neY General, Senators and Represen tatiyes in
congress, SoEeln0Is OF the seSeraI States me
Judiciary and others of prominence. None
could enier the Mansion without tickets, room
having been provided for 600 persons only up.
| on the raised platform steps on the east nortn
and south side OF the room. The cerpss lay
about the center, space being reserved al!
| around the catafalque, with chars for the oc-
cupation Of the family Of the deceased.
II was here In the Fast Room that the bodies
Of Presidents Harrison and Taylor lay IN state,
| but the arrangements on those occasions were
Ear inferior TO the present; for now artists had
| been employed contributing Of their skill and
| taste TO produce the best possible effect.
| At eleven o'clock the invited personages
| began 10 arrive. body of about sixty clergy
| men from all parts OF the country being first
70 enter. There being an interval of few
| nainutes between the arrivals, ard thus no
confusion whatever was O1caslOned. The
proper officers were in attendance 10 assign
all 10 their appropriate places in the room
Heaos OF Government Bureaus Governors of
States, members Of municipal governments,
prominent officers OF the army and navy, the
| diplomatic Corps in full costume, members OF
the Christian COMMISSION, the Union League
| Committees OF Philadelphia and New York,
| merchants Of the principal cities, members OF
| both Houses OF Congress, and others. Then
| were hOnored representatives, holding the
| 0f
| own country and from foreign lands; and,
| under the circumstances of the assassination
| of President whose body lay before them,
| the scene was solemnly grand and impress
| sive. At noon the President OF the United
| States entered in company with his Cabinet,
all OF whom were present except Secretary
| Mrs Lincoln did not enter the East Room,
| being too i'll from nervous prostTaton and an
| incipient fever, brought on by the awful ex-
| cltement and sorrow TO which she has been
| subjected
The mourners present were the two sons of
! Mr.. Lincoln, Master Thadeus and Robert LIN
| coin, Esq, Mr. ]. e. Nicolay, the Presidents
| Confidential Secretary, and his colleague,
| Major John Hay, Mr.. r. Nj. Edwards and c.
NJ. Smith, brothers in-laW OF Mrs. LiRcoln,
| Ur. l.. Beecher Todd OF Lexington, KY, Gen
| eral J: B. s. Todd, OF Dacotah, cousins of
| MTs. Lincoln.
Upon the left Of President Johnson was Ex-
| Senator T. KING, Of New York; and upon his
| right Hannibal Hamlin, Ex-Vice President.
Behind Mr.. King was Mr.. Stanton.
CullCch.
Eehnd Mr.. HamIin were Chief Justice
Chase, and Secretaries Welles, Dennison,
Speed and Usher.
, The expected delegation from Springfield
did not IN time 10 take part in the cere-
monies, and as with them were expected many
| OF Mr.. LiDcoln>s Immediate relatives, their
| failure to arrive caused much disappointment.
| Inepe were but seven ladies present in the
| East Room-Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Usher, Mrs
| Stanton, Mrs. Welles, Miss Hattie Chase and
| Mrs. Denison and daughter.
| The oflciatng clergy were DR.. Hall, OF the
| Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, who
! read the burial service OF his Church: Bishon
| Simpson, OF the Methodist Episcopal Church:
DR.. Gurley, who pronounced the funeral ad--
| dress, and DIR. Gray, Chaplain OF the Senate
| Who closed the services III the East Room with
| short, fervent, and eloquent prayer.
all the representatives. OF foreign govern
! ments, ambassadors, secretaries, and attaches
| were present, In full court costume, and their
| high collared and heavy gilt coats, their vests
| decorated with various orders, rendered them
| a gittering group an assemblage dressed
| in sOm6re black.
President Johnson approached the cata.
! falque and tosk last brief look at his illus
trIous predecessor and then retired to q posi-
tion Immediately on the east, and in full view
| OF the coffined remains in his front. At ten
minutes past twelve, amid profound silence,
the Rev. DR. Gnrley, approaching the head OF
the Catafalque, announced the order OF reli-
gious services, when the Rev. DR.. Hall, from
the same point read the burial service OF the
Episcopal Church. commencing with the an
them, Lord, let me know my end and the
number of my days that 1 may be certified
how long have to live and concluning with
the lesson OF the fifteenth chapter of the first
Epistle OF st. Paul to the Corinthians
PRAYER BY BISHOP SIMPSON.
The opening prayer was made by Bishop
Simpson, Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
who in the course OF 1t said that in the hands
OF God were the issues of life and death. Our
sins had called for His wrath to descend upon
us as individuals and a community For
the sake OF our Blessed Redeemer forgiveness
was asked for ali our transgressions, and that
all our iniquities may be washed away. While
we bow under this sad bereavement which has
caused widespread gloom not only in this
circle but over the entire land an invocation
was made that all might submit to Gods holy
will. Thanks Were returned for the gift OF
such man as our Heavenly Father had lust
taken from u.s. and for the many virtues which
distinguished all his trsr sactons; for the integ-
rity, honesty and transparency of character
bestowed upon him. and for having given him
cOnns pIlnra 70 1nida 0nr nation through nnrinds