Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-25

bells were chimed and tolled and minute
guns fired.
On the arrival of the remains al Del.
rosses street, the Seventh Regiment Ma.
tionsl Guards acting as s guard of honor
escorted the cortege through several of the
streets to the City Hail. where the united
German societies, numbering nine hundred
voices and occupying the steps and places
in front of the City Hall, chsnted dirge
appropriate to the occasion.
The remains were soon afterWsrd ex-
posed to public view.
Thousands of persons visited the csia-
falque to view the body.
NEW York, April "a.
BcsiDess in this city was generally sus-
pended on the arrival of the funeral cor.
tege. Broadway was crowded to the ut
most by peop anxious to see the funeral
car and accompanying escort. Windows
and house-tops were filed with people
The utmost quiet prevailed, and the dense
masses remained uncovered as the process
sion slowly wended its way TO the City
Hall. The heRrse which was drawn by
six horses, on arriving in front of the City
Hall was relieved of the coffin by eight
soldiers, who conveyed it the Governors
Room. One thousand singers sang q
mournful dirge as it WAS borne to its tenn
porsry resting place.
The City Hall in its interior is elaborate
" d1sped and festooned with mourning
emblems. The room in which the remains
of the President are deposited is thorough
ly draped in black. The centre of the
ceiling is dotted with silver stars, relieved
by black drspery, which is finished with
heavy silver fringe. The curtains are of
black silk velvet, fringed with silver and
gracefully loOped. The coffin rests on a
dsis on an inclined plane. The inclins-
tion is such that the face of the departed
pstri, t Is in view of visitors while passing
fer two or three minu es.
The coffin was laid on diss in the
Wreaths of immortelles were placed on
the coffin by ladies present.
At ten o'clock guards were placed and
the general public allowed ingress to view
the remains.
The appearance of the dead President
bears no marks of pain, but the eyes are
sunken, face somewhat discolored and sal
low about the lower part, dark around the
eyes and cheeks, and the lips are very
tightly compressed. The remains will not
sgain be exposed 10 view until their srri-
val at Springfield. Thousands are in the
streets awaiting an opportunity TO view
for the last time the face of Abraham
Lincoln, but the arrangements for this
purpose have been SO poorly conceived,
and wretchedly carried out, that thousands
will be disappointed, notwithstanding they
will be in view all night, and until neon
tomorrow.
The arrangements for the procession to-
morrow are on q grand scale, and it will,
from present sdvices, comprise from 50,-
600 to $4,000 people on foot.
The streets through which the process
sion is to pass are to be cleared Of all We
hicles, and all persons not in the process
sion, be restricted to the walks. The
ranks of the procession will be formed
twenty deep. Minute guns will be fred
during its passage, and bells tolled.
The military portion will comprise 10,
900 soldiers.
Additional decorations of mourning
have been placed upon all the hotels and
buildings throughout the city, and the day
will be exclusively devoted by our oommu-
uity to last tribute OF solemn respect to
the remains of the great departed.
After the embalmers had prepared the
body for public inspection, and while the
lid of the coffin was still open, full
length photograph of the corpse was taken
by one of our photographers. Some
twenty-five minutes were consumed in the
effort owing to the subdued light. The lid
was then closed except to show the face of
the President and the crowd allowed to
enter. Many of the visitors we're females,
q large proportion of whom wept bitterly.
One or two endesvored TO kiss the corpse
but were prevented.
The masses came up with noiseless steps
and streaming eyes. 1t was most i'm
pressive sight.
The guard of honor which is divided
into twelve watches of two hours length
each, comprises some seventy army and
navy offices, including Generals Peck, Van
VIeh Meagher; Sweeny, Anderson, Nor
ris, Hunt, Cooke, Filz Henry Warren,
Sstterlee, Ullman, Butterheld and Tyler.
Admirsls Spalding and Breere; Commc-
dores Eagle, NichOlsoD, and Ensign Gold.