, 1865-05-04
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago TEibune.1

Especial Dispatch to the Chlcsso Tdbune.1
SPRINGFIELD, Mays,
The train conveying the Chicago Committee lett
Chicago at eight o'clock on Tucsday evening.
Special cars had been set ap.rt for them, and
every requisite comfort and eccom nodatsou
promptly and thoroughly attended to By Assists
Marshal o. P. Harris, aided by the fndefatigable
q. D. Colr1E, Esq. The sleeping cars vera an
pie, and the commissary department liberal AMI
choice. This thoughtful arrangement Of provld-
ing meals and sleeping places during the et1y Of
the committee, at once removed anE anxiety coz
cerning the crowd and difficulty olprornring them
ut Springfield. Our train arrived at Springfield
about sevcn O'Clock, but from ear]y daybreat until
that hour, the various staross on the lower erd Ct
the route were crowded with farmers, their Wv.
and children standsrc in silent order and eae. rly
inquiring for the funeral cortege rrs1r- Nest
funeral arches were erected at most Of the sta.
lions, and the depot buildings we're appropriately
decorntcd. Al ct the cross roads and BY paths
were fIlcd with teams decorated with mourning.
and at every home were men and women stand nx
in the door~sye or beside the track waving white
hontes we1c Visible for miles, solitary persons
dow WITH .: nseo.cred he,ds psyIag their silen:
hen1s before the cora1e, aQd at that
horrEEthe, depot snd erot2ds we're
crowacd with p ope, the number Of which was
from the 6outh. The most silent apa reEerenti4l
conduct marked the whole a.seu Mage. and for
TWO hours they etood in their places, jsfesson
hc lzeth 1ili1oi: inantFy, one Of snc St ts Tegi-
mcnts doing duty at Camp 8nuer., Tae :anerAt
tra1n arrived prrmpty AZ nine O'clock. f. ap-
guns: The eody We quickly transferred 10 the
S IN ~ the TSs e.o 9ooF M n2 is nas
n fNf}yr n INT T. mr.
E.cRs WAS marked With the Utmost good order
ot:csrs wcIr IN the procession di.ooucted. The
men, snd TIE ll1iDois COMMITTEES especially a.
compnDents Of The procession. The hearse was
not Htt1c,ly funeral car, b1t IN Or fnaty hesrse
sasrss:e, tlnely dse9..ted Iva. tse etft Of st.
dEawn hy Fix black horses with p!nmcs snd
mourning cs2:r,son. Or the outsade Of tae
9*R f's & IL 'ee e OF re- sas ss sas pea @
on either elde being covered with
dutcd brck velvet, conv. reiag to he!utifu, sil.
yer wreath, viii silssr inverted torch: sna on
with urus. npon y ground of Whtc. Gpon the
top ut the hesrse Wa railing OF s1lyer and gilt,
er5mouned " eight ialEe Hlack @ 'pla9:s: :,.o, n
T,lth south on F,fth TO Monroe; east on Monroe
TO Sixth, and nortn on Sixth to The sts1e Hvu'e,
where The bocy wae d pos''ed In the cafainqoc
and the cit.xent we're admitted.
The Stste HorEe is admirably dccoEated on us
upper section. heinR e.yer6d with stteamers OF
waite ooked Up VIII Will @ rossttes; & Ihs Pafs and
i,lack, with crs seed stripes between the columns
On the front and rear the walls sre
closely covered VT ana ene
tains. !oopcd at the sides with white fringe; a
the top, Ill Of the rooms tn the interior q tue
bnita1ne a1e appropriately draped ~ 81 cS J.; a5a 1
Hull Vt Representatives. Tae hall it*elf II adml,
rebly dra},ed. The gallery II hung with black and
Witt f.stcons, the balnstrade twiotd VIII ever
bysdercd with eils+r lace work, w1h cross:a
sHsex suFfcR OF laurel In the ctnter OF caeh.
fbi,Se ~ i salls.y aaot,t,on from Lnsoans
nee principles, wou,u b. assa.sinated On the
Abe pillars supporting the gallery are twiuea
c.ape. lo"pcd up with white so.ettes. Pots of
s.Sna iS the eat corner Of the
the national colots, aghaust which srauds larce
and excellent fa1 leu:th portrait of Washtr5ton.
ncarly in lie ner OF he HaI IND Il txeatv.
Two anI hnlf fee: from th= tlooe TO .he axcs.
and ahNut tiehtoen f-et II diameter. The s:is 4
thr-e feet high, and thse.. st-ps lead IN IN :hc
platform. which is covered with the choicest and
/ most raIe d.Wers.
| The cat fa.gue has eix he1agon columns en-.
t~iued with back velret, and the side. b-tweeu
| The column are OF blstk ve:vst aleo The capitls
of The columns Ere covered with while vciv:t.
Tho roof. Of rack rclv-t also, aud runs up 70 m
| suer. and frum the apex there ale seven black
nlumes. on top OF zach column is black p'una.
-Mlaway between the column. ts tma'! a1yei
ese:c, a1ove star The inside Of The ro9fo: re-
md .u1rclrd with silver slars. giving It the ap
| n+srance Of q h:uc sly studded With 1tars; Tnt
coflln is tcl On an inclined plane, covered Wit
black velvet and the bottom OF the dhs u soSesog
| sr1th hlafk yetvet with white sattn border AND
s,iEcp tarfele at The border: .1~,
srz1scr1p, Nay s-Ibs remains M oI o. ETH; F. e;
| Ch1c.Tn' Sitnn ST, LOUIS Railfokd by the con
1nlttee, nd he procession formed in the folo1