The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-04-27

Thompson.
Tue following gentlemen were select,
ed us committee to wait upon cur
citz Ms and solicit their aid DR.. G. S.
fingiing, d. X. Myers, Dr., |. X .gy, C,
Morchouse ard L, b. Tomb.
The Funeral at the White House.
From he Washington correspondence
cf the CINCINNATI Gasctie we make some
extracts:
TIRE EAST ROOM.
Within the mansion illness reigned,
and the great crowd that filled the rooms
seemed for hours scarcely TO stir. The
green and blue rooms were reserved for
the use of delegations, pail bearers, SC.
The East X Iom, hung with black,
shrouding every chandelier, covering
every mirror dropping from every pias-
Ter, and Gardening every window, was
densely crowded.
THE cATArALQur.
In the centre stood an imposing
cat,laque, on which the coffin was
placed, surrounded with flDwers, with
crosses aud anchors of flowers leaning
ng inst it at The head aud foot,
rHr SPECTATORS.
Nearest il, an Ioc ng the side, stood
Chief Justice Chase aud the Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court. Mkt to
Mr.. Chuse, on the left, and toward the
lower cnd ol the room, stood ex Vice
prastInni HIM liz, ,I I,. -. a..
are Vice Pr r'sid1nt, now President,
Andrew Johnson. linn ,diately next to
him was his old friend, Preston X NJ, of
Nv York. linn" dialely bchud this
party stood the Cabinet, aud rurhcr to-
ward the lower end of the room, the
mrmbcrs ct the House aud Senate and
officers. On Chief Justice Chasr's
rlght hand stood the Diplomatic corps,
IN inll dress, and wearing all their decorn-
tons. \ X to them were the heads OF
BureVus ard other prominent otficins.
AT the hnad of the cuiii were members
of til cI rgy and the phy sicions to the
President. Behind them was he guard
Of homer, together with o large number
of prominent military and naval officers;
foremost amo' e VIII IN were Lcutcnnnl
Genera Grant and Vice Admiral Farra-
gut
Near the foot of tho coffin were ranc.
Cd chairs covered with black lrr the mem
b rs Of the fumily. just b. fore the ccrr-
MONIES began, Capt. X ,bert Lincoln
entered, acc"mpi.i d by private Socreta-
ries Nicola, aud Hay; but Mrs. Lincoln,
with her younger SOU. preferred to mourn
~ prlVdie' Dryonh the chairs for the
iam''y STOOD the Illinois and ken'ucky
ue'egonohs' As chiel 'urner, IN uddl'
uoh 10 those o'rrady mentioned, there
wert presch, uoVernor Fenton, OF New
york; Andrews, OF Missachus tvs;
Dr"ngh' ol onio; og!esby, OF Illinois;
Cnr'In OF Penhs' Vanla; Bradford OF
NJ 'ryIandi Perpont' OF virginia; K'v.
Dr' Ii ;lIpwS' PRESIDENT "i tho Sintary
'm'n,ss,oh' " Dr' ii'I', President OF
n''V c,"'fg'' and I"fg number oil
u,S'l'Sulsn'u anu eminent Gil z!ns from
MI par,s OF inc country
mo laues were present I'LL lnst fore
tle certmpn'esioeghn' whsn MS. . inn-
,or Sprasue' acc ec,mpanied by her sister,
Mise Snuse, ahd MIS- Secretaries STAN
lon' pe"niS"n' Welles' ana u'her
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A'''o0' sL"'ioh9'
/ y Ic" In'"ehts past WE'VE, lI't MS
CoP'a'n L'"co,n "ua inc raw 'tc Sicreta'
T,'s, wnh ASch 1ther members oi the
rreslutn. s .' . nonsen1id Us were present, /,
entered .he room he solemn hush was
oroNeh oy the VOICE OF the Clergyman
SIahq,ng at lne mead Oh the conn., Rev.
": nan rector OF 'he church Of The
Eplphuny, ihtonlng the solemn service
Tor tne our'al oi me dead' according TO
iht liturgy OF the Eplscopll Church, 81
am the rr-ur'ection and HE, saith the