Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-20
The Funeral ObseqH Hi les of the Pres
idemf. I n t2 tS0,h
e. NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

| WASHINGTON, April 19-The day is beau
| tiful and quite warm. Business is suspend
ed, and every available spot is filled with
people.
In the immediate neighborhood of the
Mansion dense crowd had assembled dur
ing the forenoon. Various bodies met at
the Treasury Department, separate rooms
having been assigned them, and to those
Assistant Secretary Harrington, who had
charge of admission to the Executive Man
sion. They included the Assistant Secre-
tary, the Assistant Postmaster General, and
the Assistant Attorney General, Senators
and Representatives in Congress, Govern
,ors of the several States, the Judiciary and
others of prominence. None could enter
the Mansion without having been provided
with permit, for 600 persons only could
be accommodated upon the raised platform
steps on the east, north and south sides of
the room where the corpse lay, the entire
space being reserved all around the catafal-
que with chairs for the occupation of the
family Of the deceased. 1t was here In the
East room that the bodies of Presidents
Harrison and Taylor lay in state, but the
arrangements on those occasions were far
inferior to the present. AT IL o'clock the
guests began to arrive, a body of about
sixty clergymen being the first to enter.-
Then heads of Government Bureaus, Gov
ernors of States, members OF municipal
Governments, prominent officers of the
army and navy, the diplomatic corps, &c.
AT noon the President of the United
States, in company with his Cabinet, ex-
cept Secretary Seward, approached the cat
afalque, and took a last, but brief look at
his llustriOus predecessor, and then retired
to position Immediately on the east and
in full view of the cofiined remains.
At ten minutes past II amid profound
silence, Rev. DR.. Gurley, approaching the
head ofthe catafalque announced the order
of the religious services, when DIR. Hall
(Episcopalian) read a portion of the scrip
lures according to the form of that church.
The opening prayer was made by Bishop
Simpson (Methodist Episcopaliap) who,
in the course of it, 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 for
the sake of our blessed Redeemer. Thanks
were returned for the gilt of such man as
our Heavenly Father had just taken from
us, and for the many virtues which dis
tinguished all his transactions, for the in
tegrity, honesty and transparency of char
acter bestowed upon him, and for having
given him counsellors to guide our nation
through Il period of unprecedented sorrow.
Thanks were also returned that his arm was
strengthened and wisdom and tirnmess given
his heart to pen a declaration of emancipa-
tion, by which were broken the chains of
millions of the human race. God be
thanked that the assassin who struck
down the Chief Magistrate had. not
the hand to again bind the suflaring
and oppressed. The name of the beloved
dead would ever be identified with all that
is great and glorious, with humanity on
earth. May the spirit of rebellion soon
pass away. God grant that the sun may
Shine on a free peorle from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf.
May He not only lead us safely through
the struggle, but give us peace with all ma
tions of the earth. God bless the weeping
widow, as in her Observation-Disclosures she
bows under sad stroke more than she
can bear. Encircle her in thy arms. God
be gracious with the children left behind.
Endow his sons with wisdom.
,-'We pray thee," the Bishop said, ''to make
the assassination of personal profit to
our hearts. While by the remains of the
deceased, whom we had called a friend,
we pray thee that our republic may be
made the stronger for this blow. While
here, we pledge ourselves to set our faces as
a flint against every form of opposition
which may rise up for its destruction, so
that we, the children, may enjoy the bles-
sed advantages of Government delivered
from our fathers" He concluded by re-
peating the Lords Prayer.
The Rev. Dr. GlTley then delivered
sermon, standing on the step near the head
of the coffin. He commenced by saying:
We recognize and adore the sovereignty of
Almighty God. His throne is the heavens
and his Kingdom ruleth over all. 1t was q
cruel hand, the dark hand of the assassin,
that smote our honored, wise and noble
President and filed the land with
mourning. But above this hand there is
another, which we must see and acknowl-
edge. In the midst of our rejoicing we
needed this stroke, this discipline and
therefore God has sent it. Our atliiction
has not come forth from the dust nor from
the ground. Beyond the act OF assassina-
ton let us.look to God, whose prerogatiye it
is to bring light out of darkness and good
out of evil. He who has led us so
well, and prosperous so wonderfully dur
ing the last four years of anxiety and con-
tlict will not forsake Us now. He may
chasten but will not destroy. Let our pril-
cipal anxiety now be that this new sorrow
may prove a sanctified sorrow, and induce
us to give all we have to the cause of truth,
Justice, law, order, liberty and good gov
ernment and pure and undefiled religion.
Secretary Seward and Frederick continue
to improve.
New YORK, April 1S-The city to-day
has worn the appearance ofa Sabbat' The
churches were filled and discourses appro-
pirate to the occasion delivered.r After
church hour thousands of people quietly
promenaded the streets, viewing the costly
.drapery which profusely covers nearly eY-
cry building throughout the city. Minute
guns were fired at noon, and all the flags of
vessels in the harbor continue at half mast.
Reports from all parts of the State, the
West, South and New England, state that
the same observances prevailed in honor Of
the burial of our late President.
TOLEDO, o., April l9.laThe funeral cere-
monies of President Lincoln here to-day
were very imposing. Procession of mill,
tary, fire department, Odd Fellows, Board
of Trade and citizens generally. Speeches
were made by Hon. j. NJ. Ashley and others.
Religious services atnoon in all the church.
eS. r
TORONTO, April 19.-There was a general
observance of this day in all the principal
cities, and many OF the smaller villages
throughout the country held services
in the churches, and councils passed reso-
lutions expressing, sympathy and
coincidence. In this city business
was suspended, services were held
in many churches and the greatest interest
was manifested. Zion Church was draped
in American flags and deep mourning.
There was general expression of symph-.
thy in this community for the American