The New York herald., 1865-04-26
THE CLOSE AT CITY HALL.
The Lying In state.

The Lying in State.
Tho closing hours of the obsequia rites at the City
Hall marked by incidents touching those OF
the earlier portions of the cercmony and when the last
spectator had cast his lingering glance upon the bier
thousands who had seen the body were only outnum
bered by the thousands who had net IT, though
they eagerly desired to do so In earnestness
have realized how truthfully that old writer spoke who
said that calamity ordained to be for human kind
the perfect glass wherein truly and know our
Selves" Only through this terrible afction could we
have learned how strong hold kindly chief
tan and the great principles for which he laid down his
o, have obtained upon the national mind. Tho Is
dead, but the principles live and his foul murder only
leaves the Of liberty and unon to which he de-
voted his energies firmly established than here
tofore
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
The copious descriptions published in the Herald Of
yesterday bring the reader up to midnight Monday.
say that the uneoasng current Of visitors suffered
elimination during Monday night would be insufficient to
convey idea OF the anxiety that manifested to
view the Presidents remains. At late hour Monday
evening arrangements made by which two lines oil
visitors instead OF one could pass the bier The Cover
nors Room in front OF which the catqdque erected
thrown open the people, who entered at the base
ment the Murray street side of the Hail. with Common
Council passes at fEt, and subsequently without any
passes ALL and moved round the outside OF the roturd
and out Of The building The effect OF this arrange
ment that unbrokcn stream Of mourners flowed
past each side of the impassve corpse and the hourly
number OF visitors virtually doubled from the period
when this plan adopted until the end
Twelve o'clock passed. and the sixth watch were re-
leved by the seventh. Two O'Clock came, with IL
another change of the guard OF honor But sin there
was no perccptble falling on In the pressure Of thes
hrorg Ncisces y and rapidly they Gifted past In the
dm uncertain Hight of the gas lamps and the instant
they had gone others took their places II seemed to,
those who looked aentively at the corpseand rrcha
bly, IL was if the lower Jaw had fallen somewhat,
through ts long exposure giving TO tho settled face OF
death aepcct sepulchral than bad hitherto pre-
sented No sovnd broke the soamn Stiffness except the
hollow tampng Of the soldic ry they marched along
the corridors every two hours relieve the guard And
30 the night wore on.
EARLY MonNrSa.
Not TIL the first gray shadows OF morning began 10
steal the heavy folds OF Tho daperv lending al
dtions melancholy to the scene there any break in
the monotonous chain Of onookers And then the tor
rent was stayed only for fow moments Fresh arri
vals many Of them from the nty began 20 take the
place Of the ralld.faced, wearcd watchers who had
waited all through the night 10 get their turn As tho
day advanced the crowd increased and by eight o'clock
the approaches the City Hall were more crowded tbpn
they the day before Broad daylight revealed the
traces necessarily left by such extended vigil The
catofrque and s attendant hangings tbickiy
cred with DUST the face and beard OF the corpse were
powdered over by the same mpapable material and the
wreaths OF flowers those touching tributes laid by rover
en hnnds upon the con retained little Of their original
color The mouth Of tho corpse, however, had been
closed and the appearance of tho face was moro life
like in the open light of day than when invested with
the garsh hucs OF gaslght
FROM TIE DONE OF THE RoruNDA.
Ascending to the balcony cncrcling the dome
Of the rotunda the spectator obtained there compre
hensve view OF all that took place. Ho could rec with
the utmost dtnctness the placid face OF The corrse and
the circng cddcs OF visitors ever revolving round 81.
From his elevated position he could dis,ngush much
that 10 ordinary observers passed unpotoed On the
housonds Of faces that passed before him no other ex
preston hut Of deep grief and vis
BILE II singular 10 watch tho many efforts made by
women 10 touch the corpse or fang that tho corin
Often these attempts were openly made and were
promptly foed by the vigilance OF the stendan,s; bet
in many instances furvo hand shfcuded under shawl
or MANTLE came IN With The bier ard the offender
passed on prnil6ed and urdetoc,cd. Tho grave,
saddencd v,sage q tho departed rrcsidcr, stood
out with sharp dist nc,ncss Gazing ON the
square cut, manly face Of that honost Gbie back.
woodsurr srea. through bis inherent sfcatness-
one could not but sk how he would have taken the
attempts which of his pont morcr eulcyIsts have
ado to derive Dis lineage from tho ncoIno' and tho
"Bcdfords' Of an exploded aris,ocracy. Surely be
would have scorned The intended scopharcy and joined
heartily in the outspokcn ,eptmoats OF Tennysen:-
rrutt me,
From you blue heaven above us ben.
The grand I'D srGenCr and his wife,
-nfle nj the claims of long GcsCent
Howe lie, u seems 10 no rs only LoLic 70 be good
EiLd he4its are more than corcucts
And ample iatta then Norman blood
on tue crowds passed. without ntermasion, wthcu.
noticeable Incident Tberc were veterans, tst,o3ed over
With the scars or ranv vtN VuFut bates, and SNORT
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