Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-04-20

Appearance OF the Tify--.AII Bustnesa
Buspeaded-.-The POpulaee ON lhe
sfFeets--EirinE Of minute Guns
TOIIins OF BelIs--.FuneraI Services
In the Churches.
Yesterday was one of the most solemn
days in the history of Cleveland. All the
public places were crowded Park, church
ss, streets,-and yet, for quietness, which
was remarkable, the day passed like9
6 Sabbath. There was no extravsgance in
the popular modes of display and exvres-
sion of sentiment or emotien. There was
little hilarity on the streets, and no bois!er5
BUSINESS at all. The police say they never
knew 60 quiet day in Cleveland. An in
spiration seemed to have fallen from on
high upon the masses, and there was
hush in all places, and everything that
was said and done, was done and said in q
subdued tone and manner. Il was this
universal solemnity which gave the street,
and the Park, and the conversation and
intercourse held in them, as much sanc,ity
as brooded over the churches and the exer-
ciSes there.
APPEARANCE OF TIE CITY.
The city was draped throughout IFS whole
length and breadth with the emblems of
mourning. Flags were everywhere dis
played, but they all spoke of the awful
crime and the National calamity. The dis
play was universal. Nearly every private
house was decorated with appropriate and
beautiful tokens of sorrow. The public
buildings made a fine appearance. The
Post Office bore on its front large flag,
craRed, and was festooned, without and
within, with black cloth. The Court
House and the Forest City Block attracted
much attention. The latter building was
decorated with flags and Masonic emblems,
all in mourning, and was the finest, most
impressive spectacle in the city. The uni
versatility of the display was, ho oWever, VSfe
impressive and significant than any par
ticular exhibition of the symbols of the
public and personal grief.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
One of the most gratifying features of the
day was the total suspension of business
Stores, Offices, groceries, shops, were all
closed, and all the people were upon the
streets and engaging in the various exer-
cises of the occasion. And there was no
self-denial or compunction in all this
Business men of all classes closed their
places with perfect good will and glad
ness, and gave up all the solemn hours
of the day to participate in the obseouies
of our late beloved President, Abraham
Lincoln.
VARIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS.
At intervals throughout the day minute
guns were fred. Two pieces of the Brook
Iyn Light Artillery were planted in the
Public Equare, and mingled their deep
voice with the voices of the multitude.
At q quarter to twelve o'clock yesterday
forenoon the church and fre-bells In the
city began tolling, and continued until
noon, when public services commenced in
several of the churches
CHURCH SERVICES.
Union meetings were held in the First
Presbyterian and First Baptist Churches,
and services were also held in the Trinity
Church, and in the Detroit Street Congre-
gatiOnal Church, West Side. The exercises
in all were very impressive. We subjoin
more or less full account of the proceed
ings in the several churches.
FIRST PREsBYTERIAK oHuEcH.
At the appointed hour of twelve the First
Presbyterian Church was crowded to i;s
utmost capacity by the audience which
gathered to join in the funeral obsequies of
the murdered President, performed at that
hour not only in Washington but through
out the land. The audience was largely
composed of ladies, and many of She indi
viduals composing it, both ladies and gen
tlemen, were dressed in black. Every one
was impressed with the mournful solemni-
ty ofthe nation, every one added his indi-
Vidual grief to the sorrow of the nation
A pail of black hung over the pulpit, lend
ing greater distinctness to a wreath of
white roses which was suspended in front
of it, and black drapery was also sppropri-
ately arranged in various parts of the
church.
The proceedings were marked throughout
by the greatest solemnity, and the audi
ence was frequently moved even to tears.
Judge s. j. Andrews presided. After
solemn strain of music from the organ, the
exercises were opened by the Rev. E. S.
Gillette, of the St. Clair streetM. E. Church,
with prayer. After an appropriate hymn,
Judge Andrews addressed the audience.
REMARKS OF JUDeE.AnvDREws.
No man, he said, ever lived whose death
created so great and so wide spread e ief
and horror as that of Abraham Lincoln.
The feeling at the death of Washington
could alone be compared with it. But
Washington had died in the quiet of his
home, having laid aside the cares of the
nation, by the due course of nature, and
though the nation mourned they were not
as Mortified and shocked as at the an
nouncement Of the murder of Abraham
Lincoln.
This, the speaker said, was not the ap-
propriate time to dwell at length upon
the character and virtues of the President
This had been fully done by the bar,
by the pulpit, by the press, and by every
means used TO lay thought before the peo-
Pile. But there are one or two points in his
character which the speaker desired to
dwell on. President Lincoln was not a
man of peculiar genius or of varie6 d and ex-
tensive learning. He was a man of the
people, and his great strength lay in bis
understanding of and confding in the peo-
pie. He knew exactly what they Wante d.
He was not afraid of the people, for he knew
that if he did right they would sustain
and uphold him. He therefore made no
mistakes, and, though his measures were
sometimes opposed at first they were always
in the end supported by the popular will.
1t is NOT surprising, therefore, that, having
even taken refuge in the favor of the peo-
pie, his death should be deeply felt. But
while we who have enjoyed freedom all our
lives long, thus feel listless, how is it with
those who have not SO enjoyed freedom
This is the first national mourning ever
seen in the land. Other statesmen and