The New York herald., 1865-04-25


Before the remains touched the shores Of the Empire
State foretaste OF the reception which New York was
about to give them afforded at Jersey city Ten
dery and lovingly the body of the great President who
has left to seek his chamber n the silent halls Of
dealh welcomed. No deeper reverence, no more
profound respect paid tho living the dead
Of mortal men. He received
"As an honored guest
With banner and with music with soldier and with priest
With nation weeping and breaking on our rest"
From every part of the State the citizens gathered TO-
,gether to do honor TO lis corpse Bacheadcd and
rowful they Stood till all that left Of their trusted
had passed out of sight, and then turned slowly
|and mournrully away
THE RAILWAY DEPOT.
In the balconies running round the interior OF the
Camden and Aboy Railway depot the spectators began
assemble hours before the arrival of the funeral
Ain. They admitted by ticket without crowding
Tor confusion and in this In all the other arrangements
lat the depot, admirable forcthought and man cement
were shown by Mr.. Woodruff Very many Of those pre-
ladies' the entire number of spectators was
very large The depot draped in the mourning garb
assumed the first being received of the national
oss The balconies hung with mourning, arranged
In diagonal patterns of black and white and at the
lern end Of the building was the inscription
Is BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT AN GOD.
At the other ends the words
A NATIONS HEART WAS STRUCK,
Il APRIL Is, 1865.
On the ferry house this motto:-
GEo WISH SGfoT TE F1THER
L ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE SAVIOUR,
I$ OF HIS COUNTRY
Tho exterior Of the depot also draped and the
coc
hour which the President died. At the end Of
the depot, close to the entrance through which II was
arranged the funeral cortgs should pass, Of the
tracks boarded from platform TO PLATFORM
give abundant for the removal Of the body
The funeral Detachmcnts Of the Second and Sixth
regiments two hundred strong altogether under the
mand OF Captain Livingstone Brevet Major McIaugh
n placed guard the tracks each side Of
the platform along which the procession passed.
OUTSIDE THE DErOT.
Outs the depot every place along the track whence
view OF the funeral train and It's occupants could be
obtained, the crowd collected Immediately In front of
the western to the building there dense
bank spectators piled up above the other the
vacant left standing the track and every
salient point which promised view of the proceedings
II was not an ordinary crowd-pushng jostling and
shouting. rcverential stiffness prevailed, unbroken
and undsturbed, I'LL the Jersey City and It's precious
burthen were under way for New York city
WAITING THE ARRIVAL.
For two long hours the crowd inside and outside the
depot remained mute and almost motonless waiting the
arrival Of the train Among the earliest Official arrivals
Brigadicr General Hatfield of the Hud.on Brigade
General Hunt and Hon. Chauncey NJ Depcw Secretary
of State for New York. TO whom dcputed OF
receiving the body In the Of tho Empire state
Major General sandford commanding the First division
New York National Guard, arrived at a later period
THE NEW JERSEY DELEGATIONS.
Soon after nine O'Clock diversion occurred which
served TO relieve the monotonous stiffness Of the waiting
crowd One Of the gates OF the western entrance was
thrown open and the New Jersey delegations and sing
societies entered with almost noscless rush There
were delegations from Jersey City, Hoboken Hudson
1cuy, Bergen township and GreenvIlc Though but
those occupying official positions were adlted these
Official porsouages made united delegation over five
hundred strong and whom ranged the south side OF
the building occupied nearly the entire length Of the
platform. The singing societies were composed Of the
, four German singing clubs of Hobokcn, and numbered
sxtynve voices They marshaled at the east end
u The platform, in from. Of the Jersey delegations and
we're led by Mr. 4. A. stonge
THE ARRIVAL.
As the clock was the stroke OF ten the sound Of a
minute guI startled tho crowd into earnest attention. aud
few seconds afterwards the pilot engine came In slght
Then every head was uncovered and the funeral train
slowly backed into The depot The Grst cars to present