The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-06

immediate direction OF Major Gen. Hook
er, marshal i'll chief.
TIE tiremen made q hue appearance.
The guard Of honor consisted OF iens.
barnard. Rear Admiral Davis, McCulluM,
Ramsey. Caldwell, Thomas, Howe, Town
lsend and LakeD, and Capt Field, U. >, n.
and Major Field. U. S. Marine Corps.
The relatives and family friends OF the
deceased were in carriages, including
Judge Davis of the Supreme Court, OH
ciating clergymen and Bishop Simpson,
lDf. Gllrley and others.
The Governors Of six or seven States
were in the procession; members OF Con.
gress with their officers, and the State and
municipal authorities of Illinois and dele
cations from adjoining States. ;,
Tho long lines Of these and other CIVIL
ians was closed by Free Masons, Odd Eel
lows and citizens at large, including color
led persons.
The hearse was followed by the horse
formerly belonging to Abraham Lincoln.
Its body was covered with black cloth
trimmed with silver fringe.
There were immense crowds OF people
in the vicinity of the Capitol 10 see the pro-
cession as it passed, aud persons for sew
eral miles occupied the sidew walks.
The procession arrived at Oak Ridge
Cemetery at III o'clock. On the left of the
vault in which the remains OF the President
and his son were deposited. was a platform
on which singers and an instrumental
band unitelly Joined in the chanting and
singing Of appropriate music, including a
+ burial hymn by the deceased Presidents
pastor, the Rev. Or. Gurley. On the right
{ was the speakers stand, appropriately
draped with mourning. A short time ago
this property, containing eight acres, and
located In The heart Of the city, was pur-
chased by the citizens, aud it was designed
| lor eli 0A1 0lx- fil
and attractive. and to erect thereon a mon
ument to the illustrious dead. A vault has
just been completed for the reception of
the remains, but owing to the wishes of
Robert Lincoln, the remains were depos-
tied in Oak Ridge Cemetery, nearly two
miles from the city. The vault at this
place is erected at the foot of knoll In q
beautiful and newly added part of the
grounds, which contains forest trees of all
varieties. 1t has dOric gable resting on
pilasters, the main wall being rustic. The
vault is fifteen feet high and about the
same width with semi-circular wings OF
brick, projecting from the hill side. The
material is limestone procured at Joliet,
Ills. Directly inside the ponderous doors
is an iron grating. The interior walls are
Il covered with black velvet, dotted with
evergreens in the center Of the velve'. Its
foundation is Of brick, capped with mar
bic slab on which the coffin rests. The
front OF the vault is trimmed with ever
greens. The dead march in Saul was sung
accompanied by the band, as the remains
were deposited. Thousands Of people were
assembled at the cemetery before the arri-
val of the procession. The scene was SOL
ennlv interesting, and the land scape truly
beautiful in the light of an unclOuded sun.
The religio JUS exercises were the singing
Of dirge, followed by the reading of APP
propriate portions Of scripture and a
prayer after another hymn bv the choir !:
the Rev. Mr.. Hu bbard read the last inaug-
ural of President Lincoln, next Il dirge was
sung by the choir, when Bishep Simpson
delivered the funeral Grafton. 1t was in
the highest degree eloquent. and the patri-
otto portions OF i; were apDiaudad. Then
followed another hymn, when the benedic
ton was pronounced by the Rev. Or. Cur
Hey. The procession then re formed
and returned u the city. We have follow
ed the Remains of President Lincoln from
| Washington, the scene OF the assassua.
ton, to Springfield, his former home, and
! now TO be his final resting piece. He had
been absent from this city ever since he
left 1t i'll February 1861 for the national cap.
ital Ia be inaugurated President of the
! United States. We have seen him lying in
state i'll the executive inansion, where the
obss qnies were attended by numerous
mourners, some OF them clot with the
/ highest human HDnoFs aud resp .nsibil;.
ties which our repu blican institutions can
bestow. and the diplomatic representatives
of foreign governments. We have follow.
ed the remains from Washington through
Baltimore, harrisburg, Pniiadel hia, New
York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Column
bas, Indianapolis and Chicago to SPRING
| field u circuitOus distance OF seventeen or
eighteen hundred miles.
Ali along the rOue millions of people
have appeared to M 1itest,h by every means
of which they wer capable, their deep
sense of the public css and their apprecia.
1 ton Of the many virtues which adorned
the life OF Abraham Lincoln. All classes,
without distinction Of politics or creed,
spontaneously united in the posthumous
| hOnorS. All hearts seemed to beat as one
at the bereavement, and now the general
PROFESSIONS are ended, our most mourntul
duty of escOrting the mortal remains
of Abraham Lincoln hither is performed.
We have seen them deposited in the tomb.
1 We think friends with subdued and strick-
en- hearts have taken their adieus-they
turn their faces hoineward ever to remem-
Der the affecting and impressive scene
which they lave witnessed. The lnjunc.
ton so often repeated ON the way, BEAR
him gently to his rest,' has been obeyed,
land the great heart Of the nation throbs
heavy at the portals of the tomb.
I Wilson's Great Rate.
New YORK, May 4.-The Herdlds Sa-
vappah correspondent of the 29th says:
Gen. Wilson's famous raiding expedition
ovrJyo<3 hoeo vosfordav frnm Macon