The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-19
H0~ORED IN LIFE.
RENE IBERLD IN DEATH

y ing and all the flags were half masted ana trimmed
n with black Among the stores and private houses
: mourning was general The establishment OF Mcssrs
al IL Phillips 65 Canal street, Is closed until after
the funeral and hung with black Other large stores IN
the same neighborlood also wholly or partially
closed In the thronged and busting Bowcry ombcms
of death met US at every step the drapery
z was arranged with more regard to quantity than taste
but some exceptions must be made Francis l5aidwins
No ", is remarkable for its simplicity Of adorn
4 mont A. Rankin, No 90, supplied in effect what 1t
lacked in bulk; and the Oriental Bank was
%smpy and prettiiy dressed out the New Bowery
gaily pul d play bills are usually exhibited were
panted in black; the pillars entwined with black
maurring festoons hung from the balcony ana the ban
ners tied up with crane In front of the entrance
I the announcement CLOSED, in consequence OF the
!. death of the President" Cooks. No 100 Bowery al
bright red brick building, heavily HING with black
which looked all the sombre from the contrast AT
the Bowery Savings Bank the word Lincoln appeared
on mourning badge in the centre, second foor window
and underneath were festoons OF Grape Next door
displayed portrait of the late President and over it the
y words
III OUR COUNTRY wEEPs 81
IL IN GOD WE TRUST 8
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3 Halett Bonds, 1856 Bowery, was another instance o!
good taste and spare decoration ELY Zacharie 2lo
!, Bowery have q portrait OF Mr. Lincoln in mourning
y frame suspended above the doorway ana estoons ol
black depending from the window bases Further up
the street there transparency OF dove bearing an
olive branch in its mouth and underneath the words
reimbursement IN PACE
Tho sentiment better than the Latin The portraits Of
3 shops were gazed at by large crowds.
Passing ont OF the Bowery into Broadway the most
and music balls The Olympic reminded one of clock
that had stopped but whose dai plate still revealed 70
Gus the hour a. which its action ceased The theatre was
aclosed and draped with mourning but Friday play DIS
remained undefaced each side OF the entrance In
the front OF Nbos wero the national fags inermnglen
n with black Grape s444, was in deep mourning, and
the lamp pillars their sable dress stood on each side
" OF the doorway like giant mutes In front OF Wood
Mnstres hall tho lamp pillars were Turned end =. s,6Sed
b with silver stars, they stood up like imposing sar
icophagi tho lamps which surmounted them D1ng so
covered fnereal urns Upon some OF inc
noble marble buildings OF broadway the sable garb of
mourning sat most mpressively This especially tho
sparingIy ntermxcd with white The store OF Tomiin
son. Demarest Co was hung with black Grape; NO o9o
aance The Metropolitan SIMPLY decked oct, a. the
draping OF Tiffany Co, No $50 Broadway, was also
+ both simple and effective
n THE FIFTEENTH WARD.
3 Many OF the private houses in this ward were deco
4 rated in a most becoming manner Wiero there were
balconies they largely mnde use Of with graceful
effect Mourning trophies Of elaborate design wore dis
played in some OF the first floor windows Among the
most beautiful Of these designs was cross OF white
n flowers bark ground Of black crap, at No 10 East
q Fourteenth street. The Maison Doree had mourning
resoon over the doorway In the Sixth avenue quite a
q number Of stores were closed until after tho funeral
y jefferson Market hung with black. The Amty, the
Ph9nx and other engine houses were in mourning and
EAU the hotels displayed similar tokens Of Voc Wash
ngton's monument In Union square appropriately
draped In future our memory of the ono will be-
connnged with that OF his Iamencd prototype who isl
tho only man who can b placed beside the usrious
Z father Of our country .l 10 4fH
THE s,xrfENTH WARD. 9p
Throughout tho whole OF the Sixteenth ward the same
feeling OF unaffected visible on every coun-
tenance In rayerspg The ward nothing but The sombre
Acblems of death mot the eye. 1t would be impossible!
describe in dta the decorations public and pryatcp
Ybudings Every street and avenue presented one I'm
broken line OF Grape and white CLOTH arranged according
to the varied tastos oil tho citizens The national en-.
] bem cnshrouded in black, was suspended from all
lie and I'M QnHt 10
well calculated to inspire the heart with
awe. In many OF the windows pictures OF tho late|
President exposed TO view, and 1t was the subjectI
general remark that the features bore an expression
of deep melancholy entirely at variance with the popl
lar idea OF his temperament pc.ures OF sne aeceaseo
chased for fifty cents readily sold for 50 So 40 eager
the public to secure relics OF the great man whose
memory the country loves to honor.
THE SEVENTEENTH WARD.
This ward demonstrated it's respect for our lamented
President in the dapng Of all its houses aud stores and
general display OF nags AT hafmGst-
The principal buildings in the ward the Cooper In
: sttue, Tompkins Market Seventh Regiment Armory
The Cooper Institute was decorated very neatly. On
the 'front.' The arch and door were srcamcrs Of black
and white muslin, aad in the centre large star nado Of
b black and white Grape, with the intals:-
Tompkins Market and the Seventh Regiment Armory
W re draped in most beautiful manner In fact II was
n the finest we noticed IN the wari All the windows OF
"a the regmenta drill were covered with black and
cs coco set Oh the dressings with very neat black and
white rosettc5.. Each company room was adorned IN n
4 similar manner Tho flags the lrmory were at half
mast, and the aagstiis covered with black Grape
In fact the taste with which tai building u dressed
exceeds almost any place VIC have seen
The Mercantile Library, situated IN Aston place. and oil
the stores In the building in deep mourning The
81 private residences in Second oil dnpcd and
many shrouded flags from tho windows and tops OF the
q houses AL halimasted aud lined with black Grape.
Among those we noticed n Second avenue was house
No 1Ss which very neatly decorated with black and
white strings extending from each window, and black
and white roSee in each corner OF the cornccs In the
plror windows might b. statue of the Goddess OF
Liberty, holding the olive branch the frame of which
draped with black Grape and white rosctte with the
inscription
IN GOD WE TRUST.
THE RrgHTEENTH WARD.
Had angel Of death visited every mansion In this
q eon OF wealth arr fashion there could not nave been
tokens Of his presence embodied In sable drapery
and symbolic cerements, than now appear from the
stately parcoes pillars and windows Of It's paatia build
ings II knew not that the gloomy ornamentaon--
sufficiently monotonous to tire and weaken ordinary Wis
ionwas intended mourning for the assassnaed Pros
dent, he would have concluded that he was passing
through the hauns Of great plague and TINT there was
death in every house The ordinary signs Of demise,
which create terror and among those who st
in them the announcement Of the departure of
relative friend observed stop by step TIL the
heart became thrilled by the emblems Of human dissolu
tion into which its own fate was inscparably bound
Grape bcsieged brick and stone blinds and panels stas
and porches roofs and stories, I'LL IL seemed
that the occupants OF those improvised mau-
SURRENDERED
ally to a representative reign Of death The
marble and bronze door handles were yelled in Grape
ribbons, which hung ominousy down almost TO the
suspended orcusr curtains Of sable CLOTH serge
ALPACA Occasionally the national colors, with the
nsd up and It's red stripes vanly struggling TO escape
the dark hues Of the drapery by which they were
rendered gloomy night hung from the parapes and
revealed that the bereavement was national the die.
play not Ia variable character could not DO
realized To behold IL 10 know that there can be art
taste and ashion In the shapes OF The dapery by which
death announced There was OF In the decor.
atoms Of Of the streets OF the ward the duh routine
Of the tresome fesoons which add imposing emphasis
II 20 moving cataalque; but tho general ornamentaon
- inecniousy tasteful and dssmar tho limits Of
Al appropriate habments could justify There
Of Grape, OF auess modessuch once in stone held
tho ashes Of Roman mobiles; there bright colored
American Shields half hidden by dark rosettes with
pedals Of white SATIN there broad sheets Of Grape
u hung IN negos shapes down from the lofty stories 70