The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-05

itluAeu u plOcc III the procession hV /
the committe of the common council. 1
but Mr.. Acton, president Of the police
commissioners, assigned them place
in the procession and instructed the
police to see that they were not mo-
Tested Mr.. Actons course was proper
and just The procession was three
hours in passing n given point and
long before the end of it had reached /
tho depot the remains Of the president
were many miles away from the city.
Long as the procession was it was
perfectly orderly, and a strong feeling
OF grief at the great national bereaye-
ment, was everywhere manifested
Broadway, and all the adjoining streets
in the vicinity were thronged bv people
anxious to secure place in the line.
or failing i'm that to catch q glimpse of
the hoarse when it passed AL places
of business we're closed, while the
upper stories of every building along
the route of the procession were occu-
pied by anxious spectators The crowd
IN Broadway was so great that chains
had to be placed around the space in
the park through which the procession
was to pass.
Magnificent, Funcrai Car.
The funeral car upon which the re-
mains were carried in the procession,
was superb piece Of mechanism The
main platform was fourteen feet long
eight wide and fifteen in height On
this platform, five feet from the ground
was a dais six inches in height, on
which the coffin rested Above the dais
was an elegant canopy supported by
four columns curying upwards at the
centre, and surmounted 10y miniature
temple Of liberty. The platform was
covered with black cloth, which fell at
the sides nearly TO the ground, and
was edged with silver bullion fringe.
Festoons Of black cloth also hung from
the sides, festooned with silver stars,
and also edged with silver bullion.
The canopy was trimmed in like man
uer with blnck cloth festoons and
spangled with silver bullion The cor
ners wero srlmounted by a rich plume
OF black and white feathers At the
base of each column were three Amer
lean flags, slightly inclined, festooned
and covered with Grape The temple
of liberty was represented ms deserted
having no emblems OF amy kind III on
around it, except q small flag on the
top ut half mast. The inside of the
car was lined with white satin, futed.
From the centre Of the roof was suspen-
dcd a largo eagle, with outspread wings
having in it's talons laurel wreath.
1 Tho platform around the coffin was
stfewn with flowers. The ear was
drawn by sixteen gray horses covered
with black cloth trimmings, each led
/ by groom.
The passing of the funeral car was
always the signal for the uncoyering of
the beads OF the people who thronged
the walks and all tho steps windows
and balconies Of buildings which com
manded view OF The roate OF the pro-
cession At the depot the hearse was
drawn through the lines Of military
with all the proper ceremony. All
the appointments and arrangements ol
the occasion We're in good taste and
order, and everything passed of sue
cessfu!ly No accidents occurred dur
ing the day. Minute guns were fired
all day and bells were tollod during
the time OF the removal of the remains
to the depot
Funeral Orasion by George Bancrof,.
Alter tho funeral procession had
passed ana immense meeting was held
in Union square, at which a funeral
Grafton was delivered by Hon George
Bancroft, tho historian MIR Bancroft
said onr griof and horror at the crime
: which has clothed the continent IL
mourning find no adequate expression
in words and no relief in tears, Nei
! ther the Office with which Mr. LincolI
was invested by the approved choice
Of mighty people, nor the most sim
pie hearted kindness Of his nature coulC
save him from the iendish passions o
, relentless fanaticism. The wailings o
the millions attend his remains as the,
are borne in solemn procession owe
, our great rivers, along the seaside, be
= You'd the mountains, across the prairi,
to their final resting place in the vale,
of the Mississippi. The echoes of hi
funeral knell yibrate through tn,
world, and the friends of freedom o
, every tongue and in every cline ar,
| his mourners The members of th,
Z government which preceded his adj
: ministration opened the gates OF trea
2 son and he closed them
5 When he went to Washington tn,
r ground on which stood shook unde
his feet, and he left the republic on
l solid foundation. Traitors had sei2eC
: the public forts and arsenals, and h,
4 recovered them for the United States
e The capitol which he found the abod,
= of slaves is now only the abode Of Tia,
free. The boundless public domain
which was grasped Mt and in n grea
measure held for the diffusion O
e slavery, is now irrevocably devoted {,
5 freedom Then men talked a iargol
i Of the balance of power in republic
y between slave states and free states
S and now the foolish words are blown
p away forever by the breath of Mary
i land, Missouri and Tennessee. Til
r atmosphere is now purer than eyeI
& before, and instruction is yanishin,
= away. The country is cast into an
+ other mould and the gigantic systen