Evening star., 1865-04-21
The Remains of President Lincoln
THE DEPARTURE OF THE SfEclAL
TRAIN FOR SPRINGFIELD.

THE DEPARTURE OF THE SPEClAL
TRAIN FOR SPRINGFIELD.
Yesterday the throng of persons visiting the
remains of the late President, ds tney laio III
s.ats in the Capitol, continued until dark, at
which time the doors were closed and the
ruard for the night, consisting Of the Capitol
Police, Capt. Newman, and detail from the
10Th veteran Reserves, set. The number OF
visitors is estimated at about forty thousand,
and but for the inclement weather the number
would have been probably twice as many
The coffin was covered with profusion Of nat.
ural flowers, from the hand Of affection. The
catafalco (which was mostly trimmed by Mr.
G. L. Kirby, Of the Capitol Police,) was sur.
rounded by platform, which the crowd as.
cended, passing to the head Of the coffin, and
thence to the west door Of the rotunda, and
cut of the building.
The following OIL GERS were In charge of the
remains, and Gen. M. y. Meigs was present
Edward Z. Stone, of the monitor Montank;
ItjsBt. Com'r A: Ward Weaver, monitor Ma
Lieut.. N H. Farquhar, U. S. steamer Santi.
ago de Cuba; Lieut A. r: McNair, of Admiral
Farraguts staff; Lieut.. L. NJ. Shepherd, U. :.
monitor Mahopac, on the part of the Navy.
Brig. Gen. j. r. Slough and Capt. r. @. Grale,
Of his staff: Brevet Brig Gen. Gamble, Uapts.
a. J. Wickersham, A. A. g.; T. o. Brown, A
A. I. G; G. q. Laurence, A. @. M; Lieuts. @.
F. Moore, H. A. Moore, H. a. Pearsons and
George Gamble, Of his staff.
The Removal OF the Remains to the Rail.
road Station.
About SIX o'clock this morning insatnns the M aio,s shs
paIl bearers, and several officers Of the army
with Senators, assembled in the rotunda, and
after taking farewell look at the corpse
geants who carried the corpse on Wednesday
and under guard Of honor, composed OF the
companies of Captains Cromee, Bush, Hille.
brand and Dillon, OF the 12th '. r. c., under
the command of Leut- Col. Bell, the rem aims
were taken TO the depot, the Cabinet and others
following.
The remains of little Willie Lincoln, who
died in February, 1862. and were placed in a
vault at Oak Hill Cemetery, were removed to
the depot about the same time, and placed In
the same car with the remains of his lamen ted
father. The body was embalmed at the time
by Drs Brown and Alexander, and placed in
metallic burial case; but yesterdaysthe case
was placed in a handsome black walnut coffin,
silver mounted. The silver plate on the bust
OF the burial case is Inscribed
CIVILIAN WALLACE LINCOLN,
ssBorn December 21st, 1885,
"Died February Goth, 1902
The remains Of father and son were placed
on the car next to the rear, one which was
built for the L. ). Military Railroad, originally
for the President and other dignitaries. 1t con-
tains parlor, sitting room and sleeping apart.
ment. Yesterday it was put in mourning by
Mr. John Alexander, the windows being hung
with black curtains and the entire furniture
rooed In black. Along the top. outside, Is
row OF mourning gathered to black and white
rosettes, and another similar row extends
around the car below the windows. This car
IS IN charge OF MIR. John McNaughten, u. 5.
M. X. R. a plain stand, covered with black
cloth, was placed in the south end Of the car,
on which the remains of the President were
placed, and on a like stand atthe opposite end
the remains Of little Willie rested.
The Scene at the Depot.
Tne military, as soon as the remains had
fhnr1 rNnd lntn
building, and strong quart was placed at
all approaches, no person being allowed but
oftcers OF the army and navy, the delegations
going with the trains, and the passengers for
the Philadelphia train, leaving at 80 AT the
back Of the Depot, Capt. Camp, of Soldiers
Rest, posted guard and kept the crowd back,
large number OF persons having gathered.
There were quite number Of officials present
as the train was being made ready, among
whom were Secretaries Stanton, Usher,
Welles, McCuiloch, and Postmaster General
General Grant, Generals Hunter, Hardee,
barnard, Rucker, Townsend, Ekin, Eaton,
Howe, Hall, McCollum, Capt. Camp, of Sol
dlers Rest, and others Of the army; Adnai-Hi
hEi 81 ahs BpIsa"f &of Field, Of the Marine R
As the time for the departure Of the train
Grew near, the parties holding tickets took
inelr u places In the train, among them Gems.
Barnard, Ekln, Townsend, Hunter and Howe,
-sfiu tne lnree naval officers named above, as
also Gen. McCallum, superintendent of the
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the whole arrangements; President Garrett, of
the Baltimore and OHIO railroad; Col. Lamon,
U. $. Marshal OF the District Messrs Edwards
and Smith, two relatives of Mr.. Lincoln; T. F.
Pendle, the principal doorkeeper at the White
House. and H. &. Smith, the special policeman
at the Executive Mansion; a detail of twenty
ore first sergeants OF the 9TH, 10th, 9th, 12ih,
18th, 18th and 9th regiments Veteran Reserves,
under charge OF Capt. j. M. McCamley, Of the
9ta; Lieuts. ]. r. Durkee, 7th E. Hoppy, 18th;
e. Murphy, 10th; three gentlemen of the press
n E~I~~, 81 a
will be joined at Philadelphia by Mr.. Corbett
u. h. Painter, Of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Dir. Page OF the New York Tribune, and DIR.
Adonis, OF the Chicago Tribune.
The Railroad Station.
The station, which, since the death Of the
President mas wern mourning on the outside,
was elaborately draped inside this morning,
the work having been done yesterday under
the direction OF Mr.. George S. koontZ, the
General Agent Of the road; now every window
and DOOR frame being draped and heavy fes-
toons falling from the eornice Of the main
saloon, and large flag covered with Grape
hanging over the door leading to the platform.
Over the gate to the platform q large arch
covered with mourning was sprung, and the
railing running the entire length of the plat.
form was covered
The Train,
The train in which were the remains and
those accompanying them, was composed of
eight cars, six of them being the beautiful
double-deckers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Road, one the car from the Military Railroad,
above described, and the last the one intended
for the family and the Congressional Commit
tee, sent here yesterday by the Superintendent
OF the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Ba,ti.
more Road. This car contains parlor, cham.
ber, dining room and kitchen, and is elaborate.
ly furnished. The train was put together by
DIR. John Collins, dispatcher Of trains, while
MIR. KoontZ the general, and Mr.. Walker, the
passenger agent, saw that the passengers were
properly Gated. The train was under the i'm.
mediate charge OF Capt. J. p. Dukehart, one
OF the most popular conductors, who goes
through with the remains to Springfield, as
special aid to Gen McCallum
The Pilot Engine.
The engine to 20 before the train as the pilot
was NO, 2o9, OF which VIM. Galloway is the
engineer ana James Brown fireman. It was
heavily draped in mourning, all the brass bein
covered, while in front there were two large
nags fringed win mourning and four smaller
ly draped. Atprecsely ten minutes to eight
o. finna han hoo..