The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-05-04

letters warming him that al, attempt
would pYebably Be made upon his life,
but8to this he do: not seem to attach
much ifapy impoftance. IL has. always
been thought thathe was rot sufficiently
careful Of his individual safety in his
last visit to Virginia.
On frequent occasions he would start
from the Executive mansion for his
summercountry residence at the soldiers
home, without;the nsualoayalry' escort,
which hurried and overlook him before
he had proceeded far, Il has been un.
derstood that the escort was accepted by
him only on the importantly. OF his friends
as matter of precaution, 4! IN iae,t,D
The President, before retiring to2bed
would, when important military events.
were progressing, visit the War Depart
ment generally alone, passing over the,
dark intervening grounds even at late
hours on repeated occasions, and after
warning letters had been received sew,
eral close and intimate friends armed;
for any emergency were careful that he,
should not continue his. visits without
their company. For himself the ,Presi',
dent had nocfeafs. 500 .syN 10 !pJn U}
THE ID DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS AND
in9nigeA > THE FUEERAb.sa 4 g,r,~'H
After, tile death ofthe President, ana
as soon as the lbody,ha been ,decently
composed,it was taken to the White
HUhse, where it was temporarily laid
ont in one of the upper rooms iof the
house, known as, the Guests Room, ID
MISUNDERSTANDING of the building. No
chan ge ehasl,eenmade in the arrangement
Of the furnitare.S In the middle, of the
room were two undertakers stools, Gov.
cred with, black velvet upon which
rested the cloths covered cooling board,
oniawhich Fwere placed the remains.
The body was dressed in the suit of
plain black worn BY him on the occasion
j Of hislast iqa'lguration Upon bis pillow
and over the breast Of the corpse were
scattered white flowers aud green leaves,
offerings Of affection, 4 The featpfes sre
natural A placid smile is upon the lips.
The eyes aud upper part of tie cheeks
are still discolored by the effects Of the
cruel shotwhich caused his, death. The
\ face, however, is natural, ana the broad
brow and firm jaw remain sasinthe por.
traits of the late President so familiar to
| the people. ',n.R5 .,I u. ',',,'.y 1.si !. r.
II was proposed TO remove the discol.
oration from the face by chemical process,
but the Secfetnryiof War. insisted That
That was part of the history of the
event.. and it should be allowed ID
remain as an eyidence to the thousands
who would view the bodywhen itshall
be laid In state, ofthe death whichtths
uartyrto his ideas2of justice and right
lad suffered. The body was covered with
1.-THE white sieloth, and over the features
was thrown. a fine cambrici handkerchief.
Aguard ofhonor has been present,ir
! this chamber ofdeath ever since the body
was thus laid out" Gems gAugur, Has.
kns and Howe, each attended BY subal.
tern officers, have, BEEN alternately the
watchers beside the great dead. llr'r,i
lsf 1.-THE GRAND cATAFALouEs ~ ,ha.
upon which the body'of Mr.. Lincoln
isto be laidin state, is bengere6ted in the
East Room ofthecWhite House, ,nnder
the direction, of John, Alexander, ESQ,
the upholsterer Of the White House.GS II
Iisto be placed across the breadth Of the
room, east and west, opposite the doc,
| leading from, the reception rooms. The
floor OF Observation-Disclosures which the
coffin will be placed, is about four feet
above the level Of tile floor! 1t awill be
approached on either side by one step
Above tthereista canopy futed inside
with white silk. The whole icatafalque
will be covered with black alpaca, with
centres Of white Grape, and the cornice,
also covered With'black, am5"
I Wl'SF THE PpNERAB OAR ueF 80
has been Designed BY Mfr. s. III, Clark
| Architect of the. Treasury. 1T win bs
evmagnifcenti affair." fourteen feet il
length lafheI bed iof the caf Iwillkbe
fourteen feet from tho, ground, dfaped
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