Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-04-22
IFUNERAL CEREMONIES {

wto had chorge CT admission 10 the execu-
tive mansion, they including the assistantk
Secretary, assist M p. General the assist
Attorney Gensral, Senators and Represen.
tatives iu congress. the Governors Of sever.
al States. Judiciary and others Of promi
nence. None conld enter the mansion|
without tickets, which had been provided
for GOO persons only. upon raised platform
with steps on the east. north and south sides
of the room. The corpse lay about 10 the
center, space being reserved oil around for|
the catsfalgue with chairs for occupation
Joy the family Of the deceased.
1t was here 10 The east room that the|
bodies OF Presidents Harrison and Taylor
Hay in state, but the arrangements on|
those occasions we're far Inferior 10 the
present. AT sbont IL o'clock the guests
'began to arrive. A body OF about sixty
sclergymen being the 6rst TO enter, then
the heads of bureaus, Governors OF states,
smrmbcrs OF the. municipal government.
2prominout officers of the army aud navy
diplomatic corps, &c,
At noon the President Of the United
Estates in company With his cabi e., ex
scept Secretary Seward oppr oched the
4 gca,afalqne and teok last but brief Look
&at his iln trious predecessor, and then re.
s3uged TO position on the east aud in full
&view of the coffircd remains
81 At IL: 10, amid impressive silence, Rev
EDr. Gurley, approaching the head of be
Ecatafslqne, announced the order OF rellg
ions services, when D.. Hail. Episcoppan,
Nread a portion of the scriptures according
q to the forms Of that church
q The opeung prayer was offered bY b sh-
sop Simpson, Methodist. Rev. D.. Ga ley
then delivered u sermon, standing on step
near the head Of the C, fin. He com
Emenced by saying: We recognize AND
Hadore the sovereignty of Almighty G"d
= HIS throne is in The heavens, and Hi
Ekirgdon ruleth over ul. 1t was crne
dand da,k hand of The assassin that smot,
hour hoMored, wise ard noble President, and
E6Iied the land with mourning Bat ab I'VE
H his hand there Is another which we mus
Is e and acknowledge In the midst Of ou'
n ejoiciug we needed this stroke, this di,cl
Epline, and God has sent it; our .ffl c'ioI
has not come forh from dust, nor from th,
aground. Beyond The act of ossas'i na'icl
MIet US look TO God, whose prerOg alive is
30 bring light out of darkness aud 60 d
HUut Of evil lie who has led us so vel
Maud prospcred us so wonderfully during tn
Hast four yea of anxiety and conflict, viii
Hnot forsakr US now. lie may cha,ten, but
Ewill no, destroy. Let our principal anx
Eiety be tha this new sorrow may be d
Hsarcliied so row, and induce US to give al!
1--WE have to the cause of truth, istice, Law
Eorder, and good government, aud pure AM
& Eund, filed religion.
a Rev. DR.. Gray, Baptist, closed the sol
Eenn services by prayer.
z The c'rpse was then removed TO h,ars
iu front oi be door of ,he Executive NJ IN
Hsion, and at 2 o'clock the procession wa
Horned, and took the lue of Peunsyvani,
mAseuuc. Roofs, doors, porches, window
Mand all elevated points were occupied b.
Especta:ors. As the procession starte,
amiDule guns were fired near Sr.Johu'
EChnrch. City Hal and the C.piIo, aud al
F!the bells were toled
U First in lhe order OF the procession wa
"a detachment of colorei troops; then fol
Hlowed the white regiments of iufan:ery anI
3secticns OF artillery and cavalry, the navy
3mafine, and army Officers on foot, the pail
EShearers in carriages; ncxr the hearse draw
%bY six white horses-ct fiji prominent I,
sievely beholder-the fl ,1r on which il rest
kicd was stiewn with evefgrcens and white
u flowers, hen followed the President aud
& Cabinet, the Dip omaiic corps, m 'in1erS OF
q Congress, Go7erno S OF States. delegations
glrop various Sales, FIRE companies, civi
sa sociat:onSsc,e Ks ofthe dep ,rmen,s aud
10 hers, together with many public and pri
vate carriages, closing up with large
anumber of coIored men
4 The body was coHveyed 10 ard deposi
q ed in the ro,unda of the capitL
q This was the largest aud most impo ing
Nfnneral procession eye- seen in w ,shiugl on
a An hour and half wa, occupe cd in pas
Essng given point. The nearest relatives
s3of the late Presidents family nov here are
q he two sous of the deceased. Ciptain
4 Robert and Thaddeus Lincoln, n. W. Z /
! wards and c. U. Smith of Sp-iug field
3hrothers in law of the late Pees lent, and
DIR. Lyman b Todd Of Lexington, KY.
and Gen. IL b. To Id of D4eotah, cousin:
3of Mrs. Liucon.
Mrs. Lincoln was not present at tbt
Funeral. II is said that she has not seer
5her husbands corpse snce the NOR Mug o
his death. .-..-.
The day set apart for the Funeral Obseqacs
of the President was observed in Montreal, il
sobedience to proclamation of the Mayor, re
A 9commendin0 snaDanoian of husinaaa nh