The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-04-05
Washington. March. %.

Ahe CSudse gdIIerleS we've UehSeiy crow
ded to-day to witness the ceremonies con
sequent apon the death of Senator Foote
hundreds of persons were unable to OBJ
tain admission to theSenate, owing to tht
immense congregation of spectators.
The Senators occupied seats on the left
side of Ahe Chamber.
AT IL o'clock 1t. Gen. Grant entered in
company with several other gentlemeh; he
was in plain citizens dress. The Justices
OF the Supreme Court were announced, and
took position on the extreme right. The
President of the United Stases accompa-
MED by all the members of the Cabinet
excepting Attorney General Speed came
in and occupied one of the front row OF
seats, and following these came the men,
bers OF the House of Representatives, pre-
ceded by tasir officers. These having
been seated the corpse was brought into
the chamber'accompanied by the commit
tee of arrangements, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Dholittle, Anthony, Howard. Hendriek,
Sherman and Buckalew; and the pail bear
ers, consisting of Senators Fessenden.
Harris, johnson, Guthrie, Lane of Indiana
and Sumner, all Of them wearing white
scarfs. -s
| The coffin WAS placed Immediately in
front Of the Secretarv's desk. 1t was COW
erd with black cloth, deliberately and taste
fully nrnamented with silver. The lid was
adorned with choicest flowers and bore a
plate with an inscription If the deceased
Senator, and also contained the date of his
birth and death.
The immediate relatives and family
I friends Of the deceased occupied seats on
the left in the vicinity of the coffin. There
were present besides those mentioned, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps, officers of the
army and navy, the mayor of Washington
chiefs nfexecutive bureaus, and many 9TH
ers on the floor ofthe Senate.
| The President of the Senate, pro tem.,
Mr.. Foster, presided. Rev. DR.. Gray,
chaplain of the Senate, opened the exerci--
ses by reading an appropriate passage of
Scripture and by a prayer o: great sole,n-
nifty, in which he feelingly alluded to the
character ofthe deceased and the Christian
virtues which adorned his life, and implo-
ring the divine blessing on the President
and his advisers, SO that they may derive
| wisdom from above, the better TO discharge
the high and responsible duties resting up
on Them.
Rev. Byron Sunderland, a former Chap
lain OF the Senate, then took for his text
the Psalm commencing, Like as fathor
pittieth his clildrenso the Lord pitieth them
that fear him." and then delivered an ad-
dress, i'm which he said:
In the Providence of God he was the
friend and pnstor Of the deceased for many
years, and now he came as an humble SER
| want of the State of Vermont to tell the
simple story of his going out from among
us from the commencement of his last ill
ness to its close, in order to show tho con-
dition of the Senator's mind, histreligious
faith and ht9e and his ideas and prospects
of a future life. The minister gave an ac-
count of the spiritual interview he had
with him mt o'clock. The dying Senator
expressed desire to see once more the
light of the sun in the heav. ms and the
Capital on which IL shoue and where he
had so long serv.d the people of his State
and country, and where his associates were
soon to assemble. They lifted him up; his
eyes were already dim, he sunk back on
his pillow; the words of the 23d Psalm were
read and solemn prayer delivered by one
who was the dearest to him on earth. He
| called her to his side and folded her I'm his
arms, asking: "Can this be death? Has it
come already?" then looking with eyes of
celestial radiance and lifting up his
hands he said, 81 see it, / see the gates
wide open! Beautiful, beautiful =! and
then without II pang he Immediately ex-
! PRED.
| The minister inculcated the Lesson that
divine grace is vouchsafed to all, it fills
the mind with memories the most lasting
of all human experience on earth. He
asked. i'll conclusion, "Who would not
exclaim in the language of one of old: let
me die the death of the righteous and let
my last end be like his" ! j.. .... ...
Rev. DIR. Boynton, the Chaplain of the
House, made the concluding prayer, in
which he said that Senator Foote was more
than a, statesman and honest, he was
Christian, the noblest exhibition of man.
nounced benediction.
The funeral services being concluded, a
procession was formed in the following or
der:
The Chaplain OF Congress for the occa-
sion; the physicians who attended deceased
the committee of arrangements and pail
bearers; the Senators and Representatives
no tafo IF nd
citizens of the State Of Vermont; the Ser
geant-at-Arns of the Senate of the United
States; the members ofthe Senate, prece-
ded by the President OF the Senate pro tenn
and Secretary ofthe Senate; the Sergeant
alarms of the House Of Representatives,
preceded by its Speaker and Clerk; the
President of the United States; the heads OF
Departments; the diplomatic corps, Jud-
ges Of the U. S. courts; officers of the Ex-
ecutive departments; officers of the army
and navy; the Mayor OF Washington; citi-
zens and strangers, a. s-a.,.,..a.gt -esan#3
The procession proceeded to the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad station, where the
corpse was placed in a car for immediate
transmission to Vermont, .s y.st..us.
The report that Gen. Grant was about to
go to Europe IL cOntradcted. ....% -.tH..
a...ls Esq., buffalo, March 81.
News has been received here this morn
ing of the most destructive fire ever known
nj Oil Creek. 1t is now raging ON the Egg
bert and Stony farms. The town Of Petro-
leum Centre is in great danger. s.. 49,
| ... New York, March 81.
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