The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-30
Funeral Ceremonies.of the Late Sena-
tor FOOtc.


WASHINGTON, March 29.-The Senate
galleries were densely crowded to-day
TO witness the ceremonies consequent
upon the death of Senator Foote. Hun
dreds of persons were unable to obtain
admission to the Senate, owing to the
immense congregation of spectators.
Tho Senators occupied seats on the
left side of the Chamber. At II o'clock
Lit. Genl Grant entered in company
with several other military gentlemen.
He was i'll plain citizens dress. The
Justices of the Supreme Court were an
nounced and took II position OIL the eN-
IRENE right. The President of the Uni
ted States accompanied by all the MEM
bers of the Cabinet, excepting Attorney
General Speed, next came i'll and occu-
pied one of the front rows of seats.
Following them came the members of
the House of Representatives, preceded
by their officers. These having been
seated the corpse was brought INTO the
Chamber, accompanied by the Commit
tee of Arrangements, namely, Senators
Doolittle, Anthony, Rownnd, Hcndrlck,
Sherman and Buckalew, and by it pail
bearers consisting of Senators Fessen-
den, Harris, Johnson, Guthrie, Lane,
of Ind, and Sumner, all of them wear
ing white ScarfS.
The coffin was placed Immediately
in front of the Secretary's desk. 1t was
covered with black cloth deliberately
and tastefully decorated with silver
The lid was adorned with the choicest
flowers, and bore Al plate with the in
scriDtion of the name of the deceased
senator and the date of his birth and
death. The immediate relations and
family and friends of the deceased &C.
cuDied seats on tho left and in the To-
caiity of the collin. There were pres
ent besides those already mentioned the
members of the diplomatic corps, offi-
80. n,N,lT
of Washington, chiefs of the executive
bureaus, and many others on the floor
OF the Senate. The President of the
Senate pro tenn, Mr.. Foster, presided.
Rev. DR.. Gray, Chaplain of the Senate,
opened the exercises by reading nppro-
pirate passages of scripture ana by
drawer of deep solemnity, in which he
ieelinGly alluded to the distinguished
character of the deceased, and the
christian virtues which adorned his life,
and imploring 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 upon them.
Rev. Byron Sunderland, former
chaplain of the Senate, then took for
his text the psalm commencing, Like
us father pitieth his children, SO the
Lord pitieth him that fear Him." He
then delivered an address, i'll the course
oil WHICH he III vi
God, he was the friend and pastor of
the deceased for many years, and now
he came rs IL humble citizen of the State
of Vermont to tell the simple story of
his going out from among us from the
commencement of his illness to its
close. In order to show the condition
of tho Senator's mind, his religious
feeling and hopes and his ideaS and
prospects of future life, the Minister
gave an account of the spiritual inter-
views he had had with him.
At seven o'clock the dying Senator
expressed II desire to see once more the
light of the sun in the Heavens and the
Capitol on which it Shone and where he
had so long served the people of his
State and country and where his asso-
cintes were soon to assemble. They
lifted him up. His eyes were already
dim. He sank back on his pillow.
The words of the 23d Psalm were read
who was the dearest to him on earth.
He called her to his side and folded her
in his arms asking, Can this be
death? Has il come already?'
Then looking with eyes of celestial
radience, and lifting up his hands,
he said, 81 see it. l see the gates;
wide open. Beautiful! Beautifully
and then without u pang he immediate.
" expired. The minister inculcated
the lesson that divine grace vouchsateS
to all; it fills the mind with memorials
the most lasting of all human expert
ence on earth. He asked in conclusion
who would not exclaim i'll the language
of one of old, .'Let me die the death of
the righteous, and let my last end be
like his"
Rev. Mr.. Boynton, the Chaplain of
the House, made the concluding prayer,
in which lie said that the Senator was
more than statesman and an honest
mamie was a christian-the noblest
exhibition of manhood this side of the
grave. He then pronounced the bene-
diction, and the funeral services being
concluded, the procession was formed
in the following order: