The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-30
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MIDNIGHT REPORT.
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WASHINGTON, March %.
SENATE.
The galleries were densely crowded to- day
to witness the ceremonies consequent upon
the death Of Senator Foote. Hundreds Of
persons were unable to obtain admission, ow.
ing TO the immense congregation of specta
tors The Senators occupied seats on the
left side of the chamber. At II o'clock Lieut..
Gen. Grant entered in company with several
other military gentlemen. He was in plain
citizen dress. The Justices Of the Supreme
Court were announced and took position on
the extrme right. The President of the U.
S., accompanied by all the members of the
Cabinet, excepting AAorney General Speed,
next came in and occupied one of the front
row Of seats. Following these came the mem
bers of the House of Representatives, prece-
ded by their officers These having been
seated, the corpse was brought into the cham
Der, accompanied by the committee of ar
rangements. namely: Senators Doolittle,
Anthony, Howard, Hendricks, Sherman and
Buckalew, and by the pail bearers, consisting
of Senators Fessenden. Harris, johnson,
Guthrie, Lane, of Ind, and Sumner, all Of
them wearing white scarfs The coffin
was placed Immediately in front Of the
sSecretary's, desk. 1t was covered with
black cloth, elaborateiy and tastefully
with the choicest flowers, and bore a plate
with the inscription Of the name of the deceas-
ed Senator, and the date of his birth and
DEATH The immediate relatives and family
friends of the deceased occupied seats on the
left and in the vicinity of the coffin. There
we're present, besides those already mention
ed. the members Of the Diplomatic Corps.
Officers of the Army and Navythe Mayor Of
Washington, Chiefs of Executive Bureaus,
and many others. on the floor of the Senate
The President of the Senate pro TEN, Mr. Fos-
ter, presided, Rev. DR.. Gray, Chaplain of
the Senate, opened the exercises By reading
an appropriate passage of Scripture and BY
prayer of deep solemniry, in which he feeling
ly alluded to the distinguished character of
the deceased, and the christian virtues which
adorned his life. and pronouncing the Divine
Blessing on the President and his advisers,
so that they may derive wisdom from above
the better to discharge the high and respon-
sible duties resting upon them.
Rev. Byron Sunderland, q former chaplain
of the Senate, then took for his text the
Psalm commencing, " Like as a father pitieth
his children, SO the Lord pitieth them that
fear him. and then delivered an address. in
the course of which he said that r the
providence Of God he was the friend and pas
tor of the deceased for many years, and now
he came as an humble servant of the State of
Vermont to tell the simple story CT his going
out from among US, from the commencement
of his last illness to its close In order to show
the condition Of the Senator'S mind, his re-
iigious faith and hope, and his ideas and pros.
poets Of a future life, the minister gave an ac-
count of the spiritual interview he had with
him. At O'Clock, the dying Senator ex-
pressed . desire to see once mole the
light of the sun in the heavens. and the capi.
tol on which il shoue and here his associates
were soon TO assemble. They lifled him up.
His eyes were already dim. He sank back
on his pillow. The words of the 23d Psalm
were read to him. and solemn prayer de-
livered by one who was the dearest to him on
earth. He called her TO hrs side. and folded
her in his arms, asking, = Can this be death
Has it come already - Then looking with
eyes of celestial radiance, and lifting mp his
hands, he said, 81 see i'll see the gates
wide open. Beautiful! Beautiful ! = And
then, without a parg, he imme~i.tsly expired.
The minister inculcaied the lesson that divine
grace vouchsafes 10 al-it fills the mind with
memorials the most lasting Of all human ex.
perience on earth.
He asked in conclusion. who would not ex
claim in the language of one Of old, '.Let me
die the death Of the righteous, and let my last
end be like his Rev. DIR. Boynton, the
Chaplain OF the House. made the concluding
prayer. in which he said that Senator Foote
was more than statesman and honest man
he was christian--the noblest exhibition Of
manhood this side of the grave. and then pro-
nounced the benediction. The funeral SER
vices being concluded, n procession was
formed in the following order The Chaplain
of Congress for the occasion, the Physician
who attended the deceased, the Committee of
Arrangements and pail bearers, the family
and friends of the deceased. the Senators and
Representatives from the State of Vermont
and mourners, citizens of the State of Yer
mont the Sergeant at Arms Of the Senate of
the U. s., the members of the Seuate. pre-
ceded by the President Of the Senate pro tenn
and Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant
at, Arms OF the House of Representatives,
preceded by its Speaker and Clerk, Pres-
dent Of ,he z. s., 1.-THE heads or departments,
the diplomatic corps, Judges Of the U. S.,
officers of the Executive Departments, Off
GERS Of the Army and Navy, the Mayor of
Washington, citizens and strangers. The
procession proceeded to the B. 4 Q. R.R. sta
tion, when the corpse was placed in a car for
immediate TRANSMISSION to Vermont.
House adjourned until Monday.