The Portland daily press., 1869-10-11
WASHINGTON.

AoNORS TO THE MEMORY OF EX-PRESSDENT
PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9-The following orders
have been issued:
Department of State, Washington, Oct. o.
Pursuant to the order of the President this
Department will be closed as a mark OF respect
to the memory or exPresident Pierce.
(Signed) HAMILTON FISH.
In obedience to the order by the President,
as marks of respect to the memory of Elk Pres
ident Franklin Pierce, deceased, this Depart
ment will be draped in mourning for thirty
days and its several bureaus, offices and custom
houses throughout the United States will be
closed on Monday, the 11th inst, on which the
0bsequies OF the deceased will be solemnzed.
The public works under the control of this
Department Will also be suspended and the
flags set at half mast on that day.
(Slgned) j. f. HARTLEY,
Acting Sec. of Treasury.
Head Quarters of the Aray. Adjutant Gen
erals Office, Washington, Oct. Gin compli-
ance with the instructions of the President
and Secretary of War, on the day after the
receipt of this order at each military post, the
troops will be paraded at ten o'clock, A. NJ,
and the order read to them, after which the
labors of the day will cease. The national flag
viii be displayed at half mast, at dawn of day
thirteen guns fired and afterwards at intervals
of thirty minutes between the rising and set
ting OF the sun single gun. At the close of
the daT national salute of 81 guns. The
officers of the army will wear Grape on the left
arm and on their swords, and the colors of the
several regiments will be put in mourning for
the period of thirty days.
By command of Gen. Sherman:
j. G. KELTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
In pursuance of the order of the President it
is hereby directed that twenty-one guns be
several navy yards and stations on the day
where this order may be received in time. 9TH
erwise on the day after its receipt, commence
ing at noon; and also on board the flag ships in
each fleet. The flags of the several navy yards,
naval stations, marine barracks and vessels in
commission will be placed at half mast from
sunrise to sunset on the day when minute guns
are fired. All officers OF the navy and marine
corps will wear the usual badges of mourning
attached to the sword hilt and on the left arm
for thirty days
GEO. NJ. RoBEsoN Secretary of Navy.
WILL OF GEN. RAWLINs
Mrs. Rawlins, accompanied by President
Grant appeared in the Orphans court with the
will of the late Gen. John A. Rawlins for the
purpose ofquaiifying as executors under the
will. General John G. Smith, CO.. E. A.
Parker and Hon. Jacob d. Cox, who witnessed
the execution of the will, testified to the genu-
ness of the signature of the deceased. and the
will was admitted to Probate record. Letters
testamentary were issued to Mrs. Rawlins and
PRESIDENT Grant; the amount of the bond for
the faithful execution of their trust being fixed
at 10000. He first bequeaths to his wife and
children his house and lot situated at the south
wost corner of 18th and M streets as equal
heirs, and also his lands in Cheynne and Cod
city, Wyoming Territory. To his son, James
Brandon Rawlins, he leaves his library; to his
father and mother his property known as the
Rawlns homestead in the town of Guilford,
Joe Davis County, Illinois. At their death the
property is to be divided into eight portions,
five of them to go to his brother Samuel, who
is to satisfy Ills sisters Mary and Laura and
brother Robert, and to keep the place as a
whole