National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-03

Elaborate Preparations for the Funeral
The nnmnlna 70 LIE La hInic Tn.hnN

Elnborntc preparations Tor the Funeral
The Remains TO Lie In state To-day.
NEW York, December 2.-ElabOrate prepare
lions are making for services al Dr. ChRpins
church on the occasion OF Mr.. Grceloys funeral
Wednesday Miss Kellogg and other leading
singers have offered their services for the choir
The church will he tiraped In mourning
The common council to-day adopted resolutions
CulOgtzing Mr. Greeley, and setting apart the
Governors room I'm the city hall IA the place
where the body shall lie In State Tomorrow; thai
the councils attend the funeral In body, and
wear mourning thirty days; that the 1ags on pub
he buildings be displayed ut half-inast, and that
vessels In the harbOr and private citizens be re-
quegtCd to do likewise,
The following gentlemen have been named as
guard Of honor over the remains. John 4. Dix,
VIM. =. Havemyer, Thurlow Weed, George W.
Narian, W. Butler Duncan, 4. 4. stewart, Abra-
ham r. lawrence, Horatio Seymour, William j.
Hopplnt william Cullen Bryant, Henry n.
NitRll, Peter Cooper, W. d. Astor, John Mckeon,
Samuel j. Tilden, shepard Knap, John 7. Hon.
man, A. Oakley HAL, Moses II. Grnnell Charles
OConOr, Emil Sauer, Augustus Schell, William
NJ. Eyarts, {. I. Daily, aud VIM. c. Prime.
\ committee was appointed to request Gen.
Shaef 70 provide proper military escort for the
PRESIDENT on his arrival, Tue representatives Of
the various societies will form guard Of honor
10 cooperate with the committee Of citizens
The cOnpOsiturs Of the Tribune to-day adopted
resolutions Of respect 10 the memory Of MI
the belief that the President will attend the
funeral OF Mr.. Greeley gives general satistac-
iiOn.
LITTER OF rnE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
NEW IORE, bee. 2-The following letter has
mlttee:
HD'QRs DENocRArIg NAItoS A. COMMITTEE,
NEW NOnK, Dee, 3, lsia. ,
The National Democratic Committee 10 not
regard u wtthlng the scope OF the authority dele
ilated 10 them 10 advise the electors Of the sew
cral states who favored the election Of the can
didates nominated at the Baltimore convention
as TO the course they shall pursue In view Of the
death OF Horace Greeley. Such an event was
nnrrOvdcd for by the action Of the convention.
succeeding conventions will without doubt make
provision for similar contingency; and as no
practical result can follow the establishment Of
precedent by this committee, II Is deemed inad-
NtlAble that this committee should make any re-
commentator to the electors.
AUGUSTUS SCuELL,
Chairman National Democratic Committee.
REVOLUTIONS or POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS.
NEW YORK, Dec. "A general tribute Of re-
Epect was paid this evening to the memory OF
Horace Greeley by the various political OrJaniZa-
Tons In this city. The Liberal Republican gem
oral committee, Tammany Society and the
Liberal Club, adopted resolutions Of regret at the
death OF the greatest Of Americas sons, and re-
solved to attend the funeral In body. The
linton League club adopted resolutions for the
forgetting the recent political events they only
remembered his great services and rendered their
sympathy to his bercaved children.
The Republican Executive Committee resolved
10 attend the funeral In body, and empowered
9 subcommittee TO draw up suitable resolutions.
The Wills OF Mr. and Mrs. Greeley are now In the
possession Of the surrogate Of West Chester
county. They leave all their property, real and
personal, to their two daughters.