Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-03-15
Eastern Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13.-The remains
OF Senator Sumner were removed this
morning from his late residence to the
Capitol. Some time previous, some
ladies had placed upon the casket large
floral cross, and some immense fern
leaves. The caskel was placed in a
hearse drawn by four white horses. fol-
lowed by $50 colored men on foot, in
Guiding Fred Douglass. Pinchback, of
Louisiana, and John T Cook, Register of
the District. The Congressional COM
mittees, and the Massachusetts, delega-
ton and their families, as mourners, and
others, took places in the carriages, and
the cortege moved to the Capitol. The
coffin was placed in the rotunda, on
dias, covered with floral tributes. The
face of the distinguished dead was visible
through the glass, and showed some dis
coloration. The body was dressed in q
suit OF black, the hand resting on the
breast. There was an immense crowd
on the west side of the Capitol, consist
ing mainly of colored persons, and many
women dressed in deep mourning. The
crowd about the Capitol was the largest
ever seen there, while the galleries of the
Senate chamber were filed to repletion
at an early hour. General Sherman,
accompanied by his staff, General Nc.
Dowell and other high officers of the
army, Admiral Lee and other prominent
officers OF the navy, entered the Senate
chamber in full uniform, and shortly
after two members OF the Diplomatic
corps, in citizens dress, made their APP
pearance. At II o'clock the catafalque
was brought in and placed in front of
the Vice Presidents desk; the mourners
consisting Of the Massachusetts, Congress.
sional delegation, Ben Perley Poore and
other intimate friends of the deceased,
entered shortly after, when President
pro TEN. Carpenter called the Senate to
order, and the Rev. Byron Sunderland,
Chaplain of the Senate, offered brief
prayer, after which the journal was read,
and Buckingham moved that the ad-
Journment of the Senate to-day be till
Tuesday, which was carried. At this
point the members of the House entered,
headed by Speaker Blaine, and were
assigned seats on the right of the
Vice Presidents chair The Justices
OF the Supreme Court next en-
tered, attired in their Judicial
robes, and at 2:30 President Grant and
the Cabinet arrived and were assigned
seats to the right Of the chair next to the
members of the Supreme Court. The
committee of arrangements and the pail
bearers Immediately afterward entered =,
followed by the casket borne by six pc.
licemen, white and colored. The re.
mains were borne to the catafalque, and
as the solemn procession marched in,
DIR. Sundland repeated, 81 an the resur.
reetion and the life," etc. The caske,
was placed on the catalogue and corss
composed, by Miss Grant, Of lilies, ca.
melias and white rosebuds was placed
upon 1t. Rev. Dr. Butler, Chaplain OF
the House, read a portion OF the scrip.
lures and offered prayer. DR.. Sundland
followed. reading from the scriptures and
concluding the services with the Lord.
Prayer. The Vice President pro TEN
Carpenter, then said, nov the Senate O
the United States entrusts the remain,
OF Charles Sumner to its Sergeant-at
Arms and to the committee appointed t.
convey them to his home, there to com
NIT them, earth to earth, ashes to ashes
dust to dust, in the soil Of the common
wealth of Massachusetts,. Peace to hi
ashes" The coffin was then closed an.
removed from the Chamber, followed
by the committees appointed by tn
senate and House to accompany the re
mains to Boston; every one standing
as the coffin was removed. The coffil
was carried out at the entrance OF tn
Senate wing of the capitol and deposite,
in the hearse, and attended by mounte,
police. 1t was folio wed to the Baltimor
and Potomac Railroad depot by pro
cession of the members OF the CIV
Rights League colored organization @
this city, headed by Fred. Douglas an
Pinchback, followed by carriages contain
ing the COMMITTEES Of the Senate an
House appointed to accompapv the re