Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-03-17

the Senate cOmmlttee, contemplated
in the resolution, after adjournment;
and the Senate then adjourned.
The Committee on Arrangements
was to meet the next morning at 10
o'clock at the house of Mr.. Sumner
| and, with the Massachusetts, delega-
| ton and Seargant-at-Arms of the
Senate, accompany the remains to the
Capitol. The body will lie in state in
the rotunda of the Capitol until few
minutes before 1890 O'clock, when it
will be conveyed to the Senate cham
Der, preceded by the Chaplains of both
Houses of Congress and the Congress
sional Funeral Committees. The SEN
ate chamber is draped in mourning
and extra chairs have been placed OH
the floor for the accommodation of the
members of the House Of Representa-
tives and the families of Senators. 81,
The President and members of the
Cabinet and the Judges of the SUI
preme Court, who have been invited
to attend, will occupy seats in the
semi-circle in front of the Vice-Presi-
dents desk. With the exception OF
the diplomatic gallery, the other gall
laries, which are wholly reserved, will
be open to the public. The services,
which will consist of brief prayers and
readings from scripture, will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. b. Sunderland,
Chaplain of the Senate, and the Rev.
]. G. Butler, Chaplain Of the House.
BY special request no remarks Will be
made on the occasion. After the SER
vices the remains will be conveyed to
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
depot, accompanied by the members
of the Senate and House, and will fol-
low the regular train by special for
Boston. Besides the members of the
Congressional committees appointed
to accompany the remains to Boston,
they viii also be accompanied by
Major Poor and other personal friends
of the deceased. 1t is said the body
will not stop in New York. On its
arrival in Boston it will lie in state in
Faneuil Hall. The following commit
tee on the part of the Senate accom-
pany the remains to Boston: Anthony,
Schurz, Sherman, Oglesby and Merri-
man.
At 1890 P. NJ. the House was notifi-
ed of the resolutions adopted by the
Senate. E. r. Hoar made some brief
remarks and then offered the resolu-
tions which had been previously
agreed upon by the Massachusetts,
delegation. These were adopted. A
special committee was appointed, and
the House adjourned amid the most
profound silence.
The special committee on the part of
the House met Immediately, and it
was agreed that all of them would ac-
company the remains to Boston, three
of the committee being also members
of the Ways and Means Committee.
The latter adjourned until Wednesday
morning next, by which time it is eX-
pected they will have returned.
Dispatches of the 18th state that the
remains of Senator Sumner were re-
moved thatlforenoon from his late res
idence to the Capitol. The committee
of arrangements and the committee to
escort the remains to Massachusetts,,
together with the pail bearers and the
Massachusetts Congressional delega-
ton, with their families, met at the
house some time previous. Some
ladies laid upon the casket large
floral cross, and sympathizing friend
two immense fern leaves.
The casket containing the remains
was placed in a hearse drawn by four
white horses, and this was followed by
$50 colored men on foot, including
Fred. Douglass, Pinchbeck of Louisi-
ana, and John F. Cook, Register of the
District, the Congressional Commit
tees, and the Massachusetts delegation
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others took their places in carriages.
When the procession arrived at the
Capitol, the coffin was placed in the
rotunda on q dais, and was covered
with floral tributes from various
persons. The face of the distinguished
dead was visible through glass, and
showed some discoloration, The body
was dressed in a suit Of black, the
hands resting on the breast. There
was an immense crowd on the west
side of the Capitol-many colored per
SONS and many women dressed in deep
mourning. The crowd about the gal
leries was the largest ever seen there,
while the galleries Of the Senate were
filled to repletion long before IL o. clock
and many hundreds were unable to
Gain admission. At noon the crowd
was still thronging all the approaches
to the Capitol. At an early hour Cen
eral Sherman, accompanied by his
staff. General Mcdowell and other
high officers of the army, and Admiral
Lee and other prominent officers OF
the navy, entered the Senate Chamber
in full uniform and were assigned seats
behind the bar. Shortly after the Di-
plomatic Corps, in citizens dress, made
their appearance, and were conducted
to reserved seats on the floor of the
Senate, Immediately behind the seats
left vacant for the Justices Of the Su-
preme Court, and adjoining those re-
served for the House Committee APP
pointed to attend the funeral, Among
them were Sir Edward Thornton, Ad-
miral Polo and Baron Lederer.
At IL O'Clock the catafalque was
brought in and placed in front OF the
Vice-P Presidents desk. The principal
mourners, consisting of the Massachu-
sets Congressional delegation, Ben.
Perley Poore, and other intimate
friends of the deceased, entered short
ly after and were assigned seats to the
left of the Vice-President's table.
President pro tenn. Carpenter then
called the Senate to order, and Rev.
Byron Sunderland, Chaplain OF the
Senate, offered up a brief prayer, after
which the journal was read ana Buck
ingham moved that the adjournment
of the Senate be till Tuesday next.
Agreed to. At this point the men,
bers of the House entered, headed by
Speaker Blaine, and were assigned
seats on the right of the Vic..Presi-
dents chair. The Justices Of tie Su-
preme Court next entered, alfred in
the judicial robes, and at 1896 Presi-
dent Grant and the Cabinet arrived
and were assigned seats to the right