The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-03-13
WASHINGTON.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR aUMNRR's FUNERAL
WAsutNGToN, March 12.-The commit.
tee 10 make arrangements for Sumner'a
funeral have not yet reported, bat Il h
understood that the following arranes.
men1s VIII be determined upon, In &c
GoFdancc with the suggestions Of Major
koorc and iew other immediate friends
ol sumner now in the city: The body
Will be brought to the Senate Chamber
tomorrow morning and exposed tU tho
view OF the public, II the success Of the
emb&lmtng process Is sdch as 10 warrant
II. Religtous services will be held in lhe
Senate Chamber at 1880 p, NJ, and a
funeral procession will be formed 10 40
company the remains TO the railroad de.
pot, whence they will DO taken BY a spe.
c!al train 10 New York In time 10 reach
Boston by Saturday.
The following Senators have been
named by tho President pro tempors OF the
Senate as a committee on tho part Of The
Senate 10 accompany Senator Summers
remains TO Boston: Messrs. Anthony
SehuIz, Sargent, Sherman, ORlesby and
MerrimAn.
The President pro tEnp0re Of the Senate
named the following as the Senate Com.
mittee on Arrangements for Charles Sum.
ner's funeral Messrs Anthony. SchuT2
Frellnghuysen, Morrill, (Me.), Stevenson
and Thurman. They will meet and make
arrangements this afternoon.
The Senate Committee on ArranOs.
ments made the following arrangements
Tor the obsequies 10. morrow:
The remains oil the deceased member
will DO conveyed by the Senate Commits
zee ol Arrangements to the rotunda OF
the capitol between 0 and 10 o'clock 10.
morrow morning, and will lie in state
there until few minutes before l2.30P,
NJ, when they will be carried TO the Sen.
ate chamber, preceded by the Captains Of
both Houses OF Congress and the commit.
tee.
The Senate chamber will be sppropri.
ately draped, and extra chars be placed
on the tJor Tor tho accommodation OF
members Of the Honse Of Representatives
and the families of Senators,
The President and members Of his
Cabinet, and the Justices OF the Supreme
Court are inYIIed 10 attend, and will 90.
cupy seats In the semI-circlo In front OF
the presiding officers desk.
With the exception Of the diplomatic
and other galleries which are reserved,
the galleries Of the Senate will be open 10
the public.
Senator Carpenter this afternoon went
Into the Supreme Court room and moved
that the court adjourn over tomorrow TO
attend the obsequles Of Senator Sumner,
and the court at oncs granted the motion.
The Committee Of Arrangements and
pail bearers, attended by the Sergeant at.
Arms ot the Senate, with the Vice PreaI.
dent, United States Senators and Repre-
sentatives from Massachusetts (sccom.
panied by their families as mourners, and
the Chaplains Of both Houses Of Coupress
will assemh ct the late residence Of the
deceased Friday morning at nine O'clock.
TO attend the remains 10 the Capitol. The
pail bearero will be Senators Anthony,
Schutz Sargent, McCsecry, Oglesby and
stockton. Those specially invited 10 at.
tend the funeral are the President and
members Of the Cabinet, Justices Of the
Supreme Court, Diplomatic Corps, the
General ot the Army and the Admiral Of
the Navy. The invitations Of the two
last named include invitations to the army
and navy officers and officers Of the marine
corps respectively.