The Portland daily press., 1875-11-24
THE DEAD VICE-PRESHDENT.
Preparations for the Funeral.

WASHINGTON, u. c., Nov. 23.--The morning
is wet and cold, with but few persons at the
Capitol. The remains of the Vice-President
are still in his room guarded by the Capitol po-
lice The committee representing the HOUSE
OF Representatives, State Department and the
Supreme Court, met this morning at the De.
partment of State The general wish was ex-
pressed that the funeral of the late Vice-Presi-
dent take place on Saturday next, at noon, the
services to be conducted in the Senate Cham
Der, and that the remains be conveyed to Phila-
delphia, there lie in state in Independence
Hall till Monday morning. In other respects
followed
The Order of Prccessien.
The committee of arrangements met at the
Capitol this evening and agreed upon the fol-
lowing order of procession for the funeral of
Hon. Henry Wilson, Vice President of the
United States:
The committee of arrangements, pail bearers
and mourpers will attend at the Vice Pres-
dents chamber in the Capitol on Friday the
10Th OF November at 10 O'Clock a. M. at which
time the remains of Hon. Henry Wilson, late
Vice President OF the United States will be re.
moved from the l0tunda in charge of the com
mittee of arrangements, attended Ly the pail
bearers and mourners and the Sergeant alarms
of the Senate, to the Senate chamber, where at
1890 divine service will be performed.
When these ceremonies shall have been
completed the funeral procession under COM
mand OF Brevet Maj Gen. N, III. Emory, U. S.
Army. will move in the following order from
the Senate chamber to the depot of the Balti-
more and Potomac R. r. Co., where the re-
mains will be placed in charge of the commit.
tee appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts
to receive them:-Military escort; Chaplain of
the Senate and assistant clergymen; the phys-
clan who attended the deceased; the committee
of arrangements-SeDator Thurman, Senator
Morrill, of Vermont, Hon. j. A. Garfield, Hon.
Samuel Randall, Hon. w. w. Warren, ex-
Gov. Dennison, Associate Justice Clifford,
Secretary Fish; the Massachusetts committee
the pail DEMONSTRATORS Edmunds, Sherman,
Bayard and White, ex-Speaker Blaine,
the hearse; the relatives of the deceased; the
Sergeant-at-Arms Of the Senate; members of
the Senate preceded by the President of the
Senate pro tenn, and the Secretary of the SEN
ate; the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of
House; the President of the United States;
heads OF departments; Judges of the Supreme
Court of the United States; Judges Of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia; Off
GERS OF the army and navy and of the marine
corps; organized associations which may desire
to attend; citizens and strangers.
The body will leave here at 1.37 D. M, and
upon arrival in Boston will have military es-
cort through that city, leaving there at o'clock
p. m. Rev. DR.. Sunderland, chaplain of the
Senate, will offer prayer at the funeral cere-
monies OF Friday morning, and Rev. DR. Ran
kin will pronounce the discourse. The body
will be placed in the rotunda on Thursday
morning, where it will lie on the same cata-
falque used for President Lincoln, Senator
Sumner, Chief Justice Chase and Hon. Thad.
deus Stevens. Upon reaching Philadelphia on
Friday night, the body will be taken to Inde-
pendence Hall, where it will lie in state till 10
or II o'clock on Saturday morning, and then
be removed to New York. 1t is not the inten-
ton of the committee to stop in the latter CITY.
They expect to leave there for Boston on the 8
p. IN. train Saturday.
The Navy Department to-day issued an order
similar to that issued by the Secretary of War
Yesterday.