The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-02
VICE-PRESIDENT WILSON.
End Of the Funeral Services.

Vice-President Wilson took place to-day,
and Notwithstanding the severely cold
weather, there WAS large attendance.
At four clock yesterday, the coffin was
carried from Public Hall, where the face
of the deceased had been exposed tu the
view of his fellow townsmen, who came
in grea. numbers. At II o'clock the
exercises begun. The choir Of Mr.. Will
sons church sung hymn, which was
followed by the reading of scriptures,
prayer, and an address by Rev, Mr.. Rey-
nolds, of Natick
At the conclusion Of the private ser
vices at the house, preparations were at
once made for removing the remains to
the town hall, where the public and final
ceremonies were to take place. These
were soou accomplished and by the ap-
pointed hour, the casket had been placed
upon the catafalque and the mourners as
signed to to seats reserved especially for
them. A special train had in the inter
i'm arrived from Boston, bearing the Gov
ernor and portion of his staifand several
members Of the executive counsel
committee OF the Boston city
government Hon. Marshall Will
der, Congressman Henry Pierce
and the officers of the fifth Maryland
regiment, and of the Independent corps
of cadets; also the Boston Fusillers, who
volunteered as an escort for the day. a
procession was formed and the distin-
guished guests escorted to the Hall, great
crowds filling every available position
from which to view It's progress through
the streets. The mourners having been
assigned seats ut the right of the plat
form, the invited guests were seated in
the front rows in the body Of the Hall,
the pail bearers, who were town people,
to the left. the Grand Army post standing
to- the extreme left, and citizens throng-
ing the remaining area and packing the
galleries About 1000 person; found ad-
mittance to the edilicc, while the seating
capacity was limited to l,2OO. Rev.
Francis Peloubct, Mr.. Wilson's pastor,
opened the service by reading the hymn
God is our strength" beginning with
the words "Man in his weakness needs
stronger stay than tcllow-mani
the Holiest and the Best" which
was sung by the Alpine Quartet of
Boston. Following this WAS an invoca-
tion by Rev. +. a. Reynolds and scrip
ture reading 10y Rev. j. 5, Whcedon, to
which the response ABIDE with Me-
WAS sang BY the quartette. An address
WAS delivesed by Rev. Edmund Eeuse, of
Sherburnc, who manly touched upon his
Intimate personal friendship with the de-
ceased and the great qualities of the
latter as displayed in the midst Of
the people who had known and
were intimate with him from
youth The quartcttc then chanted II
poem written for the occasion, and an adj
dress by Rev. NJ. Peloubet followed, con-
sisting of personal "reminiscences of Mr..
Wilson. The hymn Nearer, My God,
to Thee which was an especial hivorite
of Mr.. Wilson's, rnd IN the singing OF
whicn the entire audience joined, given
with grand effect, and the benediction
by Rev. Mr.. Pcloubet, closed the last
rites over the remains of the Vice PrCsi-
dent.
The procession then formed in
line of march, embracing nearly
every street in the town. 1t was
not until o'clockth that the hearse bearing
the remains reached the grave in Dell
Park Cemetery. The casket was trans
fcrrcd from the hearse and conveyed TO
the side of the open grave, which was
ready to receive it. The Grand Army
post formed square about the lot, while
the military escort was drawn up in a
line in the driveway, and the mourncr5
and invited guests having assembled in
a body-the band meanwhile playing
n solemn dirge-the casket was gently
lowered to its final resting place. Mr.
Peloubet pronounced the benediction,
the relatives and friends took thcr last
look and dropped few ho"ers upon the
casket lid, and the last rites attending
the demise of Henry Wilson, Nico-Pres-
idont OF the United States, were ut an
end.
Tho YIce.prcsidcut's VIII.