Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-09

The funeral services in Washington of
the late Vice. President Henry Wilson
took place in the Senate Chamber on the
morning Of the 25th.
| The crowd in attendance was large, not.
withstanding the weather was unfavora.
BILE, and many were unable to gain nd
mission to the building. The Senate
Chamber was heavily draped in mourn
ing, and the catafalque was placed imme.
diately in front OF the Vice Presidents
table. Seats were arranged on the floor
for the President and his Cabinet, men,
bers OF Congress, Judges Of the Supreme
Court, and other prominent persons who
attended the services.
The casket containing the remains was
brought into the room by twelve soldiers
and placed upon the catafalque, two pri-
Yates OF the Marine Corps taking position
one at the head and the other at the foot Of
the coffin, and standing "at rest" during
the entire service. The chair Of the Vice
President was vacant and heavily draped
in mourning.
Among the numerous floral offerings on
the casket In the Senate Chamber was
large monument bearing the following in
scripton:
Floral offering from the South, by the Rev.
David Wells, for the funeral Of the lamented
| Vice President. the student, statesman. phi.
ianthropist and Christian, whose name will
ever live in the annals of his admiring coun-
trymen, and whose memory will be cherished
by the wise and good, without respect to sec
tion or party.
Selections of Scripture were read by the
Rev. DR.. Sunderland, after which the Rev.
Dr. J. 4. Rankin delivered an eloquent
discourse. After prayer and bcnediction
by the Rev. DR.. Sunderland the coffin
was closed and the funeral cortege was
formed and proceeded to the depot of the
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad. The
funeral car in which the remains were
conveyed to the depot was deliberately
trimmed with black cloth and surmount-
ed by five heavy black plumes. 1t was
drawn by six white horses, caparisoned in
black, each one led by groom in mourn
ing Surrounding this car was guard Of
honor, consisting Of three non.comms-
sioned'ofticers and ten privates, under COM
mand Of G. B. Haycock.
The casket having been placed on the
platform at the depot, Senator Thurman,
Chairman of the Committee of Arrange
ments, addressed the Massachusetts Com
mittee, and consigned to them the remains
Of the Vice President, Col Wyman reply
ing to the Senator's address. The body
was then placed in the car and, accom-
panied by the Massachusetts delegation
the Congressional Committee and large
number Of other gentlemen, was taken to
Baltimore, where large crowd was found
in waiting at the depot. Notwithstanding
a heavy and cold rain was falling at
the time the streets for nearly two miles,
extending from the Charles street depot to
Nlxa y,11 .l,l
by people of all conditions, who waited in
a severe. storm for more than an hour for
the procession to come and go. The ar
rangements here were of the most system
attic and satisfactory character The Fifth
Maryland Regiment formed the prin-
cpal escort through the city, in
full uniform and bearskin hats. The
hearse was drawn by four black horses
led by grooms, and as the concourse
passed through the city amidst the tolling
of bells, the ringing of chimes, and the
music it was a mournful and impressive
spectacle.
The casket was placed on bier in the
rotunda OF the City Hall, and for an hour
and a half a vast crowd passed through
and took Il last look at the features of the
departed.
The remains arrived in Philadelphia at
1910 p. m, where they were met by over
$4,000 people and escorted to the State
House, the Second Regiment Of the Ma
tional Guards of Pennsylvania acting as
the guard ofhonor. After the body had been
transferred from the hearse to tho
hall, and placed in the room where
the Declaration of Independence was
signed the doors were thrown open
to the public Although it was midnight,
thousands had waited for an opportunity
to take last look at the features of the
dead statesman, and line which reached
a distance of several blocks was formed
and the throng commenced passing in, and
was almost continuous during the night
and until ten a. m, many persons being
unable to gain admittance
At eleven o'clock the body was placed
in a hearse and taken to the depot en- route
for New ork city, where it arrived about
four p. m, and was met by five regiments
of infantry. officers of the regular army,
400 policemen, battalion of the Fire De
partment, numerous committees from pO-
litical and other civic bodies, and officers
of the National, State and municipal gov
ernments and large concourse Of peo-
pie, and escorted through the city to the
depot of the New York Il New Haven
Railroad.
The funeral cortege reached Boston at
0;30 on the morning of the 2Sth. Eight
policemen in dress uniform, who had
been detailed for the purpose, bore the
casket from the train to the Beach street
entrance. Capt. Haycock, with his de-
tachment of twelve marines who had &C
companied the remains from Washington,
together with the officers of the Fifth
Maryland Regiment, marched on either
side of the casket as a guard of honor.