Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-06
Funeral Of senator Morton.

IMPRESSIVE SERVICES AT THE CdURCH.
The funeral OF ex.SeI ator MorIo1 toJk
place at IndisnaI oils yesterday. RAN fell
from daylight tin nuoB. From the opening
Of the court house In the morning until half
past ten an uninterrupted Jhrong moved
through, viewing the remains. AT that hour
the pail bearers took last LOOK when the
cash ct was taken 10 the hearse and thence 40
the residence, escorted by the IN 'ij-a-y.
From there the funer'al coriege proceed : tn
the church. Al OLe O'Clock the remsius were
brought into tue church. PIE 1ede I; by "a
oIficlattTg clergy men and followed ~ the
pail bearers Hon. f b. Msrtindsie. Hon. J.
TyLer. Assistant POSTMASTER Gen. raj. DR.
". {. Thompson, eN-Gov. Conrad Baker
Gen. James y Ekin, assistant quarter
n aSter general, Hon. John +. heOheS. hon
Henry Taylor, Hon. a. q. Porter, followed
ty The family and relstives. Then came
Senators PAWS, Burn side. BayarG- McDDn-
aid. Cameron, Of Pa ana Booth, aGG X pre-
sentauves Banks, Cobb, TowHsepd, Bur
chard. Davidson and Hanna. Then fol-
lowed the Secretary of War, tue Secretary OF
the Navy, the Attorney General. ant Bur
cha5d Hayes. son Of the President, eN-tiuv.
HeIdricks, Gov. Williams, Hon. Bsnj. Br,s-
tow, Gen. John NJ. Harlan, Gov. Young. Or
Ohio, Gov. CGllnm, OF III; jOl IDg-r.o0,
" Jrat BRlSiead, Ma yor Moore, fueO Co.'s,
Judge Cox, cf CinCiuna 4, and many o.haT
distinguished visitors, both ffom abroad "A
every section Of the stale. Then came The
Indiana STATE officers, Mayor Cave.
ard tie city council Of iudiansPoi'S.
Al lilo Toe choir sang the anthem Cast tag
bulCen NJ on the Lprf and lie shall sustain
thee" Rev. Myron Reed then real from
Scriptures. followed ith q prayer by Rev.
IT Henry Day. After the g. he n, My faith
iOoFs up To Thee n sermon was preached
by Rav Jos. Bradford Cieavef, from second
Samuel, ID chapter, part OF lth verse, "S8ul
Is dead The anthem, And am | olly bprl
To dle?' wsS sung. after which the eUlOsy
was delivered 10y Rev. i. II. b 3ylesS, pastor
OF the church In which the ceremonies took
place. At 2.55 after prayer by the ". Prof.
:. X. HoShom, the bened elton was pro
nOuuceG by President futile, of Wabash
College. The casket was then removed TO
the he8Tse. ard
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION
moved, under command of Gen Lew. W al
lace, the odd Fellows having taken charge
of The corpse by their pail bearers. The first
division, Col. n. K RuclIle commanding
was composed OF the military OF iu1ianap.
oils Muncie, Terra Haute, CrswfoTdsvtlle
and LogaDsport. The second division. com
named by Gen. Peaser, assisted by Thomas
Underwood. marshal, was com posed of O Ii
Fellows, com prising the Grand Lodge of In
diana, and lodges of The various paris of the
state, including the lodge and encampment
from Centrevlle, of which Senator Morton
was member. The third division, COM
manded by Major j. r. Wildm8n, was fol
lowed by The clergy, hearse, family, II. -.
Senators, members of Congress, u. :. army
officers, federal judges, state officers, county
fcers. The fourth division, under command
OF Albert Gall, esq, consisted OF citizens in
carriages and citizens on foot IL was five
O'Clock when the Odd Fellows ceremonies
were begun, which were necessarily short
ENID by the lateness of the hour. The remains
were deposited in the vault of the chapel az
Crown Hill cemetery.