The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-06
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
SENATOR MORTON.
Burial Of the IIIustrlous Dead.
Magnificent Floral Tributss-.. Mas
sivs Decoration Of Tho Church.
Beautiful and Appropriate Notices.
MOurnfaI Song and March and An
them Voice the Nations
Sorrow.
Royal Honors Attest the Nation.
Love for III, Patriot Statesman.
LAID TO REST.

INDIANAPOLIS, November 5.-Raiu iel
from daylight 10 noon, and from moo,
10 dark itgrew colder, with considerabl,
wind; the temperature had fallen l2' upit
sundown. From the opening Of the Cour
House doors this morning until hali.pas
ten an uninterrupted crowd movet
through to view the honored remains
At that hour the pall.bearers took las
look, when the casket Was taken to tht
hearse and thence to the residence, es.
corled by the military. The Grst reou
At the left from the hall was GRACEFUL,
draped with hags and mourning emblem;
In front OF the mirror, between the iron
windows OF this room, stood magnili.
cent spray Of white flowers. In tht
centre OF the room, fronting the entrance
stood floral pillar with a ground o
white aud secondary purple boriei
bearing upon the centre in violets III,
word "Rest" Immediately back OF til.
beneath the mantel, Was Il floral medal
lion, having inserted at its top sheai O
full ripe wheat. Th! was bordered with
white roses, having opposite the shesI
and on the bCttsln Of the circle Ii
1t lay the letter IN" in blu,
lowers, the whole borderCd with a
wreath Of smilaS. In the u room on the
right, standing on the piano, stood floral
harp bearing the motto "Our Friend, ~
aud the initials o. T. NJ, lanked on the
right and left by two broken floral shafts
and in the rear BY portion OF the dec.
orations used at the Court House. In
this room was also placed floral pillow
bearing the legend "IRdiana's Pride,
from Judge Mariindale. in the third
room stood an easy chair, more eloquent
in its vacancy than all the floral tribute,
draped with stars and stripes and mourn.
ing eoiors. In this room was also located
shaft Of laurel and ivy leaves, sur.
mounted by Il white dove, from whose
beak suspended a wreath OF smilax and
ivy, and the motto "a slight testimonial
Of gratitude we bear to one who was an
unsWerving advocate Of woman suffrage,
from Mrs. Francis Minor aud Phoebe
CozEens, OF St. LoEis. In this room was
also deposited a floral pillow, composed
principally Of tube roses, in; the centre
Of which appeared the motto, 't4sNation
Mourns." The casket was deposited in
the fourth or east room, against the man
tel OF which rested an anchor OF tube
roses and carnations with the motto
"Rest' in purple immortelles, from the
President and Mrs. Hayes, brought by
Mr.. Burchard Hayes. This was nankCd
on one side by shield Of white roses,
bearing on the centre the initials 40. P.
NJ" in purple immortelles, and on the
other by an anchor from the colored citi-
zens Of Philadelphia. As soon a. practic.
al after the depositing OF the remains for
the last time in the room 20 familiar to
him in life, the house was cleared and the
family left for a brief hour with their
dead and their grief. Upon the opening
Of the doors, the time was occupied
prior to the removal OF the remains TO
the hearse by the committees from the
Cabinet, Senate and House OF Represen-
talives, distinguished guests and letter
carriers in taking last look, after which
the funeral cortege formed according to
programme.
THE CHURCH DECORATIONS.
The great organ which fills the space
in the rear Of the pulpit, cleaning mass
OF silver pipes, was set in black walnut
frame work and walled in by the broad
descending gallery ballustrades, and the
pulpit frame had flowing from it Grape
loop at the top and two broad bands OF
black parting TO the left and right at the
loot, From the side gas jets in the gal.
lery stretched down to the key bank OF
the organ were two immense flags, the
blue fields meeting in the centre and their
waving tolds looped and intertwined with
Grape. ln front OF each OF the large
staiOOd glass windows, above and below,
through which the light streamed as
through prism, stood three delicate silk
guidons, crossed like an escutcheon. At
each Of the supporting pillars Of the gal.
lery stood \ gold starred silken banner
OF the line, the blue field at the top Of the
folds turned around the pillar on Grape
bands. Along the gallery ballustrades
we're stretched great garrison flags, with
Grape bands looped with Grape rosettes.
At each end OF the balIustrades in the
rear OF the pulpit stood a silk standard,
banded with Grape. Over the pulpit and
stand lay another garrison flag, with black
drapings, completely covering the whole
front, while the pulpit itself had second
covering ola silk standard, the blue
field resting just under the Bible. On this
rested noble star Of white flowers two
feet from point TO point, and below it a
broad Grape band loopcd with black bows.
The altar rail was covered with black,
trimmed with smilAx and knots Of white
flowers. The decorations of the Church,
in keeping with the noble auditorium,
were maSsively rich and abounding in a
dignifed simplicity, which, blending with
the black walnut woodwork and ever
green and upholstery, did not detract at.
Iention from the sad scene itself, which
was the objectofliVing interest. Thelarge
space inside the altar rail and between il
and the pulpit stand was cloaked with a
mass OF the most beautiful and touching
floral decorations, all gifts from athoms
and abroad.
Atl2;25 o'clock the great organ, with
VIM. H. Clark At the keyboard, sounded
the opening notes Of Beeihoven's funeral
march, @0n the Death Of the Hero" Then
came in order the farewell from Jeptha
by Handel, Marche Funebre by Chopin,
Lochery Mosia from the requiem Of Mo-
Fart, a funeral march by Mendelssohn
"Elegy Of Tears by Schubert, a funeral
march to the memory Of o. P. Morton by
W. II. Clark, and last an adante from the
9TH symphony by Beethoven. The choir
Of $50 voices filled the space between the
organ and pulpit stretching around the
turn into the gallery above, with the
farewell from the march Of Jeptha
was Wailing out from tho organ. The
letter carriers, gray uniformed and white
gloved, came in at the side door, each
bearing the floral tributes which had been
sent to the Morton homestead, Cd the
stands at the head aud foot Of the bier
stood q broken pillar Of flowers, the gift
Of Ms. Hill and Mrs. Ingram Fletcher,
Around the altar and on each side Of the
pulpit stood the floral anchor from Pres.
ident Hayes, the Tyre and pillow from