Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-22
The Arrival of the Funeral Party,

| The Arrival of the Funeral Party.
THE RECEPTION AT THE DEPOT AND PROCESSION
| TO THE CAPITOL.
| The funeral train, bearing the remains of the
late President and the funeral party, arrived at
the Baltimore and Potomac depot about half
past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, as stated
in the second edition of The STAR. An immense
crowd of people were assembled there to meet
the train, though there was no excitement, and
when the casket was being removed from the
car to the hearse the silence was only broken by
| the music of the hymn, Nearer my God to
Thee" played by the Marine band. When the
debarkation was made Mrs. Garfield was es-
corted to the carriage by Secretary Blaine and
her son Harry.
After them slowly came General Swain and
Mrs Swain, Colonel Rockwell. Mrs. Rockwell.
Miss Mollie Garfield and Miss Lulu Rockwell.
Colonel COrbin. DR.. Bliss and Miss Bliss, Dr.
Boynton, DR.. Agnew, DR.. Hamilton. Secretary
HARDWOOD. Postmaster General and Mrs. James,
Attorney General and Mrs. MacVeagh and the
two Macveagh boys, Secretary and Mrs. Hunt
Captain Henry, Secretary and Mrs. Lincoln and
| their young son, Abe Lincoln.
Then came President Arthur General Grant.
Senator Jones and General Beale. When the
party had passed through the depot the car
riages were filled in the following order: First.
Mrs Garfield, accompanied by her son Harry.
Mrs. Rockwell and Miss Mollie Garfield and
Miss Lulu Rockwell. Second carriage, Mrs.
MacVeagh and Mrs. Secretary Lincoln; next.
Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Fred Grant; next, Cen
eral Grant, Senator Jones, of Nevada, and
General Beale. The next carriage contained
PRESIDENT Arthur, Secretary Blaine, Chief JUS
tice Waite and Secretary Window, followed by
carriages containing parties in the following
Order:-Secretaries Hunt, Lincoln and Kirk
wood and Postmaster General James; Attorney
General MacVeagh and Private Secretary Brown;
Dr. Boynton, Marshal Henry and Warren Young,
Gen. Swain, Col. Corbin and Col Rockwell.
Then followed the hearse drawn by six grey
horses The carriage containing Mrs. Garfield
| and daughter was driven down Pennsylvania
avenue to ~ street, and from there it turned
up and was driven to the residence of Attorney
| General MacVeagh
The funeral escort from the depot to the Capt.
tai was formed of the District Notwithstanding.
ton Light Infantry, Col. w. G.. Moore; Union
Veteran Corps, Capt S. f. Thomson; National
Rifles, Capt. J. o. p. Burnside; Washington
Light Guard, Lieut.. F. S. HodgsOn; Capital City
Guards, Capt. T. S. Kelley; detachment US.
marines; battalion of U. s. artillery four foot and
one light battery from the barracks (ArsenaD;
Washington, Columbia and other Communicates
Knights Templar
At the Capitol.
ARRIVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SOLEMN AND
SILENT CEREMONY.
At $50 the head of the procession reached the
east front of the Capitol. There was a throng
of thousands of people on the plateau to the
east. The pOrticOs of the Senate and House
wings were black with people, The hearse
stopped. The officers of the House and of the
Senate and members of the Supreme Court were
there to receive the body. They were: The
sergeant-at-Arns of the Senate, Bright; John
&. Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Houses
Virginia; Urner, Maryland; Townsend. Ohio;
Dezendorf Virginia; Thomas Illinois; Shelley,
Alabama; Senators Ingalls,, Morgan Pugh, Gar
land, Kellogg, and Davis (West Virginia). JUS
tlce Harlan and Justice Matthews, ex-Justice
Strong, General Field, Doorkeeper of the House.
and Colonel Adams Clerk of the House.
The military marched past the east front and
were formed in line, with faces to the Capitol
The Marine band broke out in harmony, Nearer
My God to Thee, and continued that dirge until
the casket was inside the rOtunda. The casket
on the shoulders of eight soldiers, was taken
slowly up the steps. Then followed the follow
ing President Arthur, Secretary Blaine Chief
Justice Waite, Secretary Window, Gen. Grant
Secretary Hunt, Secretary Lincoln, Attorney
General MacVeagh, Postmaster General James,
Secretary kirkwOod. Gen. Swain, Col Rock
well, Private Secretary Brown, Col. COrbin, C. O.
Rockwell W. S. Young, District Attorney Cork
hill, A. A. Adee, Marshal Henry, w. S. Roose Com
mlssloners Morgan and Dent and Major Twining
Inc party which came down from the rOtunda
to receive the remains followed after. Facing
the coffin on either side were platOOns Of Co.
lumbia COmmandery, Knights Templar, who
formed the guard Of honor. The procession
passed into the rotunda and the casket was
placed upon the catafalque. The ceremony
over, the soldiers withdrew.
The Casket Opened.
VIEWING THE REMAINs-A SIGHT TO BE REMEM-
BERED FOREVER.
The glass at the head of the coffin was then
uncovered and the escort took look at all that
was mortal of the late President. Nobody could
ever forget that face. 1t had become blackish.
The beard was thin and gray. 1t could barely
be seen where on the right of the face it had been
cut away, SO carefully was the body arranged.
The eyes were sunken and hollow. Dark circles
under them extended down to the cheek bones.
The nose was the only feature that was recOg-
niZable. The dark skin is drawn SO tightly over
the bones of the face that it would seem as if it
would be cut by the pressure. The lips are
slightly parted and show the tightly clinched
teeth beneath. The people who see the face will
remember it forever. Those who had composed
the funeral cortege left after looking into the
coffin.
Under the Dome.
THE REMAINS LYING IN sTATE-CROwDs OF PEO-
PIE STREAMING THROUGH THE RoTUNDA
President Arthur was the first to see the dead
after the head of the coffin was uncovered to
light. The crowd of people were then allowed
to file in line of twOs. marched into the east
door OF the fotunda, passed on either side of the
bier and went out by the western door, All
night long this march kept up. Sometimes it
reached an hundred yards from the foot of the
steps and sometimes it ebbed to a struggling
few. Seen under the gaslight of the rotunda,
the dead looked even worse than by daylight
The dome was Illuminated and the globes around
the walls were lighted. The light way up in the
dome crossed the light from the walls The one
was yellow, the other nearly white The result
was peculiar light resembling that which
comes through the stained windows Of chancels.
All was perfectly silent. Men and women with
heads uncovered passed slowly through, with
out conversation and without making any stir.
To Attend the Funeral.
OFFICIALS AND DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE WHO
WILL BE PRESENT.
telegram from Columbus last night, said
that Gov. Foster. Assistant Adjutant General
Axline and State Secretary Townsend had left