Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-22

 and foot of it. The coffin was black, with silver handles. Black rods ran along the side and upon the top was silver plate with the inscription.
 JAMES ABEAM GARFIELD, Born November 18th, 1881. Died President of the United States, September 18th, 1881.
 The coffin was lined with white satin. Across the top and crossing each other, were two long leaves of palm. Only the face ana shoulders were visible, and one needed to know that all that remained of James A. Gar
 field lay there to recall the features so familiar during life. The President was laid out in the suit of clothes he wore on inauguration day. His left hand was laid across his breast after the manner he had in life. The face to those who knew General Garfield only from his portraits could not have been recognized Even the features were no longer there There was an expression about the lower lip which those who knew him best would recog nize The cheeks were gone. The brow had lost the massive appearance which had char acterized it in life. The beard was so arranged about the parotid gland as to conceal that terrible scar, and an arrangement about the pillow served still further to conceal the swelling which helped to sap away his life. The involuntary wh1s- pered remark of all as they gazed upon the loved form with shudder was, "l never should have recognized him. How he must
  told how much. It was most marvellous that he lived so long. As the crowd slowly entered and left the hall, the bell of the little chapel in the distance was tolled. Its tones could be only faintly heard above the roar of the sea.
 At exactly 9:3o a. m. the doors of the Francklyn cottage were closed, the crowd was excluded. aud the mass of people who had gathered about the lawn was gently forced back by the guard of honor and preparations made to remove the body to the train. The Cabinet meantime had ar rived and seated themselves in the special car provided for them. The family remained in their apartment attended by Colonels Swain and Rockwell and those who were so near and faithful during the Presidents life. The orderlies then began to place the bag gage in the cars. The cars presented strange external appearance. All the outside was covered with black cloth except the roof. The cloth about the solid parts of the woodwork was gathered in festoons. At $40 the Governor of New Jersey, with his staff and delegation of citizens, arrived at the cottage. Immediately afterward the body was placed in the car by the undertaker's attendants passing through @ a file .;nod od President Arthur, the Cabinet and Chief Justice Waite of the United States Supreme Court, the judges of the United States Court in this vicinity, and the Cover nor of the State entered the train. Mrs. Garfield then entered the car assigned to her. The guard of the soldiers, with reversed arms, were the last to enter, and everything was in readiness to start. The blanks which extended from the cottage to the train were removed. The bell of the chapel was slowly tolled and the train left Elberon cottagee Two weeks and one day ago it arrived there few hours later in the day. At 9:55 tn. train started slowly, without any perceptible noise around the curve toward the main track from the sea. Just before the body was placed upon the train 8 short service was read and prayer offered. When the train arrived at the junction of the main track the special car of President Arthur, and in which was also General Grant, was attached, and the train started on it's mourn ful