Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-21
A SOLEMN OCCASION AT RALEIGH.
Reception of the Remaius-Escort and
Prooession-Att tho Capitol
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I

Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
| RMrIGH. n. c.. May 2O.--Populer inte-
! rest in the ceremonies attendant upon the
| arrival and reception of the remains of
| Hon. jefferson Davis and the lying in
state at the Capitol is very great. and the
people. without regard to politics, or race.
will render all the honors possible. The
| matter OF the ceremonies was early taken
/ IN hand and the details OF the programme
we're left 70 the chief marshal Colonel
1 Thomas s. keenan,. The puIpose of the latter
has been to make the occasion most solemn
and to have no spectacular features.
There will be On absence of the latter, and
no military save the local troops will be
I here. Even the marsbals will DO on foot,
and 1t IL the plan that the four black
/ horses which will draw the fune-
/ ral-car shall be the only ones in
the procession. unless, perhaps. some
carriages are furnished for ladies and
! feeble persons who escort the romans TO
this city on their long journey from New
Orleans. The Union passenger station,
where the funeral-traln will stop. is but
short distance from the Capitol, and ss the
station building ia spacious IT may bo
used "a the place where the remains lie III
state IN case the weather 10 very lncle-
ment.
RECEPTION PROCESSION.
II the weather be favorable the remains.
on arrival at II A. NJ. at the station will
be received by Veteran guard, and bY
the Governors Guard, Company G, First
North Carolina Infantry. and DO escorted
to the Capitol, and there lie III state in
the rotunda until +. NJ. under a double
guard OF honor. They will be received at
the station by Mayor Thomas Badger and
at the southern entrance to the Capitol
Square by Governor Elias Carr.
The procession will be composed az fol-
lows Platoon of police headed by Chief
Charles d. Heart; Governors Guard,
| Captain John ". Cross; fuueral-car drawn
| by four horses, driven by james H. Jones,
| formerly Mr.. DGvis's coachmap veteran
escort and general escortin eight divisions,
/ each in charge Of veteran; fret division,
president and Executive Committee OF
| the Confederate Veterans Association of
| North Carolina--Dr. l.. Burke Haywood.
| director; second division, ex-Confederate
soldiers-N. W. West and w. &. Stronach,
directors: third division. visiting es-
| Snow, directors; North Carolina escort
| (Which accompanies the body during
its journey through North Carolina and
TO RchmOnd). Bailey L. Williamson;
fifth division, officers and ex-ofhcers of
the various departments of the State
departments 49, Associate-Justice Waiter
| CLARK, director; sixth division, Mayor
/
generally -John NJ. Heck and George w.
Ssnderlin, directors; seventh division.
Ladies Memorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii.
Busbee and FabIus J. HAYWOOD, directors;
eighth division, composed of the colleges
and schools under the immediate charge
of their principals, St. Marv's and Peace
Institute. State Agricultural College. the
Centennial and Murphey City public
schools. the Raleigh, Male Academy-John
y. Burwell and Claude Is. benson. direc-
tors.
sMAEsHALs.
The marshals ara Thoms ). Kenan Chief.
Peter l.. Hines, Robert II. Brooks, V. T.
Turner. W. II. Hughes, Richard IL. Battle,
ii. ". Page. Rufus 5. Tucker, Thomas =.
Devereux. Alexander Il. Stronach, j. j.
AlOuas.
The exterior of the stately Capitol build
ing will be drapcd with the red and white
OF tho Confederate colors. aud these will
also be used III the rotunda, under whose
lofty dome the bier will he placed. The
bier will be drapcd in black and white and
will be cutie lofty. The exercises at the
Capitol will be bref and as follows: Sing
ing by the choir Of sixty voices. William ).
Primrose, director; PRAYER by Rev. DR..
Matthias NJ. Marshall. rector of Christ
church, Raleigh. Bepediction. At 2
O'Clock the procession WILL III the same
order. escort the remains to the station.
DECORATIONS.
The outside decorations Of the Capitol
on the 9Oih will be red and white, the Con-
federate colors, and the same will be used
III the interior decorations. THIS Is in &C
accordance with o suggestion made by
Colonel 4. ID. Hall. commander of the
veterans. The decorations of the bier on
which the casket containing MIR. Davis's
remains will rest will be black and white.