Year: 1865




preston in words did the countenances OF the people
clare that determination be that hough the PresI
dert dies the nation shall lve" On ali former occs-
sons the city has risen night to the signaling Of
the flag OF Stars and Stripes, but yesterday in the
stonal metropolis unforlee flag OF black, upon
(which that resolution emblazoned in letters Of un
fadng white. Tie spirit Of the good man whom they
= honored will the better know that feeling II
hate vengeance marred hts peoples high resolve but


that they had taken his last advice TO heart, and be mt
only upon justice and right, had determined to pursue
their purpose and his "with malice towards none
with charity for ALL"


That which follows from the pens OF reporters tells
In detail how hundred thousand freemen followed their
martyrs body watched by moro than half million
hearts Many Of readers will make a summary Of
the details we give in their minds and deduce some
Interesting facts thcrefrom. Those who have not tho
moments the disposition do will be surprised at
\ the calculations, which easily dcducibe from the
I well established premises which are stated


In the twenty-four hours OF daylight and darkness
during which the body lay In state, not one moment
yeapsed that did not present visitor TO see the face of
dead At midnight the line Of those plodding their
way slowly to the City Hall long when nrst
I Sstarted. Women and children rose at midnight from


beds to take their place In tho ne and the whole
city alive TO the desire TO look upon thef martyrs
features During the time in which the body remained
state 1t is calculated that not less than hundred
and ifty thousand persons looked upon the body.
The part Of the procession composed exclusively Of
the military which, when drawn up in line along the
sidewalk to salute the hearse passed by, extended
from the Hudson River depot to Union square, dis
tance of at least two miles, contained hfteen thousand
men under arms, while in the entire procession the
head of which reached the depot four miles distant from
Getty Hail. fully two hours before the several hundred
freedmen, who brought up the rear started from the
place of their rendezvous less than seventy five
thousand souls And before those of sable hue who
bore tho banner that termed Abraham Lincoln their


cmancpator had reached the depot the cadets OF the
Military Academy at West Point had fired the salute and
presented their to the passing funeral train In the
procession there represented the people Of every
State in the North Of every clime and almost every
nationality nhe face Of the globe; and all felt that
joining in this last tribute to mani who ''not for
ene age but for all time they also mourned benefac
tor of not nation but Of the world.


The facts from which to estimate the numbers who
looked on the scene are not easily obtained Hours
before the procession began to lower Broadway
was blocked up with solid of beings, and the nu
merous pedestrians who poured into the city from the
lower ferries compelled early in the day take the
on the west sde reach the upper part Of the city
by the streets running nae with the great thorough
iare church and Greene streets, and the BOwcry and
East Broadway, well tho distant avenues
along the East and Hudson rivers crowded with
cars stages and pedestrians forced Off Of Broadway
Upon and In every house. every balcony and railing along
tho line OF march, men, women and children were
perched and seated while the sidewalks continually
and painfully crowded from the time that the procession
began TO until the centre Of attraction the funeral
car had passed through the entire route The persons
whO forming part Of the procession moved along the
entire route passed people representing not only every
nationality, but citizens forming every caste OF
society, and It required not the experienced obser-
walton OF the statesman to enable one to dis
tngush where the lines Of demarcation between the
different castles drawn. They visible in Dress


in manners. In STYLE conversation and countenance and
not used to the cosmopolte gatherings Of great
democratic city, Of the remarkable studies
presented by the changing And less re-
markabe was the fact that during all the long hours
which this vast multitude Of three quarters Of million
of souls watched patiently and good humoredy, there
was little noise and confusion and that the good humo
which always becomes ccnag in great crowd never
degeneratcd into evty jocundty that the sadness
and detection visible every counenance had nothing
OF dullncss in IT, Only New York city this continent
furnishes crowd Of such dimensions OF such mixed
The full details which follow will give the reader clear
idea OF the extent character and magn1cence Of the
grand procession.