Year: 1865

themselves to view the ordinary yellow painted
platforms Of these number Of boys and men,
whose dress and appearan utterly charac
ter with the occasion that the only explanation Of their
appearance at all seemed to be that they had got the
train from among the crowd outside. When
had passed the funeral carriage sight, and after
followed another state car painted crmsou bearing
members Of the dead President family who did not alight
TIL the public ceremonies were II constituted sad
commentary on the instability of human greatness that
the car which now contained the relics Of Abraham
Lincoln was built expressly for him under the direction
OF General McCalum. 1t was intended for his during
life, and the first purpose to which applied is to
his dead body on its road to the tomb The car is of
rich chocolate color having the panel paint
ing Of the American eagle 1t hung outside with
black drapery relieved by silver cords and assels and
curtains Of black cloth covered the windows from the
interior Tho train in charge of Conductor Coulter
the Oldest conductor on the road


RECEPTION.


General Dix the guard Of honor the Congressional
delegation, aghted from the cars Mr. Lepus General
sandford and other officials stepped forward and the
body was removed from the four sergeants of the
Reserve corps specially detailed for this duty As the
richly decorated coffin, with its silver ornaments
posed to view the choral societies began chant the



body guard of twenty-five sergeants and veterans Of the
Reserve corps, under the command of Captain Campbell
surrounded the corpse.
THE PROCESSION.
Before the last sad notes OF the funeral dirgc were
ended the colin was raised the shoulders Of ten stall
wart veterans and the order Of procession formed
First walked General Dix and General Sandford; next
four undertaken, and Colonel Mcmahon and Captain
Lord, OF General Dixs staff Then came the corpse
anked by the remainder of the body guard with drawn
swords, and followed, in irregular order by Generals
thompson, Assistant Adjutan General representing the
Secretary of War; General Eaton Commssary General
OF Subsistence; General McCallum Superintendent of|
Military Roads; Generals Barnard, Hunter, Howe, RAM
say, Caldwell and Townsend; Admirals Bell and Davis
senators Anthony, Cowen, Ramsay and Williams Con-
gressmen, preceded by their Sergeant at. Arms
Captain Taylor United States Navy; Major
Fields, United States Marine Corps; Lieutenant
John White; the remainder Of the Washington
guard Of honor land delegation; Hon. Chauncey NJ De-
pew, Secretary of State of New York. the Mayor and
Common Council Of Jersey City, the delegations from
Hoboken Hudson City, Bergen and Greenvllc and other
officials and mourners Moving down the north PLATFORM
at which the train was drawn up, towards the eastern
end Of the building, the procession wound round and
moved up tho next platform, and out at the western
entrance of the depot the choral societies meanwhile





could atter the dull cold of DEATH the unconscious
fattery OF this sad ceremony might have proved crafty
ing to the departed The thrilling mpressivcness of the
funeral dirge, the saddencd aspect of the immense
throng Of mourners tributes which might well
v'SgsA The oboouy and msapprehenson Of the past
But he for whom these dge- sung these tears
shed was alike beyond the reach Of earthly pain or
pleasure. Neither "carking care sander can fret
his enshrouded form. He has yielded up





His blessed part to Heaven-and sleeps In peace"
IN THE STREETS OF JERSEY


every housetop every balcony every window overlook
the road taken by the procession from the depot
the ferry, was crowded with spectators. Tho crowd
settled the engine which had just brought the
Presidents remains into the city, and covered the
/ mourning hangings of the locomotive thckly as
\ swarmng bees Though the procession in Jersey was
so TO speak, only miniature affair arranged after
thought meet the wishes OF the citizens of that
yet from beginning TO end it occupied very nearly the
entire route u had to traverse Slowly and silently tho
corpse borne through the crowded streets the
shine glistenng and sparkling among the silver orna
mcnts Of the coin and amidst the solemn booming OF
minute guns and the ukling Of distant bells borne
down to the ferry to the boat awaiting it,