upon the country and drew such lessons as suggested faith in God, "the King of nations," "the Father in heaven."

Immediately after the decease, the body was removed to the Executive Mansion and placed in the Green Room. Near the center of the apartment was a grand catafalque on which rested the mahogany coffin covered with flowers. On Monday, the seventeenth, a meeting of Congressmen and other leading gentlemen was held at the Capitol, over which presided Hon. Senator Lafayette S. Foster. A committee of arrangements was appointed for the funeral, of which Hon. Charles Sumner was chairman. This committee selected as pall-bearers Senators Foster, pro tem. President of the Senate, Morgan, Johnson, Yates, Wade and Conness, and from the House of Representatives, Mr. Speaker Colfax, Dawes, Coffroth, Smith, Worthington and Washburne. A committee of one from each loyal State and Territory was chosen to accompany the body to its last earthly receptacle.

On Tuesday, the Executive Mansion was opened and the body, which had been embalmed, was permitted to be seen by the people. It is estimated that twenty-five thousand passed by the catafalque. Dr. Holland says, "Hundreds of those who pressed around the sacred dust uttered some affectionate word, or phrase, or sentence. The rich and the poor, the white and the black, mingled their tokens of affectionate regard and dropped, side by side, their tears upon the coffin. It was humanity weeping over the dust of its benefactor."

Wednesday, the 19th, was such a day as the nation had never seen. Throughout all the land was mourning and lamentation. The funeral services were announced to commence in Washington at 12 M. and at that hour almost every Church, from Ocean to Ocean, was crowded with tearful worshipers, was draped in mourning, and resounded with sad dirge and doleful requiem. In many of the principal towns in Canada the observance was as general and impressive as in the States. All business was suspended. The Nation was a mourner.

In Washington the Departments were closed, flags were at halfmast and all the public buildings were draped in black. The remains were in the East Room. The guard of honor retained its place, and at the head of the coffin was the brave Major-General

Hunter the friend of the slain President. Nearest the coffin sat the family-except the widow who was too ill to leave her room. There were illustrious men from many parts of the world, members of Congress, Governors Andrew of Massachusetts, battle-scarred Oglesby of Illinois, brave " John Brough" of Ohio, soon himself to go to the grave, the Judges of the Supreme Court, representatives from the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, clergymen, and others. At 12 o'clock ANDREW Johnson, now President of the United States, came forward, attended by his Cabinet with the exception of Secretary Seward. Rev. Dr. Hale, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, read the service for the dead; Rev. Matthew Simpson, D. D., one of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, offered prayer; Rev. Dr. Gurley, of the Presbyterian Church, pastor of the Church attended by the President and his family, pronounced a brief but fitting address. He pertinently said of Mr. Lincoln: "He rose to the dignity and momentousness of the occasion; saw his duty as a chief-magistrate to a great and imperiled people; and he determined to do his duty and his whole duty, seeking the guidance and leaning upon the arm of Him of whom it is written—' He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.' Yes, he leaned upon His arm. He recognized and received the truth that the kingdom is the Lord's." Prayer was again offered by Rev. Dr. Gray of the Baptist Church, Chaplain of the Senate.

Then in sad procession was made the march to the Capitol. Pennsylvania Avenue was cleared from the White House to the Capitol Hill. Every house was in mourning-windows, piazzas, roofs, the spacious side-walks were crowded, awaiting the funeral car. Says Mr. Raymond:

"Filling Pennsylvania Avenue, through its whole extent, this great procession-marshaled with military precision, and marching to the cadence of slow music from many bands-escorted with becoming pomp, the remains of the martyred President to the National Capitol, which rose in white grandeur, clad from basement to the summit of its lordly dome, with garments of woe, to receive the precious gift. The whole vast building was draped in black. All the pillars were entwined with crape-from all the windows hung emblems of mourning, and a black canopy surmounted the East

tern door, by which the great concourse was to enter. Minute guns from all the forts around the city, thundered forth their sad salutations-the bells from every tower and spire rang out, in muffled tones, their chronicle of the stately march. At a little after 3 P. M. the military cortege which led the procession, entered the open space in front of the Eastern entrance. Filing past in proper order, the infantry, wheeling, faced the Capitol,—the artillery took position on the hill, opposite the entrance, the cavalry remained in the street, and a great throng of spectators gazed in silence on the grand display. As the funeral car approached, all the military bands burst forth into a solemn requiem-the artillery thundered out their solemn greeting-the vast crowd, as by a common impulse uncovered -and as Rev. Dr. Gurley, in deep and impressive tones recited the grand sentences in which the Church signalizes the departure of her dead, the body of President Lincoln was borne into the rotunda and placed upon the lofty catafalque. As the recitation closed President Johnson entered the hall followed by several senators. Captain Robert Lincoln and the family relatives came forward. The body-guard formed in double-column near the body. Dr. Gurley made a closing prayer and pronounced the benediction. All then left the rotunda. Guards were stationed at all the doors. General Augur and his staff took charge of the remains, and with drawn swords the officers detailed for the service mounted guard over them. As night came on, the jets of gas concealed in the hight of the dome were lighted up and cast their softened glare upon the vigil that was kept below."

In the rotunda the body remained through that night and the next day until 9 P. M. Thousands came to see the face of the dead, among them many of the wounded and invalid soldiers of the Union. On the morning of the 21st the members of the Cabinet, distinguished officers of the army, and many members of Congress made their final visit.

Illinois demanded that he whom she sent forth with her benediction and invocation to be the nation's leader, should be brought home to sleep in her own bosom, far from the scenes of the war which gave him so much anguish. It was meet that his last resting-place should be on the broad prairies where he made his home-and that, not at

Washington, neither in Chicago, where sleeps the dust of Douglas, his great rival, and at the last his trusted friend, but at Springfield, his former home, from which he spoke his good-by to Illinois, and asked the prayers of fellow-citizens should his grave be made.

It was decided to make the journey with the remains as rapid as possible, but the demand of the country compelled a modificationthe people demanded the privilege of looking upon the face of their honored, martyred President. It was not for ostentation, but because the love of the people would not be denied, that the funeral journey along a line of fifteen hundred miles was such as the world never saw before.

A car was provided, fitted with elegant simplicity, hung in heavy black, festooned about the windows in double rows. With appropriate religious service, the remains were removed from the rotunda and under escort of the Twelfth Veteran Reserve Corps, attended by the Lieutenant-General and many members of Congress, were conveyed to the Baltimore and Ohio Depot, where they were received by President Johnson and others, and placed in the car. Prayer was offered, and then the train of seven cars-all, with the locomotive, hung in deep mourning-left the depot. The War Department had prescribed the whole route, with a schedule* of arrivals and departures at all principal points, and a pilot engine was invariably to precede the train. As the train moved away, all stood with uncovered heads, and that hour more than any previous, did Washington feel its loss.

*"The programme for the transportation of President Lincoln's remains from Washington has been issued. The railroads over which the remains will pass are declared military roads, subject to the order of the War Department, and the railroads, locomotives, cars and engines engaged on said transportation will be subject to military control of Brigadier-General McCallum. No person will be allowed to be transported on the cars constituting the funeral train, save those who are specially authorized by the orders of the War Department. The funeral train will not exceed nine cars, including baggage and hearse car, which will proceed over the whole route from Washington to Springfield.

"The remains left Washington at 8 this (Friday) morning, and arrived at Baltimore at 10.

“Leave Baltimore at 3, afternoon, and arrive at Harrisburgh at 8:20, evening. "Leave Harrisburgh at 12, midnight, 22d, and arrive at Philadelphia at 6:30 evening.

'Leave Philadelphia at 4, morning of Monday, 24th, and arrive at New York at 10.

At Baltimore, where little more than four years before the angry, brutal mob clamored for the blood of Abraham Lincoln, now a vast mass of sorrowful people stood in tempestuous weather, and with uncovered heads did reverence to the remains of the Great Emancipator! At Harrisburgh the body lay in state in the Capitol of Pennsylvania. At Philadelphia the out-pouring of popular love and grief was overwhelming. In a new hearse, built for the occasion, the body of the President, followed by a procession of eleven divisions, was conveyed to old Independence Hall! Worthy was he to be brought where the founders of the Republic had declared the inalienable right of ALL MEN to life and liberty! For so holding and so teaching was he slain! The hall was dressed with exquisite flowers and draped in mourning. Until midnight the people were admitted, and then the Hall was closed; yet many remained about it through. the night that they might be first in the morning. Before day-light lines had been formed reaching from the Delaware to the Schuylkill. The reception and funeral cortege in New York can not be described. The veteran General Dix was in command and the escort was the "New York Seventh." The body was conveyed with im

"Leave New York at 4, afternoon of the 15th, and arrive at Albany at 11, evening. "Leave Albany at 4, afternoon of Wednesday, the 26th, and arrive at Buffalo at 7, morning of Thursday, the 27th.

"Leave Buffalo at 10:10 the same day, and arrive at Cleveland at 7, morning of Friday, the 28th.

"Leave Cleveland at midnight same day, and arrive at Columbus at 7:30 in the morning of Saturday, 29th.

"Leave Columbus at 8 in the evening, same day, and arrive at Indianapolis at 7 in the morning of Sunday, the 30th.

"Leave Indianapolis midnight of same day, and arrive at Chicago at 11 in the morning of May 1st.

"Leave Chicago at 9:30 in the evening of May 2, and arrive at Springfield at 8 in the morning of Wednesday, May 3d.

"At the various points on the route the remains are to be taken from the hearsecar by state or municipal authorities to receive public honors according to the aforesaid programme. The authorities will make such arrangements as may be fitting and appropriate to the occasion, under the direction of the military commander of the division, department or district; but the remains will continue always under the special charge of the officers and escort assigned by the War Department.

"The route from Columbus to Indianapolis is via Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway, and from Indianapolis to Chicago via Lafayette and Michigan City. In order to guard against accidents, trains will not run faster than twenty miles per hour."-[Secretary Stanton's Order.