I beg the department will accept the assurances of my deepest sympathy for its distinguished head in the afflictions visited upon him and upon the nation. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, E. D. CULVER. No. 116.] Mr. Culver to Mr. Hunter. [Extract.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches Nos. 104 and 105, together with copies of the proclamations enclosed in the latter. I have lost no time in communicating officially to the government of Venezuela the melancholy intelligence conveyed in your No. 104, and I have no doubt I shall, at the proper time, receive the appropriate reply. Deep sorrow pervades the hearts of all loyal Americans residing here, and sincere sympathy seems everywhere to be expressed in Venezuela for the people of the United States. Suitable demonstrations of mourning have been made at the different consulates and at the legation. Since commencing this despatch I am gratified to say the minister of foreign affairs has called upon me to say that he came, by special order of his government, to express to me verbally, what he is preparing to do in writing, the deep sorrow and sympathy felt by the President and people of Venezuela for the people of the United States, by reason of the death of their President. I have the honor to be, with sentiments of highest respect, your obedient servant, Hon. WILLIAM HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State. E. D. CULVER. WÜRTEMBERG. Mr. Von Bierwirth to Mr. Seward. CONSULATE GENERAL OF WÜRTEMBERG, New York, June 2, 1865. SIR: I have the honor respectfully to submit to you a copy of a letter received this day from his excellency Baron de Varnbuler, minister of foreign affairs of his Majesty the King of Würtemberg, and I avail myself of this opportunity to assure you, sir, that nobody can feel greater satisfaction than the undersigned at your recovery from the assassin's blow. The feeling of horror excited by the assault upon your life was as general and as strong as the consternation at the atrocious murder of the good President, and as general and sincere are the wishes for your restoration to perfect health. I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, sir, your obedient servant, Consul General of Würtemberg. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. [Translation.] STUTTGART, May 9, 1865. SIR: I thank you for your despatches of the 15th and 20th ultimo, in relation to the assassination of the President of the United States, Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. This deplorable event has called forth from the people of Würtemburg, as it has done elsewhere, the greatest consternation and sincerest sympathy, and his Majesty the King, himself most painfully affected by the atrocious deed, has, immediately after the receipt of the news thereof, graciously commissioned me to express for himself and in the name of his government, to the present representative of the United States, Consul Klauprecht, their sincere condolence in the great loss which, in this death, the United States and the entire civilized world have sustained, a commission which I have lost no time to execute. Requesting you to make the proper use of this communication, I avail myself, &c. VARNBULER, Minister of Foreign Affairs. LEOPOLD BIERWIRTH, Consul General of Würtemberg. : [Translation.] CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. [Extract from the records of the session of April 29, 1865.] Address of the President to the Chamber of Deputies. GENTLEMEN: The report of the assassination of the President of the North American republic, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, is now confirmed. Trusting that the whole Chamber stand united in their judgment on this political murder, and that I meet the sentiment of all of you, I request you to rise from your seats in proof of your sympathy with this disaster that befell not alone America, but which concerns the whole civilized world. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, Whereas the melancholy event of the violent and tragic death of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, late President of the United States, having occurred during the recess of Congress, and the two houses sharing in the general grief, and desiring to manifest their sensibility upon the occasion of the public bereavement: Therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That the two houses of Congress will assemble in the hall of the House of Representatives on Monday, the 12th day of February next, that being his anniversary birth day, at the hour of 12 meridian; and that in the presence of the two houses then assembled an address upon the life and character of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, late President of the United States, be pronounced by the honorable Edwin M. Stanton, and that the President of the Senate pro tempore and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be requested to invite the President of the United States, the heads of the several departments, the judges of the Supreme Court, the representatives of foreign governments near this government, and such officers of the army and navy as have received the thanks of Congress, who may then be at the seat of government, to be present on the occasion. And be it further resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Lincoln, and to assure her of the profound sympathy of the two houses of Congress for her deep personal affliction, and of their sincere condolence for the late national bereavement. Attest: J. W. FORNEY, Secretary. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNITED STATES, December 18, 1865. Resolved, That the House concur in the foregoing resolution that the two houses of Congress will assemble in the hall of Representatives on Monday, the 12th day of February next, being the anniversary of the birthday of the late President, to hear an address upon his life and character, and participate in such other commemorative exercises as may be proper on that occasion, recited in said resolution. Attest: EDWARD MCPHERSON, Clerk. Official arrangements at Washington for the funeral solemnities of the late Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, who died at the seat of government on Saturday, the 15th day of April, 1865. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, April 17, 1865. The following order of arrangement is directed: ORDER OF THE PRCESSION. FUNERAL ESCORT, IN COLUMN OF MARCH. One Regiment of Cavalry. Battalion of Marines. Two regiments of Infantry. Commander of Escort and Staff. Dismounted officers of Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, in the order named. The Surgeon General of the United States army and physicians to the deceased. Family. The Delegations of the States of Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners. The President. The Cabinet Ministers. The Diplomatic Corps. The Chief Justice, And Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. The Senate of the United States, preceded by their officers. The Federal Judiciary, And the Judiciary of the several States and Territories. Assistant Attorney General. Officers of the Smithsonian Institution. The members and officers of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions. The Reverend the Clergy of the various denominations. Citizens and strangers. The troops designated to form the escort will assemble in the avenue, north of the President's house, and form line precisely at 11 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, the 19th instant, with the left resting on Fifteenth street. The procession will move precisely at 2 o'clock p. m., on the conclusion of the religious services at the Executive Mansion, (appointed to commence at 12 o'clock, meridian,) when minute guns will be fired by detachments of artillery, stationed at St. John's church, the City Hall, and at the Capitol. At the same hour the bells of the several churches in Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria will be tolled. At sunrise on Wednesday, the 19th instant, a federal salute will be fired from the military stations in the vicinity of Washington, minute-guns between the hours of twelve and three o'clock, and a national salute at the setting of the sun. The usual badge of mourning will be worn on the left arm and on the hilt of the sword. By order of the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, |
