. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . osited in tlir hearse, and then, in solemnsilence, l)roken only l>y the l)ooming of minute-guns, and the tolling of the bells, the processionmoved through the crowded streets of Jersey city,to the ferry. The ferry-boat, Jersey City, was inreadiness to transport the funeral party across therivci. The boat \\as ajipropriatcdy dressed iniiiouiniiig. ()\i-r the pilot liouse and along thelaldus were stretched folds of crape, while theflags hunt at half-mast from tlieir stalls. On boardtlie boat we
. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . osited in tlir hearse, and then, in solemnsilence, l)roken only l>y the l)ooming of minute-guns, and the tolling of the bells, the processionmoved through the crowded streets of Jersey city,to the ferry. The ferry-boat, Jersey City, was inreadiness to transport the funeral party across therivci. The boat \\as ajipropriatcdy dressed iniiiouiniiig. ()\i-r the pilot liouse and along thelaldus were stretched folds of crape, while theflags hunt at half-mast from tlieir stalls. On boardtlie boat were the ^Slayor and Common Council ofNew Yolk, and other officials, and others. Looking up and down the North river the scene was peculiarly iuipressive, as the Jersey City slowly crossed. Iar as the eye coidd iracli, in every dirccti<ui, Wfri- to 1k sfcii tin- silent emblems of a nations grief, in the niourniug devices and half mast flags which wOre every where visible. As tlie Jersey City iieared her wharf .-it the foot of Desbrosses street, the (lermaii .s<icieties on board lis. LINCOLN O ], S E 0 ir I E S , comiueiiced a funeral ode from the first hook ofHorace, which was Icndeied with solemn scene at the foot of Deshrosses street was mostimposing. Every availal)le space of vision in theneighborhood was occnjned witli a dense crowd,all ej-es V)eing turnt-d toward the approachingsteamer. The Seventh Iveginient National Gnard, ColonelEmmons Claik, which had l)een selected as theescort, arrived on the ground ahont half-past nineocloclc. The street, from its commencement at theferry t itsjunction atllndson street, was promptlycleared, and the space kejit open until the ariivalof the funeral party. Inspector Cai-penter was also])resent A^ith a large force of policemen, ^^ho ren-dered efficient service in maintaininsr order. A few minutes before eleven oclock, the firing; ofo-uns and the tollino; of bells announced the nearapproach of the Jersey City, and
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