. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . special train, running ten minutes ahead of pub-lished time to East Albany. Pilot engine has same rightsas special, and at stations where trains meet or pass it, theymust wait for special. The train will run at a slow rate of sj^eed through alltowns and villages. Train Xo. 10 will, on this day, leave Thirtieth street , All station masters, trackmen, drawbridge tenders,switchmen, and flagmen, will l>e governed by the generalrules and regulations of the company. J. :M. TOUCEY, Asst S
. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . special train, running ten minutes ahead of pub-lished time to East Albany. Pilot engine has same rightsas special, and at stations where trains meet or pass it, theymust wait for special. The train will run at a slow rate of sj^eed through alltowns and villages. Train Xo. 10 will, on this day, leave Thirtieth street , All station masters, trackmen, drawbridge tenders,switchmen, and flagmen, will l>e governed by the generalrules and regulations of the company. J. :M. TOUCEY, Asst Supt. Long Itefore the hour aiiiioiuiced for the movingof tliu procession, every avaihible point of vision ontlic route was occupied l>y tlie people. Such agatheriu was never seen in the streets of NewYork lufore. rill various divisions of the procession arrivedpunctually on the ground and took the jtositionsassigned them l>y the iirograunne. .\t twelve oclock ])rccistly, the gates of the CityHall wt-re dosed, and tin- necessary ])reparationsmade for the of the remain-, ami ai one. LINCOLN OBSEQUIES. oclock the coffin was lifted from the catafalqueand borne on the shoulders of the veterans, to thefuneral car in waiting at the door of the City funeral car was an elegant piece of work-manship. The main platform was fourteen feetIons, eiirht feet -wide, and fifteen feet one inch inheight. On this platform, which was five feet fromthe ground, was a dais, sis inches in height, onwhich the coffin rested. Above the dais was anelegant canopy, supported by four columns, curv-ing upward at the centre, and surmounted Ity aminiature Temple of Liberty. The platform wascovered with black cloth, which fell at the sidesnearly to the ground, and was edged with silverbullion frinore; festoons of l)lack cloth also hungfioin the sides, festooned with silver stars, andalso edged with silver bullion. Tlie canopy wastrimmed in like manner, with Idack cloth festoonedand spangled
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