. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . eard fi-omthe neighl^orhood of the catafalque, the sound liada most thrilling effect The chorus consisted ofabout seventy voices. Tlie clubs represented weret lie Quartette, of Iloboken, the German Concordia,and Ilarmonia. On careful calculations made as to the number(>f persons passing the bier, it was found that onan average about eighty persons passed in a min-ute; tliat is, forty on either side, Tliis wouldallo\s^ for the entire niinil)ir durini. tlie twenty-four hours, not far fioni a hu
. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . eard fi-omthe neighl^orhood of the catafalque, the sound liada most thrilling effect The chorus consisted ofabout seventy voices. Tlie clubs represented weret lie Quartette, of Iloboken, the German Concordia,and Ilarmonia. On careful calculations made as to the number(>f persons passing the bier, it was found that onan average about eighty persons passed in a min-ute; tliat is, forty on either side, Tliis wouldallo\s^ for the entire niinil)ir durini. tlie twenty-four hours, not far fioni a hundred and twentythousand. As the morning of Tuesday, the J.^tli, dawned,the whole city resounded with the busy notes ofpreparation for the funeral obsetpiies. It is need-less to sav that all ordinary business was suspend-ed; for i>n this ilay the Empire City was to ])ayits last triliule of respect to the memory of themartyr President. The fdlowing is tlie order of procession, asamuisfed liv the .Joint Committee of tlie loiiniioiiCouncil, together with tlie \ ariou^ ordeis relatingthereto: iw. DOME OF THE 011/ HALL—SCENE AT MIDNIGHT. Tlic procession will move irom tlie City Hall at one oclock,, precisely, and will proceed up Broadway to Fourteenthstreet; through Fourteenth street to Fifth avenue ; up Fifthavenue to Thirty-fourth street; through Thirty-fouilh streetto Ninth avenue, to the Hudson River Railroad depot. The arrangements of the day will be under tlie directionof the Grand jMarshal. The several persons having charge of the church and fire-alarm bells in the city will cause the same to be tolled fromtho hour of one, until the close of the owners and masters of vessels in the harlior, and thepro])rietors of the ^?arious pulilic buildings in the city, willdisplay their colors at half-mast from sunrise to sunset. Our fellow-citizens will close their several places of busi-ness during the moving of the procession. They will also,whether in the
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