. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . withblack cloth trimmings, each led by a groom. At the appointed hour, the procession began tomove in order previously designated, the rear beingclosed by a large detachment of our colored citizens,bcnriuLT banner>i witli tlie followiiiLT in-iciiptit)ns: ai31iai«ai« atxceax, our nmanripator. CUjo faillions of Uoiitimni Ijr aitrrtn The procession in munljers, and indeed in evciyrespect, for exceeded anything of the kind ever Itc-fure seen in our city. It occupied about four hoursin pass
. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . withblack cloth trimmings, each led by a groom. At the appointed hour, the procession began tomove in order previously designated, the rear beingclosed by a large detachment of our colored citizens,bcnriuLT banner>i witli tlie followiiiLT in-iciiptit)ns: ai31iai«ai« atxceax, our nmanripator. CUjo faillions of Uoiitimni Ijr aitrrtn The procession in munljers, and indeed in evciyrespect, for exceeded anything of the kind ever Itc-fure seen in our city. It occupied about four hoursin passing any given point, and must have containedat least fifty thousand jieople. Never lieforc hadour citizen soldiers ap])eared with fuller ranks orin better order, or had i>ur civ ii-and other societiesappeared to better advantage. But how difterentfrom ordinary jirocessions! There was no cheering,no waving of flags, no dapjting <^if hands, no livelystrains of martial music. Instead of these weresubstituted emblems of sorrow and the j)rocession moved along, the silence.
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