A silver plate upon the coffin over the breast bore the

following inscription:

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Born July 12, 1809,

Died April 15, 1865.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL.

Upon consultation between the President, members of the Cabinet and of Congress, it was determined that the funeral obsequies at the Capital should be observed on the 19th of April. The acting Secretary of State accordingly issued the following address:

"To the People of the United States:

“The undersigned is directed to announce that the funeral ceremonies of the lamented Chief Magistrate will take place at the Executive Mansion, in this city, at 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, the 19th instant.

"The various religious denominations throughout the country are invited to meet in their respective places of worship at that hour for the purpose of solemnizing the occasion with appropriate ceremonies.

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(Signed)

W. HUNTER,

"Acting Secretary of State.

"DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, April 17, 1865."

The general arrangements for the exercises were committed to Assistant Secretary Harrington, of the Treasury Department, assisted by Maj. B. B. French, Commissioner of Public Buildings, Gen. Augur having command of the military escort.

Orders were issued by the heads of the various de partments respecting the observance of the solemn occasion.

That the Navy Department be closed and work suspended in all navy-yards and naval stations, and on all vessels of the United States. The flags of all vessels and at all the navy-yards and stations and marine barracks, to be kept at half-mast during the day; and at 12 o'clock M., twenty-one minute guns to be fired by the senior officer of each squadron and the commandants of each of the navy-yards and stations. Vice-Admiral D. G. Farragut and Rear-Admiral Wm. B. Shubrick were designated to make the necessary arrangements on the part of the navy and marine corps for attending the funeral.

That the State Department be closed, and Acting Secretary Hunter directed that all persons subject to the orders of the department wear crape for six months upon the left arm.

The Postmaster-General directed that all the postoffices in the United States be closed from 11 till 3, and that all work therein be suspended.

Secretary Usher directed that the Interior Department be closed; and sent orders to the various Indian agencies, land offices, pension agencies, etc., in connection with his department, for a proper observance of the day by a suspension of all business.

The Treasury Department was ordered to be closed, and Secretary McCulloch communicated to the various sub-treasuries his patriotic wishes and desires.

The Secretary of War and Lieut.-Gen. Grant directed that the headquarters of every department, post, station, fort and arsenal be draped in mourning for thirty days, and appropriate funeral honors be paid by every army in every department, and at every military post, and at the Military Academy at West Point, to the memory of the late illustrious Chief Magistrate of the nation, and Com

mander-in-Chief of its armies; and that the officers of the armies of the United States wear the badge of mourning on their left arm, and on their swords, and the colors of their commands and regiments to be put in mourning for the peried of six months; and further, that on Wednesday, the 19th, the national flag be everywhere displayed at half-mast, and at dawn thirteen guns be fired at every fort, arsenal and station, and at West Point, and afterwards at intervals of thirty minutes, between the rising and setting of the sun, a single gun, and at the close of the day a national salute of thirty-six guns. The order of the funeral ceremonies was decided upon as follows:

Reading a portion of the Scriptures, by Rev. Dr. Hall.
Opening prayer, by Bishop Simpson.
Funeral address, by Rev. Dr. Gurley.
Closing prayer, by Rev. Dr. Gray.

The corpse to be conveyed to the Capitol, where Dr. Gurley would repeat the service and pronounce the benediction.

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.

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 arrangements is directed:

ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.

Funeral Escort in Column of March.

One Regiment of Cavalry.
Two Batteries of Artillery.
Battalion of Marines.

Two Regiments of Infantry.

Commander of the Escort and Staff.
Dismounted Officers of the Marine Corps.
Navy and Army in the order named.
Mounted Officers of the Marine Corps.
Navy and Army in the order named.

All Military Officers to be in uniform, with side arms.

CIVIC PROCESSION.

Marshal.

Clergy in attendance.

Surgeon General of the United States and Physicians to the deceased. Pall Bearers on the part of the Senate:

Mr. Foster, of Connecticut.

Mr. Morgan, of New York.
Mr. Johnson, of Maryland.

Mr. Yates, of Illinois.

Mr. Wade, of Ohio.

Mr. Conness, of California.
The Hearse.

Pall Bearers on the part of the House of Representatives: Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts; Mr. Coffroth, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Smith, of Kentucky; Mr. Colfax, of Indiana; Mr. Worthington, of Navada; Mr.

Washburne, of Illinois.

Army.

Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, Major General H. W. Halleck, Brig adier General W. A. Nichols. Navy.

Vice Admiral D. G. Farragut, Rear Admiral W. B. Shubrick, Colonel Jacob Zeiler, of the Marine Corps.

Civilians.

O. H. Browning, George Ashmun, Thomas Corwin, Simon Cameron.

Family.
Relatives.

The delegations of the States of Illinois and Kentucky as mourners. The President.

The Cabinet Ministers.

The Diplomatic Corps.
Ex-Presidents.

The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

The Senate of the United States, preceded by its officers.

The House of Representatives of the United States, preceded by its

officers.

Governors of the several States and Territories.

Legislatures of the several States and Territories.

The Federal Judiciary and the Judiciary of the several States and Territories.

The Assistant Secretary of State, Treasury, War and Navy, and the Assistant Postmasters General, and the Assistant

Attorney General.

Officers of the Smithsonian Institution.

The Members and Officers of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions. Corporate Authorities of Washington and other cities. Delegations of the several States.

The Reverend the Clergy of the various denominations. The Clerks and Employees of the several Departments and Bureaus, preceded by the Bands of such Bureaus and their respective Chief Clerks.

Such societies as may wish to join the procession.
Citizens and strangers.

The troops designated to form the escort will assemble in the avenue north of the President's House, and form in line precisely at eleven o'clock A. M. on Wednesday, the 19th instant, with the left resting on Fifteenth street.

The procession will move precisely at two o'clock, on the conclu sion of the religious services at the Executive Mansion, appointed to commence at twelve o'clock, noon, when minute guns will be fired by detachments of artillery stationed near 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, Assistant Adjutant General.