--At an early hour yesterday morning the remains of
General John H. Morgan arrived at the
Danville depot in this city.
At 10 o'clock they were placed in a hearse and escorted to the
Capitol by the Public Guard,
Captain Gay, and the
Fire Brigade,
Captain Charters, attended by the Armory Band.
Here they were deposited in the
Hall of the House of Representatives, where, covered with the flag of his country, they lay in state until 1 o'clock. During this time, although the coffin was not opened, the hall was visited by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, who gazed silently upon the box that enclosed the remains of the departed here, and as silently withdrew.
But ten months ago,
Morgan, then just returned from a Northern prison, appeared in the same hall, full of life and hope, and received the congratulations of many who yesterday paid the last sad tribute to his memory, and could scarcely realize the fact that be was no more.
Funeral services were performed, according to the ritual of the Episcopal Church, by
the Rev. George Patterson, and at one o'clock the remains, the coffin having been strewn with flowers by fair hands, were replaced in the hearse, and the cortege moved up Grace street, the military marching with arms reversed, and the band playing a funeral march.--The following officers acted as pall-bearers;
Lieutenant-General Ewell,
Brigadier-General Gardner,
Brigadier-General Kemper,
Brigadier-General Preston,
Brigadier-General Lawton,
Brigadier-General Smith,
Colonel Cox,
Colonel August,
Colonel Smith and
Major Gassett.
In the procession were members of the
Kentucky Congressional delegation, members of the
Confederate, State and City Governments, and prominent citizens of
Richmond.
Escort duty was performed by the Public Guard, the
Fire Brigade, and a detachment of
Colonel Pemberton's Artillery Battalion.
The cortege moved to Hollywood Cemetery, where the closing funeral services were pronounced, and the body was deposited in a vault, there to remain until such time as it can be removed to the capital of the hero's native State,
Kentucky.
