BY THE MAILS.

WASHINGTON, June q l8ad
The Funeral of Mr.. HerTtck.
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The Funeral of Mr.. Herrick.


The Day was devoted by the two Houses to the
funeral obsequies due to the remains and the mo
mory of the late Mr.. Herrick. The sceno was
solemn and imposing. At twelve O'Clock the
House and Senate assembled in their respective
chambers, when, according to resolution, tho
members of the Senate, preceded by the Vico
President and Secretary, and their chaplain.
passed over to the hall OF the House, where elig-
Bile seats were provided for them. The Vice Pre-
sdent was seated TO the right of the Speaker, and
the chaplain of the Senate to the right of the
chaplain ofthe House, Mt the clerks table. The
acknowledgement, Winfield Scott, and staff,
were next introduced into the hail. then the Pre-
sdent OF the United States, his Secretary and
Cabinet and almost Immediately after came the
pall-bearers, with the cofin followed by the fami-
" and friends of deceased, including the New
York delegation of both houses. The Rev. Mr..
Milburn, chaplain Of the House, read a chapter
from the Bible, and followed with an impressive
prayer. The Rev. Mr.. Tustin, OF the Senate, de-
junction TO King Hezekiah " Put thy house in
order, for thou shalt die and not live" The SER
vices in the capitol were closed with a benedc-
ton, when the procession TO the Congressional
cemetery, in the order of the programme, passed
out oil the House through the Rotunda at the East
ern portco at the foot of which the process on in
its order was taken up by carria2es,a and conveyed
to the cemetery. there being nearly . hundred
carriages in the line. Returning both Houses i'm.
mediai ely adjourned over till tomorrow.