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On reaching Albany the twenty-fourth regiment was met at Columbia street wharf, by the twenty-fifth regiment, N. Y. S. N. G., commanded by Col. Walter S. Church, and having formed on South Broadway, was escorted to its position on Eagle street in the line of the forming procession. The city and county officials were received at the mayor's office in the City Hall by the mayor of Albany and a committee of the Albany common council. To other organizations appropriate places were assigned in the funeral cortege. Most of the civilians wore badges designating them as the Rensselaer county delegation.

At two o'clock P. M. the procession began to move in the following order:

Advance of Police Force.

Gen. Rathbone's Brigade of the New York State
National Guard, composed of the tenth,

twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth

regiments, constituting the Local Military Guard.

The Washington Military Escort.

Officers accompanying the remains.

Officers of the Army and Navy of the United States. Major General John Tayler Cooper and Staff, and other Officers of the National Guard.

Ex-Officers of United States Volunteers.

The Congressional and other delegates accompanying the

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State Officers and Judges of the Court of Appeals.
Members of the Senate and Assembly.

The Albany Burgesses Corps.

The Mayor and Common Council and Officials of the City and County of Albany.

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Troy, and Officials and Citizens of neighboring

Cities and Counties.

Citizens of Albany.

Board of Trade.

Young Men's Associations of Albany, Troy and West Troy.
German Literary Society.

Officers and members of the Albany Institute.
St. Andrew's Society.

St. George's Society.

Fenian Brotherhood.

Hibernian Provident Society.

Beaverwyck Club.

Typographical Union.

Union League of Albany, Troy and other places.

Iron Moulders' Union.

St. Peter's Society.

Brother Band.

St. Joseph's Society.

City Philanthropic Grove, No. 5, Order of Druids.
Schiller Grove, No. 4, Order of Druids.

William Tell Lodge.

Harmony Lodge, No. 12, Order of Harugarie.
Free Brother Lodge, No. 6, Order of Harugarie.

Bethust Society.

German Brothers Association.

Albany Turner Verein.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The Fire Department of the City of Albany.
Fire companies of neighboring Cities and Towns.

The military moved in platoons, with solemn tread, their arms reversed, and formed one of the principal features in the imposing display.

The route of the procession was as follows: From State street, on which the main line was formed, up State street to Dove street, through Dove street to Washington avenue, down the avenue to State street, down State street to North Broadway, and thence to the Central rail road crossing.

At this point the remains of the late President were placed in the hearse car, and the funeral train resumed its westward course. The civic procession returned to State street, where it was dismissed. A few minutes. later the twenty-fourth regiment was returning to Troy on the Vanderbilt. On reaching this city at five o'clock, the regiment proceeded to the Court House in front of which a dress parade took place, in the presence of the mayor and common council. The following order was then read by the adjutant and soon after the regiment was dismissed.

ORDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

HEAD QRS. 24TH REGT., N. Y. S. N. G.,
Troy, April 26th, 1865.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 13.

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The colonel commanding, on behalf of this command, tenders his thanks to Col. Walter S. Church and his fine regiment, the Twenty-fifth N. Y. S. N. G., for a proper escort and other attentions and courtesies while this regiment was in Albany to-day; also to his honor the mayor, and common council of Troy, for generous coöperation; and to Chief of Police Barron, for efficient service, in Albany and Troy. By order,

G. G. MOORE, Adjutant.

I. MCCONIHE JR., Colonel Commanding.

In sympathy with the solemn and imposing ceremonies at Albany, the day was observed in Troy by an almost total suspension of business. No church services were held, but with this exception the manifestations of sorrow and respect were similar to those apparent on the day of the funeral at Washington. It was estimated that not less than five thousand of the citizens of Troy were present at the obsequies solemnized at the capital of the state of New York. A mourning such as was this, was never before witnessed on this continent, and the days which intervened between the morning of that fatal Saturday when the announcement was made that Abraham Lincoln was

dead and the close of this day, will be remembered by all, as the most notable, in many respects, of the passing century.

THURSDAY, APRIL, 27TH, 1865.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE TROY YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION.

At a regular meeting of the executive committee of the Troy Young Men's Association, held at their rooms, on the evening of the twenty-seventh of April, 1865, on motion of Mr. Benj. D. Benson, it was

Resolved, that a committee be appointed with Mr. James S. Thorn as chairman, to draft resolutions in regard to the late President of the United States.

The chair appointed Mr. Benj. D. Benson and Mr. Wm. E. Gilbert on such committee. Subsequently the committee, through their chairman, reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted.

In joining our voice of lamentation to the mourning wail that is rising from a continent, we only wish to swell by a single note the solemn chorus that comes from hearts desolated by a crushing blow. Yet as young men, members of a literary association, we deem it not inappropriate to record our profound participation in the common sorrow, and to testify that the gloom is not only general, but universal. Therefore

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