Chronicles of the Cape Fear Rwer

Order of Procession.

For escorting the remains of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun,

The procession will be formed in the following order, the right rest-
ing on the railroad depot, in open order, for the reception of the corps
of attendants on the arrival of the cars.

Order of Procession.

Clergy of the various denominations.
Sergeant at arms and assistants.
Pallbearers.

Coffin.
Pallbearers.
Relations of the deceased.
Committee of the U. S. Senate.
Committee of South Carolina.
Committee of Arrangements.
Citizens of South Carolina.
Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts.
Members of the bar.
Members of the medical profession.

Magistrate of police and commissioners of the town, collector of
customs and officers of the United States service, president and
directors of the Wilmington and Raleigh R. R., members of the
various societies of the town, in citizen dress, teachers of the schools
and academies, captains of vessels and seamen, citizens and strangers.

The Committee of Arrangements recommend the following
to their fellow-citizens: A committee of ten, consisting of A. J.
DeRosset, sr., James Owen, James F. McRee, sr., Thomas H.
Wright, P. K. Dickinson, John Walker, William C. Betten-
court, Thomas Loring, F. J. Hill, of Brunswick, and James
Iredell, of Raleigh, will proceed up the line of the Wilmington
and Raleigh R. R. to receive the remains, and escort them in
their passage through the State. These gentlemen will also act
as pallbearers in the procession.

The citizens generally are requested to close their stores, to
suspend all operations of business, and to meet at the depot at
12 o’clock. There the procession will be formed, under the
direction of William C. Howard as chief marshal, to receive
the remains in open order and escort them to the foot of Market
Street, where the boat for Charleston, the Nina, will be waiting

to receive them.

A gun from the wharf of the Wilmington and Raleigh R. R.
Co. will give the earliest notice of the arrival of the cars. Imme-
diately upon the firing of this gun, the flags of the public build-

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ings and the ships in port will be struck at half-mast; the bells
of the town will commence tolling and minute guns will be fired.
The clergy and the pallbearers are requested to call at Messrs.
Dawsons’ store for gloves and crape. The citizens will find a
supply of crape at the same place.
The steamer will leave for Charleston, it is expected, about

five o'clock, p. m. Wa. C. Howarp, C. M.
J. G. Green.
Eur W. Hatt, Asst. M.

Tuesday, April 23, 1850.

The steamer Nina arrived here yesterday from Charleston,

for the purpose of conveying hence to that city the remains of
Mr. Calhoun.

Courtrsy: The mayor of Charleston has, on behalf of the
city, tendered its hospitalities to the magistrate of police of
Wilmington and the committee appointed to receive the remains
of Mr. Calhoun on the passage through this place to South Caro-
lina. Colonel Miller, the magistrate of police, has addressed a
polite note to the mayor accepting the courteous proffer. The
South Carolina State Committee of Arrangements has also in-
vited the Wilmington committee to proceed to Charleston, join
in the funeral solemnities, and become the guests of the city.

The committee of the Senate appointed to accompany the
remains of Mr. Calhoun to South Carolina has invited three
gentlemen of the House to accompany them, to wit: Mr. Holmes,
Mr. Winthrop, and Mr. Venable, all of whom have accepted the

invitation.

The following is copied from the Wilmington Chronicle of
May 1, 1850:

On Wednesday last, near 2 o’clock p. m., the cars arrived from
Weldon, bringing in the mortal remains of John C. Calhoun,
in the special charge of Mr. Beale, the sergeant at arms of the
United States Senate, and Senators Mason, of Virginia, Clarke,
of Rhode Island, Dickinson, of New York, Davis, of Missouri,
and Dodge, of Iowa, and Mr. Berrien, of Georgia. The other
members of the Senate Committee joined them in Charleston,
having gone on some days before. Mr. Venable, of North Caro-
lina, Mr. Holmes, of South Carolina, members of the House of
Representatives, accompanied the committee by invitation. Mr.
Winthrop, of Massachusetts, who had likewise been invited to

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