GIDEON WELLES,

Secretary of the Navy.

[From the Daily National Intelligencer, April 18, 1865.]

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

Washington, April 17, 1865.

To Deputy Postmasters: 

Business in all the post-offices of the United States will be suspended and the offices closed from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the 19th instant, during the funeral solemnities of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States.

W. DENNISON,

Postmaster-General.

[From official records, Post-Office Department.]

SPECIAL ORDER.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

Washington, April 18, 1865.

It is hereby ordered that, in honor of the memory of Abraham Lincoln, our lamented Chief Magistrate, the officers and employees of this Department wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months.

W. DENNISON,
  Postmaster-General.

[From official records, Department of the Interior.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

Washington, April 18, 1865.

It is hereby ordered that, in honor of the memory of the late Chief Magistrate of the nation, the officers and employees of this Department wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months.

J.P.  USHER,

Secretary.

FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

[From the Daily National Intelligencer, April 17, 1865.]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, April 17, 1865.

To the People of the United States: 

The undersigned is directed to announce that the funeral ceremonies of the late lamented Chief Magistrate will take place at the Executive Mansion, in this city, at 12 o’clock m. 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.

W. HUNTER,

Acting Secretary of State.

OFFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.

[From official records, War Department.]

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE,

Washington, April 17, 1865.

The following order of arrangement 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 escort and staff. 
Dismounted officers of Marine Corps, Navy, and Army,
in the order named. 
Mounted officers of Marine Corps, Navy, and Army, in the order named. 
(All military officers to be in uniform, with side arms.)