The circumstances in which we are placed by the death of the President
render it indispensable for us, in the recess of Congress and in the
absence of the Vice-President, to make arrangements for the funeral
solemnities. Having consulted with the family and personal friends of
the deceased, we have concluded that the funeral be solemnized on
Wednesday, the 7th instant, at 12 o'clock. The religious services to be
performed according to the usage of the Episcopal Church, in which
church the deceased most usually worshiped. The body to be taken from
the President's house to the Congress Burying Ground, accompanied by a
military and a civic procession, and deposited in the receiving tomb.

The military arrangements to be under the direction of Major-General
Macomb, the General Commanding in Chief the Army of the United States,
and Major-General Walter Jones, of the militia of the District of
Columbia.

Commodore Morris, the senior captain in the Navy now in the city, to
have the direction of the naval arrangements.

The marshal of the District to have the direction of the civic
procession, assisted by the mayors of Washington, Georgetown, and
Alexandria, the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, and
such other citizens as they may see fit to call to their aid.

John Quincy Adams, ex-President of the United States, members of
Congress now in the city or its neighborhood, all the members of the
diplomatic body resident in Washington, and all officers of Government
and citizens generally are invited to attend.