The New York herald., 1870-01-26
PEABoDY'S OBSEQUIBS.
Arrival of the Funeral Fleet at
Portland.
Particulars Of tho Voyage from Europe
The Monarch and Plymouth In q
neutrality-suspicious. In Portland.


at length arrived. The numerous ana per-
picking delays had begun to alarm the
people hereaDouts concerning the safety OF
the convoy, and when the rumor of the early
evening that the fleet had actually arrived was con.
frmed at later hour, che public was relieved and
joyful.
During the day good many guesses were made
a. TO the time the 1eet would DO here; but nobody
put much faith In the prophesy Of the most astute
guesser Time, too, wore heavily with the CAV
and festive of1cers OF the American iron clads,
who were on shore lounging In tho
spacious passageways Of the. hotel. waiting for
something TO turn up they little dreaming that the
funeral neet was on shore. But the citizens. or
some of them, thought 1t too bad that SO much
gallantry, supposed to be concentrated In o
crowd OF Yankee brass buttoned boys should
so to waste. and so the idea was
conceived that 1t would be nne thing
to give q ball in their honor Accord
ingly o programme was arranged and the merry
dancers commenced at Fiuento Hall. The grace
and beauty OF Portland was present In goodly num-
bers and all went merry as marriage bell
until about balf-pasr ten, when mes
senger suddenly appeared In the ball from
Admiral Farragut's headquarters at the Falmouth
Hotel for the gay dancers to report to him at once
as the Monarch had arrived In the harbor. The mes
senger however, was sent away In u summary
manner, and he reported to the second hero OF New
Orleans that the dancers had failed to comprehend
the order that the reported arrival OF the feet
was hoax or something OF that sort. The gallant
Admiral took the matter In joking way treating
his subordinates tendery 1t was evident that he did
not care to interfere with the pleasure that the la
dies were deriving from the impr0mptu ball. The
gay dancers finally reported to the Admiral, but ut
late hour.
The captain Of the Plymouth, who, OF course, re-
ported at once to Admiral Farragut gave the
HERALD reporter . very favorable account OF the
CURED. After having been out from Ports
mouth ABOUT week there came heavy
gale accompanied by rain and sleet in most uncom-
portable profusion ana during this raging Of the
separated, the latter ian lron-clad) bearing the
remains Of the distinguished dead. Discover.
ing that t, ner escort had vanished, the Monarch
Plymouth, for she crused around several hours
after calm had succeeded the storm. ana then,
sue also headed for MADEIRA, which port
It was previously arranged should be nrst
Madeira il was ascertained that tue % Monarch had
was, q course, Just and ersas s' snSlsty a s.s as
For three days this anxiety was prolonged.
and the alarm for the safety OF the English iron clad
Indeed, on the afternoon OF the third DAY
there came up another terrible storm ana so
to slip ner cable and put out to midocesn to prevent
her being dashed to pieces against the wharves and
nei2hborMg vessels When the gale was over, and
just AZ the Plymouth was returning to Madeira, she
came across the Monarch, headed for the same
port, and her appearance indicated at once that she
when she sailed from Portsmouth When dlscov-
cred the feelings Of relief on both vessels was very
iears for the safety Of the other.
The balance Of the passage % was NOT only pleasant.
eIt as ss
steamed along at the average rate or about fourteen
knots an hour the Monarch keeping from quarter
was reached on tho 20th. when the Plymouth put
into port for few hours to receive dispatches
and provisions the Monarch steamlng along
craft with steam and canvass, came along
as rapidly as possible IN the direction OF Port
arriving At Bermuda the onlcers OF both
the Monarch and Plymouth were uncertain
their precious cnarge. The most general impression
perhaps, to Boston. The Idea Of coming to Portland
received positive orders that thus was
their destination there was no little
not applicable to ali on board but there we're many
who were then apprised Of their destination for the
On sunday the fleet got into fog or
Montauk Point. and the Plymouth hailed
passing p,s steamer s,.n 70 ascertain " the bear
strange steamer was rather Indifferent to the In
quiry, not to say impudent and the result was that
him. couple OF blank cartridges were then fired
across her bow: still It did not have the de-
sired effect The dlsrespecuul captain turned
square about and put In an opposite direction with
all possible speed but he had not gone far before he
encountered the formidable Monarch, which also
hailed his steamer for the same Information sought
by the Plymouth. Her armament was too
warlike for further resistance, notwithstand-
she was draped in mourning. That drapery perhaps
ne interpreted as the black nag, and believing that
ne wo%d 81 no th eIcy run down ne
steamer proved to be the Hunter and was en- route
to Philadelphia.
twelve O'Clock, and immediately commenced
heavy cannonading, which was the signal for
pilot; @ This necessary professional eS went down
had the international funeral feet safely anchored
the stream opposite the city. The vessels compos-
ilg the neet Will remain ia the outer harbor until
morning Mr.. Peabody Russell remaining on board.
The only communication he sent ashore was tele
other things that he was In good health and that
the trip wasan excellent one.
The remains Of Mr.. Peabody are In mausoleum
on the second deck OF tho vessel. Going on board
the HERALD reporter was permitted to en-
ter the sacred place II IS q spacious
WHITE WSse silver s cord setting A Of the arapery in
bold relief, and with the walls covered with
elegant monograms &c: r" the whole pro.
colors being emphatically those Of mourning, rather
than OF magnfceuce In the centre stands the
raised platform on which the casket will be placed,
and around which candelabras are arranged. At
tue entrance this mortuary chapel STANDS an i'm
mense cannon, which will remain It's usual position
pointing to the room where the dead man lies. Not
far from this chapel is splendid caDin which was
used by Mr.. Russell on the voyage. and which was
specially prepared for him.
The Ofricers or the MOnhrch were found to be very
gentlemanly In their bearing, and extended every
courtesy your correspondent. The principal officers
are as folows:-Captain, John +. Conmerall c. B. v.
c.; Commander Arthur q. Curtis, Lieutenant I'D.
ward Pilkingten, S'af Commander william IL.
Drisdale. There are eight engineers and the usual
number of midshipmen and officers OF marines.
The Plymouth which Is almost 0yershadowed by
the huge monitor. lays on some distance. She has
1870 men ana ID OF ,740 tons. Her trip from Eng
land rs It did on her Mediterranean course showed
extraordinary sailing qualities. Sne Is commanded
by Captain William Ii. Macomb, and the Lieutenant
Commander is Byron Wilson, The Plymouth was
formally called the Kenosha.
As has areany been announced, the preparations
for the funeral. ceremonies In Portland over the
remains OF the renowned and liberal benefactor
have been on the most extensive scale. The City
Hall, where the services are to take place has been
rendered almost totally dark with enblems. OF
mourning and not less than $50, 900 worth OF ma
terial has been employed in producing this sombre
eject.
The arrangements for the services in the city Hall
have been far modified that there Will be no ad