The Portland daily press., 1870-04-11

GEN. THOMAS MoURNERs.-The Boston
Posts correspondent who attended the funer-
al of Gen. Thomas has taste for personal
description which deserves notice. He is not
at all afraid of big adjectives and strong de-
scriptive terms generally, as will be seen by
the following extracts from his letter:
The President wore his usual civil dress of
black, to which were added on this occasion
black kid gloves. He appeared hardly at ease,
looking around the church frequently and ner-
vously stroklng his beard. Grant seems more
feshy tnan was formerly his wont, The cares
OF office evidently do not weigh on him to the
extent of physical emaciatlon, and but for the
prominent seat in which he was placed no one
would have dreamed that the small, plain
man with the short round face was the Pres
ident Of the United States. In fact, General
Grants pulchrtude is not enhanced by civil
ian's dress, and as his body is short and he
consequently sits very low, his appearance
when seated is anything but commanding.
Next to the President was seated Gen. Bel
knap, his Sc ,retary of War, stocky, muscu-
lar-looking man with red full beard which
Gambrinus might envy and general look of
physical power, making the stories of his per-
sonal prowess seem credible; and next to
him was the hero of the "March to the Sea-"
William Tecumseh Sherman, with his tail.
1.-the form towering above his associates, and
his angular bony head with its closely cropped
tawny hair and beard looking hard enough to
"hammer out horse Shoes"
On the opposite of the aisle in the front
pews sat the pail bearers, Mai Gems. Meade.
Hooker, Rosecrans, Schofeld, Granger, New
ton, Hazen, and Mckay. Hooker was in
plain clothes, and though his eye still flashed
with its wonted fire and his proud head was
still upright and soldierly, his wasted and tot
tering form showed plainly the effects of the
ma!ady which deprived the service of one of
Its brightest ornaments; Meade was there,
sanguine and nervous as of old, his whole ap-
pearance that OF a keen, active hawk in
temporary repose, and as the organ walled
forth solemn drge until the body borne by
the strong arms OF the detailed regular nom
commissioned officers from the WatervIiet Ar.
senal had reached the catafalque just out side
the altar rail, these two veterans arm in arm
followed it up the aisle, Rockers introverted
gaze telling OF the presentiment that soon he
must be followed to his lonely rest. as he now
followed his honored brother.
Still fnrther from the chancel were the
Congressional delegation, among whom Sena-
tor Wilson's broad face was prominent,
f1anked on the one side by Banks's lion head,
and on the other by Logan's fierce moustache
nearly hiding the lower half of his counte-
nance, and only rivaled by that of Governor
Hoffman, who sat nearly opposite. The re-
naming seats in the spacious ejifice were fill
ed by officers of the army and navy, military
societies, and Posts of the Grand ar,,,.-. ~
Norz X>.h EegIsIaru1c, oom mon cOun-
CHS OF this city and Albany. And now a fig
ure passes which recalls that of field mar
shal OF the empire, soldiers face set Off with
nerce iron gray moustache and Imperial, the
eye of an eagle and the pose of king-that is
Mcdowell riding at the head of his brilliant
staff, a man than whom the army never pro-
duced a more soldierly or gallant.