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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-10-01
The Remains Laid to Ret.

CLEVELAND, September 26.-The marvellous
exhibition in the square went on all night.
Silver refectors threw the rays OF electric
lights full upon the towering pavilion from all
sides. A light hung f-om the ceiling directly
over the bier A dozen more lights around the
square made the place brighter and more weird
than day, and an interminable line of people six
abreast filed steadily all night long past tho
closed casket. Strangers without shelter
walked the streets with lunch baskets,
waiting for the day. The sleeping and
parlor cars at the railroad stations were con-
verted into hotels and rented at a dollar
chair. Every train in the early morning de-
posted its hundreds in the city. The excite
ment in the streets and especially about the
overwhelmed eating houses and hotels was
great Many persons who had no lunch bas-
Rets went without breakfast At 8 o'clock the
guards at the square crossed bayonets, and the
line, which had been moving for twenty -four
hours at the rate of ), 0o0 an hour, was stopped.
Hundreds were standing in line in Superior
street at the time waiting their turn. Even at
this aily hour the line of march was cleared
by the military pickets. The sun was Excess
sively hot, and the air was close. The guards
who had had long hours of vexatious duty
stood at their posts quite worn out.
At the south of the pavilion was stand for
1,500 people. Generals Sherman, Hancock
Sheridan, and others of the guard of honor:
the Justices OF Une supreme court, the con-
gressional escort the governors of States and
mayors of cities sat there; and besides them
there were the singing societies and the news
paper correspondents. The funeral car was
drawn into position near the western entrance
to the pavilion at $50. The bier upon it was
draped in black, and white plumes were upon
its top, while at the four corners were the tat
tered battle-fags of Garfeld's old regiment
the Forty-second Ohio. The car was drawn
by twelve black horses, four abreast. wearing
black covers, oliver fringed, and led by giS
black grooms in mourning dress.
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Foot Artillery.
Light Artillery.
OIVIC pTOC6SSIOII.
Clergymen in attendance.
Physicians who attended the late President.
Guard of honor.

Guard of honor
Officers of the army and navy and marine corps
Family of the late President.
Relatives of the late President.
Ex-Presidents of the United Statea
The President.
The Cabinet Ministers.
The Diplomatic Corps.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The Senators of the United States
Members of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives.
Governors of States and Territories and Com
missioners of the District of Columbia.
The Judges of the Court of Claims, the Judi
ciary of the District of Columbia and
Judges Of the United States Courts
The Assistant Secretaries of State, Treasury
and Interior Departments.
The Assistant Postmasters General, the Solici-
tor-General, and the Assistant
Attorneys General.
Organized societies.
Citizens and strangers.
The guard of honor received the body at the
depot and deposited it in the funeral car
When all the members o. the family and the
other mourners had taken their place on the
train the signal to start was given and the life
less remains of President Garfield were on
their way to the West.
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Union Veteran Corps.
Washington Light Guard.
Ca,,ita1 C;t-

capital City Guard
oNi A osates Marine Band and Drum Corps.
detachment of United States Naripes-
Second United States ARTILLERY Rand,
four companies of Heavy Artillery and One
w, Light Battery.
Washington and Columbia Communicates NJ
Knights Templar.
iHen followed the hearsc, f1anked on either
side by single line of army and nav officers
among them being General Sherman and Gem
erais Drum, Meigs, Sackett, Poe, Dodge. Nc
Keever, Rnggles Brock. Colonel Pa,.r
and about fifty others of the army and Pear
ADMIRAL Nichols, Commodores English and
ficard, Pay Director Tooker, Captain De Kraft
ana captain G. Ii. Wells, Commanders How
ell, Manly, Howison Law, Lieutenants Scbroe-
der, Belden, Wainwright, Bartlett Stockton
and others. N''A'oA
With muffied drums and a solemn funeral
dlrge the procession moved slowly up the ave
nue.. A dense mass lined the sidewalks all the
way from Sixth street to the east front of the
crowd was apparently as great as upon the oc-
caslon OF the late Presidents inaugural process
slon AS the procession moved up the avenue
scarcely sound was heard save that from the
ieet OF the moving men and horses. Hats
were removed and heads were bowed. At the
east front OF the capitol there was a double file
OF Senators and Representatives, headed nv
their respective officers, waiting in resnectfnl
silence to escort the remains into the rotunda
AT precisely $40 the head of the sad procession
arrived.
The officers of the army and navy drew M in
parallel lines on either side of the hearse The
marine band played again with much senti-
ment, "Nearer, my God, to Thee" as the re-
mains of President Garfield were borne into
the rotunda and placed upon the catafaloue !:
the Senators and Representatives preceding
and ranging themselves on each side of the
dais. Close behind the casket walked President
Arthur and Secretary Blaine, who were fol.
lowed by Chief-Justice Waite and Secretary
Window, General Grant and Secretary Hunt
Secretary Lincoln and Attorney General Mac,
Veaghi Secretary Kirkwood aud Postmaster
General James, Colonel Rockwell and General
Swain, Colonel Corbin and private secretary
Brown. At 5:35 the lid of the casket was opened.
and the face of the late President was exposed
to view. President Arthur and Secretary Blaine
first approached aud gazed upon the face of
the dead, and then slowly and sadly passed out
of the hall. One by one those present advanced
and glanced at the emaciated and discol-
bred face of the dead President. The public
at large was then admitted. During the after
noon and night the body was viewed by many
ihousan s Of people
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The Nations Grief.

Advices from every part of the country re-
port signal manifestations of grief over the
death of President Garfield. Emblems of
mourning are displayed places of amusement
were closed and public meetings were held to
give expression to the popular feeling and to
arrange for appropriate public obseryances.
The governors of New Jersey, Illinois, Mich
igan, California, Rhode Island, New York,
South Carolina and other States issued procla-
nations appointing the day of the funeral at
the churches.
Tho municipal authorities and mercantile
bodies of San Francisco decided to have a
grand funeral procession on the day of the
Presidents interment at Cleveland.
Popular subscriptions to the Mrs. Garfield
fund have been started in Boston and Denver.
A fund has also been started in Denver for the
erection of monument to Garfield in that CITY
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followed by the members of the Iucal COM
mittee, which went to Pittsburg to meet the
train. These formed in line facing the train
as Mrs Garfield, walking with her son
Harry and Secretary Blaine, stepped from
the cars. She was followed by Mollie.
and General Swain, Colonel Rockwell and
wife, the members of the cabinet and others of
the escort. Mrs. Garfield and her daughter
Mollie drove at once to the residence of her
kinsman the Hon. James Mason. AS she en-
tered the carriage with Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Gar
field for the first time broke down. She did
not attempt to restrain her tears, which for a
moment flowed freely. The ride to the house
was but block. Mrs. Garfield passed quickly
through the halls to her own ROOM only stop
ping to return the silent embraces of her
friends.
After Mrs. Garfield drove away from the STA
ton the casket was lifted out and carried bv
the eight marines in blue uniforms and white
helmets to the hearse. The hearse was mas
sively draped with heavy mourning outside and
with small American flags inside. 1t was
drawn by four jet black horses, with black
broadcloih neck and body blankets, trimmed
with deep silver fringe. Each horse was led
by colored groom, the animals being held by
a black and white cord extending from the
mouthpiece.
The army and naval officers in attendance
followed the hearse in their carriages, as did
CuleI JUSTICE NdIte anu MS associate Justices,
The local escort was drawn up in position.
headed by platoon of police and the mounted
city troops with their helmets and snowy yellow
plumes AS the procession moved slowly down
the avenue the band played dirge President
Garfield's commandery of Knights Templar-
the Columbia, of this city-marched directly
ahead OF the hearse, which was drawn by black
horses led by greoms. Directly after the hearse
came the drum corps, with muffled drums. The
Cleveland Greys with arms reversed, fol-
the old Forty second regiment of Ohio volun-'
teers, Garfeld's old regiment The tattered
colors of the regiment were tied with Grape.
The carriage with cabinet officers followed.
At the square the casket was laid upon the
black satin catafalque under the elaborate pa
vilion. The pavilion is composed of four arches
forming hollow square and surmounted by
pointed roof, solid globe, and staff The
building is almost entirely covered with black
cloth, and upon the upper corners are black
flags Topped with Grape. At the lower corners
are cannon covered with black cloth, and on
every side are large and graceful plants. With
in are festoons Of black The catafalque, COW
cred with black satin, is surrounded by four
high gildod columns, surmounted by white
doves and supporting canopy of black. On
either side of the catafal Iue is an elaborate
flower piece. The queens wreath and the cy-
press palms rvmain upon the coffin. At the
head of the coffin is portrait of the late Presi
dent, together with these words:
LIES race well run;
LIES work well done;
Llfe's crown well won:
Now comes rest.
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From Washington to Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, September 24.-The funeral
train arrived here at 100 p. NJ. The second
section, on which were the members OF Con-
gress, arrived at 1:50 P. NJ. There was one con-
tinuous demonstration of grief all along the
line. Stately mansions and humble log cabins
alike displayed emblems Of mourning. At the
larger towns great numbers of people were as
scmtlsd. At Altoona the number of people as
sembled in and around the station was esti-
mated at TO- 900. At Lewistown the track was
strewn with flowers. Especially large gather
ings of people were noticeable at Huntingdon
and Tyrone. At Pittsburg the bells tolled and
minute guns were fired.
A post of the Grand Army of the Republic
was drawn up in front of the depot at East
Liverpool, Ohio, when the tram passed. in the
order of salute A band of music played fun
eral dirge A beautiful funeral arch spanned
the main street. The fire department was also
drawn up in line, and about thousand people
were congregated at the station.
At Wellsville, Ohio, there was large crowd,
and the funeral train stopped for some time.
Ex-President Hayes, Secretaries Blaine and
Lincoln, and Postmaster General James sat at
open windows facing the people, and many
shook hands with them. Some of the women
took their little children up to the car windows
to have them shake hands. At one of the
stations large number Of the male portion
were in q kneeling position as the train passed
by
At Salineville, Ohio, miners stood in line,
the lamps on their hats burning.
At Maysville, Pn., reached at 1915 last
night, Senator Don Camerons private car was
attached to the congressional train. The car
contained Senators Cameron and Logan and
ex-senator Chaffee. W
An officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany says that every switch between Baltimore
and Pittsburg was manned, and men to watch
the track had been placed at every half mile on
the route, and reported to the conductor of the
train by lantern signals at every half-mile STA
ton designated by the officials.
Atnearly every place on the route bells were
two places dirges were played by brass ban Is.
After daylight it was noticed by the passen-
gers that the women in the crowds through
which the train passed were weeping.
Arrival of the Remains at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, September 24.-The funeral
train reached the Euclid avenue station of the
Pittsburg road soon after o'clock. Advance
dispatches had given notice of its coming, and
the streets about the station were crowded
hours before the time of arrival. The long
route over which the casket was to be borne
was lined with people. Windows and balconies
were crowded, and improvised platforms stood
upon many lawns.
AS the train stopped at the station the church
bells on Euclid avenue began tolling and kept
on during the two hours which it took the
funeral procession to reach the square. Gen.
eral Sherman, General Hancock and the others
Of the guard Of honor alighted. They were
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mourning, passed silently on to mngle their
tears and pay the last earthly tribute over the
coffin which sealed from view the form and
features of the dearly loved husband, father
and friend. After remaining about twenty
minutes in the rotunda they returned quietly
and with the same privacy that marked their
entrance, and passing through to the Senate
wing entered the carriages and returned to the
residence of the attorney general.
The scene at the capitol at O'Clock was very
impressive. The great ediice crowned with
Grape rose in clear lines of black and white
above mourning multitude bathed in the sun
light of a clear September day. The spacious
park on the eastern side OF the capitol was
filled with a moving mass of humanity intent
upon catching if possible a glimpse of the sim
pie coffin of the dead President as it was carried
down the broad staircase by his brethren of the
Christian church. The staircase, too, was
thronged just as it was on the fourth of March,
which seems so many years back in the past
Within and without were masses of men and
women and little children. 1t was calculated
that SO, 900 people stood inside the park, and
inside the rotunda was dense, pushing crowd.
At O'Clock Rev. Isaac Erritt OF Cincinnati,
editor of the Christian Standard the official
organ of the Christian church, opened the SER
vices by prayer. He was an old and intimate
friend of the dead President. Following the
prayer WAS the rendition by the Philharmonic
SUCletJ VI Cue OlStrlcb OI COlumDla OF the an
them from Memberships oratorio of St. Paul,
$40 Thee. Oh Lord, 1 yield my spirit" Then
a short SCI 5c4 4sas delivered by the Rev. Fred
erick D. Flower, lsx iof the Christian church in
this city, where Presssaht Garfield was regular
attendant during his pubs Elm Washington
for the past eighteen years. Assssiss. end the
choir sang, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" The
benedction was pronounced, and the ceremonies
ended, the choir singing ASLEEP in jesus as
the cortege passed out of the rotunda
At the conclusion of the brief and simple
service at the capitol over the remains of the
lamented President, the procession which had
been formed in line for some time previous,
began to move 1t was shortly after O'Clock.
Down the steps of the capitol and along Penn
sylvania avenue slowly moved the impressive
line until the depot Of the Baltimore and Poto-
mac railroad was reached.
The following was the order OF the process
sion from the capitol to the railroad depot:
Funeral escort in column of march.
District of Columbia Volunteers
Marines.
Foot Artillery.
Light Artillery.
Civic procession.
Clergymen in attendance.
Physicians who attended the late President
Guard of honor
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QUEEN VICTORIA,
To the memory of the late President
Garfield.
An expression of her sorrow and sympathy:
with Mrs. Garfield and the Amer
lean nation.
Sent % 1881.

At night the rotunda was again lighted. At
half mast 6 the lid of the casket was closed by
order of Secretary Blaine. Still the ceaseless
tide of people rolled on.
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PRICE THREE CENTS.

The family arrived shortly before TO- They
were preceded by Bishop BcdeIl and the Epis-
copalian and Presbyterian clergymen of the
city. Mrs. Garfield walked with Harry. her
Oldest boy, and Irwin, her youngest James
supported the feeble steps of his venerable
grandmother. The brother and two sisters OF
tie late President followed, and Miss Moliie
walked with General Swain. Other friends and
relatives followed, and then Ex-Governor HAYES,
VIM. NJ. Evarts, and the members of the cabi-
net entered the pavilion. The family sat BY
the casket
During the exercises which then followed tho
multitude was kept without the square The
heat of the sun at this time was overpowerine.
The vocal society sang favorte hymn of the
President as follows:
Ho, reapers OF life's harvest
Why stand with rusted blade,
Until the night draws round thee
And day begins to fade;
Why stand We idIe waiting
For reaperS more to come;
The golden morn is passing,
Why sit We idle, dumb?
Thrust in your sharpened sickle,
And gather in the grain.
The night is fast approaching,
And soon will come again.
The Master called for reapers,
And shall He call in vain;
Shall sheaves lie there ungathered,
And waste upon the plain ?
Mount up the heights of wisdom,
And crush each error low;
Keep back no words of knowledge
That human hearts should know
Be faithful to thy mission
In service of thy lord,
And then golden chaplet
Shall be thy just reward.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-28
Half a Mile Of Circus.

p. T. Barnum's exclusively and indi-
vidually greatest show on earth, with
which is allied the Great London Circus
and Sanger's Royal British Menagerie
took possession of the principal thor
oughfares OF New York on Saturday ,ana
all the Oldest inhabitants, companied
by their progeny, squeezed themselves
on the sidewalks to see the hight parade.
1t left the Garden promptly at 100 Al
the head were mounted policr, followed
by heralds In shiny armor blowing trum-
pets. they were followed by retlnue
divided into tifty-three sections, among
which were cages of tame wild beasts
aud men and women, an English nan
som cab and "Tallyho" coach; car.
rages Of all descriptions drawn by sle-
plants, camels, baby elephants, baby
camels, zebras and lilputIan pouies, and
containing bauts Of music, wonderful
figures and steam calllupe; gorgeously
dressed meh and women on horseback
and thousand torch light bearers. The
parade was illuminated with calcium
lights and fires of blue and red. Dur
lng the day Mr.. John W. Hamilton aud
the agents of the allied shows we're busy
entertaining a tremendously large mum
. r OF out-oi-tO~n newspaper IepUllets
from Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Springfield, Worcester and
other provincial towns. This alter ouu
he circus will open at the Madison
square Garden. There will be three
rings in which performances Will be
given at the same time. 1t the inien
ton of the managers TO iutr )duce q
number of acts entirely new TO tins
country. The attractions will include
lie baby elephant now only one yeal
old; General Tom Thumb aud Mrs
Thumb; Chang, the Chinese glalt an,
horde of hUIsewomen, acIouals an,
clowns.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-28
MONDAY. MARCH ~, issl.

1T is really disgusting to decent peo-
pie 10 listen 10 the croaking Of Radical
par, isAns about "houOr aud honesty"
II Is al old saying that "lhere is honor
among hieves = but NO honor is allowed
10 staud ia the way Of the party that
stole the Presidency with its ehundred
thousand aud five Offices" Wherever
that party eau secure official position
and advancement for any of its members
by leg slative action, that action Is
taken-nor do they ponder the conse-
Queues. As was shown in the case OF
counting In aud seating Hayes, they were
willing TO encounter t6e consequences
Of civil war to get the spoils. No rob
Der chieitain as ever more eager for
fight for spoils than Ferry and Grant
showed themselves TO be. Look too at
the bargain with Malone in the Senate,
to which the country is now ca led on TO
show Its disgust. Malone was elected
as q Democrat-declared himself in
favor OF Hancock and English, and en-
tered the Senate as Democrat; but
was offered the privilege Of naming the
officers Of the Senate and suggesting the
Garfield appointments in Virginia ii be
would vote for the Republican commit
tees to organize the Senate. These in
ducemenls we're held out to him by
ConkliLg and Cameron, and he accept
ed them. Was ever a purchase more
dishonorable to any party? These mel
are high in the council of the nation
they are learned lawyers, wealthy and
all "honorable men"-but they have
stopped to the venalty of bargain that
would be pronounced disgrace il il
took place in common broLhal over
STOLEN goods-the parties too are the
pick and choice spirits of that part,
which stole the Presidency; aud yet the
small-fry Republican politicians all over
the country justify the bargain. They
do so In Delaware, and after that pre-
teOd to talk Of honor, and call the action
Of the Democratic party here in Della
ware thai has been compelled to en-
counter and struggle year after year
against the purchased votes with foreign
capital of five thousand negroes, added
to that parry BY partisan legislation.
II there is q particle Of honor lett among
that portion OF the Radical party leaders
called stalwarts, why then honor MAY
truthfully be said to exist among thieves.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-28

THE NEW Prohibition Law al Kansas
is meeting WHh The strongest opposition
rom qaat ter whence troubled as pro
baby ieast expected. Tie law aus, =
lately toi bids the use of WINE in lht.
sacrament, Furnishing the minister v Lo
80 administers the sacIam, nt with tWn
years Imprisonment III the pender'iary
aud shutting up The church itself as q
public nuisance, according to the inter
pertatlon of the Rev. DR. Beatty, re tor
oi Episcopal Church at Lawrence. Las
sunday the munster administered The
sacrament as usual, regardless Of the
consequences, having previously an
| nounred to the congregation his deter.
mination to do so. He said eve arr
willing TO render unto Casar's, the
things the that are but we will
give to God the things that are His
| say, az did Peter, Judge ye whelhe
we should obey men rather than God
or one thing you may be assurtd-We
shall never recognise for moment the
attempts of human legislation to des roy
the great sacrament of the Christ an
church." 1t 10 probable that the Rev Or
I5eatty's action v ill be initiated by 9th
Clergyman, aud the result is hard o pre-
dict. 1t will be argued that the S at,
cannot permit the prohibition law TO b,
openly violated by clergymen witros
arousing a storm ofopposition from u o.,
TO whom its enforcement is pecuuArl
loss; and on the other hand, to consigt
the Rev. DIR. Beatty 70 prison aud clos'
his church as nuisance would place shar,
weapons in the hands Of those who wan
10 see the new law hewn down.