, 1881-09-27

Special UHpdtfh 70 1ht CHICAGO 1rtburks
ST. Louis, Mo-, sopt :o.-Tho pooplo Of st.
Louis were awakened from tl1otr s'umnering
today by tho crash Of cannon. At sunrise tho
St. Louis Volunteer Light Artillery took up
the|r position In Washington square. tho guns
firing from tho Cinrk Avonne and Mnrket atrect
stt'ea. Aftor tho Federal salute had ns11ercl in
tho day tho startled eurs Of tho clstzons woru no
longer nssailoa by tho continuous iro, hut oycrY
halc-hour single gun belche1 furtA its fierce
tones, as though to gtvo no chance for my to
forget. At O'clock, tho hour fixed for tho funor-
al ceremonies, tho funernl saluto Of twenty.
guns were fred ut Intervals Of Uno minute.
Then followed tho tlnlf-huuriy guns. and these
TIL sunaet, when n National salute Of thirty
oIeht guus closed tho military observance Of
tho day. Hut for tho quiet which prevails and
lis mournful t1raplng OF black tho city womb
present holiday appearance, for tho business
houses arc nearly ali closed, hut It Ia sR,1 hoIl
any. FlRKs nrc dying everywhere ut half-mnss,
and many OF them arc frInRod With orapo or lRtf
wrapped III it. The public buildings are dcckoa
in coors Of n anhlo hue. On tho Polytechnic
building thoro arc 1oug stroamcrs Of mourning
rcnchlnE from tho very top Of tho hugo building
to tho lower floor. Tho court.hnuee iB tieekGd
upon all sides With atrcamcra OF black cnulbric:
80 ia tho city and NIL tho public buildings. AL
ntonK Fourth and Fifth strocts and Washington
avenue tho stores arc draped In mourning aud
t,n1s aro iying. Tho h0tels hnvn decorated their
fronts In mourning, rs well as all otllors The
theatres, which run hero seven days In tho
week, have oloscd until tomorrow, and
thor outer wallis arc tcckeJ with
MOURNING co1ors. The poles stations nro
decorated as though some ono III powor WIS
dcad. Tho fro onBlno.hollHcs Aro flying as much
mournsn9 and psescat!uE as many eatwar.
symptoms OF Rr!of rs they did upon tho duy ono
Of .hoir noblcst mon was blrlod. Mnny women
Rto seun wearing somo b,a,lgo OF mourning
tft tnEEnu 0f ft0 1srnaff3nhffA ffnuth. mn
wear resets pinned with brooches, upon
which arc Paintcd tho taco OF GnrsleId. Tho
post-otl'eo mon md tho lottor-Cnrriere HIl wear
resets furnished by tho Government In
tho middle Of these. and used 10
keep theso on, arc pins tho beads
Of which hcnr miniature portraits Of tho dcAd
President Outside OF tho city ccntrO and upon
the quiet side strcots tho people. us elsewhere,
havo arfsrn. In hnnor Of tho tlcnd tho fronts OF
houses occupied by poor Anl rich n.ke fse
drapcl In mourning. Nov 1t is M old ling that
perhaps saW tho war in which Gurt,eld won dis
ttnctlon thut Ia brought out Ut Its hiding plncc,
tltisted hung out 0r tho best window, aud lot
iioat botora tho breeze. FiaRs OF nll ma
tI0ns arB flying. Tho Htars and
i'Hts. relic OF sn1no Confederate, woro
norlccd, aud they tlos!tutl With tho Stars md
Stripes. for tho t1end President bus tho syInpa.
thy OF oil. Tho fcellng bus entered tho heNrta
of pour and rich alike. and tho cottngo Is drAcI
as tas'ly US tho mansion. In ftlct upon At Sides
tho sayIng, "Olo tOl,ch OF Nuturu ,,,alcs tho
whole world kin" !s lliustrntol, ind tho urcat
heart Of tno AncrlcAn pcnplo IL shown In Its
own trun Light. At.n'clnek this afternoon tho
M!ltury companies Assctnbca ut thor hull. aud
nftor rull-tall and tho usun! preliminary
movements det'tcd down froul tho nrIuory witt.
arms ruvHrSod aud With crapo on their sltcvcs
and took up their route through tho prllopnt
streets OF thu city. at o'clock tho various
IL le,,r