New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-24

the forest foliage assumes sickly dying hue earthly
The pageant moves, the spendor of and the ban
ners glitter in the sunlight the of Instruments and
OF men resound. But the spring and pass by
and of Of Sea COD nsa
God s our refuge and underneath the everlasting
THE REV. Mr.. BUTLER's PRAYER.
At the conclusion of Dr. Powers address, the Rev.
>. q. Butler offered prayer as follows:
Our Father. bow before Thee with bleeding hearts
finding find out We rejoice in the light that from
our Covenant God the God of our now sainted Pres
dent and the Sovereign earths rulers There is
in the @ name that Is above every name We thank God
Nations host gathers in sorrow, for his pariosm and
purity for his courage and patience for his faith and
mother The VI" Lord ds deal very tendeTy
the bGn en at ne s ea ask
ing the life of our our President Father not as we will but
rrng ancy this faith W trial Y to % the % Nation % to the
gey we any name m & Thou savo"
s fh avs na OF %"d o Thy rvs
hour Thou wilt keep bless her and the fatheress
in the faith of their father their mother and of
oae Keep eans them & al TSm saaea as
to oa, its last resting place, Help us to look
find its mother and the mother the child and where
hy ole Of Freedom h aS GGd BE shs for d the
OF our fathers, which survive the death of rulers
and perpetuate thus making us more and more
grace thy servant upon whom the great responsibilities
met coming from W taer f an%oas and LOVING
OF sorrow In the chamber of suffering and death Oh,
our land may be noted for righteousness and peace
he spirit OF instice and equity annating those who
peace and prosperity. Make worthy subjects OF the
to whom with Thee, OH Father with the ever blessed
spirit be dominion and power and glory world without
end Amen.
single incident, and not on the programme of
the ceremonies, noted. bat disturbed in his
day dream among the coruces and convoutions of
i the ornamental work of the rotunda dropped from
his perch somewhere and luttercd about the upper
air of the place. He darted and wheeled hher and
thither during nearly the entire duration of the
services attracting, by ITS frantic efforts to escape
the unwilling attention of many an eye. Had the
audience lived a few hundred years ago
portent; Another incident of u more pleas
| any character was beantfui rainbow
clouds in the eastern horizon lust as the services in
the rotunda had been completed and the body was
being borne the hearse Here again the superstl-
tious nilnd oi bygone age might have seen an
omen Of good.
immediately after the close of the services the
iiora decorations Were all removed Mrs Garfield
having requested that they be sent to her home at
Mentorl except the beautiful wreath, the gift of
Queen Victoria, which had been placed upon the
head OF the coffin when the lid was closed, and
which renamed there when the coffin borne to
buried; TINS touching tribute OF Queen Victoria
greatly moved Mrs. Garfield only woman
feel womans sympathy at the time OF her greatest
earthly sorr.w.
The street scenes were only repetitions of what
was seen here On Wednesday, when the body was
received from Elberon. The pavcmonts. windows
and roofs of houses all along the route OF the march
from the Capitol to Sixth-st. were crowded ami
fairly packed with people. For hours before the
time Tor the arrival Of the body at the depot the
streets for several squares were blocked that ali
travel was stopped except the passage Of the street
plete and even sumptuouS.
THE START FOR CLEVELAND.
The funeral train divided into two sections of
some ,dx or seven Pullman paace-ears each and alt
1 the afternoon the gentlemen in charge of the diff
ferent organ cations of the ego were engaged
III bringing III supplies of all kinds. The large size
of the party, consisting of the Cabinet, Army aud
Navy officers, Senators and Representatives. and
3 the impossibility of securing such supplies the
road. made il necessary TO have it done beforehand
q Mr. Wormey, the famous resta rateur was asked
to attend 70 tins part of the programme The hearse
reached the depot at 400 at which moment the
4 Marine Band played solemn air. The Army and
Navy officers marched out To- the gateway
covered, wtile the Artillery scrgoants bore the
coffin on to the platform and thence into the car AS
they had taken il ont on Wednesday The Cabinet
loored slowly and at intervals. the crowds the
2 outsige preventing the prompt arrival of their
rlages. The palibearcrs were iollowel closely by
s. the Army and Navy otnCers and " hitc House
u ploye{s. Then came General Grant and Mr. Hayes
n ara In arm; Directly after came the President,
III w dlhl " hl' WIFI AllpT
ncy-Gcneral MacNeagg the other side. Then
3 came Secretary and Mrs Lincoln, Secretary aud
N Mrs. Windom sec etary and Mrs. Hunt, Secretary
" and Mrs james, and the others in irregular order
Il Mr. Blaine ana General Real returned in n few mo-
n ments escorting the President and General Grant
back to their carriage.
81 The rcmanderol the party came in promiscuously.
and were assigned to their places in the ears AZ rap
al ly and icw minutes after o'clock the funeral
"a train passed ont ol the depot, olowed at "A short
q interval by the Congressional train.
AS the crowds turned sorrowfully homeward.
u there was realization Of the fact that Washington
N City, ana the whole country as we'll has taken
n leave forever of great ono who for twenty
"a years has hled Il large space in tho tonal
n esteem.