The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-13
GUST TO OUSI.

Tho Remains 80 General csorc- u Nc
a'~l'sn rn">;-nta;ipu.iv Horne to Their
LAT ise.,ng Fiaoe-I.guie-~sf u Pace.
NV fpEK. November 2-Tac ~!uacra.
services over the rcmaias OF the late Gen
eral Geo. Il. Mcclellan took place AS
morning n The Madison Sq1are Prrsby-
icT!an Church ~ carly a. uine o'clock,
an hour IN advance o, ne TIM Gx.t for
holding The services, q police force ia
der command o: Cap;aia Williams, took
~ - position IL TIE from: door Il the
church ami awaited the arrival o. the
casset conta!n.ng me Icm.ias. Thcy did
no impede travel or prevent any one
who w!saet from en,ern. IN,
church, Is 4, was tn special
wish Of the family That no obscrvancc
should bc paid 10 the body that would
mo-; be given 20 that Of 4 private c.tizvn.
No tickets were T,Qu.r Ell 10 calm s!Iuis-
sion 10 the church, aud cverythiu. Ia con
ucctiou wi h the last 81 rl.cs va a.. the
simplest naturc. The body arrived hcrc
YESTERDAY afternoon from ORANGE. aud
WAS taken 20 the house # ". {. Prime,
: East Iweniy.tnird street.
In : little while attc- the police had
been stationed IN iTou; of the cAurcl.
General Hancock. one Of the p~all-tearcrs
arrived accompanied by TWO Il - ia.
The General WAS adm tied L. The house
of Mr.. Prime, but not his aides, amt i
was learned that no one wou.i DC per-
mitted 90 enter the front ptr!or, save the
paii-Oeircts aud the ladies' Of the de-
ceased family and those 4 Mr.. Primes.
The .talwart form OF General Haucuck,
50 familiar to New Workers, attracted a.
%tention, and 4 crowd began - gather In
the y~lcInity Of the house General Joe
Johnson, accompanied by General Fi,Z-
JOHN Potter, General Mcmahon, GcaeraI
Franklin and other pali-bcarers soon fol-
lowed.
The streets We're cleared, and the loyal
legion TOOK up is position near the resi-
dcuce OF Mr.. Prime, and awaited the
bringing out Of the remains. The coffin
WAS soon brought out, carried by sx
men, the pail bearers wakin. In front or
on either side. As the cofil was carried
past, the spectators removed their hats
out of respect for the ijlusirious dead.
The funcra! procession followed.
The coffin WAS received AZ The main
entr-ncc OF the church by Rev, Or.
Parkhurst and Whitaker. As the body
was brought into the church The Dead
Ma en- in saul" broke forth from the
organ.
4 raised black covered platform stood
directly In front Of the pulpit, and on this
the cashet was placed. AZ Ms head on
the iaDlc, ant resting against the pulpit,
wasa beautiful floral design representing
an American f'i:. II was composed en-
tircly OF imInortclle~, and Cmb-lii-hed
with punches OF tea Torcs and sprays If
PAIN and edged with SmllaN. Diago-
nal!y across It's face was 4 sword In black
immortcllcS with "A hit Of tea roses. Be-
meath the fia- WAS a pillow bearing the
word ''li"st." On the ca~kct, which was
with black cloth, auc on either
side OF which were three silver handles
black bars, rested n wreath OF oak
leaves tied with purple Ribbon aud three
long sprays Of palm.
A. 500 as the mourners were all sat
Rev. pr. PdTkburst came forward IN
the pulpit aud began the funeral ser
vices OF the Presbyterian Churcn, begin
ming WITH" am the Resurrection and the
When he had finished, the choir SUM
IN" hymn: "Jcsus, Lover of Ny Soul"
one Of the Generals favoritcs, In a touch
IA. manner.
At its conclusion DIR. Tarkhurst again
forward and read the conc u,ion Of
Inc services, beginning with: ''liut now
5 Christ risen from tho dead" offered
mp 4 touching prayer aud finished with
.ac Lord, PRAYER.
DIR. fa'khErst then gave The b"nedic-
ion, alter which the caSkct was Tcmpvei
O the hea!se. and the funeral curtcgc
for the ferry. When IN" remains.
at Jersey CITY they were placed
u board 4 special train, WI Oh, NJ noon.
ont OF the depot en- route for
Trenton, wh"r" the burial viii take
IA River View Cemetery.