Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-12

shot through the city hall with suChelerlty
as will render the occasion to themdoubly
memorable. The last person hadat last
crossed the well-worn threshold. md the
iron gates changed shut. All preset passed
by the casket and the lying in stae OF the
ex-President had ended. Undertker Mer-
rift then brushed the glass plats above
the body and drew from their Iaces the
two lids which cover the casket. The four
screws in each were turned dowr and the
face of the dead had been closd forever
from view, unless there shall in he future
come from the family request o remove
| the lids. Then the dead was leftn care OF
the guards, who stood erect and silent
within the closed iron gates ad beneath
the black drapery.
At o'clock, the gray of daw had deep
ened to red. Daylight was near. The
strains of dirge music ,rept on
the morning air. At first ditant, they
| drew neal er and nearer. The rd deepened
| IN the east. Sunrise was near. Ehe strains
of music, slow and sad, grew NICE distinct.
Then blue-coated veterans of Made Post,
! Philadelphia, 500 strong, came tampingt to
| the dirge music Of the trumpets The east
was suffused with tints Of orang, and dawn
was closer-the dawn of the fueral day.
| The veterans entered the plaza aid marched
past, while muffled drums timed their foot
steps. A heavy gun doomed ut toward
|
mournful notes, and the sound of muffled
drums grew fainter and then dice away. 1t
was sunrise. The day was bor-the last
day for the dead upon earth before the
| tomb should have opened to shelter him.
Eight O'Clock, and nature was put
ting forth signals of an intenely warm
| day. The crowds grew denser nd denser
around sthe plaza. Mutf1ed Cums and
dirgeful trumpets marched in a one side
| loo = -
players constituted the David's sland mil
itary band. At $50, Gen. Hacock and
staff trooped slowly into the laza from
Broadway and presented front t the city
hall, then moving to the end Of teplaza in
! Broadway where they rested in he plaza.
At this time 100 members of he Lieder-
kranz Society filed up to the sips of the
city hall and, led by four instruments, sang
with impressive effect, Chorus othe Spirits
from Over the Water, and Chorus OF
the Pilgrims, '-Tannhauser. The honor
guard OF regulars filed into the open space
| at O'Clock. Company a, Filth Artillery,
under Col. W. B. Beck and Company e,
! Twelfth Infantry, under Maj. Brown. The
companies and the guard of rgulars is un-
der command OF Col. Beck. The regulars
took position beneath the tees opposite
the city hall, and stood at res. Then came
the original guard of honor that was on
duty at Mt. McGregor, and which alone
should lift the remains to-day Filing into
the corridors OF the city hal, they took
their places beside the remains, under com
mand OF John II. Johnston senior vice
commander of Grant Post, G. A. R., Of
! Brooklyn.
At $50 the imposing funral car was
drawn by twenty-four iet-blck horses in
black trappings. 1t halted On the plaza
directly in front OF the city hull steps. In
side the corridor Commander Johnston
was waiting. Columns in position right
| and left, was his command. The veteran
guard OF honor was erect. Lift the re-
| mains" was the next command in clear
but low tones. The twelve mn stopped to
the silver rails with glcved hands.
March ~ was the word. The body moved.
| Out upon the porticO were borne
the remains, Commander Johnston
Immediately at the head. Down the
steps with measured tread, across the
open, to the steps of the black and waiting
car. Commander Johnston s'epped aside.
The silver mountings glistenedas the burial
case and its honored burden we're carried
up and placed upon the dias on the mount
ed catafalque. The veterans retired down
the steps. The body was alone for all to
view, but deeply guarded. Soon tie honor
guard next to the hearse on either ide took
| the same relative positions they had main
| tanned to the remains while being tDrne to
the car, and the steps were drawn away
from the hearse. Colored men were at the
brides of the twenty-four horses, sixteen
men of Meade Post, Philadelphia, q which
Gen. Grant was a member, was almost di-
rectly in front OF the team Of BLACK lead
ers and the David's Island band preceded
them. A signal was given and the line OF
coaches with clergymen moved off the plaza
| on to Broadway. The band stood waiting
at the head OF the funeral cortege. Col.
| Beck advanced to the head OF the line of
| black horses before the coach. Move on"
were his words of command with Jplifted
sword. The leader slipped forward led by
! cOlOred men, and in an instant the black
line of horses had Strengthened their traces
and the wheels beneath the remains were
moving. The hour was 9:47. The band
played dirge, the tramp Of the regulars
and the honor guard beat upon the pave
ment, thousands beneath the trees and
crowding the sides of the square looked ST.
lently on the black funeral car rolling over
the curb into Broadway. The black CORR
doris Of the city hall were silent. Gen.
Grants last journey was begun.
At 1910 precisely the Grant family came
out OF the ladies entrance in the Fifth Ave
| nue. Hotel and took their carriages. Col.
| Fred. Grant and his wife rode with Gen.
Grants favorite daughter, Nellie, Mrs. Sar-
toris, Q. S. Grant, Jr., and his wife and
| SenOr romero occupied the next carriage
together, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Grant the
third, and the Cramer family the fourth
carriage. AS the carriages received their
occupants they rolled away toward the
avenue, and remained there closely wedged
in, and waiting for their turn in the line.
Mrs. Grant was not present. She renained
on the mountain where the General died
her physical condition being so Low that
absolute quiet was enioined by her physi-
clan.
They had been waiting more than a
quarter Of an hour before President Cleve-
land came out and took his seat in his car
riage, with Secretary Bayard. A four.
horse carriage that followed received Vice
President Hendricks and his private secre-
tary, Hugh East. Ahead of them had gone
a number of carriages following the Grant
family in the following order: Mrs. Raw
Inns Holman, daughter of Gen. Grants
friend and first secretary Of war; the Gen
erals old staff in four carriages; his
cabinet officers in four carriages; detach
ments from Wheeler and U. S.Grant Posts
6. A. R., four carriages; J. ". Drexel and
members of the Aztec Club, survivors Of the
Mexican war. Next came the Presidents
carriage, the vice-president and the cabinet
in five carriages, the members Of the SUI
| Orpna cO11rt TTpito6 StotaS soma tors. the