Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-09

Jas IefA N oeoin5 Containing an Oh .@g
With bread gold band across MS
breast Two cratehss stood Up IN the
carnage beside hin and proclaimed bis
name a. tee gold s.arf hsd aunoanr e ]
ms rank be Vas Major G~Eesal Dan
isi siekeis- EolioxinR behind the GRIP
pied vetes2Bs carriage there tred a
seemingly endless army with banners
without show or gold or glitter. bzf With
armies sleeves. the limping gait and
SCARED faces that stirred uasn's uainis
a. they passed with deep and strong
emotion Thess sese the
DEAD EEEo's coGRADEs
Who shared bis danger on tie Geld OF
battle, and who nov walked with him 70
men. most of then. but they walked
braysly and kept up vito the youngest.
All had their oadgz = yelled with crxos
and wore bands Of Grape on the LET;
arm. Their Uttered s4nners were
yelled II black and many Posts carried
a. distinctive badges spFigs Of myrtle
or evergreen on their breasts.
The POSSESSION SEEMED uSESDTSs,
Stretching southwark a. far as the eye
could reach. The streets ali the way
70 the tomb we're packed with people.
As the right of the column approached
the tomb, the dull revelations of guns
from the nep-of-var oould be heard.
aud troops broke coiumA from the left,
marching 20 the riRh, on each side OF
ths road. After forming ia line arms
we're presented aud.the estsfalqne slow
~ passed
TIE Crowd ON FIFTH AVENUE
Remained on the sidewalks with re-
markable persisteney until the long
parade had passed. There we're few
cases Of heat prostratioR in the ranks,
bat so far a. known none fatal. The
reRimeutal ambulances were called into
requisitiOn for slight Gases, perhaps
aaif q dozen times. At the corner of
Fifty street where toe line
turned to the west the crowd swellsd
from the sides to the open way and
blocked the thorOuREfare on twenty
Oocasions- There was some trOuble
when the catsfalque reached that point.
Everybody Was more interested in the
approach Of this than in any other part
of the procession. Ii was watched for
blocks away, its conspicuous height
making Il plainly visible as far as about
FIftieth street. As 1t neared the cor
DER the crowd naturally bulRed into the
highway aud officers had to threaten
With their clubs to make the spectators
recede and il was difficult process.
The people were standing eight and tsn
feet deep and some of those in front
had raised their umbrellas to keep of
the sun's rays. Some women stood
- haf IN eoRn
bad hoisted their little ones to their
shoulders. The distractions we're ma
aer0us and those at the rear were be-
coming indignant, bat as the cataf4l-
que came up the annoyance was forgot
ten and only respect WAS felt. As 1t
was, the leaders of the horses were or
dered 10 make sweeping tura and that
was the only way in which the interest
cd gathering could be- driven back. The
people fell back from the hors.s as il a
spirit had appeared aud ordered their
retreat. With a spontsniiely that told
their reverence every man raised his bat
~ the first horse came abreast of him
and remained uncovered until she body
had passed.
After the President, Vice President,
Cabinet, judges of the Supreme Court,
5 majors and members of the House of
Representatives,. Governors AID their
STATS, ex-Presiients, foreign Ministers,
DipiOm alto Off ,ers and representative g
OF the Army and Navy had passed, the
procession began to break up. The vet
sran and civic organizations left Fifth
avenue by anv of the streets between
Fifty third and Fifty ninth streets, aud
fell out of line.
AT THE TOMB.
From noouday on for hours into the
aftern .on the vicinity of the tomb aud
Riverside Park was the scene of discom.
fort for waiting Thousands. Heat had
the cool of the morning, and
huadreds and thousands of people suf-
Tered much in their oramped positions
1f waiting ia the blazing sunshine.
One o'clock came and went, but the
funeral car was YET long way OF and
very slowly. Beneath fir tree
1t the crown Of the knoll rested small
,hareoal furnace, and near IL tools aud
NJ ateriais with which TO seal the ieadsn
lining Of the cedar case into which the
iasket and the remains of Gsaeral
Grant shoald be placed. Down tbs
slope nearer the yanlt was a portable
furnace, such as is used by workmen tn
forge heating bolts. Ia a groap near
BY sere five men, the mechanics who
should rivet fast the steel casket in
which both ooffiu aud cedar box should
inally be preserved. The steel case
rested upon two marble blocks, 2I6 feet
high, 3 feet wide and Is inches thick.
Similar marble blocks had been sunk
n the door, flush with the surface. and
upon thoss the remains of Mrs. Grant
are expected to repose. Many persons
we're permitted to peer into the tomb
where thtl steel recep acle was siEaiting
the body.
Soon after o'clock the beat of drums
and the blare of trumpets were heard
from the lower end Of the park. A car
rage came into view. In 1t vas General
Hancock. he was the oaly occupant
and stood erect. Trooping behind him
oa horseback were the members of his
stan. The General rode to point near
The tomb. When be aliehted he vas
met by Superintendent Msrray, Com
missioner Cummius and others of the
Park Board. General Hancock's staff
swept ptst. There we're among them
General FitzhuRh Lee and General
whom General Sheridan once
met 90 warmly In other times and under
other circumstances. On a commanding
slope q hundred yards north of General
Grants tomb the staff officers and aids
drew Feins beneath q dump Of shade
trees.
Meantime helmets we're elistenins
and plumes wavinR over the slope 10 the
% ithwara. The trsppinls on many
horses shone in the sunlight. Canyons
aad simseFs drawn by horses that were
ridden by artilleFymen came over the
brow of the SOutharn slope, asd order
lies eailopsa to and fro. and sabers and
aocontrements eiattered and rattled.
The regulars and n srines. ~i,h the light
battery If the third artillery, we're
coming dowR the drive. They marched
out on tue slope where Hanoock's stan
was halted. and there the infantry and
marines assumed positions Of rest in the
shade.
Out upon the slope toward Clarenlont
Hotel. which vas covered With black
drapery, the mounted men with
planned helmets. the sailors with the
of the tArs. tive U. \. marine
corps With bright uniforms. the saddlsd
horses with riders dism0unted bot hold
ina their hridleFeins. the cannon ncx
xles thrust from behind the lover bead
of hiliocks. the pyramids Of stacked
guns vita Rllstening hayonets inter