Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-10


IA view of the melancholy corgege was oc-
|cupied. On the tops of houses were crowds
people, and temporary stands running along
End street were for sale at 81 seat and
upward. A little befor o'clock the head OF
|the procession arrived at l2and street and
burned into Riverside Park. All heads were
uncovered everywhere as the funeral car
bearing the precious relics of the great gem
eral passed
One of the most serious accidents of the
dsv oefeli Col Scot: OF the Sth regiment. He
was just turning the corner of Fourteenth
street and Fifth avenue, when his horse
Slipped and fell. The colonel's right leg
vas broken near the ankle. He was quick
|ly helped from the line. An ambulance was
sent for, and after the surgeons dressed the
|aged officers leg, he was conveyed to ST.
|Nincent's Hospital.
From MONDAY gu
the vicinity of the tomb and Riverside Park
was the scene of discomfort for the waiting
thousands. Heat had followed the cool OF
the morning, and the succeeding hour added
Hundreds and thousands of people The
latter suffered much in their cramped posi-
|tions while waiting in the blazing sunshine.
|Sup't Murray established headquarters upon
u.
thence directed the great force of men on
duty there, who guarded every avenue OF
approach to the tomb. Beneath fr tree at
the corner of the knoll rested small char
coal furnace. and near it. in charge of Chas.
|kuriger of New York, were tools and mate
|rials with which TO seal the leaden lining OF
|the cedar case in which the casket and re-
mains of Gen. Grant should be placed. Down
|the slope nearer the vault was a portable
Furnace such AS is used bv workmen for
|heatiug bolts used in repairing elevated roads.
lin group near by were five mechanics who
should fasten the steel casket within which
both the casket and cedar box should finally
|be preserved. The steel cases rested upon
|two marble blocks. Similar marble blocks
had been sunk in the floor flush with the
surface, and upon these the remains are ex-
|pected to repose. Many persons were per-
united to look within the vault
The Arrival at the Park.
Soon after o'clock drum beats and the
|blare of trumpets were heard from the low er
lend OF the Park. carriage came in view
|in ii was General Hancock. He was the only
occupant and stood erect. Trooping behind
|him, on horse back, were the members of his
staff. The general rode to a point near the
tomb, and upon alighting was met by Sup't
Murray, Commissioner Crimmims and Others
|of the park board. Gen. Hancock's staff and
|aids swept past. There were Grn. Fitz Hugh
Lee and Gen. Gordon, whom Gen Sheridan
once met SO warmly in other times and under
other circumstances. Both Confederate
Generals wore sashes of gray silk Upon a
commanding slope 100 yards north of Gen
Grants tomb. the staff officers and aids drew
rtl hpupath a m nt Ia,
Regulars and the marines, with Light Battery
II Of the 9th Artillery, marched out upon the
slope where Hancock's staff was hated, and
there the infantry and marines assumed posi-
lions of rest in the shade and out upon the
slope toward the Claremont Hotel, which was
covered with black drapery. The bands with
red coats and bright trappings, rested against
he knolls. Mounted men with plumed he'll
mets, marines with uniforms of the tars, the
~. ). Marine corps with bright uniforms
saddled horses with riders dismounted. but
holding their bride reins, cannon muzzles
thrust from behind the lower bend of the
hilock, pyramids of stacked guns with
with giistening bayonets interlocked, along
the drive solid walls of people upon the curb
ing, lines of uneasy and bobbing umbrellas
a hundred horses for mounted police backed
to the curb beyond the front of the hot ,
through the trees a vista in which brown and
rugged rocks of the palisades pieced the
" oods and juIted above the river, the Hudson,
too, glinting and flowing in the sunlight ali
to make grand and imposing
spectacle.
The 22d and 7th Regiments
marched up from the east and down by the
tomb, and were drawn up in line on the brow
sc tt kt,,A IL, sk,o
reached beyond view from the tomb, around
the slope on the crest of which was Hancock $
staff, regulars and marines. The two regi-
ments stacked arms and were at rest. Gen
Hancock met Col. Clark in the open air be-
tween the tomb and the bluff. The two
officers stopped to converse near the platform
in front of the vault. Suddenly gun boomed
out over the water. The Pow haitian, living
down under the bluff, had fred the first
salute, and after few seconds the rafting
rumble of thunder heard in the woods and
Pleasant Valley and the Jersey hills were
calling back echoes that were wOndrous in
their clearness and durstIons. The afternoon
grew older The heat was great; there was
no signal OF the funeral procession.
1t was 2 o'clock. Gen. Hancock visited
the hotel with Mr.. Crimmins, and returning d
met Mayor Grace and the police commits
sioners. On the crown Of the slope behind
the tomb the party were seated while waiting
Three and four O'Clock passed and the tomb
yet waited. But there came bugle call from
the eastward at 4.20 o'clock, then strain
from the trumpets and sound of muffl ed
drums, and soon carriages came to view and
rolled slowly through the park to the tomb
DR.. Newman and Bishop Harris occupied the
first carriage, then the clergy and Doctors
Douglass, Shrady and Sands. The bearers
came after these. Gen. Joe johnson rode
beside Gen. Sherman, and Buckner and
Sheridan were paired, while Gen. Logan and
x-Secretsry Boutwell, followed
Distinguished men came also beside these.
The bearers and those invited alighted and
took places near the tomb The DAVID.
Island Band was coming over the slope from
the south playing Chopn's Funeral March.
while behind the black plumes of the funeral
car could be seen. The car stopped at rest
near the tomb. The guard Of honor ascend
ID to bear down the casket. Col. Beck formed
his two companies of escort in a hollow
'quare between the tomb and the hearse.
Family Carriage.
had drawn near and the occupants allightedl
,nd passed TO the foot Of the steps of the
funeral car, where they stood while the cas-
ket was being removed from the car, andI
rhen it was borne into the hollow square
toward the vault. the relatives followed in|
this order: Col Fred Grant and wife, Mrs
Sartoris and the colonefs children, u. ST.
Grant, Jr., and wife, leading little Nellie,
he daughter of Jessie Grant. Jessie Grant