Daily Republican., 1885-08-05
Funeral Days.

Funeral Days
onnNFUL PROCESSION
yHE DEATH-BED
70 rAE GRAVE.
NEW YORK TO-DAY
Aug 4,-The first day o
and impressive procession
|sips of Grant from the death
craze has been full of digni'
Isious Of sorrow and impos
strations ofregret and mourn
ch the nation joins.
bvard incident marked the
nrpsy to the capital OF the
adoption, and sentiments OF
his memory were shown
3 along the route.
n.iop Of the remains here In
,ness and show Of genuine
d worthy the State and its
Ia night the people pass by
Ind gaze down upon the calm
satares with countellancea
eyen to sadness, while the
the dirges come faintly from
ou;side, where the German
{ gathered to sing over the
SIMPLE CEREMONY.
&REaoR, aug. 4.-The rain
with such vigor all night
orehouss Of the clouds was
dawn, and the mist that
he steaming earth offered
le resistance to the sun after
b f!om behind the Green
]. Before eight O'Clock
ehes Of blae sky were visible
the hour Of the funeral
theIo we're only o few
HES Of white close TO the
[Tbe hill had shed the mass
ba. hal fallen, and the paths
Der, who had for q week made
laps impossible 70 visitors on
hin as we'll as to the military
hpor,ant aid of the artillery
| when they fired their first
rom that time until sunset
) boom marked every half
tbrics panctuated DIR. New
4 funeral discourse. The drst
81. Saratoga ate O'Clock.
lnd train brought up General
bnd party.
bas a simplicity about the
be funeral which was fully in
|ith the anostentatious man.
distaste Of show and dis
characterized the dead hero.
from the cottage up to the no.
! natural amphitheatre, and
} place has been carefully
ga!nst the attacks of the
gardener and the vandals,
their alleged artistic tastes,
|iten banished nature from
nds.
7 FUNERAL AUDIENCE.
ksre, perhaps, 1000 people
ln the slope, Of whom fully
seats on the settees directly
the speaker, though the hill
and rear Of the cottage al.
'etter coign Of vantage for sec
.or bearing. Quite as many
como up yesterday only to
remains.
sre nearly al plain people.
PIT Of tho open door was o
e covered with the flag, ct
fe seated opposite each other
ban and Bishop Harris. In
! sat the ladies', with the
Ihe centre. Under the can.
LEFT Of The table were ranged
lancocs and staff and O few of
distinguished mourners, while
were seats for a few more.
; was not crowded, and there
eed to discriminate against
might have felt themselves
places
he parlor az a dressiug- room,
ned in o procession and
down the hill, Dr.. Newman
. Harris leading the line.
dress occupied very nearly
!, 70, circumstances with DR..
had been in vain, and appeals
j entered a deaf ear
le reading of the Nineteenth
lshop Howe offered q brief
ID ,hen the audience, under
ious direction of Chor lister
,he Hanson Place Methodist
! ! brooklyn, sang the hymn
|th ! Looks mp to Thee"
W. o'clock when DR.. New
and began his funeral dis
. Gear distinct voice. and
slred delivery, so that he was
almost all present.
Atl RE FOR SARATOGA.
lhe delivery of the address,
cree was peroeptibly mar.
N sae dropping off Of one after
sa9 aS raturned TO join In the
49,, Nearer, My God, to Thee. +"
p,a'eq wers read by DR..
o % 'Ailadelphia, and the
W ""S Pronounced by Bishop
ua!'r playing the Dead
',tt4dgd : Company A, of the
mnoli marched Undertaken
! riI, nI,AA9'buttoned vest covering
!, wei. founded body and high
a. !. , "ul with all the dignity
: r, ,aN upon whose shoulders
,ho, "ao'1 weight of the funeral,
o~r '"On' General Hancock was
= OTN Useless assistant. Then
/ I.3 y t"o, DR.. Newman and
NJ eu,i Dts Douglas and
sa,ns5 auo 5-ch velvet of the heavy
1e'l ir ,t and the polished silver
. q i. Ne otifht sunshine as it
,s, =. 'Tei' ~, members of q. 8.
NJ ~ irO IN.
'lGna'Hi o'io9e 4. ed, Ulysses and
cama w lin, and General
aftSl' 1a nd of the family,
Hanc,n,o,'1 ,,, ls military rank.
IN a. we'd with Admi-
t i.no' n,l timothy II. Ste.
cer, IS Ingalls, /; the
NJ r. Evarts and
H.. ex-Minister to
Grab, n, a sister OF
han, tant, I'd son OF
bd wifi. Ser Sharpe, U.
las.er d Grants sister :
.Secr-,a,.l. Creswell and
hersI IT, state Hamilton
Lcofl prter and others.
a. scarr,,l . in line. The
ION ca, - the centre of the
fely cav. VIZ ~. ltside of which