The Portland daily press., 1885-08-05
Interesting Memorial Service at
Westminster Abbey.

ing. Ine shock of the reVerberations wa.
yet on the heavy air when second report
shook the earth. The artillerymen had be
gun firing thirteen guns to mark the sunrise
Of Gen. Grants last day upon the mountain
The guests at the hotel and the family in the
cottage were startled by the reports. but the
meaning OF the guns heavy booming was
quickly suggested to the waking ear. The
morning crept into o'clock, and again the
half-hour gun doomed its solemn token of re,
Spect from the mountain side Then steady
breeze came up from the direction of the
Catskills, and famed openings in the low
lying clouds, and they began moving. Shreds
OF gray vapor were torn from the lifting fog,
by the tree tops, and floated lazily off toward
the northeast. The cottage and the hote
became so clear that several artists for illus.
trated papers were enabled to catch theil
outlines. The soldiers received orders to
break up camp, and in less than twenty min
uteS all the tents had disappeared from
among 4he trees and were packed away in
boxes ready for shipment
AT 6 O'Clock the buglers of the four compa-
mes OF troops were sounding the reveille,
and as the last strains foated over the noun
tam they were swallowed up in the booming
OF the gun that every half hour will thus
mark the significance of this day Then the
soldiers, in full uniform, stood at parade
rest for roll-call down where the battery of
guns are planted, close by the path of Gen.
Grants last ride to the lookout
AT o'clock the shock of the gun awoke
clear echoes over the mountain and down the
slopes. The family at the cottage were astiT
at O'Clock, and correspondents and guests
were moving at the hotel. The mountain
trains at O'Clock had begun bringing up
people, and every hour thereafter the little
engine drew up at the depot. The funeral
car to carry the remains from the mountain
to Saratoga came up early.
AT O'Clock the sun was shining brightly.
Last night the family. ill group and alone
n1 fo1.o flof[
OF the dead General, and today they give up
his body to the nation
AT $50 O'Clock the doors of the Grant cot
tage had been thrown open, and a stream of
visitors poured in steadily for over an hour.
About o'clock the head of long line of
KINDS or vehicles appeared climbing up the
steep incline near the eastern outlook. and
soon the area in the vicinity of the cottage
was thronged with horses and wagons and
farmers with their wives and families.
AT $50 O'Clock train of two cars brought
General Hancock and a number of dis
tlnguished visitors, the two companies of
regulars Delng drawn up In line to receive
them. They proceeded from the station to
the cottage In the following order: General
Hancock and Colonel Jones, Admiral Rowan
and General Sherman, Senator Evarts and
zen. Rufus ingalls,, Senator Miller and Mr..
Joseph w. Drexel, Gen. Hancock's staff,
MISS Drexel, her aunt and cousin, dressed in
qeep mourning On the same train came the
Loyal Legion, unoer Fassed Assistant Pay
d;ar Al hopl1son brevet Brlga-
Geo. D. Rarton Rrevat T3eTsod, dn1astel
FLOYD, Clarkson and Augnstns M Clark and
Capt. Edmund Blunt.
sarv;ca. ~ $ha o..4
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At 10 o'clock the services at the cottage
were held in the presence of over thousand
persons, Cane chairs and rustic settees were
the grove before the cottaae Tba oern 20
xc, which was followed by an impressive
PRAYER by Bishop Harris; The hymn,
n ny ~ lalth looks up TO Ihee, was Joined in
eifant OF "iioi' e9ooliioi'se present. Win nne
DR. Newman who cbosa +he n,onn+o;n
quiet for his address over the hody of his
friend, then delivered the address of which
the following are the principal portions:
Wen done, thou good and faithful servant; enter
thou lnto the Joy Oh thy Lord.-dhatthe'c TrU, 2I
Such, my brethren, is the eulogy that God
shall pronounce upon human goodness and
fidelity wherever found among the sons of
men. The accidental distinctions between
prince and peasant, millionaire and pau
per, commanding general and private soldier,
are but as the dust in the balance
in his estimation of personal worth
In the intensity of this divine light let us to-
day recall the character of the illustrious man
whose death nation so tenderly mourns
Some comrade in arms shall speak of the
splendor ofhis martial genius; some statesmen
shall review the majesty of his civil admins
tration; some historian shall place him on the
pedestal of his renown; but let me, as the
minister of religion, dwell upon that great
character which will ever be his crown of elory
Il hol11 l, Il.
he loved so well.
Shall we enquire why the land is filed
with lamentation. Do YOU tell me, my friends
that great man is dead greatest among
warriors foremost among statesmen. noblest
among patientss Do YOU tell me that he led
our armies to victory That he administered
our government in wisdoms That he best IL
Illustrated the essential principles of our nat
ional lifes Do YOU tell me that he was the
truest of husbands. the kindest of fathers. the
frmest of friends, the purest of philanthro-
pists, the humblest of Christianss True
thrice happily true!
But whence the secret of the power of this
one life on the thought of the world and the
love of mankinds His was the genius of com
mon sense, enabling him to contemplate all
things in their true relations, Judging what is
true, useful, proper, expediert and to adopt the
best means to accomplish the largest ends
From this came his seriousness, thoughtful
ness, penetration, discernment, frmness, en-
thusiasm, triumph. Wherein others dreamed
of success he foresaw defeat; when others ex-
pected despair, he discovered ground of hope
In war and in peace he was the wisest and the
safest guide this nation has had since "the
father of his country" assembled to his reward
His soul was the home of hope, sustained
and cheered by the certainties of his mind and
the power of his faith. But he appeared
greatest in the presence of the unforeseen
Then came an inspiration as resistless as the
march of whirlwind, as when on the second
night OF the battle OF the Wilderness, wher
he changed the entire front of the line Of
battle, and quietly said in response to mes
senger, ST Lee is IN my rear, | am in his
lie was at his best when most needed. Ht
responded IN an emergency. He is one Of the
few men IN history who did more than was
expected: Some men excite great expecta-
tlon by the brllllancy OF their preparations
Dut TINS quiet, medltatlye undemonstrativt
man exceeded all expectation by dong more
than ne had promised, and by doing what al
otnefS hao 1aiied TO 90:
io-oay you are hlled with the glory OF hui
military ulumpns. You are recalling Belmon
ana Henry, and Donelson and Shiloh, ano
vlckspurg and chattanooga, and richmond
Aou are Gaining MN the greatest OF soldiers
and you do we'll. But do not degrade him t
the level OF those famous heroes who Tough