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

New YORK, Aug. 5.-The funeral
train bearing the remains of Gen. Grant
reached this city from Albany shortly after
5 O'Clock this afternoon. The casket
was taken from the train by members of
the Grant Veteran Post and carried through
the station to Forty-third Street and Van
derbilt Avenue, where it was placed upon
the funeral coach. Owing to the rain that
commenced falling shortly before the arrival
of the train the crowd around the depot
was not so large as was anticipated, and
the police had little difficulty in keeping a
clear passage for the funeral cortege. At
$50 the funeral car was drawn by twelve
black horses to Fifth Avenue. Twenty-four
colored grooms stood at the horses heads
awaiting the word to move in the
procession. 1t was not until $40
that the order was given to march.
AS the funeral cortege moved down Fifth
Avenue the scene was an unusually impress
sive one. The bells of the brick church at
Thirty-ninth Street, the Dutch Reformed
Church, at Thirty-ninth Street, and other
churches, could be heard tolling. The mill
tary marched with reversed arms, while
the bands of the different regiments played
solemn dirges. The crowds continued to
increase as the procession moved toward
the city hall, and in the neighbOrhood of
Houston Street the sidewalks became i'm
passable, and when the head of the pro-
cession reached the city hall fully 10000
persons were present. The funeral coach
at 7:12 o'clock members of the
Grant Post carried the casket up the
steps OF the hall and placed it on the
catafalque in the lobby. Mayor Grace,
Gen. Hancock, Rev. DR.. Newman and DR..
Douglas and number of military officers
were at the head of the steps to receive the
body. While the ceremony Of conveying
the Twenty-second Regiment formed on the
east side OF the entrance, while the cavalry
drew up at the east and west side of the
park. At 7:20 the iron gates leading into
the vestibule of the hallwere closed, and ten
minutes later the military were dismissed
and left for their respective quarters. At
$40 two OF Theron gates were thrown open,
and the immense throng that had remained
in front CT the building began to pour
in as fast as the police would allow
them. A steady stream of persons Of all
classes, in double file, passed the remains
of the General from the time the gates lead
ing to the vestibule were thrown open until
they were closed for the night.
AUGUST 6.-People loitered in the city
hall park all night. They were first in
the line that soon after O'Clock this
morning began filing past the remains
Of Gen. Grant where they lay in the city
hail. at the rate of 100 per minute. The
Incidents of the day were many, and al
fecting.
AUGUST There was no diminution of
the constant trail of people SO anxious to see
the almost unrecognizable face of the dead
General. At 1 o'clock the line reached up
Broadway to a point near Canal Street.
The tide was flowing past the remains at
about 100 per minute, as on yesterday,
and at 2 o'clock nearly so, 900 persons had
viewed the body since the gates were opened
at O'Clock this morning. The eagerness
to see the face of the dead hero was slim
ulated by the issuance of an order that at
the close Of the gates tonight the remains
would be withdrawn from public view.