The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-10
For the Simple, Silent Nan mhe
Fonghta Good Fight
And is Silent Foreyeer'niore, and
Deaf to his Country's Praise.
TINE LAST 1ooK

At the Face Of the DeRh-the Gatea Locked
and the Colin Sealed.
NEw YoEx, August s.-Chiei Of Police
Murray / o'clock this morning was IN
command Of men and aIaiH at the City
Hall. At that hour the gates were about
10 bc closed, when hc observed that there
were 500 or i 900 people yet waiting at the
foot Of the steps and across the plaza.
.Let them come IN" eommanded the 81:
psHntendent TO tho officers, who ut bis
command had ehnt OF the people. And
then followed ten minutes oil the most OK
pedItiou4 hustling Of humans 1t has proba' |
bly, been known since tho Eaianci patton
Proclamation. The material was com.
posed almost entirely .oi men, anu the
iusty policemen supplemented their ad- |
monitions OF haste with exceedingly OF |
fec(ivs persuasion OF amusculAr character.
Men and boys were shos through the
City Hall with such celerity Gs will render
the occasion TO them douoiy memorable. |
Tho last person had at last creased the |
welltworn threshold and the iron gates
Changed shut. The public had taken its
leave Of the dead General. Officers OF the
Sayenty.tlnt regiment were OH duty, and
tl6 usual uctAl VI stuu 9iAht 4Nst Wtso
present as the immediate body guard,
while the Loyal Legion waa represented
by one of It's members who stood at the
head tthe casket. one Of the Wheeler
Post Of Saratoga, which first mounted
q guard detail about the mountain
cottage on the day Of General Grants
death was also present The last Of the
memorial public hadshutlled daway through
the black draped corridor aad ont o. the
building. ho'hour was l:SA;:N NJ. None
but the police and guards anu all night re-
porters were present when the under
takers took charge fthe remains.
s'Any hero who desire TO view, the re-
mains will step forward ut once" said the
undertaken, and his voice re.echoed
through the dark, still corridors. n
TnE coYriN sxAIrp.
All present passed by the easket, and
the lying In state Of the ex.ptesident was
ended. Undertaken Merritt then brushed
the elas, plates above The body and drew
from their places tho twolids which cover
the casket. Tho four screws in each were
turned down and the face OF the dead had
been closed forever from view, unless
there should In the future come from the
family a request TO remove the lids. Then
The dead was left in tho ere Of the guards,
who stood erect and silent within the
closed Iron gates and beneath the black
dapery. Fhe night woro on
and tho gray oi daylight was
creeping up In the cast. The still air OF
the tombiike corridors became heavy
with the perfume Of withering flowers
near tho dead. "a huge pEcce-"The |
Gates Aiat"-had place at the head Of
inc casket, and the smell OF The lilies was
borne down 10 those who stood and watch |
ed. Great hotscsllees Of red and yellow |
rosebuds added their fragrance, aud across
and crown from Mayor F, O. Lltrobe, OF
Baltimore. sent out It's quota 10 the heavy |
perfume that settled on the sopnlchral Air,
but there was one tribute that bore no FRA |
GRANGE except rs will come tenderly |
10 tile family Of the dead. II bore
no perfume eave that which lives In Its |
memory. This token was aplaln wreath
OF flowers pinned together with stems OF
oak leaves and formed in tho shape ot |
letter &C." The leaves grew on the oaks |
In the forests Of Mount AlCGrcg0r and
llutterel In the mountain bFeczes while |
General Grant was dying; and the alter.
noon OF Thursday, the day he died,
IittiS Julia, his grand daughter, and
little Josie, DR.. Douglass child, had
gathered the oak leaves In the noun |
lain roads. Then as tho children
prattled they knit with innocent fingers
and loving hearts the wreath Of oak leaves
that to-day ts the only tribute that touches
tho Generals caSket. The little ones,
their offering finiShed, had taken 1t Col.
Grant, whose eyes flled when bis daugh- |
ter said, "P4pa, josie and i have made
this for Grandpa, and please won't you
give It TO him." The Colonel placed the
oaken wreath on tho caAket, and there 1t |
rested in Albany and still remains asthsl
children's Offering.
rHE FUNERAL DAY DAwEs.
Four O'Clock had passed. Tho gray Of
dawn had deepened to q reddish light,
and day was near. The strains Of dlrge
music crept on tho morning air. AT first
distant, they drew nearer and nearer. The
red deepSned In the east, sunrise was near.
The strains Of music grew sad and more
dIaHnce. The blue coated veterans ol
Meade Post Of Philadelphia, aye hundred
strong, came tfamping 70 the difge music
Of the trumpets. The east was Buhlsed
with tInts 81 orange and dawn was
near, the dawn Of the funeral day.
The veterans entered the plaza and
marched past with the mutlled drums
10 gtill their footsteps. A heavy gun |
doomed ont toward the sea, tho chimes oI
lold Trinity pealed mourntul notes and the
sound OF muilled drums grew fainter and
died away. II was sunrise. The day was
born, the last day for the dead upon earth
before the tomb should have opened 70
shelter him.
At six O'clock Wilson Post Of Baltimore
marched BY with q ohieago organization.
The corridors had been picketed by ht.
teen policemen, while outside 10 more
were at rest under command Of two ser
The last guard Of Grant q. A. B. Post
save the thirteen who will attend the body
10 the tomb, had been mounted at
o'clock. At6;S0 Captain A. 9. Barry and
men OF tho Seventeenth regiment went
ON duty rs tho last military body guard be-
fore removal. Inspector Steets, with three
hours Rleep In as many days was IN
charge. At am awaiting the coming ot
the military and Ghall have SD men mere
at 5 O'clock p said the Inspector.
All O'clock the strains oi solemn music
fioated in at the grated Iron doors lson
many directions. At 3 o'clock Mature
was putting forth signals Of m intensely
warm day. The crowds grew denses and
laI0 ail7a. lllsidls