Little Falls transcript., 1885-08-14

or cling to was occupied, and one could feel
the weight of the presence OF the other
hundreds Of Thousands that one could not
see For nine miles the narrow channel OF
the procession ran through two vast crush
ing. crowding and clinging masses OF human
beings From the street edge maintained
by the police the compact crowd took all tho
space They packed the payements, coy
cred all steps, stoops and balconies, and
filed all windowa They hung upon lamp
posts, and telegraph poles were black with
them. Swarms of people covered the roofs,
some of them looking down from height
of from ten to twelve stories Windows
along the line Of march were eagerly rented
at enormous prices Balconies and tempor-
ary stands sold at .'T,... TF
PRICES THAT WERE s1sIPLY AMAZING,
and chance to stand upon flight Of steps
was worth from ST. to So. Some single
windows brought $75, and one balcony ca
pable Of holding twelve or fifteen people,
near the Hotel Brunswick, brought $4OO
Peddlers in the crowd sold hundreds foot
stools. about eight inches high, and they were
eagerly snatched up at 80 cents each Peo-
pie who were fortunate enough to secure
one Of these and to elevate themselves
above the level of the crowd were much en-
We'd by those who could only see the horse
men and the tops of the folded flags Those
lucky ones were kept busy calling out the
names OF the organizations as they passed
along: A person Of ordinary height few
feet from the line Of march, could see very
little. Now and then he caught the flash
Of a plume, and all the time he heard
the solemn music and the tread Of marching
feet 1t is probable that many thousands
who stood for long hours hardly saw the
procession at all Added to the difficulty
was the fact that all the people occupying
front places kept up their umbrellas and
parasols all the time, regardless of the re-
quests and entreaties and aften tmpreca-
tions Of those in the rear. The promptness
with which the procession appeared before
the Fifth Avenue hotel was astonishing. At
1890 o'clock to the minute Gen. Hancock
and staff came in sight, when nobody ex-
pected him for an hour. This showed the
good Of having the procession headed by
and under the managemento the regulars
ALMOST EVERY NATION ON EARTH,
even China, with her violet and white, the
mourning colors of the Orient, horse, foot
and ARTILLERY. civic, public and private;
music Of mut1ed drums, of brass bands, of
bagpipes, of flies and cymbals; and SO
through the long hours the mighty pageant
passed by. ALI the conditions and circum-
stances were colossal Men grew to greater
stature by hours that intervened To be
part and parcel of such a stupendous dena-
onstration was to have higher ideas Of man
kind and its capacity to exult in the pride of
common humanity capable of such
scenes as these great deal the
most impressive feature OF the event
was the vast silence 1t was comparatively
absolute. No matter how softly the
muff1ed drums were rolled you could
hear them squares away. The only heavy
sound was the rumbling of the cannon
wheels. When the band of the Third New
Jersey regiment passed by, playing Nearer
Ny God to Thee" the sweet, solemn strains
were distinctly audible far up Fifth avenue
many squares beyond where they would
have been lost in the noise of an ordinary
day. The wailing sound of the flies of the
Fourth Connecticut drum corps, playing the
sad, sweet notes of *PIeyers Hymn" could
be heard almost from the time they swung
into Fifth avenue from Fourteenth street.
The drum corps of the Sixth New Jersey
band played @Flee as Bird to the Noun
tain" and the band of the Continental Foot
Guards OF Massachusetts played Sweet
Spirit, Hear My Prayer" AS general thing,
THE CHOICE OF MUSIC
by the bands was not good and was of too
high IN order to appeal to the emotion Of u
general gathering. From the hundreds of
musical organizations that passed but few
played the simple and tender airs familiar to
the people, and q dozen Of the bands played
the "Dead March in Saul" and more than that
played Chopins Funeral March" The funeral
hymns of the operas were the fayorites, but
when such. an air as Nearer my God to
Thee" was played, the effect could be seen
at once, the deepened hush, the uncovering
of heads and tears in the eyes Of the women.
The bands about the catafa1que played
Chopin's Funeral March, and played 1t mag
nihcently, but would have touched the hearts
of the people more tenderly had they played
2Rest Spirit, Rest" or "Rock of Ages" 1t
was l o'clock when the catafalque
passed through Madison Square. It was the
moment of the day. For that all waited;
about that all interest centered; from that
radiated and influences reaching to deeper
and holier depths of human emotion than
all the music, all the trappings Of grief, or
all the vast display could CO. There was
long break and open space before the car of
death, and the suspense in the presence of
that advance was almost painful Down that
open channel between the living banks could
be seen the great black plumes upon the
funeral car approaching; the glitter of the
silver trimmings in the sunshine; the purple
of the casket that contained all that is NOR
tai and perishable of Gen. Grant Around it
the guns of the guards shone. At every mo-
ment, from the pavement to rooftree, TO- 600
faces gazed upon it
APPEARANCE OF THE TROOPS.
NEW YORK, Special Telegram, Aug. g.
There werd few glittering bayonets in the
parade. Warlike signs were concealed
rather than displayed The soldiers went by
with reversed arms and slow tread to the
roll of the muffied drums, The corps was
marked not only by the long line of people
who stood, with uncovered heads, on the
street, out by the guidon, the bobbing col
umns of national corps aud the battle flags
draped with Grape The soldiers took part
in soldiers funeral, and more. devoted
tribute was never paid by warriors to hero
dead It was shortly after 9 O'clock that
Gen. Hancock, with his staff close behind
him, looking neither to the right nor to the
left, and sitting upon his horse like a cen
taur rode slowly up Broadway. Already the
military were astir, many companies belong
ing to state organizations were pouring in the
side streets of Fourteenth street, and the Sec
ton Of the city from the city hail northward
was beginning to ring with the sounds of
martial music Suddenly following close
upon Gen Hancock andshis staff came Capt
Randolph, his light artillery battery :. with
guns glistening and horses. esss
cAyoKTEG IN THE MORNING AIR .E
Col Henry u "A bbobt. OF United States en-
gineer corps, and Lieut.. Kimbalrs jolly tars,