Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-09
Brodie. Collins and Barker. At s:ss
THE IMPOSING FUNERAL CAR

| IBE IMtO6ING FUNERAL CAR
was drawn up by "a jet-black horss
in black trappings. 1t halt d on the p ass
directly in front of the City Hall steps
In.ide the corridor Commander johnson
was waiting. Columns II position, righ
and left" .Yas his command. The Veteran
Guard OF Honor was erect. "Lift the re
mains," was his next command, in clea
but low tones. The twelve men stoope,
to the silver rails with gloved hands
March" was the word.
| THE BODY MOVED.
Out upon the portico we're borne the re
mains, Commander johnson immediatel,
at the head, down the steps with measured
tread, across the open to The eteps OF thl
black and waiting car. Untnmander John
son stepped aside. The silver mounting
Klistened as the burial case and its honoree
burden was carried up and placed up3r
the dais of the mounted catafalque. Th,
veterans retired down the steps. The body
was alone for all to view, but deeply
guarded. Soon the honor guard next t.
the hearse on either side, took the So mt
relative position they had rnstntained t,
tn the remains while being borne to the car
lie steps were drawn away from the
I hearse. Commander johnson took a placs
IN the center and Immediately behind tbs
/ funeral car. At his left and right on eithel
rear corner of the car were Comrade,
| Bowling and Armsby of Wheeler post, Sar
stoga, respectively. Next and directly be
hind these were representatives of the
Loyal Legion, abreast, as follows: Gen
John ]. Milkan, Gen. @. A. Carleton, Pay.
master George d. Barton, Iieut..Col
Floyd Clarkson, Lieut.-Col. A. M. Clark
and Capt. 4. Blunt. The clergy sSIi phy.
sicians had
PAID RESPECT 10 THE REMAINS
by Angling from their carriages and
accompanying them from the steps te the
/ car. They then entered cerfiages on
either side of the plasa rear Broadway al
follows: The Rev. DR.. Newman, Bishop
Chambers, the Rev. DR.. Field, the Rev
DR.. Bri3geman, the Rev. DIR. West, the
9sv. Father Deshon, the Rev. Robert
[ Collyer, Rabbi Browne and Drs. Douglas
Shrady and Sands. Col. Beck, in charge
| OF the regulars, commanded his companies
as indicated above, to positicqs, Corn pany
| on the right and Company on the lefl
| of the hearse. Cofesed men were at the
bride Of the tseenty-four horses. Sixteer
! men Of Meade Post, Philadelphia, OF which
Gen. Grant was member, were almost
directly in. front of the team Of blacb
/ leaders, and the David's Island Band pre-
ceded them. a signal was given and the
| line of coaches with clergymen moved of
\ the plaza into Broadway. The band stood
waiting at the head of the funeral cortese
Col. Beck advanced to ths head Oh the line
of black horses before th.e coach.
hMovE ON"
/ were his words of command, with uplifted
| sword. The leaders slipped forward, lee
| by colored men, and in an instant the
black line OF horses had Strengthened theil
traces and the wheels beneath ths remains
were moving. The hour was 9:47 o'clock
The band played dirge, the tramp of the
| regulars and the honor guard beat upon
| the pavement. Thousands. beneath trees
and crowding the sides Of the square
looked silent y on the back funeral cal
/ rolling over the curb into Broadway. The
black corridors of the City Hall were
| silent. Gen. Grants last journey was be
gun. Then, at 9:52 o'clock, Mayor Grace
1 Comptroller Loew and Aldermen Sanger
| and Jachue emerged from the city build.
| ings and entered carriage that had beer
drawn up in front. The members of the
| Common Council followed and entered
carriages, as did also the police commits
4 sioners. They 10 lowed out of the plszl
as fast as disposed of in carriages, and wher
| It was 10 o'clock the police lines were
withdrawn and the people streamed across
| the plaza without hindrance.
| THE LAST SCENE
| there was ended. Ali night long car
| penters with saw and hammer were busy
| on Broadway, and when this morning tht
! sun climbed up out of the sea and shed III
/ brilliant light upon the dark corners and
! all eyes of the city, it revealed the pres
| ence of hundreds of hastily erected re-
viewing stands, from which the great pro
cession could bs seen at prices ranging all
| the way from 81 to $40 head. The deco
rators, too, had not been idle. On the
| front of many a great warehouse were dis
played emblems of mourning which wert
not there the night before. The review
| ing stands were located in all sorts O
| places.
THE SCENE ON BROADWAY.
Nearly every empty stand along ths
route bad been gobhled up by the spects
| tors. Some of these were rented outright
| while others contained numbered seats tC
be had at the small sum of IS each. The
specializing fever even got hold of the
newsboys, several OF whom stuck notices
on their chairs to the effect that seat
from which to view the procession could
be procured. When at length the hard,
of the great clock at Trinity Church ap
preached the hour of 3 O'Clock Broadway
presented 40 animated spectacle. As fa
as tie eye could reach the sidewalsr Wcr,
/ thronged with pecrle. Every train ant
every stea,rer poured its load :, ::.,o IN,
great artery of tral--.rs. Rfonzed face
from the Country, white faces from tn,
c:iy counting-roo- and offices, and dirt.
faces from the tenement districts were Ii
the crowd. Rich and poor, rogue and ras
csl, disnitaries ard i1ohentities, jostlet
each othet on the culbstenes and side
walks. Everybody seemed coed natures
and took the jostling and iammihg as
matter of course. The police tried to keel
the people OF the street, but it was har(
| work.
AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL,
| There were more whe NahNei 10 pas
along the WALKS tan there was width o
pasaage to contain them. Madison squar
was long astir, and troops of sight-seer
early as 7:3O o'clock, when an ofs,cef 81
horseback dashed ut. To the ladies' en-
trance OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and
disfiounting, took his stand at the door
The pearl-gray sash denoting an aide o
Gen. Hancock was across his breast. Th
officer was Col. Hodges OF Gen. Hancock
staff. He was followed shortly by mild
looking gentleman in military uniform
who proved to be the marshal Of the Pres
identisl and 9ubernatetial carriage part3
Lieut.-Gol. Gillespie. Their presence al
traeted an enormous crowd to the drape
entrance to the hotel on Twenty-thir
street, and the police were soon cslle
| upon to clear the sidewalk. The crow
then surged around toward the main poi
tai of the hotel, which shortly became IL
passable. Inside an increasing throng {
gold-lace6 end uniformed men blocke
every hall and corridor. In the main ha
Gen. Sherman, tall, erect and smoking
! big cigar, was the center of an admirin
throDg. He stood in a group of nav,
officers, chatting pleasantly with oil
frien
, A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.
The party were all in full uniform an
attracted universal attention, that flag se
I only for a moment when q file of atteI
dants of the Japanese Minister enteret
, The big marble hall was completed
, choked with humanity long before
o'clock. In the big parlors upstairs a
was stir and hustle while the Pfesider
and his Cabinet were at breakfast i'll on
) end OF the building and the Grant famil
quietly preparing for the pageant at tt
) other, and committees, organic tions an
/, delegations were gathering and gettir
! ready here, there and everywhere. Badge
, sashes and military orders found way ft
the members in the seemingly inextric
BILE confusion OF swarming humanity.
quiet little parlor off the ladies' parlo
0 facing the square, group of serious me-
. most of them gray-haired and old, b'
nearly all erect and of vigorous physiqu
!. were putting on broad silken sashes
. . white and black. They were the pal
bearers and they were striking grou
. Gen. Sherman, summoned up from b
Z I friendly confab below, resplendent in mi
4 itary toggery, stood in friendly convers
= ton with tall man in whose white mou
! tsche and thin beard and soldierly bea