The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-15


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bfeos'Ia drew ap IN ffsas ei NE saitses
sn1 aspuiailoas appolBisd 10 fsmoes ihs
fenalhs shtsfsf, sni seon fsspfsafsd
beaf'ha ths caakst The march 70 ihs
depot VS. then commenced Tbs mill
hff Hsfe drawn 10 lu open fashs, sad
a. ths mHmbets n the Post bearing NE
remains passed through, the soldiers 90
lhlod whlis me people uncovered and
bowed ihflf heads Ia mnuruiul STONES.
1he funeral train, which consisted oi
soten cars, awaited Al thc depot Neat
70 the engine came the fnnefAi cat Ihe
transfer oi the remains from the cottage
70 ihs train was without lncli ant Aad
exaclt ten minutes lo one O'Clock, lhs
train steamed out from the depot
Aln,NNs r., August 6-wbsn ,ha
funcu train passed slowly through Sara.
toga at 2i2o p. m. vast crowds assembled,
The BELLS tolled and an expression Of
sad interest was unmlstakable on nearly
every face.
~ Ballston another a.semblage stood
uncovered a. the train dashed swiftly by
The long platform Of Round Lake station
was occupied by nj least 2, 900 people Al
Mechanlcsylle and tho other places
crowds Of several hundred we're In holl.
day attire at the dcpots. AZ West Troy
salutos were fred.
Precisely At tho schedule time tho train
came TO halt. In Albany at Spencer
street The funeral car, heavily drapcd,
drawn by six black horses In funeral
tranpIngs, was In waiting, and after
short delay the casket was transferred to
II. AT 1858 p. m, the order was given to
start.
The procession was made up as fol.
lows;
FIRST DIVISION.
Headed by patoons OF police To clcat
tho streets Major. General Hancock, u
:. A., commanding, and staf, mountedi
Ma jor.General g. J. Farnsworth, Chief
Marshal, and STAFF, mounted; Major 10
h. Carr, commanding, aud stan, mount
ed; armed and uniformed military or.
CARNATIONS comprising the escort; a
funeral car, hankcd by United States
troops and delegation OF U. \. Grant
Post, g. A. r., mourners' carriagcsi
Governor David B. Hill and staff tho
Mayor, Common Council and city officials
In carriages.
SECOND DIVISION.
Brigader-General James Warner, com.
manding, and staf; the military order
Loyal Legion g. A. r., veterans of the
late war and sons OF veterans.
THIRD DIVISION.
Major Walter s. Albraman, commsnd.
Ing, aud staff, civic societies, escorted
by the Albany Jackson corps.
Enormous concourses OF people lined
every street on the line Of march. The
pack and Jam at times dehcd the efforts
OF the police TO preserve sufficient room
for the pageant. The crowds In Albany
were far vaster than were present at tho
funerals Of either Lincoln or Garfield.
1t Ia supposed that not less than 5000
strangers visited the city.
The caskct was borne into the Capitol
at $3.50 p. m, and was taken Immediately
TO an ante.room adjoining the main cor.
ridor, where the Inclined rest, drapcd,
with the National colors under the truly
grand and Imposing canopy, waited
Its sacred burden. The under.
takers were In waiting and rap
idly removed the purple aud
glass lids, It was ioun. that the jar
ring attending the removal from Mt
McGrcgor had In a certain degree dis
turbed the remains. This trouble was
quickly rectined.
Exactly at six O'Clock the caskct was
placed on the rest In The corridor The
doors were opened aud members of Tho
State Senate entered, two abreast, at Tho
foot OF the casket and passed out of the
Capitol by the private entrance. The
members OF the Assembly followed, aud
then came the public, four abreast, white
black, old, young, rich, poor, the lam,
and stalwart, beauty and ngllness-lr
short, a Heterogeneous mass OF humanity,
that Is only seen together when some ex'
traordlnnry event Is happening.
Atei20 p. m. Colonel btant aud hi
two brothers, escorted by Governor iilli
entered the Capitol, by the private en
trance. The inside doors were closc'
for moment to permit the brothers 4
look upon the dead. An expression O
pain fitted over the Colone's lace ss b
looked, the gnastliness Of the face re
ferred TO having occurred since last h
looked upon the familiar lineaments
He looked but moment and then hui
rled away.
Al midnight the German singing "a
eietics assembled In the Capitol Par
] GOO stronR) aud saBg the dirgcs In
most solemn and impressive manner
Al a. m. the crowd passing througl
Z the Capitol had thinned ont cpnsIdera
. bly,, but they were still coming In I
slngte fle. The total numb br p7ssln
} the casket up TO one o'clock was &c. 900
At2a.ma few slfagglers were pas,
, , Ing the casket