The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-06
SWIFTLY ONWARD.
GEN. GRANTS REMAINS LIE IN STATE
IN ALBANY
For Few Hours, and Then the Funera
Progress is Taken Up Again.
Immense Throngs of People in New York;
Capital-On the Road to the Empire
City-sudden Death of a Man Who
Wrote III of the Dead.

ALBANY, Aug. 1.-THE funeral train con-
veying Gen. Grants remains arrived here |
at S;45 7. m. Tuesday. The trip from Sara |
toca was made without incident OF note, |
except that at every station on the route
crowd had gathered to watch the coming |
and going of the train, and get glimpse Of
the casket containing the body of the old
commander, They were all silent and i'm
pressed. Ballston, Round Lake, Mechanics
vile, Cohoes, and West Troy, in turn gave
| forth their thousands The men uncovered,
women and children waving black-edged
handkerchiefs From the first movement OF
the train from Saratoga until it reached
Albany, no whistle was blown or bell
sounded.
Upon the arrival here arrangements had
been completed for the reception of the re-
mains. The streets were thronged with a
dense mass of humanity, and the crowd was
estimated as high as Is, 900. Every place Of
vantage was held by throng of observant
and impressed people, who watched the pro
cession with silent but observing interest
On all sides the sombre black bunting hung
in festoons and draperies, enveloping col
umns and streaming from cornice, pedi-
ment and column
Col. Grant, Jesse, and U. s. Grant Jr.,
alighted first from the funeral train. The
Rev. Dr. Newman, DR.. Douglas. and Gen.
Sherman followed with Gen. Porter. The
party was at once escorted to carriages and
driven to the governors mansion. The re-
mains were then placed in the mounted cat
afalque SIX black horses with black
trappings we're hitched to the funeral
car, and at the head of each horse
as leaders were members of G. A r posts 5
and 12L The remains having been de-
posted on the funeral car, it was drawn out
into Spencer street, where it was flanked by
company A, Fifth artillery, and company
+, E, Twelfth infantry. Grand Army men
|, guarded the remains at posts Of
honor, and four men Of the Tenth
battalion were mounted at each corner
of the catafalque. Gen Hancock and staff
fled out into +. Spencer street, where
the general mounted powerful black horse
splendidly caparisoned. The organizations
TO take part in the procession assumed their
assigned position as the head moved on.
There were ASH men in line. The column
moved to the capitol, where Gen HANCOCK
dismovnted and retired. The remains were
: dspositated beneath the great catafalqus
!
placed the body was conveyed to private
= room in the capitol building, where the IN
= dertakers and embalmers removed the lie
of the casket to inspect the body and learr
/ its condition. They said they found the re
e mains in excellent condition. The public
were admitted about o'clock and per
Il mitted to walk two abreast on each side O
y the casket The U s. Grant post Of Brook
lyn, had l25 men waiting here, and detail
, of six men on each side of the casket kept
the throng moving.
\. The line kept moving through the build
ing until long after midnight and up a. m
10000 people had passed through. Late il
a the evening Col Grant, Jesse Grant AM
u L. S. Grant Jr., accompanied by Governo
ie Hill went into the building and viewed tn
remains, during which time the line wa
y halted and the room cleaned.
e. The crush of people who viewed the re
OF mains Of Gen Grant Tuesday night fo
eight hours was fully equallad by the in
in nense concourse who were formed In In
ID an dmarching through the capitol Wednei
No day morning. The people began movln
"A about o'clock a. m, and between aud
10 o'clock 500 people passed the caske'
between and a. m, 4, 800: to y a. m
500; the total at 9 being 60, $40 Betwee
Q and 10 g. m s, 100 passed. making the tot
g. 9O1. Every hotel was filed to its utmo'
a limit Crowds Of people, unable TO obtai
Is lodgings walked the streets sat on the cur
ID stones and on the house-stoops.
,st At o'clock the jackson corps were r
'ot turned to guard duty, and the Burge
ot corps, Of Albany, who had performed sir
en- liar duty at the funeral of Lincoln. Z
al, actly at 1879 the outer doors were closed
7 the face of large crowd, and at 10 40 Il
~, purple lid was placed on the casket al
, ,, n, 300 people had viewed the remains
- Albany.
The state senate and assembly met in joi
by committee at 10 o'clock a. m. in the asset
rid bly, chamber, and appointed nine membe
or of the senate to accompany the funer'
train to New York. They will
cupy the car Of Governor II
Of. who offered its privileges for thu
nr accommodation. The remainder OF t
- state legislature will meet on Friday mol
- ing at the Hoffman house, New York,
' WIZ ON TO NEW YORK.
~ Promptly at Il O'Clock tine organizatic
'nS that on Tuesday brought the body to
leu capital assembled on the surround
10 streets. The casket was borne to the funer
IN car by the Thirteenth of the U. S. Ora
on, post At 1850 the pageant NOV
slowly down State street to Bro'
way, into Chamber street, to
IN Albany depot The crowd-liued sire
MAJ of Tuesday afternoon were, if T
nus sible, more tightly packed W
broiling humanity, The loud boom
Of the minute guns, the tolling of eve
800, church and fire bell in the city announ
~. o the departure of the heroic dead from
IN capital They reached the station at l.
Nc'' and precisely at 1882 the draped fune
.ou, train Slowly rnnvad ont from the city.