The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-08-13

toS WorA uone, anu prouoly loohiuS O1OA-
ward over the heroic pest-passed the long
procession, with vef4ed flags and muf1ed
drums, arms reversed, In sadness. KEEs
The great, silent throng watched it go
by from street and square, from windows,
housetops, balconies and porcAA that
seemed hanging on the air, so daringiy
had they been thrust forward from the
buildings by the sight-seers anxious not to
miss the memorable show.
There was not foot of spare ground
anywhere In sight, and how the police
made way for the carriages, the military
and the marching thousands in citizens
dress seemed incomprehensive. But they
did. Captain Williams swung his club at
the point at Fifth Avenue and Twenty
third street, where the pressure OF the
throng was greatest, and his presence
alone acted like a charm.
In the crowd the utmost good nature pre-
vailed. Everybody made room for every:
body else, to the extent of his ability, and
no harsh words were heard. The snowy
white helmets and cream -colored jackets of
Twenty second Regiment of State troops
made a continuous double file fronting the
hotel. To the north of it the First and
Second Batteries, handsomely mounted,
held the avenue as far as Twenty-eighth
street. Throughout the line the crowd was
SO dense that its power to exercise pressure
had passed. Where it stood it remained,
an inert mass from sheer inability to move
a foot. Even the policemen were walled in
and finding their occupation gone, stood
still with the rest, part and parcel OF the
immovable throng.
At 1910 precisely the Grant family came
out of the ladies' entrance in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and took their carriages.
Colonel Fred Grant and his wife rode with
General Grants favorite daughter Nellie
(Mrs. Sartoris); q. s. Grant and his wife
and Senior Romero occupied the next car.
riage together, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Grant
the third and tha a Ora m family fh a fourth
carriage. As the carriages received their
occupants they rolled away toward the
avenue, and remained there closely wedged
in and waiting for their turn in the line.
They had been waiting for more than a
quarter of an hour before President Cleve-
land came out and took his seat in his car
riage with Secretary Bayard.
A four-horse carriage that followed, re-
ceived Vice President Hendricks and his
private secretary. Ahead of them had
Grant family, in the following order: Mrs.
Rawlins- s-Holman, daughter of General
Grants friend and first Secretary of War;
the Generals old staff, in four carriages;
his ex-Cabinet officers. in four carriages;
detachments from Wheeler and o. s.
Grant Posts, g. A. r., in four carriages;
Mr.. j. W. Drexel and members of the Az
tee Club, survivors of the Mexican war.
Next came the Presidents carriage, the
Vice President and Cabinet in five car
riages, the members of the Supreme Court
U. 8. Senators, the House Congressional
Committee in a scoreo of carriages, the Com
mittee of the State Legislature in thirty
ex-Presidents Arthur and Hayes and mem.
bers of their Cabinets; then the Foreign
Ministers and diplomatic and consular
officers under General Grants administra'
tion. These filled the carriages.
Then came the representatives of the
different departments of the National Gov
ernment. Next came the Governors o.
States with their staffs, and the representa-
tives of various cities.
Speaker Carlisle and ex-Speaker Ran
dali rode with Congressman Hiscock, O.
New York, and Reed, of Maine. One car
riage held Congressman John D. Long, O.
Massachusetts; Randolph Tucker, of Vir
ginia; Ben Butterworth, of Ohio, and Gen
eral King, of Louisiana.
The Senatorial delegation paired of a
follows, the Senators riding in twos: Sena
tors Morrill,, of Vermont, and Cockrel, o
Missouri; Sherman, of Ohio, and Ransom
of North Carolina; Ingalls,, of Kansas, ant
Harris, of Tennessee; Palmer, of Michigan
| and Miller, of New York; Wade Hampton
of South Carolina, and Mandel son, o
Nebraska; Eustis, Of Louisiana, andIBlair
| of New Hampshire; Brown, of Georgia
| and Evarts, of New York.
Congressman Bliss, of Brooklyn, AM
Ward, of Chicago, rode together, and Gen
eral Bingham, Of Pennsylvania Wheeler
of Alabama, and Lawry, of Indiana, wer
in one coach. One of the carriages con
tanning members of General Grants mill
tary staff, carried General Horace Porter
General Rufus Ingalls,, G. B. Comstock an
| VIM. s. Smith. In another rode Genera
Parker, Grants military secretary durin
| the war, who was present at the meeting
between Grant and Lee at Appomattoz
and still has in his possession the origina
draft of the terms of the surrender i
Grants handwriting: 1t was given him a
a keepsake by his chief.
The catafalque passed Twenty -thir
street at O'Clock sharp. The hum of ex
pectation that preceded it was settled as
| passed by, and all heads were uncovered
Many heads were bowed, and an old negr
woman who somehow had been pushed for
essayed vainly to kneel, with tears stream
ing down her wrinkled face. She was hel
fast by the crowd and could not stir. On
| telegraph pole on the corner of Broadwa
and Twenty third street were perched no
less than twenty EIGHT spectators.
| As soon as the catafalque had passed th
carriages containing Colonel Fred GRAM
his wife and sister fell in, and the mourner.
coaches fell quickly in line without confu
sion. Both Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Hen
bricks had tired of the long wait, after sit
ting in their carriages stared at by th
curious crowd till half-past II O'Clock, an
retired to their rooms in the hotel. Th
carriages had remained at the door.
Almost the last carriage had wheeled in
to line at Twenty third street when ther
a broad gold band across his breast. Tw
crutches stood up in the carriage besid
him and proclaimed his name as the gol
scarf had pronounced his rank. He we
Major General Daniel Sickles. Followin
behind the crippled veterans carriae
banners" without show or gold or glitte
but with the armless sleeves, the limpin
gait and SCARED faces that stirred men
minds as they passed with deep an
strong emotion. These were the dea
hero's comrades who shared his danger @
the field of battle, had marched behind h
victorious banners over many a road an
now walked with him to his last restin
place, so many of them soon to follow
sadly. yet proudly they walked once mol
together. They were old men, most
them, but they walked bravely and kel
up with the youngest. Some carried cane
more walked without support of any kin,
All had their badges yelled with Grape an
wore bows of Grape on the left arm. The
tattered banners were yelled in black, an
many posts carried as distinctive badge
sprigs of myrtle or evergreens on the
breasts. The procession seemed upendin
stretching southwark as far as the ey
could reach. The streets all the way
the tomb were packed with people, and
the right of the column approached ii
|
from the men-of-war could be heard, al
the Troops broke column from the lei
marching to the right or east side of Il
road. After forming in line arms we
presented and the catafalque slow
} passed.
) The crowd on Fifth Avenue remained
, the sidewalks with remarkable persisten,
until the long parade had passed. The
, were a few cases of heat prostration in t.
ranks, but so far as known none fatal. T
regimental ambulances were called in
requisition for slight cases perhaps half
| dozen times. At the corner of Fift
seventh street, where the line turned to t
west, the crowd swelled from the sides
) the open way, and blocked the thoroug
Z fare on twenty occasions.
s There was some trouble when the cat
l falque reached that point. Everybody W
t more interested in the approach of tt
than in any other part of the processic
1t was watched for blocks away, its co
r spicuous height making it plainly visil
2 as far as Fiftieth street. As it neared t
j corner the crowd naturally bulged into t
i highway, and the officers had to threat
}, with their clubs to make the spectators I
q cede, and it was difficult process.
a The peOple were standing eight and I