Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-02
FUNERAL OF GEN. MCCLELLAN.
A Simple Ceremony in New York This
Morning without Anything Like Dis.
play-The Interment.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-The body of the late
Gen. Mcclellan, accompanied by his family,
Gen. NJ I. McMahor and William C. Prime, ar
rived last evening at the Barclay-street depot
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
road, in this city, and with no display was
driven to the house OF Mr.. Prime, No. 3S East
2:Sd street. There all callers were denied, only
the nearest friends being with the body.
At 10 o'clock this morning the body of Gen.
Mcclellan was removed from The house of Mr..
Prime to the Madison Square Presbyterian
church, where the last funeral services were
performed by the pastor, the Rev. DIR. Charles
H. Parkhurst Although the morning broke
dark and gloomy, with occasional bursts of
rain yet hundreds of people gathered early in
the neighborhOod OF the church and Mr.. Prime S
rive early, and were placed in position to pre-
serve order. Two hundred and fifty were de-
ployed i'm lines extending from. Mr.. Prime s
other officers guarded the church doors and the
passages leading to them. No one, not
even the intimate friends OF the fam
Prime mansion, and only the family and pail
bearers were present when reverently and with
upon which rested q sheaf of wheat and a few
immortelles, was lifted and slowly borne to the
street. On either hand were the pall-bearers,
john Porter, Gen. w. b. FranSIin. Gem. j. Is.
Johnstone, Gen. Anson G; McCook, Gen. Martin
Sew con- e g. Wsh Thssshe aNR ks
c. Prime, Hon. AS. Hewitt John T. Agnew and
w. c. Alsop. Behind the pall-bearers followed
M Ill
Mcclellan, Capt. Arthur Mcclellan, Gen. Marcy
and the family servants.
In this order the cortege left the house. and
was met outside by the State Commandery OF
the Loyal Legion OF the United States and the
representatives of Meagher's Irish brigade,
these oryani cations preceded the body 10 Madi.
son avenue where, between open ranks, the
funeral cortege passed into the church and up
The church was filled In every part and promi-
nent men were seen everywhere. Among them
We're Gov. Leon Abbott, OF New Jersey; ex-ioy.
Ludlow, OF New Jersey; Gen. Lloyd Aspinwail,
Gen. Z. p. Stone, Whi.elaw Reid, Gen. Averill,
Gems. Fry and Mckeever, Judge Shipman,
Gems. Webb, Wilson and Hamilton, John Jacob
AstOr and Gems. Shaler, Cochrane, Slocum,
Banks and Molincux, Carleton, Swayne, Gra-
nam and Wainwright. George Washington
Der, was also present. The church was without
decorations or emblems OF mourning save q
few flowers at the altar; The services Were Of
hour. "Jesaslover OF my soul" and 30 Mother,
dear jerusalem" two OF the hymns which
when prayers were osred Rev. Der
Parkhufst and the 10th chapter of First
Corinthians was read by the Rev. DR.. Whitta-
ker. The final rites were conducted In the SIM
plest manner. When the services were ended
the 1ndertaker's assistants, placing the coffin
main ina aisle to the door. The consresati on
which filled every part OF the church, re-
manned standing until the pall-bearers and the
members OF the bereaved family bad Lett the
Outside the church the street was lined with
people. The police maintained good order.
The family, the delegation of neighbour nom
Orange and the committee OF the Loyal Legion
took carriages and were driven 70 the Pennsyl-
vania railroad depot. where special train
stood waiting TO receive the Party. The train
steamed out Of the depot for Trenton ~ noons
where the burial will take place.
As the funeral procession moved nom the
church to the depot IL was received With
marked courtesy by the people who hurried
along the sidewalk. Hats wero lifted and
many q tear fell ffOm the eyes az veterans who
once served under the dead general The sim.