Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-08-12

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| After them came Gov. Hill and Gen. Sher-
man. The old warrior stopped for q few
| moments and looked affectlOnately and
reverently at his comrade-in-arms. The
| LEGISLATURE and local officials next passed
by the casket. In the meantime the troops
| had countermarched up State Street,
| crossed over Swan Street and marching
down Washington Avenue, entered the
capitol and filed by the catafalque, passing
out by the State Street entrance. The
| crowd then formed in a column OF twOs,
reaching up Washington Avenue for two
| blocks, and marched rapidly through the
capitol.
Departure for New York.
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. Sat 1890
o'clock, this forenoon, the capitol doors
were swung shut. Although 1920 per-
sons had viewed the face OF the dead gen
eral, a compact line of waiting VISITORS
which extended over a block, was shut
off. Those who had entered were per-
mitted to pass rapidly out, when the
State Street doors were closed, and
none but the guard OF honor from u.
S. Grant Post, Wheeler Post, OF Sar-
atoga, and the six men OF the mill
tary order of the Loyal Legion were
allowed to remain. The undertakers now
took charge, and SO far as possible
prepared the remains for the last stage OF
by six black horses with their mourning
trappings, moved to the State Street side
of the capitol. Gen. Hancock, mounted up
on a black charger from West Point, and
followed by his staff, approached the cap
itOl as also did Gen. Farnsworth and staff.
Gov. Hill and staff had gathered at
the capitol and were in waiting. Eleven
O'Clock had passed, and it was
half hour later when Che great doors of the
Il n
and the guard of honor from u. s. Grant
Post were seen by the waiting crowds with
the remains inside the corridor. At this
moment the guard of honor moved outintO
the sunlight to the slow strains OF music
and the sound of the trumpets of the reg
ulars upon the upper steps OF the cap
itol, thirteen men touching the cas-
ket and so surrounding and almost
hiding it from view. The sombre car was
waiting at the foot of the steps III the
street. Four men were inside the car and
assisted in lifting the remains to the black
dais within the mounted catafalque. Then
Col. Beck and Mai. Brown ranged their COM
panies Of regulars on either side OF the car,
the front being level with the heads of
the horses. The Grand Army guard
took positions, the blare of trumpets rang
out, and the procession started at meas
ured pace down State Street, the various
organizations falling in to form the pro-
cession, reaching Broadway amid the
dull boom OF cannon, and the
tolling and Ginning OF bells in the
steeples. The march through Broadway
to Steuben Street and thence to the depot
was everywhere densely thronged. At
the instant the train started. a dirge
came up to the ears of all in the train from
the band Of the Jackson Corps, that stood
in line and saluted. Hundreds OF persons
standing nearest the tracks laid coins on
the rails to have them f1attened beneath
the wheels Of the train that carried Gen.
Grant on his last journey. On the roofs OF
the houses in the vicinity hundreds wit
messed the start, and as the black train
rumbled across the long bridge of the Hud-
son it was between two dense lines of peo
pie, who filed the foot paths on either side.
There was no clang of bell, no scream OF
whistle-only the dull rumble OF the wheels
beneath the memorable train.