The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-08-13

the dead General, the fUl.
meantime sitting about the
the parlor. DR.. Ncwman's
"Well done, thou good an
servant, enter thou into the j..
Lord"-Matthew XIV, 81.
mon was tulsome culogy of
without discretion and withou,
remarkable religious bearing.
At the conclusion of the discom
the hymn "Nearer, my God, to Thee
was rendered very impressively by the
congregation, and the services ended
with the bcnediction.
After the services there was a gencr-
al movement of people toward the
cottage to get final look at the corpse,
but it was not deemed advisable to
admit any one, in view of the fact that
it was near the time for the funeral
train to start. Generals Sherman and
Hancock and Senator Evarts left the
balcony together. u. S. Grant Post,
No. 327, of Brooklyn, bore the remains
from the cottage to the station shortly
before l O'Clock. The military were
drawn up and q salute was paid to the
remains as they passed the depot, and
the throng stood with uncovered heads
while tho casket was borne to the car.
The mountain train waited at the little
rustic depot. There were seven cars.
Next to the engine the funeral car,
with open sides and solid mass of blacl.
drapery, was waiting for its buYIen.
Next III the train was tko car "Eastcrn
Lookout" being the same in which the
General went up the mountain. The
transfer from the cottage to the train
was accomplished without difficulty.
The train left Mount McGrcgor sta
ton at one O'Clock, and proceeded
down the mountain, impclled for some
distance by its own momentum, and
held in check by the air-brakes. The
plain was reached in safety, and the
train sped on its way as fast as the
engine would carry it. All along the
route the stations were Lnrongcd WltH
people who watched its passage in
silence and with uncovered heads.
AT Saratoga the train Strengthened
away parallel with the track Of the
Delaware and Hudson, on the track
of which, just north of the McGrcgor
depot, the funeral train of the New
York Central Railroad was waiting,
while thousands of persons were be-
ing held back by the military.
The mountain train drew alongside
of the other train and stopped. There
were nine cars in the New York Cen
trail train. The remains were lifted
i'll silence by the guard of honor to the
funeral car "Woodlawn," which was
drapcd with bombazinc and hung with
flags. The Brooklyn guard of honor
and six men of the Loyal Legion, with
a detachment of regulars, entered the
deadcar, also two men Of Wheeler Post,
G.. A. II. Soon after two O'Clock the
train moved off.
The funeral train reached Albany at
$40 p. IN. The crowd was dense
about the railroad depot when it ar-
rived. The remains having been de-
posted on funeral car, it was drawn
into Spencer street, where it was
thanked by two companies .of United
States artillery. The Grand Army
men guarded the remains and posts of
honor, and four men were mounted at
each corner of the catafalquc. General
Hancock and staff filed out into Spen-
Ger street, where the General mounted
u powerful black horse splendidly
caparisoned. There were 4,3l1 men
III procession. Many companies out
side of Albany and its vicinity were
present.
The column moved to the Capitol,
ana the remains were deposited be-
meath the great catafalquc i'm the Sen
ate corridor. The body had been pre-
Viously examined by the undcrtakcrs
and found to be iii excellent condition.
The public were admitted about five
O'Clock, being permitted to walk two
abreast on each side Of the caskct,
which lay OH an inclined dais. Seven
thousand four hundred persons viewed
the remains tho first hour. The guard
OF honor consisted of distinguished
members Of The Grand Army of the
Republic.
1t Is estimated that over H. 900 pco-
pie viewed the remains at Albany.
FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK.
The remains lay in state in the capi-
tol in Albany till III o'clock on We'd
ncsday morning. At that hour the
great doors Of the capitol swung open
and the guard Of honor from the L. S.
Grant Post were seen by the waiting
crowds with the remains inside the
corridor. At this moment the funeral
procession was formed on State street.
Slowly and to the strains of the trum-
pets of the Regulars the guard Of honor
moved out into the sunlight upon the
upper steps Of the capitol, thirteen
men touching the casket and SO sur
rounding it as almost to hide it from
view.
The sombrc car was waiting at the
foot Of the steps in the street. -Four
mon were inside the car and assisted
in lifting the remains to tho black dais
within the mounted catafalque. Then
the companies Of regulars were ranged
on either side Of the car. The Grand
Army guard took positions, the trum-
pets rang out and the procession start
cd at q measured pace down State
street, various organizations falling in
to form the procession, reaching Broad.
way amid the dull boom of cannon and
the tolling and Ginning of bells in tho
steeples.