Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-10

procession could be seen at prices ranging
all the way from 81 to $40 a head. The
decorators too, had not been idle On the
fronts of many houses were displayed en-
blens of mourning which were not there
before. Reviewing-s were located in
all sorts of places. Nearly every empty
stand along the route had been gobbled up
by spectators. Some of these were rented
outright, while others contained numbered
seats to be had at 50 each. The Specializing
fever even got hold of the newsbCys, sew
eral Of whom stuck notices in their chairs
to the effect that seats from which TO view
the parade could be procured.
When at length the hands of the great
clock of Trinity Church approached the
hour of 8, Broadway presented an ami
mated spectacle. As far as the eye could
reach, the sidewalks were thrOnged with
people, and every train and every steamer
brought crowds of sight-seers BrOnzed
farmers from the country, white faces from
the city cOunting-roOms and offices and
dirty faces from the tenement districts
were in the crowd. The rich and the poor,
the rogues and the righteous, the dignita-
rles and the nonenuties Jostled each other
on the curbStones and sidewalks. Every
body seemed good-natured and took the
Jostling and jamming as 4 matter Of course.
street, but il was hard work
As the procession passed up Broadway
the scene was indeed remarkable one.
No sound was heard from the vast crowds
which lined New y York $ sprincipalthorough-
fare. Many stood with barred hesds. de
spite the heated rays of the sun. The DO
lice say this was the most orderly assem-
hlage ever seen in New York. When the
funeral car, heavily draped with black and
white, passed, heads were uncovered and
the cry all along Broadway, taken up bv
the multitudes and carried along the line.
was " Hats off From the CITY Hall to
Fourteenth street all that could be seen was
a vast sea of uncovered heads Many ladies
tainted and were carried away by willing
hands. The tlIcOng which lined the side
walks cannot be described. There was no
passage-way for citizens, the crowd stand
ing eight deep and remaining till the last
of the Grand Army had passed.
Never before in the history OF the CITY
had such crowds been seen. The windows
roofs, telegraph poles and lamp posts were
thTonged with people all along Broadway.
which was draped heavily with MOURNING
emblems. The crowds were SO deem and
50 solidly packed that they could not be
moved by the police. Before starting Q
number Of militlamen were overcome by
away in ambulanccs. The procession COM
prised one solid mass from the CITY Hall to
Fourteenth street. Regiments from all the
States in the Union were present. All
night the elevated trains had been filed
with visitors to the city. Unable to pct
accommodations at the hotels, they had
been sleeping in the trains The high
stoops Of Fifth avenue and other streets
through which the column passed were oc-
cupied by sleepers through the night.
When the funeral car passed solemn
hush fell on the spectators. Immediately
preceding was seen a commandery Of
Knights Templar in the handsome regalia
OF the order. After them came the chief
mourners in carriages. The clergy of the
Episcopal, Methodist, Roman Catholic and
Presbyterian denominations walked two
abreast, with black sashes and white
rosettes. DR.. Newman and Bishop Harris
occupied the first carriage. Among other
chief mourners following the car were
General Sherman, General John 4. Logan.
General Early, Brevet Major General J. NJ.
b. Neile, Lieutenant-Colonel IL. G. Perley.
Colonel Potter Brevet Brigadier- General
II. f. Tremain and many others. The
marching throughout the entire procession
was magniiicent-unsurpa in this CITY.
The visiting militia drew forth the
plaudits of the crowd by their soldierlv
bearing. As far as Twenty-third street not
man fell by the way. and the discipline
maintained was excellent. Ambulances
followed each separate company, but none
were needed. DR.. Newman said to a re-
porter, during halt in the procession: "a
have seen many funeral professions during
my lie, but none compared with this
The reverence of the masses, the silence
along the line of march. the absence of
friyOlity Of any kind is to me not only
impressive, but sublime. ! never in my
life expect to ride to the funeral of a
grander. nobler man."
THEoNGs OF MILITARY MEN-THE GRANT
FAMILY.
New York, August Sth.-Inside the
Fifth Avenue Hotel the lobby and CORR.
dorS were blocked by an increasing throng
of gold-laced and uniformed men. In the
main hall, General Sheridan. tall and erect.
was the center Of an lmiring throng. He
stood IN q group of naval officers. chatting
pleasantly with old friends. The party
We're in iuli uniform and attracted univer-
sal attention, that tagged onlv for mo-
ment when file of attendants Of the jap
aneSe Minister entered The bic marble
hall was completely choked with humanity
long before o'clock. In the big parlors up
stairs all was stir and hustle, while the
President and his Cabinet were at breakfast
in one end of the building and the Grant
family quietly preparing for the pageant at
the other end. The committees, oTganiza-
tions and delegations were gathering and
getting ready here, there and everywhere.
Badges, sashes and military orders found
way tor members in the seemingly inextri-
cable confusion OF the swarming humanity.
In the quiet little parlor a group of
Gov sfgArrE fgr, F.,f4 /.
old, but nearly all erect and of vigorous
physique were putting on broad silver
sasheS of white and black. They were the
pali-bearers and they were a striking group.
General Sherman, summoned up from his
friendly talk below, responded in the uni
form OF United States General, and stood
IN friendly conversation with a tall man. in
whose white mustache and chin beard and
soidlerly bearing, one recognized at a glance
the gallant Confederate General Bucknar
from whom Grant wrested his first hard
won laurels at Fort Donelson. General
Buckner was in ordinary black citizens
dress. A smaller man, similarly attired
at the other end of the room, whose gray
hairs formed a striking contrast to the
leonine name and fierce black mustache of
General Logan, with whom he was talking,
was the famous General " Joe" Johnston.
AtS;30 o clock Colonel Hodges summoned
the pall-bearers TO their carriages The
Presidents carriage, drawn by six horses
was called up TO the door next, but had
fully one hour to wait. The President had
signitied his intention of riding with Secre-
tary Bayard. He was at that time, having
finished his breakfast, quietly conversing
in his parlors on the third floor with ex-
Governors Cornell and Robinson, who had
called. In anticipation of his coming out,
an enormous crowd, which the police found
it difficult to manage, gathered opposite the
hotel entrance in Twenty-third street, and
yells of Here they come ~ went up every
time delegation came out.
The Grant family were quietly gathered
in their parlors overlooking the square, and
strangers We're rigidlv excluded from the
nall leading TO their rooms. Mrs Grant
had not arrived and il was announced that
she would not attend the funeral. but had
concluded to stay al Mt. McGregor She
was reported by DR.. Newman TO be still
weak and i'll. though not confined to her
bed. The party gathered at the hotel ready
to take carriages for their positions in the
parade when the column should have ad-
yanced so far as to permit their carriages to
fall IN line from the hotel. There were
Colonel and Mrs. Fred. Grant, Mrs. Sar-
tors. MIR. and Mrs. L. S. Grant, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Grant, Mrs. Cramer, Mrs.
Dent Miss Cramer, General Creswell,
stephen l.. Moriarity, Senior Romero
and W. J. Arkell Members of
the party from time to time