Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-04
THE RUSH TO THE MOUNT.

Hundreds Of Visitors Coming In
 On Every Trafn-GeneraI Hancock
 Views The Remafns-Wes. Allen
 Arrested On The Mountafn-Roughs
 Put To Flight By A Plucky Wo-
 man.
 MT. NCGREGoR, Aug ust 3.-The mountain railway had all it could do to-day to bring up the people from Saratoga who desired to witness the last scenes of the Grant obse- quies on the mountain. The trains had two locomotives, each of which is able to pull and push four cars loaded to their utmost capac ity. The managers of the road have taken special precautions against accidents. Pas sengers from the trains proceeded at once, on arriving, to the cottage where the remains lie in state. The front steps were guarded by two lines of guards who required the peo pie to pass in single file through the room and past the coffin. The light on the dead generals face was so dim under the black canopy that the spectator was able to see only the dusky form of face under the glass cover No one would be able to tell that i1 was the face of General Grant, if the fact of his identity was not known before looking. SSAAoAAAAJ for those who desired to see the remains. A good many carriages arrived by the noun tain wagon-road, although their number was insignificant compared with the arrivals by the cars. Most of the people coming to-day brought lunch with them, else they would l have spent the day hungry, for the hotel is put to it's utmost capacity to provide for the military and the more permanent population of the mountain. The presence of the dis | tinguished dead does not perceptibly depress the sociability of the people except in the l immediate vicinity of the cottage. At the | hotel, in. the woods, apart from the cottage, ! on the eastern and northern outlooks, the scenes partake of holiday loveliness. The | military uniforms lend brightness to the l gatherings in the hotel lobby and on the | piazas and but for the slow paced proces- | sion passing into and out of the cottage the hill top would wear no specially funereal aspect.
 | General Hancock and staff of eleven are rived at Saratoga at 8 o'clock. They were | met at the station by J. w. Drexel at whose ! cottage they tosk breakfast. They came to the mountain on a special train. Prepara- l tions had been made to fire salute of thir- teen guns, but General Hancock when told ! of it immediately countermanded the order. \ OO1SlAOA
 thirty men each of infantry and artillery.
 They proceeded to the cottage where they
 were met at the foot of the steps by Colonel
 Grant After brief conference they were | presented to all the ladies of the family
 Then they passed into the parlor and viewed
 the remains, after which they returned to
 Saratoga.
 The afternoon and evening were stormy | Hotel and cottage doors were closed and log fires lighted Trains arriving, however, were
 filled with visitors and until 6 o'clock the people were admitted to view the body. Ii
 tomorrow is stormy no veranda service will
 be held and the audience will be limited tc
 the capacity of the cottage. Dr. Newman has
 telegraphed his approval of the use of the G. A. R. ritual at the tomb by Meade post
 of Philadelphia. The saiutes ordered for to-
 morrow are thirteen guns at sunrise, thirty eight at sunset and one every half houl
 meantime guard of regulars will remain | around the cottage till the end of the week Colonel Grant has invited all representative. '