Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-30
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE LAST SAD OFFICES. General Grant Placed In
 His Casket. THE PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL. Veterans In Charge Of
 The Remains. A NEGRO WHIPPED TO DEATH. General Lee For Governor
 Of Virginia.
A NEGRO WHIPPED TO DEATH.
THIRTY COAL BLACK SPEEDS

| To Draw the Hearse at General Grants Funeral-The Route of the Procession to Riverside Park-The Body Placed in the Casket-A Plan to Bring the Remains Down by Boat.
 l GovERNoR's ISLAND, N. Y., July 29.- ! Colonel Roger Jones, representing General Hancock at Mt. McGregor, sends word that | the body of General Grant will be removed | from the Drexel cottage to the train by hand as the distance is not great. He also an | nounces that the transfer of the body from ! one train to another at Saratoga will be | made without any display or formality and | that this arrangement meets the wishes of | the family. The train from Mt. McGregor will run alongside the train for New York l so that the transfer can be made without \ difficulty or delay. Colonel Jones has also sent word that Colonel Grant declines the re- | quest of Hawkins, General Grants old col ored coachman in Washington, for permis- sion to drive the hearse. The suggestion is | made, unofficially, that no driver may be ! employed and that the horses attached to the hearse will be led by grooms General Han cock sent dispatch to-day to Major General ! Shaler accepting the services of the First ! division and saying: 'fYou charged with ! the escort of the remains upon their arrival | in New York to the City Hall and their de- | livery. A detachment of federal troops, ! soldiers and sailors may be added. You will after proper consultation with the city au- | thorities prepare schedule of the march of | the escort preparatory to an order. The | guard for the body in the City Hall will be from your command save only that the rep | resentatives of troops and organizations now | in charge of it will remain with it. Any as ! sistance you may need will be supplied upon | application to thees headquarters"
 | NEW YORK, July 29.-The line of the pro- session will be as follows: From the City 1 Hall up Broadway to Fourteenth street, to Fifth avenue, to Fifty Seventh street, cross ing over to Broadway, to the Boulevard and \ thence to Seventy-Second street and River ] side drive to the park. The only religious ceremony at the grave will be the reading of | the Methodist funeral services by Dr. New l man. The undertaker's arrangements for the l funeral services are as yet incomplete. An
 elaborate catafalque and canopy, under l which the remains will rest in the City Hall | here, is in course of erection and will be | ready next Friday. It will be draped with ! black cashmere and elaborately trimmed with ! purple and silver lace An order for one
 hundred and fifty carriages has been issued in addition to twenty-five saddles for the military ' D
 associates said that thirty coal-black steeds
 will draw the hearse. MT. Merritt will re- ! turn from Mt. McGregor late tonight To morrow he will cali upon General Hancock l at Governors Island to discuss the arrange
 ments for the funeral, after which he will
 immediately return to Mt. McGregor. MT. MCGREGoR, July 29.-The suggestion
 of Mayor Grace of change in the proposed l to boat has met with much favor from the ' ,iof tn ha ! is that various organizations, military and civic, which have arranged to go to Albany | have carried forward their plans to include | rail transportation to New York from the l Capitol On this account it is feared that plans may be disarranged and much
 gested as an offset to this that ! the trains might act as an escort | to the fleet of boats and so go down the Hud- son together to the light of watchhres along l the banks. The present plan of going by ! nail would leave all trains behind the one
 nine cars to the train and probably hundreds of cars in trains behind for the military and l other bodies that will follow. The new plan l would make the procession grander in every
 respect than could possibly be made on the
 original plan. At any rate the family think l well of the journey by river, and while they l may not directly interfere with the present
 plans, they will if solicited express an opin ion in. it's favor, qualified only by consider l ation for the convenience of those whose
 plans are already made.
 The casket arrived this evening on trair 1 which also brought the detail of artillery
 from Governors Island. The casket was
 well enclosed in an oak travelling box witt
 the name and date on the box on a gold in
 scription plate. It was hauled to the noun
 tain, the body was placed in it at dusk an6
 tonight it lies as it will be buried. Al
 electric light hanging in the canopy shines upon the body, which is dressed in Prince
 Albert coat and suit of broadcloth.. A ta
 ble of flowers stands at the head of the eano
 py. Below are the draped vacant chair and
 the pillow of flowers received yesterday iron
 Meade post. Brooklyn post is on guard al
 the casket. Mrs. Grant and the ladies have l arranged to leave here about two hours aftel
 the body next Tuesday. They will go from
 Saratoga to New York in a special car at
 tached to the four o'clock train that day. When the generals body was placed in th'
 casket tonight it was observed by the under
 takers that the hardening process which re ] suits from sue cessful embalming was pro
 ceeding satisfactorily The body should re
 tain its lifelike appearance for at least si1
 months. The colored servant Harrison wa' | permitted, as g last service to his dead mas
 ter, to adjust black silk scarf around th'
 neck and tie the bows of the slippers encas
 ing the feet. After the body had beer |
 the room, and after a long ant reverent contemplation of his fathers fea . lures he placed plain gold ring upon thu , third finger of the generals right hand. HI l then placed in the breast pocket of the coa l a small pocket of mementoes. After thi last personal office had been fulfilled tn colonel withdrew and the heavy glass lid O the casket was screwed into it's place and tn 1 | receptacle was made air tight. A nationa } flag was then thrown over it.
 Among the messages of eondolence whicl . continue to arrive was one from 8 join meeting of Confederate and Federal soldier
 at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
 The formal transfer of the care of the bod,
 of the dead general to representatives of tn
 U. S. Grant post of Brooklyn was made to
 night. Captain Johnson received the trus . and detailed guards for the night. Colone
 and mountain visitors to view the body to l morrow.
 A Legal Holiday in New York. ALBANY, July Ex-Governor Hill at 3 o'clock this afternoon issued the followin proclamation: I II STATE OF NEW YORK, EXECUTIVE CHAN BIER:
 E Whereas the funeral of the late Geners e1 Ulysses s. Grant has been appointed fc d Saturday; the eighth day of Angus e next.
 s And whereas, the whole people of the Stat are desirous of laying aside their usual O, B. cupation at that time to do homage to h 2 memory and it is fitting that such day shoul # be public and legal holiday.
 y Therefore, in pursuance of the power ', me vested, I hereby appoint and set apal n Saturday, the eighth day of August, as st day for such religious observance as may
 appropriate to the burial of the distingnishe
 dead, and said day is hereby declared leg holiday
 Given under my hand and the privy SC
 of the State of New York, at the Capitol
 the city of Albany, this 29th day of July, e the year of our Lord one thousand eight hu ? dred and eighty-fve.
 (Signed) DAVID B, HILL.
 By the Governor:
 WILLIAM G. RICE, Private Secretary.
 It has been definitely settled that the I
 mains of General Grant will lie in state
 the vestibule of the Capitol and not in t