The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-15
AT THE METROPOLIS.

NEW YORK, August Sat five min
utes to five O'Clock yesterday the pilot
engine Monitor, in charge of Engineer
Nat Sawyer, rolled into the Grand Cen
trail Depot, and eight minutes later the
funeral train, consisting OF eleven
draped cars, drew up at the east plat
form. Among the first to alight were
General Hancock and staff They were
followed by Governor Hill and staff,
Rev. DR.. Newman and DIR. Douglas, the
Senate and Legislative Committee, the
Committee of One Hundred and the
members of the press. The casket was
then taken from the funeral car by men,
bers OF the Grant Veteran Post and car
ried through the station to Forty-third
street and Vanderbilt avenue, where 1t
was placed upon the funeral coach.
Owing TO the rain that commenced falling
shortly before the arrival OF the funeral
train, the crowd around the depot was
not so large as was anticipated, and the
police had little difficulty in keeping a
ClCuI DdoodSO lOl VIC luhSihi SOANS6S'
At $3.50 p. m. the funeral Car was
drawn by twelve black horses to Fifth
avenue. TwentY-four colored grooms
stood at the horses heads waiting word
to move In the procession. 1t was not
until'5:40 p m. that the order was given
to march The procession then moved
in the following order:
Twenty mounted policemen.
Major General Hancock and staff
Battalion consisting of four batteries
of the Fifth United States Artillery,
armed as infantry, namely, Batteries l,
i and M, from TT. Hamilton; and Bat
terry II, from 1T. Columbus; also Light
Battery f, Fifth Artillery, all under COM
mand of Major A. c. Wildeck, Fifth
Artillery. These batteries were preced-
ed by the battery band from Governors
Island.
Naval detachment with a band, con-
sisting of two companies of marines and
two of blue jackets, commanded by Lieu.
tenant-Commander VIM. w. Meade, u.
S.N.
Major General Shaler, N. G. S., N. Y,
and staff
Second Battery, N. G. s., N. Y, mount
ed without gun.
General Ward and staff, commanding
First Brigade N. G. S., N. Y.
Colonel Porter and Twenty-second Reg
iment N. G. S., N. Y, and band.
Colonel Seward and Ninth Regiment,
N. G. s., N. Y, and band.
Colonel Stewart and Eleventh Regi-
ment, N. G. S., N. Y, and band.
Carriage containing Rev. DR.. Newman,
DR.. Douglas and General Horace Porter.
Funeral car, containing the bodylof
General Grant.
Guard composed of the members of
the U. S. Grant Post
Carriages containing Senate and Leg
islative committees.
Committee of 100 citizens in carriages.
Post No. 1921 G. A. r.
General Fitzpatrick and staff, COM
handing second brigade, N. G. S., N. Y.
Colonel Clark aud Seventh Regiment
and band.
Colonel Cavanaugh and Sixty-nlnth
Regiment and bsnd
Colonel Scott and Eighth Regiment
and band
File of policemen.
The line of the procession was as fol.
lows:
From Fifth avenue to Waverly Place
thence to Broadway, and down Broad.
way to the City Hall.
The crowds along Fifth avenue in
creased at every block, and when the
head of the procession reached Madison
Square, the side walks were packed, while
all the steps and windows in the vicinity
were crowded with spectators.
NEW YORK, August 6.-As the funeral
cortege moved down Fifth avenue the
scene was an unusually impressive one
The bells of the brick church at Thirty
ninth street, the Dutch Reformed Church
at Twenty ninth street and other churches
could be heard tolling. The military
marched with reversed arms, while the
bands of the different regiments playe
solemn dirges The crowds continued tc
I increase as the procession moved TOWARD
the City Hall, and in the neighborhooC
/ of Houston street the sidewalks be
! came impossible, and when the heaC
/ of the procession reached the City Hall
| fully 100000 persons were present
/ The funeral coach was conveyed in from
of the City Hail at twelve minutes pas
seven O'Clock. Members of Grant Pos
carried the casket up the steps of the
ball and placed it on the catafalque. il
the LOBBY. Mayor Grace, General Han
cock, DR.. Newman and DR.. Douglas, anC
a number of military officers were at the
head OF the steps to receive the body.
at twenty minutes past seven O'CLOCK
the iron gates leading into the. vestibul'
of the hall were closed, aud ten minute
later the military were dismissed ant
left for their respective quarters. The
casket, after resting a few minutes OF
the catafalque, was taken into
rear room of the building where thu
undertaken and his assistants wer
engaged tor some time in trying to i'm
prove the appearance of the dead Gener
al's face. The casket was then removed
to the vestibule and placed upon thu
catafalque, and In a few minutes a thronl
of persons assembled and gazed upon tn,
features of the dead hero.
At first it was decided not to admit tn
public to view the remains, but at tel
minutes past nine O'Clock two OF tn