The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-08-19
The Arrival In New York;

The funeral train which Lett AL! any, where
the body had been viewed by 1i,OJD people,
cen sisted of ten cars. The first car contained
,hc baggage; the ,cond the collin and guard
of honor: third Colonel Fred, U. s., and
Jesse Grant, some intimate frenis or the
family, and the servants Harrison and Henry;
fourth, General Hancock AMI staff: fifth,
Governor Hill and staff, and committees from
the State senate and assembly; sixth and sew
cnth, some fifty odd members of the New
York committee of One Hundred; eighth,
newspaper men; ninth and tenth, the military
escort. The New York legislature had met
in Joint convention during the morning and
passed resolutions Of profound sorrow Tor the
death OF General Grant The resolutions also
provided for the attendance OF the entire leg
i,laturc at the funeral in New York, and di-
rectcl the appointment of committee Of cs.
cort, consisting Of nine senators anl fifteen
asscmblyman, to accompany the remains to
New York.
Crowds were in waiting all along tho Hud-
son to view the train as 1t passed AT Gnr-
rison's, opposite West Point the full corps of
West Point cadets were drawn up in line,
standing at present arm; From tho West
Point battory across the river Il salute or
thirteen guns was fired rs tic tram dashed
along At few minutes after j o'clock tho
train appeared in the Grand Central depot,
New York.
As soon as possible the procession was
formed and the march down TO the City Hall
began. First in the great line rode Sergeant
Rave!, OF the mounted police, and nj MD or
two a line of mounted police followed, and
then, riding oil ulone, i'll half block of
otherwise empty space, came General Han,
cock on n beautiful horse, himself in full
dress. with heavy golden cpauels and broad
sash. looking ahead and followed Mt dis
tance by Il long line Of so!diery and griz-
zled officers, all equally we'll mounted. Fol
lowing them in turn was Light Battery i, Il
buecoatcd body of regulars mounted and
hauling six light iron field pieces that thun-
,lcred heavily Oh tie Belgian BLOCKS Tho
Fort Hamilton band, filling the air with slow
States artillery. marching as infantry-a
! body of plain men, looking ms If they had
seen action and were in trim for it again.
Then came the detachment Of marines,
rs unsailor like, but quite ms SOL
dier-lkc, us any man in the line, followed by
snuad of turs from the flagship Tennessee
snd another from the mail-of-war SwatarI,
n bolrarccd. drenched lot, looking as if they
lad swain over from Brooklyn, bat swinging
along lightly, and looking i'll their loos,
! shirts, loose hreeches, and baker.like caps
uuitc picturesque when at such distance
that the wrtting they had gone through was
not perrepLlble Lieutonant-Commander
| Mead, I.lcutenant-C Commander Haywood,
and Lieutenant Emory were in command of
the Blu, jn k Is and marines.
The thin and melancholy face of General
Shaler. as he rode with his staff ahead of the
next division, was next recognized, and his
name was whispered along the line. Follow
| inc him was the Second battery. national
Guard, and then came General Ward and
| staff and Twenty second, Ninth, Twelfth and
| Eleventh regiments. the Twenty second con-
| s,cuous in their white coats and white he'll
| ncts, and proud of their big and gorgeous
| land. The Ninth looked well also. AMI made
Il good impression with their numbers and
marching Their relocated band was also
| notable All the militiamtn carried their
pieces reversed
After this brigade cane the funeral car,
with its twelve black horses, each one led by
acolorei man in mourning livery, and hankel
on either side by the Grand Army men, fol-
lowed by the veterans Of tho Loyal Legion
and members of the George B. Meade Post Of
Philadelphia.
Next in order camo tie regiments Of tho
Second brigade, led by General Fitzgerald
and his staff of handsomely mounted officers
! OF the regiments. which included the Seventh.
| Eighth, Sixty-ninth and Screnty-first, all in
parade dress, nothing more needs to
large numbers anu marched and
looked as they never have failed
to do in tho past. The mayors COM
mittee, the senators and assemblymen, the
Albany common councilmen ana the other
mourncrs i'll carriages came at the end OF the
procession The route was down Fifth
avenue to Waverly place to Broadway and to
tho City Hall. SO slowly did the line move
that it was twenty-five minutes past seven
o'clock when it reached the City Hall.
The crowd Of sightseers that afterward be-
came n dense mass. filling all the space he
fore tho City Hall that was not kept clear by
the police, began to gather i'll the park and
along its edges at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Almost as early the moro fortunate
syhtscers began to take their places
in the windows overlooking the
unfinished Potter building escaped share OF
these. The police kept the roadway or plaza
IN front of tho hall free from trcspasserS, but
behind that narrow thoroughfare and Mt Its
sides the people packed in concourSe thai
grow tlcnser and still moro denser as time
passed.
the funeral car reached tho City Hall the un
,,crtaker and his assistants removed the screws
which had held the cnsket firmly in position
and then the thirteen members of L.. ). Grant
Post who had q: ted as guard of honor on tht
Journey from Mount Mctiregcr ascend
cd tho steps and placed tho casket o!
their shoulders. 1t was horno thus TO tlt
steps of the City Hall, where sliad o
;cglllars had lcen stationed i'll two lines t.
,cceive it. From this point tho colnrndc
carried the coffin by the heavy silver, bars il!
their hands up the steps and into the ycsti
bllle, where it was placcl OH tho catafalque
Colonel Frederick Grant Jesse Grant: allt
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr, and Governor Hill nn'
his staff had descended from their carriage
and entered the heavily drapcd vestibule o
tho City Hall before this, and were wait
ing with General Han"o"k nnl Mnyo
Grace at the top of tho steps I'M
cutalalqno was tie same that was was. 1Sea drsneG a.
an the tall cailopy resting on mahogany up
rishts. with heavy black curtains opening il
the center Oh either side. Upon this somoel
rroun iwork tho ciToct of the rich purple
cover of the casket was beautiful I'M
plain wreath mldo by tho children =, o
Mount McGregor rested at TN
I ho,J of tho lid Tho heovv draining over