The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-12

After the PRESIDENT the Vice President, she
Cabinet the Judges Of the Supreme Court. the
ana sne meIa9eTs Se oese % h
ex-PrcsidentS, ana the foreign representatives had
passed the procession began TO break Up.
from Washington were Distinguished by broad
white sashes. speaker Carlisle and ex-speaker
York, and Reed OF Maine One <carriage held
Coneressunen John, d. Long of 1Eassaehusetts;
BpiseMofth p uSdS' Of ohio. aisi9'" ana General sl
King, OF Louisiana. The ~, Senatorial
@ hegSn ia Sos Palrea S lcr, s r
rel OF Missouri; sherman of Ohio. and Ransom OF
North Carolina: ingalls,, OF Kansas, and Harris OF
New York: Wade Hampton ,f Of south Car Caroline and
MandeTson of Nebraska; Eustis OF Louisiana and
Blair of New Hampshire; Brown Of
CongrCssmen Bliss. of brooklyn, and Ward, OF
Chicago, rode together, and General Bingham, OF
Pennsylvania Wheeler, OF Alabama, ana Lowry
OF Indiana. in coach. One OF the car
riagts containing the members OF General Grants
military staff, carried General Horace Porter Gen
eral Rufus Ingalls,, {. y. ComstOck and William
Grants military secretary durikg the war
who was present at the mee1islg between
Grant and Lee ~ AppOmattox. and Nil has in his
possession the original draft Of DC terms OF sur
given him as a keepsake by his chiei. With Vice
President Hendricks rode his Secretary. Mr.. East.
his friend Mr.. DcPauw, OF Indiana. and senator
Blair. OF New Hampshire.
From MONDAY on, for hours into fhe afternoon,
the vicinity OF the tomb ard Riverside Park was
the scene of discomfort for WAITING thousands
Heat had followed the cool OF the morning and
the succeeding hours added 10 the heat One
O'Clock came and went, but the funeral car was
heath ffr tree at the crown Of the Knoll rested
small charcoal furnace, and near il were
the tools and materials with which 10
seal the leaden lining OF the cedar case into
which the casket and remains of General Grant
should be placed. Down the sope nearer the
vault was portable furnace such Is is used by
wOrkmen for heating bolts In group near by
were five men-mechanics- shorld riyet fast
the steel casket, within which both coffin and
cedar box should finally be preserved. The steel
case rested upon two marble blocks, twO and a
hall feet high three feet wide and eighteen inches
thick. similar marble blocks had been sunk in
the floor, flush with the surface, and upon those
the remains of Mrs. Grant are expected to
peer into ''i the P tomb Where Ise''' the steel
receptacle was awaiting the body then being borne
up town tow, A earriaEe came in view. In it was
stood erect. TrOopng behind him on horseback
were the members of his staff. The General rode
was met by Superintendent Murray, Commissioner
Crimmins and Others OF the Park board General
Hancocks staff and aides swept past. There were
among them. General Fitzhugh Lee and General
Gordon, whom General Sheridan once met so
warmly in other times and under Pther eircunl-
north OF General Grants tomb the staff officers
and aides drew rein beneath a clIInp of spread
ing trees. Meantime helmets were giistenng
and plumes were moving over the slope toward
the sOuthward; cannon and limbcrs drawn By
horses that were ridden by artillerymen came
the brow OF the southern slope nnd orlerlies
galloped TO and fro, and sabres and requirements
ciattCred and ratified. The regulars and the
marines with Light Battery OF the Fifth Artil-
lery were coming down the drive. They marched
out upon the slope, where HancOcks staff
halted, and there the infantry ami marines as
stned positions of Crest in the shade, and out
upon the slope toward the Clsrcmont Hotel
which was covered with black drdpery, mounted
men with plumed helmets, marines with
the uniform of the tars. saddled horses with
riders dismounted but holding their bride
rein, cannon muzzles thrust from behind the
lower bend OF the hillocS, p.SaBids OF stacked
guns with glistening bayOneis interlOcked; along
he drives solid walls OF people upon the cnr1ing
thetrees vista in whick the brown and rugged
rocks of the Palisades pierced the woods and
iutted above the river; the Hudson, too, glsten-
ing in the sunlight: so looked the scene north
ward from the tomb The seventh Regiment
marched up from the east, and down by the tomb,
ciif overlooking the river. The line reached be-
yond view. The two regiments stacked arms and
were at rest. so near the ledge of the bluff were
the regiments drawn up, that the hundreds
of men in bright uniforms formed line
of silhouttes against the sheen of the
broad river in which the afternoon sun was re-
fectcd. Suddenly n gun doomed out over the
water and a cloud OF blue and white smoke pufied
over the stream. The POwhattan lying down
under the bluff had fired the first gun of salute.
The hills were calling back in echOs, and the guns
of the other war vessels III the river anoa shook
the bluff and startled the eehos flying in the
woods on the Jersey hills Three and O'Clock
pa ssed The tomb yet waited. But there came
bugle cali from the eastward at ~ o'clock Then
strain from tfunpets, ana soon the sonnd OF
muicd drums. Carriages into view ana
rolled slowly through the park TO the tomb.
DR.. Newman and BISHOP Harris Occrpie1
the first, and then the clergy; and then
Drs. Douglas, Shrady and Sands. The
bearers came after these. General Joe Johnston
rode beside General Sherman, and Buckner and
sheridan were paired, while General Logan and
ex-SecTetary Boutwell, followed. Distinguished
men came also, beside these. The bearers and
those invited alighted and took places near the
tomb Then Dayids Island band playing ChOpns
Funeral March came into view, while behind the
black plumes OF the funeral car could be seen
The ear stopped abreast the tomb, the guard o.
honor DESCENDED to bear down the casket. Colonel
Beck formed his two companies of escort into
hollow square between the tomb and the hearse.
The family carriage had drawn near.
Their occupants alighted and took posi-
car. so they stood while the casket being
removed from the ear, and when II was borne into
followed in This order: Colonel Fred and wife,
Mrs. Sartoris and the Colonels children julia and
L. = Grant; L. :. Grant, Jr., and wife, leading lit
tie Nellie, the daughter of Jesse Grant; Jesse
Grant and wife U. ;. Grant second son of Orville
Grant, Mr.. Fred Dent and Mrs. Dent, Dr. Cramer
and wife, Potter Palmer and wife, Hon. John \.
Crosswel and wife. The cedar case rested on sup
ports at the door of the sepulcher The casket
was deposited therein.
Meade Post No. /, os Philadelphia, represented
by fifteen men, circled the casket The Com
mander took post at the head, with the officers aud
at the foot, and the colOrs were placed
front. The ritual services were then performed
Post Commander Alexander Reed: Assembled
10 pay the last sad rites OF respect 10 our late com
mander and illustrious comrade, u. s. Grant. let
Us unite in prayer. The Chaplain will invoke di
vine blessing" Post Chaplain &. Irvine Wright
"God of battles. Father OF all, amidst this mourn
ful assemblage we seek Thee, with whom there Is
no death. Open every eve to behold Him VINO
changed the night of death into morning. In the
depths of our hearts we would hear the celestial
words, i am the resurrection and life. lie that
selieyeth in me, though he dead yet he
shall live As comrade after comrade de-
parts, and we march on. with ranks
broken, help us TO be faithful unto
the end to each other. We beseech Thee
look in mercy on the widow and children of de
ceased comrades. and with thine own tenderness
console and comfort those bereaved by this event,
which calls here. Give them the oil of JOY for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heayiness. Heavenly Father. bless and save our
country. with the freedom and peace of righteous
ness, and through Thy great mercy, savi0ur's
grace, and Thy Holy Spirits favor, may all
meet at last in JOY before Thy throne in Heaven,
and TO Thy great name shall be praise forever and
forever" "Ameni" joined all the post.
a diree was played, after which the service con-
tinECd.
lost Commander Alexander Reed ''One by one,
Gs the ytar roll on, we are called together TO full
MI the last sad rites OF respect TO comrades of
the war The present, full of the cares and pleas
ures OF civil life, fades away, and look back to
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