The Osceola times., 1885-08-15

members of q. s. Grant Post No S27, OF
Brooklyn, drew up in front OF the cottage
and deputations appointed TO remove Inc
remains entered, and soon reappeared
bearing the casket. The march to the
depot was then commenced. The mill
tary were drawn up In open ranks, and
as the members Of the Post bearing the
remains passed through, the soldiers sa-
luted while the people uncovered and
bowed their heads In mournful silence.
The funeral train, which consisted oil
seven cars, awaited at the depot. Next
to the engine came the funeral car The
transfer Of the remains from the cottage
to the train was without incident, and
exactly ten minutes to one o'clock, the
train steamed out from the depot.
ALBANY, N. T., August 5.-When the
funeral train passed slowly through Sara
toga at 2:20 p. m. vast crowds asse mbled.
The bells tolled, and an expression OF
sad interest was unmistakabe on nearly
every face.
At Ballston another assemhage stood
uncovered as the train dashed swiftly by.
The long platform of Round Lake station
was occupied by at least 1000 people. At
Mechanicsville and the other places
crowds OF several hundred were In holi.
day attire at the depots. At West Troy
salutes were fired.
Precisely at the schedule time the train
came to halt In Albany at Spencer
street. The funeral car, heavily draped,
drawn by six black horses 10 funeral
trappings, was in waiting, and after a
short delay the casket was transferred to
1t. AT 1858 p. m, the order was given to
start.
The procession was made up as fol.
lows:
FIRST DIVISION.
Headed by platoons OF police 20 clear
the streets; Major General Hancock, U.
5. A., commanding, aud staff, mounted;
Major-General G. J. Farnsworth, Chief
Marshal, and staff, mounted; Major 10
b. Carr, commanding, and staff, mount
ed; armed and uniformed military or.
CARNATIONS comprising the escort; a
funeral car, fanked by United States
troops aud delegation OF u, S. Grant
Post G. A. R.; mourners' carriages:
Governor David B. Hill and staff; the
Mayor, Common Council and city officials
In carriages.
Brigader-General james Warner, COM
manding, and staff; the military order
Loyal Legion, G. A. r., veterans OF the
late war and sons of veterans.
THIRD DIVISION.
Major Walter S. Albramsn, command.
Ing, and staff; civic societies, escorted
by the Albany Jackson corps.
Enormous concourses Of people lined
every street on the line of march Tho
pack and jam at times deied the efforts
of the police to preserve sufficient room
for the pageant. The crowds in Albany
were far vaster than were present at the
funerals of either Lincoln or Garfield.
1t is supposed that not less than %, 900
strangers visited the city.
The casket was borne into the Capitol
at 6:30 p. m, and was taken Immediately
to an ante.room adjoining the main cor.
ridor, where the inclined rest, draped,
with the National colors under the truly
grand and imposing canopy, waited
its sacred burden. The under.
takers were in waiting and rap.
Idly removed the purple and
glass lids, 1t was found that the jar.
ring attending the removal from Mt.
McGregor had in a certain degree dis.
turbed the remains. This trouble was
quickly rectified.
Exactly at six O'Clock the casket was
placed on the rest In the corridor. The
doors were opened and members Of the
State Senate entered, two abreast, at the
foot OF the casket and passed out Of the
Capitol by the private entrance. The
members of the Assembly followed, and
then came the public, four abreast, white,
black, old, young, rich, poor, the lame
and stalwart, beauty and ugliness-in
short, a Heterogeneous mass of humanity,
tnat Is only seen together when some ex-
traordinary event is happening.
At 9:20 .. IN. Colonel Grant and his
two brothers, escorted by Governor Hill,
entered the Capitol, by the private en-
trance. The inside doors were closed
for a moment 10 permit the brothers TO
look upon the dead. An expression OF
pain fitted over the Colonel's face as he
looked, tine ghastliness Of tine face re-
ferred to having occurred since last he
looked upon the familiar lineaments
He looked but a moment and then hur.
ried away.
At midnight the German singing So
cieties assembled in the Capitol Park
(200 strong) and sang the dirges in a
most solemn and impressive manner.
At | a. m. the crowd passing through
the Capitol had thinned out consldera-
bly,, but thev were still coming In In
single file. The total number passing
the casket up to one O'Clock was 80, 300.
At 9 a. IN. few stragglers were pass.
ing the casket.