The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-08-12

them. And as the world had done
him honor living as the greatest of
Americans, its other governments
sent their representatives to add in
ternational homage to his greatness,
dead. Nor was the State left alone
to show forth the lofty appreciation
in which the hexo was held. To bis
bier came priest, rabbi and minister,
finding no bar of church or sect
against united homage to the high
virtues of his character.
The clattering of horses hoofs on
the payements Of Broadway as Gen.
Hancock and his staff rode slowly
IN toward the head of the column
gave the signal for the moving of the
Federal contingent. Out on the air
floated the mournful melody of
dirge, and, preceded by the attend
ing clergy between the dark -hued
lines OF the body escort. the sombre
shape of the hero's coffin was tender
ly borne from the portals of the City
Hall and placed amid the black
magnificenoe ofthe catafalque. With
solemn slowness the funeral car
moved into Broadway; the lines OF
waiting soldiers and the civic organ
izations stiffened to the orders of the
commanding officers; division after
division swung into its place in the
mighty procession; the carriages
holding the many dignitar!es of ma.
ton, State and city joined the array.
and with the quiet air thrilled with
the beauty of solemn music the pro-
gress toward the burial ground was
begun.
IN RIVERSIDE PARK.
Until the bright sheen of leaves
and grass in Riverside Park greeted
the eyes of the marching troops the
picture, differing only in the extent
and variety of its beauty, was like
other spectacles of gayly-clad mill
tary with which great city is IA
miliar. The march had been made
up Broadway to Fourteenth street,
through the street to Fifth avenue
and up that proud avenue to Fifty.
seventh street. Here some of the
organizations fell out of line and
dispersed, while others, lured by
the GOODNESS of the day, kept on
their way to where the ceremonies
were to end, though the regulations
did not require it. Shortened some
what in its length, but shorn of none
of the beauty of material uniform
and accoutrement, the pageant
seized new splendor from the love-
illness of its environment The roll
ing, sinuous drive rose and fell in
gentle undulations; now skirting
around a rugged knoll of rocky,
stony ground, crested with the fol-
iage of tree and bush then dipping
until the rich screens of verdure in
the park would hide the glory of
the river from view again seeking
level where the changing tint OF
wave shone under a burst of sun
shine through the interstices of
emerald boughs. BY this varying
stretch of grove and sward, over the
broad gray of the road, the glitter
ing files of soldiery carried their
brilliant changes of bright color,
horsemen, bandsmen and troops al
ternately bearing some new hue
within the range of vision. Mar
red by the happening of no serious
accident, the splendid array moved
on until the goal of the mourners
was reached late in afternoon.
Majestic in its calm tranquility
the bread bosom of the Hudson
spread its fair expanse at the base of
the steep slope leading down from
the plateau, the eye, vainly seeking
the limit of the interminable azure
to the south and to the north resting
on the purple glory OF the lofty
shores that seemed to wall in the
placid waters of the Tappan Zee rs
though to enshrine a jewel. To the
southwark, stretching beyond the
range of sight, the verdure of the
park heaped its emeralds in careless
profusion, and across the river the
bold heights on the western bank
stood like battlements against the
heaven. Only to the east was the
vista really broken by the rude work
of mans hands, but beyond in the
distance another magnificence of
landscape unrolled splendor of
green against misty blue, family
visible. on Long Island Sound.
Around the plateau, where stands
the tomb, Gordon of color was made
by the troops selected to encircle
those who were privileged to take a
part in the closing exercises. while
down the road regiment after regi-
ment was deployed in double lines
of blue and white and gray. relieved
by the scattered bits of livelier hue
from epaulette, felt or feather.
Against the whole array the soberer
colors of civilian dress yielded an Of
fective contrast.