Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-10

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PLACED IN THE TOMB.
The Final Scene At Riverside Park
Saturday-HOnOrs to Gen. Grant I'm
Other Cities-A Eul0gy by Ex-Secre-
tary Blaime-The Members Of Gen.
Grants Family.
The head of the Grant funeral procession in
New York, Saturday, arrived at Riverside park
at 1:15 pm. A brief summary of the ceremo-
MES there was given In the dispatches to Satur-
days STAR. The first of the column to appear
within the Enclosure was the carriage of Gen.
Hancock. This was at lis pm The general
had been compelled by illness to dismount from
his horse at 95th street, and was driven to the
tomb In a carriage, his horse being led by the
side of the carriage
Gen. Hancock was driven to the entrance of
the tomb and got out Of the carriage; his staff
kept on over the hill. The main line of the
military column passed east of the knoll where
posss % ,s and orr as far
car did not arrive at the tomb until half-past
four o'clock.
The United States troops who acted as escorts
Tor the body from Mt. McGregor to New York
formed line with the coffin atone end. Within
this space were the pall-bearers, governors,
other distinguished men. The members of the
sorrow'ng family were ranged together on one
side cIose to the coffin. Members of the George
n Meade Grand Army post gathered around
the comn, the commander at the head and the
chaplain at the foot, and read the responsive
Bishop Harris next read the first portion of
the simple and impressive burial service of the
Methodist Episcopal church, beginning: al am
He read in clear, firm tones and was distinctly
heard by all those around him. From ]. Corin-
thians, XIV. Al, Bishop Harris read: "There is
moon, and another glory OF the stars; for one
star differeth from another star in glory. The
Res of the read By
stood beside Bishop Harris and ut his left was
Robert Collyer Gen. Sherman, Gen. Sheridan
the group at the LETT of the coffin during the
services. Col. Frederick d. Grant and his wife,
Mrs. Sartoris and the other members of the
while near the foot stood President Cleveland,
Vice President Hendricks, Secretary Bayard,
When DR.. Newman closed his prayer the pail
bearers lifted the coffin and carried it into the
vault bugler stepped from the ranks and
Volley of Inusketry from the It'll regiment
broke the silence and the echoes went reverber-
ating down the Hudson. Three yolleys were
fired by the 9TH, three more by the 22d and
three by the battery of artillery.
Then Gen. Buckner stepped forward to greet
Mrs. Sartoris, whom he had met on his visit to
Gen. Grant q few days before the general 8
death. President Cleveland and others also ad-
vaaced to shake hands with Col. Grant and
vault in IL pocket of black velvet. were pre-
sented to Gen. Hancock by Mr.. McCann. the
builder .,I and the general, I'm turn. presented
mayor in the hands of President CriInminS, of
the park department.
AS soon Us the services had closed and the
carriages had been driven away the crowd
broke through its confines and in a moment
time covered the whole plateau With some
until the coffin had been sealed and riveted in
Its steel case. Capt j. A. Fessenden, of battery
II, 9TH artillery, then took charge of the tomb
and established a guard. A line was formed by
the park police to permit those who wished to
look into the vault. After dark there was still
large number of people lingering about the
grounds.
THE GRANT FAMILY.
About nine o'clock last evening the Grant
family visited the city hall in New York and,
after examining the surroundings Of the spot
where the general had lain in state, decided
that the many floral tributes thai remained In
to-day.
Today, it is announced. the members Of the
family who attended the ceremonies in New
will 60 by the West Shore road to Mt McGregor
,ns of Ief the OF an M the , ne future
| already been partly decided upon. Colonel
Grant Will spend a year in winding up his
tentiou. Beyond that his plans are not laid
In September Jesse Il. Grant will go to Europe
to join Mr.: Webster. the publisher of his fathers
u.
U. ;. Grant jr., will return to his farm In West
chester. Mrs. Sartoris will remain with her
,n"ther for month nth, at least, and then, II Mrs
English nome with her brother Jesse. Other
wise her stay here viii be Indefinite.
I MR.. BLAlSE's EUI.aGY.
Memorial services were held Saturday in
nearly every city and town in the country. A
notable demonstration was that in Augusta
Ne where ex-Secretary Blaine delivered the
memorial address. After speaking of what his
tory would have recorded of Lincoln and Grant
if the armies of the Union had ultimately
failed, he said:
But a higher power controlled the result
God in hi, gracious mercy, had not raised
naught. In the expression of Lincoln, No hu-
man COUNSEL q rised nor did mortal hand
work out nose great things. In their accom-
piiShment those human agents were sustained
by more than hunlan power, and through them
great salN alton vas wrought for the land.
Gen Grants military supremacy was hon.
out eXtrnneous telp. He had no influence to
urge hi: promotion. except such as was attracted
friends except those whom his victories won TO
his support. He rose more rapidly than any
military leader in history, FROM the command
OF Il single regiment to the supreme direction of
million of men, divided into many
great armies, and operating over an area as
la,ge as the empires OF Germany and Austria
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
AT Chautauqua yesterday afternoon memorial
services were held. Chancellor Vincent pro-
nounced the eulOgy. In churches all over the
country YESTERDAY memorial services were
preached. At the G. A. II. camp at Gettysburg
Pa. yesterday afternoon, Grant memorial ser.
vices were conducted by Chaplain Sayres
About z, 500 members Of the g. A. r. were pres
ent.
Gen. Sherman's Graveyard.
From the Philadelphia Times
While at Saratoga last week Gen. Sherman
stayed at the United States hotel, and as soon
as he appeared on the piazza at the morning
concert the first day he was there Mr. Temp
kins, the proprietor, instructed the band to play