Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-07

The mixed nature OF the throng served to
show the popular feeling. BY far the
greater portion of the spectators were la
| boring men and women Inside the cor
ridor all was silent The soldiers compos-
ing the guard stood like so many statues.
As the citizens passed the coffin expressions
| OF surprise were heard at the changes
| wrought by death in the face of the corpse.
The most intimate friend could not recog-
nize Grant now. The eyes are deeply
sunken in the head, the face is haggard,
the beard cut short and snow white the
jaw partly dropping, and the expression of
| the whole face rendered CHASTITY by powder
plentifully sprinkled. Many men and
women were in tears as they passed the
bier. Not two seconds were allowed each
person to view the remains.
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
Among the floral tributes, a magnificent
| huge piece twelve feet high, the gift of the
| Common Council, comprises all the rare
flowers known. An urn seven feet high of
lmmortelles and liberty cap shrouded
with Grape are among the features around
the catafalque. Not q sound was heard.
| Every head was uncovered before entering
the corridor. The people file in quickly
and pass out through the rear Of the build
| ing. The police arrangements are admira-
1 bic: At 1880 o'clock the line of visitors
and the rush tor places were undiminished.
UNDNnNIsHED CROWDS.
AT II o'clock. between thirty thousand
and thirty-one thousand persons had passed
the casket and looked toward the remains.
| though many, coming rapidly in from the
bright sunlight, were scarcely able to dis
| tinguish them in the somber shadows of
the black draped corridor.
THE COUNCILS FLORAL OFFERING.
The floral offering of the Board of Alder
men was set up during the morning beneath
| the rotunda dome where the light streamed
down upon it. The central column rose
ten feet, and was flanked by stands of colors.
while the base was a bed of ferns ana
palms, among which wereplaced huge rows
J of white buds.
! AN INCIDENT.
! An incident was occasioned by the at
| tempt of an old lady who came up in the
line to stop and kiss the face of the dead
| General She was reminded hastily that
such a proceeding was i'll bad taste, and
| besides two plates of glass prevented any
| demonstration Of the kind.
THE INITIAL IS" IN GRANTS NAME.
Tue following paragraph is in the Sun
| We asked General Grant one day what the
! initial - in his name stood for? He said
| 1t did not really stand for anything, having
| been put in by some accident when he
attended the Military Academy at West
| Point.
THE TEMPORARY ToMB-RELIC SEEKERS.
The temporary tomb is almost COM
pleted. One hundred and seventy men are
employed at the grounds. BY this even
ing it will be finished. A dozen policemen
are constantly busy keeping back the crowd
50 that work may not be interrupted. The
| workmen are surrounded day and night
with relic seekers. The small boys with
the tomb drive a handsome business with
| the visitors.
LONG LINE-LoYAL LEGION BADGE.
Al l o'clock the lines of visitors at the
City Hall had heightened to over mile
ana hundreds were turning away from
| attempting 10 join the throng until to-
morrow.
After midday and during the lunch
hours of the early afternoon many letter
carriers passed into the ball and viewed
the remains.
The day is cloudy and cool.
Eight hundred policemen are on duty at
| the City Hall. The best of order is pre-
served. At the head of the catafalque
stand representatives. of the Loyal Legion
COmmandery of New York. On the breast
| of the dead is badge of the Legion. One
Of the members said: when he gave up
his relics, his badge as one of the Com
manderS was taken from him We pro-
CURED this one for him, and last evening
Colonel Floyd GARRISON, Chancellor of the
Commandery, pinned it on his breast It
will be buried with him.
THE HOUSE WHERE LEE SURRENDERED.
LYYCHBUEG (Va.), August CHA large
crowd of people from Appomattox Court
house assembled this morning, and draped
the house in which Generals Grant and Lee
signed the terms of surrender in April.
1865, in mourning. 1t is proposed to allow
the draping to remain thirty days, out of
respect to the memory OF Grant.
OFFICIAL GUESTS.
New York, August 6th.-Col Hedges,
who has charge of the reception and trans
portatiOn of official guests, has nearly COM
pleted his arrangements. There will be
about 500 carriages in line The carriage
in which President Cleveland will ride will
be drawn by six black horses. Immediately
behind this carriage will follow six other
open carriages, containing the Nice-Presi-
dent and members of the Presidents Cabi-
net. Behind these will follow carriage
drawn by four horses, in which will be
seated ex-Presidents Hayes and Arthur.
Other civic guests will follow.
THE GRANT FAMILY-EvENTNG PROCESSION.
New YORK, August Gth.-The Grant
family spent a quiet day at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. General Sherman called in
the morning, but there were no other visit
ors during the day.
At P. NJ. the procession of people to the
City Hall was more dense than at any time
during the day, and was composed mostly
of working people
At O'Clock A. NJ. the crowd was stopped
and the corpse was left in charge of thirteen
veterans of Grant Post, No. 237.
AN IMMENSE PROCESSION.
NEW YORK, August 6th-A. Mt is esti-
mated that 125, 600 persons viewed the re-
mains of Grant yesterday. Many thou
sands were still in the line when the pro-
cession was finally stopped by the authori-
ties at l o'clock this morning. Several
persons sold their places in the line at 81
and IS. 1t required 600 policemen to keep
the crowd in order and see fair play, par
ticuiarly at the street crossings.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, August 6th-The leave of
absence of four months granted to Lieu
tenant A. w. Greedy has been extended
. one month and twenty days, on account of
sickness. Lieutepant Greedy is now in
Massachusetts. His physical condition
has caused his friends to entertain appre-
tensions that he will not recover his
health.
General Lew Wallace, ex-Minister to
Turkey, was at the Department of State
| to-day, closing his accounts with the De-
| partment.
There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day
and the session was short. The Kelley
matter, it is understood, was discussed.
The Secretary of State, when asked this
afternoon about the matter, replied that
there was nothing to say.
Tarred Mail Sacks.
| WAsHINGToN, August 6th.-The Italian
| Postmastcr-Generalh has notified the Post
! office Department that owing to the preva-
lence of cholera in that part of French
| territory through which mails from
| the United States destined for Italy must
pass, all mail sacks of the ordinary kind
will be fumigated. He suggests that to
| avoid detention for fnmigation, tarred mail
sacks be used. The superintendent of for
eign mails has issued instructions carrying
into effect this suggestion.
Fierce Fight with SmuSgiers.
| New York, August 6th.-The Suns Ell
Paso special says: A terrible encounter be-
tween smugglers and Mexican Custom
| house officers occurred night before last,