Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1885-08-12

On-the night of the Sd the family of Gen.
Grant took their insl farewell Of the re-
mains and surrendered the body to the ma
ton.
On the morning of the 4th, at 5 As O'Clock,
bugle sounded the assembly call for trum-
peters, and soon booming guns and the
moving military indicated the significance
of the day.
General Hancock and staff, General Sher-
man, Admiral Rowan, and a number of Wis
itors reached the cottage at $50 o'clock
At 10 o'clock the ceremonies commenced
There were over thousand persons pres
ent.f DR.. Newman's sermon was from the
text, s'Well done. thou good and faithful
servant; enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord" Matthew XIV, 81.
At the conclusion of the discourse the
hymn ''Nearer, My God, to Thee" was
rendered very impressively by the congre-
CATION. The services ended with the bene-
diction.
U. s. Grant Post No. 1927, of Brooklyn,
bore the remains from the cottage to the
station shortly before one O'Clock. The mil
itary were drawn up, and salute was paid
the remains as they passed to the depot, and
the throng stood with uncovered heads
while the casket was borne to the car. The
mountain Jrain waited at the little rustic
depot. There were seven cars. Next the
engine the funeral Car, with open sides and
solid massing Of black drapery, was waiting
its burden. Next in the train was the car
eastern Lookout" being the same in
which Gen. Grant went up the mountain
just seven weeks ago that day.
At one o'clock the order to start was Civ
en-. The bluffs and ridges on each side of
the track were densely thronged with peo-
Pile. The grove south of the cottage was
alive with spectators. Every rock, every
jutting front, every vantage ground was
occupied. But from all the throng stand
ing uncovered no sound escaped. The
mountain was hushed and still except for
the heavy guns bidding farewell.
Mrs. Grant concluded not to go to New
York that day, but remained there several
days.
The funeral train left Saratoga so easily
that the motion was at first imperceptible.
At every street-crossng, on every veranda,
and from all points of vantage great crowds
viewed the departure of the funeral train.
In the funeral car U. S. Grant Post mount
ed guard. The remains rested upon
black dais, and the compartment in which
they lay communicated with the main
saloon by foulding-doors, which were open.
At every hamlet and station crowds Of
people were assembled and everywhere
signs of mourning were apparent. APP
preaching Cohocs at 1922, when the black
train rolled through, the factories, ETC., had
emptied their employees, and everybody
had crowded to the track and nearby
buildings to see the train. Gen. Sherman
and Col. Grant were conversiDg, the latter
leaning toward his fathers friend, when
the throng at Cohoes attracted their atten-
ton, and comment was made by each upon
the widespread feeling of respect for Gen.
Grant. The train rolled into Albany at
$40 o'clock, on time. Superintendent
Voorhees,, of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company, stepped down from the
cab Of the engine and said: ''From the
first movement of the train from Saratoga
to this instant you have heard no sound
from bell or whistle"
The remains were taken from the car
and escorted by a procession of a, 800 men
to the Capitol, when they were deposited in
the Senate corridor.
The Grant party, consisting of Mrs.
Col Fred. Grant, maid and two children,
Mrs. Jesse Grant, Mrs. Sartoris, Mr. and
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Postmaster-Gene-
raj J. A. J. Creswell and wife and W. ].
Arkell, arrived in this city that evening.
On the afternoon of the 4th and morning
of the 9Th, streams OF visitors viewed the
remains in the Capitol at Albany. At
1920 o'clock the doors were closed. The
count showed that 1890 persons had filed
through the corridors The committee of
ono hundred, appointed by Mayor Grace, of
New York, arrived on the morning OF the
5th
The train was scheduled to leave Albany
at 1890 P. NJ, and two minutes before
that time the occupants of the various cars
had been placed. The body of the dead
General rested on the black dais in the
"Woodlawn." The guard of honor had
mounted its first detail at the head and
foot of the casket. A little pilot engine
left Albany at 1920 to clear the track
ahead of the funeral train to New York.
The heavy train began to move at exactly
1890 o'clock. At the instant dirge came
up to the ears of all in the train from the
band of the jackson Corps, that stood in
line and saluted. Hundreds of persons
standing nearest the tracks laid coins on
the rails to have them Aattened beneath
the wheels of the train that carried Gene
raj Grant on his last journey. On the
roofs of the houses an the vicinity hundreds
witnessed the start, and as the black train
rumbled across the long bridge of the
Hudson it was between two dense lines of
people who filled the foot-paths on either
side. Across the river were crowds of
people. The shops and stores and factories
had closed their doors to business. All
who work and those of leisure seemed to
have come out to stand with uncovered
heads, to be part of a scene never again to
be enacted.
At 1927 the train rolled slowly past the
little station. Along the side of the rail-
way before the station the cadets from
West Point were drawn up in line at ''pre-
sent arms" All the officers of the post
were near with uncovered heads, and the
| band from the post with muffied drums was
playing ''Sweet Spirit, Hear my Prayer"
| As the little station passed out of sight
another salute was being fired from the
river shore at the foot of the bluff, which
is crowned by the Garrison.
! Reaching New York, a bell was rung by
electricity as the funeral train crossed the
| switch at Sixty-ffth street. While all the
| faces were turned northward, all hats in
| voluntarily were raised as the train entered
the huge arch There was that in the
thrill that stirred the onloolkers as the vete-
rams lifted the coffin that bespoke Grant in
death greater conqueror than in life.
Military methods proved infallible. The
escort was ready at the stroke of five. The
coffin was borne by members of U. S.
Grant Post to the vehicle in waiting, mem
bers of the Loyal Legion and of Wheeler
Post accompanying. Behind these march
ed company A, of the fifth artillery, under
command of Col. Beck. and company e,
twelfth infantry, Major Brown.
Gen. Hancock and his staff had left the
train from the opposite side and passed
through the gate into Forty-third street,
where horses were IN waiting. Here they
mounted and galloped to the head of the
procession on Fifth avenue below Thirty
fourth street. The three sons of Gen.
Grant, Col. Fred. Grant, Jesse Grant and
Ulysses S., had left the depot by private
way. All the others who had come with
the train followed the remains out in
double file. The citizens committee of
one hundred, led by ex-Mayor Cooper and