The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-08-14
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Arrival and Reception of the Remains Of
General Grant at New York-An Impo
ing Military Escort4The Remains Lyin g
I'm State at the City HALL An Immense
Throng. a4TaitE Nptl ks2St ktssa I
New YoRK, August 5.AAt Eve min
utes to five o'clock yesterday the pilot
engine Monitor, in charge of Engineer
Nat Sawyer, rolled into the Grand Cen
tral Depot, and eight minutes later the
funeral train, consisting Oof laeleven
draped cars, drew up at the seast plat
form. z@Arnong sthe first to alight were
General Hancock and staff. They were
followed by Governor Hill and staff,
Rev. DR.. Newman and DR.. Douglas,y the
Senate and Legislative Committee, the
Committee of One Hundred and the
members of the press. The casket was
then taken from the funeral car by mem.
bers of the Grant Veteran Post and car
ried through the station to Forty-third
street and Vanderbilt, avenue, where it
was placed upon the funeral coach
Owing to the rain that commenced falling
shortly before the arrival of the funeral
train, the crowd around the depot was
not SO large as was anticipated, and the
| police had little difficulty in keepingea
clear passage for the funeral cortege.
At $3.50 p. m. the funeral car was
drawn by twelve black horses to Fifth
avenue. Twenty-four colored grooms
stood at the horses heads waiting word
to move in the procession. 1t was not
until $40 p.m. that the order was given
to march. The procession then moved
In the following order: : gaaNa&
4 Twenty mounted policemen. sas4d
/ ,Major-General Hancock and staff W
Battalion consisting of four batteries
of the Fifth United States ARTILLERY,
armed as infantry, namely, Batterie s. /,
L and M, from Ft. Hamilton; and. Bat
terry III, from Ft. Columbus; also Light
Battery F, Fifth Artillery, all under COM
mand of Major A. C. Wildeck, Fifth
Artillery. These batteries were preced-
ed by the battery band from Governors
Island. n s..sg Z g7rsri
Naval detachment, with band, CON.
sisting of two companies of marines and
two of blue jackets, commanded by Lieu
tenant-commander VIM. w. Meade, u.
Maior-General shaler, N. G. s., N. T.,
and staff. 'f 90 s-9 ~
Second Battery, N. G. S., N. Y, mount
4
General Ward and staff, commanding
First Brigade N. G. s., N. Y. HiN !.
Colonel Porter and Twenty Reg
iment N. G. S., N. Y, and band. aa
Colonel Seward and Ninth Regiment,
/ N. G. s., N. T., and band. III 4g eSi
/ Colonel Stewart and Eleventh Regi-
ment, N. G. S., N. ", and band. >-r
Carriage containing Rev. DR.. Newman,
DIR. Douglas and General Horace Porter.
Funeral car, containing the body OF
| General Grant. asa 2It'k
Guard composed of the members of
the U. S. Grant Post. tR ata
Carriages containing Senate and Leg.
| tslative committees. ta FsiNT
Committee of 100 citizens in carriages.
| Post No. S27 G.. A. r. < -
General Fitzpatrick and staff, com.
| manding second brigade, N. G. s., NJ Y.
Colonel Clark and Seventh Regiment
| and band. M@ rsifi'sas -
Colonel Cavanaugh and sixty-ninth
Regiment and band. eesiai
Colonel Scott and Eighth Regiment
and band s.an9tya B
| File of policemen. A sSG A4k Z "
| The line of the procession was as fol-
lows:
From Fifth avenue to Waverly Place;
thence to Broadway, and down Broad
way TO the City hall. tr
The crowds along Fifth avenue in
creased at every block, and when the
head OF the procession reached Madison
Square, the sidewalks were packed, while
all the steps and windows in the vicinity
were crowded with spectators. 1see Y
New YORK, August Gas the funeral
cortege moved down Fifth avenue the
scene was an unusually impressive one.
The bells of the brick, church at Thirty
ninth street, the Dutch Reformed. Church
atTwenty-n ninth street and other churches
could be heard tolling. The military
marched with reversed arms, while the
bands of the different regiments played
solemn dirges. The crowds continuedto
increase as the procession moved toward
the City Hall, and In the neighbornood
OF Houston street the sidewalks be-
came impassable,s and when the head
of the procession reached the City Hall,
fully 100000 persons were present.
The funeral coach was conveyed in front
OF the City Hall at twelve minutes past
seven o'clock. Members of Grant Post
carried the cashet up the steps of the
ball and placed it on the catafalque in
the lobby. Mayor Grace, General Han
cock, Dr.. Newman and DIR. Douglas, and
a number OF military officers were at the
head OF the steps to receive the, body.
AT twenty minutes past seven O'Clock
the iron gates leading into the vestlbule
OF the hall were closed, and ten minutes
later the military were dismissed and
lett for their respective quarters. The
casket, after resting a few Minutes on
the catafalque, was taken into a
rear room of the building where the
undertaken and his assistants were
engaged tor some time in trying to i'm
| prove the appearance of the dead Gener-
ais face. The casket was then removed
to the vestibule and placed upon the
catafalque, and in few minutes throng
OF persons assembled and gazed upon the
features of the dead hero. ass
At first it was decided not to admit the
| public to view the remains, but at ten
| minutes past nine O'clock two of the
iron gates were thrown open and the
Immense throng that had remained in
front of the building began to pour in as
last as the police would allow them. A
steady stream of persons of all
classes in double file passed the remains
OF the General from the time the gates
were thrown open until eleven O'Clock
at the rate of one hundred a minute. Al
this hour the crowd lessened somewhat.
and nearly all the reserves of police were
sent to their respective precincts. The
| guard of honor last night was composed
OF members of Grant Post and members
| ot the Twenty-second Regiment.