St. Landry democrat., 1885-08-15
AT The METROPOLIS.

utes to five O'Clock yesterday the ploT
engine Monitor, in charge of Engineer
Nat Sawyer, rolled into the Grand Gem
trail Depot, and eight minutes later the
funeral train, consisting of eleven
draped cars, drew up at the east plat
form. Among the first to alight We're
General Hancock and staff. They were
followed by Governor Hill and staff,
Rev. DR.. Newman and DR.. Douglas, the
Senate and Legislative Committee, the
Committee of One Hundred and the
members of the press. The casket wa
then taken from the funeral car by mem
bers of the Grant Veteran Post and car
ried through the station to Forty-thtrd
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 keeping O
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. It was not
until $40 p. m. that the order was given
to march. The procession then moved
in the following order:
Twenty mounted policemen.
Maior-General Hancock and staff.
Battalion consisting of four batteries
of the Fifth United States Artillery,
armed as, infantry, namely, Batteries l,
L and Nj, from Eft. Hamilton; and Bat
terry II, from Ft. Columbus; also Light
Battery f, Fifth Artillery, all under COM
maud of Major A. C. Wildeck, Fifth
Artillery. These batteries were preced-
ed by the battery band from Governors
Island.
Naval detachment, with a band, con-
| sisting of two companies of marines n
two of blue jackets, commanded by Lieu
tenant-C Commands VIM. w. Meade, y.
S. N.
Major-General shaler, N. G. S., N. T.,
and staff.
Second Battery, N. G. S., N. z, mount
ed without gun.
General Ward and staff, commanding
First Brigade N. G. s., N. Y.
Colonel Porter and TWenty-second Reg
iment N. G. S., N. z, and band.
Colonel Seward and Ninth Regiment,
N. G. S., N. Y, and band.
Colonel Stewart and Eleventh Rsg1-
ment, N. G. S., N. T., aud band.
Carriage containing Rev. DR.. Newman,
DR.. Douglas and General Horace Porter.
Funeral car, containing the 0odyaot
General Grant. .
Guard composed of the members OF
the u. S. Grant Post.
~ zo-4oTrso Ganoko% and Ter.
islative committees.
Committee of 100 citizens in carriages.
Post No. 327 G. A. R.
General Fitzpatrick and staff, COM
manding second brigade, N. G.. s., n. I.
Colonel Clark and Seventh Regiment
and band.
Colonel Cavanaugh and sixty-ninth
Regiment and band.
Colonel Scott and Eighth Regiment
and band
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.
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.
NEW YORK, August 6.-As 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
at TWenty-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 continued to
increase as the procession moved toWart
the City Hall, and in the n~eighbornooc
of Houston street the sidewalks De
came impossible, and when the neat
of the procession reached the City Hall,
fully loo, 900 persons were present
The funeral coach was conveyed IN iron
of the City Hall at twelve minutes pas
seven o'clock. Members OF Grant Pos
carried the casket up the steps OF tnt
ball and placed it on the catataique II
the LOBBY. Mayor Grace, General a
cock, DIR. Newman and DR.. Douglas, AMI
q number of military officers were at tnt
head Of the steps to receive the body.
At twenty minutes past seven O'CLOCK
the iron gates leading into the vestlbul'
Of the hall were closed, aud ten minute
later the military were dismissed ant
left for their respective quarters. The
casket, after resting q few minutes OF
the c%atafalque, was taken into
rear room Of the building where tn
undertaken and his assistants Wer'
engaged for some time in trying to i'm
prove the appearance of the dead Gener
al's face. The casket was then removed
to the vestibule and placed upon tht
~catafalque, and in a few minutes a thron'
of persons assembled and gazed upon tn
features of the dead hero.