Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-08-13
THE BURIAL OF GRANT.

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ceded il was stilled and heads were un
covered. AS soon as the catafalque haC
passed the carriage containing Colone
Fred Grant and his wife and sister
joined it. The other carriages quickly
fell into line. The Congressional Com
mittee and other officers from Wash
iIgton were distinguished by broaC
white sashes. Speaker Carlisle and ex
Speaker Randall rode with Congress
men Hiscock, of New York. and Reed
of Maine. One carriage bad Congress
men John ID. Long, of Massachusetts,
Randolph Tucker of Virginia; Ber
ButterwOrth, of Ohio and General Kinl
of Louisiana. The senatorial delegation
paired off as follows. The senators rid
ing in twos. Senator Morrill,, of Ver.
mont, and Cockrill, of Missouri, Sher.
man, of Ohio and Ransom, of North
Carolina; Ingalls, of Kansas and Harris
of Tennessee; Palmer, of Michigan and
Miller of New York; Hampton, of South
Carolina, and Manderson, of Nebraska;
Brown, of Georgia, and Evarts of New
York; Congressman Bliss, of Brooklyn,
and Ward. of Chicago rode together,
and General Bingham, of Pennsylvania
Wheeler, of Alabama, and Lowrey, oil
Indiana, were in one coach. One of the
carriages containing members of Gen
eral Grants military staff, carried
Generals Horace Porter, Rufus Ingalls,,
G. B. Comstock and William Henry
Smith. In another, rode General Par
ker, Grants military Secretary during
the war, who was present at the meet
ing between Grant and Lee at Appom-
attox and still has in his possession the
original draft of the terms of the. sur
render in Grants handwriting. 1t was
given him as a keepsake by his Chief.
With Vice President Hendricks rode
his secretary, Mr.. East, his friend Mr..
Depann, of Indiana, and Senator Blair,
of New Hampshire. Both Mr.. Cleve-
land and Mr.. Hendricks had tired of
the long wait after sitting in their car
riages, stared at by the curious crowd
till 11:30, and retired to their rooms in
the hotel. They observed the parade
from their windows and did not again
come out, until the catafalque passed
the hotel. Their carriages had remain
ed at the door. :.
Secretaries Endicott and Manning,
whose carriages followed the Vice
Presidents, remained in their seats, and
the other Cabinet Ministers, who rode
in pairs, did likewise.
Governor Hill rode in plain civilians
dress and black silk hat, together with
his military Secretary. Seventeen
staff officers followed. Governor Hill
was the only Governor who was attend
ed by q mounted staff. Indian Com
missioners, Collier, John X. Boise and
John Charlton occupied seats in one
coach.
AT Twenty-eight street and Broad
way the crowd was so great that those
persons who stood nearest the street,
on the sidewalk were forced into the
roadway and so badly upon the mem
bers of the 47th '(Brooklyn) regiment
which was passing at the time as to
compel the mounted.police to come for
ward and force them back. The streets
uptown, parallel with Broadway were
occupied by throng which moved
rapidly with no apparent end in view.
On Third Avenue the shops were
open and people seemed to buy and
sell, though not very vigorously. The
catafalque loomed solemnly above the
hushed crowd which lined the streets,
the following carriages to some extent
marring the funeral effect. This in
congruity was forgotten, however,
when the members of the G. A. r.
marched by. Here were true mourners,
comrades and followers of the dead
man in battle, faithfully paying their
last tribute of respect. No attempt at
pomp or ceremony marred this part of
the column. These men in plain
clothes testified the true genius of the
Republic and its saving strength in the
stalwart courage, which, in the hour of
the country's need, could calmly lay
down the implements of industry, sub
stitute the musket, fight four years for
a sentiment, and at the conclusion
quietly drop back into the peaceful
ranks of society. With admiration
was mingled feeling of sadness as the
eye marked gray hairs and bent forms
when memory recalled the fresh faces
and vigorous figures of twenty years
ago. There were three blocks before
the boulevard could be reached. The
tired marchers, who barely kept their
places in line, wiped the perspiration
from their brows and curled their lips
in slight contempt at those who had
IfNthere was feeling in
the breasts of any soldiers that there
would be fewer eyes to gaze upon their
glittering trappings, it must have been
quickly dissipated. The sea of faces
was still unbroken. On the private
houses, on the towering apartment
which mark this part of the
city, the mourning emblems were fire.
quent. They were noticeable for the
taste with which they were hung.
At Fifty-ninth street the escort was
allowed the route step. grasp on the
guns was loosened and the head of the
column halted and there was chance
of rest.
Forward march, came the order
again, the ripple of the movement fol-
lowed down the long line. Now the
column had left the thickly built por !.
ton of the city solitary block of
dwellings stood here and there. Along
the road in the midst of handsome resi-.
dences were tucked numerous little
huts, rude in construction, patched
with rough timbers seemingly thrown
they looked very plain and
and when some of the worn
out veterans had reached this point in
the line of march and saw, fastened
to these simple houses, narrow, be-
faded piece of black, in token
Of the dead hero, deeper sense Of sor-
row went through those solid ranks.
The footsore troops now found relief
on the broad boulevard and Riverside
drive. To many of them the route was
and IL Was a nlaasa nt cha npa