Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-08-06


up at the depot.
The funeral car to carry the remains
from the mountain TO Saratoga came up
early and lay waiting the burden 1t
should carry.
Last night the family, in group and
alone. had taken their final farewell of
the remains of the dead Genesal. and to-
day they gave up his body to the Ma
ton.
At Q o'clock the family. except Mrs
Grant. repaired to the hotel for break
fast. On their return Col Grant and his
wife, with Mrs Sartoris, paused upon the
fridge, at the rear of the cottage and
among the pines, to scan the bright pic
ture of mountain and valley, fresh fields
and gliStening leaves, away to the east =
ward. Then the family entered the cot
tage Ind preparations began for the fu>
neral journey.
Maids and servants were busy and so
was Stenographer Dawson, who was re-
ceiving suggestions from the Colonel.
The former will remain on the noun
tain at the cottage, at Col Grants re-
quest. Even this morning, when the
family we're at the hotel at breakfast, it
was not surely known what the widow
would determine to do. She had her
trunks packed, yesterday, in the event
of her deciding to go with the remains,
but her decision, if known to herself.
had not been shared with the family.
Early in the morning, to. day. at half
paft o'clock, the doors of the Grant
cottage had been thrown open and a
stream of visitors poured in steady for
over one hour.
About 9 o'clock the head of long line
of buggies. wagons, omDibuses, and va
rious kinds of vehicles appeared climb
ing up the steep incline near the eastern
outlook. and soon the area in the vicini+
ty of the cottage Was thronged with
horses and wagons, and farmers with
their wives and families.
At $50 train of two cars brought
Gen Hancock and number of distin-
guished visitors. Two companies of reg
ulars were drawn up to receive them !;
they proceeded from TIE station to the
cottage in the following order: Gen Han
cock and Col Jones; Admiral Rowan
and Gen Sherman; Senator EVeretts and
Gen Rufus Ingalls,; Senator Miller and
Jos w DTexell; Gen Hancock's staff /;
Miss DreXell, her aunt and cousin, dress
ed in deep mourning.
On the same train came the Loyal Lee
gion, under Passed Assistant Paymaster
Gilbert A Robinson, Brevet Brlgadier
General Chas A Carleton, Brevet Lieut.
Colonel Floyd Clarkson, Brevet Lieut.
Colonel Aug McClark, and Capt Edmund
Blunt.
At 10 o'clock services were held at the
cottage in the presence of over a
thousand persons. Cane chairs and rus
tic seats were provided for the ladies
under the trees in the grove before the
cottage Those who failed to secure
leafy shade used their umbrellas.
The ceremonies opened with the read
ing of Psalm No. 80, which was follow
ed by an impressive prayer by Rev
Bishop Harris. The hymn, My Faith
Looks Up to Thee" was Joined in by the
whole assem- blage present with fine eff
feet. DR. Newman then came forward
and delivered a sermon on the subject
of the dead General, and the family sit>
ting meantime about the remains in the
parlor.
At the conclusion of the discourse. the
noble hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee, +"
Was rendered very impreSsively by the
AlfreSco congregation. The services
ended with the benediction.
After the services ended there was
movement of the people toward the cot
tage, to get a final look at the corpse
But it was not deemed advisable to ad~
NIT any one, in view of the fact that it
was near the time for the funeral train
to start.
Gen. Sherman, Gen. Hancock and SEN
ator Evarts left the balcony together.
Mrs. Grant had concluded to not go
with the funeral train, but to wait over
until four clock, when she and the other
ladies of the family will leave for Sara
toga. ard from there go direct to New
York.
U. 5. Grant Post 327, of Brooklyn, bore
the remains from the cottage to the sta
ton shortly before one o'clock. The
mountain train waited at the little rustic
depot. Next to the engine the funeral
draping, was placed.
The transfer from the cottage to the
train was completed without difficulty,
and the train started for Saratoga.
Among those representing the militia
ry were the following: Gen w Han
cock, Gen w T Sherman. Gen Rufus In
gals, Gen II A Perry, Col Sutherland,
Col John P Nicholson, Lieut. Col Finley
Anderson, Capt G S L Ward, Capt John
Fl Weeks and Lieut. Eugene Griffin.
At one o'clock the order to start was
given. Engineer Martin SHUT all steam
from the cylinders and the train, stand
ing as it did upon grade, slowly started
by its own weight and impetus, down
the mountain. The bluffs and ridges on
each side of the track were densely
Uhronged with people. Every rock, ev-
cry jutting point, every vantage ground
was occupied.
But from all the thrOng standing un-
covered in the afternoon sunlight, no
sound escaped. The mountain was hush
ed and still, except for the heavy BOOM
ing of guns bidding farewell
Shortly before two o'clock, the noun
tain train reached Saratoga, and the res
mains were lifted in silence by the Guard
of Honor to the car "WOodbine," which
was heavily draped in black and hung in
flags, and at 2:l5 P NJ, the solemn cortege
had passed out of the suburbs and away
from the sadly CARRIED Saratoga and its
t0lllng bells, on It's way to Albany, Which
was reached at 8 40.
Here the remains were taken to the
capitol and lay in state until half past
twelve Wednesday, when the funeral
train started for New York, arriving at
5PM. The remains will lie in state in
the city hall until Saturday, when the
greatest funeral pageant ever witnessed
in America, will occur.