The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-06

came up 70 the ears OF All In Lue Train
from tho band Of the Jackson corps tina
stood In line and saluted. Hundreds q
persons standing nearest the tracks iai(
coins on the rails to have them hatteneC
beneath the wheels Of the train that car
ried Graut on his last journey, On thu
roofs Of the houses in the vicinity hun
dreds witnessed tho start, and as the blach
train rumbled across the long bridge o.
the Hudson It was between two denst
lines OF people, who filed the footpath.
on either side. There was no clang o.
bell, no scream OF whistle, only the dnl
rumble OF the wheels beneath the mem
orable train. - @ -f (
Across the river were crowds Of people
Tho shops, stores and factories had closed
their doors 10 business al who worked
and those Of leisure seemed to have come
out 10 stand with uncovered heads, to bf
part OF q, scene never to be enacted again
The long sweeping curve was rounded and
the black train straightened out Level
with the Hudson on It's way to the metro
polls. Looking back from the engine cab
as the trailing train swept around the
curve at Greenbush, the impressive efec,
was thrilling.
DOWN TuE HUDSON.
Hudson too paid its respects to the
passing dead with hundreds ofpeople al
the station, which was draped with signals
Of mourning, and the report ofsgun was
heard from somewhere back on the hills.
The hot sun was being tempered by
snowy and thunderous looking clouds that
moved up from behind the blue crests oi
the CatsEills to shade. the notable train
with their canopy. The clouds shade
had taken the place Of the SUMS bright re.
fection on the bosom OF the river. The
mountains vera wheeling nearer and
nearer as the train moved on
ward twenty and thirty miles an
hour. The purple shadows under
the brow OF the mountains to which the
dead Of to-day had thought to have gone
this month were deepening as the clouds
sailed higher into the blue sky. Away
acroes the river on the foothills of the
Catskills hotel heavy with flags and
,deuEe with forna Of people grew into
view. The station Of Cstskill was Just
ahead. a gun boomed a salute and q
white puff Of smoke floated out over
the river. There were many
people along the tracks, on
either side, The little station with mourn.
ing tokens were hurried by. The speed
was increasing, but the long dark train
swept around curves and over levels
steadily and smoothly. Out on the river
there were many little boats and launches,
and some yachts with ensigns tipped with
black. Each bore people with heads pn-
covered, and all these tokens Of respect
we're not unheeded BY the sons Of the
dead, while most Of the time they sat in
silence Will. their eyes on the river and
tho mountains beyond.
~ RMDLHMs OF MOURNING.
Occasionally Col. Grant turned TO his
brothers. Df. Newman, DR.. Douglas and
fselinsly remarked some little demon.
stra.ion Of . group, or at q hamlet where
the people had made a show Of their
sympathy. Seven weeks and day ago
when General Grant was riding up the
river to MI. McGregor, the Colonel had
called bis fathers attention TO the spot
where his great grandfather had led the
forlorn hope OF the storming party oi
patriots who opened the way for Anthony
Waynein days long ago. Then the Gen
eral had smiled and peered through
the window at the point named to him.
To-day Col Grant quietly referred to the
incident, but there was ono who then
heard who could not heed or hear now.
He lay to-day in the purple casket where
men IN uniform with folded arma watched
over him In his rest, and all The time the
sombre train was rumbling onward toward
the great city Of the sea, where million
hearts were awaiting his coming.
Poaghkeepsie was coming in view
around the curve where The little pic
engine occasionally could be seen with Its
ten minutes headway. Rheinbeck had
gone by at 2:l3 T. NJ, staatsburg at 2:22 ?,
u, Hyde BARK at 2:SQ Z: NJ, andswhen the
train rolled through Poughkeepsle the
time marked was GAS, and the funeral
train was on time.
At PopenEEEPslE.
All the employees Of the New York
Central Railroad Company who received
their pay at poughkeepsie, were drawn
up beside work train Of the road at thai
station and every brown and blue ahirted
fellow stood With uncovered head as ths
train bearing the remains Of Geperal
Grant passed along. A train Of aat eafs
ttilled with stghtseers stood upon a side
track. An old man with only ono leg aud
with G. a. R. badge upon his coat leaned
upon his crntch near the track, while hi
uncovered head was bowed upon hi
breast, De. did not look up
as the train rumbied past. The 1iTsl
lhad narrowed and upon the bluffs and
mountains across the water there were
dark friiges Of human figures, from which
the OCCASIONAL fiutter Of handkerchief
could be seen. The ghite clouds had be,
come leadep hued beneath and they bad
tspanned the river alter PoughEeepsie had
lbeen passed. Oyer the surface Of the
river there were black shadows, and the
water was featherlng with deepbf ripples
A little later as Newburgh was passed thu
mountains were enyeloped by clouds thai
poured down fEin. Fish kill was passed OF
time, and when train had gsna b,
people were seen hurfying upon the tracl
"a nick up coins which they had placet
nnbn the rails TO be beaten lat by th'
wheels. Just In the shadow OF the oil
storm King at CorumSce, q Gteemhoa
from New York, loaded with people, Wa
seen following the train. Gold sprini
had been passed and West Font was onl!
six minutes away. Colonel Grant sIit