The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-13
GRANTS GREAT FUNERAL.

GRANT'S GREAT FUNERAL.
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Saturday was very hot day in New
York and the sun beat pitilessly on the
streets, but there was such a crowd and
such parade as the great city has never
had before.
The route of the funeral procession
was nine miles long and every foot of the
way was thfonged with people packed on
the sidewalks and out into the cutters,
swarming on the stoops and steps, clus.
lering on the telegraph poles and throng-
ing every window and door. Every
building was elaborately decorated with
Grape, and Gags by the thousands were
dropping at ,half.mast in every direction.
The air was filled with the sound of dirges
and funeral marches from brass bands,
and from the river, where all the men Of
war were drawn in line and hundreds of
vessels with half:masted flags crowded
the water, slow minute guns doomed
solenlnly. All the bells tolled and the
chimes played appropriately solemn
airs.
The procession was headed by Major
General Hancock in fill uniform mount
ed ON magnificent black horse. He
was followed by 1876 brilliantly uniformed
aides, mounted. 600 men of the 5th
artillery, u. S. A., followed with their
guns, and were followed by long lines of
marines, sailors and 1900 infantry Of the
United States army. Thirty.two regi-
ments of the national guard and mum.
ber of separate companies came next,
marching in files of ten and twenty.
One colored regiment from Pennsylvania
and companies from Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia were among those.
The southern troops, the Pennsylvanians
and the Seventh New York regiment
appeared in grey. All marched with
reversed arms.
After the militia came the catafalque,
structure twelve feet high surmounted
by canopy with black plumes. The
wheels and body we're covered with royal
purple velvet 80 as to make it appear as
q solid mass. The casket rested under
the canopy: 1t bore no ornaments
General Grants little granddaughter and
child of DR.. Douglass on the day Gen.
Grant died. An artillery company Of
regulars marched on one side, single file,
and an infantry company on the other.
The family and relatives of Gen.
Grant, detachments of grand army posts,
the President, Vice.President and mem
bers of the cabinet, the Supreme Court,
Senator's, members of the House of Rep
resentatives, Governor and Legislature of
New York, foreign Ministers, diplomatic
and consular officers, seventeen governors
and their stafs, heads of bureaux, Gems.
Sheridan, Schofeld and Merritt and their
stats, ten mayors and committee of
101 from New York, pail bearers, physi-
clans and clergymen followed in carri-
ages, there being over four hundred car
riages four abreast. A tremendous force
of veteran organizations and civic socie.
ties followed. There we're $4,000 men
in the line which was eight miles long.
Over FIVE hours was occupied in the
march although all who followed the
body did not march that distance, being
drawn up on each side of the line Of
march and falling in order, beginning
nearest the city hall. The spectacle was
therefore added to by the fact that
through much of the route the process
ilan. passed between solid lines of uni.
1GI1S 10 O'clock ana dThs procession moved at
vault, where the line became entang1Hss
in the tremendous multitude, two bands
PLAYED different airs, and the artillery
became displaced. General Hancock's 8
horse was prostrated, and he was forced
| to complete the journey standing in a
carriage. An element of fun was present
at the vault in the shape of large stand
| for sightseers erected at much expense
and left without occupants. 1t bore the
inscription "we mourn our loss" which
was accepted by the crowd as applying
to the pecuniary results of the specula'
ton.
The Methodist funeral service was
read and the ritual Of the grand PtS d1}15 aFRS
was placed in cedar casket which was
put in steel case in the vault. The
doors of that structure were then locked
and the funeral was over, the Meade
post, Grand Army of the Republic, Of
which Gen. Grant was member, firing
a salute of musketry.
There ie no means of estimating the
crowds. Almost all of New York's
million people we're present to view the
procession, and Brooklyn sent a stream
pouring over the bridge and through the
ferry boats. Every boat and train
reaching the city during the night and
morning, including mauy specials and
extras, was thronged. Fifth Avenue was
captured by visitors, and the houses OF
Jay Gould, Vanderbilt and other mag
mates were thronged with country people
crowded back from the stoops and into
the halls by the pressure from the pave
ments.