The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-03

and there await the arrival OF the nlnthI1
from the City Han and fall in behind the
catatalqus, being afterWard dismissed at
Eifty.ninth street. Il has been decided
that the State troops shall have position
In line in the order OF admission into the
Union Of States which they represent.
Rear.Admiral Jouett will send detach.
ments Of sailors and marines to the Grand
Central depot on Wednesday 10 join the
military escort which will accompany the
remains Of, General Grant to City hall.
On Saturday all the available United
States shipping In the harbor is TO form
in river procession, which will move
from the Upper Bay up the Hudson river
simultaneously with the funeral process
sion from the City Hall to Riverside Park.
During the ceremonies attending the In
terment OF General Grant the guns on the
men-ot.war will Join in saiute.
Colonel Fred Grant and DR.. Newman
have suggested that Dr. Newman shall in
vite ons eminent divine Of each deuomi-
nation 70 be present at the burial oil Gen.
Grant. General Hancock sent word to
Mount McGregor last night that II Dr..
Newman will designate the clergymen
whose services ara. .desired they will be
duly recognized aud arranged for; or
General Hancock will make the selection
II 1t is desired, though he would feel 1t to
be a matter Of much delicacy. As TO q
suggestion from Mount Me eGregor that the
.funeral'1ibnte OF a Grand Army Post st
the grave should precede the Methodist
EpiEcopal funeral service, which DR.. New
man is 10 conduct, General Hancock de-
cides that there will manifestly be no time
for the ritual of any society Of which
general Grant was member.
THE CAPITAL YIELDS IT'S CLAIM.
10 Further steps TO be Taken by the com-
mistee-Gsnerai Bsale's Views.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-Hon. John F.
Dezeadort, Chairman OF the meeting held
atiWillard's Hall on July %. for the pur-
pose OF endeavorfng to procure a change
in the intended burial place ofGeneral
Grant, has received letter from General
Beale, declining to serve on the committee
tofwsit on the family Of the General and
urge upon them the consideration OF
Washington, instead Of New York, as the
burial place. General Beale writes:
..0n the day o. General Grants death ]
visited Mount McGregor Tor the purpose
OF Offering my house in Washington 70
Mrs. Grant, for her occupancy during the
funeral ceremonies, uater the impression
that Washington would be ths selected
place. At that time presented my views,
perfectly in accord with yours, with as
much force as delicacy and the surround.
ing circumstances would admit OF TO Col.
onet Grant. As the family have now
positively selected another place, Icon-
sider it only remains for. the friends to &C.
ouiesce, and to refrain from doing any.
thing Whi.h might add to their grief at
the great loss which they, as well as the
entire county, have so lately sustained" "
General Burdett, another msmber OF
the committee retsrred to, having declined
TO serve for reasons similar to those ex.
pressed by General Beaie, and Mr.. John
A. ]. Creswell, the other member not hav.
ing been heard from at all, Mr.. Dezendorf
has written letter to Hon. A. NJ. Clapp
and others Of the Willard Hall meeting,
declining to appoint new committee, on
the ground that the family appear to have
positively determined on Riverside Park
as the place Of burial, and that he does
not feel that any further sters ought to
he taken in the matter, but that 1t ought
to be dropped.
Vice Admiral Rowan being compelled
by Ill health TO ask to be excused from SER
vice as pail bearer at General Grants
funeral, the President has designated
Rear Admiral John L. Worien to act In
his placa.
The President to-day received tele-
gram from Gen. Joseph e. Johnston, say
Ing that he was in Portland, Oregon, when
he received word OF his selection as one Of
General Grants pail. .beSreFs. and that he
had started Immediately for New York.