Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-08-13

viewed the remains. A line was
formed on the east side Of
Broadway above Chambers street dur
ing the afternoon and Joined tho
procession at the corner of Cham
bers street. This extended finally
to Worth street and the time from
tho point of formation to the casket was
about an hour, which indicated about |
5000 persons.
o. A. r. AND LOYAL LEGION BADGES.
Yesterday Col Grant was asked if he
would consent to the placing of Grand
Army badge upon the breast of the dead |
general. The son acceded to-day. |
Senior Vice Commander John II. |
johnson of the u. s. Grant |
Post pinned the token upon the generals |
breast. Consent Ind also been given the |
military order of the Loyal Legion to fix |
upon the breast of the remains the tokens |
of that organization.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 7.--When the city |
hall gates were shut at l o'clock this |
morning and when the shuttle of foot |
steps had ceased, the llndertakers and |
embalmers came. The face of General
Grant was scanned by them through the |
double plates of glass. Thus the under |
takers observed that dust had settled |
upon the lower plate of glass and he re-
moved the top plate that the other might |
be cleaned. Surprise was expressed |
that such an accumulation of dust should |
have been possible through the fine, close |
joints made by the closing of the surface /
plate. The glass was cleaned and polished |
anew, the topiplate replaced and the lids |
OF the casket were fastened down. The |
royal purple velvet that covers the casket |
had become dusty with the rising particles |
from all the. shuffiing of the thousands |
past it through the day. Carefully it |
was brushed and cleaned of dust. Many |
hands during the day had touched the |
silver rails and moist palms had felt the |
mountings. There were stains upon |
each because of this fact, These were |
removed, the metal furnishings polished |
brightly and the undertakers and others |
went away. The body had not been |
touched by them.
Every train on the big bridge brought |
recruits who scurried across Chatham and |
Centre streets to the point where the
loose crowd was being melted into
solid procession. Brooklyn in the early |
hours seemed determined to jostle New
Workers. and take the largest space in the
lines. Even at the hour of o'clock there
was noticeable difference complexion in
the crowd from that which characterized
it at the same hour yesterday, and the
army of young shop girls and women was
present as at the early hour yesterday,
though in greater numbers, but there
were thousands more of the middle
classes of people who did not
give complexion to the process
sion, until after 7 o'clock yester-
day morning At the same relative
hours to-day there were thousands more
in the stream, and the fact was due to the
belief and experience TINT the early
ones had yesterday lenst time to wait. So
it was that the early downtown cars be-
tween and 6 o'clock brought hundreds
of Indies and gentlemen who had thought
to be in advance of the great crowds.
Those, however, who came down on
the Broadway street cars as late as 6
O'Clock this morning checked the car and
alighted above Read street. The shuiiling
throng in line had Mt that early hour even
backed through Chambers street and up
Broadway to the point stated. There the
new comers were getting in line and
policemen were protecting those already
there in the enjoyment of the
privileges they had already obtained.
The city hall clock marked 5.55 when
Junior Vice Commander Cranston of the
U. s. Grant Post lifted the covers from
the casket passed his handkerchief over
the plate glass and then assumed his
place at the head of his detail of guard.
At noon the line had extended up
Broadway above Leonard street, and up
TO TINT hour today 35,00D parsons had
visited the remains.
GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. Z. "A special to
the Mems from Greenville, Tex, says:
| At u reunion of eX- Confederate soldiers
here yesterday it was estimated that
| 20, 900 veterans and others were on the
grounds. General Ross, of Ross
| Brigade, was orator of the day.
lie alluded to the fact that thou
sands of crippled old Confederates
were begging their living from door to
door, while 100, ,O0D Federal soldiers were
drawing pensions. AT the close of Gen.
Ross address, the following was unnhi-
mously adopted
Resoiped, Tint we, tho surviving mnm-
bnrs of the Ross brigade, Rector's
brigade, Maxcy's, brigade Granburn'ss
brigade, the Eleventh cavalry of
| Texas and unattached Confederate and
| Union soldiers, numbering about 10000
! men In this our annual reunion held al
| dreenvlle, Texas, express our deep and
heartfelt regret at the sad pews Of the death
of that illIIstrious soldier and patriotic
statesman, u. s. Grant, whose remains now
lie in state in New York, and
ResoiUed, That we tender to the heart
broken widow and family of the deceased,
our warmest sympathy in this, the sad hour
of their bereavement, and
Res0ippl, Thut These resolutions be tele-
the president of this association.
The resolutions were drafted by n COM
nittee consisting of General Sullival
Ross, Captain j. Nj. Cook, Lieutenant $.
B. Barrow, Colonel t. Il. Hawkins and
other ex. .Confederates. Many addresses
were made eulogistic of General Grants
distinguished services to his country.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 8.-The horse
Gen. Grant rode through numerous bat
Ties of the late war, and that has come to
be as famous almost in the last few days
MS the steed that carried Sheridan
to Winchester 'Twenty Miles Away"
will be one of the features
of the local pageant to-day. The
old charger saddled and bridled ready for
the field will be led behind the catafalqne.
, The horse's name is Jesse Grant and he
is now the property of John +.
IIong, an intimate friend of the
dead hero, and formerly his st. Louis
agent. General Grant made him o
/ present of the charger. He told MIR,
i Long that he might have his pick of the
|. horses on the Dent farm, and Mr.. Long
s picked out the charger. The latter is nov
4 23 years old having been born in 1862
0 His pedigree is unknown.
9 New York, Aug. 8.-Chief of Polio,
0 Murray ut 10 O'Clock this morning was il
4 command of men and affairs ut the cit.
|. hall. At that hour the iron gates wer
v about to be closed when he observed tina
I there were 500 or 1 900 people yet waitinl
e at the foot of the steps and across tn
g plaza. "Let them come in" cominande'
J. the superintendent to the officers who n
t. command had shut OFF the people. Am
= then followed ten minutes of the mos
d expeditions hnstling of human beings thu
h has probably been known since th
d emancipation proclamation. The mt
terial was composed almost entirely q
e men, and lusty policemen supplements
n, their admonitions of haste with exceed
le ingly effective persuasion of n musculn
k. character. Men and boys We're shc
10 through the city hall with such celerit
ID as will render the occasion to thel
10 doubly memorable. The last person I'm
re at last crossed the well-worn threshol
le and the iron gates changed shut. III
r. public had taken its leave of I'll
dead general. Officers of the Sevent,
| II ,J.,4xy