New-York tribune., 1885-08-09
GROUPS IN THE HOTELS.
PROMINENT MEN WHO CAME TO NEW-YORK
FOR THE GREAT FUNERAL.

FOR THE GREAT FUNERAL.
On the occasion of the memorial services OF
President Lincoln mt Washington heard George Bali-
croft memorable words as he began bis great
tribute tho martyr President: Kings are lifted up or
thrown down. nations como and republics flourish
and wither pass away like tale that IL oldyet
nothing u by chance though men. In their Ignorance OF
causes may think so" Looking on al the mingled pomp
and circumstance OF war sent out to mourn by grand
parade the soldier hero OF the looking on all the
that call great gathered at Grants grave
and all the multitude thronging mp to do honor 10 tho
dead one may well wona der what hidden moving destiny
lies bchiud 1t all said much yesterday TO ono Oh
the most distinguished Of the gentlemen who rode IN inc
funeral procession, whose good fortane In the
republic has been marvellous and whose experience
. and years have mado him philosopher He responded
slowly and thoushtinly: 1t Is curious study the
OF the public mind 1t instnctiyely ses up
and pays tribute to Its heroes alive or dead IL seems
to co 10 ut time when hero worship Is needed There
may De destiny in that 1t Is part OF the common
humanity OF the world. England has just paid honorto
Chinese Gordon, and France TO Victor Hugo and Russia
to skobeef Germany has her bismarck ana the
Soudan her FL Mahdi, who belong too. to the world
Circumstances create both and heroes. You niss
start at the Battery and walk Broadway to Central PARK
and every tenth you meet has In bis inner con-
the rm-rootei belief that he POSSESSES the
elements OF berosm that only need opportunity to de-
veop The unsuccessful Gaena tanner Is to sucn man
type Of hundreds and thousands Of his fellow men,
Reading OF the imposing ceremonies OF his BURIAL there
these thousands OF men the remembrance OF MS
early life struggles and they take new hope and heart Tor
= their own burdens II Bancroft was right In his es-
mate Of the controlling decrses OF eternity what grander
purpose can conceived In these than the simple
rcyivng OF human fathf'
Ex-Congressman Miles, OF Connecticut, said l',tle
thing that went into the decp sea soundlngs OF ths
! channel. It was: We shall never see Grants IKE
again In our day. because, hope. there will not be an
othc- war; civil foreign in our time, to raise UP an
other military hero"
saw General Sherman moving about the Fifth
Avenue Hotel corridors In old straw hat, an alpaca
blouse with single button, and pair OF battered od
slippers. aud then blossomlng ont In full UNIFORM TALL
erect, martial and proud fine type OF the American
citizen soldier His quaint manners and the freedom
with which he can be approached by one AMI every
one are not least the features OF his character that
4 draw invountarily to like "Old Tecumsch. inc
leader Of the March to tho Sea- that cut the reoeoh III
two Altogether different is General PHI Sheridan who
went abont with his brother. Colonel Mike SHERIDAN
who Is frequently mistaken for him, rs sort OF VIVID
Sheridan ina Gro wd and would be picked ont by stranger
as prosperous turfman In civilians dress nc looks rs
II he had Just sepI ed out OF bandbox, except mat MS
face bronzed and reddcned His suit or gray ngsh
goods fits him like In the wearcr OF hgh whe
would DO difficult TO discover ohhand the nero Oh
Winchester and the gallant cavaryman Who ent out the
Confederacy at Richmond These men were Grants
foremost leennnts- In tho group OF senators eAheo
here by the Vce-Presient third type OF soldier was
presented TO view IN the swarthy face and raven
mustache OF General Logan who. perhaps. moro than
any other man to-day the favonte OF the volunteer
sodlcry whose deeds and yaor saved the Union. IL
would be hard to nnd the country over or the world
over handsomer typical warrior than General han
cock whose $50 pounds carried In military harness
with .nartial air aud gallantry beyond all crcism
These four mcn like General Grant, are OF humble origin
Glancing through the gathering crowds saw General
Low Wallace. looking sober and thoughtful through
gold bowed spectaces under brown slouch hat but
missed his fellow officer. General McCernand, who fell
with him under wathful criticism Of Grant OF shiloh
and Donelson General Wallace has acsed with manly
dignity In the that hear q likely TO be rewarded
though he may not know IT, by words OF fjustce 10 MIN
which General Grant has written and left behind In his
Memoirs. General Wallace has claimed that but Tor
himself and McClcrnand. Grant would have been
crushed In either Of those batties II Grant shall have
40 written IT. Wallace may well have waited In silence
until now.
senor Romero small slender. darkvisaged and black
haired would pass unknown for anything In his appear
ance But he and went Mt tho Pifth Avenue
HOTEL heard many speak In terms OF hishesipraso
OF the tenderness his devotion 10 General Grant-ai
b most like womans love
Ex-seereiarles Creswell and Belknap meeting In the
h Fifth Avenue Hotel, might have been mistaken for
3 forms aud blond whiskers- General Belknap told me
that he rode in the carriage With Grant Mt Iincons
funeral In Springfield. As rcminiscence OF the Lineon
obscq,cs at Washington, he mentioned the fact that
B shermans army 10000 strong. marched through the
in patoons reached from curb 10 curb OF those
n wide thOronghfares from O'Clock In the morning
h until half past In the afternoon.
Dwight Lawrence who Il q keen observer. and went
through all tho tributes from Mount McGregor 10
Par To me-:
Cd me was at Point The sky was black with heavy
clos rhe low Inutter OF thunder was heard OCCASION
ally On the opposite bank from tho train was battery
OF artillery whose guns kept up discharge Mt regular In
teyals. They stationed far enough away so That
the noise OF the firing did not interfere with the dges OF
t,e hands which fol- on the with a solemny
he,gutenod by the surroundings furnished by nature by
te aide OF the track. motonless 40 many marble
statres we're the cadets, headed by General Merritt
drawn up In line salute Every eye was In line, ana
not muscle moved. they stood there until the train
passed on The boys must have been on their mettie
iudng from the perfection OF their pose But taken all
in ALI the scene was I rcssiyc beyond anything saw.
been brought together In New York sny one oc-
casIon In the groups that gathered now ana again,
,bore were TO be seen the incsed features of Senator
Eyars; "thc cultured Lincoln as heard him called;
senator Morrill, OF Vermont tall. stoop shooldercd. with
white student face, something in appearance like
chulcs srmners but 70 heavy leonine and ygor
ous Mandcr5on Senator OF Nebraska short aud
Inclined to be stout, with soldierly mustaohe and
goaee gold eye glasses and light slouch hat and nand.
some and japper enough for the admiration OF all The fair
SIX Senator Miller, with his large round face,
blonde inlstache, heavy weight and slow movements;
JohG Sherman erect and angular rs guidcpos with his
keen face lifted above all his fellows; Senator sbam e.
uarris OF Tennessee. with bald and shinng head;
President Hayes with sandy hair and freckled face,
stoucr than OF yore; exPresden Arthur also grown
trsae gray and little stout elegant In attire always;