The National tribune., 1885-08-13

| little station. AS the procession started the
buglers struck a weird and mournfuI dead
march. which they continued until they reached
! the black-draped car, which had been pulled
| away little from the train and stood ready to
| receive the coffin. The soldiers marched with
reversed muskets, and on reaching the platform
| formed in line and waited for the coffin to pass
| As it passed they stood at present arms Imme-
dlately following the coffin came Col Fred Grant
| u. ). Grant, Jr., Jesse Grant, and Gems Hancock
and Sherman. all with uncovered heads. Then
came the clergy and the surgeons. As the
| procession moved down the uneven path
| way all the men along the line of march Stool
with uncovered heads, and many women had
handkerchief at their eyes. As the coffin
| reached the car it was lifted in at the rear emil
and placed on the bier that had been erected 70
| receive it. The coffin was so heavy that tbs
| II men carrying it staggered under their bur
den. When they had safely deposited it they
! took their posts on each side of it, from which
they did not move until the train stopped be-
side the Delaware and Hudson track in Sara
toga.
The train was composed of FIVE cars in addi.
| ton to the one which bore the coffin In the
! first sat the three sons of Gen. Grant Gems
Hancock and Sherman, DR.. Douglas, Dr. New
| man, Mr.. Drexel, and few Others. In the sec
ond were Gen. Hancoek's staff and other army
officers. The third was assigned to the press
and the fourth and fifth were assigned to Co.
! f. 18th Inf, and Battery H, 9Th Art The
| battery from Newport remained at the noun
| tain to fire half-hOurly guns until sunset.
| All the way down the mountain, even at
wild and apparently inaccessible points, stood
| groups of people silently watching the train,
the men in almost every instance being bare
headed. At Saratoga the track for mile or
more was lined with people, while every roof
| that afforded a view was black with spectators.
| The battery from Fort Warren was stationed
on a little knoll by the track, and as the train
! approached commenced firing minute guns. At
| the second shot one of the guns went off pre-
maturely, blowing off the arm of the artillery
man who was ramming home the cartridge,
and injuring him so severely about the head
| that it was feared he might not recover This
was the only accident of the day, everything
| moving with military precision and in exact
accordance with the program until the body
was laid out in state on the eatafalque under
the dome of the Capitol in Albany.
! At Saratoga the funeral train on the Delaware
| & Hudson road consisted of baggage car for
| the equi pments of the military the funeral
| car, three drawingrOom cars and four ordinary
passenger coaches. Every car was draped
| wholly in black except the funeral ear Woad-
lawn, which had American flags festooned and
| Topped up with Grape fastened to its sides and
near the top. The coffin was placed on the
raised bier provided for the purpose in one
] end of the ear, and the Brooklyn Grand
! Army men took their place by its side. Over
| the bier was thrown American flag, while
| the only floral Offering about the coffin was the
| wreath of oak leaves made the day after the
| General died by his little grandchild and Dr.
Douglass little girl. The doors at the side of
the car were open, and glimpses of the purple
caSket, with the brilliant sunlight falling on t,
| could be had by the tens of thousands of peo-
pie by the railway as the train passed.
AT ALBANY.
! When the train came to halt at Albany a
| heavy funeral car, drawn by six black horses,
| stood in waiting. The Brooklyn Grand Army
| men took their places at the horses heads and
| the military arranged themselves on either
| side of the car. There was little delay in get
| ting the procession under way and with Gen.
| Hancock on horseback at its head il moved
| slowly up the hill to the Capitol. with the bells
| tolling and minute guns firing. The brilliantly
uniformed Burgess Corps and number of sep
arate companies with reversed arms followed
Immediately behind the funeral ear.
On arriving at the Capitol Gen. Hancock
| formally called upon Gov. Hill in his private
room, while the remains of Gen. Grant were
taken to one of the small rooms of the Insur-
/ ance Department, where the undertakes took
| off the cover of the coffin. 1t was found thas
the body had been displaced somewhat by the
| journey and that the face was slightly discoi-
| ored. As soon as the undertakes had finished
| their work the body was placed on the eata-
/ falque.
There were eight electric burners under the
canopy and almost Immediately over the heal
of the coffin. This threw a strong light on tile
| face. The catafalque was of black, with y
royal purple border around the top, while IA,
| top over the remains is of rich cream that NJ
fleets the light down upon the face. As s0oH
as the body was arranged on the eatafalque
Gen. Sherman, Gen. Hancock's staff, Gen.
Farnsworth and staff followed by Gov. Hill
and the members of the Legislature, fled by
md l-a1 or fhsar frp1.. n,
had viewed the body the rotunda was thrown
open to the public.
From the time the Capitol was thrown open
to the public up to midnight not less than
1900 persons viewed the remains. The jolt
ing of the body during transportation had
rather bad effect but everything the embalm-
er's skill could do to keep the body in pre-
sentable condition was resorted to.
LEAVING ALBANY.
At about noon Wednesday the funeral pro-
cession was again formed and the march to the
depot taken up, and shortly thereafter the
funeral was on its way to New York. In the
first car were the SONS of the General, with the
Rev. DIR. Newman and DR.. Douglas; in the one
following, Gen. Hancock and staff. Gov Hill
and staff and the Committees Of the House and
Senate were also on the train.
The body of the dead General rested on the
black dais in the "WOodlawn." The guard OF
honor had mounted its first detail at the head
and foot of the casket. A little pilot engine
left Albany in advance of the funeral train to
clear the track. AS the trains started hundreds
of persons standing nearest the tracks
LAID COINS ON THE RAILS
to have them fiattened beneath the wheels of
the train that carried Gen. Grant on his last
journey.
AT NEW YORK.
The funeral train reached the Grand Central
Depot at D p. M, and the coffin was borne by
members of Grant Post to the vehicle in wait
ing.
Gen. Hancock and his staff had left the train
from the opposite side, and passed through Tie
gate in Forty-third street, where horses were
in waiting. Here they mounted and gallopel
to the head OF the procession on Fifth avenue,
below Thirty fourth street. The three sons OF
Gen. Grant, Col Fred. Grant, Jesse Grant, and
Ulysses s., had left the depot by a private way
All the Others who had come with the train
followed the remains out in double file. The
Citizens Committee of One Hundred, led by
ex-Mayor Cooper and ex-GOv. Cornell, walked
next. Behind them came Gov. Hill and Glen.
Farnsworth, with their gfittering stats, and
Committees of House and Senate of the State.
The procession then took up the line of march
en- route to City Hail. Gen. Hancock at the
head. Every stoop and railing that might
furnish a point of observation for sightseers
was occupied.
The calafalque and canopy used at Mt. Me-
Gregor was placed in position in the corridor
Immediately behind the rear iron gate. The
marble flooring surrounding it was covered with
ruhber Garnet in order In deaden the tread of