Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-12
VISITORS TO THE TOME.

Hundreds Looking at the Vault
 where Sleeps the Illustrious Hero
 The Relic Hunters Already De-
 facing the Vault.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-A trumpeter stepped out upon the knoll upon which Camp Grant has been established at sunrise this morning and Justify hugled the reveille as another soldier ran the flag up over the tomb of the dead general. A few moments later the entire camp was astir and the oak en doors of the sepulchre were thrown open for the third time since the funeral, expos ing to view the steel casket and the floral tributes. The guard was relieved and all was in readiness for the coming of the curi- ous They began to arrive by ones and twos before the sun had ascended far above the horizon and as the day grew older increased in numbers so that by noon 8 line of sight seers, of whom the majority were women and large proportion strangers, were pass ing the portal of the tomb as on yesterday. Later in the day floral anchor was the tribute of 8 southern regiment sent through the editor of a morning newspaper who has forgotten to send the name of the regiment with the gift. The City Hall was visited to-day by hundreds of people who viewed with interest the dust covered draperies of the interior and sur veyed the tastefully decorated exterior. Schmidt's bust of General Grant, which has been transferred from the rotunda to the Governors room, came in for it's share of attention and is a striking feature of the room. Permission has been given by Colo nel Grant to the artist who yesterday photo graphed the tomb and it's contents to re- tain the negative instead of destroying it. Colonel Grant said to Janitor Reese of the City Hall on Saturday: "Tell the photogra- pher to send half a dozen copies of the pie ture to us at Mt. McGregor and then if he can make any money by so doing he has my permission to sell as many copies as he chooses on his own account" The canopy which was arranged over the casket while the body lay in state in this city has been thoroughly cleaned and set up in the undertaker's warerooms where scores of peo- pie inspected it to-day. Jesse Grant and his wife left the Fifth Avenue Hotel for Mt. Mo Gregor to-day.
 Mayor Grace in conversation with a re- porter this morning said: ''The question of where the exact site for the monument shall be will depend largely upon the style of structure to be erected, and the question of style will depend largely upon the amount of money contributed. I am disappointed at the way the contributions are coming in and at the next meeting of the committee shall sndesvor to have some plan adopted for expediting the work. Ex-Gov- ernor Cornell is also heartily in favor of push ing the work and will probably call 8 meeting of the executive committee within day or two. My idea is that as soon as to the amount of money which will be raised the committee should begin work on the foundation for the monument. People are much more apt to contribute for an object when they see work actually begun than when the work is delayed"
 Notwithstanding the great care that has been taken to prevent damage to the exterior of General Grants tomb, some sacrilegious visitors have succeeded in knocking pieces off the bricks on the corners of the vault as mementoes and in defacing it by writing their names upon the brick work with pen cils On dark night, even with the precau- tions that have been taken, it is feared that further injury may be done and in order to guard more securely against it the park com missioners have decided to light the exterior of the fornh tv alectricitv