Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
His Tomb
rUNERAL JOURNEY
- ruE HUDSON TO
rar METROPOLIS.
IrRNFUI HON0RS.

"A
DTRNFUL H0NORS'
y,,v on Wednesday received
'y is mO,.al of the Old Com
With DONORS that fittingiy
,ba sublimer evidences Of
a" r.yrrence aud national grief
~ lisht with sombre splendor
'ob Ie 10 the tomb on Saturday
.Lo a anita of the State TO the
anS .n of Manhatten Island the
M MIou1natrations were such as
tornme " historic. The processes
ma, leoay have been so stayed
'iaucs S tha, the vast multitudes
'C III gazs upon the face of the
snr,ar the nexttwenty.four hours
ssa II somewhat as 1t was when
1I.s, Of life were be ting strong
Bill.
AWAY FROM ALBANY.
,xv Aug. 4 -In varying II um-
\. tbrongs poured into tho State
II 10 view the remains of General
and TO day there were 1901 600
rars In the old Dutch city to wit
f. aepartnre for New York. The
,kers and embalmers who have
diate charge of the body OF the
Genera wers alert and not a little
us to day
AbCNO TIE HUDSON.
dawn the splendid river that
lei IN The sunlight the train rum
n twenty miles an hour. At every
road crossing groups Of plain sad
n,ople stood and watched. Hud
irou furnaces sent up black col.
Of smoke ahead in the distance.
ma, was being reached where,
weeks aud twenty four hours DO
,,eneral Grant, from the car win
M the train that bore him to the
b,alus, had pointed out across the
nm the home of w. B. Dinsmore,
often the sick man had been q
Colonel Grant, sitting In his car,
p;. nlug,as' attention. and
hoe across the broad river, quietly
hisd the faithful physician of the
ent in the then closing life of him
sn the forward car today was be
horne TO his last home. The old
h nodded, tears filled his eyes, and
men silently scanned the polnl
h the General had pointed out, until
Iept away behind and out of view
bon then came closer and was reach
IL, o'clock, iifty-seven minutes
the start.
pdson, 700, paid its respects to tn
ng dead, with hundreds of parsonl
CESSATION, which was draped will
hls OF mourning, and the report Of
WAS heard somewhere back on til
IS gHE METROPOLIS.
Ew YoRK, Aug. 8 The special trai
iBg the remains arrived at tn
bd Central Depot few minutes pas
lock this afternoon.
e train had been preceded by
locomotive. This, with its heav
bing had come rolling into the dept
,ss I,.nG.l- h,fpIe giving ampl
be OF the following train. Their
sudden burst Of light throug
gaz4i roof of the building, the Ion
X train, ita locomotive detached ia
Fe, came numbering along aroun
curve and through the tall Goth
q opened for it's arrival.
be depo, had been cleared of all say
zen or two reporters, brigade ,
ceman, aud the railroad official
stood at the lower end of the built
awaiting the trains arrival.
here were ten cars to the funeIs
n, each completely enveloped
inning, the heavy draping caugl
p the windows with black rosette
iunesa. car " Woodlawn F" distiI
Phed by It's single broad door an
heavy panels of Grape which line
des
hfre was no occasion for word {
mant an the rich purple caske
It's silver trimmings, WAS handt
OIL % the shoulders of the twel,
wiTt soldiers awaiting its receptio
sfy head was uncovered, az wi
ml step the col bearers marcht
Pueh The thrOng down the long lin
Oncemen and across the long pls
10 the station doors.
"'T FROM THE STATION.
Hle al this had been taking pla
e'a Hancock and his staff and d
Vl drant, with DR.. Newman al
Douglas, had passed out on t
Shie OF 'he train, going across t
,On 70 avoid the crowd, and 9
Carriages which were in waitil
sue suem al the sForty.third street {
,Ist Regiment was display
H., ahderbilt's avenue, faci
U'pl., aud awaited with present,
1,It'le iot 'le eashet. The huge bla
a'que' with It's twelve bla
o',, ~, s'oh IL tJrty-third street ju
vs''o 'he man entrance. The cot
r' O'tn5 through the long line
y, s1i p'deaG securely in its DO
vile me great mass of peo,
Ia llnsd She sidewalks back of I
Io p'eseEvtd police lines spontaneo,
Ill., tle'ssfei s their heads sand wait
t a1 procession to start.
a'@f' was auspicious bands
S p'uFed forth solemn dirges
o. '1aL ' moved for ward, and I
Ne y. We ,ae declining sun fell upon
n, winch even the city of parat
pageants had seldom witnessed.
tbs, e.Vfk when the bells began
a. ma, .le body of Grant had arriv
mn .ls elrtese was forming
sd march u down Fifth aven ue a
tIr~.y to the City Hall.
y o. Nv General Hancock, with
can, S"he riding down Fifth aven
Cillarns.e,t As he swept past the
,oa 'ts ~ ,he bugles sounded the ,
IA, @a,l m the battery, also on
rol, , went down the avenue. formi
Ia ill.,, u' lhe Hoffman House, the 4
IaIv upets ~ Ts aud cassions reachi
M = =. % twenty fifth street. Back
avenue a' ,a as the eye could reach
bet franz coward Murray Hill,
ss Of euro to curb was a so
hen a, ,ot. t'ops brightly uniform,
er, tIa ,Ia'' h' by General Hancoc
rp com,E "nEls sound ed the shrill Q
hble nt ,anu ,h Tor the march to beg
eye ana Sne artillery was heard 8
|fisd d." drnf ear took in the roll Of
tbon'aauis' the musical clatter
ence en'ianhs as n of horses hoofs,
b, AMI ~. .ue ieet of the march
talio,;;'le ;'le nndulations of the 81