The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-08-13

has been earned after he nau tAAeu ou MS u"'-
form rs a soldier and his mantle as civil ruler
Yesterday the great city gave up absolutely
every other consideration except that of paying
tribute to The memory OF the fallen nero Inc
thought that ran through the minds OIL many
found expression in the eloquent hne, WAS
his first surrender which appeared IN thousands
OF places Throughout, the city under every form
Of mourning adornmen'.
Every avenue of trade was closed The pep
pie assembled from The most distant ana remote
part, of the city AMI massed themselves aiohg
the weary miles oil march. New 10Th Il 'ne
centre OF a population OF o'OOo,ooO VINO I'VE
within The circle described by the radius OF three
hours ride from the City Hall To SAY no"
many OF these many millions found place 10
witness the funeral pageant would De hh1l'oss''
BILE From the crowds massed solidly on both
sides Of the long ten miles the number must
have reache, fully 1900 900 along The line oil The
majestic march If General Grant to his tomb
The morning one OF perfect beauty rH-
day the sky Was gray. overcast win SHADES Vi
broad purple bands. There was then moisture
in the air that savored CT distant breeZes nom
TAR out at sea, sure precursors oil heavy ram.
Little spiis fell all day but IN the nlght IL
cleared and the air was lett fresh. with sparkle
in it that in measure Offset the effect OF the sum-
which shone down during the day from cloud
chased sky
The city, soon after sunrise, presented pic
ture OF alternate lights and shadows The in
te sc blacks Of the dropping mourning draperies
set Of the white, red, black and browns OF the
city buildings, as they were touched by the
glare Of the morning sun. From every dircc-
ton doated trailing black draperies- Statuesque
figures clothed in black, holding trailing folds
o. -ombre colors; great black masses, covering
buildings with solid color; square folds OF royal
br,,alcoth gigantic rosetes. picked out with
silver; light purple sh4dowy figures traced upon
black backgrounds, are few Of the many feat
ures noted in q passing glance at the nearly
universal mourning decorations of The city
fruits of two weeks OF elaborate and careful
preparation.
The morning opened with the roar OF guns
family heard from the naval ships upon The
river and the distant Governors Island The
clurchbclls. too, began at sunrise to toll, and
again at noon and again al sunset these bells
added tiItF S)ieInIl I)ttS 10 tHt
Of mourning
From The earliest morning sleep was lmpossI-
Die There Was pas tomato feeling OF unrest
IN tn: air that brought out hosts upon the streets
soon after dawn. The hotels, crowded and
packed from one end of the city to the other
with strangers, were early deserted, their occu-
pants hunting in the early day for points Of
advantage
From the earliest morning there was crash
Of military music along the streets Drums were
beaten and bugles blown to the accompaniment
Of the tramp tramp OF many ieet. Inc
marching to and fro of the military Orgauiza-
tons getting ready for their places in the long
line ol the funeral march made the city appear
as il it were the headquarters OF great army
lust in reception Of marching orders. The shri
notes of the flies, the thrOb Of the drums, the
high notes Of blaring bugles, the clash and crash
oil dashng swinging military bands made a
melody that stirred the heart OF The most indif-
frrcnt and set The pulses throbblng in unison
with the excitement Of the preparation for the
last march OF the great soldier.
The music at first was made up OF gay march
ing measures but as the day advanced and the
time for the final formation OF the procession
came the key was changed TO mournlui MINOR,
while. HE notes Of the bugle calls, with its tones
of clouuent and eerna farewell to all earthly
hone. prcdoIninaled in the overture to the APP
pearance OF the moving funeral pageant OF com
pact and thoroughly disciplined line OF 10000
men.
This line, headed bv General Hancock, one OF
the great figures Of the war. in full uniform OF his
rank as Major General surrounded by his stan
| in full uniform, was followed by one OF the most
impresslye arrays OF official digniaries-the
| President his full Cabinet, high army officers,
| distinguished Senator'S the leading members OF
the House representatives OF all the DIVISIONS OF
the regular army, the crack military organlza-
| lions of the entire East, with number of visit
ing organizations who showed their patriotism
and love for Grant by coming from great dis
tancts to pay him honor; the leading officials OF
all The cities of the Union, the chief officials OF
| The States the leaders in the war of the Southern
Cnnicdcracy against the Union, side by side with
the Union veterans, all joined in the procession,
where each man appeared to feel that the honor
he Was paying the dead General was reflected
upon himself by having place in this most no.
I bic line.
There is no more imposing ceremony than
that OF military funeral There is decorum
and dignity about its severely simple ritual
| that is never found in n civilian ceremony. The
| military ceremony OF burying the remains OF
even the humblest soldier IS digniied and i'm
! Dosing But when conducted upon the scale OF
Yesterday with 20, 600 men in line, all moving al
| the direction of master mind under the eyes
of many hundreds OF thousands of people, the
ceremony assumes grandeur and stateliness
inconceivabe to the mind OF any one who as
not witnessed the unduaions of the majestic
movement OF The pageant OF yesterday. The
| city was solemn and quiet upon this sunny day
| of death there was nothing to disturb the har-
monies of the weird melodies Of the funeral
march Some Of these airs were so full OF
death and despair that involuntarily one
sang under his breath to their accompani
ment, This is the end Of all things"
Death is coming! coming! to every one who
is here"
Then in the midst of the most melancholy Of
the melodies would come resounding clash
upon the mutflrd cymbals, announcing trans
position to deeper and wilder measure, some
new change in this " Dan~ Maccubre," The dance
OF Death.
tho dav oIyancod the sun nOurpd down