The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-13
GRANTS GREAT FUNERAL.
Tho Gist OF Twenty Columns OF she rev
York Papers.

York Papers.
Saturday was very hot day in New
York and tho sun beat pitilessly on the
affects, but there was such q crowd and
such parade as the great city has never
had before.
The route of the funeral! procession
was nine miles long and every foot of the
way was thtongcd with people packed on
the sidewalks and out into the cutters,
swarming on the stoops and steps clus.
.ering on the Telegraph poles and throng.
ing every window aud door. Every
building was elnborately decorated vita
Grape, and fags by the thousands were
dropping at half.mast in every direction.
The air was filled with the sound of dirges
and funeral marches from brcss bands,
and from the river, where all the men OF
war were drawn in line and hundreds Of
vessels with half:masted flags crowded
the water, slow minute guns doomed
solenlnly. All the bells loled and the
chimes played appropriately solemn
airs.
The procession was headed BY Major
General Hancock in full uniform mount.
ed on q magnificent black horse. Ho
was followed by 1876 brilliantly uniformed
aides, mounted. 600 men of the 5th
artillery, u. S. A., followed with their
guns, and were followed by long lines of
marines, sailors and 800 infantry of the
United States army. Thirty.lwo regi.
ments Of the national guard aud NUN
Der of separate companies came next.
marching In files Of ten and twenty.
One colored regiment from Pennsylvania
and companies from Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia were among those.
The southern troops, the PennsylYanians
and the Seventh New yu.a regiment
appeared in grey. All marched with
reversed arms.
After the militia came the catafaluue,
n structure twelve feet high surmounted
by canopy with black plumes. The
wheels and body were covered with royal
purple velvet 80 as TO make it appear as
solid mass. The casket rested under
tho canopy. 1t bore no ornaments
except &c" made of oak leaves by
General Grants little granddaughter and
child Of DR.. Douglass on the day Gen.
Grant died. An artillery company of
regulars marched on one side, single file,
and m infantry company on the other.
The family and relatives of Gen.
Grant, detachments Of grand army posts,
the President, Vice President aud mem
bers of the cabinet, the Supreme Court,
Senators, members of the House of Rep
resentatives, Governor and Legislature of
Now York, foreign Ministers, diplomatic
and consular officers, seventeen governors
and their staffs, heads of burcaux, Gems.
Sheridan, Schofeld and Merritt and their
staffs, ten mayors and a committee of
l0l from New York, pail bearers, physi-
clans aud clergymen followed in carri.
ages, there being over four hundred car
riages four abreast. A tremendous force
Of veteran organizations aud civic socie.
ties followed. There were $4,000 men
in the line which was eight miles long.
Over five hours was occupied in the
march although all who followed the
body did not march that distance, being
drawn up on ench side Of the line Of
march and falling in order, beginning
nearest the city hall. The spectacle was
therefore added to by the fact that
through much Of the route The process.
ion passed between solid lines of uni
10 10 o'ciocI: ana The procession moved at
There was considerable cdhhee- cdhhe park at 4.
vault, where the line became entahg gInc
in the tremendous multitude, two bands
played different airs, aud the artillery
became displaced. General Hancock's
horse was prostrated, and he was forced
to complete the journey standing in :.
carriage. An element of fun WAS present
at the vault in the shape of large stand
for sightseers erected at much expense
and left without occupants. 1t bore the
inscription Eve mourn our loss" which
was accepted by the crowd rs applying
to the pecuniary results of the specula.
ton.
The Methodist funeral service was
as Tead and the ritual of the grand In3qgyy sT3py
was placed In cedar casket which was
put in steel case in the vault. The
doors of that structure were then locked
and tho funeral was ovar, the Meade
post, Grand Army .f the Republic, of
which Gen. Grant was a member, firing
o salute Of musketry.
There is no means uf estimating The
crowds. Almost all of New York's
million people were present to view the
procession, and Brooklyn sent a stream
pouring over the bridge and through the
ferry boats. Every boat and train
reaching the city during the night and
morning, including many specials and
extras, was thronged. Fifth Avenue was
captured by visitors, and the houses of
Jay Gould, Vanderbilt and other mag.
mates were thronged with country people
crowded back from tho stoops and into
tho balls by the pressure from the pave.
ments.