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GRANTS 0DSBQUIBS.
Funeral Services Held by the
Family at Mount McGregor.
Events Of Interest Relating to the
Soldiers Burial in New York,


Soldiers Burial in New York,
AS q matter of record we give below ii
chronological order a detailed account Of I'M
portant and interesting events relating tc
General Grants funeral services at Mount
McGregor and the transfer Of his remains for
burial in New York:
Ihc Funeral Services ut Mount Nc.
GrcgOr.
A Mount McGregor dispatch of the 4th
gives the following particulars Of the funeral
services held over General Grants body prior
to its removal to New York:
Thirteen guns were fired at sunrise to mark
General Grants last day upon the mountain.
The first train from Saratoga arrived at the
| Mountain station about I o'clock, bringing
Bishop Harris and others having duties to
perform in connection with the funeral. 1t
brought up also the funeral car, which had
Eccn for several days stored in tho engine
house in Saratoga, to preserve it from
tho intrusion it would be sub
mittcd to here. 1t is 4 rcmod"lcd plain open
car, enclosed with black camhrir.
Last night the family III group and alono
took their final farewell Of tic remains
At half, aSt $ o'clock A. NJ the doors of the
Grant Cottage had been thrown open and a
stream of visitors pourc1l in steadily for over
III hour. About . o'clock The head Of long
line of wagons omnibuss,S and various other
'inls of vehicles appeared climbing up the
steep incline near the eastern outlct,and soon
The area in Tho ricin:t' of the cottage was
.hrongcd with vehicles and people
At $50 a train OF two cars brought General
Hancock AMI n number OF other distinguished
visitors. The two companies of regulars
were drawn up to receive them. They pro-
| 'cCdel from the station To tho cottage III tho
following order: General Hancock AMI
Colonel Jones. Admiral Rowan and General
sherman, Senator Evarts and General Rufus
ingalls,, Senator Miller anil Joseph W. DreX-
Il, General Hancocks stall, and Miss DreSel,
| her aunt and cousin, dressed in deep mourn
ing. On the same train came tho loyal legion.
At ~ o'clock services at the cottage were
held in presence Of over thousand people.
Cane chairs AMI rustic settecS were provided
| ior the latlies under tho trees in the grove
before the cottage. Those who failed to Sc
:ure leaty shade, used their umbrellas.
The ceremonies opened with the reading of
Psalm No. -, which was followed by al I'M
prcSSive prayer b. the Rev. Bishop Harris.
The hymn. "My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
was joined by tho who,c asscmbage with fine
! fleet. DR.. Newman then delivered the SER
| mon.
lie spoke from the text, "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant, enter thou into
he 10Y of thy Lord Matthew Xxv. II. The
sermon was eulogy of the dead rs n soldier,
Is civil officer us husband and father,
md rs a Christian. In the course of his re-
marks, he said:
Some comrade in arms shall speak Of the
plendor of his martial genius; sonlo states
nan shall review tho majesty of his civil nd
...I, Ia
IL the pedestal of his rcnown; but let me, Us
he minister Of religion, dwell upon that
,rcat character which vii! ever be his crown
| If glory and the imp2riShable heritage of the
ountry he love1 so we'll
Others have insured for themselves imper-
Shab!e renown for their martial prOwess, for
heir profound craftsmanship, for the display
If their marvellous inteliects; but where III
III the annals OF earth and time shall we find
llotLer who more than he stamped all that
&c said and all that he did with such purity
md loftincss Of character His individuality
vas most int,ns,. This was the source of
lis strength, the power of his action, tho
:ory Of his achievements. He was never
timer than himself. lie acted with spon-
;anoity all his own.
lie is one of the few men in history who did
| more thln was expected. Some men excite
great expectation by the brilliancr of their
preparations; but this quiet, mcditativc, un-
| ienonstrative man cXccn led al expectations
" doing more than he hal promised, and by
loinG what all others had failtd to do.
Such soil |, stlr,ly character becomes our
| geography. and institutions ana or destiny.
| elf government calls uron the Judgment to
'ontrol the imagination; 10 ambition to sub
nit to Qucenly molesty TO adventure to bow
| oprudcnca; {; TO justice 10 hold in subjectiOn po-
ltical wrong; t. virtue to dominate every
ice 1t seems to b. with us n national ira
| ltiUn that only men Of solid virtues shall DO
:aised to supreme position in our republi'.
May We lift the curtain and look upon tho
:oly privacy Of that once unbroken house.
| iolI. Oh. the mutual and reciprocal love Of
.ve;ldcd life within thos, sacred precincts.
Husband and wife the happy supplement- of
,acll other, their characters bl"n ring in
,wcctcst harmony like tic blended colors in
| he low of promise, He, strength dignity
md courage; she, gcntlere' IS, grace and purity.
!Ic. The Doric column to sustain; she. the
'orinth;an column to teautify. He, the oak
o support; shc ivy TO cntwinr. In their life
of dcathrss love, their happiness lay like an
can of pearl anl diamonds III the embrace
IF the future lie, unhappy without her
presence: shc deso!a.e without his society.
She, pure, high-mnded, discriminating,
ardent, loving, intc.li;,cnt-he contidcd
O her his inncrmOSt soul and
'lessed her with his best and uniail-
ing love. She shared his trials and his tri-
umphs, his sorrow; and his Joys, his tolls unl
! is rewards. How t"nl'r was that scene, in
the early dawn of that April day, when al
thought the long expected end had come, h
gave her his watch and tenlcrly CareSSsd h"l
hand 1t was ali the great soldier hal tt
give 10 the wife of his youth. And the dyin:
hero whspercd: II did not have you wait upon
Inc, because knew it would distress you: but
| now the eild draws nigh And ont from th'
dwellings of Jor,lon' he rushel back to the
shore Of lie to write this tender message tt
his son: Wherever l am buried, promise M
| that Your mother shall be buried 10y my
side" 1t is all n wife could ask-it is all {
husband could wish. Side by side they shal
sleep in the same tomb, and she shall share
with him whatever homage future ages shal
pay at his national SHRINE.
Such was the tenderness of his 1--we and so
licilulc for her and hers. he surprised her 10y
letter found after his death. 1t came rs {
III ssage TO hci' from him after he llad gone
Nhcu his spirit lI:nl returned to the God who
gave it. there was fond sccrctcd in his robe
| his last letter to her, enveloped, sealed ant
addressed. He had written it betincS writ
ten it secretly, and carried the sacred mlssiyt
day after day during fourteen days, knowing
that she would ind it at Lust. In it lie pourct
forth his soul in love for her and soiicitud
| for their children:
"Ion!; after our dear children AMI direct
them in the paths of rcctitudc. 1t would dis
tre,S me far more to think that one of then
could depart from an honorable, upright ant
virtuous lie than it woI.d TO know that they
were Frustrated On Il bed of sickness from
which they were never to arise a,ive. They
lave nev"r given lis any cause for alarm OF
their accou"', and earnestly pray they nevel
| will.
With these few injunctions and the
knowledge have of your love and affection,
ard of the du:ilul affection of al Oh. chill
dren. | bid you final farewell, until we meet
in another and, trust, 4 better world. You
will find this on my person after my demise.
"MurNT MCGREGOn, July ., 1SS5.'
At the close Of the discourse the hymn
"Ncarcr, my God, to Thee" WAS rendered.
The services ended with benediction by
Bishop Harris
1t was about l2:3n when the services Mt the
hous" concluded. None except members ol
the family saw the remains after that,
rs the people had hal an opportunity
90 sec them for an hour Or more
after $50 4. NJ Vixen the last word
had been said and all had sat II moment ir
silence after the clergyman'S roico had ceaset
the congregation slowly broke up into low
voiced groups, all apparently loath to leav
tIt Spol ucucIti llolltoCh, "ciiotut 'oHNt
man, cx-Secretary Evarts and others quietly
quit the veranda and walked slowly up tn
path to the hotel, where they remained Will
tho undcrtakcrs closed the coffin and prepared
for the Journey The family retired from til
parlor at the con2lusio III Of the services
The crowds of people surge'i up littl
closer to the veranila and patiently waite
until the procession to tue train started |
was l2:4j o'clock when the rich purple cofli
appeared, Iorno by twelve of the Grant gram
army men. The artillery and infantry, pre-
caled by two buG:erS, led the procession dow
the winding walk under the trees to til
little station. As the proccSsio
started the buglcrs struck weird an
morrnful dead march, which the
continued until they reached tho b!acf
drapcd car, which hal been pulled AVA
little from the train, and stool ready to II
ceivc the collin. The bu.icrs stood like sta
ucs beside it and played n dirge. The hal
hour gun but n few rolls awar rang out i
regular peal as tho soldiers Of Il
artillery and infantry came mar"l
ing down with reversed muskcl
back Of the buglerS, and formed in line val
ing for the coffin, borne by the Granl Arm
men, to !'nss. AS it came by them they stnG