The Indiana State sentinel., 1885-08-05
HANCOCK AT M'GREGOR,
To Conduct the Military Display in Removing
the Remains Of General Grant.
He Marches Up the slope to the Cottssge
at the Head of His staff-Admitted-
10 the COttage-DoOrs Thrown
Open Later.

MovNT MCGREGoR August 1.-The lea fen 1sEe
abous General Grants face yesterday W as oviing
largely, the undertakers say, to the lfsvcrSble
lights and shadows OF the room in which the
body lay. Late last night, when the casket was
opened the body gave forth 70 the senseseso evil
tience Of other than favorable cOnd itioIS Prep
arations are being used to remove thr heavy
dark circles from beneath the eyes, The remains
have been examined within wv elVe hours. aud
the extremities and limbs were sund 70 be fully
under the control Of the ernbalmi ny prsparatiOns
Undertaken Merritt believes the body will be pre-
served in most excellent condition until long
after the hnal leave shall have bHen t6ken of IL.
MOUNT AoGREeoR AugUSt 2-This has
been n memorial day at the (;rantcottage and
the family have been saying farewell to the
dead This afternoon the nTidCsv asked that
DR.. Newman shoRld be snt for. When he
came, Mrs. Grant remin ied the pastor that
her decd would be hers oRay little while
loTceT, and asked him 10 beNEith the family
while they gathered in the cottage parlor to
say their farewells. Thus II was that about
, O'Clock, Mn Grant and her daughter and
each,of her three sons and their wives, were
IN thesrOom' STith the dead DIR. Newman and
his wife were also present The family sur
rounded the catafalque, Mrs. Grant. from
table, brought her dead husbands Bible,
which sheopened and passed TO DIR. New
man. 1t was found that the book was
OhtUtu III lle lltu CAdpttI vi JOU. 1uC
chapter was read then the clergyman re-
reaef the 18th and 18th verses and then
PRAYER of gratitude was offered up-grattude
Tor the beautiful character of the silent one.
After this the entire family, alone with their
fpastOr,.cntered with him into a religious con-
VersatiOn, and then each and all dwelt upon
"reminiscences recalled by the Generals last
sickness.
SDr Newman, after carefully scanning the
Generals face, expressed satisfaction at its
appearance and the opinion that the remains
are in condition of perfect preservation.
In accordance with the desire of Colonel
Grant, the body of General Grant will lie in
state at this place from j TO o'clock to-
morrow.
EdorNT NFcGREGoR, August 3.-General
Hancock arrived here this morning. He tel
.egraphed here from Saratoga that no salutes
.saonld be fired in his honor upon his arrival at
Mount McCiregor, as it would be in bad taste.
The General marched at the head of his
staff up the slope to the cottage, when he
was met by Colonel Grant. None but the
General and his staff officers were admitted
to the cottage at that time, but later the
doors were thrown open to the general
apubIic.
Notwithstanding heavy rain storm. the
trains up the mountain from Saratoga were
crowded, and the single file of those who
passed through the cottage to view the re-
mains did not cease until o'clock. The
'funeral services over the remains of the de-
parted General will be held at 10 clock to-
morrow morning. Rev. DIR. Newman will
deliver the funeral sermon INSIDE the cot
tage, II IL is StOrming, from the veranda, if
it is fair. DR.. Newman will not speak either
at Albany or New York. The Grand Army
ritual service will be conducted at New York
by Meade Post, of Philadelphia. General
Hancock and staff will come up from Sara
t0ga in the morning in time for the service
and General Sherman will accompany them.
The programme of salrting with cannon to-
morrow, according TO the order of the War
Department, will be thirteen guns at sunrise
thirty-eight at sunset, and one gun every
hour throughout the day. Colonel Grant
this evening issued an invitation to all rep
Tesentatives of foreign nations accredited TO
this Government to participate in the cere-
monies in New York.