Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-07
LYING IN STATE
IN TIE GREAT METROPOLIS.


NEW YORK, August Ga detail Of
800 policemen were on duty at the City
Hall to-day. At 6 O'Clock two lines OF
policemen were placed across the plaza
from the City-lIall entrance TO the foun-
tain. These two lines formed pas
sage way through which four men might
walk abreast and along which all day
visitors TO view the remains should
pass. 4 few minutes past o'clock
the gates were opened and the
crowd began to pass into the building.
The stream divided, one half passing
on either side Of the coffin. The first
persons TO view the remains to-day
were women. The crowd at this time
was not over 200 or 800 in number,
and 10 great haste WAS used IN passing
the people along. Very many OF
the earliest corners were working
women sud men carrying lunches,
tools, &C. About < O'Clock the APP
pesrancc of the throDg indicated that
clerks, book.keepers. and merchants Of
early habits we're taking last view Of
the dead General on their way to BUSH
ness. BY this time the crowd grew
denser, and they were urged along at a
faster pace. Fewer women and girls
were then TO be seen. At one time the
speed at which the visitors were hur-
red through grew to be undignided and
ill-befitting the character Of the occa-
sion. Rapidly. however, a. the people
were hurried, the crowd at the starting
poiut increased to a throng. At ii
O'Clock it took an hour or more for
newcomers 70 enter the building. At
tlst time 10000 persons had passed the
csSket.
The floral offerings Of the Board Of
Aldermen was set up during the morn
ing beneath the rotunda dome, where
the light s'rcamcd down upon it. The
central column rose ten feet, and was
fanked by stands Of colors. while the
base was g bed Of ferns and palms,
among which was placed huge rows Of
white buds.
As the morning wore on to midday
more women, Young and old. appeared
in the line Of visitors. Many carried
little handbags. and some had been
shopping. and their discomfort was in-
creased by the care Of parcels and pack
ages. Observers concluded quickly that
these had come from the outlying
country. Farmers there were in the
line. and many had come 10 town with
entire families Of children.
The increasing heat had melted the
sTdor Of many who had secured places
I'm the line. and not few dropped out,
and the numbers at the point Of forma-
ton had decreased. The passage u
people 81 the caSkc; was averaging
abou, ore hundred a minute. anl at
O'Clock 42.poo persons had viewed the
remains
At9P. ". the procession Of people
20 the hall was den,er than at any
time durrc Tie day, and was composed
principally af working people.
1m EiouI cs ~Fry.cHHE ~ RIv-
Tl-UE PARK.
NEW loaE. August G.-Corpora-
tion-Couu,cl Lacomtc today sent to
MAYOR Grace Communication regard
iug the resolution passed by the Board
OF Alderr en- concerning the assignment
Of the plot of ground IN Riverside Park
for General Grants sepulchre. The
Mayor Laa asked the corporation csun-
sci Wheticr ne lthe Mayor approved
the resolution il would be legally
operative. The corporation counsel
hold, tLA, the land referred 70 10 the
resolution rot an absolute fee. but
fee IN trust Soy certain purposes. The
land thus acquired cannot be gwen
away by ,Le city. nor # il were held
in fee--imf'o absolute could it be
SO conveyed by the Common Coun-
al. The >lnAint-i uni CommiSsloA-
CTS can convey, but the provisions
state that they must sell IT by pubic
auction. lie says be Is OF opinion that
n the resolution was signed by the
mayor il would lie LEGALLY operative to
effect he SION Of the ground pro-
posed. 1it park commissioner, hal
power o. .e.r ,hc right of ,epulchre.
and of cooIs. ,he'as,eut OF the Board