Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-29
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE PLACE OF BURIAL A Lofty Site In River
 side Park. "A MONSTER FUNERAL PAGEANT. Thousands Of Veterans
 To Take Part. LARGE SALT WORKS ABLAZE. Starvation For Fall River
 Mill Hands.
X MONSTER FUNERAL PAGEANT.
LARGE SALT WORKS ABLAzE.
ITO LIE IN RIVERSIDE PARK.

Grants Remains = Regulars On Guard over The Remains-Two Hundred Thousand Veterans Offer Te Attend The FuneraI-Mrs. Grant Still Very Much Depressed.
 MT. McGREGoR, July 26-Colonel Fred Grant arrived from New York this morning, | and at once repaired to his mothers apart ment in the cottage where the family gather cd to learn the result of his journey to New ! York. Colonel Grant was alone, Jesse hay 1 ing remained in New York He explained to the assembled family that there seemed to be l reasons for the choice of 8 burial spot in some other than Central Park. Riverside l Park had at the time of General Grants death been suggested as the spot of inter l ment, and it seemed best to the colonel, after | having seen and heard all, to change the place of sepulture to Riverside Park The matter thus having been presented to the generals family, conclusion was reached
 in accordance with the colonel's suggestion, 1 and the colonel at once dictated these de- ! spatches:
 MT McGREaoR, July 28. w. R. GRACE: Mother takes Riverside. Temporary tomb had better be at the same place. F. D. GRANT. GEN. R. MACFEELY, Washington: Mother l to-day accepted Riverside Park She wishes me to thank you for the tender of the Sol l diers' Home. F. D. GRANT. | Upon the same train that brought Colonel 1 Grant up the mountain came the company of regular troops that had been expected since l yesterday morning. They brought their 1 tents and all camp accoutrements, and wore 1 the uniform of the regular army. Thirty | eight men there were in all, and fine manly | fellows every one. The commandant is Major Brown, with Lieutenants Wood and I Barr, and the detail comprises Company B, | of the Twelfth infantry, located at Fort Niagara, on the Niagara river. The men l were formed in line and under arms at the l little mountain depot, and were marched up l the path General Grant attempted to climb to the cottage just six weeks ago to-day, l up the slope to ridge covered with pine trees | and beeches. The spot where halt was | made is about forty rods south from the cot tage, and here the white tents were pitched, | and about the cottage where the dead con- mander lay became scene of camp life, with veterans and regulars side by side They af- | terward changed their camp ground to a | point near the Eastern Lookout in order that the cottage may preserve it's seclusion. The | military bearing of the men as they marched 1 past the hotel was the subject of much fa- l vorable comment by those on the veranda. Colonel Roger Jones, to whom all military | are ordered here to report, came with the ! regulars, and has assumed control and direc- l tion, under orders from General Hancock He understands that the company of regulars referred to are to act as body guard and a ! guard of honor to the remains, but if this is l true the U S. Grant post detail that has l been serving in that relation since Sunday ! night will be displaced and relegated to a minor post of duty. This matter, however, l is within the discretion of Colonel Fred Grant, who will determine if the post of honor shall remain with the post that bears 1 the generals name.
 Dr. Newman is preparing his discourse to be delivered at the family funeral on August 4. He advocates the erection of @ temple 1 above the tomb of General Grant in which ! shall be placed all the mementoes and tro- phies of the old hero. He also urges that 1 any commemorative architectural structure shall be of utility in view, of the fact that General Grant of all other men was man of ! utility. The doctor expressed the opinion I that Riverside Park was lovely spot for the l burial. Mrs. Grant passed the day usual l in the upper rooms of the cottage. Dr.. Douglass says that she is very much de- 1 pressed, but that physically she is well
 as usual and not by any means subject for ! doctors care.
 It is understood that two hundred thou
 sand members of the G. A. R. have placed
 themselves at General Hancock's disposal
 with the urgent request that they may ap- ! pear in a body on the occasion of the funeral 1 obsequies in New York.
 A detail of light artillery has been or | dered here by General Hancock from Fort
 
 l mornings of August 3d and 4th. This after
 noon the most elaborate floral piece yet re-
 ceiyed came. It is large pillow of white
 immortilles on which is sword of colored
 flowers crossed by floral fac-simile of the
 epaulettes of 8 general. It is inscribed
 "Comrade U. s. Grant, from Meade post No. 1, G. A. R., Philadelphia" :"
 The purpose of carrying the body in the
 private car of MT. Vanderbilt has been
 changed and the funeral car "Woodlawn'
 has been substituted. The will bear the
 body and has capacity for forty people. The
 train then will be constituted stated in
 these despatches yesterday.
 | The government has ordered General Pas
 senger Agent Kendriek of the New York
 Central to drape the cars of the funeral train
 and it is the purpose to drape them entirely J
 in black, relying for imposing effect on ths
 massing of color.
 General Hancock and staff now purpose to
 be present here on Monday before the funer- ! al services. On the day of the removal to
 Albany the Delaware and Hudson company
 will send ahead of the funeral train four pas
 senger trains of fourteen each, at short
 intervals, to take up the Grand Army men
 and others who will that day be desirous of
 going to Albany to view the body while in l state.
 The morning mail for the mountain ar ! rives at II 40 o'clock each day. To-day the | pouch was larger and even fuller than usual | ! pers were found to be for Colonel Grant.
 The mail was swept into the bag and so de
 livered at the cottage, where heap
 of unopened mail had already accumulated
 It is the desire of Colonel Grant that the public should know that his mail has grown ) to such proportions that much of it will not
 be opened even until after the busy days
 have passed and the obsequies have taker | place. Colonel Grants thorough apprec ia
 tion of the kindly words and deeds of the l nation is manifested thus in his desire that l all should bear with any delay of correspond
 ence because of the physical inability of at ! tending to it at present. In due time it vii ! be 8 part of Colonel Grants pleasure to ac
 knowledge the tokens and tributes to his father.
 It is. learned that before Colonel Fred | Grant went to New York to select space for the generals sepalchre Mrs. Grant wished
 him to learn the wishes or opinion of thos, | with whom he consulted on the subject ant l if there seemed to be unanimity in favor O l any spot which the family had not considered ! he should give such inclination due weight 1 It is also known that the visit to Watch Hil ] Mrs. Grant and had been spoken of favora : ply by her, though the favored locality witt
 ali the family was the mall in Central Park When therefore, the colonel reported gen eral impression among the city authoritie in favor of the Riverside Park and added hi ! decision was quickly and easily arrived r at. Dr.. Newman is quite earnes s in his belief that the memorial should not b f conventional and meaningless like the gigan : tic shaft of the Washington monument. H. t would place in the temple proposed by hin all the gifts of foreign nations to the genera and all other treasures which have a-nationa : interest in connection with the great hero r ! There should also be room in the structur for any statues that may be erected symboli ; cal of the events of the generals life. Th
 guard of regular troops are on duty to-nigh
 in the grounds around the cottage, replacin Il the guard from Wheeler post of Saratoga
 The Wheeler guard will be on duty on tn
 cottage porch beginning when the body i placed in the casket tomorrow. The detai from U. s. Grant post of Brookly
 win take position inside tn
 cottage as the immediate guard of honor
 Orders were received for the transfer of tn
 body at Saratoga from the car on which i
 goes down the mountain to car tn < | o. rIo Tba fro,