Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. FILLING BY THE BIER. Thousands Pass Through City Hall. A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE. Officials In The Funeral
 Line. THE COAST SURVEY SCORED. A Death Struggle With A
 Maniac.
SCENES MN THE CITY HALL.

I A Great Rush to See the Remains one Hundred and Sixty-two Thou sand March Past the Bfer-Hand- some Flowers Surrounding the Casket The Appearance of the Remains-FurtherA Arrangements for the Funeral.
 l NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-The satisfactory ex- l perience of last night with the arrangements | for viewing the body of General Grant at the | City Hall continued to-day. The unavoida- l ble confusion in the earlier hours after the coffin was opened ceased very soon after the people began their march across the City Hall. Late at night the ranks were thin and plenty of time was permitted to the officers | on duty for observing the defects that might \ be remedied for the daylight procession. l That these defects were remedied in the di- | rection of comfort to the public is plain l enough from the snoothness with which the | proceedings to-day went forward. Crowds | of people loitered in City Hall Park all night, 1 and shortly after o'clock this morning, when the line began to move into City Hall l and past the remains, they were first in line. | There was not less than a thousand in line l at that time. The line started slowly, and l for the most part was made up of the laboring classes, who had risen hours earlier than usual for the purpose of ob- taining glimpse of the remains before going
 to work. In the first minute only eighty four persons passed the casket. An old lady who was very fat strolled in. She caught g glimpse of the floral pillow at the foot of the | casket and adjusted her glasses to inspect it. A tall, lean policeman seized her shoulder | and hustled her along. People were soon hurried through at the rate of 1O4 minute. The procession was almost lock step and the tramp was quick. At 6:25 8. m. the pulse of curiosity had sunk to ffty-six per minute and at 6:2S the rate was fifty-two. Among others was little bootblack with his box on his shoulder. His face shone and his hair had been freshly wet and smoothed out at the fountain. Many women came, too, and they caused delay. They must examine every detail and put their noses to the flowers before they could be made to move on. After o'clock the line changed in it's personnel. The laborers and working wo- men had gone and the clerks coming down town were stepping from the elevated and
  at the rate of 12O per minute. At S:30 the line was passing at the rate of 15O minute. The police regulations for the government of the crowd are excellent. Officers each side of the line stand abreast about ten feet apart, from the City Hall to White street and Broadway, and in case of accident the progress of the line can be cut off at any point without creating a crash. Up to 3 p. m. 43, 900 people had passed the casket in the City Hall, and the estimate at p. m was 52 ,OOO
 The beautiful floral piece, the gift of the city, which was placed in position immedi ately under the dome this morning, consisted of broken column nine feet high resting on pedestal with shield at the base, two floral flags on either side and the city coat oi arms in immortelles. The shield is composed of red and white stripes and stars, with z l scroll bearing the words ''U. s. Grant, ir l immortelles. The coat of arms of the city | rests on sword, pen and anchor, inter | twined with smilax. The summit of the | column is adorned with a wreath of laure l leaves with three white doves with out stretched wings immediately above. The en l tire piece, including the pedestal, is 15 feel | in height.
 1 The contribution of the Loyal 1egio1 bearing the words "Our Commander is l greatly admired. In the center of the bal cony above the grand staircase is huge flora ! piece modelled in imitation of an old fashion. l ed clock. Beneath the dial worked in i'm ! mortelles, is the date 1929, the year Gener l al Grant was born, and the dial hands are ! stopped at eight minutes past 8. The pen | dulum box contains the words w oman's Re lief Corps, G. A. R., !" worked in white ane ! purple flowers.
 1 A bronze bust of General Grant rests up ] on pedestal under the dome. It is sup ! ported on the back of an eagle, whose talons clutch cannon ball. A spear and flag l staff draped in the national colors are cross | ed behind the eagle, and over the spear head ! rests bronze wreath The base of the bust | contains fac -simile of the autograph ot General Grant, which reads, Article o1 Capitulation, Unconditional Surrender. U. 1 S. Grant,
 1 At the head of the eatafalque this morning ! stood Major George D. F. Barton of the Loyal legion commandery of New York Turning his eyes to the casket, he said to { | friend: ''See that badge on the generals I breast. When he gave up his relics, his | badge our commander in the legion was l taken from him. We bought this one fol
 him and last evening Lieutenant Colone Floyd Clarkson, chancellor of the comman | dery, pinned it on his breast It will bt l buried with him.
 Those who looked upon the face of Gener
 al Grant late to-day found it substantially l the same in appearance as it was when the l coffin lid was put on in the little reception
 room of the Drexe1 cottage on Mount Nc
 Gregor. It has grayish appearance, whlcf l is heightened no doubt by the gray in th' l generals whiskers. Those who saw hin
 occasionally in this city before he was con fined to his houseecannot, of course, remem Der his gray beards but from the time he wa
 taken seriously ill in the city till h.
 died, quite a change in this featur
 took place. The gray was not general ove
 his beard. It was confined mostly to tn
 lower lines and at the extremity of tn
 whiskers on the chin. This gray tinge o
 the whiskers no doubt helped to constitut
 what some have insisted is too light cast t.
 the countenance. Many who knew the gen
 eral well in life affirm to-day that even tn
 casual glance they have been permitted t.
 have of him as he lies in the coffin is satis factory as final recollection of the grea 1 commanders face It is very probable tha
 the face will remain unchanged till the cot fin is closed forever on Saturday.
 The crowd of spectators who were anxiou
 to view the body continued to increase dur
 ing the afternoon and at 8 o'clock the doubl
 line extended from the City Hall to Cente ! and Chambers streets and extended as ia
 down as Franklin street on Broadway. It !, estimated that from the time the iron gate
 of the City Hall leading into the vestibul
 were opened this morning six thousand pel sons passed every hour by the casket. At o'clock this evening fully ten thousand per sons assembled in front of the City Hall
 Printing House Square and the adjacen streets, while double line extended as far a Broadway and Worth street. The police al
 engagements were admirable and during tn
 day little trouble was experienced in keep ing the vast multitude in line.
 The verses written by Commissions
 Squire and placed by him in front of th City Hall last week were removed by orde of Mayor Grace shortly after dusk this ever | ing and two American flags draped wel hung in the vacant places. These much di cussed verses were as follows:
 - He bore aloft our sword of fire,
 : world watched envied nation,
 Where victory sang while trembling kings Bespoke our desolation.
 No faltering marked he Titan's task, No shrinking from the trial:
 He faced the foe e'er freedoms hand Fell shattered from times dial.
 Since the verses were put up 8 storm h. r ragged about them. One newspaper describe