The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-18
BURIAL OF HANCOCK.
The Last Sad Scenes-The Trip to New Yorl
The Services - Consignment to tn,

Tomb.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Governor's Island
was visited by raging storm Friday night
and was banked with fog and apparently as
isolated Saturday morning as rock in mid
ocean; the roaring of the steam whistles
and the occasional distant fog horns were
the only indications of its nearness to the
great city. Between seven and eight
o'clock the guards OF honor drew
/ up in front of the Generals
mansion. Then came detachment of 200
! soldiers from the several forts. In the
meantime, the widow of General Hancock,
accompanied by Mrs. Lieutenant Griffin
and Mrs. Bowler, entered the room in
which the herO's remains lay and took
| parting look at his face. Mrs. Hancock's
! grief was pitiful. She kissed her husbands
| forehead while the tears fell fast from her
| eyes, then she sank into a chair and would
/ have fallen to the floor had kindly hands
not come TO her aid.
LEAVING THE ISLAND.
The detachment of troops drawn up out
/ side then moved down the winding path TO
! the steamer Chester A. Arthur, which was
1 to receive the party. The mourners were
! Lieutenant and Mrs. Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Merriam, Mr.. and Mrs. Bowler, Colonel
Russell and wife and Mrs. w. f. Ludlow.
] Mrs. Hancock on the advice of friends
did not leave her home and Mrs.
Bowler remained with her. 1t was
precisely $50 o'clock when the first
gun was fired at Castle William, annOunc-
ing that the boat was ready to leave her
dock. The body had been placed in the
cabin. Near it sat the mouTners and few
officers. On the deck were gathered the
officers and soldiers. A moment later the
Chester A. Arthur swung out into the stream
and steered for the New York shore.
The fog by this time had lifted sufficiently
to give those on board the steamer view
of the harbor. The passage across was so
short that few vessels were met. At nine
o'clock the coffin, which had rested for a
few minutes at the barge office, was lifted
from the tTeste by eight soldiers who
carried it to the hearse with four horses at
tached which stood waiting on the plaza.
-Four companies of the Fifth artillery, I'M
der the command of Major Richard Jack
son, had proceeded the coffin and were
drawn up in line on the street, while the
pail bearers stood with uncovered heads as
the coffin passed.
AT THE CHURCH.
1t was nearly nine o'clock when the
march TO Trinity began. There was no
music and only the footballs of the police
and military upon the pavement broke the
impressive silence At precisely ten o'clock
Trinity Church was reached by the car
riages containing the pail bearers. who ell
tered the sacred edifice in this order:
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard. Secretary
of State; William T. Sherman, Lieu
tenant General, retired; Philip A.
I I
field, Major General; General w. B. Frank
lin, General James F. tricks. Brigadier
General A. Il. Terry, Brigadier General
John Newton, Brigadier General o. b.
Wilcox, General w. L. Walkers, Gen
eral F. S. Hartshorn, Colonel w.
p Wilson and Major W. ID. Miller.
The church was densely crowded with a
great thrOng of people among whom were
many eminent personages. The procession
moved along slowly up the aisle to the
altar, the clergymen in front of the casket
and Immediately behind them General Sher-
man and Secretary of State Bayard. Thus
they wendell their way to the chancel. The
words II am the resurrection and the life"
which came from the ministers lips, were
distinctly heard throughout the struc
ture After the four gentlemen above
mentioned came eight stalwart soldiers
them marched the pail bearers in the fol- /
lowing order: General p. III. Sheridan, |
General w. B. Franklin, General A. II. |.
Terry, General Wilson A. Miles, General /
w. f. Badly Smith, General John Newton,
General James B. Frye, General j. NJ. /
Schofeld, General o. Ii. Wilcox, General .
S. C. Walker, Mr.. Hartshorn, Colonel w. .
p. Wilson and Major w. ID. Miller.
THE SERVICES.
The casket was deposited on the cata- |
falque in front of the altar and the pail /
bearers were allotted the first two pews on .
either side of the main aisle. The choir /
.chanted Lord, Let Me Know My End"
after which the Rev. Z. c. Goodwin, of .
Governors Island, read the lesson, which .
was taken from l Corinthians. i. 20. The .
choir sang Rock of Ages" and then gath
cred around the coffin, where the burial .
service was rendered in an impressive .
manner. The anthem Il Heard Voice
from Heaven" was sung by the quartette.
The Rev. DR.. Morgan then read the Lords
Prayer. The funeral procession then
marched down the aisle to the main en-
trance, where the caSket was once more
placed in the hearse, eight non-commis-
stoned officers lifting the steel casket to
their shoulders and replacing it in the
hearse The general cortege then returned
to the barge office, where the steamer Osseo
was in waiting TO convey the funeral party
to Jersey City, where a special train was
in waiting to convey the party to Norris
town.
AT THE TOMB.
NoRRIsTowN, Pa, Feb l5.--The funeral
train bearing the remains of General Ham
cack made the journey from Jersey City to
this place without untOward incident. All
along the route men, women and children
were out to see the passage of the black
robed cars, testifying their respect and
honor for the brave defender of the Union.
At Philadelphia committees representing
the Loyal Legion and the citizens awaited
the train, Among the distinguished Penn
sylvanians were Governor PattisOn and ex-
Governors Hoyt and Hartranft Every
public organization in the city was repre-
scented in the procession which attended
the body to the cemetery. The city
was thrOnged with people from the sur
rounding country. The military salute
was fired from four cannons, which were
dragged through the city to the cemetery.
The ceremonies then ended. The vault in
which the great captains mortal remains
found a resting place was a stone structure
eight feet high with roof of granite and
doorway seven and a half feet from the
ground. There is no inscription anywhere
on the exterior, and the vault itself is very
plain and rendered especially inconspicuous
from the fact that it is built in the face of a
small hill.
The judge who had charged the
colored harnesS-maker two dollars for
some legal advice, given in few words,
some months afterwards left a strap
with him TO be mended On CALLING