Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-15
HANCOCK AT REST.
THE HERO'S REMAINS DEPOS.
TIED IN THE TOMB.

Leaving the Island-Services in
New York-Arrival at
Norristown.
IBy Telegraph
NEW YORK, February 13th.-Last even
ing everybody upon the island was allowed
to enter the parlor in which General Han
cock S body lay, and take farewell look at
the dead countenance, and for nearly an
hour officers, priyates, servants and mes
sengers filed by the coffin Many eyes
were filled with tears at the solemn spec
tacle. This morning DR.. Janewdy reported
that Mrs. Hancock had passed restless
night, but seemed better at daylight
Governors Island visited by raging
storm and banked with fog, was apparently
as isolated this morning as a rock in mid
ocean. The roaring of steam whistles and
the occasional distant fog-bell were the
only evidences of its nearness to a great
city, The military colony was astir at an
early hour. The little steamer Atlantic,
which darts between the Battery and the
pier on the island, brought over loads of
officers in uniforms and citizens in drip
ping oyercoats. The privates who were
pacing along the brick walk in front of
in their wet uniforms.
PRIVACY DEsIRED-THE WIDOW
General Hancock's remains were inclosed
in q handsome casket, and Grand Army
badge was attached to the left side of the
lapel of his uniform. Beautiful floral
pieces were received from the Sandy Hook
officers, the w. S. Hancock Grand Army
Post and other organizations. The desire
of Mrs. Hancock was that the funeral
should be private, in accordance with the
Generals expressed wishes. On the after
noon that Grant was placed in the tomb in
Riverside Park, Hancock stood beneath the
trees on a little knoll at its rear with Mayor
Grace. He spoke of the grandeur of the
| spectacle, and the Mayor suggested that the
| same honor would be done him some day
The General was silent a moment and then
said, earnestly: am going to ask for a
| private funeral
| In the meantime the widow, accompa-
| MED by Mrs. Lieutenant Grisweld and Miss
| Bowler, entered the room in which the
i dead hero lay, and took parting look at
| his face. Mrs. Hancock's grief was pitiful
! She kissed the forehead of the dead soldier,
| while tears fell fast from her overlooking
| eyes. Then she sank into a chair, and
would have fallen to the floor had not
kindly hands come to her assistance. The
| CO1llI- WIS lIICll put III It's IbldCt, anu Il
laurel wreath, brought to this city by the
! Philadelphia Loyal Legion. was laid upon
| it.
| DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLAND.
Six soldiers bearing the black cloth
| covered bier came into the room, and,
placing the coffin upon it, bore the body
out of the house. The detachment of troops
| drawn up on the outside then moved down
| the winding path TO the steamer Chester
A. Arthur, which was to receive the party
Mrs. Hancock, on the advice of her friends,
did not leave her home. Miss Bouvier re-
manned with her.
1t was precisely 8 O'Clock when the first
| gun fred at Castle William doomed out
over the bay, announcing that the boat was
ready TO leave her dock. The body had
| been placed in the cabin. Near it sat the
mourners and few officers. On the decks
were gathered the officers and soldiers. A
moment later and the Chester A. Arthur
| steamed out into the stream and steered
| for the New York shore. The fog by this
| time lifted sufficiently TO give those on
| board the steamer the first view they had
had of the harbor. The passage across was
| so short that few vessels were met At 9
| o'clock the coffin, which had rested few
minutes at the barge Office, was lifted by
eight soldiers, who carried it to a hearse
/ Win IOuI i4plsCc atiSNiltO- htllIl -ctcOQ III
waiting on the plaza. Four companies of
the Fifth Artillery were drawn up in line
on the street. while the pail bearers stood
with uncovered heads as the coffin passed
All along Broadway from Trinity Church
to the barge office, policemen were placed
numbering about 500.
IN NEW YORK CITY.
All an early hour the people had begun to
| gather on the streets through which the
procession would pass but the rain evil
IDENTIFY had its effect, and the crowd grew
| slowly, while all who could find shelter
sought such Enclosures as the doorways and
| awnings might afford. The decorations
were few and far between, consisting
chiefly Of flags.
After the flag had been wrapped around
the coffin the troops broke into columns of
companies and prepared for the march TO
the church. The pall-bearers entered the
carriages and followed the military A
| squad of police cleared the way. After the
hearse came a long line of carriages. with
the family and friends and representatives
from the New York Commandery of the
military order of the Loyal Legion, the So
cieiv of the Army of the Potomac, Phil
! Kearny Post, No. s. George Washington
| Post, Rice Post and Winfield Scott Hancock
| Postal under command of General Lloyd
| Aspinwall. The crowd had by this time
enormously increased, and along the street
and up Broadway the people stood, in
| places, seven or eight deep. The route had
| been changed, and it was nearly 10 o'clock
| when the march began in the order above
| described. There was no music, and only
| the footballs of the police and the military
as they fell upon the pavement, broke the
| impressive silence, although, from far away
| across the water, came the booming of the
minute guns.
AT THE CHURCH.
1t was precisely 10 o'clock when Trinity
F., Church was reached by the carriages con-
tanning the pall-bearers, Hon. Thomas +.
| Bayard, Secretary OF State, General Sher-
man, Northumberland Sheridan, Major
| General Schofeld, General Franklin, Brig
adler General Fry, Brigadier-General Fer
ry, Brigadier- General Miles, Brigadier-Gen-
eral Newton, Brieadier-G General Wilcox,
| General Francis Walker Mr. Hartshorn,
Colonel Wilson and Major Miller Trinity
| Church bore no traces of mourning save
white cross on black ground, which rested
| upon the pulpit. Various floral gifts were
| tastefully arranged at the altar rail, and the
| interstices in the reading desk were filled
/ with small floral designs. When the pro-
cession reached the church Rev. Arthur
Hill and Rev. Mr.. Auketill met it at the
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| up the aisle preceded by the pall-bearers
The casket was born by eight soldiers On
the casket was General Hancock's sword,
its golden scabbard and his chapeau Fol
lowing the pall-bearers came Lieutenant
| Griffin and his wife, who was dressed in
| deep mourning, and who led her 4-year-old
daughter by the hand. With her was
Russell Hancock, grandson of the dead
| General.
The casket was deposited on catafalque
in front of the altar. The choir chanted,
Lord, let Me Know My End" after which
Rev. Goodwin, of Governors Island, read
| the lesson. The services concluded by the
reading of the Lords Prayer by Rev. Nor
gan Dix. The procession then reformed,
marching down the aisle to the main en-
| trance, where the casket once more was
| placed in the hearse. After the services
| the funeral cortege returned in the same
order as before to the barge Office, where
! the steamer Osseo was in waiting. Promptly
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