Morris tribune., 1886-03-03
Distinguished Personages Gathered at the
Grant ObsequieS.

Possibly so many distinguished men
have never before been brought to-
gethcr in New York on any one occa-
sion. In the groups that gathered
now and again, there were to be seen
the incised features oi Senator Evarts;
.'the cultured Lincoln" rs | heard him
called; Senator Morrill,, of Vermont,
tall, stoop-shouldere;!. with white,
student face, something in appearance
like Charles Summers, but not so
heavy or leonine and vigorous; short
and inclined to be stout, with a soldier
" mustache and goatee, gold eye-glass-
es and light slouch hat, and hand
some and dapper enough for the admi-
ration of all the fair sex; Senator
Warner Miller, with his large round
face, blonde mustache, heavy weight
and slow movement; John Sherman,
erect and angular as guide-post, with
his keen face lifted above all his fel-
lows; Senator lsham G. Harris of Ten
nessee, with bald and shining head;
ex-President Hayes, with sandy hair
and freckled face. stouter than OF yore;
eX-President Arthur, also grown tritie
grey and little stout, elegant in at
tire, as always; cx-Attorney General
Plerrepont, who, by his cut of whiskers
and facial expression, might have
stepped from picture of q Puritan
gathering into his modern garb and
modern surroundings; the smooth
shaven, wrinkled and smiling visage of
Governor Oglesby, of Illinois; Henry
WatterSon, in a brown business suit,
brusque aud nervous, with his head
turned slightly 10 one side and moving
constantly about to secure for his one
eve the vision of two; Murat Halstead,
with a Field Marshal air, and mustache
and coatee white as the driven snow;
Speaker Carlisle, with dark suit
strangely in contrast with q high white
hat, under which the same cynical
smile is constantly to be seen on his
bare face: Samuel d. Randall, standing
by him, heavier in form, larger in mold
and feature, with the same thin-Epped
smile, but dressed in better taste, Gen.
n. P. Banks, of Red river fame. These
and hundreds of others command at
tention, by reason of their prominence
in public life or their personal appear
ance. Nearly all of the throng have
risen, as Grant rose, from the ordinary
walks of life. 1t is a revelation OF the
possibilities of the new world, of which
General Grant wrote to General Buck
| ner. Il know now the value of our in
| heritance." | saw General Sherman
moving about the Fifth Avenue Hotel
corridors in an old straw hat, an alpa-
| ca blouse with single button, and a
| pair of battered slippers. and then
blossoming out in full uniform, tall,
erect, martial and proud, fine type
| of the American citizen soldier. The
| quaint manners and the freedom with
! which he can be approached by any
one and every one, are not least of the
| features of his character that draw
men involuntarily to like ''Old Tecum.
sch," the leader of the March to the
Sea, that cut the rebellion in two. Al
together different is General Phil Sheri-
| dan, who went about with his brother,
Colonel mike Sheridan, who is fre.
uuently mistaken for him, as sort o1
twin Sheridan, in a crowd, and would
be picked out by stranger as a pros
porous turfman. In civilians dress he
looks as if he had just stepped out of 8
bandbox, except that his face is bronzed
and redeemed. His suit of grey En-
glish goods fits him like wax. In the
Wearer of high white hat it would be
difficult to discover off-hand the hero
of Winchester and the gallant cavalry.
man who cut out the Confederacy al
Ricmond. These men were Grants
foremost lieutenants. In the group o.
Senators called here by the Vice-Presi
! ir1 fun of 11Iso
sented to view in the swarthy face anc
| raven mustache of General Logan,
who, perhaps, more than any Other
man, is to-day the tavorite of the vol
unteer soldiery, whose deeds and Yalol
saved the Union. 1t would be hard tt
find, the country over, or the worlc
over, handsomer typical warrior thar
| General Hancock, whose 250 pounds
are carried in military harness with 6
martial air and gallantry beyond al
criticism. These four men, like Gen.
Grant are of humble origin.
| Glancing through the gathering
crowds l saw General Lew Wallace
looking sober and thoughtful, through
| gold-bowed' 'spectacles under a brown
slouch hat. but missed his fellow officer
General McClernand, who fell with him
under the wrathful criticism of Grant
at Shiloh and Donelson. General Wal
lace has acted with manly dignity il
the matter that | hear is likely to bt
rewarded, though he may not know it.
by words of justice to him which Gen
Grant has written and left behind il
his memoirs. General Wallace has
claimed that, but for himself and Nc.
| Clernand, Grant would have beer
crushed in either of those battles. L
Grant should have so written it, Wal
lace may well have waited in silence
until NOW. y lribune's "GroupS