Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-28

funeral march, representatives of the clergy of all denominations were present when the pall-bearers emerged from the city hall and the casket was placed in the funeral car, a magnificent catafaloue. draWn by twenty-four black horses, with black trappingS and each lead by col ored groom. The pall-bearers were: Gen. William T. Sherman, Gen. J. E.. Johnston, the southern soldier; Gen. Phil Sheridan, Gen. Simon B. Buckner, of the former confederate army; George w. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel, Admirals Porter and Worden, Oliver Hoyt and George Iones, Gems. John A. Logan and Georgt~ Boutwell,.
 WIS: measured tread and dirge play ing, < funeral army started. Fully 50,- 900 f< were in line. There were cele- br7o generals who had fought with GT T>; Grand Army men who had served ufSe' him; Mexican war veterans, United SS IS cavalry and infantry, state troops fjS many states and civic bodies. It = the grandest memorial pageant the RT rid had seen since that of 1852, when e Duke of Wellington was buried. s. At the Fifth Avenue hoteA President u 1ev2land, Former Presidents Hayes and Arthur, Vice-PIesidsnt Hendricks, Sec 'retarles Thomas F. Bayard. William c. Whitney, Lamar and Manning and other nia .onal and state digrita,ies joined the procession. The grand marsl1ll of the day was Gen. Winfield Scltt Hancock. It was truly a reuntal of seo.ion- and ap- propriat-ly signalzed in action Gen. Grants wish Let us have peace" In the almost endless line were many so- h. ern troops, the City Guard, of Atlanta, the Virginia s ate troops and others. When the oalsafalque passed the massad crowds .het occupied almost every avail able inch of space from the city hall to the tomb, all heads were barred reverent- ly under the hllzing sun of that Saturday morning.
 Beside the car was guard of honor, which consisted of Batter A, Fifth unI ed State0 artillery; Company E, Twelfth ir'fantry and some of the pail bearers in carriages. Then came aIaiother long line of soldiers, veterans and civic boiSies.
 Llte in the afternoon the catafalque reaoh.d the small plain brick vau1., sur mourted by gtlnded cross Una. Shone in the sunlight. At this time the entire surrounding area was mass of glisten- ing bayonets and holding plumes, sol- diers on hocss back and soldiers cn foot and bsttle-wOrn flags. ES anding near the spcft wher; the body Of Gen. Grant was to rest, in addition to the president, former presidents and the cabinet officers, was hcs- ot governors, senators, chief jus tlces, congressman, generals, admirals and galaxy of famous men, Col. F cd Grant, with his wife, was there and be- hind him were his sister Mrs Santor,s and his brothers, Jesse and Ulysses. .Jr, with tEi,ir wives, children and relatives. The Warships in the river thund red salutes. The band al .he tomb played a dlrge and the roll of untitled drum and music of other bands were heard from near and distant spots. The concourse stood there with heads barred in silent re- spect as the simple funeral services were begun.
 A wreath of oak leaves made by the children in the woods of Mt. McGregor was placed upon the purple casket and the bugl+r sounded the Rest" call. SEhara xxyoc Harris read prayer and Parson New 1 man followed with portion of the funer- | al service of the Methodist church. The l ritual of the Grand Army was read and followed by trumpeter of the regular army, sounding Taps" the last call of the camp, by the side of the casket. It was the final seem. Gen. Sherman cried outright. Gen. Sheridan and Gen. John ston and other noted men gave way to tears, while thousands of veterans and onlookers could not restrain their grief.
 Col. Grant and his relativzs went be- side the casket and the children threw their offerings of flowers upon 1t and retired. Mrs. Grant, the generals widow. was not present. Some of her friends urged her to be there but she said that she felt that she had bade the general good bye at the funeral services at Mt. McGregor, and she preferred to have that as the remembrance of their last part ing"
 
 was borne into the tomb and placed in the steel casing. The door of the vault was locked and the key handed to Gen. Hancock, who passed It to Mayor Grace. In turn the mayor gave the key to Presi- dsnt Crimmins of the Park commission. The Seventh regiment faced the river during this time and three volleys re- sounded. Then three volleys mor= belch- ed from the guns of the Twenty-second regiment. The mounting of the guard TNl1~ T1a1 ,,t1 ,N1o they began the vigil which has not since ceased. Then the vast procession and gathering began to disintegrate At 6 o'clock when th@ last of the troops had gone, ten of the soldiers of Battery H., of the Fifth United States artillery, ar- rived at the door of the tomb, where two soldiers stationed themselves with pre- scented arms. Hither and thither paced two other sentinels with trailed arms.
 That nigh. men who had fought in the blue and mem who had marched in the gray met as comrades to talk over the time when they had faced each other on the fields of battle. AS the sentries paced in front of rhe unpreteptious tomb everyone knaw that the time so ardently hoped for by Gen. Grant had conc in spirit as well as in name. The immense crowds dispersed to their homes and the ely resumed its normal aspect. The old tomb of Gen. Grant-a quaty little brick built affair, which was in-
 
 the body and held 1t for almost twelve years-stands as a woeful contrast to the new tomb in which the remains are to rest for all time.
 The two-the old tomb and the new stand close together, almost side by side. The one impresses even ehe most care less observer with the idea of temporal power, wealth and gundeur; the other, the old tomb in its simplicity is an enl- blem of sorrow, which seemed to center the natural sadness that hovers about the memory of a hero, ard to concentrata these memories to one lietle poetic spot.
 With the old tomb, the thousands who stood before the grated door each year thought only of the dead man of war; wjth the new tomb, that feeling must in part give way before the magnifcence of the artistic structure which has been rearsd t1 preserve the memory
 On little knoll which was always the first spot in the vicinity to tell of tha approach of spring and the last to take on the garb of win,er, the temporary tomb stands. The first touch of work done upon 1t was on Tuesday, July 2S, Gx.n 1 aIft