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The Remains of General Grant Leave Mt. McGregor at 1 O’Clock. The Funeral Train Arrives at Sar atoga at 2 O’Clock. Impressive Services are Held at the Cottage Before the Departure. The Memorial Services and Address by Rev. Dr. Newman at Mt. McGregor. The Exercises in Westminster Abbey, London, Very Imposing. Canon Farrar Delivers a Very Impressive Sermon -The Persons Present—Etc., Etc. THE LAST DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN. Mr. McGregor, Aug. 4.—On the moun tain brow by Eastern lookout, a gun boomed suddenly at 4 0’clock this morn ing. The shock of reverberations was yet on the air when a second report shook the earth and demonstrated that the artil lerymen had begun firing the thirteen cg to mark the sun rise of the last day of ond Grant’s remains upon the mountain. In quick succession the guns were fired. The rain had ceased falling, but the mist concealed the valley which, however, partially rose before 5 o’clock. The sol diers had received orders to break up camp, and in less than twenty minutes all the tents had disappeared from among the trees and were packed ready for ship ment. Notwithstanding the heavy rain of the night, the soldiers slept well and comfortably, being provided with dry straw to place under their blankets and water-proof tent covers. At 6 o'clock the buglers of four companies of troops sounded the reveille, and the soldiers as sembled in full uniform and stood at parade rest for roll call down where the battery of guns were planted, close to the path of Gen. Grant’s last ride to the look out. At 8 o’clock the fog had fairly lifted and the day was clear. The family at the cottage were astir as the morning ad vanced to 8 o’clock, and the guests were moving at the hotel. The mountain train at 6 o'clock had begun bringing up pas sengers, and every hour thereafter the little engine drew up to the depot. The funeral car to carry the remains from the mountain to Saratoga came up early and lay waiting for the burden it should car ry. Last night the family, in a group and alone, had taken final farewell of the re mains of the dead general, and to-day gave up his body to the nation. At 9 2’clock the members of the family, except Mrs. Grant, repaired to the hotel for breakfast, and shortly afterwards entered the cottage, and preparations began for the funeral journey. Even this morning when the family were at breakfast it was not known what the widow would de termine to do. She had her trunk packed yesterday in the event of her deciding to go with the remains, but her decision had not been shared with the family. At 8:30 o’clock the doors of the Grant cottage were thrown open and a stream of visitors poured in steadily for over an hour. Soon afterwards the area in the vicinity of the cottage was thronged with wagons of every description containing farmers and their families who had come to attend the funeral. At 9:30 a train of two cars brought Gen eral Hancock and a number of distin guished visitors, among whom were Colonel Jones, Admiral Rowan, General Sherman, Senator Evarts, General Rufus Ingalls, Senator Miller, James W. Drexel and General Hancock's staff. At 10 o’clock services were held at the cottage in the presence of over 1,000 per sons. The ceremonies opened with the reading of Psalm No. 90, which was followed by a prayer by Rev. Bishop Harris, hymn ‘‘My Faith Looks Up to Thee,”’ joined in by the whole assemblage. Dr. Newman then came forward and de livered a sermon on the subject of the dead general. The family in the mean time setting about the remains in the parlor. DR. NEWMAN 8S SERMON. Dr. Newman spoke very feelingly in an address which consumed one hour and a half in its delivery. He took as the text the twenty-first verse of the twenty-fifth aes of Matthew: ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of the Lord.” “Such, my brothers,”’ said the speaker, “is the eulogy that God shall pronounce upon human goodness and fidelity where ever found among the sons of men.’” He said some comrade in arms would speak of the splendor of the martial gifts of the dead; states men would review the majesty of his civil administration; historians would place him on the pedestal of his renown, but let me, said the speaker, as a minister of religion, dwell upon the great charac ter which will ever be his crown of glory and the imperishable heritage of the coun try he loved so well. The minister dwelt upon the honors which had been bestowed upon him and the homage which was done his memory, and declared that the secret of his power on the thought of the world and the love of mankind was his loftiness of character, gravcour of intellect and the fact that he was tone other than himself. He was one of the few men in history who ex ceeded expectation by doing what all others had failed to do. He had no ha tred in his heart. His holy evangel to the nation was ‘‘Let us have peace.’’ In his dying chamber he grasped the hand of him whose sword was the first he had won, and as illustrative of this broad spirit, sorrow was national today in its broadest sense. Duty to his conscience, his country and his God was his standard of successful manhood. He was the humblest of men and a lover of the most lowly. His love of wife, chil dren and home was supreme. Of the deep and tender affection he bore his wife the speaker said: And such was the ten derness of his love and soliitude for her and hers, that he surprised her by a let ter found after his death. He had writ ten it secretly and carried the sacred mission day after day during fourteen days, knowing that she would find it at last. He quoted from the letter as fol lows: ‘‘Look after our dear children and direct them in the paths of rectitude. It would distress me far more to think that one of them could depart from an hon orable, upright and virtuous life, than it would to know that they were prostrated on a bed of sickness from which they were never to arise alive. They have never given us any cause for alarm on their account, and I earnestly pray they never will. With these few injunctions and the knowledge I have of your love and affection, and of the dutiful affec tion, I bid you a final farewell until we meet in another and I trust a better world. You will find this on my person after my demise.’ This was dated Mount Mc Gregor, July 9, 1885. Dr. Newman said the principles of Christianity were deeply engrafted on the spirit of General Grant. On the 18th of April last he had said, *‘I believe in the Holy Scriptures and who so lives by them will be benefitted thereby. Men may differ as to interpretation, which is hu man, but the scriptures are ‘ man’s best guide.’’ He held broad religious views and believed in the kinship of mankind. The closing portion of the address was devoted to a description of the last hours of the general’s life, his calm fortitude unwavering patience, and clear brain, knowing that the end was near and pray ing for its coming. _ The great crowd that attended the ser vices at the cottage, remained to see the body brought out by the main entrance. It was borne down the steps by the Grand post of Brooklyn, composed of thirteen veterans, and was preceded by a detachment of old soldiers, and two buglers playing the Dead March in Saul. Gen. Sherman and Col. Fred Grant and Jesse and Ulysses Grant walked two by two in advance. Then came Gen. Frederick Dent, brother of Mrs. Grant, and Dr. Sharpe, brother-in-law of Mrs. Grant, Gen. J. A. Creswell and the Mexican minister Senor Romero, 4 detachment of artillery with arms re versed and marching as infantry. Gen. Hancock and staff, Senators Evarts and Miller, Gen. Horace Porter, Thomas Ochiltree of Texas, Dr. Douglas, Gen. Rufus of Admiral Rowan and many friends of the general arrived at the sta tion, where there was another great crowd, and after some little time, spent in getting the passengers on board, the train consisting of six coaches, left for Saratoga. TRANSFER OF THE REMAINS. At the conclusion of the discourse the hymn “‘Nearer My God to Thee’ was ren dered by the Alfresco congregation. The services ended with the benediction. After the conclusion of the ceremonies there was a movement of the people towards the cottage to take a last look at the dead general, but it was not deemed advisable to permit anyone to enter as it was near time for the departure of the funeral train. Generals Sherman and Hancock left the balcony together. Mrs. Grant had concluded not to go with the funeral train but to wait over until 4 o'clock when she and other ladies of the family will leave for Saratoga and from there go direct to New York. The U. S. Grant Post 322, of Brooklyn, bore the remains from the cottage to the station. Shortly before 1 o'clock the military were drawn up and a salute was paid the remains as they passed the de pot, and the throng of people stood with uncovered heads while the casket was borne to the car of the mountain train of seven cars waiting at the depot. Next to the engine was the funeral car with open sides and solid massive draping. The transfer from the cottage to the tain was completed without difficulty, and the train started for Saratoga. The Guard of Honor of the U.S. Grant Post, of Brooklyn, consisted of Col. W. H. Bar ker, Major B. R. Corwin, Dr. George W. Brus, Reese B. William, J. P. Howatt, Commander H. Johnson, Henry W. Knight, R. 8. McKellar, Wm. McDonald, W. J. MacLeavy, George J. Collins, Noah Tibbitts and George B. Squires, and six men of the Legion of Honor. The general ablic was represented by Wm. M. Swarts, Admiral Rowan, Warner Miller, Joseph W. Drexel, Potter Palmer and others. LEAVING THE MOUNTAIN. At 1 o'clock the order to start was giv en, and the engineer shut all the steam from the cylinder and the train slowly started by its own weight down the mountain. The bluffs and ridges on each side of the track were densely thronged with people. The grove south of the cottage was alive with spectators, and every vantage point was occupied by those anxious to catch a glimpse of the funeral train. The mountain was hushed and still save the heavy booming of guns es ao farewell to the dead gen eral. ARRIVING AT SARATOGA. As the distance widened between the depot and the train the engine gathered greater speed and passed from sight around a curve. The descent to the vil lage of Wilton was safely accomplished, and on the platform were a few hundred villagers who silently and with uncovered heads watched the train pass by. Soon after this village was passed the saluting of the cannons near Saratoga were heard, and it was not long before the New York Central and Mount McGregor funeral trains were standing beside each other. Nine cars composed the New York Central train. Next to the engine came the funeral car, ‘“‘Woodlawn.’’ The re mains were lifted in silence by the guard of honor to the car ‘‘Woodlawn,”’ which was draped with black and hung with flags. he funeral parties were trans ferred to their respective cars which were all trimmed in plain black. The Brook lyn guard of honor and six men of the Loyal Legion with a detachment of regu lars entered the dead car; also two men of the Wheeler post G. A. R. Soon after 2 o'clock the sign was given to start and the train moved through the throngs and away from Saratoga. Mrs. Grant has concluded not to go to New York and will probably not leave here until Friday next. The other female members of the family, on account of this determination of Mrs. Grant, have not made up their minds whether to go this evening or not. ON THE WAY TO ALBANY. Albany, N. Y.. August 4.—To all on board the funeral train the beautiful drapery of the cars was the subject of comment. No wood-work except the sashes of the windows were visible. The engine and tender were draped with plaisted black radiating from the rosette center. The sides of the cab were cover ed in a like manner. Black cloth was draped from the boiler rails, and the front was fixed with taste. The funeral car Woodlawn was placed in _ panels and __ centers, and national flags were festooned grace fully, but there was no fluttering. The other cars were not so elaborately fur nished, but all were draped with good taste. Twenty-seven hundred yards of cloth were used. The train was prepared under the direction of D. M. Kendrick, eneral passenger agent of the New York central road, who will accompany the train to New York. The starting of the train from Saratoga was almost imperceptible, so slowly was it done. At the rate of eight or ten miles an hour the train moved eastward out of Saratoga. At every street crossing, or every veranda and balcony all vantage ground for observation was taken up. The bells in the steeples of Saratoga tolled as the black train trailed slowly out of the village toward Albany. The clock tower dial in Saratoga indicated 2:10 o'clock as the train passed through the suburbs. Twenty-five minutes later the trained pussed slowly into Ballston. About the depot were throngs of men and women. The church bells were slowly tolling, and a field piece near the depot saluted the train. High street was passed at 2:37 p. m., and the east line four min utes later. The train was quickening its speed. In the funeral car the U. S. Grant post, who were with the remains, were mounting guards at the casket. The re mains rested upon a black dais, and the compartment in which they lay commu nicated with the main saloon by folding doors which were open. The door at the sides of the funeral compartment were also open and the afternoon sun shone upon the royal purple velvet and silver mountings of the casket. The first and each succeeding detail consisted of two men of the U. S. Grant Post. One stood with folded arms at the head of the casket and the other at the foot. The first guard was mounted as Ballston was being passed round the lake. Rev. Dr. Newman’s summer home was passed at 2:48 o’clock. The depot platform, fences and fronts of the cottages in the grove were black with mourn ing drapery . The resident population formed lines of uncovered heads on each side of the track,and scarfs of mourn ing were fluttered by many ladies in the throng as the sombre train moved by. The hamlet of Coons was left behind at 2:55. Everybody had crowded to the track and nearby buildings to see the train that bore the dead general and ex president. West Troy was passed at 3:28 p. m., and the heavy black draped train rolled into Albany at 3:40 p. m., on time, as per special schedule. uperintendent Voorhees, of the Dela ware Hudson’s canal company’s road, stepped down from the cab of the engine. “From the first movement of the train from Saratoga to this instant,’’ he re marked to one who had ridden on the train, ‘‘you have heard no sound from the bell or whistle.’” It was true it was only five minutes ahead. The sound of the village bells came faintly above the rum ble of the train and signals of grief were displayed. Waterford Junction was passed at 3:14, and between there and West Waterford, which was three minutes be yond, a train going in an opposite direc tion slowed and halted as the funeral train approached. The caperens echoes at 3:22 when the black train rolled through, emptied the factories and workshops. Col. Grant, Jesse and U.S. Grant, Jr., alighted first from the funeral train when it had stopped at the foot of Spencer street in Albany. Gov. Hill took the first upon his arm, Assistant Adjutant General McEwan the second, and Col. Gillett the third. Rev. Dr. Newman, Dr. Douglass, and Gen. Sherman followed with Gen. Porter. The party was at once escorted to carriages and driven to the governor's mansion before the remains were removed. Gov. Hill and the other officers returned to the train, and there greeted General Hancock and staff, who were at the moment alighting from the car they had occupied. The remains were placed within the mounted ‘‘catafalque.’’ Six black horses with black trappings were hitched to the funeral car, and at the head of each horse as leaders were members of the G. A. R. posts 5 and 121. The crowd was dense. The remains hav ing been deposited on the funeral car it was drawn out into Spencer street, where it was flanked by company A, Fifth artil lery, and company E, Twelfth Infantry. Grand Army men guarded the remains at posts of honor and four men of the 10th battalion were mounted at each corner of the catafalque. Gen. Hancock and staff filed out into Spencer street, where the general was mounted on a powerful black horse, splendidly caparizoned. Organi zations to take part in the procession were waiting in various streets along the line of march and assumed their assigned posi tion in the procession. As the head moved on there were 4,311 men in the procession. Many companies outside at Barry and its vicinity were present and joined in the procession. The column moved through North Pearl street to State, to Eagle, to Washington avenue, to Knox street, to State and to the capitol. There Gen. Hancock dis mounted and retired and the remains were deposited beneath the great catafalque in the senate corridor. Before being so placed the body was conveyed to the present room in the capitol building, where the undertakers and embalm ers removed the lid of the casket to inspect the body and learn its condition after the journey from the mountain. They said they found the remains in ex cellent condition. The public was ad mitted finally about 5 o’clock, being per mitted to walk two abreast on each side of the casket, which lay on an inclined dais. Seven thousand and four hundred arsons viewed the remains the first hour. he U. S. Grant post of Brooklyn had 125 men waiting here and a detail of six men on _ each side of the casket kept the throng moving details for = duty be relieved by members of their respective organizations at intervals of three hours each until the remains are again moved. Company B, Fifth battalion, under command of Capt. Stackpole, was placed on duty in the cor ridor to stand guard till midnight, when it was relieved for six hours by company D of the same battalion. The remains will le in state in the capitol till 10:30 to morrow, when the doors will be closed. At 11:30 the procession will be again formed and the remains will be transferred from the catalfalage to the funeral car at the State street entrance of the capitol, and be escorted down State street to Broadway, up Broadway to Steuben street, and thence to the Central railway depot. At Secam, a pilot engine will leave Albany and run 10 minutes ahead of the schedule time for the funeral train in New York, having the same rights as the funeral train. It will leave the depot here at 12:20 p. m., arriving at the Grand Cen tral depot, New York at 5p. m., accord ing to the published schedule. The sen ate and assembly met this afternoon and appointed a joint committee to pre pare a suitable memorial, and subse quently, both houses took part in the pro cession. Late this evening Col. Grant, Jesse and A. 8. Grant, Jr., accompanied by Gov. Hill and others, entered the cap itol. The throng of visitors was checked for a time, and the general's sons passed beneath and halted briefly to view the re mains of their father. A cluster of eight incandescent lamps shed a brilliant light down upon the dead face and revealed a startling spectacle. ‘the skin of the face has the appearance of having been enam eled in a bungling manner. The skin has a ghastly hue and has a scaly appearance. This is explained as due to the fact that the face was powdered late this after noon, and without reference to the prob able effect of the brilliant light to which the remains, now for the first time are subjected. The powder will be removed in the morning. THE PROCESSION. New York, Aug. 4.—The procession from the Grand Central depot to the city hall will be made up as follows: Gen. Hancock and staff. United States band, battalion of foot artillery, four compan ies of infantry, two companies of marines, two companies of blue jackets, General Shaler and staff, Second battery mounted, Gen. Ward and staff, First brigade of the first division of national guards headed by Twenty-second regiment band, 100 citizens in carriages, the catafalque, guard of honor, Brig. Gen. Fitzgerald and staff, Second brigade of the First division of the national guard headed by the Seventh regiment. The line of march will be down Fifth avenue to Waverly place and thence on Broadway to city hall. As the First brigade enters the city hall park it will open ranks and the catafalque will be driven to the hall. Ex-President Hayes telegraphed to Gen erals Aspinwall and Sickles, today, that he would be in New York on Thursday. He expressed thanks for the attention shown him. General Hancock will notif the Grand Army organizations throug the press on Thursday the positions they will occupy. afternoon was an imposing event, adding to the history of England. The edifice was crowded with the congregation, nearly every member of which was a distinguished person. The order of ser vices was as follows: 1. Schubert’s funeral march. 2. Funeral procession up the nave of the cathedral to the choir. 3. Opening of burial service. 4. Ninetieth salm. 5. The day’s lesson. 6. Funeral sermon by Canon Farrar. 7. Spohr’s Anthem, ‘‘Blest are the Depart ea ’. Handel’s anthem, “His Body is Buried in Peace.” 9. Two concluding prayers. 10. Burial service. 11. Blessing. 12. Dead march in Saul. CANON FARRAR’S ADDRESS. Canon Farrar’s address was most im pressive, and was listened to with almost breathless silence. The canon took for his text verse 36, of the 13th chapter of Acts. He said he desired to speak simply and directly, with generous appreciation, but without idle flattery of him whose death had made the nation mourn; that he would touch only upon his public actions and services. he speaker then traced Gen. Grant from boyhood to manhood; compared him with the great men of the world, and ranked him with the foremost. In the course of his sermon Canon Far rar said: ‘Gen. Grant has been grossly and unjustly called butcher. He loved peace and hated bloodshed, but it was his duty at all costs to save the country. In his silence, determination, and clearness of insight, Grant resembled Washington and Wellington. In the hottest fray of battle his speech never exceeded “yea, yea,”’ and ‘“‘nay, nay.”’ CANON FARRAR’S ADDRESS IN FULL. The following is Canon Farrar’s address at the Grant memorial service at Westmin ster abbey today. His text was taken from the Acts, chapter 13, verse 36. Eight years have now passed since the late Dean Stanley, whom the Americans so loved and honored, was walking around this abbey with General Grant, explaiing its wealth of great memorials. Neither of them had nearly attained the allotted span of human life. Both might have hoped that many years would elapse before descending to the grave full of years and honors. This is only the fourth summer since Dean Stanley is asleep. Today we assemble at the obsequies of a great soldier whose sun set while it was yet day, and at whose funeral service in America tens of thousands are assembled at this moment to mourn with the weep in family and friends. I desire to speak simply and directly with grateful apprecia tion, but without the idea of flattery of him whose death has made a nation mourn. His private life, his faults or failings of charac ter, whatever they may have been, belong to the innocence of the world. They are be fore the judgment of God’s merciful for giveness. We will touch only upon his public actions and services. Upon a bluff overlooking the Hudson his monument will stand, recalling to future generations the dark page in the nation’s history which he did so much to be close. After eloquently tracing in Grant’s boyhood and manhood, the speaker said: If the men who knew him in Galena, ob scure, silent, unprosperous, unambitious, had said, or if anyone had predicted that he would become twice president and one of the foremost men of the day, the prophesy would have seemed to be ridiculous, but such cases are the glory of the American continent. They show that the people have a sovereign insight into intrinsic force. If Rome told with pride that her dictators came from the plow, the American may record the answer of the president who, when asked what would be his coat of arms, answered proudly, mindful of his early struggles, “A pair of shirt-sleeves. . The answer showed noble sense of the dignity of labor; noble superiority to the vanities of feudalism; a strong conviction that men should be hon ored simply as men, not according to acci dent of birth. America has had two mar tyred presidents; both sons of the people. ne, a homely man, who was a farm lad at 7, a rail-splitter at 19, a Mississippi boatman at 23, and who in manhood proved one of the strongest, most honest and God-fearing of modern rulers. The other grew from a sheerless child to be a humble teacher in the Hiram institute. With those presidents America need not blush to name the leather seller of Galena. Every true man derives a oteat nobleness direct from God, as not the Lord for thirty years a car penter in Nazareth! Lincoln's, and Gar field’s, and Grant’s early conscientious at tention to humble duties fitted them to be come kings of men. The year 1861 saw an outbreak of service, the most terrible of modern wars. The hour came and a man was needed. Within four years Grant com manded an army vaster than had ever be fore been handled by one man. It was not luck, but the result of inflexible faithfulness, indomitable resolution, sleepless energy, iron purpose, persistent tenacity; he rose by the upward graduation of natural fitness. The very soldiers became impregnated with his spirit. General Grant has been grossly and unjustly called a butcher. He loved peace and hated bloodshed, but it was his duty at all costs to save the country. The struggle was not for victory but for existence; not for glory but for life or death. In his silence, determination and clearness of insight Grant resembled Washington and Wellington. In the hottest fury of battle his speech never exceeded yea, yea, and nay, nay. God's light has shown for the future destinies of a mighty nation, but the war of 1861 was a necessary, a blessed work. The church has never refused to honor the faithful soldier fighting for the cause of his country and his God. The cause for which, Grant fought was the unity of a great people, the freedom of a whole race, was as great and noble as when at Lexington the assembled farmers fired the shot which resounded around the world. The south accepted a bloody arbitrament, but the rancour and the fury of the past are buried in oblivion. The names of Lee and Jackson will be a common heritage with those of Garfield and Grant. Americans are no longer northerners and southerners, but Americans. What verdict history will preeeress upon Grant as a politician and a man I know not, but here and now the voice of censure, de served or underserved, is silent. We leave his faults to the mercy of the Merciful. Let us write his virtues on brass for men’s ex ample. Let his faults, whatever they may have been, be written on water. Who can tell if his closing hours of torture and mis ery were not blessings in disguise? God puri fying the gold from the brass until the strong man was utterly purified by his strong agony. Could we be gathered in a more fitting place to honor General Grant? There is no lack of American memorials— we add another today. Whatever there be between two nations to be and forgive is forgotten and forgiven. Of the two peo les which were wont to be true to their du ,» who can doubt that the destinies of the world are in their hands. Let America and England continnue and regress, showing the world not only a mag nificent spectacle of human happiness, but a still more magnificent spectacle of two peo les united, loving righteousness and hating faicity, and inflexibly faithful to the prin ciples of eternal justice, which are the un changing laws of God DISTINGUISHED PERSONS PRESENT. The distinguished English personages present were Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, earl of Iddesleigh, Earl Cranbrook, Hon. Mr. Foster and a pgs number of peers and members of the house of commons. There were also present Prime Minister Salisbury, duke of Cambridge, com mander in chief of the British army, the marquis of Lorne. Gen. Lord Wesely, Senor Martinez, Chilean ambassador to England, Chief Justice Waite, ex-Attor ney General Brewster, Senator Edmunds, Senator Hawley, and other prominent Americans. Queen Victoria was repre sented at the service by her equerry. The prince of Wales, duke of Connaught, and duke of Edinburgh were also represented by equerries. GENS. JOHNSTON AND BUCKNER. The Times, in its eulogy today on Gen. Grant, renders to his character the highest homage. It says the action of the confederate Gens. Johnston and Buckner, in acting as pall-bearers, testi fies to the end of the civil strife between the north and south. Rowell, the pedestrian, will again visit this country in September.
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