The Remains Of Gen. Hancock Consigned To The Tomb

J 2The rcmalns of Gen. Haneock wera ! ÍH1 trm li.t l"i. I ' - ■ -' ult. Brlef but fmpresslvc services were held at Ibis place ander the auspkC3 oí tlie miliuu-y. it the close of whlcu the remiuns were convcyed by steamer to Jersey I ity. thence bj ■ ipecia! train to Norrsstown, Pa. All along , the route men, woim-n and eblldren gathered to sce the black-robed car whicli contained the rcmains oí him who had done so much to s:ive the unión. Arrlved at Norrlstown the y.ru íession naa at once íormed, and marcho i to the site of the tomb on the hill oyeriooklng the city. Thcre was no pause at tl.e entrunce to the toml, the casket ueinjt rarricil directly inside and rolled uto the niche waltiug for it. As the body passed ftrough the gateway of the Uiml) the ürst of three ras Bred lïom tu.t hülsidc. The followed a inessenger Irom Mis. Hancock, who boro two wreaths oí whtte margucntrs, upon one of whlch was the word "dauKhter," ind the othor hore the word "husband. The wreaths were placed upon the casbet, aud the tomb was s alcd. As the regulara withdrew I from the sepulcher bugler ciimo forward ' and soundtd the last -taps' tor Uen. Hancock, and the laxtsad rites were endeil. The funeral was attended by the entlre inet, and i numbw of merabers oí congrega. The president could not atieul, owlne to the pressure of official business. Mrs. Tlancoek was not ablc to uttend, but tookjeave of the remains at Iho islaml.
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