Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1885 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the WeekFArrFHX, A te from Mosta MieGreesr, cf Jxy Ik ni7~t. Fs*i Grfaxx te •cwe-jccii tie- cffw cff tfee :ist if Nev York. *s»i tee eesteas &f tee M*era wi. be ts-serr-ai in Cer.tr*. Pfarit- Tfes- f«erA trtou w_U jsnre JLceax M*eGre*cr T-jesixy. As*. 4. Key faS Sara**** tw® eccts. xai ~aeb AlE*te a tee- wfaere tee rerti ss W-L lie m Ran* j* tee Cap-JSe* ua:; soca Wefaeed*y. xE’i tee* ie take” te New Ycrt where they wL- to jufaee-d sa tie City Hfai esu. . S*£s.'i*y. A*X- A wises inter-seat wto Soiksw la Ceetral Park." Heanorial sern«s in honor of Gen. Gnz: were beU M Eitr crises ate town* ixK S-EE-iiy. At Galena. the First Me-thtesst > Epace p*. Chcreh. in which tee General | fforaaeny xcr-ipi and toe pew which be used for szany years were eiaborateiy -intp-i. teetrarry of Gen. Grant in Lfneoin i ark. Chicagn. a: a cost of SWIOsO, of which amount ’ Petter Palmer offers to contribute SS,W>. Tc& first profiuof Geo. Grant’s took Will, it is thought, eteeed those of any other book ereriasaed. The publishers estimate that from SI->?,9»»to $208,000 will be pa£l to Mrs. Grant for the first edition, and that she may receive nearly $500,000 aitoje'her. Rochester fN. Y.»dispatch: "The casket for Gen. Grant’s remains was shipped from this city to Saratoga last Sunday. It is an elaborate coffin, and was built from entireiy ■original designs at an expense of over SLOW. At the solicitation of the public the manufacturers permitted it to be seen at their warerooms by such as desired. It is estimated that 20,000 people visited the spot where it was exhibited, and there were many who shed tears at the sight of the receptacle for the dead hero’s remains.” Dr. Douglas has in his possession the following remarkable document, which was writen by Gen. Grant in the Lector's ‘ presence on Thursday, July 2. I ask you not to show this to any one, anlesa the physicians you consult with, until the end. Particularly, I want it kept from my family. If known to one man the papers will get it. and they I the family] will get it. It would only distress them almost beyond endurance to know it, and, by reflex, would distress me. I have not changed my mind materially since 1 wrote you before in the same strain; now, however, I know that I gain strength some days, but when I do go back it is beyond where I started to improve. I think the chances are very decidedly in favor of your being able to keep me alive until the change of weather to war, I winter. Of course there are conting ncies that might arise at rny time that might carry me off very suddenly. The most probable of these is choking. Under the circumstances life is not worth the living. I am very thankful (for thankful glad was written, but scratched out and thankful substituted,! to have been spared this long, because it has enabled me to practically complete the work in which I took so much interest. I can not stir up strength enough to review it and make additions and subtractions that would suggest themselves to me and are not Jikelv to suggest themselves to any one else. Under the above eircumstances I will be the happiest—the most p iin I can avoid. If there is to be any extraordinary cure, such as some people believe there is to be, it will develop itself. I would say, therefore, to you and your colleagues to make me as comfortable as you can. If it is within God's providence that I should go now, I am ready to obey His call without a murmur. I should prefer to go now to enduring my present Buttering for a single day without hope of recovery. As 1 have stated, lam thankful lor the providential extension of my time to enable me to continue my work. I : m further thankful, and in a much greater degree thankful, bemuse it has enabled me to see for myself the happy harmony which so suddenly sprang up between those engaged but a few short years ago in deadly conflict. It has been an inestimable blessing to me to hear the kind expressions toward me in person from all parts of our country from people of all nationalities; ot all religions and of no religion; ot Confederates and of national troops alike, of soldier organizations; of mechanical, scientific, religious, and other societies, embracing almost every citizen in the land. They have brought joy to my heart if they have not effected a cure. So to you and your colleagues I acknowledge my indebtedness for having brought me through the ▼alley of the shadow of deash to enable me to witness these things. , U. S. Gbant. Mount MacGregor, N. Y., July 2,1835.