Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1885 — Page 1

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VOL.. XXXI-NO.- 2G. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1885. WHOLE NO. 1,581.

THE END HAS COME To the Great OiefSin Afar Many Mostls of Pitxnt Suffering,

And TlAy 44c Nation Mourn Cr the Le Ml lfcxty-of It Hero. tYhoe spirit Tvwvk : flight at 8:08 O'OflTCk "Thursday Morning Mt. MGre(.or, Jüly 2k AtO o'clock last night one of General Grant's physicians conceded with some caution that the patient might survive until July -'. His meaning was that the sick man might yet he living when midnight should mark the new day. The physician's indication it was not a prognostication was borne out, ind more. The General passed into the first hour of the day, he saw its light at sunrise, and through the early morning hours he survived. The advent of July i, however, marked a change in General Grant's condition which wa significant. The chill at tic extremities was increasing, ami the use of bot applications to keep warmth in the extremities and vital parts was resorted to. They were of some avail, but artificial warmth was without power to reach the cause or stay the results of dissolution, which began Tuesday evening, and had been propressing steadily though gradually. Hyio'ilermic injections of brandy were frequently given te stimulate the flagging physical powers, but these failed to aSect the patient, whose vitality and physical 'forces were so far ?ier.it as to furnish no footing for rebound; indeed, the efforts-of the medical men were being made lieeause none could stand by inactive without the trial of an exledient that might prolong life an hour or a minute. The physicians believed that the patient might reach the ebb of his strength at 1 o'clock a." m.. and the .approach of that hour was anticipated with interne anxiety at the cottage. It passed, however, and the General lay upon his back, and propjed up by two pillows, placed ujon the eot-bed in the parlor, was yet living, but growing weaker. The inevitable close of the General's long sickness seemed more and more imminent. The feeble pulse-beats had worn themselves by their rapidity to a Muttering throb that could . not be gauged beneath the finger of the physician. The lody was being worn out by its own life currents, so rapid was the coursing through the veins. Kejaltdly the brandv was injected beneath the kin of the General, but, despite its wanning influence, the respirations had quickened from forty-four to the minute during the evening to a point of labored breathing that was painful to friends who grouped and Lent near the sick man. Two o'clock had been passed, and the evidences of nearing death were multiplying. The increasing respirations were not aoHe more rapid, but more shallow. ' The lengs and the heart were giving away. ho weak had General Grant grown at 3 o'cloc k that, though he frequently attempted to do so. he was unabl any longer to clear the gathering mucus from his throat. It accumulated and remained, and as 4 o'clock drew on, and the daylight came, a roint had been reached, when ext-eetoration was impossible. There was not left enough strength, and from 4 o'clock on there was in the throat the significant rattle of the mucus tluit was tilling the lungs and clogging the throat. At 3 o'clock the General asked for water, and after that it is not remembered that he uttered any word. At 4 o'clock the breathing was quickened, and reached fifty to the minute. An hour later the respiration had reached sixty, and between ." and ' o'clock the finger nails had become blue, and the hands f urther evidenced the progress of numbness at the extremities, and at every breath the mucus clogging in the throat was growing more noticeable. A few minutes lefore 8 o'clock Drs. Douglas, Shrady and Sands stood on the cottage veranda conversing alout the condition of er-ral Grant and discussing the jrobabilities of his death, and the limit of life left the ick man. Mrs. Sartoris and Stenographer Ihiwsjn were conversing a little distance away, when Henry, the nurse, stepped hastily upon the piazza and spoke quietly to the physicians, lie told them he thought the General was very near to death. The medical men hastily entered tlie room, whose the ick man was lying, and approacJed Ids side. Instantly upon scanning the patient's face, Ir. Douglas ordered tho family to he summoned to the bedside. Haste was made, and Mrs. Grant, Jesse Grant ad wife, I". S. Grant, Jr., and wife, and Mrs. Colonel Grant were quickly beside the doctor at the sick man's cot. Mrs. Sartoriail Mr. Dawiton had followed the doctors in from tle piazza, and the entire family was present except Colonel Fred Grant. HaMy summon were sent for him, but he entered the eiek room while the messenger waa Marching for him. The Colonel seated himself at the liead of the Ied. with his left arm resting upon the pillow alove the head of the General, who van breathing rapidly and with slightly gapping respirations. Mrs. Grant, calm, but with internal agitation bravely suppressed, took a seat lose by the bed-ide. She leaned slightly upon the cot. resting upon her right ellov and gazed with tear-blind eye into the General's face. She found there, however, no token of recognition, for the ick man was peacefully and painlessly passing into another life. Mrs. Sartoris came behind her mother, and, leaning over her shoulder, so witnessed the last close of a life in which she Jad constituted a strong clement cf pride.

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Directly lvknd Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris, amVuit a little distance it-reeved, stood Drs. Do1. Shrady and Sands, spectators of a dorg lite their efforts and counsel had so prolonged. On 5hc opposite side of iIk bed from his motlfr and directly before lirr stood Jes-e Graiftand V. S. Grant, Jr., t.nd near the cortver of the cot on the siiwp side as Jesse and nejr to each, was Mr. X. K. Dawson, the GeneraJ's stenographer and evidential Secretary. At the foot of the bed nd gazing directly down into the General's face was Mrs. 'oloiul Fred Grant, Mrs. C-. S. Grant, Jr., and ?Mrs. Jesse Grant, while somewhat removed 'from the familv circte, Henry, the nurse, an-i Harrison Terrell, tire General's body servant, were resi-ectively WRtching the closing life of atient, their nurster. Dr. Newman had required to the lotel to breakfast and was not present. The General's little grandchildren, U. S. Grant, Jr., and Nellie, were sleeping the sleep of childhood in the nursery room above. Afterward the entire family and lions -hold were gathered at the bedside of the dyin; man. The members of the group had leen summoned not a moment sooner than was prudent. The doctors note 1, on entering the room and pressing to t lie bedside, that already the bluish tinge, which is one of nature's signals of final dissolution, had settled temath the linger nails. The hand that Dr. Douglas lifted was fast growing colder than it had been through the night. The nulse bad Muttered bevond the ioint when

the physicians could distinguish it from the julM?-beat in Iiis own ringer-tips. The respi ration was very rapid, and was a succession of shallow panting, but happily the ajproaching end was becoming clear ot the rattling fullness of the throat and lungs, and the respirations jrrew quicker and more rapid attheche. They also become less labored and almost noiseless. This fact was, in its results, a comfort to the watchers by the bedside, to whom was spared the scene of an agonizing or other than a peaceful death. The wile almost constantly stroked the face. "forheadand hand of the dying General, and at times, as the passionate longing topr?vnt the event so near would rise within lier.Mrs. Jrant pressed loth his hands, and leaning lorward tendenv kissed the face of the sink ing man. Colonel Fred Grant sat silently with evident feeling, though Iiis learing was that of a soldier! v son at the death-bed of a hero father. U.S. Grant, Jr., was deeply moved, but Jessie bore the scene steadilv. and the ladies, while watching with wet cheeks, were silent, as he tit ted the dignity of a life such as was ceasing before them. The morning had passed five minutes beyond .s o'clock, and there was not one of the strained and watching waiters but what could mark the nearnessof the life tide to its final ebbing. Dr. Douglas noted the nearness of the supreme moment and quietly ap proached the oedsitle anl bent alxve it, and while he did so the sorrow of the gray-haired physician seemed closely allied with that of the family. Dr. Shrady also drew near. It was seven minutes after X o'clock, and the eyes of the General were closing; his breathing grew more hushed as the last functions of the heart and lungs were hastened to the closing of the ex-1 resident s life. A peaceful expression seemed to be tleejx'ning in the firm and strong-lined face, and it was reflected as a closing comfort in the sad hearts that beat quickly under the stress of loving suspense. A minute more passed ami was closing as ttie General drew a deeper breath There was an exhalation like that of one re lieved "Of "ToTTJTand anxious tension. The members of the group were impelled each a step nearer the bed. and each waited to note the next respiration. I!ut it did not come then. It never came. There was absolute stillness in the room, and hush of extectant suspense. No sound broke the silence save the singing of birds in the pines outside the cottage and the measured throbbing of the engine that all night had waited by the little mountain dejot down the sIojk?. "It is all over," quietly sjoke Dr. Douglas, and there came then heavilv to each witness the realization that General Grant was dead. Then the doctors withdrew, the nurse closed the eyelids and comjMjsed the dead General's head, after which each of the fam ily group pressed to the bedshje, one after the other, and touched their lips ujon the quiet face so lately stilled. Dr. Shrady passed out uion the piazza, and as he did so re mei ir. .ewman Hastening up me steps. lie is dead, remarked Dr. Mirady quietly The fact of having been absent from the bed side of the dying man and his familv at the last was a cause of great sorrow and regret to the clergyman, who had waited all night at the cottage, lie had been summoned from his lireakfast a moment too late, and readied the cottage only in time to minister to the family sorrow and gaze upon the scarcely hushed lips of the dead General, to whom Dr. Newman's love had bound him in such close ties and relations. Those who saw and knew:, And all who learn of the clergyman's absence irom the death-bed, quickly speak the impulse of lieartv sympathy. Soon after Drs. Douglas and Shrady left the death-bed they conversed feelingly of the latter, hours o! General Grunt s life The pulse first had indicted failure, and the intellect was last to succumb its clearness and conscious tenacity, and that, after mid night last night, though a circumstance at 3 indicated cognizance. "Ik) you want anything, father," questioned Colonel Fred at that hour. " ater, whis;ered the General huskily. Hut when o tiered water and milk thev miTirled in his throat ami were eieeted. and tliat one word of resionse was the last utterance of General Grant. Dr. Douglas re marked tliat the rx'culiarity of General Grant's death was explained by the remarkble vitality that seemed to present an obsta cle to the approach of death. It was a gradual passing away of the vital forces, and a reflex consciousness, the Ioetor thought, was re tained to the lat. The General died of sheer exhaustion, and a perfectly painless sinking away. "Yes," interjected Dr. Shrady, quietly, "the General dreaded pain. "When lie felt he had began sinking, lie asked that he should not be ierniitted to suffer. The promise was made, and it lias been kept. Since he began to sink on Tuesday night he was free from pain." Toward the last no loou was . taken, but when wet cloth was ' pressed to Iiis lips he would suck from it .the water to moisten his mouth. During the General s last night, Dr. Shrady was con stantly within call. Dr. Douglas was all night at the cottage, and Dr. Sands slept at the hotel alter midnight. V ithin two nun utes after the death of General Grant, Karl Gerhardt, a Hartford sculptor who has been making a study here of tlie General, was summoned to the cottage at the suggestion of Dr. Newman to make a plaster mask of the dead man's face. He was highly successful. AVithin half an hour after the General's decease, the waiting engine at the mountain depot was on the way to Saratoga to bring the undertaker, who will place the remains on ice to-dav to await the arrival of a New York undertaker, who lias been summoned and who is now on the way here. The details and arrangements touching the remains while they are here and until they arrive in New York are in charge of Joseph W. Drcxel and W. J. Arkell. At this writing the physicians are desirous of having a iost-morteni, but the family are said to be averse, and that is a matter yet to be determined. A week ago the General is said to have intimated tliat should he die here during the hot weather, he would prefer that his remains should remain until cooler weather, the purpose being to spare his family a sad and fatiguing iourrcy ji jraltry weather, It is doubtful, how

ever, if tlih suggestion is fully carried out.

though it is not unlikely that the remains may repose here some days. This, iKiwever. is entirely at the disposal of Colonel I red Grant, to whom is left the entire control of all arrangements relative to hi-s father's remains. It is not unlikely that a proposition from the city of New York to accord a burial plot for the General ami his wife, when she, too, shall have tnsed away, might be considered by the Colonel. The impression that Washington Jnav le cho-en as the burial spot is believed o be founded on the present inclination of t olonel Grant. Ihe only condition made by the General, and that as long ago as June '21, was that his remains should be interred where those of Mrs. Grant might in time lie "beside his own. An einbalmer is now on the way froxi New York. HOW THE SEWS REACHED OE5ERAL SHERIDAN'. For.T Ueno, I. T., July 2:. The news of the death of General Grant reached General Sheridan this morning by means of a dispatch sent from the orhce of the Associated Cress in Chicago. In response to inquiries concerning the arrangements for the funeral. General Sheridan said: "I am so far away from Washington that I will have to depend on those in charge there to carry out any orders the l'rcsident may give the army relative to General Grant's funeral. During his critical illness last March, and on an intimation from jersonal friends of the family that it would be agreeable to the Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home, requested the privilege of having the General's remains interred at the Home." "It is hoied the family will consent," continued, the General, so that his remains may lie near the Capitol of the Nation, guarded by the veterans of the war in winch Iiis greatest honors were won." General Shrridan sent the following telegrams ujon receipt of the sad information : For.T Reno, July 2. To Colonel Fred Grant, Mount McGregor, N. Y.: Will you please express vto Mrs. Grant my grief t tbe ffs of my k-urest friend and comrade, and m sincere sympathy and condolence with her iu this hour of her gpent distress. P. II. SiiMuiMN, Lieutenant General. Fort Kkno, I. T., July 21. To General II. (t. Prum, Washington, D. C: My duties here will not permit my return in time for the funeral of my dearest friend nnd comrade, General l'-rt. ; rant. Lieutenant 'olonel U. Y. lhivis, of my staff, knows my views in reference to the obsenuies. - Have them carried out as far as they do not conflict with the directions of the President. I waut to be named as one of the pallbearers. P. II. SHKIUDAN, Lieutenant General. M1UIARY ORDER 1SSC EI. Adjutant General Drum, by command of Lieutenant General Sheridan, issued the fol lowing order: In compliance with the in structions of the 1 resident, on the day ot the funeral, at each military ost, the troops and cadets will le paraded, and the order read to them, after winch all labors for the day will cease. The National flag will 1k displayed at half stall". At the dawn of dav thirteen guns will te fired, and afterward at intervals of thirty minutes between the rising and setting of the sun a single gun, and at the close of the day a National salute of thirtyeight guns. The officers ot the army will wear craje on their left arm and on their swords, and the colors ft the batallion ot engineers of the several regiments, and of the United States corps of cadets will be put in mourning for the ieriod of six months. The date and hour of the funeral will be communicated to department commanders iy teicgrapit, una iy mem 10 ineir suiordinate commanders. I'IKK LAMATIOX AM OTHER OFFICIAL ORDERS. Washixotox, July 20. Shortly after 3 o'clock this morning the President was in formed of the death of General Grant. He immediately directed that the flag on the lute House should be placed at half-mast. The lowering of the flag was the first intimation that the citizens of Washington had of the death of the distinguished man, although they had been anticipating it throughout the night. A few minutes after the White House flag was placed at half-mast, the flags on all public buildings, and on many private ones, were placed in like jositioii. The bells of the city were tolled, and citizens who heard them readily recognized their meaning. Business men immediately began draping their houses with mourning, and residences in a similar manner showed esteem for the deceased. While the bells tolled President Cleveland sent the following dispatch to Mrs. Grant at Mc. McGregor: 'Accept this expression of my heartfelt sympathy in this hour of your great affliction. The ieople of the nation mourn with you and would reach, if thev could, with kindly com fori, the depths of the sorrow which is yours alone, and which only the pity of iod can heal." Tle follow ing proclamation was afterward issued by the President: The PivtiViVent of the United States lias just received the sad tidings of the deuth of that illustrious citizen and ex-President of the I'uited states, General flyssus S. Grant, at Mount McGregor, in the State of New York, to which place he had lately been removed in the endeavor to prolong his life. In making this anuounceineut to thu licopleof the t'nited States, the l'rcsident is Impressed with the magnitude of the public los of a great military leader, who was in the hour of victory Magnanimous, amid disaster serene aad selfsustained; who iu every station, whether as a soldier or as a chief magistrate, twice called to power by his fellow countrymen, trod uiuwervingly the pathway of duty unmoved by doubts, siiiulemiiided and straightforward. I'hc entire country has witnessed with deep emotion his prolonged and pntk'iit struggle with painful disease, and 1ms watched by his couch of sult'ering with tearful sympathy. The destined end ha come at last, and the "spirit has returned to the Creator who sent it forth. The preat heart of the Nation that followed him when living with love and pride bows now in sorrow alve him dead, tenderly mindful of his virtues, hifrgreat patriotic services and of the loss occasioned by hi der.lh, in testimony of respect to the memory of General Grant it is ordered that the Executive Mansion and the several departments at Washington be draped in mourning for a ierid of thirty days, and that all public biisincKs hall on the day of the fnnend te suspended, and the secretaries of War and the Navy will cause orders to le Issued for appropriate military and naval honors to be rendered on that day. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set m) haud and caused the seal of the I'nited states to be aflixed. hone at the City of Washington, this .tul day of July, A. I. lsx"., and the imlejiendeuce of the United States, the one hundred and tenth. ?y the President, G rover Cleveland. T. F. HavIri, secretary of State. The President has also issued an order directing that all the executive departments of the Government be closed at 1 o clock this afternoon, as a mark of respect to the memory of General Grant. KEOARMXO THE FfXERAI. ARRANGEMENT. Puii.AiF.i.ruiA, July 2:5. Regarding the funeral arrangements and final burial place, it is learned to-night that Mr. George W. Childs will have sole charge of all matters conntcted therewith, and he will probably be called ujon to settle upon the siot for the last resting place of the dead hero. Mr. Childs intended to have left for Mount McGregor, but fearing he could not reach there intime has delayed starting until further advised by the family as to their movements. He is in constant communication with Colonel Fred Grant, who, by reason of Mr. Child's long and close friemlshin with the family, has asked him for advice on sever.il matters connected with the funeral rearations, and has left to Mr. Child's judgment the arrangement of all the principal joints. The Mayor lias called a special meeting of the Cou-cil for to-morrow, when will be introduced and undoubtedly passed a resolution to ask that the body be allowed to lie in state in Independence Hall for one day. Mount McGrkoor, July Quietude pre

vailed this morning when it was announced

that General Grant had ceased his long struggle. This feeling, however, gave place later to a sense of relief that the struggle was ended and that the tired mind and body were at rest. While there was no heart that warmed not in sympathy to the General's family, yet there was a strong feeling of gratitude that the man who suffered so bravely and so patiently had earned the quiet of a long rest. The day was a icrfect summer day, warm and r lear, and the sun's heat shoue down noon tle eottaire roof just the same as when there was a weak in valid within th house to be more weakened by the heat. Visitors came Up the mountain road as they did yesterday, and a squad of workmen made some clatter with hammer and adz as they proceeded with the construction of a pivviilkm to which excursionists might come to be gay and joyous. The cottage was as a deserted house, save that the shutter-blinds at the parlor windows were turned level to allow the light breezl:o dally through the room in which the dead General lay. The doors of the eottaire were closed, the shutters up stairs were fastened and the members of the family were scarcely seen during the day, except as they walked almost silently from the cottage up through the grove on the near-by ridge to luncheon and dinner iu a private room at the hotel. I Set wet n 4 and ." o'clock a deputation from Governor Hill called upon Colonel Grant and tendered the State Capitol building at Albany for the lying in state of the General's remains. The gentlemen were informed that the plans for the obsequies were: at the time so indefinite tliat nothing could then ! said but that the courtesy was thankfully acknowledged. Soon- after General licale, of Washington, one of General Grant's warmest personal friends, called to tender to Mrs. Grant the use of his house in Washington during the ctay of the family there, in the event of the General's remains being taken to that city. Mrs. Grant could not be seen, hut Colonel Grant thanked his father's friend for his kindly thought. Later in the afternoon a squad of uniformed men from Wheeler s Post, G. A. II., at Saratoga, ' came up the mountain to guard tlie cottage. A tent was pitched beneath the pine trees, where last night the anxious correspondents bivouacked. Guard lines were soon estalslished, and at dusk a patrol of the beats was begun. The guard will be temporarily maintained, nnd thus morbidly curious peple will !e kept from theeottage. Dr. Shrady remained here to-day, in order that Dr. Douglas and himself might, after quiet had been restored in the household of the cottage, converse with Colonel Fred Grant on the subject of a ost mortem examination of the fore, this evening repaired to the cottage and remains of his father. The physicians, therethcre, met the Colonel with the formal preference of a request that an autojsy be held. They stated their purjxjse was not in the least to confirm their opinion of the disease, for they had at all times been united in diagnosticating the case as one of cancer, but the time had come when the medical staff might step aside from the patient and invite any other medical or surgical authority to conduct the examination, which should sjeak for itself. This, both Drs. Louglas and Shrady urged as far as professional ami tersoual dignity could permit, but Colonel Fred Grant replied that the entire family were so thoroughly united in their confidence in the diagnosis and treatment of trf? physicians, "that tliey could not conceive r. necessity for an autopsy. rnoposmox of xew york city and state. New York, July 24. The hoard of Aldermen met tj-day. Mayor Grace sent in a communication to them, calling their atten tion officially to General Grant's death, and quoting his letter of yesterday to Mrs. Grant and the answer from Colonel Fred Grant. Appropriate resolutions were then ottered, The resolutions extend sympathy to the family of the deceased, and authorize the proper authorities to otter a sepulchcr for the body of General Grant in any of the public parks in this city which the family of the deceased may select, and say that the City Hall will be drajed and placed at the disposal of the family of the defeased for the reception of the remains. They also provide for a coni-mittet-e to ierfect the funeral arrangements, and order a copy of the resolutions to be sent to the General's family. The committee to make the necessary preparations provided for by the resolution was appointed. A communication was read from Clark Turner, who lias been dispatched to Mt. McGregor to confer with the family of General Grant in relation to his sepulture in one of the parks of this city. It stated that it was likely the prtiosition would be accepted. A resolut4on was adopted emjiowering the Mayor, in case the proiosition was accepted, to apj-oint a committee to collect the quota to be contributed by the ieople toward a National monument. The Stock Exchange Committee to-day reIorted appropriate resolutions, a copy of which was ordered to be sent to the General's family. Albany, X. Y., July 24. The following letter has leen sent by the Governor: Executive Chamber, Ai.aaxy, July 21, ls"i. ToColouel Fred L. Grant, Mount McGregor, X. Y. : Colonel On behalf of the citizens of the state of New York. 1 have respectfully to request that the Ixwly of General Grant may be permitted to lie in state at Albany for at least one day. For this purpose, I tender the use of the Capitol and will duly order such military escort as shall be appropriate. I trust the family of the dead soldier ma- deem it ossible to accede to this request and so allow the people of the state an opjortuiiitv ut their Capital to pay respect to the distinguished dead. O.lonel John S. Mi Kwan is the bearer of this letter and will for me confer with you as to the arrangement of details. With sincere sympathy, Very truly yours. David IL Hill. THE OFFER ACCEPTED AND A COMMITTEE APPOINTED. New York, July 24. Mayor Grace to-day received the following dispatch from his private secretary at Mt. McCiregor in regard to the ofl'er made by the city of a place of burial iu one of the jwrks belonging to the city: Colonel Grant Instructs me to say that upon condition that the wish of the General that a place be reserved beside him for Mrs. Grant be observed, he in behalf of the family, definitely accepts. You are therefore at liberty to take action upon this information, which is final. The family prefer Central Park. The Mayor to-day appointed a committee of 100 citizens to raise New York City's share of the expense for the erection of a national monument to General Grant. Among the the members of this committee are Samuel J. Tilden, Chester A. Arthur, Alonzo D. Cornell, William M. Kvarts, Oswald Ottendorfer, Thomas L. James, Kdward Cooper, Smith F.Iy, Jr.; W. II. Wickham, Koscoe Conklimr," Noah Davis, C. X. Miss, Kugcne Ktllcy, George IJliss, Whitelaw Heid, John Jacob Astor, Tarkc Goodwin, Henry H. Hyde, General George lk McClellan, Dr. Fordyce Darker, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Selignian, George W. Drcxel, David M Stone, David Dows, Hamilton Fish, Pierre Lorillard, Ogden Goelet and Joseph Pulitzer. General Hancock Charged With the Military Pnrt of the Funeral. Moixt McGregor, July 21. Adjutant General Drum arrived on the mountain this evening. He was the bearer of a letter from President Cleveland to Mrs. Grant, tendering a lot in the Soldiers' Home grounds as a burial place for the dead General if it should meet the views of the family. In conversation General Drum said: "I have to-day transmitted to General Hancock an order from the (Secretary of War. directing f Jeneral Hancock to take entire charge of the mili

tary part of General Grant's funeral from the present to the day of burial, and all military of any kind here will be under his direction, and to him applications must be made by all military organizations that may desire to take part in the obsequies." Mount MCireoor, N. Y., July 27. Fewvisitors arc on the mountain this morning, and the guard detail and private body guard are in charge of the cottage. Only U. S. Grant, Jr., of the General's sons, is with the family. Colonel Fred and Jesse left the direction of affairs to him and the private body guard. A handsome chister of roses came to the cottage this morning to be placed near the dead 'General. They will be replaced by lilies to-morrow, and by other fresh flowers each day. This thoughtful tribute is due to tl?e detail from V. S. Grant Post G. A. Ii., who are the body guard. Kight men came yesterday morning and five men from Brooklyn reinforced them to-day. The morning is bright ami cool. Manager D. II. Fonda, of the Mountain Itailroad, has to-day determined upon the arrangement of the train that will convey the remains and family of General Grant from here to Saratoga. The body will be placed on what is known as an "observation car." This is thirty-five feet long, with standard posts at the corners and sides, which sxipport a roof overall. The car is enclosed on all sides to a height of three feet from the floor, with seats running lengthwise of the car on each side. These scats will be removed. The rear of the car will be entirely open, and every part of the car will be drajKMl in mourning. The remains will le placed upon the funeral car from the

rear, and will rest upon heavy pedestals iii the middle of the caT, and upo? this car there will be twenty-six men attending the remains. Thirteen of them will comprise the guard of honor from U. S. Grant post, and the other thirteen will be selected from the. regulars -who are expected here from Fort Porter by order of (Jeneral Hancock. The car bearing the rema'ns will le attached directly to the engine, and behind the remains will follow the ordinary passenger coach of the road, in which tiie family will be accommodated. This latter bears the name '"Kastern outlook." which is the point of observation to which General Grant was last wheeled in his bath-chair the Monday before he died. It is the same car in which the dead General ascended the mountains just seven weeks lofore the hour on which his remains will ar rive at Saratoga Tuesday, August 4. If other cars are attached to the funeral train, they will be for the convenience of those most nearly concerned in the conduct of the obsequies. The train will consume one hour in running down to Saratoga from the mountain-top, leing twenty minutes more than the usual schedule. The transfer of the remains will be made at the Saratoga terminus of the mountain road, this being necessary because the mountain funeral car is mounted upon narrow-gauge trucks, while the connecting roads are of the usual broad gauge. . - .-. - - The reports which have been sent out in regard to the condition of Mrs. Grant are un duly alarming. She expects to accompany the remains to Albany, and no reason is known to the family why she should not do so. Mrs. Grant had not until the last day become convinced that no remarkable cure was to be effected in the General's case, as she had believed, and when his death occurred the effect of disappointed hopes, combined with the natural shock of her bereavement, produced a reaction, from which she has not yet recovered, so as to en able her to mingle as freely with the family as before the General's demise. She is not confined to her bed, but,' on the contrary. she vesterdav felt that she would like to descend to the cottage parlor and view the General's remains. From this purjKise, how ever, Mrs. Grant was disuaded. She cannot be said to be sick, nor absolutely prostrated. There has been a reaction, and no unusual prostration from the causes stated has fol lowed. The preservation of General Grant's re mains during the heated term for a period of ten davs is a matter of no little imiortancc, Two days were occupied in the thorough embalming of the remains, the cavities and ar teries being supplied with embalming fluid which displaced the blood as it was introduced. In order that the present favorable condition of the remains may be preserved the embalming fluid now active, will tomorrow lc displaced and replaced again by another ojeration with fresh fluid. The processes of absorption also render frequent treatment of the remains advisable, it not nreessarv. Anions; the messages of condol ence ami suggestion to-day were the follow ing: Warrenski rg, Mo., July IM. Mrs. General Grant: , In behalf of 150,000 members of the An cient Order of United Workmen in the t'nited States and Canada, I tender the heart felt sympathy of the brotherhood. John A. Brooks, Supreme Master Workman. Portland, Me., July 215. Mrs. t. S. Grant: AVith deepest sympathy, I offer my services for the funeral ceremonies. II desired, please reply immediately., Emma Tiiursby. New York, July 27. Colonel F. D. Grant: I suggest that the pall-bearers for your distinguished father Ix; none other than the l'rcsident of the I'nited States and his Cabi net. No greater honor or one more appro priate could be conferred. K. A. Peksoxs, of Virginia. Pearson, X. Y., July i7. Colonel F. D. Grant: A new, unused private vault in this city is at your service for the temporary deposit of General Grant s remains. Frederick W. Joxes, Late Corporal Company G, Second Ohio. Washington, July 27. Colonel F. D. Grant: Do. pray, have your father buried here, where he will always be remembered for his achievements as a soldier and his wisdom as a statesman, and not in Xcw York, where his financial troubles are so much in the minds of the ieople. Wm. McKeedman. Chicago, July 27. To Fred D. Grant: Life, "death, immortality. Farewell, fare well, old commander, farewell. G eorge T. Morgan. San Francisco, July 27. Colonel F. D. Grant: The Society of Old Friends, of which your lather was an honorary member, extend to you and the family their sincere and heartfelt condolence. Washington, July 27. Mrs. Grant: At a conference held this day in Washing ton, for the purpose of making arrangements for a meeting in memory of General Grant, the undersigned were appointed to express the heartfelt sympathy and condolence of themselves and the colored

j-cop'e with the family of the illustrious dead. Frederick Iouglas,

John M. Laxgston, John P. Lyxch, B. K. Bruce, Ii. 11. Terralu Philadelphia, July 27. To Colonel Giant: The members of the first Blaine Club in the United States, at Philadelphia, tender their sympathy to the family of U. S. Grant, the incorruptible President and soldier savior of the Ilepublie. äheo. A. Graham, President. Special Memorial Services. Galena, 111. July 27. Sjecial memorial services were held last night here at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Gen eral Grant was a regular attendant dt ring his visits to this city. The auditorium was heavily drained with mourning, and General Grant's old pew was festooned with the Stars and Stripes, .bound with broad bands of crape. The sermons were of a solemn and impressive nature. Addresses eulogistic of 'General Grant's life and Christian character were delivered by Hev. S. S. Helshy, Major (i. S. Avery, Mayor R. Barrett, lt. H. Giddrick, J. Ii. Liddell and others. The church was crowded to its utmost. " Fremont, O., July 27. Memorial services were held in the Methodist Church last night in honor of (Jeneral irant. It was a union meeting of all denominations. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity. Ex-President Hayes made an address of an hour's length, giving a sketch of Grant as a youth, cadet, soldier, commander and citizen, and in each instance illustrated the traits of his manly character. He again referred to the propriety of the leople, both North and South, uniting in erecting a National monument, saying that as the church and school house were educators, so would be a monument to Grant's memory. Hemarks were made by (Jeneral Buckland and others. London, July 27. It is now announced that the services in memory of General Grant at Westminster Abbey will take place at 4 o'clock Tuesday, August 4. The dean of "Westminster v.-ill read the Kpiscojwd service, and Pev. Dr. Farrar will deliver the address. A large number of Americans haw been alloted seats for the occasion. Nashville, July 27. Memorial services were held to-night in the Hall of Representatives over the death of General Grant. In spite of the excessive heat a large representation of citizens of Ixt'i races and sex filled the hill on which the capitol building stands majestically, and tilled the body of the hall and the wide galleries on cither side of the Speaker's stand. The lobby of the hall was full also. Many left unable to obtain seats. Speeches were made by General Cheatham, Hon. Harrison (Itp.), Congressman A J. Caldwell (Hem.), Hon. Joseph II. Acklen (Pep.) A. S. Colyar and Congressman James D. Pichardson (Dem.). The ceremonies were interspersed with appropriate musical services. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved. That In the death of U. P. Grant, the Nation has lost one of her noblest citizeus and purest patriots. Kesolved, That the citizens of Tennessee, recog nizing his great worth. hi eminent services to his country, his purity of purpose and unthiiching ad herence to duty in the most trying tieriol of our national history, extend to h"i bereaved family lacir near i ieii syinpainy ana couuoiences. Making Arrangements. New Yof.k, July 27. Colonel Fred Grant and Jesse Grant, who arrived on an early train on the West Shore Koad, got to the City Hall at 0:30 o'clock this morning for the purpose of conferring with Mayor Grace upon the arrangements for their father's funeral. The Mayor did not arjivc at his office until half an hour later and the visitors were shown into the private room. In the meantime General Perry arrived at the City Hall to represent General Hancock in making the arrangements for the obsequies. After the Mayor's arrival the iarties were closeted together for some time. It is said that during the day they will visit Central Park and inspect the different sites suggested for the place of sepulture. Whether an agreement in regard to this will le reached to-day or not the Mayor was unable to say. Albany, July 27. Governor Hill to-day issued an invitation to the members of the State Legislature to assemble informally at the Capital on August 4 to take such action as may suitably express the sentiments of our State in our regard to the death of General Grant. New York, July 27. Mayor Grace to-day received replies from the following gentlemen, who agree to become members of the committee to raise New i ork s quota for the erec tion of a monument to tbe memory of General Grant: Samuel J. Tilden, Ex-Governor A. B. Cornell, Hobt. Ogden Goelct.Cornelius U. Bliss, John H. Sherwood, Lisjenard Stewart, Joseph W. Drexel, Arthur M. Dodge, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Captain M. J. Kerwin. Mr. Tilden writes as follows: Grevstoxf, Yonkers, Jf . Y., July 27, lSs". Dear Mr. Grace I have the honor to receive your letter requesting me to act as one of the committee of citizens appointed "to consider ways and means for raising the quota to be subserHicd by citizens of New York City" to -provide for the erection of a National monument to the memory of the great soldier, whose death the whole countre deplores," and asking me to "attend a meeting of the committee to lie held at the Mayor' office on Tuesday, the ixih inst., at 3 o'clock." I regret that the delicate condition of my health will not allew mc to go to the city to attend the meeting. I shall, nevertheless, have a melancholy utisfaction in co-opcratin? with such measures as the committee desire for the erection of a monument to commemorate the transcendant services of General Grant to our country. Very rcsiKfctfullv yours, S. J. T1I.DF.X. Xnv York, July 27. Colonel F. D. Grant. Mayor Grace and the President of the Board of Aldermen visited various points in Central Park this afternoon with a vie to selecting one for the final resting place of (Jeneral Grant's remains. The Mavor favors an elevated sjot in the as yet unfinished Kiverside Park on the Hudson Kiver. Colonel Grant said he could not decide upon any point without first consulting with the other members of the family. He left for Mount McGregor this evening. General Hancock's Orders Exchange of Telegram a. New York, July 27. General Hancock has issued orders that a company of artillery, armed as infantry, will soon be sent to Mount McGregor, and that several pieces of light artillery shall be here, fully equipped for the purpose of firing salutes at the proper time or times in honor of the dead. Net Haven, Conn., July 27. The following telegrams were exchanged to-day: "I would respectfully suggest tliat if one 'or mort military organization from every State in toe Union were invited to jarticiate in the obsequies of (Jeneral Grant, I think the invitation would be gladly received and generally accepted. 'Stephen IL Smith, "Attorney (Jeneral." "Your telegram received and considered. Although it is not practicable for me to specially inyite one or more military organization from each State, as suggested by yon, nevertheless, all such as may promptly tender their services

will be assicned by me a suitable position in line, and I hope many will le able to do so, "W. S. Hancock, Major General" Ex-President Hayes to General Iturdette. . Cleveland, 0., July 27. Ex-President Hayes has addressed the following letter to General S. S. Burdette, Comnandcr-in-Chief of G. A. It.: Fremont, O.. July 27. General s. S. Burdette, Commandor-iu-Chicf of G. A. R. : Tear Sir Your letter add ressed to mc thronth the public on the subject of a national monument to General Grant is before me. I am confident that there is a sentiment in the country which will lead to a united eflort by 11 descriptions of people citizecs and soldiers alike, for the erection of a National monument to General Grant. To thus

end action should be promptly taken while tho feeling is fresh and strong. Posts of the G. A. K. are oiganizcJ in all parts of the country andean at once enter upon the work of raising funds. It has been suggested that each u'int at tho next meeting a committee that will undertake to collect from soldiers aud citizens an amount at least equal to one dollar for each member of the I"ost, and more if practicable. This, with what cau le raised in New York, will be ample to build a monument worthy of the country, worthy of Genend Grant anil worthy of the cause, of which he was the great lender. In regard to your proposition that tho Grand Army of the Kepublie erect a statue for the capitol at Washington, that also will Iks together fitting and iroicr. 1-ct us not however, withhold from the great National monument at New York the aid w hich the O. A. R. 1'osts can so easily and efl'ectivtly give. Two o-;s of the G. A. K. in" Fremont have already raised more thau the sum indicated, and placed "it on lelosit in bank t be transmitted to the proper committee in New York. With promptness mid unity of action the National monument can le built by the people without a resort to the Government, sincerely, R. 13. Hayes. General Order of the G. A. It. Commander Washington, July 27. General Burdette, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Kepublie, has itsued a general order announcing the death of General Grant, who was a memler of George G.Meade PostXo. 1, of Pennsylvania. The order refers to the civil, military and injlitical life of (Jeneral Grant, and concludes by calling on all Commanderies of the G. A. B. "to make this memorial their lat fraternal salutation," recommending to Department Commanders that a day be announced in orders upon which the .sts in their several departments may pay tribute of rcsjcct to the memory of . the Generaj, and ordering the usual badge of mourning to be placed intbe departmental and Xational headquarters for sixty days. Meeting and Miscellaneous Matter.' Boston, July 27. A mass meeting at Faniul Hall to-day to express public feeling on the death of General Grant was fully attended by an audience of representive men. The mayor presided. Bishop Mallalien offered prayer. Governor Robinson followed in an eulogy and other sjeeches were made by Hon. Prince and General DcvenoSuitable resolutions were adopted. Governor's Islani, X. Y., July 27. Organizations other than military, intending to participate in the funeral ceremonies of (Jeneral Grant at New York City, are requested to address Colonel John 1. Nicholson, aide-de-camp to (Jeneral Hancock, at Governor's Island, X. Y. Washington Colored Men. Washington, July 27. A conference of prominent colored men was held here to-day to take some suitable action in relation to the death of General Grant. Among those E resent were Fred K. Douglas", Hon. J.. M. angston, ex-Senator Bruce and Hon. John 1'. Lynvh. A telegram of condolence was ordered sent to Mrs. Grant, and a committee of five was appointed to make arrangement for a memorial meeting to be held August 12. The District Commissioners n the Placeof Sepulture. Washington, July 27. In reply to the letter of Dr. I). W. Bliss urging them to five official expression to the universal desire in Washington to have the remains of (Jeneral Grant buried here, the District Commissioners to-day sent Dr. Bliss a very sharp letter, declining to take any action in the matter on the ground of the view they entertain of their legal authority to act and speak only for the District as a municiiality comin-I them to forego attempting to represent all the States and Territories. The letter concludes as follows: "As the claim of the District seems to have been rejected, may we not find a reflection that the ieople everywhere are in sure possession of the immortal part of Ihe great ( Jeneral his life and example." New York, July 27. A very large crowd gathered about Merritt's undertaking establishment on Kighth street, to get a climpse of General Grant's casket. In the crush a large lamp in front of the ware-rooms was knocked down and broken. Four iwlicemen were ordered to the place to keep order. The casket remained on exhibition till 11 p. m. The Grant Trust Fund. New York, July 24. The Tribune will publish to-morrow a statement of the present status of the trust fund raised by the citizens of New York for General (J rant several years ago. After telling how, at the suggestion of the late Governor Morgan, $1nS,000 of the fund was invested in Wabash Railroad first mortgage 7 ier cent, lxmds, which were then considered as good as Governments, Governor Morgan guaranteeing them, and undertaking to make both princijal and interest good out of his own private fortune, in case the interest should be defaulted for six months, the Tribune says: "What six months ago seemed an almost impossible contingency will probably become a fact within a few days. On Aueust 10 the interest oh the bonds in question will be six months in arrear, and it is probable Governor Morgan's executors will, in accordance with his guarantee, pay over to the trustees of the fund the principal and interest. Only one quest ion remains to be determined. It has been suggested that if the executors of the Morgan estate lend to the railway the money wherewith to my the interest on the bonds held in trust for General Grant and his family, there would technically be no default, and therefore the Morgan state would not 1e liable for the principal. Whatever course (iovenor Morgan, if alive, would have pursued under these circumstances, his executors are bound in law to be governed by the exact legal interpretation of his written guarantee. The whole question of the liability at the present juncture of the execution under the testator's guarantee has been referred to a lawver who will examine the point at once and give his ojinion in a few days. In the meantime there is reason to believe that on August 1 the guarantee will be carried out and the $1X,U00, with the arrears of interest, will bo laid to the treasurer of the fund." Iteaiion for Asking the Pastor to Iteslgn. Lovisville, July 27. Rev. Dr. W. K. Davis (colored) pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, this city, resigned to-night, by request of his congregation, who complained that he did not preach loud enough and did not raise them to that pitch of fervor which makes them so happy. Dr. Davis is a graduate of Harvard, and at one time was President ol the Colored Kentucky State University.