Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1885 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

TOE CAST. A Mount MacGregor dispatch of July 25 says: “Gen. Grant's body has been embalmed, and will remain in the cottage where he died until Tuesday, Aug. 4. guarded by ft special detail of thirteen uniformed men from Grand Army Post, No. 327, of Brooklyn. Before the removal of the remains a funeral service will be conducted on the veranda of the cottage by Dr. Newman, in the presence of the family and im- . mediate friends. The body will arrive at Albany Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, and will lie in state at the Capitol until Wednesday noon. It will then be conveyed to New York, and will lie in state at City H all until the following Snturdav, when it will be interred in Central Park. Arrangements are making for a great military and civic demonstration at the metropolis on that day, and memorial services will be held simultaneously in the leading cities and towns of the country. The cottage in which Gen. Grant died will not again be occupied as a domicile, but will be presented by the owner, J. W. Drexel, with all its present belongings, to the Government. The oendolenees of Queen Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and ex-Presi-dent Arthur were among those telegraphed to Mrs. Grant”.. . .Babcock & Andrews, proprietors' of the big bncket-shooaQSyr-acuse, N. Y„ failed for $500,000. The firm figure their assets at a nominal rate*, mostly in office furniture.... John Splan, the driver, who was arrested at Pittsburgh for using a spur whip in a race, was fined $lO and costs. Memorial services in honor of Gen. Grant were held in many cities and towns last Sunday. At Galena, the First Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the General formerly worshiped, and . the pew which he used for many years were elaborately draped. It is proposed to erect a monument to the memory of Gen. Grant in Lincoln Park, Chicago, at a cost of $40,000, of which amount Potter Palmer offers to contribute $5,000. The first profits of Gen. Grant’s book: will, it is thought, exceed those of any other book ever issued. The publishers estimate thq,t. s from $150,000 to $200,000 will be paid to Mrs. Grant for the first edition, and that she may receive nearly $500,000 altogether. ——Rochester (N. Y.) despatch: “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 entirely original designs at an expense of over $1 ,COO. At the solicitation of the public the manufacturers permitted it to be seen at their warerooms by such as 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 Written by Gen. Grant in the doctor's presence, on Thursday. July 2: I ask you not to show this to any one, 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 ithe 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 I 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 toward winter. Of course there are contingencies that might arise at any 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 likely to suggest themselves to anv one else. Under the above circumstances I will be the happiest—the most pain 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 von 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 suffering for a single day without hope of recovery. As I have stated, lam thankful for the providential extension of my time to enable me to continue my work. I em further thankful, and in a much greater degree thankful, because 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; of all religions and of no religion; of Confederates and'of national troops alike, of soldier organizations; of mechanical, scientific, religions, and other societies, embraoing almost every citizen in the land. They have brought joy to my heart if they havS not effected S elite. So to yon kna your colleague* I acknowledge my in- • debtedness for having brought me through the Valley of the shadow of death to enable me to Witness these things. U. S. Grant. Mount MacGregor. N. Y., July 2, 1835.