The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-06-01

zen. SCOTS Last Hours
'" dispatch to the New York Herald,
hoE>s HOTEL, WEST Po1Nr
unconditional Winf;s,d ~ 100 1000. u. J
Tn S mouse to-day at five minutes mast eIe eu az
1ntt ~; MS arrival here on the evening of tbn 7
was obssr,r ~ special boat from New York. it i
descenJnp re - mat he was very feeble. Upon
tie and has,, rum the carriage he tottered a Lii
monntaJ iau 10 pause upon every step as :
ever bo 70 the hotel. After few days. he |
So, ne rallied considerably, and as ,ow-
b rasn at halfpast two was out ate as
ba hay ana the village, riding The % the Ii |
d nc wrote some letters to friends anne day
G1ays before he requested Ger Int a few
Commandant of the post to ,i CaIlu,,
Tor him, which he ranked h; IT, = Iat+a,
an almost ilegible hand. l ,e -. " 49,
He appeared to suffer- hl'0i'' ''io'o III
ment but rather gene s,oo;eo =,
strength. His mind rom no speciHc all-
little expectato., ~ raj decline of physical
demise tbot ~ yas clear to the last. So
York. ybo ," I his az rs there of his immediate
days. Jeft haDe lighter, Mrs. Hoyt, of New
night the c neie en- staying with him for some
the ASSISTANT. for home yesterday. Last
was imnadi raj was taken with chill, and
there annoo. rgeon OF the post DIR. Marsh,
)'clock tbis ately summoned. Even then
)alum fb red to be no danger, and at nine
lediate : morning, DIR. Marsh assured Gen.
ais ~ at he had no apprehension of inn
fbo WI issOlution; but in a short time it be-
7I Aent that the eVenttul and useful life
ans, triot soldier was drawing t. close.
VIZ aeu naplain, Rev. j. A. French, was called
yut taking the Generals hand recited
oL Though quite conscious and cog
h that death was upon him, the power Of
was gone, but the dying soldier pressed
and OF the clergyman and bowed his
repeatedly in token of his consciousness
e last solemn rites which Mr.. French
performing according to the rules of the
,copal church.
t precisely five minutes after eleven, quiet
IS If In slumber, the patriot, whose life
$ been SO intimately associated with the
ilitary history OF his country, passed away.
There were present with him at the last
oment General G. W. Calum, Commandant
west FONT, and for many years Aid to
eneral Scott; Surgeon Marsh, Chaplain
rench, and the Generals faithful body SER
ant General Callum Immediately telegraph
to Mrs. Hoyt. who arrived here at five
clock this afternoon.
At the desire OF the deceased Generals
laughter Mrs. Hoyt,--and it is thought the
Did hero himself had the same wish,-the re-
Mains will be inferred in the West Point
Cemetery.
The remains will probably be removed to-
morrow to the chapel of the academy. Mean
while guard of honor, composed of officers
in full dress and wearing Grape on the left
arm, are in attendance upon the corpse:
Gen. Scott had only been confined to bed
lOr Lie lstSJ tuIcc udys, Uut uurlliS IushL ullne
his strength was gradually failing, and he
seemed to have presentiment that this was
his last visit to West Point in which institu-
ton he took an intense interest and at which
he spent every summer for the last forty years.
When coming from the boat on the 10th of
May, he remarked to a friend that he had
come to the old academy to die, and in CONVEX
sation with Captain Boynton, few days ago,
he replied to some remark concerning his Wis
it to West Point that he came there to be
buried. 1t seems appropriate that the great
military academy of the nation should be the
dying place of the nations oldest soldier.
The funeral will take place at one o'clock on
Friday, with such military pomp as the post
can afford. 1t is expected, however, that there
will be large accession of eminent person
ages from Washington and elsewhere. M