The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-31
DEATH OF GEN. SCOTT.
Preparations for the Funeral-The
Comm The Body Lying in
State-Appearance of the
Remains, Etc. Etc.

RoE's HOTEL WEST POINT, May 3O.-The re.
mains OF General Scott have not yet been re-
moved from the hotel. General Callum is
awaiting the arrival Of the coffin from New
York, which Is being constructed by Brown, OF
Grace church. 1t has been ascertained that the
required length of the coffin for the deceased
Generals gigantic proportions will be six feet
nine inches. 1t will probably arrive here this
evening, and the final arrangement for laying
the body in state will be completed The care
tax EN- 10 preserve the remains has been so far
most successful. The face of the General looks
to-day even more natural than within a few
hours after death. The yellowish tinge of the
skin has almost disappeared.
All is calm and quiet in the building which
contains the mortal remains of the great chief.
tain. No idle curiosity, no gaping crowd dis.
turb the repose which, after many years of
active service for his country, Providence has
mercfully vouchsated to him. Like all things
human, he has passed away, but, unlike most
things human, he will not be forgotten. In
every coteIie around the Military Academy
tongues are busy with stories OF his military
lite, his genial companionship, his overflowing
fund OF anecdote (of which the incidents of his
own career furnished the rarest and richest sub.
jects), his strict disclplinarianism, Modified by
q gentle dignity that adorned every action. In
this way bis memory is recalled by his asse
ciates and those who hope to emulate him in
the noble profession of which West Point is the
nursery.
The younger officers speak of him with afrec
tionate recollection of his annual visits to the
Academy. The older ones, whose associations
were more closely linked with his official life
have but few words to say except expressions
of deep sorrow at the loss of friend equally be-
loved and venerated. General Callum speaks
of his old time recollections, extending back for
many years of confidential intercourse: and
while he relates the various incidents of the
Generals lite the tears overflow his eyes and
almost choke his voice. He tells of the last
social pleasure in which the brave old hero par
ticipated-the game OF whist he PLAYED on Fri
nay NIGHT last VI ha t.,
the solemn majesty Of death--and how clear his
intellect was and how keen his enjoyment, un-
conscious then of the dark shadow which, like
the skeleton at the Egyptian feast, was present,
though unseen, in that pleasant croW Wd.
The officers on guard, whose names | furnished
you yesterday, still remain in discharge of their
sad duty, and will continue in attendance upon
the corpse until after the funeral on Friday.
The spot selected for the temporary depository
OF the remains Is point in the cemetery situated
in the northwest part of the grounds, known
here as the German Flats. 1t is a conspicuous
position. and adioins the graves of the West
Point officers who fell in the late war; 1t is the
intention of General Callum, however to remove
the body at future time to another and more
prominent place, where the monument which
will undoubtedly be erected can be visible not
only from all parts of the national reservation,
but also from different points on the Hudson
river. 1t would be an appropriate thing to con-
struet bronze monument of the guns captured
in the Mexican war, which lie on the green pla-
Unless the military of New York and the gar
rison OF Governors Island participate in the
funeral, there will not be much display at the
obsequies on Friday; for the whole military force
here including the regulars (sappers and miners,
and detachment of artillery and cavalry and
the cadets, number only about seven hundred
men. Still, full military honors will be accorded
to the departed chief. In compliance with the
wishes OF the family, the religious ceremonies
will probably be confined to the regular and i'm
pressiVe burial service OF the Episcopal Church
with brief discourse by Professor French, the
chaplain who attended General Scott in his
last moments, and administered the sacrament
to him.
The Generals arrival here on Thursday, the
10th instant, icing unheralded, the.usual salute
was not fired; but the next morning General
Callum ordered the salute, and when the old
hero heard the guns he drew himself up to his
full height, looked around proudly, yet sor.
rowtully, and, as ii impressed with the solemnty
of the approaching event. said, as it were in
soliloquy, the now memorable words, ''The last
of human glory is passing away."-N. Y Herald