The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-28
Grants Beren XemeuI.

The Cincinnati Enquirer is ludicrous'
ly doleful over the recent death in
GRANTS stable. Among the things qua
pr0pria mare ibas, it is difficult to find q
richer offering than this:
We feel that we bat give voice to a
universal sentiment when we express q
heartfelt coincidence with our distin-
guished Chief Magistrate, who has re-
Gently suffered the severest of domestic
Affections, in the loss of one of the most
valued members of his family circle.
While we entwine the cypress with the
laurel, the voice of criticism is hushed,
and men of all political creeds will
meet together on the common plane OF
a strong human sympathy, which the
presence of the Destroyer never fails to
evoke. This tendency, which is so gen.
eral that it may be called an instinct,
is one of the best traits in our unregen-
crate nature. The Grim Reaper not
only levels all distinctions among his
victims, but suspends or eradicatesl all
animosities among those whom he spares
to some future visit
The circumstances attending the be-
Ieavement increase its pain, and add to
the poiguancy OF grief which was IN
| itself sufficient to bow down the stout
est human heart. Our beloved Presl-
dent, wearied with the cares and re-
spOpsiblities of the great office recently
thrust upon him, had just sought the
leisure and relaxation of a seaside holl-
day. He had reluctantly yielded to
the warning of his medical advisers
and the urgent solicita ions of friends,
anxious not more for his own personal
welfare than for the good of the nation,
and had sought to recuperate his wasted
energies amid the sweet oblivion of
Long Branch and the charming anodyne
of ocean surf that laves it's lovely
shores. 1t would seem cruel provi-
dence that interrupted his happy rev.
cries with the sad intelligence that soon
flashed across the treacherous wires
converting STETsoN'S into a house of
mourning, and robing the erst Joyous
beach with drapery:
WASHINGTON, July pa post mortem
examination was made this afternoon of
President Grants trotting and breed
mare Ada, which died after several
hours sickness this morning. She could
trot her mile in 2:22.
The heart saddens as it contemplates
oven at this distance of space and
time-the Great Man of the nation thus
deeply afflicted, and thus suddenly be-
reft of q much-loved member of his
family. The story is but half told in the
brief dispatch above quoted. Nothing
is said of the strong bosd of affection
which the death of Ada snapped in twain
The ruthless telegrapher confines him
{ self to rigid facts, and utterly ignores al
J that is beautiful and all that is senti
mental in the sorrowful story. He
might have given us the touching death
: bed scere-for such it must have been
Ada, being of Presidential connection
cannot have expired as common mares
go off. Not in gripes, groaus and con
: vulsive kicks, but like sweet exhala
tion did the gentle Ada evanish from
earth aud its troubles. This deticienc,
of the Associated Press is haply sup
piled by q New York correspondent, VIII,
/ assauges the general grief with the as
surauce that "she died peacefully, afte
very short illness" 1t remains onl,
for us to add that the President, in hi
overwhelming sorrow, telegraphed t
Washington the needless request tha
Ada be decently inferred. We await
3 with such patience as our sorrow vii
permit, the official announcement G
, Ada's demise, and the order TO displs
the National bunting at halfmast i
honor of her memory.
Dearest Ada, thou hast left us,
And thy loss We all deplore.
; Was il cbohc that bereft us
Canst thou eat thy oats no mere