New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-09
OBITUARY..
JAMES w. GRIMES.

JAMES w. GRIMES.
| 4 brief Geographic dispatch from Iowa an
nounccs the DEATH from paralysis. of the Hon. j.
Grimes, ut his residence In Burlington IN that State.
This simple announcement viii cause thrill OF sorrow in
the hearts Of wide circle OF people who knew and re-
spected the ex-senator for his sterling integrity his
manly worth, aud simple, unaffected manners. Mr..
Grimes WAS the time of his death, but ftysiX years
Of age and had not reache the grand cmacerc though
years have been fun Of ab0rs and usefulness that
we might have thought him well advanced In life.
He has been so long the country, in places OF
aud trust that the general feeling will naturally
surprise that he has passed away after short
q life, numbered i'll years
James W. Grimes was born at Deering, Hlsdae Coun-
| ty, New-Hampshire 1916, and, after receiving
academic education, graduated at Dartmouth Col
ege in 1886. Like many other restless. ambitious sons
OF New England he emigrGcd Westward soon after his
leaving college. In ls3s settled in Iowa, then
Territory he was elected 10 the Legislature
and served delegate to that body during the
whole of the existence OF iowa in Territorial
condition. The dignity OF Statehood was reached IN 1885,
and Mr. Grimes succeeded the Governorshp in 1854
serving years In 1889 he elected TO the United
States Senate and member OF that body from that
time until 1862 when, FRUSTRATED by stroke OF paralysis
which first him during the Impeachment Trial
he anticipated the expiration Of his term OF ohee ana re-
signed his in the Senate. He sought health IN
Europe and. during a brief visit 10 England, he was
courteously received a. representative American. 49,
During his official career lie was an emlnenty Iah1u,
laborins and conscientious legislator and executive Of
dcer He served ON many Important Commiee, 81 tne
OF Columbia, IN both OF which positions he constantly
onnroved his Honesty and ability. He also MEM
her of the Peace Congress of 1901 and filed various mi
nor commissions in the gift OF his constituency ,
He noted for his independence OF character ana
was frequently brought into temporary conflict with his
Republican associates in the Senate on account OF ts
wide difference which existed between ms WE'VE Gnu
theirs. This conspcuously noticeable IN the nm
parchment of Andrew johnson. when Mr. Grimes was
one the few Republican senators who voted Tor the
acquttal of Johnson For this course the senator was
generally condemned by the Republican press OF the
country hut time, which sets an things even as coz
rected the hasty JUDGMENT OF those heated days anu
there can scarcely be found any who 40 not DeVe
that acted in that famous trial IN oDedehgo
10 what be believed 10 be his CONSCIENTIOUS uuy', IN
The dead surveying his busy and eare-flcd life, we
again lament that his career wac abruptly terminated
lust when he seemed restored TO perfect health ana
renewal Of manly vigOr seemed before num-
JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG.
From Washington we learn that the Hon.
Edward MCPHERSON Clerk the House OF Representa-
tiyes and resident Of Gettysburg has received lnior
nation that John Burns, hero OF Gettysburg deu III MS
own town Feb. 7, Of pneumonia John Burns was al
humble citizen, whose name has been placed among
those made famous for deeds Of herOsm wrought during
the American Civil War. What he did Is best described
in these extracts from poem OF Bret Harte:
Have Won heard the story that gosslps tell
OF Burns Of Gettysburg mot An well;
Brief il the glory that nero earns n
He was the fellow VINO renown.-
When the Rebels rode through his native town;
Bni held his own in the tghi next day
When all his tOwnsfolk ran away
That was in July, sixty-thIce'
The very day that General Lee,
Flower oi Southern cliiyalry,.
Ratted and bea ten, backward rceled
From a stubborn Meade and barren HELD
lust where the tide of battle turns
Erect and lonely stood ON John Burns.
How do YOU think the man ny, was as dres'edf
He wore ancient long BUN VeHt
Yellow as saffron-but his best
his maj
Was bright blue coat, with rolling collar
Ad td that the country folks called swaller"
! H. He' wore oT a broadbrlnmed ben-crowned hat,
| White as the locks on which II SAT
| Never had such a sight been seen
| For forty years the village green
| since old John Burns " g n country beau,
| Aud went To the cuttings long ago
Close at his elbows all that day,
| Veterans OF tho Peninsula,
| sunburnt and bearded, charged away;
| And stripings, dOwny OF lip ana cum
| Clerks that tho Home Guard mustered re-, H. lu
| Glanced, as they passed at the hat he wore
| Then at the rife his right hand bore;
| And hailed him, from out their youthful g.
Win I'm scraps atl SS Ti White Haf Put her through
Your heads level" and Bully for YOU
The name of the tailor who made his Clothes
! While Burus unmindfu OF jeer and scot,
Stood tnure picking the Rebels on L..
With his long brown rife, and bell-erown nat
And the swallow-t~als they we're laughing at'
,r,yos hut a moment for that r,sract
Which clothes all courage their voice. checked;
And sonnet hing the widest could UNDERSTANDS
epake I'm the old mans strong right hnhd
And his corded throat, and the lurking lro"h
OF his eyebrows under his old DellcfOwn;
Until as they gnzed there crept an awe -.
ThTen9h the ranks In whispers, ana some,hen S""'
In the antigue vestments aud long white halr'
rhe Past of the Nation In battle therei
And some OF the soldiers since declare
That the CLEAN OF his old white hat afar
| q Iike the crested plume Of the brave Navarro
HThat day their orihamme OF war
so ragged the battle. You know the rest; -,
| How fbe Rebels, beaten aud backward pressed'
| BROKE al the final charge and ran
4 which John Burma practical man
| Gbouldered his rifle, mbent his brows
| And then went back tO his bees and cows
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