The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-12

8 il 8 GRANT. Ml
r'-''' : !. ,'.''...' pea. ;.
less 3. Gs1ht the Presidents
father, died atm home in CoviDg-
ton, Ky on Sunday svsaing, June
29th. The President was % his
way to Covington, bat did not ar
rive in tins, to witnses, The last
sssnG J NJ. Grsnt has besn feeble
.fsrsoas simspsst bstAisr coadi--
ton Vas mot deemed dangerous
until within the last few days. He
had passed beyond the period al
lotted to human life, being 10 his
i80th ysas, yet until OF late no has
exhibited IN scsivity and sprig htii
ness belonging to middle ses. end
hes enjoyed more than usasl good
health. His wife survives him,
and che with her sister, Mr.. Rose,
and Mrs. Crsmer, bths youngest
daughter, were with him 10 the
closing hours Of bic life. The Chi
cago Times speaks Of him % -
man Of little notey who would never
have bssn heard 81 bus for the 90
cidsnt that elevated hiSson to the
Presidency" Il 10 sboaf time that
THE plea Of accident was ahAndon-
ed.a5 yGsssral Greats beillfant
record asalsadsr Of Our arAies has
passed Into history, and His no less
brilliant and wonderful achieve
uents at the head d thsb govern
msnt will soon taks. their place
among our annalsiand bteoas the
Hcommos properly aof the nation.
A few years will have passsd, and
then nose but win b. proud Of his
fame and glory and 30 ready to-
shower prsiss upon shis aprtcslsss
services. Iris hardly w6rta while
therefore, to court bad taste By At
tributing the Presidents success
to good luck, or BY calling him an
accidenaj The Times says that
Jesse Grant, shoughs man u little
note, was al shonest old SOUL.
whose greatest wsakAsss was an
inordinats vastly tahis son's suc
cess" . tribute the old aan ~rune
from even His worse eismies, and
which in these days isacne Of the
highest that could - paid 90 The
Cinoinnau requires thus referred
to Mr. cGrass's approeshjnS death,
afreferenee all the noeN encsful
that Il GENES from sviolsas parti-
san pen: rod jsfif lE 40 az
seTks old nan'sapsth has not a.
wsys been strewn with roses, nor
! have We always been sbls TO speak
kindly OF him; yet Tiers 10 much
Of grandeur in q the closing hours
Of : life which, II not semaskabls
In its achievements, has besa won
desful In its surroundings. In the
peaceful resignation with which,
having sesa his .s6ldisr boy Gen
iefal Of the Armies, President Of
the most powerful republic on
earth, ,andlrs.eleeted triumphantly,
the faahsrlawait6 adeathe r. 10 there
not the gsrnzrof that iron like
grit vaichpifany persosal quail.
ity, has made the son what be isll I
There vas somsthing souchins
in the pride with which the iatheii
regarded the President, @ there
vas inths affection and reverence
the President gave I'm retdro. Tue
latter has the sympathiss Of thu
people In bis lose, which, though
not unexpscsed, 10 still . I severe
afii .ction.-Intsr Ocean, ss1 =
The Cincinnati Gazette says: -ss
It will be remembered that 10
Dec Of 1871, the deceased had
. severe attack Of paralysis. and
that about three weeks since be
was prostrated BY the malady.
Since the last attack he has been
lingering between life and dsath,
tenaciously clinging TO the formss
By the aid Of . remarkable cons,i-
tuition, until Last evening, when. q
the advanced age Of sevsnty -nina
years, he expired. .s b.l IL
Always, possessed Of The very
best Of health, thu, nsoessity oil
succumbing to, the natural innrmi.
ties Of old age and the weakness
Of ; reuorseless diseass vss doub'
" severe to Mr.. Grant. He had
often been heard to cay that during
his whole life, prior 70 his first
attack Of paralysis. be had nsve,
suffered one day Of sickness
Though again and again urged ,e
| give up the duties Of the Coving-
ton postmastership, duties which
involved responsibility too great
for . man Of his age, be steadfastly