The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-03
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Arrival of President John
sons Remains at
His Home. z-.r
The Funeral to take, Place
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Official Honors to his Mem
= DRY.
Increased Democratic Ma
jority in Kentucky.
Tilton wants to 1ry it
!. Again.
Great Damages bv Recent
Rains.
Great Damages bv Recent
Rains.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 2.-The fol-
lowing is the substance of q special from
Greenville to the Union and American to-
night: Mr.. Johnson's remains arrived
here Sunday morning. The funeral will
take place Tuesday at ii o'clock, under
the charge of the Masons. The remains
were taken to the Court House. where
they remain in state. His children are
here, except his daughter, Mrs. Brown, who
lis with her mother, who is not expected
long to survive the shock. All the public
buildings are draped in mourning. The
remains will be escorted by Masonic and
military procession to the place of burial
on Johnson's Hill, half q mile south of the
village, and owned by the deceased. 1t is
said the ex-president before the war
marked the place where he wished to be
buried by planting willow taken from q
tree in his yard, which was formerly taken
from shoots of a willow tree grown at Ma
poleon's tomb at st. Helena.
/ WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-The several ex-
ecutive department buildings are draped
in mourning and flags throughout the city
are at half mast, in respect to the memory
of ex President johnson.
/ WASHINGTON, August 1.-The following
executive order has been issued:
WASHINGTON. July3 1.
1t becomes the painful duty of the pres
Iident to announce to the people Of the
/ United States the death of Andrew John.
son the last survivor of his honored prede-
cessors, which occurred in Garter county,
East Tennessee, at an early hour this
morning. The solemnity of the occasion
which called him to the presidency, with
the varied nature and length of his public
services, will cause him to be long remem
bered and occasion mourning for the deatt
of distinguished public servant. As &
! mark of respect for the deceased, it is or
} dered that the executive mansion and tht
several departments of the government a
Washington be draped in mourning unit
the close of the day designated for his fu
. neral, and that all public business be sus
y pended on that day. 1t is further orderet
! THAT the War and Navy Department
lcause suitable honors to be paid on the oc
casion to the memory of the illustriou
dead. U. 5. GRANT.
I, JOHN L. CADwALIADER,
] Acting Secretary OF State.
e An order was issued to-day by Commo
y dore Ammen, the acting Secretary Of tn
n Navy. directing, in pursuance of the pres
4 dents order announcing the death Of ez
4 President johnson, that the ensign at eac
!. naval station and Of each vessel of th
e United States navy in commission be hoist
y ed at half-mast from sunrise to sunset, AN
that gun be fired at intervals of half a
hour, from sunrise to sunset, at each navi
station, and on board of hagships and {
n vessels acting singly, on the day of tn
q . funeral, when this order may be receive
in time; otherwise on the day after its r,
ceipt. The officers of the navy and m
At rine corps will wear the usual badge {
O. mourning attached to their several hill
en- and on their left arms for period
3, hs thirty days,
eell An order was also issued fro
j, the War Department, reciting tt
ID order of the president. and directing tn
on in compliance with his instructions trool
l." will be paraded at 10 o'clock on the di
VI r1 after the receipt of the order at each m
! itary post. when the order will be read
them, and the labors of that day W
ere thereafter cease The national flag will
he displayed at half-staff; at dawn of the d.
de- thirteen guns will be fired, and afterwar
ms at intervals of thirty minutes, between t
ng rising and setting of the sun. single GU
der and at the close of the day national
m lutte of thirty seven guns. The officers
ur the army will wear Grape on their left arr
A and on their swords, and the colors of t
esn several regiments viii be put in mourni
'ht' ~ for period of thirty days,
by TORONTO, Aug.2. 2.-The morning papt
hat contain eulogistio obituary notices of {
to- President johnson. The Mail says: 81
or tellectually he was not to be placed besi
gu Jefferson, Adams, and other fathers
en- the republic. He had much of their sp
lies it of personal and patriotic virtues, and
hat may say he was the last American pre-
ch, dent of the old school.
bod The Globe says: He must now be nu
ted bered With other great men whose Ii,
It's were shortened as the result, directly
eco indirectly, of the terrible struggle throu
men men which the nation has passed.
LOUISVILLE, Aug, 2.-The majorit
. for the Democratic ticket throughout {
state are increased over the votefor Les
Democrat, in 1871. Harlan, Republic
candidate for governor, generally II
ahead of his ticket In this city the De
Pm ocratic majority is 2,72S.
New YORK, Aug. Judge Nor
In counsel for Theodore Tilton, this aftern'
served a notice on Shearman and Sterli
O. attorneys of record for Henry Ward Bee
,S: er, to be prepared to answer in new t
hort on the first Monday In September.
. WASHINGTON. Aug. Public d
- statement: Six per cent bonds, ,0'
w loco, 900; FIVE per cent bonds, $6l4,0
q loco; lawful money debt, "a, SOC, 900; ID
p tenders, 1914, 1887; total inter
X $505. 600, 900, total debt, $2,237, ,Sl4, Q
total interest, $27, 900, 600; total in tire
ury, $l37, 100000; decrease In July,
m 297, ,SS7.
III AWHEELING, w. Va. ,Aug.2,-There
<. aivery hard rain yesterday and last nil
z, The creek has overfowed its banks, ca
e ing away quantities Of hay and shoe
% wheat The water covered the natl
pike some miles east of this city near
!, \ nington. The track was covered ,
water to the depth Of two feet. The
was .uninjured, however. The telegr
5se Msn 70 wires and poles have been washed az
Us re- The Monongahela is higher at Fairu
neet:hthan n for ten years. <s-
sus- CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-Specials from.
merous points in central and northern
L.