Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-18

PARTURE.
New York, June 17th.-The Sun has the
following description of General Grants
departure from his New York residence,
When Harrison, the Generals man-servant,
appeared in the front door, the laborers on
| the opposite side of the street quilted work,
waiting to see the General. He was not
i twenty steps behind Harrison. He tot
tered and halted on the top step of the
stoop. He wore the familiar shabby old
silk hat, now SO large for him that it rested
on his ears, and white handkerchief,
| which loosely circled his throat, hid from
a cursory glance the frightful swelling on
his neck. a black Prince Albert coat,
| light trousers a world too wide for his
shrunken limbs and button shoes, com
pleted the outer dress. He leaned on the
crooked handle of q stout walking stick,
without which he never stirs from his chair
| nowadays, as he looked up and down the
street and then fixed his gaze upon the
| motionless foliage of Central Park. He
was very much bent. Presently his head
| fell so that his chin seemed to touch his
chest. He felt his way down the steps by
putting the cane step ahead of him, lean
| ing on it, then following it with his feet.
When he reached the sidewalk he made
his way to the carriage door. 1t was then
| that low ordinations of pity escaped the
| spectators, for it was evident the hero had
| little left beside his indomitable will He
| reached the carriage by leaning forward SO
| that the weight of his head and shoulders
| impelled him ahead, and his nerveless feet
shuffled and dragged beneath him. The
| bv-standers raised their hats and stood I'M
covered in his presence. The General
grasped the sides of the carriage door and
| pulled himself inside out of view. When
| the by-standers covered their heads and
turned to look after the departing carriage,
| more than one said sadly TO his neighbor
| ave never shall see the General alive
| again in New York"
| THE GENERAL ELUDEs HIS ATTENDANTS AND
TAKES A STROLL.
MI MCGREGoR, June 17th.-During his
| morning airing upon the piazza of the
| cottage General Grant slowly and with the
| aid of cane walked around the house
Quite often he paused, at times with eyes
to the floor, as though intently thinking,
and again gazing away toward the east
ward, where the Green Mountains were
within his view but while out of doors he
most of the time sat motionless with one
hand pressing handkerchief to his mouth
to protect his throat from the cool air that
had followed the rain of Tuesday night
About , o'clock, after rest and while his
physician and nurse were asleep, the
General drew his silk hat over his
skull-cap signaled Harrison to his
side, and walked down the
cottage steps. He walked slowly along the
pathway over ar easy slope to the brow of
the mountains, several hundred yards
away. Several times he paused to rest,
and at length he sat down on a public set
tee. When a chair was placed for his feet.
he removed the handkerchief from his
mouth and eSsayed to speak, declining the
support for his feet, but his voice was not
audible. and the General, recognizing the
fact shook his head. The fact that mess
of frogs had been caught during the morn
ing at one of the little mountain lakes near
bv was mentioned to the General and he
was asked if he would attempt to eat them
Again the General tried to speak, but the
attempt did not result in words that were
audible and again he declined by shaking
his head. His attention was directed to
the monument that marks the surrender of
Burgoyne, twenty miles away but the eleva-
ton of his head to gaze so far away seemed
painful. His head bowed, his chin dropped
to his breast and his eyes rested on nearer
objects. The neck and diseased portion
are strained and painful when he holds his
head erect. Five minutes passed while the
General sat on the bluff, and he then arose
by steadying himself with the arm of tn.
settee and his cane, and retraced his steps
to the cottage. No one was more surprised
at the Generals walk than DR. Douglas
He was amazed that the General should
have attempted it, but was amused
by his selecting a time when the doctor
was asleep to steal over and take peep
from the bluff. Later in the afternoon DR..
Douglas in referring to the Generals
actual condition in connection with his
walk, expressed himself thus: THE dis
ease is following its characteristic course.
which is a course of steady, increasing ex-
haustion. We do not look for cure from
this change. Nothing can be curative; but
we do hope to prolong his life, and that is
the most that can be expected Under the
exhilarating effect of this atmosphere and
of this cool day, he has, for instance,
walked over there to the knoll. He might
do that easily, and not be able to do the
same tomorrow or next day. The course
of the disease is, as | have said, one of in
creasing debility
THE SICK MAN BELIEVES HE IS FAILING.
Mt. McGREGoR, June 17th.-When Cen
eral Grant reached his cottage after his
walk to the brow of the mountain this
afternoon he was much exhausted, and
sank into a chair III the parlor of the cot
tage. Very soon he indicated by signs that
he wanted some writing materials, which
were procured for him. and he then wrote
for nearly half an hour. The result was
two letters, or papers, one headed MEM
orandum for my family" In it the Gen
eral had written that he thought he was
failing, and gave certain instructions that
he desired carried out. He referred his
family to other and more definite memo
~ Inf
York. The other note he folded and adj
dressed to DR. Douglas. He handed both
papers TO Colonel Fred Grant, and that
addressed to the physician is understood to
have been of similar import as that to the
family. The afternoon wore away
with the General sitting outside on
the piazza, after having written
as stated. The sunset found him still on
the piazza, and when the dusk deepened on
the side of the mountain he was vet sitting
silently on the porch on the side of the
front door of the cottage. When the lamps
were lighted inside, and the light streamed
out into the growing darkness, the sick
man was yet outside, though the air was
chill and stiff breeze was swaying the
pine tree tops. Col Fred Grant and DR..
Douglas were near at hand. At length.
after o clock, the General went inside the
cottage, and DR.. Douglas wrote and sent a
message TO DIR. Sands in New York He
asked him to come here, if possible, to-
night. At o'clock the General retired.
At 10 o'clock the General seemed to be
sleeping in his room. The family at that
hour. as during the entire evening were
gathered in the parlor, and DR.. Douglas
was with them for the night At II o'clock
they retired, and the cottage was dark.
DIR. Sands will leave New York at IL
o'clock tonight, and will reach here in the
morning.
SLEEPING COMFORTABLY
Mt. McGREGoR, June 1Sth.-At lis \. NJ.
the Associated Press representative saw Dr.
Douglas at the cottage. He said the Cen
eral slept at once after settling down at 8
O'Clock. At 10 P. NJ he awoke, and after
ward dozed until l \. NJ, when the nurse
aroused the doctorwho cleared the Generals
throat, painted it with cocaine, gave him
food and tried his pulse, which was firm
and regular The General was no weaker
than at P. NJ. When he felt himself
weaken in the evening, the General told
DR.. Douglas that he cared to have no other
doctor called, but that DR.. Douglas might
do Us he chose; whereupon DR.. Douglas
summoned DIR. Sand by telegram. Dr.
Douglas feels no apprehension for tonight.
DIR. SANDS LEAVES FOR MOUNT MGREGoR
New YORK, June 1Sth--A. M.-Dr. Sands |
left the city on the Ills train. He said to |
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