The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-01

struggle, without gasp, without culver,
the first soldier of the Nation and its first i
citizen passed away.
Mr.. Dawson nstinctivoly looked at the
mantel clock, whose hands pointed to six
minutes past s. 1t was found that the
clock was slow by two minutes. Mrs.
Grant buried her face in her handkerchief,
and after a few seconds Dr. Shrady said,
cat last" and DR.. Douglas sighed, tits
oil over" and brushed away an unex-
pected tear. OF all who stood around the
dead, Mrs. Grant, the wife who had shared
in all the trials of the man, the triumphs OF
the soldier, and the honors of the Chief
Magistrate was the most composed. She
had faced the great moment too often to
finch when she had to meet the blow.
There were no violent demonstrations OF
grief, and yet, with all the warning that
had bsen given, the blow seemed stunning
for the moment. DR.. Sands turned ana
stepped out of the window and walked
down the steps, the others slowly disap,-
peared, and the remains were LETT with
Henry and Harrison. The face after death
looked a trife fuller, but he was very ema-
ciated in body, and weighed considerably
less than one hundred pounds when he died.
If there had been any disposition to give
way to wild outbursts of sorrow 1t would
have been quickly checked, for other ques-
tions called for immediate consideration on
the part of all. The first was of a post
norton examination. Should one be held
or notp The opposition of the family was
even stronger than the desire OF the physi-
clans that it should be made. They rep
resented to Mrs. Grant and the children,
in the strongest terms, that they had
stood up under Misrepresentation, and that
they were entitled to vndcation
which would prove that their diagnosis and
their treatment had been both correct. To
all their arguments, however, Mrs. Grant
turned deaf ear, and urged that they
should be perfectly satisfied with the
knowledge that they had the entire conf
dence of General Grant and his family
from the first, and that their devotion, their
skill and their Judgment had never been
| questioned, and that they would always be
considered friends of the family, as they
had been of the deceased.
THE BURIAL.
A week ago the General is said TO have in
| timated that should edie here during hot
| weather he would prefer that his remains
should remain here until cooler weather,
the purpose being to spare his family sad
and fatiguing journey in sultry weather.
1t is doubtful, however, If this suggestion is
| fully carried out, though it is not unlikely
that the remains may repose here some
days. This, however, is entirely at the
disposal of Colonel Fred Grant, to
whom is left the entire control of
all arrangements relative to his fathers
remains, 1t is not unlikely that a PROPOSE
tion from the city of New York to accord
burial plot for the General and his wife when
| she, too, shall have passed away might be
considered by the Colonel. The impression
that Washington may he chosen as the
burial spot is believed to be founded on the
present inclination of Colonel Grant. The
only condition made by the General, and
that as long ago as June "a, was that his re-
mains should be inferred where those of
Mrs Grant might in time lie beside his own.
THE SAD NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
| WASHINGTON, July 23.-The first news
reached the White House, the wires there
having been last night connected with
McGregor. The President thus had the
earliest dispatch. The White House flag
was ordered at halfmast, and was the first
in the city to be thus lowered. Telegraph
messages were at once sent to the
watchmen in all the departments to
put tho flags ut half-mast. The Inte-
rior followed next after the White
House, and within few moments
the whole city was notified from the public
buildings The President at once sent a
message of coincidence to Mrs. Grant and
then wrote respectfully asking her wishes
in regard to the part which the Govern
ment could take in showing respect to the
memory of her husband. This letter he dis
patched by an officer upon the first train
and it will be due at McGregor soon after
midnight. The President next sum-
moned the Cabinet. for an early meet
ing. Upon the members arriving
he gave official notice of the
once agreed to close the Departments also
for the day. AS matter of fact all had
practically suspended work without watt
ing for the return of the members of the
Cabinet, and the Pension Office actually
closed. The force of laborers was set at
once at work to drape the public build
ings. The Interior Department seemed
to be already equipped for the, service
and soon the work was progressing
ments of the White: House were prompt
and within two hours of tho adjournment
of the Cabinet meeting the labor of draping
} all of them was well advanced. Many
private citizens had also made fill prepa-
rations for putting Grape on their resi-
, dences, and as early as 0 O'Clock heavy
mourning appeared on dwellings and bust
ness houses in all sections of the city.
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
Following is the proclamation issued by
President Cleveland:
Tho President of the United States has JUS
a received the sad tidings of the death of thai
}. United States, General Ulysses S. Grant a
x Mt McGregor in the State of New York. tt
WHICH place he had lately been removed II
. the endeavor to prolOng his life.
= In making this announcement to the peo
: pie of the United States, the President is I'M
pressed with the magnitude of the publ,
:, loss of II great military leader, who was II
the hour of victory magnanimOus, amid dis
aster serene and sclf-sustained, who il
S every station, whether as soldier o.
= as Chief Magistrate, twice called Il
s power by his fellow countrymen, trod un
o swcrvngly the pathway of duty, undecided
u by doubts, sngle-mindcd and straightfor
4 ward. The entire country has witnessed will
= deep emotion his prolonged and patien
y struggle with painful disease, and ha
o watched by his couch of suffering with tear
full sympathy.
v The destined end has come ut last, and hi.
q spirit has returned to the Creator who sen
. II forth. The great heart of the Nation tina
. followed him when living with love ant
pride bows now in sorrow above him dead
u tendcrly mindful of his virtues, his grea
4 patriotic services and of the loss occasionet
|, by his death.
In testimony of respect to the memory o
!. | General Grant II is ordered that the EXecu
> tive Mansion and the several Department
II ut Washington be draped i'm mourning TO
u apcriod of thirty days, and that all publ
l. business shall on the day of the funeral b
y suspended; ana the Secretaries of War an
2 LOT the Navy will cause orders to be issue
n for appropriate military and naval honors t
n be rendered on that day.
" In witness whereof, l have hcreunto Sc
I. my hand, and caused the seal of the Unite
II States to be affixed. Done at the City O
: Washington, this twenty-third day of July
IS A. ID. one thousand eight hundred an
r. eighty-fve and of the Independence of til
!. United States, the one hundred and tenth.