The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-30
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
The Earthly Career Of the Ma
tons Hero Brought to
q Close.
Scenes and Incidents Attending
the Closing Moments of
the Old Soldier.
Hundreds of kilograms of Inquiry Re-
ceived from All Sections of
the Country.

A decided change for the worse took place In
the condition Of Gen. Grant on the afternoon OF
Tuesday, July 81. and 1t dawned upon the
physician and family that the illustrious and
long suffering patient was surely sinking.
Shortly after one o'clock on the morning of the
22d, hypodermic Injection OF brandy was adj
ministered. which had the effect of Frightening
him up. The weakness continued throughout
"Wednesday, the sufferers nourishment consist
Ing wholly OF two glasses OF milk. The hypo-'
darmic injections OF brandy were repeated ut
intervals
Once during the morning the General at
tempted to write, but succeeded only in writing
the date. the effort being greater than war
ranted by the II tie remaining strength. He
spoke at intervals. but his voice was very feeble.
AT 2:l5 the members OF the family and DIR. New
man were grouDed in the darkened room near
Gen Grant Observing their evidence OF feel
ing the General said: Il do not want anybody
to be distressed on my account" AT D, m the
pulse was l3O At q: 80 u. m. the bulletin was
sent out that the General was sinking. AT 7:4O
u. >. Grant, Jr., and Drs. Shrady and Sands
reached Mount MacGregor by special train. and
DIR. Douglas said that Gen. Grant could live but
few hours DIR. Newman also said that the
General had almost reached the end kilograms
came from all parts of the country inquiring
about the dying chieftain's condition At 9O5
u. m. he was unconscious, and fruitless Efforts
were made to arouse him. 1t was then believed
that the beginning OF the end was at hand. At
10 o'clock his respiration was 45. His arms
were cold MP to his elbows The General could
only speak in faint, husky whisper
The General was fully aware OF his condition.
At times he lay with his eyes closed. aud while
everybody around him thought he was sleeping
he was fully aware OF all that was taking place
about him. His faithful servants were with
him nearly all the time. AT midnight bottles
OF hot water were placed at Gen Grants feet
to induce warmth, and mustard draughts were
applied upon the stomach and breast TO pre-
serve the tagging circulation. At one o'clock
on the morning OF Thursday the 23d, the Cen
eral remained in the same quiet condition
Hvnoharmiaa N brandy hafpO
two o'clock in the morning the family were
astir, and the whole house was lighted
%tn the Here eTeep' tSs epe1a S sy
in bed and dim light was burning on a table
near the window. The physicians were still
near him. as was also Col. Grant, while the
ladies were in an adjoining room. His condition
remained com aratNely unchanged.
AT o'clock Gen. Grant was in a somnoent
condition. The respiratiOns had grown shallow
and the General was no longer able to expector-
ate because OF the weakness, which was in
creasng. At 1886 a. m DR.. Shrady was walking
In front OF the cottage for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning some fresh air. Col Grant appeared
suddenly and beckoned to him, when the Doc
tor assembled the piazza and entered the sick
room moment later the whole house
hold were grouped about the General Day was
dawning over the eastern hills and IL was feared
that the rising of the sun would mark the close
OF the long struggle. At q. IN. the resprations
were so, the pulse so rapid as not to be counted,
and hypodermics, which had been quite freely
administe red through the night, had no longer
any marked effect Az 4:3O a. IN. DR.. Douglas
said Gen. Grant is just alive and is liable TO
pass away at any moment" At 80 o'clock the
breathing was quickened and reached so to the
minute.
AT o'clock DIR. Douglas remarked that the
Generals brain, heart, and lungs were alive,
and that was about all he could saw At .25
the respirations had increased TO sixty, and the
death-rattle, occasioned by the filling of the
lungs and throat with mucus, was plainly
heard by the loving and devoted ones at his bed
side. He then recognized his friends by opening
his eyes. At a few minutes before o'clock Gen.
Grant breathed his last. The end was peaceful
and without evident pain. He was surrounded
by ali the members OF his family, and all were
prepared for the final moment when IL arrived
For over an hour before the Generals death he
had On avn his breath only with the utmost diff
tculty, the respirations coming in long, gurg-
ling gasps, the throat being cOgged with
mucus. AT the last moment the General was
III seemed, conscious, and for brief space IL
seemed that the group of watchers could not
realize that the General was at last beyond their
care.
And thus passes from earth the most illus
trous soldier OF his time. The insdious Oils
ease to which he at last succumbed has leng
been in progress, and he has faced the end
which he knew was near with the same quiet
courage that has faced every disaster with which
he has been confronted. The life OF the odd hero
has had few more impressive scenes than this last
one OF struggle against the common enemy of
manklnd--a struggle prompted by no selfish
motives and by no trace of fear, but solely that
his country, AID complete with. the pen the
task that was begun with the sword
The end of his Woodworking life found
MIN strl at work with untiring purpose
and with energies undated save by physi-
cal weakness. When he could no longer
maintain the strife he surrendered with the dig
nifty OF those alone who have never given in to
anything less than the inevitable and passed
out OF reach of time, out of sight of love, out
OF hearing OF hatred" from the circle of friends
and relatives who mourned him, from the coun-
try of which he had deserved so well, from the
world OF which his is one of the foremost
names.
Now that the record of this mans life is COM
pleted, remarks contemporary, it il surely
best that we forget whatever there may have
been OF the inglorious about his later years. in
sight of the glorious years which won for him
a high place forever In the hearts of the Amer
lean people. Nor is IL any real discredit TO the
try that he was at last caught in the worlds
great snare, but rather a sign to set
more sharply in relief that simplicity and
straightforwardness OF character which met and
triumphed over all open dangers and difficult
ties, and was only found unit to be pitted
against the practices OF the trfckster. All great
men cannot be NapOleons or Caps 4rs, and his
tory emphasizes no fact more strongly than that
the qualities which led to victory on the battle
field are not those most needed in the larger
field of life. For the services OF Grant as
a military leader we may be profoundly,
reverently thankful That as statesman
and a private citizen he was at times
misled or at fault should not make us for one
moment forget how great those services were On
this day OF sorrow our one thought should be OF
those deeds which have made their doer one of
the great historic Amedcans The English hero
whose namei Is one with that of Waterloo lived
to make his afteryears one great mistake. but
men no longer remember this against him and
the words which the laureate sang in his praise
we may with peculiar fitness apply to our own
lost hero:
Qnr greatest, yet with least pretense,
Great In council and great in war,
Foremost captain Of his time.
Rich In saving common sense,
And. the Qreatoet only