Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-24


| pense, and no sound broke the silence
save the singing OF the birds in the pines
! outside the cottage and the measured
| throbbing of the engine that all night had
| waited by the little mountain depot down
the slope.
''IT is ALL OVER"
eft is all oyer," quietly spoke DR..
! douglas, and there came then heavily to
each witness the realization that Gen.
Hrant vas dead. Then the doctors with
| drew, the nurse closed the ewes and COM
| posed the Generals hands, after which
| each of the family group pressed to the bed
| Que after the other, and touched their lips
| upon the quiet face 50 lately btilled. DR..
! Shrady passed on the piazza and, as he
/ did so, met DR.. Newman Fastening up the
! steps.
Gle is dead" remarked the doctor,
! quietly.
The fact u his having been absent from
the side of the dying man and hiS family
! at the last moment was cause Of severe
and sad regret to the clergyman, who had
waited all night at the cottage. He had
| been summoned from his breakfast mo-
! ment too late, and reached the cottage
| only in time to minister to the family sOr-
| row and gaze upon the scarcely hushed
| lips OF the dead General, to whom DR..
| Newman's love had bound him in such
I
! and knew, and all who learned OF the
| clergyman's absence from the deathbed,
! quickly spoke hearty sympathy.
MS LOSS or CONSCIOUSNESS.
| Soon after Drs. Douglas and Shrady left
| the deathbed they conversed feelingly Of
| the latter hours of Gen. Grants life. The
| pulse frat had indicated the failure, and
/ the intellect was the last to succOmb.
| circumstance at 3 O'clock indicated
| c0gniznce.
'Do You want anything, father? Ques-
| toned Col. Fred at that hour.
/ "Water," whispered Gen. Grant,
/ huskily
/ But when offered water and milk they
/ gurgled in his throat and were elected,
and That one word of response was the
laBt utterance Of Gen. Grant. DR.. Douglas
| remarked that the peculiarly Of Gen.
/ Grants death was explained by the re-
markable vitality that seemed to present
an obstacle to the approach Of death. 1t
was gradual passing away OF the vital
forces, and consciousness, the Doctor
thought, was retained to the last.
HIS DEATH PAINLESS.
/ The General died Of sheer exhaustion,
and perfectly paInlessly sank away.
y es," interjected Or. Shrady, quietly,
| 1.-The General dreaded pain. When he
| felt that he had begun sinking he asked
| that he should not be permitted te suffer.
| The promise was made aud it has been
| kept. Since he commenced To sink Tues
/ day night he was free from pain.'
| Towards the iast no food was taken, but
/ when wet cloth was pressed to his lips
| he would suck from 1t water to m0isten
! his month. During the Generals last
/ night Dr. Shrady was constantly within
| call, Dr. Douglas was all night at the cot
tage, aud DR.. Sands sleptat the hotel after
4 midnight.
( A CAST OF THE FACE.
| Within twenty minutes after the death
/ Of Gen. Grant, Karl Gerhardt, the Hart
! ford sculptor, who has been making
/ study here Of the General, Was summoned
| TO the cottage at the suggestion OF DR..
! Newman to make q plaster mask Of the
! dead mans face. He was highly sue
| cessful.
! Within half an hour after the Generals
! decease the waiting engine at the Noun
! tam depot was on its way to Saratoga 10
Dring an undertaken to place the remains
! on ice to-day, to await the arrival of the
! New ! ork undertaken, VINO mad been sum
! mOned. The details and arrangements
! touching the remains while they remain
here and until they arrive in New York
are IN charge OF Joseph w. DreXel anu W.
| }. Arkell.
| MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.
The family Of Gen. Grant have been
| constantly in receipt of messages Of sym
/ pathy since the announcement Of the
| Generals death vas sent out this MORN
! ing. Among the first was that from
| President Cleveland.
AREQUEsT FOR AGUARD.
Gilbert A. Robinson, a member of the
| New York Commsndery Of the Loyal
| of xxtr Mt { N
mander at the time of his death, tcle-
| eraphed from Nj McGregor this after
/ noon to Gen. Charles A. Carleton. Re-
corder Of the Commsndery at New York,
/ as tOllOws:
/ Gon. Grants body will remain here Ger
! tauly for ten days. II 10 very desirable 10
( have guard here while she body renal rs, say
| Il lieutenant and thirteen N n. VIII YOU see
| Gen. Hancock about it? lcrts and meals will
| he furnished 10y the hotel company The fam
| NY desire the guard. Telegraph Gen. Han
! cocks decision.
Among the kilograms received at the
/ Grant cottage to-day was the following
! from Com. Gen. MacFeely:
WAsHINGToN, July 23.
| CoI. Fj.ed. Gyant:
| The Board of Commissioners of tho United
I states Soldiers Home are uuani nous IN their
4 desire that the remains Of Gen. rant may be
| buried within the grounds Of that institution.
! The Commissioners have selccted-suhect To
/ and commanding emlnenco overlooking the
! city aud surrounding country, rs am apprO-
! pirate place for the sepulCher. Letter by
mail. r. MACfEELY.
10 absence and by authority of Lieut.. Gen.
| sheridan, President OF board.
THE DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN.
Quietude peryaded the mountain this
morning when IL WIS announced that
/ Gen. Grant had ceased bis long struggle.
| The doors Of the cottage were closed. The
/ shutters upstairs were fastened, and the
! members OF the family were scarcely seen
during the day, except as they walked
| almost silently from the cottage through
| the grove 20 luncheon and dinner, tO
| the hotel. A clergyman entered unbid-
| den the little office Of the cottage door,
| fCra moment standing open. The visitor
| reached the parlOr whore the Generals
4 body was being emhalmcd. The visitor
was requested 10 retire, and he did So.
NEW YORK's CAPITOL rENDERED.
| Gov. Hin hns tendorpd Col. Fred. Grant
| the state capito. building nt Albany for
! holyingiu state 1t the General remains.
/ soon afterward Gen Beale called 10 ender
| 20 Mrs. Grant the use OF his house iu
/ Washington during the stay OF The family
| tncia, ia the event of the Generals rec
| mains being taken 10 that city. Mrs.
| Grant could not be seen, but Col. Grant
] thanked hls fathers friend for his kindly