The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-26

1t has not yet been settled where the
General shall be buried, although the mat
ter will soon be decided. Colonel Grant
has signifed feeling that location at the
north end of the mall near the lake would
nearest meet the wishes of the family
Either one end or the other of the mall
will undoubtedly be chosen. Mayor Grace
received q telegram yesterday afternoon
asking if he would furnish temporary
vault for the body of General Grant, the
suggestion being made that the family of
General Grant would prefer that the re-
mains should not be placed in any vault
that had already been used for the recep-
ton of others.
If the General had lived one day longer
his retired pay check for last month would
have been at his disposal.
The following messages of coincidence
were received yesterday:
MErHER1NGToN, July "a.
Allow me to offer sincere sympathy in your great
loss. LORD RIPoN.
LONDON, July Is.
MRS GRANT: Heartfelt sympathy for sad Attic
ton befalIen you. MRS. MACKAY.
TOXIC, Japan, July %.
NINE. GENERAL GRANT / learned with much
row of the death of your husband. tender you
my sincere coincidence and deep sympathy
The letter of President Cleveland to Mrs
Grant. and of which Adjutant-G General
Drum was the bearer, is as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON July %, 1885.
My DEAR MADAM: Obeying the dictates of my
personal feelings, and in accord with what lam
sure is the universal sentiment of his fellowcoun
trymen to your late husband, am solicitous that
every tribute of respect and affection should be
duly rendered, and with constant consideration OF
your personal wishes the subject Adjutantt
GanaraI Richard @. Drum is charged with the de-
livery of this note and will receive and convey to
me any intimation of the wishes of yourself and
your children in respect to the selection OF the
place of burial. the conduct Of the funeral cere-
MONIES and the part which may be borne by those
charged with the administration of the Govern
ment. With sincere coincidence, your friend and
servant. GROVER CLEVELAND.
MRS. U. s. GRANT, Mt. McGREGoR, N. Y.
NFw York, July 25.-At the north
end of the Park are mary eleva-
lions which are comparatively unlm-
proved, which would afford available sites
for the monument, The Mayors own idea
was that the Riverside Park would be the
most suitable spot, but as the Generals
family had chosen Central Park, the most
desirable location in that park would have
to be selected The monument to General
Grant will undoubtedly be tall and hand
some structure, something in the style of
the Albert Memorial in London. Certainly
no expense will be spared in the erection
of such monument to the nations great
est general. Mayor Grace says: " am
still inclined to the belief that the most
available site in the city is at the north end
of the Riverside Park, and think if Col.
Frederick Grant were invited to come to
the city and see this site, he would be salts
fed that it is nuch more desirable from
any point of view than any that could be
found in Central Park "
Among the business men the general
opinion expressed was that If it was de-
cided to erect the monument in Central
Park, any other site than the Plaza should
be selected, as the tall buildings IN the i'm
mediate neighborhood would dwarf it.
The monument should be placed on an
eminence, for it would then be raised above
the general view of the public The trou-
BILE with the Pilgtim statue is that it is not
elevated enough. The Park Commission
ers and the Mayor will decide the matter
Immediately.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The disappoint-
ment in Washington over the announce
ment that General Grant will not be buried
here is widespread, The Commander of
the Grand Army says: fsThe Republic and
not the City Of New York, should supply
his grave. Arlington is the most fitting
place, with the Soldiers Home as second
choice. But the great general of the
Union ought not to be buried in Central
Park" General Burdette, Commander-in-
Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic,
says that 100000 Grand Army men will
attend the funeral wherever it takes place.
WASHINGTON, July ga general order
in the name of General Sheridan has to-day
been issued to General Hancock directing
HIM to take charge of the military cersmo-
MES connected With the funeral. An order
giving directions as to details will be issued
early next week.
QUINCY, ILL.,, July 25. William w. Berry.
Commander of the Illinois Department OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic, yesterday
issued an order directing each post to unite
in body with their fellow citizens in their
respective localities in Q memorial service
on the day of General Grants funeral, and
to delegate one or more of its members to
escort the body of the General to its last
resting place.
LOWELL, Mass, July 25-General B. +.
Bntler has accepted an invitation to deliver
The oratiGn at the public memorial services
TO be held In honor of the memory OF Gen.
eral Grant. The date for the holding OF
the services has not yet beel fixed:
?o1NT PLEASANT, @ July 25.-Ihe mem
bars Of zzano K. Scott Post, No. 279, G. 4.
B.. of Moscow, made arrangements two
months ago for draping the house IN wnlcl
General Grant was born when thA news o.
his death should reach them. Two wagons
loaded with soldiers who had fought under
him went down to the humble cottage yes
terday. Flags draped in mourning were
placed IN the doors and windows, and tls
Post colors run up to half-mast over tn
west gable Of the building. While the com
pany assembled was of necessity small, ye
# included representatives of the infantry
cavalry, artillery, and navy. The house,
small frame cottage. whose original dime n
sions were 20 by 80 feet, is in good stat
of preservation. Tho large chimney tina
stood at the east end had 10 be taken dow
to prevent its falling, but will hs rebuIl
with the same bricks. The inside OK ~
house is unchanged
LONDON, July 35.--A large number @
American gentlemen assembled this moTh
ing at the residence of Mr.. Phelps, tn
American Minister, to make all arrange
ments for memorial services in London o.