New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-16
CONDITION OF GENERAL GRANT.

Mt. McGREGOR, July % the forenoon
slept for nearly three hours and between
IL aud o'clock dressed. An hour later the Gene
raj was up on the piazza engaged with the papers His
voice has again become husky and less distinct No
person besides phi yscans and members OF the family
Is permitted converse with the General this week
He is being afforded absolute rest.
This afternoon Drs Douglas and shrady. by means
OF reflected sunlight. made thorough examination OF
the patients and all affected parts The original
nodosltes found now TO extend up the neck be-
hind the They are present on the neck below
the Jaw, and also noticeable above tho
edge OF the Jaw tie right cleck They are
not increased In hardness since tho last
official report. The swelling about the palate Ia less
and the ulcer the base OF the tongue felt by the
finger in examination. not ncreased In depth.
The day has been quiet one. The sick mans pulse
full and beats the minute
The General went 10 bed between and o'clock
There indications OF other than quiet night
When General ). IL. Buckner. OF Kentucky, was hero
last week he had long interview with General Grant
He said afterward that the visit had been purely
OF q private and personal nature and that he did not
feel at liberty disclose what had occurred at
wish my part" he said. To renew the old associa
tons which existed between before the that led
me to make this trip. General Grant and In the
Military Academy together We fought IN Mexico to-
gether, and together visited the Snow Mountains
and P0pocatape. In his suffering aud alicton he had
my sympathy. SO came 10 see him and tell him what
felt"
General Buckner. while he refused to make public any
portion OF the interview carried away with him
Der OF slips OF paper which General Grant had writ
ten answers his various inquiries. One OF these Is
likely to have historic value After some conyersa ton
aa 10 their old coradcshp and the general condition OF
public affairs, General Grant wrote olt the following
sentences:
have witnessed since my sickness Just what wished
| to since the war, harmony and good feeling
between the sections. have always contended that II
there had been nobody left but the soldiers, would
| have had peace In year. and - the only
two that know of who do not seem to DO satisfied
the Southern side. We have some who
failed To accomplish much rs thoy would, who did
get warmed up to the light until II all over.
had quite full satisfaction. The great majority,
too, OF those who dii 20 into the have long
since grown tired OF the long controversy. We may
well look forward to perpetual peace AT home, and
| any foreign complications. | believe myself that the
worth all 1t cost us, fearful that Since
1t have visited every State In Europe and
number In the East. know, as did before, the
value OF our Inheritance.
General Buckner did not permit tho to be
copied where blanks left 1t Is believed from the
association In which they mentioned and because
o. other circumstances that the names OF Jubal a. Early
AMI OF the Hills I'LL them IN the original. General
Buckner is in no way responsible for this guess.