Daily Republican., 1885-08-10

Inc A6Dury f0lkB claim 10 have the
abandonment avenue on the grounds.
This st. Paul's and Union dispute.
Why Jefferson DAVIS Was Not as
tho FuneraI-TOombs on Grant
NEW YORK, August 9.-The public
were not admitted to-day into the cor
ridor of the City Hall, where the cata-
falque still stands with the flowers
lying back of it. Two policemen were
on guard In thu corridor throughout the
day and night. The police had feared
that boys would climb over the gates
to get at the flowers. Colonel Grant
and such other members of the Grant
family as ara In town, including the
ladies and little Miss Julia, came in the
evening to examine the flowers. 1t was
the first opportunity they had to see
them.
They drove down In carriages from
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mrs Sartoris
examined everything with appreciative
interest, and in Difference to her request,
and following his own wish also,
Colonel Grant will have all the smaller
floral pieces put in the tomb aud group
ed about the coffia pillars. The ladies
of the party were shown through the
Governors room after they had looked
at the flowers. aud they returned to
the hotel. Their visit lasted just an
hour.
After they had gone Janitor Kesse
removed to the Governors room the
To morrow they will I've subjected to q
nj ~ nd tn ha
tomb and photographed. The crayon
portrait representing the General bless
ing freed negro will be assigned to
the place of honor In the tomb. 1t is
framed on immor.olles. Nearly every
body who went to the City Hall to day
made strenuous efforts by entreaty and
offers Of m onsy to secure leaf or bud
from the memento.
The members of the Grant family
will return to MountMc cG Gregor probably
to morrow or Tuesday.
Several clergynen to day spoke from
their pulpits on General Grant. Rev.
Robert Laird Collyer delivered an eulo
gy In the new amphitheatre ut Manhat
tau Beach.
Police Superintendent Murray and
Inspector Byrnes are congratula ting
themselves that no sneak or hotel robbery
has been reported during the last foul
days. One hundred aud fifteen persons
were arrested on suspicion until after
General Grants funeral. All of these
who were not liberated on habeas
corpus will be discharged to morrow.
From ten o'clock this morning until
night there was steady stream of visit.
tors to General Grants tomb in River
side Park. The tomb is in the care OF
Captain j. A. Fessenden, with Battery
Fl, Fifth Artillery, who have pitched
their tents under clump Of trees near
the tomb. A strong body of police are
also assigned to duty TO keep the crowd
from encroaching too near the tomb.
WHY DAVIS WASN'T THERE.
NEW ORLEANS, August GA letter
from Jefferson Davis to a member of his
regiment in the Mexicanwar was mad Q
public today, which, owing to Its pecu-
liar phraseology, has caused some com :
ment. The Mexican veterans had
written Mr.. Davis requesting his pres
ence at the Grant memorial exercises
in this city. In his reply the latter
says: "It would give me sincere plea
sure to join the ex Confederate and
Mexican veterans to morrow IN this
purpose as their magnamity suggests
we should manifest, but my health
does not permit me to be present" :"
TooMBs ON GENERAL GRANT.
ATLANTA, Ga, August 9.-In an in
terview TO day General Robert Toomb
said: " General Grant was the greatest
soldier produced by the war. General
Lee was q very good engineer, man of
fine family, but no man to head an army.
General Grant was simple.minded and
honest and had no more animosity
toward the South than toward the
North. Being West Point graduate,
it was q profession with him. jeff
Davis was the wrong man for the Con-
federate Presidency. 1t should have
been Albert Sidney Johnston or Gene
raj Joseph K. Johnston. The South
was throttled by Davis West Point
ideas.