The Tombstone., 1885-07-23
THE !1HCEE NITICT VT MOURNING.
The Old Hero Passes Away At Mount McGregor early
 This Morning.
The City or Tombstone Decked In Mourning For
 The HOnOred Dead.

Early this rorn,n.s th- news was fashe,
 cross the continent that Cen. Ulyse. s K
 irant was desd; the same news pssset owe
 he wires under the ocean and told the whol
 world thst Amenca's beloved hero WAS dead
 in- tle news WAS moi unexpected, it cam
 o sudden ss 10 cause many q silent tear |,
 rll down inc yissa.c cheek of the old war
 iOrs who remember him lH The heat of bat
 .e, ren wuO in the heat of political cam .aiy yns while tEey differed with hiia pul.tica Y were heard to remark that he was 3 brag md kind commander. The fneuess of hi ceilings and ihe tenderness his heart W.: na'c apparent when Lee srr-e ndcrrd tCs aim, and be refused lo lake his sword. Ulysses : Grant was he 18th President he United States. was nat:7e of P"in Pleasant, Chic, and Was born on the 21th da, April, lSs2. and cnIsc, lcntiy at the tim. ,f his death WAS n his 9th ycar. Al the az, l f r years h. entered tue United State , military academy at ' est Point, and WI graduated iu lSt2 He s.rved with distiuc !. ion and w:;S promoted .Or gd.iautry in thci Ic4ican war; but h Hrs, national reput,-
 
 ;Ild Dpnels-a in 1852 On Il. 2nt of March sSi General Grant WAS 0qpoi';cd com dan ivr-iu-clicf If all tEe armies of IL. ( Cnited S;ates The Nigh grade uf ieutenant general Has revived by A: nf Congress Ell, ,cou:sr,g5 up,r. him. and B" l.ss then seYe :IuTdrrd ,houslTl >n.Girrs were u his com, L4nG, but before Ee assumed the com mHnGl , ( h"d the government understand that h. ! Id noI want aly rel tape business with him . E. Et. tu be iu CrrnIcaHd iic .r4at>d ;s b. | entirely alont and when he cl led fo,. l lien or sup ,,iies hc wanted th,,a fuIui-h-ui : .t once and fl this ~a. GD;e h. te | sure iha could put doom iEc var. How well h,j ucceeded every one, even to tAe smales cnuvl childien know. IH ls6s ne vse elected by the people uf th J"!ied States 10 preside over tLcir destinic s,, P.AsIdcni. Su veil did he perform tt, q .utiu5 O. inc office during hi, four years ii- s'umUency that grateful people re e!erted| 5 i'm President iG 1872 aud he held his utti e q ni'l h:s term cx yired im is16, 2 Len he Wal: uce-eded ,, Rutnerford B. Hayes ct Ohio. Shortly after his term of ofiirc had expired Il fen. Grant y hc had uevcr been abroad, 'n :eivsi the idea Of taking hip around IL, ! 2 ,rid, and in Au"u>t. 1877, Lu sailed iron ! iew York ilarb IT tor E.. .lanl, and from th, ! iou. that lis feet touched EngIand's coil, our; 9 cro w-a- fctyd and lionizcd by the people oil .Ie wl.o.c world q An:erlra's lero amt i! :reatest Grrrral alive. Al this hunng !. uade every American heart 5e.: with pride Cp"n his return to his native land, he er ! c.cd into bu>iHess with Ward ,c Fish, bank ! rs, whose dl-graceful f,!l-re has caus.+. ;"n. Gitnt many painfaI hour. In fact l., as devoted lis entire .I-is up ;u ;he beu ! his 6eath in trying 10 wipe the stain iron ..ls name-though hw .as innocent of IL. .hDlc mGiger---fpr the sake of his famii, I rom whom hc knew he WAS soon 10 bar rc,n. 2 Several n onths ago General Grant began a suTer from cancer a: the rOCt of th, ' oDgue. which was pronounced ipcurable by l is attending physicians, who also iiifOrmet sae old hero that his time on earth was very: ,nurt and that few months at least was al be time he had to arrange his earthly affairs With death staring him in the face Genera ! irant, set about 10 finish his history of The Ivil war and devoted most oi his time tn tlia' iuty; he also donated all of bis yaluabl, pres ents presented to him while on his tril ,round the world, to the Cated States. When the heat oi suiDIner cume on. b, ,dvise of his physicians he YVES removed to; dsunt McGregor in hope that the cool arc: sbracing mountain air would benefit him, auGi here |, TO doubt that his life was prolonged Tor over month by the change, but tn, bulletins Of Iaie have ali announced his con-I l.inued weakness. The General was eOnsciou- Ip to The time of his death, and passed away V thOut a struggle. He has TOW found thai peace .ha. he asked for and which four littl, sorcs bas made him illustrious all over tho world, namely, Let us have Peace" I Gen. Grant was the man who made it pos .ible for this generation to bc free, who ] raised the standard Of American freedOm uI < and beyond the grasp of treason and di- Royalty, and whose narse will shine upon the: (escutchecn of liberty like stars in the sky ss, ong as freedom holds place in the heart oil !man. Abuse and contumely never could reachi I;he person of Gen. Grant who was clad in thr| |impenetrable armor of loyalty and justice, he how is placed upon the retired les of Amer lics's dead heroes. and far removed from the lbickerings of party strife. But far above thei faickering light cf sr'ies, shine the eve last fing sun of truth in whose beams are display eel Ithe duties of men. Rest in peace, old hero = IT Pattao who oaa hoen out fix;oo