The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-29

& Hfelt sympathy IN THIS nOur OF you
great afiliction. The people Of tn,
knat:on mourn with you, and wouit
sreach, if they could with kindly
Scomfort the depths of the sorrow
(which is yours alone, and which
only the pity OF God can heal.D
B The following proclamation wa
Eafterward issued by the Bresident:
The President OF the Unite d State
Ehas just received the sad 'idlngs o
1.-THE death of that illustrlous citizeI
aand ex-President Of the United
Estates, General Ulysses S. Grant a
3 fMount McGregor, in the State o
3 New York, to which place he hat
Elately been removed in the endcavo
ITO proiong his life.
In making this announcement t.
1.-THE people of the United States th'
& President is impressed with the mag
nitude of the public loss OF a grea
\ military leader, who was in tn,
Ehour OF victory magnanimous, amid
Edisaster serene and seli-sustained
Ewho in every station-whether as ;
soldier or as Chief Magistrate twic'
Ecalled to power by his fellow coun
&trymen-trod unswervingly th'
pathway of DUTY, undeterred BY
Edoubts, single minded and straight
Eforward.
+ The entire country has witnessed
with deep emotion his prolonged ant
Npatient struggle with painful dis
Eease, and has watched by his coucl
Eof suffering with fearful sympathy.
q The destined end has come at last
+ xand his spirit has returned to thu
ECreator who sent it forth.
L The great heart of the nation tina
Sfollowed him when living with loY'
<and pride bows now in sorrow abov,
h 2him dead, tenderly mindful of hi
8virtues, his great patriotic services
Z land of the loss occasioned by hi
Hdeath.
Il In testimony of respect to tn
Ememory of General Grant. it is or
Hdered that the Executive Mansion
Hand the several Departments a
s Washington be draped in mourning
sfor a period of thirty days, and tha
Esall public business shall on the day
of the funeral be suspended ano
Ethe Secretaries of War and Navy
Twill cause orders to be issued for ap
Hpropriate military and naval honorl
Ito be rendered on that day.
In witness whereofi have hereun
Sto set my hand and caused the sea
Sof the United States to be affixed.
q Done at the city of Washington
5this twenty-third day of July, A. d.
Zone thousand. eight hundred anC
&eighty-fve, and of the independence
tsot the United States the one hundred
aand tenth. GROVER CLEVELAND.
3 By the President:
y L. f. BAYARD,
g Secretary of State.
z The President also issued an order
8 directing that all the Executive De
{ apartments of the Government be
scIosed at l o'clock this afternoon as
s,a mark of respect to the memory OF
AGeneral Grant.
9 The flags were all placed at half
.5mast on Department buildings, and
s'orders were issued that all buildings
he draped in deep mourning. There
Swas disposition to close the Depart
isments at once, and the Pension Of
Efice was closed without waiting an
sExecutive order.
! With the exception OF Secretary
'iEndicott, all the members were pres
Gent at the meeting of the Cabinet.
sThe President informed them OF
sGeneral Grants death, he having
Sbeen officially informed of the de-
Smise by telegram from Colonel
aFred d. Grant
Il President Cleveland has instructed
sAdjutant General Drum to go to
New York to represent him, and to
Sconsult with Mrs. Grant relative to
1the funeral of x-President.
4 Secretary Whitney has issued an
sorder directing that the ensigns at
aeacn Naval Station and of each ves-
3sel of the United States Navy in COM
omission be hoisted at half-mast, and
THAT a gun be fred in intervals OF
5every half hour from sunrise to sun
set at each Naval Station, and on
2board flagships and of vessels acting
3singly, on the day of the funeral,
where this order may be received in
stime, otherwise on the day after its
receipt. Officers Of the Navy and
Marine corps will wear the usual
badge of mourning attached to the
sword belt and on the left arm for a
period of thirty days.
Adjutant General Drum, by COM
mand of Lieutenant General Sheri-
dan, issued the following order:
In compliance with the instruc-
tions of the President, ON the day of
athe funeral, at each military post,
3the troops and cadets will be parad-
led and the order read to them, after
which all labors for the day will
cease. The national flag will be dis
Hplayed at half-staff At dawn of
day thirteen guns will be fired and
aiterward, at intervals of thirty min
utes between the rising and setting
of the sun, single gun, and at the
3close of the day national salute of
sthirty-eigbt guns. The officers OF
athe army will wear Grape on the left
arm and on their swords, and the
colors OF the Battalion of Engineers.
zof the several regiments of the Unit
3ed States Corps of Cadets will be
put in mourning for the period of
six months. The date and hour of
1.-THE funeral will be communicated to
commanders by tele-
1graph, and by them to their subor-
jdinate commanders.
GENERAL GRANTS REMAINS.
MoUNT McGREGoR, n. Y, July "a
General Grant having delegated
5the entire matter of choosing bur
ial spot and making funeral srr.nige-
ments to his eldest son, Colonel
Fred, that gentleman, after a confer
ence with the family on all points,
is now carrying forward the voium-
3inous arrangements for the funeral.
1t is now determined that the obse.
qules will begin on Mount Metre
gor. The family fully recognize the