Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-30

like to do that. ALBERT HAWKINS.
General Porter will bring this message
to the attention of General Grants
family, and it is quite likely the request
will he granted. General Porter said
"There was n most devoted attachment
for General Grant on the part of this
colored man, and the general thought
| much of him. He is most faithful
fellow and ms black as COAL"
HAYES REMARKS ON THE NATIONAL MoNu.
| AIENr.
FREMONT, o., July 25.-The following
letter has been sent by ex-President
Hayes:
SpREaET GRovE, FREMONT, o., July "a
General II. p. BuckIand, Colonel William E.
| Haynes, Hon. e. r. Dickinson COMRADES
| | am In receipt of your note of this morning
| requesting II copy of the remarks made by
me ut the special meeting of Eugene Raw
| son Post, q. A. IT,, ON the occasion of
the death Of General Grant. What was
said was not written, but the substance
Of the suggestion iniiile WIS that the Grand
Army of the Republic as the largest soldier
organization in the country, i'm organiza-
tion to which all who faithfully served in
the Union forces are eligible, should take
the lead in building a national monument
in honor of General Grant in the city
of New York ut the place of
his burial that the funds for this
purpose should be raised by the cordial
union in the work of the military societies
that havo their origin in the war; that the
corporation of citizens should be sought.
There is every reason to believe that in all
parts of our country, in the south US well
as the north, IL sentiment exists Ia
relation to General Grant which at this time
will find its best expression in II national
monument in the city where he resided and
where it will be seen by more citizens than
at any other point which can be selected.
The subject was also presented to
the ManvIlle Moore Post and was there re-
eeived with great favor. A committee was
appointed TO present the proposition to the
department meeting of the Grand Army OF
tlio republic for the state of Ohio
mt Springfield in August. III the
matter is promptly pushed by the Grand
Army OF the Republic, while the public
mind is intensely interested in all that con-
Germs General Grant, there is every reason
for confidence that national monument
can be built which will be worthy of General
Grant and our country. r.. b. HAYES.
SECRETARY BAYARD's CIRCULAR TO STATE
OFFICIALS.
WAsHINaToN, July "a. : Secretary
Bayard has addressed a circular to all of
the diplomatic and consular officers of
the United States in which he invites
attention to the Presidential pro-
clamntion announcing the death of
Gen. Grant. He directs that the flags
of the offices be displayed mt half
mast on the reception of the Cir
cular and that the usual symbols of
mourning be assumed for a period of 30
days.
naITINtnpI,,s pTspEfrr Eop ftp nlr's NJEAtnpy
BALTIMORE, July 24.-Alayor Latrobe
has made request that business be sus-
pended on the day of General Grants
funeral, and that request will be re-
spected generally. The bells of the
city will be tolled during the hours
of the funeral and every possible mark of
respect will be paid TO the memory of
Americas greatest soldier. Since the
announcement of his death, little bust
ness has been done here, and it is not
probable that any change will take place
until after the obsequies are ended.
THE GENERALS BIRTH PLACE.
PoINT PLEASANT, o., July 25.-The
members of Zeno ii. Scott Post, No. 279,
G. A. r., of Moscow, made arrangements
some two months ago for draping the
hOtlSt III WulCll otlltThl WIS ppih
when the news of his death should reach
them. Word was not received here until
too late for the service of love to be per-
formed Thursday. Two wagons loaded
with men who fought under him went down
to the humble cottage yesterday. Flags
| draped in mourning, were placed in the
doors and windows, and the post colors
| run up to half-mast over the west gable
1 - IUl,.l,
bled was of necessity small, it included
representatives of the infantry, cavalry,
artillery and navy. The house, q small
frame cottage whose original dimensions
were 22x20 feet, is in good state of
preservation. The large chimney that
stood at the east end had
but will be rebuilt with the same bricks.
| The inside of the house is unchanged.
The dressed upper ioist with the upper
| is the only ceiling. The front room
| two outside doors besides the door that
enters the bedroom which is 1913 and
contains two windows. The work of the
post being completed, Post Commander
McNath detached First Sergeant Purk-
vi lllC lloty W. l. Zhs ITO huuIo vi
honor and left him tramping his beat in
front of the spot that has become oil but
sacred.
GRANTS GENEROSITY TO A FALLEN FOE.
COLUMBIA, S. O., July 24.-The Daily
Register says: ''1'he death of General
Grant will be honestly felt as national
affiiction all over the wide Union without
reference to section or party. Every
man has his faults and General
Grant had his. Now that he has
gone we will remember him at the south
as the gallant old soldier who was generous
to fallen foe. As to his civil life, let il
be swallowed up in the life and services
of the great chieftain who led the
northern armies through seas of
blood to final victory. Let us all remem-
ber General Grant from that standpoint
from which most admired him, that of
true soldier and generous foe. With
out any experience whatever rs
civilian, he was necessarily misled.
Now that he has gone, the South
will recall emily the fact that he issued
rations at once to the beaten Confederates
and MS far as possible generously ad-
ministered to their comfort. We at the
south shall all ever believe that if General
Grant had followed his own natural
instincts, it would have been reserved
for no other man to bridge
the bloody chasm. He of all Americans
could have most eiTectually done it, and
those who thwarted this good purpose,
which we know the old general at one
time had ut heart, have deprived IN illus
trious name of that splendid deed which
would have SO nobly rounded of the
fame of Ulysses $. Grant"
EUI.oGIEs FROM Ex-coNFEpERATEs IN TEXAS.
GALVESTON, Texas, July 25.- The
meeting last night of Confederate and
Federal soldiers was largely attended, the
gray outnumhering the blue. Col Robert
q. Street, of the Fifty y-irst Alabama Reg
iment, was active i'll calling the meeting.
Judge Gustave Cooke, late colonel Of
| 'rerry's Texas Rangers, was chosen chair
man. Among other prominent eX-Con-
federates present were Adiutnnt- General
Franklin, Major Lloyd, Captain Il, l..
Fulton, Mayor of Galveston; Colonel
Shannon, and General John NJ. Claiborne.
After several eulogistic addresses the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted
hes0lred, That the death of Gen. Grant is
cause for common sorrow to all who love
| this, our common country; to all who
/ honor the great soldier, most Just and
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