The Osceola times., 1885-08-01
HIS RESTING PLACE.


Central Park. New York. Decided Upon ~
the Resting Place For the Remains OF
General Grani-August sth the Day Set
For the Public Funerai-PrivAte services
ct the Cottage August 18th.
Mr. McGREaoR, N. Y, July 25.-The
following message, received oy MI
Turner, Mayor Grace's chief clerk, late
Yesterday afternoon settled that the
place of burial shall be Central Park:
Your telegram at hand, and l understand
the matter to be now definitely settled that
f.eneraI Grnnt's body is TO be inferred here.
We can not take any more dennte action IN
regard to the mat r OF Mrs Grant unt.i
later date 1he faith OF the President OF ,nd
hoard OF Aldermen and my own Is pledaed
that we will see that the wishes OF the iainiIy
are gratihed by formal resolution oil the
Board -, q,
lsignedl W. H. ""A'"
Upon the receipt of Mayor Grace's as
surance that Mrs. Grant would be laid
by the General, The family authorized
Mr.. Turner to telegraph the Mayor ac-
ceptlng the city's request that General
Grant should be inferred In Central Park.
The following schedule OF arrange
ments was then agreed upon:
The body will be taken from Mt Nc.
nregor at D. m. on Tuesday, August
lib, arriving at Albany at 4;30 p. m. 1t
will lie in staic IN the Capitol until the
next day at one o'clock, when II VIII be
taken to New York, arriving there Al
4:SO D. m August 9th. 1t will lie In
state In the City Hall from that time un-
til Saturday, August sth, when the pub
| lie funeral will take place with such oo-
sequies as may be arranged by the au-
thorities The interment In CentraI
Park will then occur.
More than 200 Grand Army Post rep.
resentatives are expected here to-day
from all parts of the country. Tents
are In readiness upon the mountain Tor
their accommodation.
The Generals face, under the infiu-
ence OF the embalmiug fluid, has lost the
deep burrows aud wrinkles caused by
disease and suffering. The expression Is
calm and peaceful. The case containing
the body was surmounted yesterday by
beautiful wreath OF oak leaves, which
| little Julia Grant, the ColonePs daugh-
ter, and DIR. Douglas little daughter
brought in from The woods and begged
that 1t might be so placed. The body
will not be placed in casket until Mon
day, when near friends of the family will
be permitted to view the face.
Mr. Drexel has decided that the cot.
tage 10 which General Grant died shall
never be occupied as dwelling again.
He intends to present 1t TO the State or
National Government as memento, to-
gether with the furniture as 1t stands
now.
Mrs. Grant has received the following
from the British Minister at Washing
ton:
"Her Majesty, the Queen, requests me to
convey to yourself and family her sincere
coincidence on the death of General Grant"
DR.. Douglas gave to reporter yester-
day some interesting "reminiscences OF
General Grants Illness. Among othe
things he said that about week ago,
when he noted q somewhat less obstinate
condition OF the throat, perhaps due to
the increased inroads of the disease,
the General wrote upon piece OF paper
the following message TO the doctor:
~ feel sorry at the prospect OF living
through the summer and fall In the con-
dition that am In. | do not think ]
can, but may. Except that do not
gather strength, feel quite as well from
day to day as have heretofore. But ]
] Atll LOSING blTtuSiu, lCtl IL iuDtc III tbC
inability to move around than In any
other way, or rather, in the lack OF de-
sire to try to move. The disease must
be fatal In the end. My life is precious,
of course, to my family, and would be TO
me II | could recover entirely. There
never was one more willing to
90 than l. l first wanted
so many days to work on my book so the
authorship would be clearly mine. 1t
was graciously granted me, after being
apparently much lower than now, and
with it capacity TO do more work than
| ever did In the same time. My work
had been done so hastily that much had
been left out, and did 1t all over from
the crossing Of the James River In 1864
TO Appomatox In 1865. Since then l
have added as much as fifty pages to the
book. There is nothing more to do, and
therefore am not likely to be more
ready to go than at this moment"
MI. McGREGoR, N. Y, July 25.-The
funeral services will be held on the porch
of the cottage at eleven a. IN. on August
4th, Rev. DR.. Newman officiating. The
body will then be taken by train TO Sara
toga. The train stops ut Saratoga only
half an hour, reaching ALBANY at $3.50 p.
IN. General Carr, as commander OF the
Third Division of the G. A. r., aud Gov
ernor Hill aud the Stat, officials will es-
cort the body to the Capitol. The Loyal
Legion accompanies the body from Sara
toga In addition to the official escort fur
nished by General Hancock. The Gen
erals face looks as II he had just fallen
asleep. A United States flag is thrown
| over the coffin.