New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-27

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and at times leave the room.' That Is the n"A
General Grant was"
Mrs Grant is still much depressed. She stays ID
her room all the time and has her meals taken 70
her, but has no appetite. Her heart is beneath the
flag that envelopes her illustrious husband. Her
children, who are keeping up for her sake, are
with her constantly and do everything
in their power to consSle tam;v ne1;; 1SSe are
her grief she will not visit the room that &C con
ssan 'nH nn the 3 BODY put into the winch
will arrive on Tuesday. After the coffin arrives
the U. s. Grant Post Will take charge sat,v Oh u
until unf d'' the end They do do not sit in the the
porch inst outside the door. ,a
Colonel Fred Grant met him and took him in 1.-The the
parlor to see the face Of his old friend ana cou-
andc He r at ne bssm and
deSTs0 de@i through SU sbA'' which '' the Gen,
sa hS passed. Ss ns close nan
and the face had the same look upon ~ tnau aud uhd
thousands who knew the General IN life WOULD
mInation and strength. General Porter expressed
great sympathy for Mrs. Grant. who was devoted
to the General, aud for whom the General i,n ma
he was on the field of battle. In
talking about General Grant, General Porter
said His disposition was one OF the happicst
ever knew. | was with HIM for 2ne consecutive
years. never leaving his side for more than lew
hours at time, and never knew HIM to he angry.
The nearest approach to Ii was once when he saw
teamster unmercifuily beating horse; The Genii
cral watched him for second and then dasned
quickly mp to hm and said j: l.. D., J.. ..homsa of
o. You scoundrel, you ought to be ashamed oi
yourself
'Thc teamster looked at him with a defiant and
General was mad all the way through but did not
show IT. Calling a guard he ordered the iinperti-
ncnt teamster 10 be hung up by the thumbs. no
matter what the circumstances. or how Tying u
might be to his patience, General Grant
never in his life was heard to utter
an oath. never heard hun utter he mildest form
Of imprecationl such asl the most nnoceni-Inlnded
person might nse. This Isa most unusual tning
when you consider the free and easy atmosphere
of an army life, where in the excitement Oh
action men are prone to Forget themselves
"rhis same happy disposition. which was mani,
tested everywhere, was one OF the reasons whF ,u
those who were Immediately about him from the
humblest dependent, up 20 those who consnited
with him. were so devoedly attached to him.! AN
instance of this is shown IN the case OF DIS coloIeu
coachman, Albert Hawkins who so eloQuentiy
asked perm ssioD To drive the General on his last
Journey TO the tomb. don't know where tue
General got Albert. bit IT was some time before ne
was elected President for the first time,
and in this long period Of the service the General
never spoke unkind word TO him. never showed
that he was his superior IN any wav. General
Grant pre-eminently RIP Van Dam. man or
the people. HIS heart warmed 10 them, and he
liked to mingle in throngs where he could see the
genuine expressions Of human nature and study
The characters of his fclow-men IN every varying
shade. Form was nothing To him. lie wanted the
substance. In his journeys by rail he loved
to leave his private carriage and 90 out
in the smoke and set down in the seat with some
body and have quiet chat. Yet he could effect
ually crush undue familiarity. ! remember once
was spending the at his cottage In the seat
directly in front of us was rough-looking fellow
bonest enough, but presnmptuous. lie mao an uniit
cigar in his hand and turni1g around he saw the
General. Thinking to show his familiarity he
tipped a wink to those sitiag around and said:
Grant issked calmly 10 over The fellow with that IN
perrurbabc face of his and then taking his match
box from his pocket handed the man two matches
he General did not say word. but there was
something about his action that told the fellow
that he had gone far esough and checked any fur
his smartne.s g. was from that time very much In
terested In the landscape that we were passing"
Much hope is expressed that some day the peopie
NAV know portion II no. % th, entire mt, contents .,
his children for their guidance, and especially his
sons. lie observed 70 them in his sic ness
that he would rather see them suffering
as be suffered than abandoned TO any wee.
Religious services held IN tho hotel this
evening. In offering np prayer, Dr Newman made
a brief reference to the National loss. lie prayed
tnat the FANNY of Genera Grant might be COM
foried and sustained, and he returned thanks that
through the heavy clouds OF ailction signs OF beh-
efactIon might be seen III the uniiying OF the Ma
tonal life aud the tender and universal feelings OF
sympathy aroused by General Grants death -,
he coffin containing General Grants body VIII
be taken to Saratoga the IIttie mountain road
but whether II will be placed on an open car or one
of the passenger cars with the seats removed to
make room tor it, mas not yet been decided
The car will. Of course, be heavily draped.
Over the down grade a much longer train can he
transported than could be hauled up the steep
ascent by the pudgy though powerful little loco
motives, ana thus large funeral party can be
taken down the mountain. The entire train VIII
have abundance of mourning enblems, and every
thing possible will be done to diguify this portion
of the journey. .,
Colonel Fred and Jesse Grant left here by special
train at 1890 tonight, reaching New-York at
oc.ock tomorrow morning. Tney 40 to confer
with General Hancock, and afterward to meet
Mayor Grace and the Park Commlss onsrs to de;
eide upon site for the Generals tomb. General
Horace Porter accompanies them to New-iork
II was intended by General Grants family that the
body should lie in state at Mt. McGregor for day
at least, before il was taken to New-york. Their
wishes ia this regard were changed at the earnest
request Of the proprietors of the Mt. McGregor
Hotel who considered hat Il the body were to lie
in state here some designing people would say that
10 was done TO advertise the hotel and attract pco
pie here and this is the for the course taken
by the Generals family. which might otherwise ap-
pear strange.