The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-01
prMocaAifo o0UETY COMMfrrEg
THE DEAD HERO.
A PROCLAMATION.

Governor Pdttison on Saturday last
Issued the following Proclamation:
s'To the people Of the Commonwealth
p Of PENNSYLVANIA. / have learned with
profound regret Of the death of the
iilustrious American soldier and eX-
President, ULYSSES s. Grant. Emerging
from the quiet walks of citizen life at
q critical period in the history of bis
Il country, he rapidly attained the highest
renown In her military sevice, and on
the return Of peace was twice called to
occupy the chief chair of State, Brill
ant and successful in war, magnanim-
Gus and conservative in craftsmanship,
distinguished at home and abroad for
his personal virtues in private life, he
filled the measure of useful, honorable
AMI patriotic career and has bequethed
10 his feilow-citizens and posterity a
name that will forever be revered.
"Now, therefore, in view of the sad
event which has filed the nation with
deep sorrow and as a fitting mark of
respect to the memory of the eminent
man who in the providence of God,after
a painful and patient struggle with dis
case and death, has closed his martial
life, 90 direct that the flags on the
public buildings Of the State be placed
at half-nust until sundown on the day
Of his burial august Sth), and that on
that day the ordinary business OF the
several departments of the State Gov
nment be suspended, and ! recon-
mend to the people of the Common
wealth that during the funeral obsequies
on that day they do generally observe
the great solemnity of these hours by
the suspension of business, and tolling
of bells and such other marks of respect
for the distinguished dead as to them
may be deemed appropriate.
"RoBERr Z. PATTIsoN."
GENERAL GRANTS RESTING PLACE.
Philadelphia Times: There will be
very general regret throughout the
country because of the decision to make
the New York Central Park the fina
resting place of General Grant. Hat
General Grant been a son of New York
or had his fame been won in that section
or In achievements specially related t.
it, there would be fitness in his buria
thers But General Grant belongs t,
the nation: his achievements and hi
fame were impressed on the annals o
the Republic, when of all the grea
North, there was least sympathy an
support for his cause from the city il
which his dust is 10 repose; and it wa
in New York, and by New York methods
that came the only cloud that dimmo
the lustle Of his exceptional greatnes,
and the suprgme misfortune that Shad
owed the evening of his life.
General Grants last resting plac
should be in Washington. That is tn
Capital he protected in the tempest {
battle, and il is the centre Of the affet
$io vs. Of the more than fifty millions {
free people who compose the Republi
he saved from untimely fall, rs it wi
he the altar OF the love OF the hundred
4 CT millions of the future, who viii wo
ship at the shrine Of the nations gran,
est heroism. The Soldiers Home
Washington, one of the most beautif
spots Of the Union, is pre-eminently Il
place for the grave and monument
Grant. ii is the resting place of Il
bufleted and weary soldiers OF the Cou
try, who live in the grateful memori
OF the past as they wait for the fin
biyousc Of the dead; and it is hallow
by Eecollections and mementoes OF
founder, Winfield Scott, and is crowd
with associations Of Abraham Lincol
whose courage saved Grant from
foodtile of obloquy, and commission
him as General Of the Army. 1t is t
one fitting resting place for the dust
the man to whom the blue and the gr
pay homage, the Captain of the \!
1t isrprobably too late TO hope to chan
the decision that fixes Central Park
General Grants final resting place,
itisnonethe less proper that the I
doub,cl,sentiment ofthe country shor
be voiced on the subject,
II will be generally regretted, al
that the funeral of General Grant is
be delayed for more than a iortni
ca after his death The country will we,
OF two weeks Of sepulchral ceremou
and when the lasI office OF love shall
performed, however imposing the Oft
pageant, the nation whose affection
echoed from every mountain and va
of the land, will have paid its trib
and enshrined the heroism and patr
,. ism of Ulysses S. Grant in the fade
esnemory Of the people.
GENERAL GRANT 5 FAMILY.
ItiS now known that while Gen
Grant,died fortnneless because of
failure o. Grant d Ward, his widow
left in very comfortable circumstan