Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29

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large rebel army
From that successful campaign he
fought his way and overcame every
commanding General that Csnfeder-
stes sent against him and overcame
General Robert E. Lee, one of the
greatest generals of modern times and
closed the Rebellion by receiving the
surrender of Lees, army April 9, 1866.
Three days later April II, 1865, the
Reble army stacked arms at Apo
mattox Court House, Va, and thus
closed the rebellion that was organ
lied to destroy the United States OF
America and establish new govern
ment with slavery forits corner stone.
He was elected President of this
government in 1868, and reelected
President in 1872.
He travelled around the world in
1S79-S0. was twice defeated for re-
nomination for President before the
Republican National Convention be
cause the people feared to entrust the
powers of the Republic for so long a
time to so able general.
During the holiday season of 1884
in passing from his house to his car
riage in New York city, he fell, on
the pavement, and received physical
injury from which he never recover
cd. About the the same tune a can
Ger formed in his throat which cul-
minated in his death on the date sta
ted above. A New York city conf
dencs inancier, gradually won his
confidence and made him and two
sons partners to swindling financial
Operations that resulted in loss of
ten to seventeen million dollars to
creditors in 1854. Wards confidence
game was . shock to the General
from which he never recovered. 1t
Inundated him and placed him In a
false position from which he could
not recover himself.
Such, in brief, is the career OF Ulys-
ses Simpson Grant the eighth man in
direct line from Matthew Grant men
toned in the beginning OF this article.
While the history of the Republic
lives the Generals name will live with
the name OF Washington and Lincoln.
At this place, the news of his death
on the 23rd, was speedily passed from
individual to individual, flags were
lowered to half mast, bells were toll
ed, and a number of houses and bus
mess places were draped in mourn
ing, showing that the old commsn-
der has a place in the heart and
memory of the people. His death
was peaceful. All his family, except
ing two grand children who were
asleep, three physicians and two at
tsndants were present when he pass
ed from earth into the future world.
The last word that he uttered was at
3 o'clock in the morning and was a
call for water. Neither history or ro
nance present more varied life than
that in the experience of Ulysses
Simpson Grant.
When he was thirty nine years OF
age he was a clerk in the Grant Ga
lena leather store wife no more prom
ise of distinction than any one of the
tens of thousands of clerks in stores
in America on this the 29th day of
July 1885, but within a period OF
nineteen years, from 1861, he was the
General of all the armies of the Re-
public, had twice been elected Presi
dent of the country that he freed from
the blight of slavery, and had been
welcomed by the kings of every i'm
portant Christian and Heather nation.
His remains will be taken from
Mount McGregor on the 4th of Au-
gust, and on the Sth day of August
the funeral and interment will take
place in Central Park, New York city,
where Mrs. Grant will be buried by
his side when her days are over.