The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-07-30
SLEEPING.
General Grant Is at Rest.

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MT. MCGREGoR, July 23.-Gener'
al Grant died at S:0S a. M, surround.
ed by all his family. He passed
out of life peacefully and without
any evident pain.
THE LAST BREATH.
A minute more passed and was
closing as the general drew long
breath; there was an exhalation
like that of one relieved of a long,
anxious tension; the members Of
the group were impelled each a
step nearer the bed, and each
awaited another respiration, but it
never came.
There was absolute stiffness in
the room and a hush of expectant
suspense, but no sound broke the
silence save the singing of the birds
in the pines outside the cottage and
the measured breath of the engine
that all night had waited by the
little mountain depot down the
slope.
KISSING THE STILL FACE.
"It is all over," quietly spoke DR..
Douglas, and there came then heav-
lily to each witness a realization
that General Grant was dead.
Then the doctors withdrew, the
nurse closed the evelids and COM
posed the dead generals head, after
which each of the group pressed to
the bedside, one after another, and
touched their lips upon the quiet
face SO lately stilled.
DR.. Shrady passed out on the
piazza, and as He did SO, met DR..
Newman Fastening up the stairs,
aHe is dead," remarked the doctor,
quietly, and the fact Of his having
been absent from the side of the
dying man and his family was the
cause Of severe and sad regret to the
clssgysRan. who had waited AL
night at the cottage. He had beer
summoned from his breakfast q
moment too late, and reached the
cottage only in time to minister tc
the family sorrow, and gaze upon
the scarcely hushed lips of the dead
general, to whom DR.. Newman's
love had bound him in such close
ties and relations. Those who saw
and knew and all who learned o.
the clergyman's absence from the
death bed quickly speak the i'm
pulse Of hearty sympathy.
Mt. MCGREGoR, July %, 8 a. M
An embalmer from New York will
be summoned to preserve Genera
Grants remains, but local under
takers will undoubtedly conduc
immediate details and convey tht
remains to New York. When tn.
body shall have reached New YOrl
the question of postmortem will bt
considered and be determined BY
the family. Touching place fo
burial, the general months ago in
dicate three places as suiting hi
wishes in that direction. Tn,
choice however was narrowed Il
two, owing to the natural wishes o
the General, that his wife shoult
rest beside him. A strange desir'
has been expressed to the famil!
that the burial should take place II
Washington, and efforts have beef
put forth to make New York tn,
last resting place of the General
Before his death however, Genera
Grant left the choice of burial spo
entirely to Col. Fred Grant, impos
ing only the condition that the spo
selected should be such as that Mrs
Grant might rest by his side. Hi
remains will be removed to New
York by a special train, and ther'
prepared for burial:
A PLASTER CAST OF THE FEATURES
| Within twenty minutes after tn,
death of General Grant, Karl Ger
hart, the Hartford sculptor, who hat
been making a study here of tn,
General, was summoned to the cot
tage at the suggestion of DR.. New
man to make a plaster mask of tn,
dead mans face and he was highl,
successful.
| PRESERVING THE REMAINS.
Within half an hour after tn,
Generals decease, the waiting en-
gine at the mountain depot was OF
the way to Saratoga to bring al
undertaken to place the remains OF
ice to-day to await the arrival ofth,
New York undertaken VIII,