Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-08-06

Six days before the end came he sat on
the veranda In the morning, reading news
paper. Unknown to him, Mr.. John Gil
man, the photographer at Mt McGregor,
took an excellent picture of him by the in
Simultaneous process. 1t is striking pic
ture and one that we are fortunate to Sc
cure. The generals wasted hands, whiten
ed beard and struggling locks of hair and
fallen cheeks, tell more than words can OF
the sleepless agony that had broken this
strong man.
He had at no time dreaded death itself.
He said once that DR.. Newman was his per-
sonal friend, not his spiritual adviser. Con-
cerning death, he remarked: II can safely
go the road that millions have gone before
me-" 1t is a remarkable saying on the
whole. But many of. Grants sayings were
remarkable. The last voluntary utterance
Of his life was this: 81 do not want anybody
distressed on my account"
For about six weeks before he died he had
been unable to speak above whisper, some
times not at all. To prevent fatigue PEN
Gil and writing pad were provided, and he
expressed his wishes by that means. One
# the first saddest things done after his life
'ent out forever was the putting away of
never want them again.
He did dread lest his death should be at
tended with frightful physical suffering.
That, let us thank God, he was spared. He
went out as peacefully as the light fades of
sunset sky.
He would have died months ago, only that
h, was kept alive by tie iron determination
TO finish his book, his history of the war.
"a, ,;,,I NJ A
before his death he seemed easier and better
than he had been in some time. Dr. Dougla;
congratulated him. For answer Grant wrote:
II feel sorry at the prospect of living
through the summer and fall in the condition
am in. do not think can, but Imay. Ex-
cept do not gather strength, feel quite as
well from day to day as have done hereto
fore But am losing strength. feel it more
he inability to move around than in any
other way, or rather in the lack of desire to
try to move"
Dr. Douglas endeavorel to cheer him by
telling him Of the more comfortable condi-
ton of his throat and his increased strength.
But for answer the dying man only wrote:
"After all that, however, the disease is
still there, and must be fatal in the end. My
life is precious, of course, to my family, and
would be to me ii coyld recover entirely.
There never was one more willing to go
than l. know most people have first one
and then another little thing to fix up, and
never get quite through This was partially
my case. first wanted so many days to
work ON my book, SO the authorship would
be clearly mine 1t was graciously granted
to me, after being apparently much lower
than since, and with q capacity to do moye
work than 1 ever did in the same time. My
work had been done so hastily that much
was left out, and did it all over from the
crossing of the James river in 1864 to Apo
mattox in 1855 Since that have added as
much as fifty pages 10 the book, should
think. There is nothing more to do and
therefore, am not likely to be more ready
| to go than at this moment"
The generals body is still at Mt. McGreg-
or. A detail Of his own beloved old soldiers
from Wheeler post, G. A. R., guard the
C, ,age from stupid and vulgar intruders.