Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-25
AMERICAS GRIEF.
THE COUNTRY STILL MOURNING
HER LESS.
General Grant to be Buried III Cen
tral Park-Date OF the Funeral
Words of sympathy.

IsPEcIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE RECORD, ,uNIoN. J
Mr. McGREGoE, Jply 24th.-There viii
be over two hundred representatives of the
Grand Army Posts from various parts of
the country here Tomorrow. They wiN
camp in tents pitched on the mountain
and Wiz take their meals on the hotel We
randa. The enbalming viii be completed
today The checks and face by the pro-
cess made use of have been made to assume
ful!ness. and the deepest furrows and lines
have been filled out The expression OF
the face is now one Of peaceful rest. On
Monday the remains will be placed in q
casket ana the near friends vii! be permit
ted 70 view the remains. SenOr Romero is
with the family to-day. as was Or. New
man and wife. General Carr paid his re-
spects at the cottage this morning The
disposition Of the cottage III which General
Grant died rests with Joseph w DreXei,
and the Associated Press IS authorized TO
announce that the cottage viii never again
be occupied by any family or person. Mr..
Drexel will in due tine present it TO the
State OF the National Government. The
house will be presented intact.
cENTRAL PARK DECIDED UPoS IS THE PLACE
OF sEPULCHE&.
Mt. NcGREGoE July 24th.-The one con
diti0n imposed by General Grant before he
died, upon those who should decide upon
the place OF his burial, IS the cause Of the
delay in fixing upOn q spot for sepulcher.
Mayor C;races Chief Clerk, Mr.. Turner, is
here. and has been in consultation with
Colonel Fred Grant He has formally and
in person for Navor Grace urged the accept
ance Of a burial spot in any one of the
parks OF New York city There IS strong
feeling il the family Of Genera! Grant that
the New York proposition IS one that
would nave gratitied the General. hut con
titioned that Mrs. Grant might be buried
beside the General IS one that the Mayors
representative cannot accede to, and teie-
graphic communication IS now going On
between here and New York Oh that point
The Presidents messenger, at II O'Clock,
had not arrived, and when ne does come
and presents the invitation from the Sol
dieTs' Home, II IS not unlikely that the
condition OF General Grant relative to Mrs.
Grant being buried beside him viii also
then cause some DELAYS. Pending the con-
ference with tie others, the invitation from
the citv Of Springfield H., has not been
seriously considered, as YET; though, before
his death. General Grant indicated Illinois
as among he three States in one OF which
he would desire % he buried.
Illinois having given him his first army
commission he would be willing to be
buried there. But there We're two other
spots which be designated, and one Of
t.lem-W -Washingt0n-is now under cousid-
Grafton. The third point that General GTanc
indicated was West Point, bat he recog-
nilel A. the time Of this suggestion that
West Point vas = spot where his wife could
not rest beside him, and that fact removed
any possibility in Grant mind OF his being
buried there. il was afjerwaTd that the
General Telecatcd the entire matter Of a
burial spot and the funeral arrangements u
Colonel Fred. who. after conference with
the family Oh all points, IS now carrying
forward the arrangements for his fathers
funeral. il is now determined that the
obseluies VIII begin at Nj McireaOr. The
family fUlly recognize the claim 0f the
people and nation to do hOnors 70 tie re-
mains Of General Grant, but there is q feel
ing that before all the pomp and pageant Of
burial the family should have their dead
all by themselves for q season OF service.
The family would he alone when their
funeral service is held and before the re-
mains 90 out TO the people 10 mourn over
Thus the funeral ceremonies Tor the family
VIII Ue held hare il the cottage, at such
time rs may seem best DR.. Newman viii
be with the family, and conduct with them
the service over the dead The President
is anxious, and has 50 expressed himself
tina. there should he . national funeral, and
that under the direction and care OF the
War Department, beginning when the re-
mains are started from the mountain and
ending at the place Of sepulcher.
There is now little doubt that General
Grants remains viii lie buried in Central