Delta chief., 1885-07-29

Between 10 and II O'Clock DR.. Shrady assist
ed the General, and he answered in husky
voice and promptly. Stimulants were being
used, but sparingly.
After his rally and about 9 O'Clock General
Grant sank into sleep that was described BY
witness as peaceful and beautifula as the sleep
of child. His condition, however, is not one
to command confidence, for the pulse beats
are still rapidly huttering and the respiration,
which normally is fourteen to the minute, Is
now forty-four.
At midnight bottles Of hot water were
placed at the Generals feet to induce warmth
and mustard drauRhts were applied upon the
stomach and breast to preserve the tagging
circulation.
m.-General Grant is in a somnolent
condition. The respirations have grown shall
low and the General is no longer able to eI-
pectorate because Of weakness, which is In
creasing. There seems little possibility that
the patient will survive the night.
"A. m.-The respirations are now 50 per
minute. The pulse is so rapid as not to be
counted, and bypodermics, which have been
quite freely administered through the night
have no longer any marked effect. The family
are still astIr.
5a. m.-Dr. Douglas at 1880 remarked that
the Generals brain, heart and lutgs are alive
and that was about all he could say.
sos a. m.-The respirations have increased
to 60 and the death rattle, occasioned by fill
ing up of lungs and throat with mucus, is
heard. He now recognizes his friends by open
ing his eyes.
THE LAST MOMENTS.
MOUNT MCGREGoR, New York, July %.
A few minutes before s O'Clock, Drs. Doug
las, shrady and Sands stood on the cottage
We randa conversing Of the condition of Gen
eral Grant and discussing the possibilities OF
hi death and the limit Of the life Of the sick
man. Mrs Sartoris and Stenographer Daw
son were conversing a little distance away,
when Henry, the nurse, stepped hastily upon
the piazza, and spoke quietly to the doctors
He told them that he thought the General was
very near to death. The medical men hastily
entered the room where the sick man was
lying, and approached his bed. Instantly, up
on scanning the patients face, DR.. Douglas
ordered the family to be summoned to the bed
side.
Haste was made, and Mrs. Grant, Mr.. Jesse
and wife, U. s. Grant. Jr., and wife, and Mrs.
Colonel Grant were quickly beside the doctors
and the sick mans cot. Mrs. sartoris and
Mr.. Dawson had followed the doctors in from
the piazza, and the entire family were present
ex cept Colonel Fred Grant. Summons were
sent for him, but he entered the sick room
while the messenger was searching for him.
The Colonel 81 ated himself at the head Of the
bed, with his left arm resting on the pillow
a bove the head OF the General, who was
breathing rapidly, ard with slightly gasping
respirations. Mrs. Grant was calm, but with
intense agitation, bravely suppressed, took a
seat close by the bedside. She leaned slightly
upon the cot, resting upon her right ell
bow, and gazed with tear blinded eyes into
the Generals face She found there, however,
no token of recognition.
The sick man was peacefully, painlessly pass
ing INTO another life. Mrs. sartoris, standing
bchi nd her mother and leaniI over her shoul
der, so witnessed the close Of the life in which
she had constituted so strong an element Of
pride. Directly behind Mrs. Grant and Mrs.
sartoris, and at little distance removed, stood
Drs. Douglas, Shrady and Sands, spectators Of
a closing life which their efforts and counsel
had SO prolonged. Opposite the bed from his
mother, and directly before her, stood Jesse
Grant and U. g. Grant, Jr., and near the cor
n er OF the cot on the same side as Jesse was
Mr.. N z. Dawson, the Generals stenograph-
er and conf dental secretary. At the foot OF
the bed, and gazing directly down into the
Generals face, was Mrs. Colonel Grant, Mrs.
U. 8. Grant, Jr., and Mrs. Jesse Grant. While
somewhat removed from the FIRMLY circle,
Henry, the nurse, and Harrison Terrell, the
Generals body servant, were respectively
watching the closing life Of the patient, their
master.
DR.. Newman had repaired TO the hotel to
breakfast and was not present. The Generals
little grandchildren, U. 8. Grant, Jr and Mel
lie we're sleeping the sleep Of childhood in the
nursery room above. Otherwise the entire
family and household were gathered at the
bedside Of the dying man. The members Of
the group had been summoned not moment
sooner than was prudent
The doctors noted, on entering the room
p urplish tide, which is one Of natures signals
OF final dissolution, had settled behind the fin
ger nails. The hand that DIR. Douglas lifted
was fast growing colder than 1t had been
through the night. The pulse had futtered
beyond the point where the Doctor could dis
tinguIsh It from the pulse beat on his finger
tips The respirations were quicker and more
rapid at the close. They also became less Ia
bored and almost noiseless. This fact was, in
its results, comfort to the watchers by the
bedside, to whom was spared scele Of agon
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