The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-08-12
Death of General Grant

to its final ebbing. DR.. Douglas, VINO noted the |
nearness of the supreme moment, quietly ap- |
preached the bedside and bent above 1t, and while
be did so the sorrow Of the gray-haired physician
seemed closely allied with that of the family. Dr.
past O'Clock and the eyes of the General were |
closing. His breath grew more hushed as the |
last functions of the heart and lungs were nastened
TO the closing of life. peaceful expression |
seemed to be deepening IN the firm and strong
lined face. minute more passed and was clos |
ing as the General drew deeper breath; there |
was an exhalatatiou like one relieved OF long and
anxious tension. The members OF the group were
impeIled each a step nearer the bed and each |
wanted to note the next respiration, but 1t did not
come. 1t never came. There was absolute still |
ness in the room and flush of expectancy, so
that no sound broke the silence save the singing
Of the birds in the pines outside the cottage and
the measured throbSing of the engine that all |
night had waited by the mountain depot.
at is all over" quietly spoke DIR. Douglhs, and
there came then heavily TO each witness roaliza
ton that General Grant was dead. Then the
doctors withdrew the nurse closed the eyelids and
composed the dead Generals head, after which |
each OF the family group pressed to the bedside,
one after the other, and touched their lips upon
the quiet face so lately stled. DR.. Shrady passed
out upon the piazza and as he did 50 be met DIR.
Newman hastening upstairs. he is dead, re-
marked DR.. Shrady quietly. The fact OF having
been absent from the side of the dying man and
his family at the last moment was cause of sor-
row and regret to the clergyman who had waited
all night at the collapse He had been summoned
~
TO minister to the family sorrOwing, 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.
New York, July 23-AmOnC the incidents of
Grants last hours is the following: As Nellie was
standing by the bedside holding her fathers hand
and watching the quiet iinpassve face on the pil-
low, she leaned forward, and with her mouth close
to her father ear, said: Papa, If you knOwyour
Nellie will you squeeze her handr' The emaciated
fingers contracted slightly, and this was the last
evidence of existing consciousness. The exact
time of the Generals death is not known as there
was considerable variation IN the watches DR..
Douglass watch was exactly at :, while the other
watches were few minutes faster or slower. At
the very last Nellie stood at the foot of the bed
with her encircling the waists of her sister in
| law, and her head resting upon the shoulder of
| Colonel Grants wife. Her heart was broken and
| she seemed daZed and could not shod a tear. DR..
Shrady was watching the General closely. When
he the pallor strike his face and saw the last
slight gasp he learned slightly forward and said to
Colonel Grant, AT last the end has come" DR..
Douglas gave deep sigh and said, tits all over"
and then slowly moved away from the bed while
| the tears trickled down his cheeks. Mrs. Grant
was dazed for moment and would not believe her
| husband was no more. She clasped his cold hands
| to her BOSOM and Nellie, burying her face in her
| hands, said, "Poor mamma" Mrs. Grant got up
from her chair, and leaning over the calm, silent
face, kissed the cold lips again and again, until
DR.. Newman, who had entered the room just as the
| General died, took her gently by the arm and led
| her to the sofa. Newman's face WIS flushed with
| emotion, and he said that his prayer that the
| General might die peacefully had been answered,
''for such quiet death never saw before"
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The following proclama-
| ton has been issued by the President:
| The President of the United States has Just
ceiyed the sad tidings of the death of that illus
| trious citizen and ex-PIesident Of the United
| Stats General Ulysses 5. Grant, at Mount McGre-
gor in the State of New York, TO which place he
had lately been removed in endeavors TO prolong
his life. In making this announcement to the
people of the United States the President is i'm
pressed with the magnitude of the public loss of
| great military leader who was in the hour of
| victory magnanimouS, and disaster serene and
| self-sustaned; who in every station, whether as
soldier as a chief magistrate, twice called to
power by his fellow-cOuntrymen trod unswerv-
ingly the pathway of duty, undeterred by doubt,
| single-minded and straightforward. The entire
country has witnessed with deep emotion his pro-
longed and patient struggle with patient disease
and has watched by his couch of suffering with
fearful sympathy. The destined end has come at
last, and his spirit has returned to the Creator
! who sent it forth. The great heart of the Nation
that has followed him with love and pride does
now in sorrow mourn HIM, tenderly mindful of
his virtues, his great patriotic services and of the
loss ocoasioned by his death.
In testimony Of respect to the memory of Gen
eral Grant it is ordered that the Executive Man
sion and the several departments in Washington
be draped in mourning for period of thirty days,
and that all public business shall on the day of
/ the funeral be suspended, and the Secretaries of
appropriate military and naval honors 10 be rend-
cred on that day. r#.
In witness whereof have hereuuto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed. Done at the City of Washington this I'D
day of July, A. ID. 1885, and the Independence of
the United States the one hundred and tenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND, President.
i. +. BAYARD, Secretary OF State.
The President has also issued an order direct
ing that all the executive departments of the Gov
ernment be closed at O'Clock this afternoon as a
mark of respect for the memory of General Grant.
| Adjutant-General Drum, by command of Lieu
tenant-Goneral Sheridan, has issued the follow
ing order:
In compliance with instructions OF the President
on the day of the funeral at each military post, the
troops and cadets will be paraded and the order
read to them, after which all labors for the day
will cease. The national flag will be displayed al
half-mast At the dawn of day thirteen guns will
be fired, and afterward, at intervals of thirty
minutes, between the rising and setting of the
sun, 4 single gun and at the close of tho day a
national salute of thirty-eight guns. The officers
Of the army will wear Grape on the left arm and
on their swords, and the colors of the battalion OF
engineer of the several regiments and of the
United States corps of cadets will be put in mourn.
ing for period of SIX months. The date and
hour of the funeral will be communicated TO the
department oOHmanders by telegraph, and by
them TO their subordinate commanders.
Secretary Whitney has issued an order direct
ing that the ensigns at each naval station and on
board of each vessel of the United States Navy
guns be fired ct intervals every half hour from
sunrise TO sunset at each naval station and Oh
board the hagships, and of vessels acting singly
on the day funeral, where this order may be re-
ceiyed in time; otherwise, the day after its re-
ception. Officers of the naval and marine corps
will wear the usual badge of mourning attached &c
the sword hilt and on the left arm for period OF
thirty DAYS.
NEw YoRK July 24.-Mr. W. j. Arkell has ar.
ranged the following timetable for the removal OF
the remains: Leave Mt. McGregor at p. M.
August 4th, arrive at Saratoga at p. m. leave
Saratoga at 2:30 y. M, arrive at Albany at 4:}O D.
m; leave Albany at u o'clock, noon, Wednesday
August 9th, and arrive about 4:50 in New York
In the interval from 4:SO p. M, Tuesday TO noon
Wednesday, August 9th, the remains will lie in
state at the Capitol and from the time of the ar
rival in New York, on Wednesday afternoon, until
Saturday August Sth, the body will lie in state nj
the City Hall. The public obsequies will take
place Saturday at such time as the civic authori-
ties may arrange and the intermunt will then fol.
low in Central Park.
FEATURES IN THE LIFE OF THE DEAD.
1S22-April 9th, born, Point Pleasant, o.
lS3-Parents removed to Georgetown, o.
lS39-Entered West Point Academy.
1S43-Graduated, ranking twenty-frst in class
OF thirty-nine; made Brevet Second Lieutenant
of infantry and attached as Supernumerary Lieu
tenant to Fourth Regiment, stationed on the Mis-.
souri, frontier.
l845-Summer Regiment ordered to Join Gene
raj Tayior's army in Texas; September 30th COM
mssoned as full Lieutenant
lSi6-First saw blood shed at Palo Alto, May
Sth, and took part also in the battles of Resaca de
la Palma and Monterey, at the siege of Vera Cruz
1S4I-April made Quartermaster of his regi-
ment, but still participated in all active operations
September Sth after the battle of Molino del Rev,
was appointed on the field First Lieutenant for
his gallantry. After the battle of Chaputepec was
breveted Captain also for gallant conduct After
the capture Of the City of Mexico he returned with
his regiment, and was stationed first, at Detroit,
and then at Sackett's Harbor.
| 1S4S-Married Miss Juia IT. naut nf I,OuiS
sister of one of his classmates.
1S52-Accompanied his regiment to California
and Oregon.
lS53-August 9th, commissioned as full Captain.
l654-July J1st, resigned and removed to GTa-
vols near st. Louis, cullvating farm near the
city and negaging in business as real estate agent
lS59-Was employed by his father in tho leather
trade at Galena, Ill.
1SG0-Breaking out of the Civil War, was chosen
Captain of a company of volunteers, with which
lie marched to Springfield where he was retained
as aide 70 Governor Yates
iS6l-Iune 18th, appointed Colonel of the
| Twenty-hrst Regiment; accompanied his reci-
ment to Missouri to guard the Hannibal and
Hudson Railroads. July 31st, placed in command
Of the troops at Mexico, forming part Of General
Pope's force, August 25rd, promoted TO Brigader-
General OF volunteers, commission dating from
May 18th. September 9Th, seized Paducah at the
mouth of the Tennessee, and Smithland, at the
mouth of the Cumberland, on the 25th Noyem
Der Ith, fought the battle of Belmont December
2lst, given command Of the district of Cairo.
| l6b2-tebruary 9Th, captured Fort Henry and