The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-05
THE NATIONS DEAD.
,,..,.i.ss at the Cottage on
'S'' N Eount McGregOr.
..vp,RBR, MY GOD TO THEE,
name. Thou Good and Faith
"wsn l Us Enter Thou into
fol -. JOY of Thy Lord"
c.rsra1 Grant.

General Grant.
yogpEsoR, August ION thu
Ao. ..jD brow by the eastern lookout
a qua ai"g The shock of the vibration
mefu1 IN The heavy air when secont
vas HOOK the earth and startled th'
fspo i the trees. The artillerymer
S S,'1i begun q firing thirteen guns to mari s
h'' . ~ of General Grants last day
the -. mountain. In quick success
upon me - short intervals guns were
siOn, anu Tb as ram had stopped but the
hr'a. ri ic concealed the valley. Soldiers
Eel .s. Wed orders to break camp ana IN
rssst ,S.n twenty minutes, alLtents had
les La aa,e ed from among the trees and
dslpPe"cSed away in boxes for ship
ssls Notwithstanding the heavy and
nels r,,ons rain of the night, the sold
o1l1 .Innt veil and were comfortable.
en- s,e ~ the mountain side at 6 O'Clock
poSn W. %are sounding a reveille, and as
Sls .e1 1oated over the mountain,
! !Is s1 H,ors swallowed up in the booming
s w gun that will be fired every half
Son ~ throughout the day, and at sun
~ iii close with thirty eight EoleyS:
nv W., maintain train at 6 O'Clock had
b.a nm bringing up people: The funeral
70 carry the remains from the
.so to Saratoga came up early
III Law waiting. Last night the family
a SiiS Iairen their final farewell of the re-
naG sol nj the dead General, and to-day
tbey gave up his body to the nation.
Al q o'clock the family, except Mrs.
Cant e. repaired to the hotel for break
f.si On their return Col. Grant and
6ig wife with Mrs. Sartoris paused
inou the ridge at the rear of the cot
tare and among the pines to scan the
bright picture of the mountain and
valley, ana then the family entered the
cottage and the preparations began for
the funeral journey.
At8.30 o'clock the doors OF the cot
tage were thrown open. The stream
ofYisitors poured in steadily for over
an hour; about 8 o'clock the head of a
long line Of buggles, wagons, omnl-
buses and various kinds of
vehicles appeared climbing up the steep
incline near the eastern outlook, and
soon the area in the Yicinityof the cottage
was thronged with horses and wagons
and farmers with their wives and fam
lies. At $50 train of two cars brought
General Hancock and a number of dis
tinguished visitors. The two companies
Of regulars were drawn up to receive
them; they proceeded from the station
10 the cottage in the following order:
General Hancock and Colonel Jones,
Admiral Rowan and General Sherman,
senator EYarts and General Rufus In
,alls, Senator Miller, Jas, w. Drexel,
General Hancock staff. At 10 O'Clock,
iervices were held at the cottage in the
presence Of over 1000 persons. Cane
chairs and rustic seats were provided
Tor the ladies under the trees in the
grove. The ceremonies opened With the
reading OF Psalm No. 80 which
vas followed by an impressive
,rayer by Reverend Bishop Harris.
The hymn, My Faith looks up unto
Thee. was joined IN by the whole as
3embly present with fine effect. D.
Newman then delivered a sermon, the
-amly sitting meantime about the re-
mains in the parlor. DR.. Newman
spoke very teelingly in an address which
consumed one hour and half in its
delivery. He took as text the TWENTY
nrst verse of the 18th CHAPTER of
Matthew, Well done. thou good and
ialthIai servant, enter thou into the
10y OF my Lord" Such, my breth-
rem. sad the speaker, is the euIogy
that God shall pronounce upon human
goodness and fidelity wherever found
SmOhg the sons of men" He, said
some comrade in arms would sneak of
the SplenGor Of the martial genius of
.ne dead statesman would review
.9e majesty of his civil administration
would place him on apedestal
u ms renoWn, But let me, said the
3Ped1er, as a minister of religion,
lTsn upon that great character which
~ ever be his crown Of glory and the
-. al pe,ilShao!e heritage of the country he
2VeG so well. " The minister dwelt upon
le honors which had been bestowed
pom MN and the homage which was
ohe MS memory. and declared that
l ! !, secret OF his power on the thought
Vne world and love of mankind, was
'to iMTIlihess OF character, grandeur OF
.Lsellect, and the fact that he was none
ner than himself. He was one of the
" men IN history who exceeded ex
;T;IS'lon oy doing what all others had
ueu 70 DO. He had no hatred in his
ssf IT, His holy eyangel to the nation
- Let as have peace" In his dying
iIalaoer he grasped the hand of him
nose sword was the first he had
"a, and asi Illustrative of this broad
. ! The sorrow was national to-day in
oroadest sense. Duty to his con-
ienee, his country and his God was
; standard of successful manhood.
{ was the humblest of men and a
yer y Oh the most lowly. His love of
re, ciudren and home was supreme
EreaNng of the deep and tender
; - ne bore his wife, the speaker
~ ~. ARd such was the tenderness of
.9Ve and solicitude for her and hers
~ =. ne surprised her by a letter found
-er MS death. He had written it
.teliy and carried the sacred missive
y aIter day during fourteen days,
owing she would find it at last.
Il quoted from the letter as
lows J, y. Look after our dear children
u alrect them in paths of rectitude.
would distress me far more to think
a. one OF them would depart from an
upright and virtuous life
an "a 1t would to know they were pros
.eu on a bed Of sickness from which
y were never to arise alive. They
We never given us any cause for
- =. on their account, and I earnestly
:! ,ney never will With these few
,'nctions and the knowledge l have