Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-06
Gen. Grant Better.
SPENDING A QUIET sUNDAY,B
NOT ANXIOUS TO PROI4ONG
HIS sUFfERlNGS.
| ASLEEP AT MIDNIGHT.

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ASLEEP AT MIDNIGHT.
NEW YORK, April From mid
night until dawn this morning General
Grants household was quiet and the
General slept most Of the time peace
fully. When lac awakened this morn
ing the beneficial effect Of the long rest
was manifested in return of his old
spirit. Easter sunday dawned bright
and beautiful. The weather was crisp
and cold and brisk wood fire crackled
in the wide fireplace in the Generals
room. He awoke at o'clock, and
after eating q light breakfast was
dressed and established in his easy
chair.
The bright sunlight poured in at the
windows. 1t Is n cheerful room, with
bright coiored carpet and handsome
furniture, and flowers were placed here
and there on tables and the mantelpiece.
Between ten and eleven o'clock many
gentlemen called NJ the house TO make
ina uiries.. Mr. Cyrus w. FIold was one
of the ear liest callers. He left o large
basket Of flowers. Senator Jerome Ii.
lCbaffee, General Adams Badeau and
+! u. 8. Grant, Jr., went into the house
and Jessie Grant went out for a walk.
General Badeau said that the General
was in such q condition that he might
die in half an hour or might i've
/ week. The trouble was not with the
local disease, but with the constitu.
tioDal debility produced by the cancer.
The General was anxious to die and
end II all, for he suffered too much TO
care to live any longer. Another gen
tleman said that while the Generals
condition varied for the better or worse
the cancer continued it's ravages and
was steadily growing worse.
Il After the consultation of DIS. Bar.
ker, Sands and Shrady, the following
report was made
At the consultation at Q p. IN. Drs.
Barker, Sands, shrady and Doug las
were present. The throat was exainin.
ed by strong reflected sunlight. II
was agreed that there was an improve
! ment In the local condition. A con.
, tiDua,ion of the anodyne was approved,
: The treatment pursued during the last
, week was recommended. The Genera
, Is now doing before wood fire and II
very comfortable.
fl THE GENERAL DICTATES A BULLETIN
81 The doctors have made practice o
E sending out bulletins at regular hour
aud General GIANT has bcsn we'll awar'
r of what was going on. When h
, awoke from short sleep AZ five o'cloci
: the last OF the sunlight wGH peepiDg IL
through the windows. DR.. Sbrady
= General Badeau and Colonel FREQ
y lGrant wero In the room. The Genera
r looked at the wood fire as IL blazed an,
l. lcrackled. 1t was about time to sent
out a bulletin, and the doctor, afte
Il inquiriug how General Grant felt ant
v making the usual examinations, sa
4 Idown TO write 1t. General Badea
:, stood near him.
,, 81 WISH" Or. Shrady said, tba
II We could write something TO show tn
10 Generals mental condition. The bu
d letins about President Garfeld's con
81 dition four years ago were 10 muc
le about pulse, temperature and respira
tion that they grew uniDteresting an
c nveyed 10 aue idea to the public.
wi Say that I'm very comfortable,
:. said the old soldier. am gratefu
"A for the sympathy that has becn q
pressed for me-"
De Then he thought n moment and sal
r that he was grateful for the prayerfr
Or sympathy and Interest manifested fe
e, him by his friends and by those VII
ID hal not heretofore been regarded Q
IN such.
a. Well, now," said the doctor chez
~. fully, az General Grant paused, "
,a ought to have something to wind
with"
e. Say that l desire the good. will
70 all, whether hereto fore my friends
OF not" the General said. "a TIL
N, enough 2"
to +. Yes" said General Badeau. 1t
ne good Easter blessing for the people
In Ibis country"
ri. Colonel Fred Grant smiled his q
I'M lproval and DR.. Shrady then wrote o
bulletin containing the General
,% words,
gh Notwithstanding his compsr
" Tive cheerfulness in the mornil
tie General Grant felt very despondent
,ly in the afternoon. He said in convt
Ity Isation With General Badeau: at
bic useless to endure this suffering al
, ? longer"
terward, "fhat he does not desire to G
m. dure further suffering"
,e, A CoMFoR TABLE NIGHT.
om During the evening Sixty
Sat street In the vicinity of General Gran
m house was unusually quiet. Church got
,.vl would stop for a moment AZ they pass
cfI along and inquire after General Gran
;s condition from the police officer static
al ID In front of the Generals r,sider
VIII and then proceed to their place Of de-
ave tion. Occasionally the occupahts
In carriages passing through the SIR
ing would order their driver TO pull al
ed, few doors from the Grant home AL
sns alighting, would ask what news th
md was from the sick chamber and u
iGh tdrive off. DIR. Douglas called t. relic
the DIR. Shrady at ten minutes OF o'olo
4. but the latter did not leave till half p
: ~ Is o'clock, just after issuing reassur
TWO bulletin He said there was nothing
10 add-the General was resting comfor
belbly. The bulletin was this:
'liefI General Grants condition remains
changed. He has spent very qu
afternoon. He has taken his US
a. amount Of food and has been In "
., hs com Portable state of mind
uc Shortly after DIR. Shrady's depart
), General Horace Porter and General
mas p. Winslow visited the house. They
ntli not see the patient hut were told by
the family that no serious change was
are ticipated during the night. When
ugh Senator Chaffee came from Gent
gree G rants room, after being with
ner. patient for some time, he said he
hot looking stronger. This, be thought,
merely on the surface and not real.
IIs aas Chaffee had hope that General CIR
I" would live longer tran the doctors
his family expected few days ago.
ASLEEP AT MIDNIGHT.
The midnight bulletin was issned
Ter Drs. Douglas and Shrady and it wa