The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-06-26
Al MT. MAC GREGOR.
Tho Condition of General Grant I'm Hir
New Quarters-Results of Over Exertion
Preparing For the End-Opinions of the
. Physicians-The Generals Visitors.

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Preparing For the End-Opiaions of the
Physlcians-The Generals Visitors.
MOUNT MCGREGoR, N. Y, juno 49,
Yesterday afternoon General Grant, dur.
Ing his walk with Harrison up to the
brow of the mountains, several times
paused to rest, and at length sat down
on rustic settee. When a chair was
placed for his feet he removed the hand
kerchief from his mouth and essayed to
speak, declining the support for his
feet, but his voice was not audible. A
breath could be heard, but no words,
and the General, recognizing the fact,
shook his head The fact that a mess
of frogs had been caught during the
morning at one of the little mountain lakes
near by was mentioned to the General,
and he was asked if you would attempt
anything so tender as frogs legs. Again
the General tried to speak, but the at
tempt did not succeed in words that were
audible, and again he declined by shak.
ing his head. His attention was directed
to the monument that marks the surren-
der OF Burgoyne, twenty miles away,
but the elevation of his head
to gaze so far away seemed
painful, and his head bowed, his chin
dropped to his breast, and his eyes rested
on nearer objects. The neck and
diseased portions are strained and pain
follows when he holds his head erect.
Five minutes passed while the General
sat on the bluff, and he then arose by
steadying himself with the arm of the set
tee and his cane, and with Harrison at
his side, retraced his steps to the cottage.
When he reached the cottage he was
much exhausted and sank into chair in
the parlor. Very soon he indicated by
signs that he wanted some writing mate
rails, which were procured for him, and
he then wrote for nearly half an hour.
The result was two letters or papers
| One was headed:
| 'MEMoRANDA FOR MY FAMILY"
| In it the General had written that he
thought he was falling, and for certain
instructions that he desired carried out
he referred his family to other and more
definite memoranda, prepared by him a
little while before leaving New York.
The other note he folded and addressed
TO DR.. Douglas. He handed both the pa
pers to Colonel Fred Grant. That ad-
dressed to the physician is understood to
have been of similar import as that 70
the family.
The afternoon wore away with the
General sitting outside on the piazza.
The sunset found him still there, and
when the dusk deepened on the east side
of the mountain he was sitting silently
on the porch alone, by the side of the
front door of the cottage.
When lamps were lighted inside, and
the light streamed out into the growing
darkness, the sick man was yet outside
though the air was chilly and a stiff
breeze was swaying the pine tree tops
Colonel Fred Grant was by his side, anc
DR.. Douglas was near at hand.
At length, after eight o'clock, the Gen
eral went inside the cottage, and DIR
| Douglas wrote and sent a message te
DR.. Sands in New York. He asked hin
to come here, if possible, tonight.
At nine O'Clock the General retired
and DR.. Douglas then thought that hit
throat and neck appeared better than or
Tuesday night. 1t is possible that the
Generals walk tested his waning strength
too far, and the reaction has brought him
to sense of weakness that he himself
feels is not to he lightly disregarded
Whether his weakness is the immediate
result of undue exertion or whether it il
the weakness of reaction after his jour
ney, is a question that the doctor only
may presume to answer.
At ten O'Clock the General appeared tc
be sleeping in his room. The family a
that hour, as during the entire evening
J were gathered in the parlor, and DR.
Douglas was with them for the night
At eleven O'Clock they retired and tn,
cottage was dark.
DR.. Sands left New York at eleve
O'Clock last night.
SARATOGA, N. Y, June 19.-The physi
clans during their examination of Genera
Grant yesterday found the patients pulls
to be seventy-two; that his voicelwas
, trifle stronger, and that he was percepti
! bly, weaker. DIR. Sands said that Genera
Grant was much better than when h
first went up to the mountain. This, tt
gether with the assurance of DR.. Dous
= las that there was no immediate caus
for apprehension, allayed the fears of til
family. The physicians informed Gener
e Grant that he had indulged
e too much exercise the previous day, ar
!. that he had also developed too great {
= appetite, and acting on their suggestion
he confined himself to the limits of Il
cottage and piazzas. The General passe
portion Of the afternoon ON the piazz
: and occasionally in briet promenad
He also filled in the time by perusir
:, . newspapers. photographer took
n picture of the General and family on &
:. piazza during the afternoon.
Among the callers upon the Gener
was DR.. M. N. Babcock, of Saratoe
Springs, brother of the late General
e. Babcock.
Late in the afternoon the memb ers
the New York State Pharmaceutical A
" sociation paid their compliments to t
ID General. He saluted them from t
# piazza with his hand.
/. Two bright young girls tripped up t
q front steps and offered General Ora
10 some handsome flowers, which he ]
,r ceived with bow.
"a DR.. Newman reached Mt. McGre g
,r in the afternoon. He passed the mig
a there and will probably leave tod,
,r Whenever the General was out of doc
ut his visitors felt reassured that he v
N gaining strength, but when he dis,
II. peared within the cottage and was
W. scured from view, apprehension seen
rn to increase. At midnight everything '
quiet at the cottage.
Helping Himself to His Share.
n BROOKLYN, N. Y, June 1s.-Wl