The National tribune., 1885-11-05


turned, and a messenger was dispatched for a
physician, who found his patient in extreme
agony The paroxysms followed each other in
| quick succession. No drugs had sufficient
power to allay them, and his sufferings were
Undesirable. Toward the death hour his
eyes began to grow brighter and his face, that
had been white with pain, began to recover its
usual ruddy hue. He gave long, deep sigh
of relief, smiled family and said: II feel easy
now. Thank God I have pulled through"
| Then he sank back upon the pillow, as if ex-
! hausted, closing his eyes, The doctor, who
was watching his face with extreme solicitude,
| saw the unerring signs of approaching death,
| and whispered to Mrs. Mcclellan: Il fear he
is dying" 1t was but too true His father
| in-law, Gen. Marcy, who lives in the next villa,
was hurriedly sent for, but before he could ar
| rive Gen. Mcclellan raised himself upon one
hand, half opened his eyes and fell back dead.
| When Gen. Marcy entered the room the tears
| of the ladies told him what had happened.
Everywhere throughout the country were
shown evidences of sincere sorrow for the death
of one SO prominent in both military and civil
| life. Flags were placed at balf-mast, and there
were innumerable expressions of grief both
public and private.
In Washington President Cleveland issued
an order that the flags be displayed at half
mast on all the public buildings until after the
funeral, and sent telegram of coincidence to
Mrs. Mcclellan. The Secretary of War also
issued an official announcement of the death.
1t is definitely stated upon authority that Gen.
Mcclellan came very near being made men,
Der of President Cleveland's Cabnet that he
was rendered the Russian mission and declined
1t because OF business engagements; and that,
within the "a hours before McClellan's death,
the President had concluded to offer him an
appointment as member of the Civil Service
Commission.
The funeral took place on Monday, Nov. 2, in
New York city. The body of Gen. Mcclellan
was removed from the house Of w. c. Prime in
East Odd street to the Madison Square Presbyte-
rian Church where the last rites were performed
by the pastor, the Rev. DR.. Chas. II. Parkhurst.
Although the morning broke dark and gloomy,
with occasional bursts of rain, yet hundreds of
people gathered early in the neighborhoOd of
the church and Mr.. Primes house. Squads of
police officers began to arrive early and were
placed in position to preserve order. Two
hundred and fifty were deplOyed in lines
extending from Mr. Primes house to the
church, two blocks away, while other officers
guarded the church door and the passages
leading to them. No one, not even the init
mate friends of the family, were admitted
within the doors of the Prime mansion, and
only the family and pallbearers were present
when reverently, and with tender hand, the
black, cloth-covered casket, upon which
rested sheaf of wheat and a few immortelles,
was lifted and slowly borne to the street.
On either hand were the pallbearers, con-
sisting of Gen. w. S. Hancock, Gen. Fitz-
John Porter, Gen. w. B. Franklin, Gen. J. L.
Johnston, Gen. Arson g. McCook, Gen. Mar
tin /. Mcmahon, S. l.. NJ Barlow, Hon. W. C.
Kelsey, Col. T.. III. Wright, Thatcher w. Adams
w. e. Prime, Hon. A. s. Hewett, John r. Ag
new and w. G. Alsop. Behind the palibearers
followed Mrs Mcclellan, Miss Mary Mcclellan
and Max Mcclellan, Capt. Arthur Mcclellan
Gen. Marcy, and the family servants. After
the services at the church the body was re-
moved to Trenton, n. j., for interment.
Gen. Mcclellan was nearly 90 He was born
in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1926. He took the Sec
ond of his given names from the family of his
mother, Elizabeth Brinton, one of the most
charming women of her time, and nut-brown
beauty, who transmitted the cOlOrlng of her
eyes and hair to her son. There are scores of
citizens now just past the noontide of life who
were the companions of the chubby, round
headed, brown eyed and brown haired boy who
in the schools and on the play grounds, carried
a certain sort of distinction among his comrades
because he was the son of the celebrated Dr.
Mcclellan. who stood so high in the rank of
the physicians and surgeons OF 40 or 80 years
ago. The future General was more of plod-
ding than quick scholar in the year that he
spent at the University of Pennsylvania, but
when, in 1912, he received al appointment to
West Point, he quickly distinguished himself
as an apt and capable student. Four years
later he graduated second in class which
numbered among its members Thomas Jotier-
son Jackson, the "Stonewall" of the rebellion
| The war with Mexico was well advanced
when Mcclellan received his commission as
Brevet Second Lieutenant of Engineers and
was sent at once to the front for duty with the
| Sappers and Miners He came out of that
struggle with the shoulder-straps of a Captain,
| won by gallant conducs, and from then until
| 1854 he was an instructor at West Point, supre-
| intendent of construction at Fort Delaware
| and a participant in the exploration of the Red
| River of the Southwest and the survey of the
| Northern railroad route to the Pacific. Then
| he inspected the principal lines of railway with
| a purpose of applying the results to the con-
| structiOn of a Pacific railroad, and, when
| Pierce's Administration leaned toward the
| prevalent Democratic notion of an annexation
J of some one or more of the West India Islands
he was sent to Santo Domingo and the Lesser
| Antilles to make q report which would be of
value to the projects of the annexationists.
| That bubble was soon exploded, and, in 1885,
Captain Mcclellan became the junior member
| OF the commission which was sent to observe
| the operations of the armies in the Crimea. He
prepared vOlnminous report that embraced
many suggestions of value. In 1857 he resigned
from the army, and was successfully Vice.
| President of the Illinois Central Railroad
General Superintendent of the Ohio q Msss-
sippi Railroad, and President of the Eastern
Division of the latter road
heoutbreak of the rebellion found him ready
to re-enter the service of his country, and his
Mexican and Crimean experience had gained
him so much fame that Ohio and Pennsylvania
competed to engage him. Gov. Curtin wanted
him to organize the Pennsylvania troops, but
Gov. Dennison, of Ohio offered him an imme-
diate commission as Major-General, which he
accepted four days later President Lincoln
l. l.
and in the last week in May he had sent troops
across the Ohio to meet the rebels, who were
burning bridges and tearing up the railroads
in West Virginia His campaign in West Viz