The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-23

Nj. MCGREGoE, n Y, July 23-Drs.
Sands and Shrady, AMI U. S Grant Jr.,
arrived about 3:3) ?. m. A full medical
STAFF and all the family are now here. The
three doctors have been in consultation.
| They agree that his condition i, critical,
but do not say when they think he will die
No one Of the staff is wiling 70 make any
pre- licti5Hs beyond twsnty-four hour, which
psri9l it Is deemed possible tee general NAV
survive, though the probabilities as now in
dicatei are that less space Of time mark
the limit Of tn general life A change for
the wOr-e l. anticipated as the day closes
Tus Iul-e Is now over 10l
A singular occurralce Is related BY Dr.
Newman as having occurred in the cottage
at o'clock At 5 minutes Of o'clock. Gen.
Grant asked the hour Of day ~Oae O'Clock. -
Soon after the cottage clock chimed
twelve strokes. and tie general counted
them. Then he wrote on the
pad that he observed the clock was wrong,
and indicated desire 10 have it struck on
the right hour, which was done
At one time IN the afternoon, observing
the family giving way to their grief, the
general SAIL: Il do not want anybody to be
distressed on my account
TIE development of the general s
weakness during the afternoon was not
particularly noticeable from hour to hour
but between and o'clock p. n, there
was a clearly, though not violently
marked increase Of weakness. At 8
o'clock it was possible to measure the
pulse beats but at 6 o'clock one of the
physicians stated that pulse beats could
not be counted because they wete so fire.
Quent and feeble during the afternoon.
/ The blood tide has so quickeDed that il
more rapidly wore the system and ex-
hausted the frail basis, if any existed, up
on which might be placed a hope that
The general might RAILS The point was
reached at 6 O'clock when there was little
to be expected from attempts TO admins
/ ter food. Soon after o'clock Harrison
came up from the cottage and told Drs.
Sands and Shrsdy that Dr. Douglass de-
| sired to see them at the cottage. Thither
went the doctors, remaining but short
time and coming again to the hotel. Il is
believed that the condition Of the patient
was found to have been as stated above
and that while temperature was nearly. il
not quite normal, the respirauons were
nearly thirty per minute. The family be.
ginning al O'Clock, came to the table
/ for dinner in twos, the others remaining
at the cottage in the meaatime. The fam
/ lily dine in private room set apart for
them at the hotel, in order at this critical
time they might be secluded from the
curious observation Of many visitors and
guests with whom the generals condition
/ from hour to hour had been the topic If
the day. The closed and silent cottage
had all day suggested muteiy the enact
ment OF the last scene in Gen. Grant:
earthly existence, and upon the guests
and visitors had settled the sense of the
nearness of both and there seemed TO be 6
hush upon the mountain and with al
those upon it.
As the sun went down cool breeze
like last night sprang up and again lay
men on the mountain endeavored tc
persuade themselves and others that the
cool of night would bring renewed
strength to the patient and help him rally
through the night but such was not the