The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-07-25
NJ ESSAGES OF YMPATIY.


The family of Gen. Grant have been con-
Stantly i'll receipt of messages of sympathy
since the announcement of the general 5
ieath was sent out Thursday morning
Among the first was that from President
cleveland. Immediately on receipt of the
bulletin announcing the death of General
'irant, President Cleveland telegraphed the
following to the family at Mt. McGregor:
Accept this expression OF my heartfelt
sympathy III this hour of your great aiiic-
ton. The people of the nation mourn with
You and would reach if they could with
kindly comfort the depths of the sorrow
/" hich is yours alone and which only til.
!lfy OF God can heal
OFFICIAL rEoCLAMATIoNS.
The following proclamation was issued by
the President:
The President of the United States has
Just received the sad tidingS of the death o.
mat lilus;rious citizen and ex-rresident O
the I nlted states, General Ulysses S. Grant
Iat MI McGregor, in the state of New York
20 which place he had lately been removed
IN the endeavor to prolong his life.
IN making this announcement to the peo
pie OF the United States the President is i'm
pressed with the magnitude of the publ,
oss of a great military leader, who was il
he hour of victory maSnanlnous; ami,
disaster, serene and self-sustained; who il
very station, whether as soldier or AS :
mel magistrate, twice called to power b,
MS fellow-countrymen, trod unswervingl,
the pathway OF duty, undeterred by doubts
|Slngle-1nlnded and strai ghtforward The
entire country has witnessed with dee,
emotion his prolonged and patient struggle
with painful disease and has watched by
his couch of suffering with fearful sympa
tiny. The destined end has come ut last and
MS spirit has returned to the Creator who
sent 1t forth, The great heart of the nation
nat followed him when living with love
md pride bows now in ROW above him
lead, tenderly mindful of his virtues, hi,
great patriotic services and of the loss oc
'asioned by his death. In testimony Of r,
'li"ct /" the memory of General Grant it is
ordered that the Executive Mansion ano
he several departments at Washington b.
trapped IN mourning for peron of 80 days
mi that all public business shall on til,
lay OF the funeral be suspended, and the
Secretaries of War aud of the Navy will
'ause orders to be issue, for appropriate
military and naval honors to be rendered on
that day
In witness whereof | have hereunto Sc,
ny hand and caused the seal of the United
states to be fixed. Done at the city OF
Washington this twenty third day of July
II the year of our Lord one thousand eigh,
hundred and ei9hty-tive, and tn. inlepend
nee OF the L nited State, the one humid red
md tenth.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND
BY the President
I. +. BAYARD, Sec of State
EY GEN. SHERIDAN.
Adjntant-General Drum, by oInmand OF
|Lieutenant- General Sheridan, issued tn.
following order:
SIN compliance with the instructions OF
he President, on the day of the funeral, al
-;ich military post, the troops and cadets
sill he paradad and the order read to them,
Utter which all labor for the day will cease
"The national flag will be displayed al
|ha'f-statf. At dawn of day 10 guns will be
|ired, and atterwar'l, at inlerva Is of 80 min
ties between the rising and setting of th+
sun, single gun, and at The close of the
lay national $; lutte of SO guns.
The officers of the army will weir crap.
III the left arm and on their swords, and
he c"lors of the Battalion of Engineers, OF
he several regiments and of the United
States Corps ut Cadets, will be put in mourn
ne for the period of six months.
The date and hour of the funeral will b,
communicated to department commanders
by telegraph, and by them 20 their subor,ii
nate commanders