New-York tribune., 1885-07-24

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4 for days. They remembered the crisis
through which General Grant had passed success
4 fully not many weeks ago in New-York, and they
\ we're unwilling to abandon all hope Even the
y dlscouraging accounts which the morning papers
& gave were insufficient to make real to them the
fact that the dreaded moment had come at last.
and that the hero of many battles was about to
meet his last foe and would be called upon to sur
q render to him.
j The work at the different Departments of tho
Govern ment had scarcely begun when the tolling
of the bells announced that Grant was no more.
The business of the dav was practically suspended.
Every body was sdiscussing the sad news. The flags
were at once placed at half-mast on every public
4 building in the city, and preparations were made
: for displaying the embems of mourning.
D One of the first TO hear Of General Grants death
= was the President. The White House had been
connected twenty-four hours before with Mount
McGregor by a special wire. Dispatches were
transmitted at regular intervals of time all through
the night. Upon learning of the death of General
Grant, he at sRce ordered the Departments OF the
Government closed for the day.
7 Adjutant-G General Drum left the city this after
y noon for New-York. He has been appointed to
represent the President in the matter of the funeral
and consult with Mrs. Grant regarding the last OFF,
4 cial honors to be paid to the ustrious dead. In
w
4 Sheridan, Ad,utant- General Drum the ranking
officer at the Department to-day He served as n
private soldier in volunteer regiment in the war
against Mexico nearly forty years ago. and fought
on several fields where Lieutenant u $. Grant won
distinction and brevet rank by his bravery.
General Drum found in his Office before his
departure, busy with the preparation OF the olhcla
orders announcing the death Of General Grant In
reply to a question whether he had received any
intmaton as to the place of burial he replied in
theinegative and added:
"The President will dispatch messenger to
Mrs Grant to-day with a letter to ascer-
tain her wish in regard to that matter and the ar
] rangements for the funeral
q In the War Department whose archives contain
no pages more glorious than those which record
tbe achievements of Grant, the sad intelligence OF
his death was received with sincere and unaffected
grief. A large majority of the officers and clerks
: had served under his command in the West or in
the Army of the Potomac. and all, from the
manned veterans vino now perform the humble
duiies of messengers and watchmen mp through all
the grades shove by voice and manner that they
felt and realized that they had sustained great
! loss.
Indeed. in every Department the manifestations
4 of sorrow and regret were sincere and heartfelt
Z Many of the employees are in the Government SER
vice yet who received their commissions at the
! hands Of President Grant. To them his death
seems a personal loss. Many are the tales
which are told to-day of his kindness.
4 his sympathy and friendship His pleasant face
and figure were remembered by all. His unpre-
tending, kindly manners were discussed IN every
room and by clerks meeting III me coir'aors, anu
genuine grief at his loss was manifested Oh every
hand. l., .;o, % .oo
President Grant at the White House told how sim
ple and kind he was in his manner of receiving
them; how he would put hem az their ease giving
them chair with his own hand hahding mem
cigar or glass of wine ana how. If he happened To
lie gong Just rs hey were, he would walk with
them as far their course lay III the same dircc-
tion smoking and talking pleasantly.
Nobody felt the loss of General Grant moro keenly.
PERHAPS that General Logan He Is IN the city now
He received the news early IN the day. He was
completely overcome by the intelligence. lie was
among public mer one of the most intimate friends
GeneIa al Grant ever had. lie waS one of the lew
pohtical associates whom General Grant trusted
imnicitly and who never abused his confidence.
Their friendship was lasting from the day tney hrst
met and was never clouded by misunderstanding or
Nth Colonel Villas. the Postmaster>G General. too.
General Grant was better acquainted than ~ ord-
nolitical parties Colonel Villas Ihad served with
General Grant at VIcksburg. lie made the speech
of welcome when General Grant reached Chicago
/; on his return from the trip around the world, ana
IN the Wisconsin Legislature last winter Colonel
Villas made speech IN favor OF resolutions OF sym
pathy with the then dying man. IL Is oniS natnra
rade IN arms personal loss
Among private citizens the expressions OF grief
AT the great loss the country has sustained are ire
quent and sincere. The preparatIons ior giving
ward expression to their feeling are made on an
scale ALREADY ths cry rs sTad as,q%ng
in state at the Capitol. Private houses are draped
in black and portraits OF General Grant framed
IN mourning begin to appear III many places. A
numbers of public entertainments which we're Ia
have taken place this week nave been postponed
and others have been cancelled altogether
lx..A s.r f'G "A hean
as Commander of the Army. there noats tonight
at half-mast, a flag The house Is on Seventeenth
ad s Bpder IL is now Occupied by the
sof the second auditor Office Here II was that
General Grant wrote the memorable words lset
MS have peace This too, is the building he left
To become the occupant of the White House. The
peace he then ongcd for has come TO him ~ last
but in different form, after months OF suffering
borne with heroic stoicism aud uncXainpied
shortly after noon to-day. General S. s.. IIenkle,
in the Equity Court announced tne neatm oi ~ zen. ,he
court Judge Hagner said that he thought II emi-
nently proper that the announcement should be
made, that it was a public ca amity and ne was
sure the feelings Of the people OF this country
whatever their business empoyments, would 80
recognize it, and in accordance , Win the Susses
ton the court would stand adjourned
| The ex-C confederate soldiers IN Washington in
formally determined that, should the General be
buried here they would take steps TO testify their
approeiation of the man and soldier by turning
out IN body at the funeral,
Professor Wlddows. who plays the chimes IN the
Metropolitan Church. FASTENED to the church this
morning as soon as te learned of General Grants
death and tolled minute bells for one hour on the
large bell Of the chime aud then played the follow
ing d,rqes at intervals: Windbam tune" "Pley-
eIs bymn.0 Flee as a Bird" Rock Of ages
and 1.-THE Funeral Chime changes in minor"
six fy- three strokes-on the large bell. General
Grant was present on Thanksgiving Day, 1871,
when the chimes were dedicated One OF the bells
was the gift of Mrs. Grant and bears her name
GENERAL SHERMAN STARTS FOR THE EAST.
MINNELoNKA, Minn., July 23.-Gencral Shcr-
man will start from East tomorrow morning TO at
tend the funeral Of General Grant