The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-06-27

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Yesterday afternoon uensal Grant, daf
ING bis walk win Harrison up "a the
brow ~ iho mountains, several lines
ptussl 10 rest and ai ongih sAt down
90 rustic setteo When A chnif Wa
placed iof his isot be- removed lhc hand
Acfchloi from his mouth and es.aysd 70
speak, declin.ng the support Tor hls
looi, but hts voice waa not audible A
breath could bo heard, but no words,
aud The Genetal, recognizing The iset,
shook his head The fact that q mess
" frogs had been caught durlug the
morning at one oithe little mountain lakes
near BY was mentioned TO tho General,
md he was asked u you would attempt
anything 20 tender as frogs legs. Again
he General tried 20 speak, bat the Al.
Icmpt did no, succeed In words that were
audible, and again he declined by shak.
ing his head His attention was directed
TO tho monument that marks the surren.
der OF Burgoync, twenty miles away,
but the elevation OF his head
to gaze 40 far away seemed
painful, and his head bowed, HE chin
dropped TO bis breast, and his eyes rested
on nearer objects. The neck and
diseased portions are strained and pals
follows when he holds bis head erect.
Five minutes passed while tho General
sat on the bluff and no then arose BY
stcadyuy himself with the arm Of the set.
tee aud bis cane, and with Harrison at
his side, retraced his steps 10 the cottage,
When he reached the cottage he was
much exhausted aud sank Into a chair In
the parlor. Very soon he indicated by
signs that he wanted some writing mate.
rials, which were procured for him, aud
he then wrote for nearly half an hour
The result was two letters or papers
One was headed,
MtMuhANDA tuH MI fAMllls
Ia II the General had written that h.
thought he was falling, aud for certain
Instructions that hc desired carried out
he referred his family to other and moro
definite memoranda, prepared by him a
little while before leaving New York
The other note he folded and addressed
10 DIR. Douglas. lie handed both the pa.
pcrs TO Colonel Fred Grant. That ad-
dressed 20 the physician IL understood 10
have been Of similar Import as that 10
the family.
The afternoon wore away with the
General sitting outside on the riazza.
The sunset found him stlll 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 tho cottage.
When lamps were lighted inside, and
the light streamed out Into the growing
darkness, the sick msn was yet outside,
though the air was chilly aud n stlh
breeze was swaylng the pine tree tops.
Colonel Fred Grant was by his side, and
DIR. Douglas was near at hand.
At length, after eight O'Clock, the Gen.
eral went inside the cottage, and DIR.
Douglas wrote aud sent a message TO
Dr. Sands In New York. lie asked him
TO come here, II possible, tonight
Al nine O'Clock the General retired,
and DR.. Douglas then thought that his
throat and neck appeared better than on
Tuesday night Il is possible that the
Generals walk tested his waning strength
tho far, aud the reaction has brought him
10 a sense Of weakness that he himself
feels ls not TO he lightly disregnrded.
Whether his weakness Is tho Immediate
result OF undue cxcrllon or whether II II
he weakness Of reaction after his Jour.
ncy, Is u question that the doctor only
may presume 10 answer.
At ten O'Clock the General appeared 10
he sleeping In bis room. The family at
hat hour, as during the entire evening,
were gathered In the parlor, and DR..
Douglas was with them for the night.
At eleven O'Clock they retired and the
cottage was dark.
Dr. Sands left New York at eleven
o'clock last night
SARATOGA, n. Y, June lo.-Tho physl.
clans during their examination Of General
Grant yesterday found the patients pulse
10 be seyenty.two; that his yoiceIwas
rifle stronger, and that he was pcrceptl.
bly, weaker. DIR. Sands said that General
Grant was much better than when he
first went up TO tho mountain. This, 10.
gclher with the assurance Of DR. Doug.
las that there was no immediate cause
for apprehension, allayed the fears ot the
family. The physicians Informed General
Grant that he had lndulgcd In
too much exercise the previous day, and
that he had also developed too great an
appetite, aud acting on their suggestions
no confined himself TO the limits Of the
cottage aud piazzas. The General passed
a portion OF the afternoon on the piazza,
and occasionally In a briei promenade
lie also filled In the time by pcrusing
newspapers. 1 photographer took q
picture Of the General aud family on the
piazza during the afternoon.
Among the callers upon the General
was Dr. N. n. Babeock, Of Saratoga
Springs, brother Of tho late General y.
" Babcock.
Late In the afternoon the members Of
the New York State Pharmaceutical As.
soclstlon paid their compliments 10 the
General. lie saluted them from the
plarza with his hand.
Two bright young girls trippcd up the
front steps aud offered General Grant
some handsome flowers, which he re-.
eclyed with bow.
DR.. Newman reached Mt. McGre gor
IN the afternoon. lie passed the night
there aud will probably leave to-day.
Whenever the General was out Of doors
his visitors felt resssured that he was
gaining strength, but when be dlssp.
peared within the cottage and was OBJ.
scured from view, apprehension seemed
10 increase. Al midnight everything was
quiet al the cottage.
Helping Himself 10 Ills share.