The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-07-25
GEN. GRANT DEAD!
IThG Hero Of AppOlllattOy Passes Quietly
Away on Thursday Morning.
IA CALM AND PEACEFUL DEATH.
The Man of Many Battles Falls at
Last.
1.-THE STORY OF HIS LAST HOURS
A CALM AND PEACEFUL DEATH,
he Man of Many Battles Falls al
rHE STORY OF HIS LAST HOURS
Taken From His Chair and Placed on tn
Bed for the Last Time.

NJ. on Thursday las. The news of his
lecease did not reach Elkton until after
aalf past eight, but when it was generally
known IA feeling of depression pervadeG
he entire community. Wednesday was
y day of anxious waiting. Through the
Early hours, before the sunlight entered
the dying mans window, the General
.ried to sleep. but it was almost impossi-
|ole. BY the light of candle he inditeo
+. few words on family matter. but til.
fort was exhausting. With the dawi
Ill who saw him noted that the pallor o.,
leath seemed to be creeping upou his
face. The morning hours wore on ano
still he chung tenaciously to life. Blu,
,he thread which held HIM was yer,
slight and constantly growing weaker ano
weaker. 1t could be but a ques ton of al
ew hours when it should snap and til,
members of the household held thei,
breath and waited for the end. Tn,
General noted their anxiety and with :;
great effort he whispered: Il do not wanl
anybody to be distressed on my account. u
The scene which followed was touching
one.
There was but one member of the fa-
nily absent when daylight broke upon
he mountain. This was Ulysses, the
son. lie came up on a special train t.
wards the middle of the afternoon witt
lis wife, and then the little grief stricken
group hung upou the doctors words anG
tnxiously awaited their reports. There
were three of them now, for DR.. Sand.
md DR., Shrady had also come no on the
special. They all agreed that the en,
vas near. Amy moment might be tn,
last.
And so the evening of the anxious day
closed in upon the mountain. All was
quiet as the grave about the cottage.
Visitors had been warned away, and III
1t the hotel the guests anxiously awaited
news from the sick room. Through the
lay the Generals mind had been clear.
He sat most of the time with his head
nung fol ward. Once he tried to write al
message, but sank back exhausted. HiI
fingers had refused to guide the pencil
lie realized that the end was near, andI
;almly awaited the last call. The doc
Gors worked assiduonsly to prolong life
they gave frequent hypodermic inject
IONS of brandy and fought death as death
mas seldom been fought before. But d,
ali that they might, they could not fail
% see that the contest was an unequal
me, and that the great war hero was
slowly but surely slipping away from
hem.
Early in the evening the General wa.
bought to be sinking rapidly. lie ex
pressed desire to be placed on the bed
lie tried to rise from his chair, but was
COO weak, and careful and tender hands,
quietly laid him upon the bed to die. His
mind was still clear. He could answer
n monosyllables, but could hardly lift l.
land. His respiration quickened. His
pulse became SO weak that the beats
;oull not be counted. The family and
physicians were almos: constantly in the
Dom. DR.. Newman remained bv the
,ick mans couch, and every head was
bowed as he prayed for the soul that was
20 evidently passing away. Then there
vas slight rally, as if the General was
making one last effort to beat death :
,ack. The crisis was passed for the mo
nent, but the weakness of death was :
lpon him. and as the night wore ava,
lis diminishing strength was apparent
o all
At o'clock on Thursday morning the
ieneral was very low. His extremties
we're cold and he was only kept alive b,
ypodermic injections of brandy.
Tie physicians i'll attendance hadE
carcely hoped that he would survive SOD
ong. On Wednesday night one of them
onceded that the patient might see the i
avn of another day, but that the proba
ilities were all against it. The firstl$
our after midnight found the general
till alive, but with an increasing cold =
eSs of the extremities which the use OF
OF applications was poweress to check II
lyperdermic injections of brandy were
given to stimulate the lar
ing physical powers, but later this
lilod to affect the patient whose vitality IS
nd whose physical forces were so fan
pent as toturnish no footing for rebound.
A. l o'clock the general, lying upon <
is back on the cot bed in The parlor
as yet living, but growing weaker E.
he feeble pulse-beats had worn them II
elves by their rapidity to tlutterino
lrob that could not be gagged beneath
ne finger OF the physician. The bod,
as being worn ont by its own life cur -
,nts. 5" rapid was its coursing through
lie veins, repeatedly the brandy was en- L.
,red beneath the skin of the generals -
I'm, but despite its waning influenced
le respirations had quickened from LIN
, the minute during the evening to a 3
oint of lahored breathing that was Y
lintn to friends who grouped and bent
ear the sick man. II
Two o'clock passed, and the evidences
approaching death we're multiplying.
he increasing Inspirations were not e
ono more rapid, but more shallow.
he lungs aud the heart were giving
ay. SO weak had General Grant grownH
) o'clock that, though he frequently
to do SO, he was unable any
niger to clear the gathering mucus
ON his throat. 1t accumulated and re-
aimed. and, as o'clock drew on and
e daylight came, a point had been
ached when expectoration was impos II
BILE. There was not left enough of
rength, and from 4 o'clock on there
AS i'll the throat the significant rattle
mucus that was filling the lungs and
oggng the throat.
AT 3 o'clock the general asked fol
lter, and after that 1T is not rem.m
red that he uttered any word. At 4
clock the breathing was luickened and
ached % to the minute. An hour later /
G respirations had reached 60, and be
zen and o'clock the finger nails had
come blue, and the hands further evil
need the progress of numbness at the
tremities. And at every breath the
nous clogging i'll the throat was grow
z more noticeable. ~
A few minutes before o'clock Drs. ~
)uglas, Shrady and Sands stood on the
ttage veranda conversing of the con
lion of General Grant and discussing
e probabilities of his death and the
ait Of life left the sick nan. Mrs.
rtoris and Stenographer Dawson were
nversing little distance away, when
,nry, the nurse, stepped hastily upon
9 piazza and spoke quietly to the ply a
ians. He told them he thought the a
neral was very near to death. The i.
,dical men hastily entered the room |p
lere the sick man was lying and APP e
)achcd his side,
SEMMONING TIE FAMILY. ~
instantly upon scanning the patient S p
g, DIR. Douglas ordered the family to n
summoned to the bedside Haste was II