The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-07-31
HIS RESTING PLACE.

.eiEh ifis
Central Park, New York, Decided Upon ns
the Resting Place For the Remains OF
General Grant-August 9th the Day Set
For the Public Funeral--Private Services
at the Cottage August 4th.l
Mt. McGREGoR, N. Y, July 25.-The
following message, received by Mr..
Turner, Mayor Grace's chief clerk, late
yesterday afternoon settled that the
place of burial shall be Central Park:
Your telegram at hand, and I understand
the matter to be now definitely settled that
General Grants body is TO be int ,rred here.
We can not take any more definite action in
regard TO the ma n OF Mrs Grant until
Board of Aldermen and my own is pledeed
that we will see that the wishes OF the fa mily
are gratifed by formal resolution of the
Board
fSignedI W. R. GRACE.
Upon the receipt of Mayor Grace's as.
BY the General, the family authorized
Mr.. Turner to telegraph the Mayor ac-
cepting the city's request that General
Grant should be inferred in Central Park.
The following schedule of arrange
mepts was then agreed upon:
The body will be taken from Mt. Nc
Dregor at p. m. on Tuesday, August
9Th, arriving at Albany at 4:30 p. m. 1t
will lie In stale in the Capitol until the
next day at one O'Clock, when it will be
taken to New York, arriving there at
4:3o p. m. August 9Th. 1t will lie in
state in the City Hall from that time un-
til Saturday, August 8th, when the pub
lie funeral will take place with such OBJ
sequies as may be arranged by the au-
| thorities. The interment In Central
| Park will then occur.
| More than 200 Grand Army Post rep
| resentatives are expected here to-day
from all parts of the country. Tents
| are In readiness upon the mountain for
their accommodation.
The Generals face, under the infiu-
ence otthe embalming fluid, has lost the
deep burrows and wrinkles caused by
disease and suffering. The expression 10
calm and peaceful. The case containing
the body was surmounted yesterday by a
beautiful wreath of oak leaves, which
little Julia Grant, the Colonel's daugh-
ter, and DR.. Douglas little daughter
brought in from the woods and begged
that It might be SO placed. The body
will not be placed In a casket until Mon.
day, when near friends of the family will
be permitted to view the face.
Mr.. Drexel has decided that the cot
tage In which General Grant died shall
never be occupied as dwelling again
He intends to present 1t to the State ol
National Government as memento, to.
gether with the furniture as 1t stands
now.
Mrs. Grant has received the following
from the British Minister at Washing
ton:
"Her Majesty, the Queen, requests me tt
convey to yourself and family her sincers
coincidence on the death of General Grant
DIR. Douglas gave to reporter yester-
day some interesting "reminiscences o
General Grants illness. Among othe
things he said that about week ago
when he noted somewhat less obstinat
condition of the throat, perhaps due I
the increased inroads of the disease
the General wrote upon piece of pape
the following message to the doctor:
~ feel sorry at the prospect of livin,
through the summer and fall in the con
dition that am In. I do not think
can but may. Except that do no
gather strength, l feel quite as we'll fror
day to day as have heretofore. But
am losing strength; feel 1t more In th
inability to move around than In an
other way, or rather, in the lack of de
sire to try to move. The disease mus
be fatal In the end. My life is precious
of course, to my family, and would be
me If could recover entirely. Ther
. never was one more willing I
go than I. first wante
so many days to work on my book so th
| authorship would be clearly mine.
! was graciously granted me, after bein
, apparently much lower than now, an
, with it capacity to do more work tina
ever did in the same time. My wor
, had been done so hastily that much ha
: been left out, and did 1t all over fro
the crossing of the James River In l8t
10 Appomatox in 1865. Since then
have added as much as fifty pages to Il
book. There is nothing moro to do, ar
3 therefore am not likely to be mo
ready to go than at this moment"
, MI. McGREGoR, N. Y, July 25.-Tt
/ funeral services will be held on the pore
+ of the cottage at eleven a. m. on Angus
ith, Rev. DR.. Newman officiating. Th
! body will then be taken by train to Sar,
: toga. The train stops at Saratoga onl
e half an hour, reaching Albany at 4 $50 |
4 m. General Carr, as commanders of tt
2 Third Division of the G. A. R., and Go
il ernor Hill and the State officials will e
cort the body to the Capitol. The. 10y
Legion accompanies the body from Sar
:. toga in addition to the official escortfu
!, nished by General Hancock. The &c
. erals face looks as IL he had just fall,
= asleep. United States flag is throw
4 over the coffin.