Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31
Death of General Grant.

Gen I. S. Grant died at Mt. McGre5 5or,
near Saratoga, n Y, on Thurs lay morning O
last week, at eight minutes past eight o'clock
after an illness extending over the past year.
TIE news was received everywhere with pra
found sorrow. \ procllh,rion was issued hy
President Cleveland announcing the sad even t.
appropriate action vas taken by State and mn'
nlclpal authorities, and in ALI parts OF the
country there were public and private NANTES
tatonS OF gard and expressions Of sentiment
in harmony with the nrltnchnly character o
+ the OCCASION.
Gea. Grant was barn On the 27th OF April
1872, at Point Pleasant, Ohio and WAS the son
OF a tanner of Scot,h descent. General Grant
himself was tanner up to his l7lh year. when
he was appointed to West Point. from whence
he graduated after four Yeas He served with
distraction in the Mexican war, and w.S pro
motel TO II first lieutenant the Ea.a after the
battle OF MoIino del Rey for gallant coaduct.
In 1854 he resi- gned from the arm, and en- ged
IN farming near st. Louis, Miss afterwards III
the real estate business, ami Ahrn the .atr wAI
broke out he VS. in the ir,thrr business a:
Gtlent, Illinois. In that wlr he enlisted, and
the puoiic are quite familiar With his record
during It's cOntuuAace, and with his record
during his two terms is President aud since
The cause of his death WAS cancer of the
tongue, caused hy excessive smoking. About
nine months ago h first sought medic,l advice
Tor the m4l4iy, and hts h al The benefit OF ali
that the best medical skill coui do lis Sut-
ferlnsS were intense and OF long duration, au 1
hIS great will power had much to 10 With the
long battle he had with Death. Most men
would have succumhe6 months ago.
TregramS o. coniolence nave been received
hy his family from nearly all the prominent
persons N this country and Europe.
.
soldier and history viii rank him high a
mong those who have reached ftme by he
profession of arms. He WAS man OF char
acteristic modesrv. and 4 brave, true, pr4c.
teal soldier, with clear comprehension
of what WAS to be d,ue and an inlomita-
bic vi in carrying cut his conceptions
lie realized that armies had u Lht to win
blttles and hat fields could not he won by
mauUuvring alone. lie was the first officer
who succeeded in teaching the Federal
armies that 4 deicar did no, aean 4 rou'
and that = repHise must not he FOL owed
10y flight. In toe supreme moment ot tinal
victory at AppomAttoN, as elsewhere IL
his military career, he showed the instincts
of brave. true hearted s. djsr General
Grants remains viii he bu-ial on next
Tuesday. August 4rh, with grand military
and civil honors, it being expect 4 tha'
the funeral pageant wall Je one II the
grandest ever behe,i in this country His
remains will ba hu-;aJ a, y l.. y .-,,
beaH'ifp' spot in New York city, it be
inI the pace selected hy his fam l. for
his final resting place. Many per, as had
thought that Washing on should have
been selected ss the burial p'.ee. owing
to the Gcncr.'s national reputation. ani
an offer was made tor site by tn Djs
tric' government, ha: The family ; ecte.i
the site offered by the municipal gpyera-
mrnt of New York The l-Al her's adopt
ell home.