Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-30
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 FROM ALL QUARTERS. GEN. MCCLELLAN DEAD. His Wife Opposed to Public Burial or Exercises. GRANTS LAST RESTING PLACE. Riverside Park Decided Up-
 on as Permanent. RECOVERING DROWNED BODIES. Ferdinand Ward --- Bob Cooks COndition--The
 U. s. Mint--Eur0pean
 War News.
RECOVERING DROWNED BODIES.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN DEAD.

GENERAL MCCLELLAN DEAD. The Hero of the Past Civil War Ex-
 pfres of Heart Disease at His Home
 Rfoeraphy of the General, With Per-
 sonal Incidents of His Busy Life
 Arrangements for The Funeral.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Genera1 George B. Mcclellan died suddenly at o'clock this morning at his country residence, St. Cloud, Orange Mountain, New Jersey. He was se- riously troubled with neuralgia for the first time about three weeks ago. He complained ot severe pains in the chest, which he attrib- uted to cold, and for five days was in bed, attended daily by Dr. Seward, of Orange. Last week he was so far restored to his ordi- nary health that he went out driving every day Since Sunday last he had had some reminders of the former trouble, and at Dr. Stewards advice remained indoors. On Tuesday evening he was so well that din her was given by the McClellans to some of the neighbors, General Mcclellan taking part and appearing to be in his usual spirits. Yesterday he stayed in the house, reading by the fire most of the day. During last even ing he was restless, but suffered no pain un- til about 10 o'clock, when he began to walk about the room, complaining of severe paroxysms of pains in the chest and neigh borhood of the heart. AS he ob tained nc relief from the remedies employed by Dr. Seward in treating the first attack three weeks ago, Dr. Seward was sent for, arriving soon after Il o'clock. By that time General Mcclellan was almost senseless with pain; opiates were administered with view to relieving the pain, and he sank into ccmatose state, which lasted until he died at 3:1O o'clock this morning. Mrs. Mcclellan and Miss May Mcclellan, the only daughter, were at the bedside with Dr. Seward when he died. The only son, young man of twenty, student at Princeton college, arrived at Orange to-day at enc o'clock. So far as Dr. Seward knows General Mcclellan never was troubled with neuralgia before the recent at tack. Dr. Seward thinks that, possibly, too much smoking may have weakened the action of the heart. For the last sixteen years General Mcclellan has lived in summer with his family on the Orange Mountain, overlooking the town of Orange. The funer al services will probably be held in New York.
 George Brinton Mcclellan was born in Philadelphia, December 3, 1926, his father being Dr. Mcclellan, 8 celebrated member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Medical college. After studying at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, he was appointed to the West Point Military academy, from which he was graduated in 1846, ranking second in class of ffty-nine members. He was then assigned to the corps of engineers
 Tn fha Mari can war he was brevetted first lieutenant At the close of the war he was detailed to duty with the engineer troops at West Point, and then, in 1S51-52, was assistant engineer in the construction of Fort Delaware. In 1852 he was enginee: of the exploring expe- dition to the sources of the Red river of Texas After special service in the War de- partment he was made captain ill the First cavalry on March 3, 1855, and served in 1S55-56 as member of the military commis- sion appointed by the United States govern ment to visit the seat ot war in the Crimea. His official report of this visit was published by order of Congress in 1857.
 In 1860 he became president of the St. Louis and Cincinnati railroad, and he was holding this office at the outbreak of the re- bellion in 1861. On April 23, 1861, he was commissioned major general of Ohio Volun- teers, and he was soon placed in command of the Department of the Ohio, which included the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with the westerly parts of Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia He was commissioned ma jor general of the regular army on May II, 1861. In the following July he was engaged in the action of Rich Mountain, West Virginia, and by forced march upon the rebel camp compelled the surrender of General Pegram near Bever ly, in that State The thanks of Congress were voted to General Mcclellan in the same month flor the series of brilliant and decisive victories" which his army had achieved Con the battle fields of western Virginia" On July 22, 1861, the day after the Bull Run disaster he was summoned to Washington and a few days after was placed in command of the division of the Potomac He was made commander of the Department of the Potomac on August r and of the Army of the Potomac on August 2O Upon the retirement of General Scott was appointed General-in- Chief of the Ar mics of the United States. This appoint ment was received with great satisfaction throughout the loyal States. The young commander was very popular with his troops, and he was compared to the young Napoleon. After the general advance upon Manassas in March, 1862, General Mcclellan was in per sonal command of the Army of the Potomac during the Virginia Peninsula campaign
 Yorktown having been besieged and evacua- ted, and the Confederate forces defeated at Williamsburg and Hanover Court house, General Mcclellan took up position on the Chickahominy and Finding his line too much extended, he changed his base to the James river, accom- plishing 8 difficult flank movement by continuous fighting for nearly week. Among the more important battles in which his forces were engaged were those of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill After General Me Clelian had fallen back to Harrison's Land ing, General Halleck, who had meanwhile been made commander-in-chief,o ordered him to return with shis whole army to Fortress Monroe and Yorktown. After the defeat of General Pope ct the sec ond Bull Run in August, 1862, General Mcclellan was placed in command of the de fences of Washington. In the Maryland campaign from September to November 10, 1862 he was in command of the Army of the Potomac being engaged in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam and in the march to Warrenton. His victory over Lee at Antietam ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland The slowness of McClellan's subsequent movements caused much dissatis- faction at the North and on November he was superseded by General Burnside and placed on waiting orders.
 General Mcclellan was not afterward en- gagged in the war On August 31, 1864, the Democratic national convention nominated him for the presidency, and at the ensuing election he was defeated by President Lin
 coln He resigned his commission in the army on the day of the election, November 8, 1864, and took up his residence in this city. Afterward he made visit to Europe, from which he returned in 1868. He then engaged in practice as civil engineer He had charge of the construction of the Stevens floating battery at Hoboken, N. J., and was superintendent of the construction of the railway bridge over the Hudson at Pough- keepsie. He also served as chief engineer of the Department of Docks in this city, resign ing in 1872.
 In 1877 General Mcclellan was the Demo- cratic candidate for Governor of New Jersey, and was elected by about 12,000 majority. Since the expiration of his term as Governor | he has not held public office In addition to his report on "The Armies of Europe" (which
 was republished in Philadelphia in 1S6D, he was the author of translation from the ! French of "Manual of Bayonet Exercises" /" | adopted for the use of the United States | army, 1859; 8 volume of the government re- ports of tht 'tPaciie Railroad Surveys" 1854; l Negotiations and Instructions for the Field | Service of the United States Cavalry in Time of War; European Calvary Report on the ] Organization and Campaigns of the Army of