The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31
THEIR LAST SLEEP.

Ton, WueTe SO many soIuleIs VI Ie ShApA
sleep
THEIR LAST SLEEP.
The elevation of the building is, in fact, so
great tina by actual measurement it has
been ascertaIned that the threshold is on q
line with the statue of Liberty on the dome
of the capitol In this room, with the bed
drawn out from the wall so as to allow a free
passage behind it, with the head turned to-
ward the east and the murky rays OF a win
ter's day heavy with threatening snow i'm
perfectly lighting the room, the general lay
laboriously breathing his last Shortly after
2 o'clock DR.. Newman, Gen. Grants old
pastor, was shown into the room and took
a position by the bedside. The family and
friends were there grouped around the bed
in the following order: To the left, between
the dying man and the light, his wife, her
son. J. A. Logan, Jr. Tor Manning Logan, as
he is best known), Mrs. j. R. Thomas, wife
of the member from Illinois, DR.. Newman,
Gen. Henderson and Gen. Sheridan; to the
right, at the patients head, his daughter,
Mrs. Tucker, her husband, Adjt. Tucker, Miss
Mary Brady, so long an intimate member of
the generals household, Representative J.
r Thomas and Gen. Green B. Raum; at the
lOOI VI liz DSu, III IiIC lSlb udLdN II. OdAISI,
the attending physician, Mr.. Van Shepard of
Chicago, Gen, Beale, and Senator Cullom
aud wife and daughter. Near the bedside
were also Senator CockreIl and wife, DR.. j.
A. Powell of Illinois, and Gen. Henry Strong
of Chicago. AS it became evident to the
weeping friends that the last moment
had come, Dr. Newman raised his voice
in prayer with the mourners standing
around the bed. He implored the Divine Be-
ing to receive the departing soul, and in
terms of touching ~eloquence alluded to the
fidelity he had shown to his family, his
friends and his country. As the last words
of the invocation died away the spirit of the
dying soldier passed away. The end was
peaceful in the extreme, scarcely a sigh
marking the close. Death had been mani
testify approaching all the morning. Up to
three-quarters of an hour of the end the pa
TENTS breathing had been painfully sterto-
rous. Then, as Sheridan expresses it, two
slight explosions took place, apparently in
the throat, Int after that the breathing was
as gentle as q child's, only the increased
rapidity of the respirations indicated the APP
preaching end After the bereaved family
had been tenderly led away to yield to the
full measure of their grief in solitude, the
watchers by the bedside descended the broad
oaken stairs and communicated the news
that all was over to the throng awaiting in
the spacious hall and in the room below.
There was one simultaneous outburst of
grief.
At $40 Representative Townshend arrived
with a message from Speaker Carlisle that
he held himself in readiness to make any ar
rangemenU the family desired, and almost at
the same moment the deputy sergeant-at-
arms, James G. Christie, in the absence of
Sergeant-at-arms Canady, who has been tele-
graphed for, accompanied by Gen. Arson G.
McCook, secretary of tho senate, arrived to
taxed charge of the remains in the name of
the senate and consult the family when and
where the intorment should take place.
Awaitiag the time when Mrs Logan might
give instructions in this regard, Undertakes
David Barker was placed in charge. Mr..
Townshend spoke in most feeling term OF
the dead senator. she was born and mar
ried," he said, Kin my county, and Mrs.
Tnwnshend knew him from childhood. He
\ was my predecessor in congress for two
terms before the war. / know there is not 8
man, woman or child in Southern Illinois
but will remark this event with profound
sorrow. / know our people VIII desire te
nave him buried there in his own home II
Southern Illinois. but, OF course, we mus
yield TO Mrs. Logan's wishes" Said Mrs
Daniel Shepard: Il never would have be
lieved how close the general was TO tn,
hearts of his old soldiers If / had not seer
what / nave witnessed here to-day. hav,
sent away people who have begged. witt
tears streaming down their cheeks, to be al