The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-05

General Sheridan on His Way to Nonquitt.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-General
Sheridan was removed from his resi-
dence in this city about IL O'Clock this
morning to the United States steamer
Swatara lying at the navy yard, and
apparently suffered little pain or in
convenience from the trip. A small
crowd had gathered in front of the
house to eaten glimpse of the sick
man when a red cross ambulance drove
up about 1O:45 a. m. A few minutes
later General Sheridan was placed on
low cot with handles on either side like
stretcher and brought down stairs
from his bed room in the second
story by five of his orderlies and placed
in the ambulance. Doctors O'Reilly
and Matthews and his brother, Colonel
Sheridan, entered the ambulance and
accompanied him to the vessel. Mrs.
Sheridan, with Colonel kellogg, Mrs.
Lyde Rocker and the two nurses en-
tered carriages and followed the ambu
lance. The general was placed in the
ambulance on the cot feet fore
most. On the way down the
general conversed freely with
his attendants and frequently asked
the condition of the weather and the
prospects of it's changing; how far it
was to the navy yard and how soon
they would leave after arriving there.
He appeared to be cheerful and did not
seem to be fatigued from the ride.
When the ambulance arrived at the
dock, six sailors lifted the cot out of
the ambulance and carried it over the
starboard side of the vessel; the gem
eral was then carried into the
captains cabin which is sit
| uated on the spar deck and put
| in his swinging cot. A l O'Clock
Captain MCGOWAN took the bugle and
gave the necessary orders for getting
under way and at 1:15 O'Clock as the
tide was at its highest point the haw-
sers were cast loose and the ship swung
out of her dock amid the waving of
hats from the captain, Doctors o. Rel
ley and Matthews, who stood on the
poop deck. The ship was assisted out
| into the Potomac by the yard tug Res
| cue, where she was cast loose and pro-
ceeded slowly down the river on the
way to Nonquitt.
1t was noticed as the stretcher was
carried over the side that General
Sheridan was very pale and his face
appeared to be almost as white as the
pillows upon which his head rested.
He was much fatigued, but no more sc
than might reasonably De expected
after such severe illness, but that his
plucky spirit still held out was evi
denced by the grim determination tC
conquer his ailment that sat upon every
feature. He was suitably clothed tt
meet the rather damp, fresh air in Z
heavy checked flannel dressing gown
and skull cap. At every steI
of the trip the doctors watched
their patient with untiring vigI
lance, wrapped to the chin in heavy
blanket he would at times open wide
his half-closed eyes and turn then
toward one of the doctors, who would
instantly bend over to catch his word
and supply his wants. One of tn
comical incidents of the embarkatiol
was the effort of photographer T.
perpetuate a scene in the shape of al
instantaneous photograph. In som
way he had slipped past the guard a
the gate and taking up his position
near the vessel had prepared for
shot Just as the cot appeared nea
the gangway Colonel Blunt say
him and called out ''here stop that" a
the same moment with presence O
mind Captain MCGOWAN rushed owe
where the photographer was and fun
his cap over the tell tale Tense and tn
intruder was promptly expelled fror
= the yard, but there is a variance O
opinion touching the success of his en-
terpriSe. The photographer declare
: that he had his negative and the of
Z GERS held he did not catch it.
r The voyage viii probbaly occupy seI
eral days. The party which accJmpaI
Z led General Sheridan consisted of DIR
= O'Reilly and Yarrow, Mrs. Sherida
~ and two nurses