Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-17

The following executive order was issued
by the President soon as be received the
sad news:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 1888.
las q mark Of respect to the memory Of
General Sheridan, the President directs that
the national flag be displayed at half mast
on all the bulldogs of the executive depart
ments in the city of Washington until after
his funeral shall have taken place. By di-
rection OF the President.
DANIEL S. LAMONT, Private Secretary"
The President sent the following despatch
to Mrs. Sheridan:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 1888.
ITO Mrs. Sheridan:
wv bile the nation mOurHS its loss and shares
your sorrow, let me express to you my per-
sonal grief and most sincere coincidence.
GROVER CLEVELAND"
The President also issued an order COM
manding Major General Schofield to report
at Washington and take command of the
army. This was subsequently revoked and
Ma jor General Schofield was ordered to Nom
quit to take charge of the funeral arrange
ments and consult Mrs Sheridan's wishes In
this respect.
1t is the request Of Mrs. Sheridan that no
one excepting members of the family be per-
mitted to view the remains ALI Government
buildings display the national colorS draped
in mourning. The flags on the Custom Houses
and City Halls in the principal cities of the
country were placed at nall mast
The family decided that the body or
General Sheridan should be inferred at the
National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. The
cemetery occupies the estate of General
Robert E. Lee of the COnfederacy, and Is
situated on a commanding hill across the
! Potomac. The remains Of over Is, 0CO soldiers,
both Union and Confederate, are buried
/ there.
| General Sheridan had always expressed a
strong dislike for displays in funerals. and it
! was decided that the services should be of as
simple a character as posslble; that requiem
high mass be celebrated at the church, after
! which there should be a military funeral I'M
der command of Major General Schofield.
| The body in charge of a detachment of
| the Third Artillery, stationed at the Arsenal
barracks from the time of its arrival until
! the final interment.
General Schofeld took charge of the ar
| rangementS
! 1t was decided to convey the remains of
! General Sheridan in a special car from New
| Bedford to Washington.
When both Houses of Congress assembled,
| Secretary Pruden was announced bearing a
message from the President 1t was at once
received and read in both Senate and House.
! 1t was the official announcement to Congress
of the death of General Sheridan and was as
| follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, August 6, 1888.
at becomes my painful duty to announce
! to the Congress and to the people of the
! United States the death of Philip ii. Sherl-
| y,
a late hour last night at his summer home in
| the State of Massachusetts,.
''The death of this valiant soldier and
patriotic son OF the Republic, though his long
! illness has been regarded with anxiety has
nevertheless shocked the country and caused
universal grief
"He had established for himself a strong
hold in the hearts of his fellow countrymen,
who soon caught the true meaning and pur
pose of his soldierly devotion and heroic
temper.
''HS intrepid courage, his steadfast patriot
ism and the generosity of his nature inspired
with peculiar warmth the admiration of the
| people.
''Above his grave affection for the man and
pride in his achievements will struggle for
mastery, and too much honor cannot be &C
corded to one who was richly endowed
with all the qualities which make his death
national loss. GROVER CLEVELAND"
The Senate then adopted appropriate
resolutions of respect and coincidence.
Senator Palmer introduced a bill grant
ing pension of $1,000 a year to Mrs. Sherl-
dan. The bill was referred to the Commit
tee on Pensions.
The Senate appointed committee con
sisting of Senators Hawley. Henderson.
CullOm, Stew art, Hampton, Gibson and
Gray to attend the obsequies of General
Sheridan.
In the House the chaplain made touching
allusion to General Sheridans death. The
clerk read the communication OF the Presl'
dent, after which the resolutions drawn up
by the Military COmmltte9 ana presented oy
General Hooker, OF Mississippi, were adopted.
The following pallbearerS were selected:
Speaker Carlisle General Wesley Merritt,
Mr. G. W. Childs, Mr.. Joseph Fullerton, Mr..
Frank Thompson, of the Pennsylvania road;
Secretary Whitney, General Mcfeeley, Mar
shall Field, of Chicago; Senator Joseph K
Hawley and General William Tecumseh
Sherman.
Invitations TO attend the funeral were sent
to Colonel Fred Grant, Colonel j. S. Crosby,
General J. w. Forsyth, Colonel g. w. Davis
and Colonel George w. Forsyth.
The corpse was laid in the coffin with the
insignia OF his rank full dress uniform and
a sword on the lid