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VOL. XXXIY. NO. 8.
FRAJS"K
no. a.
Sorelty and Eureka
CXOTHE8 WBCfGEKS,
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Ranges.
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WAGOH FOR GEHEBAL BSE,
Manufactured in the United States made by Mitchell, Lewis
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Beddea tba raow with lorld atreaks.
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Tba aacseu which tba miner aaeka.
Oaa abjat at aaap tba gaaaa raa bJb ;
Deaperata ana aad reckleai nwre ;
la every canoe, retell ;
And botataroea tonga west roUiag by
With ragged jokee and huty rear
Whea, aU at oaoa, a taddea bath
Patacd Ilka a whisper throngs tba pinei ;
Tba choree oaa tail lu aoity rath.
The gambler! broke their eager Unea,
And many bared a tnaggy heed,
Aad tome upoa that tUent air
BroatW turth a red, anpraotload prajxa ;
The lick moaned oa hit healoek bed ;
For, dowa the peaks of Idaho,
Across the trail tut throegh the enow.
Had eoaje this meaaege :
"Craai u aVad.'"
Then, men who knew each other not,
Oexhered aad talked la andertone.
And oaa atid : "I have not forgot
How be led af to Dooelaoa."
Aad one, who spoke hit nam ta Maaj.
Said; I was la the Wilderness."
And aaa: "I was ta Muw."
Aad still aaotber, old and scarred.
And weather-bronted, and battle-marred.
Broke dua wtt h thil one word : ShUoh.'
Thee, by tba artlight't ftUal blaxe.
With brokea met beoeath the trees,
Uc. read ot those last painru dayt,
Aad ef hit aalm eoait TVtorlet,
So like bit old berate way.
T'jached to the heart they did not teak
Te hide the lore of many years.
Bat down each roogh and larrowed cheek
Crept manly, anaccastomtd teen.
Ah ! VeTerae thai yoanger tod
Shall dew more gratelml tb.II ;
And aerer Up to Freedom'l Ood
la prayer mure terrtntly thail ealL
A ad tboa, calm Spirit, la what path
Thy daontlees amttlepa eeer tread,
Jfo Meeting kindlier meaning hath
Thaa brare mea speak above their dead.
Eaoui CItt, Idaho.
GEN. GRANT OX THE FIELD,
PrrMDal BrCwUectieiu af the Dead fciea-
eral br aa eld War CerTrepesaeat.
INCIDENTS OF THE WILDERNESS.
HIS BEAILHS IS BATTLE ASH HIS CHAR
ACTESISTIC lAMS AFTH the
SUISESSIi
In the earlr part of 1S64, when it
became kiiown that Geaeral Grant,
who had just been made general of
all the Union armiea, ru about to
take command of the Armv of the
Potomac, and the most exciting and
important military movements were
anticipated, I was ordered bj my
paper to rejoin the army as a war
correspondent and write up events
as they occurred. I went first to
Washington, and reached there
about the time General Grant did
I first saw the genera! in the corri
dor ot V iiiard s Motel, toe evening
ot the day be arrived from the n est.
Did any one man in this world ever
have a weightier responsibuty rest
ing on his shoulders than be did at
that time? He had just been made
general-in-chief and on hie plan of
action and by the orders be was to
promulgate depended the move
ments of armies east and west, ag
gregating nearly 1,000,000 of fighting
men, and the immediate future, nn
der bis control, was to decide the
question whether this nation was to
live as a whole or be broken up into
fragments warring with each other.
A PICTURE OF GRA.1T.
When I saw him at this time he
was lazily leading against the wall
near the clerk's office, with one
hand thrust inside his vest and the
other in his pants pocket He bad
a lighted cigar in his mouth, which
he trequentiy took out and ble
forth wreaths of smoke. He wore
an undrees uniform, and bad a trav
el-tired appearance generally. He
was engaged in quiet conversation
with an officer as he leaned against
the wall and appeared to be entirely
oblivious to the curious, steady gaze
of a number of persons who were
standing around.
I knew that the only way to reach
the headquarters of the Army of the
Potomac at tbat time from W asn-
ington was by taking the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad to Brady
Station, and I also knew that the
railroad was under military control
and it would require an official pass
to take passage. 1 bad resolved, in
order to save time, to approach Gen.
Grant, show him my credentials, and
obtain an autograph permit from
him to take the train in the morn
ing for Bradv Station. Just I
had made op my mind to address
him he strolled off with his officer
friend, and I lost sight of him that
night.
A PERMIT FBOX THE 6ESESAL.
The next morning I heard that
General Grant was going down to
the army in the first train, and, ac
companied by a fellow-correspondent
named Edward Crapeey, we hur
ried to the railroad station, hoping
to intercept him and obtain the cov
eted pass. We found him seated in
a car all alone, smoking a cigar and
looking over a newspaper. I ad
vanced nd, showing him my papers
and stating my object, asked for a
r;rmit to visit army headquarters,
found the General approachable,
affable and conciliatory and, hand
ing him my note book and lead pec
cdl, he leaned back in his seat and
wrote the permit. Mr. Crapsey (who
came originally from Galena, IU.)
then advanced and asked a similar
favor, and as soon as General Grant
read his name on the card presented
be recognized him and remarked
with a smile on his face:
"Edward Crapsey, eh? Why, I
knew your mother before you wen
born."
The General then spoke pleasant-'
, . e e ' a i 1
iy vo ub it r a lew minutes, waen we
retired, delighted with, the success
of the interview.
We went on the train with Gen.
urant to xeaaes rteanqnaners axi
Brady Station, bat the General kept
set
EST-AJBLISUED 1837.
PA., WEDNESDAY.
on to Culpepper, where he went into
close retirement for several days and
was seldom seen by anybody. Ask
ing an officer at Culpepper one day
what had become of the General, he
replied to me : Oh, the Geaeral is
keeping as close as possible, study
ing out the plan of the coming cam
paign. Gen. Grant did not visit
Meade's headquarters at Brady Sta
tion, which was only about a mile
from Culpepper, from the time he
arrived from Washington until the
grand forward movement commenc
ed. He was engaged all the time in
deep, close study, and the result of
that study at Culpepper saved toe
Union.
THE F1GHTIXG TBAT FOLLOWED.
The famous forward movement of
the Army of the . Potomac under
Grant across the Rapidan commenc
ed at daylight on the 3d ot May,
1363, and was, a all readers are
aware, followed by the battles in the
Wilderness, Spotttylvania, North
Anna, Cold Harbor, and culminated
in the taking of Richmond and Lee's
surrender at Appomattox.
It is not my purport in this arti
cle to recount any of the terrible and
bloody scenes 1 witnessed during
that memorable campaign. They
are matters of history. I come at
once to the next time i saw General
Grant after leaving him in the cars
at Brady Station. On the afternoon
of the second day's righting in the
Wilderness I happened to be at
Meade's headquarters, on a rising
piece of ground covered with pine
trees and which overlooked the bat
tlefield. While standing there with
a fearful scene of carnage going on
in the woods all around, saw Gener
al Grant, covered with dust, but ea
tireiy unattended, advancing up the
hillside towards Meade's headquar
ters. He stopped and by himself
sat down on a tree stump and pull
ed some paper out, which he quiet
ly scanned over. I then noticed him
writing something. He then eat
still awhile and appeared to be trac
ing something out on the paper or
map be held in his lap and soon af
terwards went away by himself. I
noticed he spoke to no one and no
body advanced towards him, but a
number of eyes were on him. He
seemed to be remarkably cool, calm
and collected, but was not then
smoking a cigar. I have always
thought Bince that when I saw Gen.
Grant at this critical time he was
studying the path for the advance of
the army towards qpotuyiyania, and
which movement so astonished eve
rybody then, and that when he was
framing the memorable dispatch to
Washington containing the words.
H I propose to fight it out on this
line if it takes all summer." At the
time I saw him it -was certainly the
most critical point of the three days'
fighung in the Y llderness.
While the worst of the fighting at
Spottsylvania Court House was go
ing on I was riding up a rising piece
of ground when 1 came upon him,
surrounded by his staff, and all were
mounted. The General stood a lit
tle in advance of his staff and was
quietly and steadily watching the
nghting in the wood?, a large open
field being between him and the
woods. As I rode past I noticed
that the staff were earnestly discus
sing some incident ot the battle and
one of them remarked : v ell, we
had a very graphic description of
that from Mr. Wasnburne. lib
Hon. E. B. Waebburne, of Illinois,
who accompanied the army, and a
personal friend of Grant's. Gen.
Grant heard the remark and, turn
ing hi) head around, said, with a
pleasant smile, 0b, well, vou know
Washburne was excited ac that
time."
On the memorable morning of the
12th of May Hancock made his cel
ebrated charge at spottsylvania and
captured General Ldward Johnson
and his division. The fighting was
terrific and the rain was falling in
torrents and I found myself stand
ing before a large camn-hre and
close by me stood General Grant
who was drying himself, and with
him were Generals Meade, Hum
phreys and Hunt, chief of artillery.
Grant, while standing in front of the
fire, would gaze steadily and in si
lence at tbe embers, and then peer
through the storm in the direction
where the hardest musketry firing
was heard. He seemed quiet and
contemplative and after looking
steadily forward for awhile he turn
ed around to General Meade and
said : rt'ell, let's go over to head
quarters and see how things are
there." General Meade, who seem
ed nervous and anxious, turned to
Grant and said : " Hold on a little
while. I want to see how Warren
develops, himself over yonder."
They remained a Bhort time longer
and then the entire party mounted
their horses and rode off.
haxcock's charge.
Soon alter Hancock made his fa
mous charge he sent the following
dispatch to General Grant :
General : I have captured from
thirty to forty guns. I nave finished
up Johnson and am now going into
Early.
When General Grant read the dis
patch he made the simple remark,
"Bully, and handed the paper to
the other Generals. About noon on
the 12th of May I was seized with a
desire to reach Washington that
very night and telegraphed to Phil
adelphia and the North the news of
Hancocks glorious and successful
charge. I knew there would be dif
ficulties in the way,' but I sought
General Grant, who was dining at a
farm house near br, and told him ,
what I wished to do. The General!
had just got up from the table, and
after hearing me be remarked, while
leaning against the door : I sup
pose yon can get through without
much trouble. The road is open to
Fredericksburg, and when vou get
there the Provost Marshal will give
you a horse and escort to Belle Plain
Landing and if yon are in time you
can catch the W asnington boat.''
I took General brant s advice and
started off on a twelve-mile walk to
Fredericksburg, not being able to
take my horse, At Frederkksburg
I told the Provost Marshall what
General Grant had said and be fur
nished me with a horse and orderly
and I set out on a fourteen-mile ride
AUGUST 5, 1885.
to lie lie Plain Landing, through, a
guerilla country. Fortunately I
caught the steamer for Washington,
where I arrived late at night, but
in time to send oyer the wires a full
account of Hancock's success in the
morning and other important news
that had an electrical effect all over
the North.
GRAXT AT CITT FOIST.
On the night of the day that Gener
al Lee surrendered to General Grant
at Appomattox I met Grant at City
Point, it was after midnight and
be had just reached City Point in
the train from Appomattox Court
House. He was accompanied by
the members of his staff, and when
he emerged from the railroad car he
was still the cool, quiet, impertur
ible Grant. He had on a plain un
dress uniform, muddy top-boots and
a fatigue cap. He looked more like
a hard-working army employee than
a victorious general who had just
conquered the greatest lebellion the
world had ever seen. He hardly
presented the appearance of an or
dinary army officer, and many of
the members of his staff presented
far more imposing appearances than
urant did. I was close by mm
when he alighted from the train, and
when he reached tbe board-walk
be called to one of his aids and said:
I guess those men in charge of the
freight car know enough to take care
of our horses, dont they " Being
assured that the horses would be
properly attended to, General Grant
slowly ascended the steps up the
cliff that led to his log cabin tt City
Point, and about 2 A.M. he threw
himself on his couch and went to
sleep, after the most eventful day
that any man in the world had ever
passed through.
W. H. C
A National Munameot.
The following letter has been writ
ten by ex-President Hayes to the G.
A. K. Posts of tbe country :
Fremont, 0, Julv 24.
Spegel Grove. R. P. Buckland, CoL
Wm. E. Haynes, Hon. E. F. Dick
enson :
Comrades: I am in receipt of
your letter of this morning request
ing a copv of the remarks made by
me at the meeting of Eugene Raw-
son Post, G. A. R., on the occasion
of the death of General Grant.
What was said was not written, but
the tubstance of the suggestion made
was that the Grand Army of the Re
public, as the largest soldier organi
zation of the country, an organ li
tion to which all who had faithful
ly served in the Union forces are el
igible, should take the lead in build
inga national monument in the city
of New York, at the place of . his
burial. That the funds for this pur
pose should be raised by the cordial
union in the worK oi ine military
societies that have their origin in the
war : that the co-operation of citi
zens should be sought. There is
every reason to believe that in all
parts of our country, in the South as
well as the North, a sentiment ex
ists in relation to General Grant
which at this time will find its best
expression in a national monument
in the city where he resided and
where it will be seen by mere citi
zens than at any other point which
can be selected.
"The subject was also presented to
the Manville Moore Post and was
there received with great favor. A
committee was appointed to present
the proposition to the Department
meeting of the Grand Armr of tbe
Republic for the State of Ohio at
spnngheld, in August. It tbe mat
ter is promptly pushed by the G. A
R. while the public mind is intense
ly interested in all that concerns
General Grant, there is every reason
tor confidence that a national monu
ment can be built which will be
worthy of General Urant and our
country. R. B. Hayes."
Hanora Abroad.
Londos, July 27. The Commit
tee of Arrangements for the memor
ial service in London held another
meeting to-day at the American
Legation. Minister Phelps presided,
and the other members present
were Senators Hawley, Eustis and
Morgan, Ex-attorney-general Brew
ster, Consul-general waller, and
Messrs. Field, Harwood. Lord, Smal
ler. Potter and Marble. The action
of the Very Rev. Dr. Bradley, dean
of Y estminiater, in allowing the use
of the Abbv for the service, and con
senting to officiate, was hailed with
great satisfaction by the members of
the committee, who adopted a reso
lution warmly thanking the Dean
in the name of the American people
for his prompt and graceful act of
courtesy.
From the requests for seats already
made to the committee it is evident
that the congregation on the occas
ion of the memorial service will be
one of the most notable ever assem
bledain London. The Prince and
Princess of Wales and several other
members of the royal family will at
tend and the Uueen will be directly
represented by a high official of 'her
household. Most of the leading
military officers now in London will
be present, aa well as members of
the late and present Governments,
ambassadors from several foreign
countries, the full staff of the Amer
ican legation and American resi
dents and viators in . London with
oat number. Minister Phelps is
delighted with the sermon oa Grant
, , . 1 T - TT 11
preacnea oy ine new. Newman xisut
in Christ Church yesterday .and has
asked for a eopy of it m order to
transmUt it to the State Department
at Washington.
The Doily TelegrttpK, in an edi
torial referring to General Grant's
anxiety to finish his book, says :
"There is something of Walter Scott's
heroic grappling with financial ruin
in this last act of the deceased war
rior's life which ocght to be remem
bered hvhis favor, along with his
other great claim to English res
pect and admiration, when the 801"
ice in Westminster Abbey is held."
Death can unite as well as sepa
rate. It has knit North and South
together in the grief for Garfield and
Grant.
eralc
THE SOUTH BRINGS FLOWKKS.
TyiBg- Wh the North iaTribate to
the Dead.
Front the Saraanah (Oa.,) News.
He was popular with the soldiers
because he knew how to appreciate
soldierly qualities. His magnanim
ity at the Appomattox surrender
showed that he was aa genoroos as
be was brave.
One by one the great figures of
the civil war are disappearing. A
few more years and they will all be
gone. Already men are beginning
to be known in public life who
know nothing from experience of the
great struggle that ended twenty
years ago, and the scars of that
struggle are passing away with those
who directed it.
OSLT GOOD OF THK DEAD.
From the JtetaeBrille (Fla.) Tim-Union.
General Grant is deadend around
his bier let as remember only that
he was the greatest citizen of the
Republic, in our day: that his ca
reer is part of the nation's history,
and that his fame is a specious lega
cy to his countrymen. As Dr.
Johnson said of Goldsmith : Let
us forget his faults, for he was hu
man like ourselves, but let us re
member that in spite of faults he
was a very great men."
THE LAST OF THE WAR HEROES,
From the Xathrtlla (Tna. ) Aauricaa.
On the morning of the 5th of May,
1S64, just after the first battle of the
Wilderness, General Robert E. Lee
sat in his tent,a waiting reports from
the front An aid-de-camp rode up
and excitedly exclaimed that, for
the first time in tbe history of the
war.the enemy had not fallen back in
response to General Lee's fierce, un
expected and distructive attack of
the day betore, bet that he was
moving by the left flank forward.
Lee seemed thunderstruck. Then,
slowly rising to his feet,tbe old hero
pushed back the thin threads of
gray hair from bis high, white fore
head, and said solemnly to the offi
cers asbembled in his tent "At
last, gentlemen, the federal army
has found a head." And now, at
last, the American people loee him !
He had served his time loyally and
well ; his day of usefulness has pas
sed. He was last of the heroic and
untained spirits to which the war
gave birth. And none will now be
ready as the Southern people, whose
courage and endurance he so severe
ly tried upon the field, to join with
England's bard in commemorating
his immortal story.
A GREAT C0MMA5DER.
Front the Atlanta (Oa.) Capital.
. - In the light f facte it all silly
to question General Grants general
ship. Not only this, but it is a poor
compliment to Confederate valor
and soldiership to say that the man
who led the armies and conducted
the operations that broke our power
was a military nobody. It is not
true.
Grant was a general, and a great
one. Like Wellington, he lacked
civil statesmanship, and as a Presi
dent did his fame no good ; but his
military statesmanship was unde
niable. He commanded the suc
cessful side of the greatest war of
history, and nothing can take this
colossal glory from him. It is a
vast reality fame will grow brighter
with time.
A COM MO 5 GRIEF.
From tb New Orleans (La.) Picayune.
While the North remembers that
General Grant received the sword of
Lee the South will not forget with
what generous and soldierly cour
tesy he returned it We cheerfully
recognize his high place in history,
and we cannot think otherwise than
regretfully of the misfortunes that
saddened the last days of his life.
It seems but yesterday that he came
back to us from his triumphant
journey around tbe world, and after
haviDg found no land so remote
th.t his fame had not preceded him
there. The hero of a great war, twice
elected President of the United
States, the .honored guest of kings
and, the possessor of an ample for
tune, the husband of a devoted wife,
the fathor of loving and happy chil
dren what had he to expect but
peace and prosperity for bis declin
ing years ? Alas ! the answer has
been written. We will not repeat it.
Brethren of the North and South,
let us join mournful hands together
around that newly opened grave,
remembering that while all earthly
goods are evanescent, horor, truth
and love are eternally secure.
THE GREAT CHIEFTAIN,
From the Vkkeburg (Miss.) Com. Herald.
Excepting perhaps Washington
no American occupies so conspicu
ous and enduring place in the his
tory of the world as General Grant
His name and fame are the world's
heritage, and will be kept in remem
brance through all time. To-day I
thri Nation without a dissenting voice
mourns the death of the great mili
tary chieftain. North. South, East
and West uniting in sorrow their
tears with those of the bereaved
loved ones whoso faithfully and ten
derly watched the grand old hero
pass peacefully over the river to
join the vast army of comrades that ,
loved him and that he loved so well I
who nad gone oeiore. nest m peace,
Ulysses S. Grant while a united peo
ple mourn3, and till thy glorious
awakening on the resurrection morn
ing.
so MEAXI5GLESS EMRLEMS.
I the
CRT (Me.)
He went down to bis grave
through a storm of adversity, bat
supported and comforted bv the
sympathy of a great people. What
ever criticisms had been provoked
was silenced by the-reverses which
clouded the last days of Gen. Grant,
and the Action of a Democratic
Congress was the crowning evidence
of tbe fact that the Southern heart
beat in sympathy for tbe dying war-.
rior. The half-masted flags which
float everywhere in this Republic
are no meaningless, ceremonious'
emblems. The whole country will '
join in the general Borrow. '
WHOLE NO. 1777.
TE last of the clasts.
Front tb LuabTTille Kr Commercial.
Grant is the last of that first group
of giants .called into being by the
second epoch of American history
Only a few men who stood in the
second group survive. But the end
for which they fought is achieved.
We who enjoy the benefits of pros
perous peace, national patriotism,
and a secure and lasting Union
have lost sight, in the rush of life,
of the cost and the immortal cour
age tbat won them. When the in
carnation of luca heroes, like Grant,
dies it is well to turn the memory
backward oyer all the frightlul mis
takes and the living patriotism alike
and reflect that out of such as this
the permanency of national exist
ence is won.
Death ot General Grant.
From the Philadelphia Reecrd.
The long and painful struggle of,
General Grant with the great de -
stroyer ended yesterday morning,
and the American people, with one
heart, mourn in his death their
greaiesi soiaier ana tneir popular
idol, for months they have anx
iously watched th bulletins that re
corded the fatal progress of his dis
ease, and his last days have been
cheered and consoled by the uni
versal manifestations of their affec
tion. In this hour of public grief
all animosities engendered in the
heat ot partisan conflict are hushed,
all detraction is silenced, and no ex
pressions of sympathy are more sin
cere than thoee that fall from the
lips of the men that were once in
arm 4 againei him.
To few men have been allotted so
great and memorable a part in the
movements of history. His career,
though so real and visible in the
eyes of his countrymen and contem
poraries, has all the glamour of ro
mance. Withdrawn from his chosen
profession early in life to the ob
scurest private condition, he resum
ed it when the country bad need of
his services. By his extraordinary
merit through successive steps, euch
marked by greut achievement, to the
command of the American armies
in one of the mo3t stupendous con-
fiicts that the world has ever wit -
nessed. Hietory records the ascent -I think he was impressed with
of poor peasants to the throne of the j the idea from the beginning, though
Roman empire, but that was in the ! sometimes he was apparently hope
corruption and decay of Roman J fal 0f his ultimate recovery. I rec
greatness, when merit was rare and 1 oUect that one time when the papers
competition feeble. Grant madehim-
seif the foremost soldier of America
in the lusty prime and vigor of tbe
Republic, when every upward step
was a battle.
It has been said that only two
tningscan reacn the top olapyra -
mid, the eagle and tbe reptile. Urant , iowms, proclamation was issued this
was the eagie tbat rose- to-bis placet inorflin:
without apparent effort, and he kept Execctite Departme.vt, ITAERra
it His command of vast armies I j,r;Kr,t Juy 24. In the name and by
in the presence of an enemv was as ; t,e authority of the Commonwealth
easy to him as was his drilling of a i 0f Pennsylvania :
regiment of raw militia in the be-; The people of the Commonwealth
ginning of his career. Fort Donel- 0f Pennsylvania, have learned with
son, ick3burg. Chattanooga, and the :pr0fOriDjregre. cf the death of the
campaigns on the Potomac are; illustrious American soldier and ex
among the monuments of his mili-1 president Ulysses S. Grant. Emen
tary fame. If he was sustained by from ti.e quiet walks of a citi
the arms and resources of a great na-, 2en-s ife at a critical period in the
tion, he was opposed by a foe whose; history of his country, he rapidly
prowess enhanced the splendor of attained the highest renown in her
hia victories. His magnanimity j military service, and on the return
and clemency in the day of final 1 0f vetu wad twjce caned to occupy
success mitigated to his enemies the
humiliation of defeat, and to the
love and admiration in which he
was held bv the victors was united
the gratitude of the vanquished.
As he lies cold nOW, bcVODtl thei
reach of flattery or blame, it may be j honorable and patriotic career, and
anirmd of him that no citizen ot j bequeathed to his Wlow-citizens
America ever enjoyed a greater de-1 anci posterity a name that will for
gree of popularity. As a proof of ever be rTe'red
the veneration in which Marcus Au-1 Now, therefore, in view of the sad
reiius was held it was observed that : event which has filled the nation
there was not a dwelling, however with deep aoryoej, and as a fitting
humble, m the vast Roman Empire jmark of respect to the memory of
that did not contain some picture or the eminent man who in the provi
memonal of him. Though no point ' cu-o nr (inA after . Wrfnl an.l
of resemblance is sought here, the
same may be said of the popularity
of General Grant. There is not a
wood-chopper's cabin on the Arooe
took, a farm-house in the far West,
or a negro hut on the Brazos, in
which some portrait, or battle scene
or other memento ol the peopie s
idol, is not preserved. Gen. Grant3
popularity is not wholly due to mil -
itary deeds, which always command
so large a measure of admiration and
applause, but he ha3 come to be re -
zarueu as uie raoouimeni oi
American spirit. In his strong'traits
of personal character his indomita
ble will ; his obstinacy, amounting
in some of its manifestations to sto
lidity, his stoical endurance, reveal
ed so touchinglv in a new form in
the agony of disease ; his simplicity
and freedom from cant are found I
the elements of his popularity. The
people admired in him the high j
qualities which they nattered them
selves with possessing. They con
doned in him the faults which they
knew they owned. But if he pos
sessed some of the faults that are
common to human nature, hs great
ness is his own.
This is cot the occasion to dwell
on the faults and mistakes that
clouded Lis public career, or the
misfortunes that embittered the lat
ter days of bis life. History, which
deals impartially with men and
their works, will not hide or extenu-
ate b;fetling3 in delineating his
character ana recoraicg nis acnieve-; for making a President of him, what
meuts. In this hour of public lam-1 do yon think cf the Democrats who
entation and sorrow criticism is j nominated him ?"
abashed. The errore of Grant will The other opinion was that of
be buried in the coffin with hint by j General Robert E. Lee. Somebody
his contemporaries and witnesses, i in his presence had referred to Gen.
whi'e the memory of his great vir- Grant as a " military accident who
tues and patriotic services will re-had no-distinguishing merit, but
main enshrined in the hearts of ger.-i had achieved success through a
erations of Americans as long as the j combination of fortunate circa m
Repubhe shall endure. j stances." Geo. Lee locked into the
- : critic's eye steadily, and said : "Sir,
Dr.
Newman's Talks
Gran.
with Geaeral
Mt. Mi Gbegor, July 25. At this
time anything showing bow General
Grant bore himself during bis last
days of peculiar interest. In con
versation to-dar Dr. Newman related
some personal recollections of the
General daring his sickness. " In
looking back over his illness," Dr.
Newman said, "I think that which
is most strikingly characteristic k
the fact that he left nothing unpro
vided for. He was just as compre
hensive in arranging for the future
when he would be dend as he was
in arranging his campaigns. He
even designated nhat the burial ser
vices were to be, wishing to relieye
his tamily of as much care as pos
sible. All that Colonel Fred hu to
do id to fjl!o cut the HriUan direc
tions ot his father, aad tha- fir
nothing h t occurred to sut An
addition. Another more beauliiul
thing is a letter which he wrote to
the family before his death for their
future gnitlance. If it should ever
be made public it will show the
General in an aspect which entitles
him to the highest esteem. One
morning in the spring, about five
o'clock, he was seated in his chair
and death seemed very near. I
knelt beside him and he said : 'Dr.
I am going.' I trust that the pros
pect of the future is pure and bright.
General' Oh, yessaid he, speak
ing feebly but with the most entire
assurance, la a subsequent conver
sation be said : Three umes I have
been down in the shadow of the val
ley of death, evidently referring to
the words of the Psalmist. I said
to him: 'What was your supreme
thought when you supposed that
you were going V His answer was :
That I had tried to lead a good and
honorable life; that was my chief
consolation.' Another time, I think
in the same connection, h sAid : 'In
ontj of those supreme moments I
had a dream or a vidiou, I could not
well understand which. But it
seemed that the lower part of mv
house was a church and that I had
the keys to it. I looked around the
room, but there remained that strong
impression that beneath me was a
church.' Most significant, too. I
think, was that letter which he wrote
to Dr. Douglas, where he spoke of
jhis thankfulness that h had been
: allowed to finish his book and make
' all arrangements for the future, so
, that he could say he was fully pre-
pared to die.
" Only a perverted story of the
General s baptism has thus far been
published," said Dr. Newman, "and
a correct account of it ought to be
given. Oh the second day of April
they called me at 5 o'clock in the
morning. The physicians thought
he would last but five minutes. Mrs.
Grant and the General's sister came
to me and said the General had nev
er been baptised. I expressed my
surprise, he having been brought up
in a methodist family. I learned
that he was the only son in the fam
ily who hail not been baptised. Af
ter speaking to the General's sons,
I said I would baptise him if he
were conscious and desired it. After
prayer Fred went into an adjoining
room and brought out a silver pitch
er with water in it. I spoke to the
General about it. He opened his
eyes and said : 'Doctor, I thank
you. I had intended to take that
step myself.' The rites of baptism
were then performed. It was a
most impressive scene."
"Whan did the General first make
up bis mind that he was going to
i die?" asked a correspondent
were full of accounts of his diatres
ing feebleness he wrote: I am not
conscious of any special weakness."
Governor Paulson a Proclamation.
i H a rrisbu rg, Julr 25. The fol-
her chief chair of State. Brilliant
and successful in war. magnanimous
and conservative in statesmanship,
distinguished at home and abroad
for his personal virtues, in private
lit h$ fill? th mpa.nrA nfi np'Vit
patient struzgle with disease and
death has closed his mortal life. I
do direct that the flags of the public
buildings of the State be placed at
half-mast until sundown on the day
of his burial, and that on that day
the ordinary business of the several
: rvnArfmonn ot tr. Sf5t f.m
: meDt be suspeuded, and I recomend
1 to the peopie of the Commonwealth
j that durinx the obsequies on that
j jay y do generally observe the
1 t solemnity of tnoe hours by
the suspension of business, the toll
mg ot bells and sucn other marks
of respect for the distinguished dead
as to them may be deemed appro
priate. Robert E. Pattiso.v, Governor.
By the Governor:
W. E. Stesoer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Gen. Grant .
i a Soldier.
Dr. Swift, of North ville, Michigan,
relates two valuable opinions of Gen.
Grant as a soldier, which he picked
op in the Sonth.
A mayor of Atlanta asked General
Hancock if it wasn't singular that
the Republicans should make a man
like Grant President and Gen. Han
cock replied :
a Gen. Grant was a very superior
officer. He won his position by
merit and hard and sarces.-ful fight-
insr. and was wortnv ot it it von
j think it strange of the Republicans
' oar opinion is a very poor compli
ment to me. We all thought Rich
mond, protected as it was br its
i splendid fortifications and defended
i br our army veterans, could not be
I taken. Yet Grant turned his face
to our capital, and never turned it
away until we bad surrendered.
Now, I have carefully searched the
military records of both ancient and
modern history, and have never
found Grant's superior as a general.
I doubt if his superior can be found
in all history."
Gen. Grant was 6? years old.
ir