Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-03-21
John Quincy Adams,


The following account of the scene in
the House of Representatives upon occa-
sion ofthe venerable John @. Adams ia.
tai attack is from, the National Intelligen
Ger of the 22nd inst:
Just after the yeas and nays were
takeu on question, and the speaker had
risen to put another question to the House
sudden cry was heard on the left of the
chair, "Mr. Adams is dying!" Turning
our eyes to the spot, we beheld the ven.
cradle man in the act Of falling over the
left arm OF his chair, while his right arm
was extended, grasping his desk for sup.
port. He would have dropped upon the
floor had he not been caught in the arms
OF the member sitting next to him. A great
sensation was created in the House
members left their seats and gathered
round the fallen statesman, who was i'm.
mediately lifted into the area, in front OF
the clerks table The Speaker instantly
suggested that some gentleman move an
an adjournment, which being promptly
done, the House adjourned. A sofa was
brought, and Mr.. Adams, in state ofper
feet heIplessness, though not of entire in
sensibility, was gently laid upon it, The
sofa was then taken up and borne out OF
the hall into the rotunda, where it was
set down, and the members of both
houses and strangers whowere fast crowd.
| ing around were with some difficulty re.
pressed. and an open space cleared in its
immediate vicinity; but a medical gentle.
man, a member,ofthe House, advised that
he be removed to the door of the Iotunds
opening on the east portico, where fresh
windwas blowing. This was done; but the
air being chilly and loaded with the
sofa was one more taken up and removed
to the Speakers apartment, the doors of
which We're forthwith closed to all but
professional men, several of whom arrived
in succession as the news spread into the
city. While lying in this apartment, Mr..
Adams partially recovered the use of his
speech, and observed, in faltering accents
'This is the end earth" but quickly ad.
ded. Il am composed" Members had .by
this time reached Mr.. AS abode with the
melancholy intelligence, and, SO on after,
Mrs. Adams and his nephew and niece
arrived and made their way to the appal.
ling scene. Mrs. A. was deeply affected
andior some moments quite Frustrated by
the sight of her bus band, now insensibIe,
the pallor ofdeath upon his countenance,
and those sad premonitories fast making
their appearance which fall with d such a
chill upon the heart. - eia'@ b. -dl saa.
In9the ball, meanwhile, gloomy pause
occurred in the usual hum of voices that
fills it. Some members sat in mute. sus,
pence; others stood in groups, and made
or answered inquiries as to the cause and
The probable issue Of the attack. A re-
mark very frequently heard was swell
this sjust what. Mr.. Adams could have
wished; ii is an appropriate ending OF his
public career; be. falls, like second Cha.
than, in the Senate house,"
| Mr.. Adams, though for some months
very feeble, was. when he entered the hall
in the morning, in his usual health, and
had but few minutes before delivered
his vote, on a motion before the House,
in an unusually distinct and emphatic
manner. Mr.. A. attained his eightieth
Iyear in JuEylast. 50 s. ,atsl9dsoa
il A deeply impressive scene was wit
messed when MI Clay, who had been
sent for, took the venerable clerk by the
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