Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-27
tloEina scenes Of The Presidents Life.

the events attending ten. laYlnt Hast
~illnesH from tie ". Y LSfrrsa
W WAsntsgrov. july Q. 1850
The Frnsid at sariotts Illness Nn7 first
tnl, nj tho Capitol to day, about | %o'hinrlt.
The dtapbafats If fIr House tlien BENIN
10 feel lhut they we're mntint q mistYItn II
eonileetirg iis name with the Gilrhlh
.~,a,at,fp. and they ddRiaiIel il postpone
" niett If action for Il week. will, The. view
IT asrartainin4 the state Of bis hraltnl'
2 e'aigst.AEl,e ftin9rs df tiiet din
tarol,s illness u fllas PRESIDENT wore SO
ptaut. TINT IN both IfBuaas on aiioutsii
l,e9aii 81 Ia thought rf
4 o'ri1ahaA fhpnirers at The White
House Wrre told that the President was
better. The symptoms were III q small
,legrrn promising Hopes Of his rer3tvefy
lmpnii ~ lie in1utaed.
p',t,ak.- syinrtuitis bngat, r. 'n
worse. The siliirtotiug Of he fnlniiist was
Thought ~. rlefaytnnn were sent lor, niia
physician. teassambled The strongest
~l,listpts Ind 90 Power over his skini which
had lnst it4 vitality.
q o'yi,.k- No improvement. The White
House pates shut.
4 0'ti1rht-@rinrtotn agnin lad Con
nnstipn increasing Groups of anxious
irllitpta IN tie uitttf room IF The " lite
blouse. and on the steps. Pronounced So
Ianprrorely i'll Tint but Slight ~l'pl,es- could.
W. entertained If recovery.
7 4 md DJ'ri1nh -rtesiiel 40 better.
No hope. Crowds increasing Adopt the
White House. Entrance hall full oE nfefii-
l,nrs u Congress. @Melnliefs of tho oabi-
ttnt poinu IL and ont. The Wee President
ia IN Every body is looking nron him
now 10 President.
10 o'tiork-Itaporls from the sick
rlaint,ar contradictory, bit stirl, ~ to IN
erire . Ioint hope. Mrs. Gen Taylor hhs
given up. nat,'re hxying become exhausted
itptn constant attendance niid excitement
Mira. Hiss ia overwhelmed with grief
Cob ljIiss appears here and there, mitch
detected Among The persons IN TIE alek
rllnrnltor. nnl there nfn TOO many, ia 'nl.
jefferson Davis. from Mississippi. scn-in
law Of Gen. Taylor. anl llet. If Tyne,
Severe practice las l,eet, begun. anl II
nsrjres hope. The PATIENT lias been ex-
ol,a,tsted hv neglected cholera l%nhrl,ra. lot
which. al day FRIDAY, le would tnlte no
medicine. tnlurtal aud ~l,listafs 'tit rrir-
reh him more. pninila is now given ~
numerous doacs. pver forty grains, II is
enil. shave been given since . o'clock
zon,a il, injections, The practice is snid t"
',n desperate. lul s,teh Only as eau te given
with any hope. Pulse under il lol ~
rolIy. an1n rontl sigh Gtttrtnitiea warm.
l7ano not ns of death Patient conscious
drinks when asked. Mrs. John hell. from,
she silk rllninlnf.. reports hopefully, so
docs Major %lIuhSSrr. u = A. Eh does
nr l'yho: All seem TO believe that he
- viii live IL least til morning. Indeed,
y they lngin to hope that he may survive.
The new and mNra*lra1rratp practice in
spires hupe. Crowds Dispensing. The
Secretary ul State yet present. '@outheu,
men about shy. " Follow Southern rrnc-
toe. (Which IL far more violent than North
orn J that alone can save him
40 to D'et,bk ten Taylor u no more
nnth has closed tho eyna Of the hero vt
C,lo Alto. ~ltcancn dc ~ Falnlh. Monterey
aud llloita Niain lie who escaped the
0,all and bullet anl hnvonet Of Briton.
laliau md Mexican, ta r,tt down IN his
chamber ly the unseen scytte Vt Death
The Rufvivnrof the avaIrr4 81 Florida.
Odnd af the hamnurks oi ihe Rio t'rnnde.
isohc victim of the Potomac,
Gen Taylor died in the Same chamber
~ which Gen. Harrison died nine years
aan last Alrtl Like ~uEticefH Of high rank
...-. Ia. ~ .l. I'D. .ls.,I-I, ~ tA.tts ,t,
crowds were ia tho sezlibtlca AMI IN The
TH,pmn below. Like waH the It,Siety
alc Ntrc.r President. now the President.
Fillmore. was II, the room lent by. So
w,s Nlr Clayton and 81 were others ct
the Cabinet Mr.. Wehstet had beei
tEDre during The evening. The diEeasa
hna been singular 1t i~lattern,l nj ti,neR.
and then dispeIIea nj hope. oninine had
~r@aruo,l the vrctitn almost from tiae dan'l,
lnlt only ittst to have him die. Stimulus
made attendants hope. hut II was the et.
rirint hitkrf af life,
II 9tiph The hollis of the city all
toll a ~ad aaduiein for the lead: II Is n
solemn and it,pat affecting midnight hour
Col. Blisa Ia in ,1aar but manly gtiofovcr the
itlnS ~ lliS |NNl'll III WV t'A'. AliN lih~
father aud friend IN the battle aeld, lie
hcarp. mp though. like one accustomed to
calamity. ! AGO Mr., Flllutofe Wendihg his
way %thoushtfnlIy down tho stalra. through
the eestihnle. aud along the ~avcni,e ia his
hotel ut NtllArla's, What n Weight ut
Thought there must he on h,a. hcaott
What an awful responsibility. NJ mn III.
-t,.t ,,,l s> ,n,r,,,,t,tt,. lAa q, tl,,,, ,,ta
.lum,V What u change Of life. of manner.
vt existence alnoat is 10 totno oyer him
e The editor Of tho Republic IL IN tle group
The Mayor of the city Is there,
The sad stgha cf u woman nrc; hoard IN
tho distance. 1t il MIA. Bliss over the loas
cl n tathor. or Mrs. Wool. OF the good,
the pioua. rovcrcd old lady. who llas never
orpratSl IN public, seldom or meyer soet
hat Mt church. aud who fonqtdcral t It the
greatest of calamit,as that her husband
should have been made the President ?
Tier grief is indeed inconsolayle She
mourns without consolation. Mkt to her
G God She dearly loved hcr departed hus,
rnmA,V hut his corpse is NIL thnt jSholore Ia.
There depart the physitians, DOCTORS Hall
anu N@n0E>lonlh hFN nave
hard against the decree of the Almighty
but Yield to ~onnirotence, n dreadful
struggle they have had indeed wath Death
-sind the whole arcana OF medicine has
been 2rroyed against him, hnt in vain.
IL Go'clank-Iho bells yet tell, Tho
whole city ia awake. The toll ::ra>t mid.
night has aroused the @. from ils:slmnhers,
oand the streets are yet full of groups.
Cd EhAInra In pninin Ennhna,