Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-02-12
The Obsequies of Mr.. Brooks-Sav-
ages Moving Ob;tuary-The
Mode of Mr.. Brooks's Death
S;,or,lor Go;noI,lnnnn
Singular Coincidence.

WAsHINGroy, Jan. 80, lS57.--@ he obse-
ques OF Preston s. Brooks passed off in al
appropriate and impressive style, with the
exception of the shockingly mal-apropos
allussion made by Savage, OF Tennessee,
n his rem,rks during the III 'use proceed
ngs. The galleries au1 loo5ies ere thron-
ed, and after the obituary tributes delivered
BY the Congressional associates of the de-
ceased, and the intervention of brief re-
cess, the m IRE distin yuished part OF the pro-
cession was ushered into the Hall, where
the various officers OF the House. from the
Speaker down to the assistant door-keepers
Were in the'r appro; riate places, wearing
white and black sashes, and other funeral
insignia.
Frs; entered Nc. Buchanan, looking, in
his black suit and white neckcloth, like a
Presbytt rian Doctor oil Divinity. lie toOk
a seat by himself, in front of the Clerks
desk. Then fJllnwed the President and Cab
met, the Supreme Court and Senate, who
accommodated themselves wherever they
could in the body of the hall. Aud lastly
the pall-bearers, with the long black mahog-
any coffin, which was placed Immediately
under the great chandelier, suspended from
the dome. At the head of the coffin had been
laid beautiful wreath OF evergreen and
camelias
Many of the seats of Northern members
were vacated in consequence of their dis
gus, at the remarks of Savage, which they
considered an intentional insult. 1t is wur-
thy of remark, that Mr.. Savage had not been
requested to speak at all, and when he rose
to compare, in strain OF eulogy,the assault
on Mr.. Sumner to the patriotic assassina-
ton of Julius Ceasar, the friends Of the de-
cesed " ere as much surprised as the friends
Of Mr. Sumner. Mr.. Orr, the colleague OF
Mr.. Brooks, am told, went Immediately to
the speaker to express the regret OF himself
and other Southern members at the sent
ments uttered by Savage. Senator Butler
was no less impressed with its inappropri-
a,eness, and at his request, Savage was i'll
duccd to omit it rom his printed speech
L. reference 70 the Circumstance ot Mr.
Brooks death, an informed that it hap
pened thus: Feeling sense of nausea, he
requested his friend, Col. Curry. to give him
an emetic OF salt and water, ami DR.. Boyle,
who was present, having approved the pre-
scriplion, it was administered. TIE pa
TENTS tonsils, however, were too much
swollen to allow OF the violent wreIching
which en- ued, and he was soon choked To
death, in extreme pain, which he felt, being
manifested by his vain efforts TO obtain re-
lief in clutching his throat as if to tear i:
open, for the entrance OF the vital air. The
principal medicine which he had employed
wss haxseed tea, sweetened with rock can
dy.
The DR.. Boyle in attendance on Mr..
BROOKS, is the same physician who FIRST sew
ed up and bandaged the wound on Mr.. Sum-
ner's ead-an operation which resulted in
so much pain ID the patient; and whose
medical testimony die so much to discredit
the impression that Mr.. Sumner had been
seriously injured. That he should thus have
been the physician OF both parties--the as.
siilant and the asslilea--must be regarded
as noteworthy coincidence in his profes-
sional history. 7,