Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-12
The Illness and Decease of JudgO
Douglas.


The Illness and Decesse OF Judgs
We gather the following items in reference TO
the last illness of Judge DOUGLAS, his decease and
the feeling in Chicago upon the sad event. from
the Times Of Tuesday morning:
REMOVAL or JUDGE DOUGLAS REMAINS TO BRYAN
HALL.
Judge Douglas remains will be removed from
the>TremOnt House TO Bryan Hall, where they
are to Inc in state, at ten o'clock this morning.
The removal will be attended by the most solemn
and impressive ceremonies
ILLINOIS CLAIMS THE REMAINS or HER DISEASED
SENATOR.
A committee consisting of Governor Yates.
and the most prominent State officials at Spring
hed will arrive is this city today 20 take part in
the public ceremonies. Ii is in contemplation
that strong influence shall be brought to bear
upon the family of Judge Douglas, 70 prevail
upon them to allow his hOnored remains TO be
buried in this State. Illinois claims all that is
left of her greatest statesman, and the voice Of
the people will join with one accord in the peti
ton that they be allowed to bury him in reverence
and honor, and to erect over his remains a
mausOleum which shall stand forever as a SYM
bol of their affection.
THE LAST ILLNESS or JUDGE DOUGLAS.
Judge Douglas returned to his home in Chi.
cago on the lst of May. He was somewhat in
disposed at the time, with the incpient stages Of
inhammatOry rheumatis m. and called in medical
assistance the next day. His primary attack rap
idly assumed a typhoid character, and continued
from the first very unyielding. Ate. some ten
or twelve days, his attack was complicated by
liberated sore throat which soon WELDED Tor
por Of the liver and constipation Of the bowels
ensued, soon followed by jaundiced condition.
accompanied by prisoning of the blood. which
prostrated his nervous system still more. Con-
slant wandering and derium accompanied his
attack from its inception till he died.
On Sunday, at ii p. NJ, a slight ch.sisee f"r
the worsc was manifest, and hope left all hearts;
his physicians, without relaxing their efforts, lt
was now apparent, could do no more. His rcspi-
ration became oppressed, and continued 10 fail
almost imperceptbly till 3 A. NJ. on Monday,
when his decline became more rapid. His utter
ances, though broken, gave evidence that he was
conscious of his approaching dissolution AT $50
immediate termination seemed imminent, but he
continued to respire, feebly and more ieebly till
GIL, when he drew his last breath without sigh
or a struggle, calmly and peacefully as an infant.
THE CITY DRAPED in MOURNING.
The city was in mourning yesterday. The
countless flags which have fluttered in the bueeze
rs emblems Of national pride and loyalty. were
hung with the sad color of DEATH and dropped
listlessly, as though borne down with conscious
ness of the great weight of sorrow which they
symbolized. Far and near, wherever the eve
wandered, the tokens OF universal grief were
seen, always sadly pendant gloomy and almost
forebodng. If a stranger had walked the streets
in ignorance of the truth, he would have argured
from the downcast faces which he met, from the
sorrowng words which he heard, and from the
wide draped emblems of grief which floated every
where that a great woe had fallen upon the city.
IL pestilence had been borne upon the air, or il
miasma settled down like pail, there could not
have been more of gloom and sorrow than fol-
lowed the announcement that Judge Douglas was
dead. Ii was grand and impressive grief, swell
ling with the tide of solemn earneStness, and
Ginning with the slow, mournful tOlling Of the
great Court house bell, until it seemed something
beyond description.
The announcement was made at curly dawn
that the great Statesman was breathing his last.
Anxious crowds gathered around the fremont
House. and waited breathlessly. until, at ten min
utes past nine, word was given out that he dad
Just breathed his last. He died i'm state OF in
sensibility. The utter prostraton Of the physical
system had reduced him to a state of semi uncon-
sciousness, in which he Law during two or three
days, and the effort to induce him TO realize his
condition, except for few brief moments, Was
vain. Faithful friends attended his bedside. and
one who has shared his hopes and ambitions in
the zenith of his fame, still the constant and
unwearied watcher, while his feet passed the dark
valley of shadows. To her the blow is terribly
rrostrating. But il there bo consolation for so
great trial, if the heartfelt sympathy Of a
mourning nation, raising its voice with one accord
in lamcntaton, can ease a single pang. then may
the burden grow lighter.
The Court House was helvily ds.ped in white
and black, and the bell toilet a solemn requiem
in keeping with its mournful aspect The store
fronts on all the principal streets, and even Tar
out into the suburbs, were hung with the same
colors, draped in arches. and extending from
window TO window. In many places, the por-
trait and plaster busts of Judge Douglas were
displayed in Grape, in most impressive manner.
The United States building, the hotels, the news
paper offices, and every other building of impor-
lance. was enveloped in mourning. Even the
omnibusses and street cars, the express wagons
and other convcyanccs, wore the same colcr
Grape was everywhere visible; everywhere buried
the flag of our country; everywhere told It's sad
tale Of bereavement and sorrow.