The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-06-14
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

ceased to take cognizance of passing events,
and never more read q newspaper. He died
Monday, june 3, 1861, at eleven minutes
past 8 O'Clock. 1s9 n tsYas - 3ie
HIS ILLNESS. 7a1 alb
Judge Douglas returned home quite I'M.
well, and called his medical attendant on
Thursday, May 2. Risprimary attack was
acute rheumatism, which rapidly assumed
q typhoid character, and continued from
the first very unyielding. After some ten
or twelve days, his attack was complicated
by an liberated sore throat, which soon
yielded. Torpor of the liver and constipa.
ton of the bowels ensued, soon followed by
q jaundiced condition, accompanied by
prisoning of the blood, which Frustrated his
nervous system still more. Constant wan.
dering and delirium accompanied his attack
from its inception till he died. He was
more continually rational from five to sew
en- this morning, and conversed with his
family, and gradually sank from that time
until nine o'clock, when he expired gently
and quietly. His attack throughout was
not attended with much pain, except the
anguish of the rheumatic attack, in the ear
ly part of his sickness.
Drs. McVickar, Boone and Hahn, of this
city, were in constant attendance upon him
from the inception of the attack, until the
25th of May, when they were Joined by DR..
Thomas Miller of Washington, to whose
skill and attention his friends and attending
physicians bear cheerful and willing tribute.
HIS LAST HOURS.
On Sunday at IL P. M. slight change
for the worse was manifest, and then hope
left all hearts his physicians, without re-
taxing their efforts, it was now apparent,
could do no more. His respiration became
oppressed, and continued to fail almost i'm
perceptibly till 3 A. M. on Monday, wen his
decline became more rapid. His utterances,
though broken, gave evidence that he was
conscious of bis approaching dissolution. At
$50 immediate termination seemed immi-
nent, but he continued to respire, feebly and
more feebly, until Oil, when he drew his
last breath without sigh or struggle,
calmly and peacefully as an infant. He
WAS DEAD,
From the Chicago Democrat.
A Cry IN MoURN1NG.-The news of
Judge Douglas decease spread through the
city yesterday morning with astonishing
rapidly. He ceased to breathe at ten min
utes past 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and
in less than half an hour afterwards the not
unexpected but sad intelligence was known
all over the city. A large assemblage Of
people at once congregated in front of and
about the fremont House, where the illus
trious dead laid, and there spoke to each
other of the sad event in subdued and tear
softened voices. Many of these men were
weeping-others were pale and silent-all
deeply affected and oppressed. Soon after
this the great bell on the Court House be-
gan to toll, and continued for an hour, send
ing forth, in its sonorous notes, the intelli-
gence that the heart of one of Illinois most
favored sons had ceased to beat.
Almost simultaneously the number Of
flags which now float throughout our city,
were put at half mast. The shipping in
the harbor followed this example. The no.
tells, the stores upon the principal streets,
and many private dwellings were draped in
heavy mourning, and by noon, in every por-
ton of the city, was seen the evidence of the
sorrow which prevailed. Some of the man.
ifestations of grief would have been ludi-
crous, had they not been so sincere. AS we
rode through the Western part of the city,
we saw several forlorn shanties, inhabited
by some poor but warm hearted Irishmen,
and even here the doors were festooned with
black and white muslin, interviewer, and
showing forth the sorrow that had entered
even these lowly dwellings by the death of
Senator Douglas.
The Court House is draped with great
taste, from the cupola to the ground. The
two flags which float from the cupola are
bordered with Grape.
ALI the printing Offices are handsomely
draped in mourning. TIE fremont House
is beautifully decorated. So are the other
hotels. The exterior of Bryan Hall, Port
land Block, the Express offices, the Custom
House, the Fire Engine Houses, the Board
of Trade Room, the stores on Lake, Clark,
South Water, Dearborn, Randolph, Madi
son, State and other streets, and an innu>
merable host of other buildings, are covered
with the emblems of mourning. The City
Railroad cars are decorated with mourning
rosettes and festoons. In every direction
the eye meets with heavy draperies of white
and black intermingled. At Portland Block
Volk's statue of Douglas stands in an alcove
draped with Grape. Everywhere private
citizens and public corporations seem to vie
with each other in doing honor to the great
departed.
DISPOSITION OF THE BODY.
At a meeting of the citizens of Chicago,
held at II NJ, on Monday, to take prelim-
mary action with regard to the funeral, it
was stated to be the desire of Mrs. Douglas
that the remains of her husband should be
taken to Washington, where the remains
of their child and of his former wife were
reposing. 1t was the wish of the family
that no religious services should be perform
ed over the remains prior to their removal
but that any civic ceremonies that the cit
liens might deem proper would be perfectly
agreeable to the family.
1t was determined, the family acquiescing,