Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
Senator Douglas Last Hours Chica-
go in Mourning.


the following account Of Senator Douglas
illness and death, AMI of the general and
profound sorrow with which the intelligence
was received in that city:
1t was not until some ten days since that
Senator Douglas illness assumed an alarm
ing type. His primary attack was acute
rheumatism, which rapidly assumed a ty-
phoid character, and continued from the first
very unyielding. After some ten or twelve
days, his malady was complicated by an
liberated sore throat, which soon yielded. -
Torpor of the liver and constipation of the
bowels ensued soon followed by jaundiced
condition, accompanied by poisoning Of the
blood, which Frustrated his nervous system
still more.
A wandering and delirious state accom-
panied his illness more or less from its in
ception to its fatal close. At such times as
he was rational last week, he seemed aware
of the grave fears entertained in his behalf,
and on one occasion said to those about him
that he knew his constitution so much bet
ter than they did, he felt confident he should
recover from the attack Doubtless his will !
and courage, joined to his great physical
powers, had much to do with his so long
continuing to resist a malady before which |
In his last days he gave those who stood
near to administer to his wants, the most con-
vincing assurances of the depth and earnest /
ness of the lively love of country that filled |
his heart. In his waking hours, as well as !
in those moments when the violence of his |
disease unseatcd his great intellect, he was |
busy with national events, and the conflict |
that is now upon us. 1t was his last wish |
that the work which will regenerate the |
country while rescuing it from his enemies, |
should go rapidly on. To one, in wander
ing moment, he said, 81 station you at the |
Relay House. Move on" " OF another he |
asked, ''Why do we stand still? let US press
on! Let us to Alexandria, quick " To
still another he said, Telegraph to the Pres
ident, and let the column move on!' And
so, throughout the progress Of the disease,
which struck him down, he was thinking of
his country and her peril /
At Washington, in his imaginings, and
in the command for which nature had fitted
| him, and which would have been bestowed |
had he lived, he seemed to direct events and
dictate victory. And when the lucid inter
less sincere The salvation of the Republic
was uppermost in his thoughts by day and
by night. His own condition, the imminent
peril of his death, his complicated affairs
gave him no concern Almost his last CO.
| herent words were an ardent wish for the
honor and prosperity of the Republic by the
defeat and dispersion of her enemies.
Throughout Saturday it was feared he
! could not survive many hours. As night
fall drew near, without any positive change
having taken place in his disease he yet
seemed easier, and so passed the night. He
had only brief intervals of consciousness
after this but lay in a quiet state, gradually
. but surely sinking. At times he briefly
rallied, but it was not to clear conception
of what was transpiring about him On
one occasion, indeed, it was evident that
memory and habit of mind was strong in
the dying statesman, and that his thoughts
We're once more in the Senate Chamber
One of his physicians-Dr. Ray-was ad.
ministering blister. What are you doing?'
against me, the measure is defeated.
AT an early hour yesterday morning, he
| had an interval of rallying, was rational,
conversed briefly with those about him, and
then sank gently and quietly until ten min
utes past9 9, A. NJ, when he breathed his last
quietly, and without struggle.
His devoted and loving wife remained with
him to the last moment. Madison Cults,
his brother-in-law, Miss Young of the Tre-
: mont House, B. G. Caulield, and DR.. Hay,
were also present.
Such has been the anxiety with which
news from this sick room had been looked
for by the public that throughout Sunday,
almost hourly, bulletins were posted in the
office of the fremont House. The earliest
bulletin of yesterday reported, Judge
{ Douglas is dying" A little later, and the
intelligence spread, Judge Douglas is
DEAD.
The1nournful news spread rapidly through
the city, extras and bulletins from the news
, paper offices were eagerly sought. The Court
5 House bell was toled for one hour. Never
t did great city put on more rapidly and
l thoroughly the symbols of grief, and never
S was grief more frank and thorough. 1t per-
, vaded all classes, and visited all sections of
Q the city. Along the business fronts of Lake
and other principal streets, the brick and
S marble donned the emblems of mourning.
{ Festoons, wreaths, and pendants in black
r and white intertwined, American flags at
| half fmast and heavily draped, in many in
: stances bordered with black-all told OF a
l city in mourning for her illustrious dead
S Many of these mourning symbols in style
s and character deserve especial notice, which
0 our limits deny None to us, however, We're
: more touching than where, passing from
y more pretentious streets, and manifestations
: among the wealthier citizens, the eye noted
the humble token of real and unaffected
o grief futtering upon the lowly homes and
l. places of business of the poorer classes OF
Q our Irish population in sections Of the city
n exclusively occupied by them. These made
9 the loss personal one and took the gri 1T
o home to their hearts in manner character
q istic of the Irish heart. The many laborers
! at work upon the fremont House improve
4 ment, to man, asked to be released from
IS their day s work, one stout hod-carrler pro,
~ testing with broken voice that he could
!, not work the day, for Douglas is dead.
. The Rebels Arrest Beauregard as a
: Spy.
y The Louisville Journal says
c A gentleman from Memphis informs us
, that Gen. Beauregard arrived there few
d days since, and used great endeavors to