, 1862-04-03
NO. As.
Feelings while Dyine.

The pain Of dying; says London pefiodIcAg
must be distinguished from pain 0f the previous
disease for when life ebbs, sensibiIity decIhes.
As death Is the Hhhl extinction Of cbfpoFeal nj
ings, anumbness increases as death comes On. ia
prOstratiOn Of disease, like healthhI fatigue, e.
genders growing stupor--a sensation or snh1id.
ing softly into coveted repose. The lhndiidi
resembles what may be seen on those loly noun
tains the sides Of which, exhibiting every climate
in regular gradatOu, vegetation lnxuriate a. tleif
base and dWindles in the approach to the regions
Of sloR, tin It's teeblest khlistation is fepfeased
BY the cold. The so-ealled agony can never b
more formidable than when the brain is last 10 70
and the mind preserves 10 the end rniional cor
nizance Of the state Of the body. 'Yet perso15
thus situated commonly attest that there 6ie lev
things ID life less painful than its close.
.If had strength enough to hold PEN nd
William Hunter, |" ! would write how easy and
delightful it is to die"
III this be dying" said the niece d Newton d
Olhey, Il : pleasant thing to die" aT'heveFy
exptessioh," adds her uncle, (which another lfiopd
Of mine made use Of On his deathbed, . isa yekit
ago." u Z.
The same words have 90 otten been uttered undti
similar CIRCUMSTANCES, that We could an pages Wilk
instarees which are only varied bs The name q
the speaker. as ~ Eie5.a I, + 4.
III this Be dying" said Lady Glehorehy. al Z
the easiest thing Imaginable
aIthoueht that dSiHg had been more difieult.s
said Louis XIV. :tNai 20 III 10. asal "a
IL did not suppose Il wap % sueet % de" ~
Francis Saurez the Spanish theologian.
An agreeable surprise was the prevailing scpti
ment ~ith all. They expected the stream % lels.
inmate u the dash Of the torrent, and they lodnd
II was losing itself in the gehtleSt cdifent Thi
whole Of the faculties seem sometimes tohcehtlAiot
on the placid enjoyment. ty \, ,.s,l
There was swell il thesea the day CollineIood
breatled his last upon the element which had btti
the sceneo Of hiSglofS. Captain Thomos exprcInnI
. fear that he was disturbed By tHt tossing Of he
ship. "No, Thomasp he replied, q An nov n
state IN which nothing IN this word can disturb
me more. am dying; and am sure Il mus b
c0nsOlatOFy to you, and all who lots he, 10 sleho4
comfOrtabl, ain coming 10 my end
Napoleon diet in his military garb. his Field
Marshal uniform and boots, which Ne ORDERED "a
be put on q short time before bis death.
Augustus Caesar chose 10 die ia 4 standing %,
sition. and was careful to arrange and daa 81
that occasion, $50,
Seward. Eatl uf Northumbeflstd, when o. 81
point Of death. Quilted his bed and put o. ha 4.
NOR, saying II became not man to die Ikea brute
but TO show his dignity
Maria Louisa Of Austria the unfortunate COZ
sort Of Napoleon. short time before heF dsath.
fell into sort Of nsensbiity, and. her eyu being
closed, one 0f the ladies IN attendance remarked
that " Her Majesty seemed to be asieep.s
No." said she. q could sleep u could indultt
in repose; but am sensible 81 the near appfodeh
Of death, and will not allow myself 10 betafbfinDf
BY him in my sleep; Iwish 70 meet my dialoliiih1
awake"