Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-22


/ and another aiding him he tottered to tn
door, Durbin Ward was now trying {.
hold him up, but his wounded arm was to-
weak, and he called to Garfield; anothe
took him on the other side, and still an
; other sprang down the staircase in front
and helped to support his weight. Tht
feet of the stricken old statesman dragged
helplessly behind him. he was carried
in and laid down on bed in an adjacent
chamber His right hand was lifted UP
and laid over his breast--it fell helplessly
back upon the bed. The case was plain
his whole right side was paralyzed. q He
had not spoken since he asked in the sup
per room for fresh air !; but as he noted
the shocked expression with which those
about him saw the right hand fall, he
lifted up the other, opened and shut the
fingers, as if to say, al know what has
happened; but this you see is all right
Some threw the windows, piled wet
towels on his forehead and tore open his
collar; others hurried out for doctors;
still others CAREFUL J; piled blankets on the
lower part of his person. ara -as7a rye
Observing his wistful look, bent over
and asked him If the pillows were proper
ly adjusted, or if we could do anything
more for him till the doctors came: The
response was IN a Whisper, but quite aud
ible, "No, it will do very WELL" Beyond
a simple Eyes" or aNo, once or twice re-
peated in answer to questions within the
next hour, they were his last words. 81
tud dEfs4tlEa 4gafGaf f8 BfF %O s6dfd Be- ffo1Gd
hurried in. He asked scarcely question,
lifted the lifeless hand, felt the pulse at
wrist and temple, and we read his hope
lass verdict in his face as he turned away
to order mustard plasters, and whatever
other poor devices medical skill could
bring to bear against the inevitable. A
few moments later DIR. Lincoln entered; 4
then soon afterwards Surgeon General
Barnes. They agreed on what had been
done, and on the utter uselessness Of all
their well meant efforts. 9ls g1oH
So the evening ended-one shocked face
after another bending in farewell grief
over the PROSTATE form and looking into
the bright eyes that still took in the scene, |
and read in every plying look the love |
these foremost men of his State all bore |
him. Postmaster General Dennison, Gen.
Durbin Ward and dozen younger friends |
remained to watch; the physicians stood
together and hopelessly talked of '1esion |
VI hAO bAaihi bHO hJluB 0ONcEuOI anu /
Senator and Secretary and Minister, lay |
breathing painfully through half paralyzed
lungs; two or three stood constantly |
watching his faintest movement and ready |
to aid his slightest exertion. asI i
Thus hour after hour wore away The |
outer rooms had been filled till midnight |
with anxious guests, unwilling to leave,
but at last they slowly scattered. About |
half-past one a carriage came dashing up
to the door. General Schenek (who had
left the party before supper, to keep an
other engagement,) had hurried back, as
soon as the sad news reached him, to take
the first place as watcher by the death-bed |
of his old teacher and lifelong friend.
For some hours there was nausea and
common effort of nature to
relieve itself in cases of apoplexy. But
the dying man soon grew too weak for
these efforts, and by three o'clock it was
painfully manifest that consciousness had
entirely ceased.
1t was graceful and fitting that one of !
the earliest to hasten to his bedside, when
the sad news spread throughout the city,
was the Minister of the struggling Repub-
lie the dying man had befriended. To |
catalogue the rest that came and waited
TO see the end, would be to name half the
distinguished men gathered in the capital.
Alas the tongue that so eloquently de-
Tended the Right is hushed forever; the
labored breath is failing fast. Let US
leave him-his own words our aspiration.
Let him pass through the purple waters of
she Red Sea and the mists of the Jordan
10 the land of promise. However dark the
present. hope shines upon the future; and
doubt it not-he treads his path with
trust AGATE.