The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-28
THADDEUS STEVENS.

MAanINnroN. Anpnat NJ

f.w5 WASHINGTON, August IL.
The events Immediately preceding
the death Of Thad5eus Stevens arc
few, and not Of extraordinary interest,
Sines 22d Of July, Mr. Stevens bas
been in declining health--oRe day
quite cheerful and feeling qnitc well,
while the next he wenld be ia feeblo
and depressed spirits. A few days
after the adl0uFnmeht he was attacked
with diarrhcea, from which, although.
q slight check was affected; he had
never entirely recovered. At short
Intervals the past week he wax ablo
TO situp inhis room, but had not,
since Sunday week, been able to leave
his apartment. e pe
i Last Sunday morning there were
evidens signs Of a serious change for
Ithc worse He then became exceed,
Iingly feeble, and showed marked in-
i disposition TO engage IN conversation,
from which time AL Il'visits Of strangers
and others nat connected with the
family have been prohibited. ,sg
/ On Monday and Tuesday no scarce.
! II sp0keto any one, and most Of the
thine lay with his hands crossed and
bis eyes closed, as If asleep, the only
sign he gave Of being awake at these
times being feeble murmurings and
slight raising and falling Of the hands.
I On Monday he Expressed anxiety in
! regard to the state Of the country, iI-
dnced mainly, perhaps, by the current
reports Of apprehended troubles ih
Louisiana, He truased that Mr.. John
son might abstain from any measures
OF a character calculated to disturb
the public tranquility andhoped that
no necessity might arise for the reas-
sembling of Congress in September,
Yesterday his condition did not
seem to be much better, though it did
not appear to be TO him such an effort
On one occasion, whenhis ishousekeep-
er came ia, after brief absence, she
found him manifssting some little im-
patience and begged him not 10 fret.
at his condition. To this remark he
replied, as If constituting her meaning
TO mean that she thought he would \
meet his fate calmly, Yes, il Is true;
there can heho use Worrying over it.%
AN INTERESTING CONKERSA-
TION.
About Ar. NJ, yesterday, one Of bis
distant relatives, Simon Stevens, a
New York lawyer, came into his room,
after business visit to Attorney-Gen-
eral Evarts, and, sitting by tho dying
man, conversed with him for nearly
al hour. Ne. Simon Stevens then in
formed him that he had just left Mr..
Evarp~, and that the latter bad in
formed him Of the purport of his
opinion on the Rollins case, and that |
IL was in effect that Mr. Rollins res
| ignation could not be accepted etc.
10 this Mr.. Stevens replied: ts'
81 believe that Mr.. Evarts is not
only asonnd lawyer but a statesman
who will advise the President 30 to
act o. to administer the law in man /
ner that will avoid the necessity Of
Congress meeting in September."--
I"If he does,p he continued, "I shall
be prouder than ever that urged his
(Evart's) confirmation, 80
Mr.. Simon Stevens said that he bad
met Gen. Rosecrans, and that the
lattor had spoke Of Alanson Stevens,
nephew of Thaddeus, who was killed
at Chickamauga. Tho dying man
looked up and smiling, said:
ale was brave boy, like Rose
crane. 1 hope that Mr. Soward's in
atructions 70 Gen. Roseorans will be
such as viii tend 70 build up and
strengthen that totterlng sister 70.
public" ~.
He spoke several times Of his GO
ing TO Bis home in Lancaster, and had
no idea that bis end was 90 near at
hand. He said 10 bis relative:
II believe that Grant win be elect.
cd, and that he win carry out tho
great reconstruction lava"
His relative told him about Nor.
rissey betting on Seymour.
He replied
II like him for bis pluck"
He spoke Of the political prospect
In Pennsylvania several times, and
said that the great national question /
now were reconstruction, the finances
and the railway systom.
TALK WITH OTHER PERSONS.
He then convefs0d With Rev, DR..
Emer bis nephew, ThaddsnHi and his
body servant,
None Of the remarks 70 these we're
specially noticeable, save one 70 bic
nophow, 10 whom b said, -
aWo'll have nice trip home; III
visit lhs foundry with you perhaps !