The weekly clarion., 1871-06-22

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CINCINNATI, June 17.-Mr. vallandigham
on the evening of the 10th, was preparing
an argument in defense of Mcclellan, on
trial at Dayton for the murder OF Myers
In Illustrating some point in the involved
testimony, Vallandigham took the loaded
one of two pistols, lying on the table
Thinking the pistol empty, he fired ball
into his own body. The course of the bull
let could not be traced. 1t entered the
right side and ranged downward. Several
distinguished physicians are attending
him.
CINCINNATI, June II, m.-The latest
from Lebanon says that Mr.. Vallandigham' $
hands and feet are growing cold. He vom-
its often.but throws up no blood. DR.. Drake
says he is sinking fast. His pulse Is still
rising.
A Special, to the Gazette dated ? D. m.
DR.. Reeve had arrived from Dayton, and
that he pronounced the wound of the most
serious character. Mr.. Vallandigham'S
surgeon and a friend from Loveland are
now alone with him. No others are admit
ted. About Il o'clock DIR. Scoyille asked
Mr.. Vallandigham if he were aware of his
condition. He replied Yes" He has thus
| far shown no alarm. There seems now no
doubt of the existence OF an internal hem
orrhage. Mr. Vallandigham's son Charles
! arrived with DIR. Reeve at quarter past
o'clock. The father had an interview with
| his son, and told him TO be good boy and
gave him directions about dispatching to
his mother.
CINcINNATI, June l7.-Mr. Vallandigham
died ten minutes before ten O'Clock this
morning. He went down very rapidly after
three O'Clock, having no pulse scarcely after
| that hour. DIR. Dawson, of this city, arrived
| at three. but was too late to do any good for
| the dying man. Judge Haynes, his law
partner, from Dayton. reached Lebanon this
morning with other personal friends, who
were with him in his last hours. Mcclellan.
| in the prosecution of whose case he lost
| his life. was taken from Jail this morning to
| the bedside and shed tears as he beheld his
| dying friend, who had appeared during the
progress OF the trial To summon all his en-
| ergy and legal acumen in his defense.
Mr.. FOllett delivered his argument for the
| State yesterday, and was to have been fol-
lowed this morning by Mr.. Milliken, and it
was expected that Mr.. Vallandigham would
commence his argument this evening or
| Monday morning.
| Judge Pope, before whom the trial was
proceeding. adjourned the court this MORN
| ing until Monday.
| Mrs. Vallandiyham started for Baltimore
| last evening, called thence by dying
| brother.
| After Dr. Reeves arrived from Dayton, he
| soon had the room cleared. and no one who
was present intimated to Mr.. Vallandigham
the very serious nature of bis wound. The
| patient, seeking for something on which to
| build hope, reminded the doctor of two bad
/ cases, injurious but not fatal, known to
/ D0t0, anu asked III MS case was worse Lnan
they, to which the reluctant reply was,
Possibly not" The doctor then told Mr.
/ Vallaudigham, who was suffering pain, that
they would have to administer rnmedicines oi
a sedatiye nature, and suggested that if he
| had anything to say, he had better communi-
cate it then. Mr.. Vallandigham then con-
versed with the doctor concerning private
matters, giving directions in regard to his
| affairs, after which the medicine to relieve
his pain was injected by the hyperdermiC
process.
After this there was no time he was not
| under the influence of opiate that affected
| somewhat his sensibilites. Nevertheless he
appeared to keep possession of his faculties
to the last. At hall past he seemed to ht
dying. and his friends were called to his bed
side. From that time he rapidly sunk
| pulsation seemed almost to have ceased
| though he was remarkably calm. so much. sc
that DIR. Drake said he was the coolest man
| under such circumstances that he had ever
seen.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 17.-Mrs. G. L.
Vallandigham came here to-day to attend
the funeral of her deceased brother, Hon
John V. T. Mcmahon, and upon hearing
this morning of the accident to and deatE
of her husband, she became completely dis
tracted, and is to be taken to Dayton to-
night.
|
Amo. those who were present il the
room when he died were his son Charles, Is
| wears old, his only living child, with whom