Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-23
Death Of Q. I. vallandigham.

| The following details furnished the Cincinnati
Times by a correspondent who was in Lebanon
at the time Of the accidental shooting Of Mr..
vALLASDIeBAM, will be found TO give succlnct
statement Of that tragical event.
LEBANON, Juse 1T--4 A, NJ.
Al about quarter past niue last night a few
Of us who were sitting around the porches and
pavements Of the Lebanon House heard, scarce
ly startling the still air Of the night, the dull
sound ofa suppressed shot issuing from win
dow in the second story Of tie hotel. A minute
or two later, and before the first expressions Of
inquiry and astonishmenl had died away, II wa $
whispered abroad that Mr.. vallandigham, chief
Of the counsel Of defense in the case Of Thos.
| Mcclellan, was shot. In moment everything
| seemed in confusion. The iidngs bsgan to
spread, messengers hurried for physicians peo-
Pile began to gather in crowds around the Leba-
| non house, aud the general inquiries were heard
Whathas happened How did 1t happen2 Is
| the wound seri0us2 Directly the announcement
was made that Mr.. Yallandigham, while in con-
| sultatiOn with Hon. A. q. McBurnsy, one OF the
associate counsel, and explaining the method
by which Myers might have come to his death
| from his awn pistol. discharged in the act Of
drawing II from his pocket, had by mistake
used for purpose Of illustration loaded, in.
| SLeau Oi M empty plStOl, anu nuu tHuS luulcLeu
| on himse.fa severe wound.
This announcement only seemed TO increase
the excitement, and from that time till now
| when / write in great haste, to get my letter il
the mail leaving here an hour hence, Lebanon
as been the scene of an excitement that outri
walls that Of The most impressive days Of the
trial.
The hurried examination Of the surgeons here
soon convinced them that the case was one thai
might, if ii had not already, assume at any mo-
merit the most SCI ious asp ct. The wires were
put in immediate r0qusitOn, and from that time
till now have not for a moment been unempoy
ed in the transmission Of press dispatches, sum
mons to the wounded mans family physicians
aud other surgeons, and to his relations anC
some intimate personal friends.
The express train from Cincinnati brough
Dr. Dawson, of your city, who Immediately pro
ce, ded to make critical examination of thu
wound, and the painful anxiety with which hi
decision was awaited is something that confess
J my utter inability to describe.
The sufferer lies in room No. Il NJ the hotel ol
the Broadway front. surrounded by group o
anxious friends, including Judge Pope, tht
counsel 0n both sides Of the case, his surgeon
and his son Charles who reached here from
Dayton shortly after one O'Clock this morning
The meeting between father aud son was
painful scene, but amidst it all Mr.. Vallandie
ham. pale a sheet and crushing back all ex
clamatiOns Of pain, is apparently the most self
composed person present. The anguish of hi
love for his boy finds only expression in gen
tie stroking Of his head and brief vocal expires
sions ofendearment.. of As close my hasty let
ter the first beams of the morning sun are creep
ing over the valleys, but they bring no ray. o
hope to the sufferer and his friends. The sur
geops, pale with anxious watching, give n
look or word of encuurag ement. So far as hu
man knowledge goes, Clement l.. Vallandighnn
is rapidly closing the hours Of his eventful life
LATER.
Mr.. vallandigham continued to sink rapidl
until eighteen minutes of 10 O'Clock, when hl
gently breathed bis last.
WARREN.
In very able review of Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM'
remarkable career, and his tragical death, til
Cincinnati Gosctte Of the 9th inst, gives utter
ance to the following judicious remarks;
"All partisan animositles and resentments ar
hushed IN the natural shock to the sensibilitie
by the suddenness and the manner of Mr.. Val
landigham's death by the profound feeling o
pity for the immeasurable agony of his owl
deathbed realization of the failure Of his lif
and bv deep and universal sympathy for his be
reaved wife and SON. These circumstances hav
caused a sensation wider in extent and NOR
painful in degree than would have been excited
by death in the ordinary course of nature, o
after the elimination of a great career, Of me
distinguished as the beneactors Of their race
His funeral ceremonies took place on Tuesda
last.in the city of Dayton in which all classe
Of citizens with out respect to party. took part
The procession is stated to have been two mile
in lengbth and represented more than 80 90
persons.