The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-06-29

bleeding vessels and stop the kemorrhage:.' Z y
Vain hope powerless wish. set wouldbe al
right doctor, if were only rid ,of, this pain
eve will give you something for that: Mr.
Vallandigham. 1922 - - =
| A hypodermic injection Of morphine was
administered. The pain was relieved almos
instantly, but the man was sinking; ane
friends were summoned to his bedside. re-
That stricken son again kneeled down anc
bathed his fathers hand with tears ~
The was but the youthful image Of his
1father-lovingly united in life-now terribly
separated BY approaching death. Is ass
WAITING FOR DEATH,
~ The first stir Of life outside was the twittel
of swallows in the caves. The cold, gray light
Of the morning disputed sway with the burn
ing lamp, but when that was removed at last
as no longer necessary, it seemed to have
consumed the last ray Of light in the face Of
the dying man. A desthly pallor ovcrspread
the features, the finger nails of the right
hand, which from thefrst rested on the pill
low beside his face, while the other grasped
and was buried in the bcd-clothes, turned
blue. The time of dissolution drew nigh
With the earliest light came host of friends.
The hotel was again filled with visitors, and
the street in front was thronged with plying
people. s,.. 70 10: .3. 80
THE RELEASE. sse stsl4
= But that terrible waiting for death was
sorely protracted It was hcaviness that
weighed everybody down, and will maze that
sad morning forever memorable in the houses
and homes in Lebanon TIL
The great strong nature Of the man strug-
gled hard with fate, and gallanly contended
for life. Consciousness was retained almost
to the last moment. It looked clear from
those once magnificent eyes, and sounded in
the intelligent answers to questions AS AN
instance: At 9 o'clock too much pressure, by
leaning on the foot of the bed, caused one of
the rollers to give way, thus <imparting a
slight jar to the PROSTATE man.
Mr.. Vallandigham opened his eyes, and
turning his head, asked, distinctly: "What
is that 2" = y ~ s.
Earlier in the morning he heard some one
winding watch. Said Mr.. Vallandigham ::
s.Judge Hume have my watch wound lit
winds ia the STEM
3 Around the bed now gathered the immedi-
ate fricnds-Judge D. Haynes Judge J. E.
McKenny, John N. sprigg, Mr. Williamson,
Jas. Vallandigham (awyer) of Hamilton,
Jas. Vallandgham (printer) Of Hamilton
Job Ovens, Judge Hume, Mr.. Millikin, Mr.
McBurney, Judge Smith Of Lebanon, Judge
Pope, Drs. Reeve, Dawson, Scoyille, and
Drake, and many others. @
Charley came over to his fathers left, for
he had now for the first time, since being
placed on it the night before, turned off his
right side, and lay upon his back. A brief
struggle, the uneasy rolling Of the head and
movement of the hands, the labored breath
ing, the glazing eye, tightening of the skin
upon the face, and the dropping of the lower
jaw. A few groans escaped the beautifully
arched chest, the iris disappeared, leaving
the white Of the eye only to be seen, few
gasps for the fast feeting breath, and Glenn
ent L. Valandigham parted with life.
Vices of Genius.
Colerdgc was such slave to liquor that
he had to be kept an unwilling prisoner by
Christopher North on an occasion when some
literary performances had to be completed by
certain time; and on that very day, with
out taking leave of any member of the family,
he ran at full speed down the avenue to Ele-
ray, and was soon hidden, not in the groves
Of the valley, but in some obscure den, where,
drinking among low companions, his magni6-
cent miud was soon brought to the level of
the vile
DeQuincy was such slave to the use of
opium that his daily allowance was of more
~ IouJ
mum day Frustrated animal life during the
afternoon. 1t was no unfrcquent sight to
fnd him asleep on the rug before the fire in
his room, his head on book, and his arms
crossed on his breast. When his torpor from
the opium had passed away, he was ready for
company until about daylight. In order to
show him off, his friends had to arrange their
supper parties SO that sitting until three or
four in the afternoon, he might be brought
to that point at which, in charm and power
of conversation, he was so truly wonderful
Burns was not less drunkard than Cole
ridge. 1t was the weakness of Charles Lamb
And who can remember the last days Of Poe
without irrepressible regret? He was on his
way to Baltimore, and was found by gea.
| tlcman who know him, in state Of bcastly
| intoxication, unconscious as log, and dice
that night in the rawlings Of delirium tire
mems!
Douglas Jerrold was devotce of gin; 81
also was Byron. Steele, the brilliant autho
of the Christian Hero, was beastly drunk
ard. Men wrote of him, that he would dres
himself, kiss his wife and children, tell then
about his pressing engagements, hell it ove1
to groggery under the "storc,' and have
revel with his bottle companions.
A remarkable triumph of surgical skill i
chronccd'in the Louisville papers A few
weeks ago little boy, six years ofagc, Will
playing on the stairway of the Gait House
fell a distance Of seventy feet, alighting up
on stone floor, from which he was raise,
apparently a lifeless, shapeless mass. In thu
course of his fall he struck projecting cor
ncr of a staircase, breaking an inch boar,
across the grain, and further down he strucl
and broke and oak bauster an inch ii
diameter. Numerous fractures and terribl
scalp wound were produced by this frightfu
fall. The right arm was crushed into piece
above and below the elbow, both legs wer
broken at and near the ankle joints, aud innu
mcrable Commissions were received all over tn
body. Notwithstanding these dreadful inju
| ries, under skilfut surgical care the child no
only recovered, but now has perfect use 0
| all his limbs
I A clergyman was lately depicting before
1aop1v intornctoI u,3iopoo tho ~,