The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-06
LAST DAYS OF AN svsN1FUl LIFE!
Feeble chickering's Of q Giant intellect
MELANCHOLY CLOSE OF A BRIL-
LIANT AND USEFUL CAREER.
.ax xcsr TAI s,cxxrss AND raS elos,so scsx

NEW YoRK, November 90 .-Uorace
Greeley died, conscious and peacefully,
I. NJ.
The Tribune" furnishes the following
account OF the illness and last hours OF
Mr.. Greeley:
SO tar rs any of his associates knew.
Mr.. Greeley was in almost as good health
As usual on the day he wrote the
card announcing his resumption of cAi.
'iorisl charge OF the Tribune His
sleeplessneSs was known To become
greatly worse; but for Il year he had
suffered more or less from the same diff
ficnlty, and as is now clear. sufficient
allowance had not been made for the
intense strain upon him throughout the
summer, especially during the last month
Of his wite's illncss. But it soon became
evident that his. strength was UNEQUAL
To the hard task to which he set himself.
lie wrote only three or four careful ar.
ticles, not n of them half a column in
length. The most notable. perhaps. was
that entitled Conclusions" wherein he
summed up his views Of the IVA
In all, he wrote less than three and a
half columns after his return. contribu.
ting to only four issues of the
Two or three times he handed his assis-
tant short articles, saying: "There is an
idea worth using, but | have not felt
able to work it out properly. You had
better put it in shape"
At last, Oil Tuesday, the 10th inst. he
abandoned the effort to visit the Office
regularly, and sent for the family physi-
clan of Mr.. A. j. johnson. the friend
with whom he was a guest, and in
whose house his wife had died. Every
effort was made to induce sleep, but he
grew steadily worse, till it became evil
dent that his case was critical. DR.. Geo.
{. ). Choate and others were called in
consultation, and finally it was decided
to take him TO DR.. Choate's residence,
two or three miles distant from Mr..
Greeley's OWL country house at Chap
paqua. Here he received the uninter.
hitting attention Of DIR. Choate: and
here DR.. Grown-Sequard, DIR. Brown
aud others, were called in consultation.
The insomnia had developed into inilam-
nation of the brain, aud under this the
venerated patient rapidly sank. At
times he was delirou>, ut other times as
clear headed as ever. lie lost flesh and
strength with startling rapidity, and in
Il few days the possibility of his speedy
death forced Itself into unwilling recog-
milton.
II WAS not. however. Till Thursday
that his associates and family brought
themselves 10 admit il; and even then
they -til! clumg TO his faith in the vigur
ofhi> constitution. On Wednesday might
lac failed very rapidly. Thursday after
noon and evening he seemed solnew hat
easier. During the night he slept very
uncasily. muttering occasionally, and
frequently raising his right hand. 10.
ward morning he was more quiet, and
between eight aud nine o'clock fell into
u nearly unconscious condition, which
continued with some intervals through
The day. lie made occasional cxclama.
tions: but most of them. in consequence
of his extreme weakness aud apparent
inability to finish what lie begun. were
unintelligiblc. About noon, however,
he said. quite distinctly, and with some
force, 81 know that my Redecmer
Iliveih."
During the day he recognized various
peoplc-his daughter many times, the
members of his household ut Chappa-
qua, MIR. John Il. Stuart and Mr.. Reid.
On the whole he suffered little, and
seemed to have no more than the ordi-
nary rcstlessness which accompanies the
last stage of disease. During the day
bis cxtremitics were cold. and there was
no pulse at the wrist. The action of the
heart was very intermittent, and con-
stantly diminishing in force. lie had
not asked for water or been willing to
drink it since his stay at DR.. Choate's;
but during Friday he asked for it fire.
qucntly. and up to within half an hour
of the end he manifested i'm various
ways his consciousness of what was 20
ing OH around him. and even answered
in monosyllables, and intelligcntly, ques.
lions addressed to him.
About half past three he said, very
distinctly, 1T is done" and beyond the
brictest answer to questions, this was
his last u%ttcrancc. His Younger daugh-
ter, Miss Gabrielle. was with him
through Thursday evening. Through
out Friday the elder daughter, Miss Ida.
was in constant attendance, as she had
been during the whole Of his illness,
and of Mrs. Greeley before him. Other
member Of his Chappaqua household
were present, with Mr.. and Mrs. John
II. Stuart, and a few other friends. No.
thing that science or affection could
suggest vas wanting ~ ease The last
hours.
The wintery night had fairly set in
when the inevitable hour came. with.
out. sleighs were running 10 and fro,
bringing to Chappaqua. the nearest tel
epranh station. tho latest hnIIof;n ,.L;cL