The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-02
The Announcement by the Tribune

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The Announcement by the Tribune.
New York Tribune Of Sstprday.l
The melancholy announcement of the death
or ,hc editor and founder Of the 7176sne,
,hnurh for few days it has been expected
nv his family and intimate friends, falls upon
rs with MI the shock Of suddcn calamity.
,Io had reached, indeed. q ripe Ole age, bu.
l r, %' Ind not laid its whitening touch upon
sin. His splendid constitution easily bore
,he strain Of enormous labor. His mind was
ne fresh and strong and suggestive rs in the
nrime OF iifn. His generous impulses were
imchi.led by disheartenins experiences.
Through the trying campaign which has
Ills, closed. bis physical vigor, his tact, his
intellectual activity, surprised even those
who knew him best. and seemed TO promise
many wears o. usefulness,
I, il certain that no history Of the most
critical period in our national life can ever
ne written in which Horace Greeley shall not
y, conspicuous figure. But the noblest
career in his eyes was that which is given up
- others wants. The successful life was
that which is worn OUT in conflict with wrong
and error. The only ambition worth follow
il1r was The ambition TO alleviate human
misery and leave the world 4 little better than
be found il. That he had done this was the
consolation which frightened his last days,
ssd assured him he had not lived in vain.
II is no: for US in the first hour Of our loss
10 pain. his character or catalogue his vir-
tues. Although for several months we nave
missed the inspiration of his presence and
the Guidance OF his wise counsel, his spirit
his never ceased to animate those chosen 10
continue his works, and the close band OF
.ymixtthy between the chief and his assist
aa;, has never been broken. We leave his
u-ai>t., 10 the poor. whom he :titcOrcd;
10 the lowly, WHOM he has lifted up; to the
slave. whose back lie saved from the lash to
TIM oppressed, whose wrongs lie made his
own.
Mr.. GreeIey.s Last Illness.
The New York Journals Of Friday contain
particulars OF Mr.. Greeies's Illness and de-
tailed reports upon his condition up TO the
previous evening,
At q o'clock Thursday eX-Surccon.Gen-
cral Hammond arrived at the bedside OF Mr..
Greeley and held a lengthy consultation with
the attendant physician, who has not left
linn since the first alarming symptoms mani
tested themselves. The Herald report says ::
The cause Of lis illness is conc=ely
stated by those in charge. Mr.. Greeley, al
ready worn by the almost constant eXertiOn
and tn" loss Of sleep incidental TO his tour
through the West, was during lis late WifcS
illness always al her side. BY the deepest
,n;reatics he was prevailed upon TO take only
four or five hours sleep in twenty -four. and
from lack Of rest enSGcd nervous proStration.
Il was with difficulty, too. that he could be
induced to eat sufficient food to afford him
proper Dourishment, saying it was di>taste.
ful to him. Still his vigorous constitution
remained apparently mistaken till within
thu past ten days, when the keen eyes OF his
friends noted his failing health, though they
We're hardly prepared for so Suddena and COIN
piotc loss of vital force.
For obvious reasons it is undesirable 10
publish the exact location of the residence
where Mr.. Greeley Is now lying bnt ii may
lie stated that distinguished physician
dWclIS there and never leaves him. y gen.
t.cman who has long been 4 devoted friend OF
the great Journalist divides with his wife the
care Of watching at his bedside, the former
sitting up with him through the night and
the latter during the day. With the eXccp-
ton Of his daughter no others arc allowed to
see him, and, in fact, but two persons have
made the effort. One was prominent mem.
brr Of the Tribune Publishing Association
and the other a New York reporter, who. on
tie strength Of a lnomentary Interchange OF
words with the physicians, whom he met re-
tUrning from the telegraph office, published
half column of stuff"
The World report gives the substance of q
private statement by DR.. Hammond shortly
after the consultation on Thursday evening.
Or. Hammond, 1T that time, is reported as
having expressed the opinion that Mr.. Gree
ley f"I.p homeless tln,,pbt i'm,
probable that he would survive forty.eieht
hours. In relation 10 Mr. Grccley,s CONVEX.
saton and actions, DR.. Hammond said:
lie talks incohcrGntIy the whole time.
and is quite obstinate. If one wants him to
show the pupil Of bis eve he immediately
close, bis eyclid tightly ANA refuses point
blank 10 let anybody look at ii. Ifhis pulse
has 10 be felt, he struggles and keeps his
wrist hidden as long as he can. He refuses
To eat ANYTHING from n spoon, so we had to
administer beef tea through a tube. He
does not know his own daughter. He keeps
talking the whole time, but as what he SAYS
is quite unintcligible, Of course no notice is
taken Of it. One thing he kept repeating
over and over again while I was there was
Il died when I was born, and I was born
when / died." Concerning the diagnosis
Dr.. Hammond said that in lis opinion Mr.
Greeley was suffering from inflammation Of
the brain and its membranes.
SIR. Grceley's East HEonents-"Etis
Bone"
lBY TELEGRAru TO THE DIsPATCH.J
New YORK. November 3o.-IEe accounts
published OF Mr.. Greelcy's last moments re
present him to have been conscious during
the day, a. Is usual in cases of Inflammation
4, lac. I,.t:r nj, Xyrs a
trcmely slight, but increased, aud the morbid
action Of his mind was evident from exte'
riOr manifestations. lie was asked, "Do you
know that you are dying!' and without
uemor or emotion he answered yes
Acain. when asked il he recognized Mr..
Reid. lie looked up with immediate reeogni
lion, and lifting up bis hand graspcd Mr.
Reds feebly, and said distinctly II ies.''
His last words were I" Ii is done" The lace
hardly changed, only settling little into
look Of perfect peace.
Mr. Greeley's life Insured.
The New York Sun says:
MANY years a.o the Tribune Association,
torcSeeiug the shock which Mr.. Greelev's
death would give the Tribune, insured his
lie 10 the amount of SlQ0,0 for the benefit
OF the stockholders in common. This life.
Insurance policy has been kept good. At
the time Of e!lccting The insurance the Ife.
tunes stock was changing hands at from
$500 TO $4,000 4 share, showing the total
valuation Of tue institution TO have been
from $4,000 to 10000. One hundred
thousand dollars was then viewed as Il very
moderate estimate OF the pecunnry loss
which the Tribune would sustain in the
death of Horace Greeley; but the chances OF