Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-07
GREE hl'S LAST HOURS.
lver.w0rk and Grief the Cause OF His
DeatL-His Mipd Shattered.

DeatL-hla Mlhu onhlteIeos
The n. Y San IN ase-rtaining Nr. Gree
ley's condl ion on W dnes 10y We l. ia
rtprt Mr.. job r. ) uart's rrri e ce,
a Ia ryt wn, wher 1t has n'en ri rtd
Nr. eeley sas tay NJ. 1t was found
b Mr.. Greley went 1 ee.
lie rrpnrt,r he Nr- y uHrt @her Mr.
CIR, le, was. II re lied We e ke't
ng h IA se ude end OF mea 1T
th ,u'lic IN v where lie Is TIL re-
'tr hen asked about ~ Greeley's ~
dill n. I
W.. Ct iart ssil he wGs very sict, nd
ad -ymit ms Of n f,v =. 81. ie
ang ,rnusiy III ~ sks the por'er. Mr.
stu ri rep lei, he may live ten day, but
d uht II.
The reporter went down he village
pu ue hi inq iie an oe ide Ia 8,
ear ed lus Us lie was nbout u g.v up
the ar h ia despu r, whore Mr.. Greeley
was sta 2.
lie hurrls thther, and found the dyi z
man sur ound by his friel De. Anon
lie w-rr Mrssrs. : mu. Sinclair
j I'm f. Cleveland. Nr. Greel' VS. br ther-
Law. lis daughters " re IL at, ndance
al his he4sid'.
Dr. Browns. guard, the great Paris
ply. cinu VINO cured e Hon. Challes
sumrer. DIR. Brown, aud Dr.. Choate were
IN go sultition. They defined Mr Gree
lew disease ~ an org ,nie affection oi tie
brain, The resu of phys'cal PROS ra lou
onseq1eit upon b s unr'mlitng Attend
anc., ut the bedside Of his dying wife.
He went weeks and weeks without sleep
ing more than al hour night ite times
md for log periods without f cd, H's
f..s .4al 4. ftaN
and since e. and the probability Vi herup
pr1uchn- loss Kept BIZ mind in con
tnral nie Of exhaustive eXciie mont.
nee her death ihc Immense poS,r Of en-
du,arce which was SO severely tested dur
Ing her long sickness and suffering sud
denly gave way, and i powerful reaction
SIT In wMch left him lnplrtely fnerynted
and prustrate. Ills nervous system Is W
lerly gone
Tue nerves of his stomach were hrat sf-
/ fec ID 10 such u deg er tn 4 he could
retain his food Since then he has
gradua ly failed On the dag brforc yes
I rday he lost consrioua' eas.
Tue paysic aus say that he may die
81 hin the uey. tNelve hours, although
thee Is possibility that he may last for
tour or fve days. There Il little hope,
H. We yer, that he will recover conscious
ness D. lore tie iIthluth ulh lhnNs
TnE FIRST GNTiAiArIoN OF DANCER.
On Monday rumors Of Mr.. q, eele,' q To-
sanity we're circulated, and these Ia urally
I'D 10 ibqd lrs ITO nis real condition.
But ~ feW Of hls fiirnds had been In Tar
vt iwu, where he was supposed tken -
b. no 4, lnite answer could be given the
many queslons until Wednesday morn
Ing. Then gentleman arrived from the
j t4fIt fsth NJ
iir.elty really Nas wi Il dc lutte iitelli-
} gence. lie lacon c,ly said, "H0r,ce
Greeley has nut long to live" When
pressed fu,ther he added hat the g'cat
iiutna ist's phys cal system had bern
! prostrated by the Almost su e human
st ala tO ~hlch 1t was recent ysul cted,
and that overt isaed nature could moi
lally anil restore the Vitality which he
had exhausted.
THE ovERwoRK THAT DID IT.
: The repu senialy,s of the pres, who
accompanied Mr. Greeleyn hs Jour u
in New Z gland ,ud in the W ct Ausns
, ans september ast, say he did ool
.av, rage six hour a ght H. o'd viii 9
mak gt ose gr,at jour ey- aud rrliyer Z
4 the g ondeiful sete uf -peec es "ieh "a
= hal p ly -urpri cd his fri eds.
On one gay aud ght he deliver {
1 Zig tee -preches, and on anot e. zoe "
n Two. AID o this re ri nd''us St Il
nerve and hr IN h"e week OF co
q -taut . = vh'ns a. his softer < 'sif 's he'd
!. id, o " ich ie at I'd On his rt.r
lrun hs 'rp u he W /, AMI " Lav
tue problem olsed.
= Tie New YORK World his tht 70 lOWln-
80 liere &c ms 1 he ., cd 20 SOU 10 b.
.svsg : a hug ,ietl AS an O. 90
FH asNa "a fH.aa { d
10 ntal ealth ura not bOr' GU y xaC
r fat. NC ere MFR led epu & d ga
n IA r.t, that eithln The tas Two ,aSs VI
b G,t lr, In BE- II Sanl byt oeApert'
o tn eud of u ell known u, un
b, and ,h ttevr lc act, h CO IN
q. v,r Noruble. It Is said thut tn
r. form vi men al Hlhna Ion mtbife-t d b
q Mr. q cley il lf-rrp, oaeI aud 20 D., u
lie IN nd 1 " at he deeus il great mis- nk
A ni his preside al g ,udi atur. lie Il :
Y dau-e II is rs red, Of me IN, hui g., th
n most lncura'le f rm Of lun ey.
n On Of Il c physici u- h nght that p
q haps by quie aud attention be might
4 rovrr Lis m,ntal heal. D., but tue p Inc "a
o. III asyium To VIII ch We hay r ierr
' does o think that thrie l. muie an on
3 ch nc h. Il Of sr Or el y's comi let
n ecoyeN here Is, no ever, a cha @
/ p rsour iillmate with Mr. Greeley IN
10 tow l. I use ar hi, persC al ieeliHgs.
r Will be rom mbered thit be Was threa
e ed vi Ia m attack Of bralu fever nnm'
r. dl el, after tle di.asc oas issuv Of III
" battle of Bull Run. Tn d.ath Of hi vi (
4 sleeple q So consequent u.Un hi5 Nstc
le by her dea h-htd, fi How'd by tn tGcn'
nj meut owe the unfortunate rssult Of Il
lt eie tion, have, Il 10 feared by those ht'
ahle To- Judge, proved too severe sirli
UPON his bodily and mental health.