, 1872-10-11
WILLIAM H. SEMARD.
Death Of the Venerable Statesman At
tits Home In Auburn. N. y.

Death OF the Venerable StateSiAsaA 1t
ills Home In auburn. N. y.
DGsfff df Er=Sec1etarJ. Seward.
AuBunx, N. =, OF. !o::-Hsa- William f.
ternoon at fifteen minutes past O'Clock.
ALBANY, n. T., Oct 10.-Tho sudden an
noliute1nent OF the death OF VIM q. Seward
c5ased i profound sensation here. It vas un-
1Sf,sr W1saroTos, 1 0c:: 19:-Tho announcement Of
the death Of III. Seward is received with regzet
in all quarters. The State Department. btike-
ing will, as > muk Of respect to his memory,
10 draped with mourning; - e .u.u
taken cold End been somewhat unwen for 3 day
Ct tso; va; on The evening Of Saturday, the 9Th,
seized vith q s5Fe16 chi, and his physician
was summoned to him, 10 h4d been dur
ing the summer in his cfdn.aF5s good
of muscular palsy Of his arms, and had been en.
gneed in preparing for the press his account OF
7 bis recent journey ground the world. The chill
wes that Of ordinary te1ta.n ngue, accompanied
Cd BY fever md deirium, which 1@:ed till late In
tho night. On Sunday he was up In tho =f.az-
nooii tack his dinner, end passed COM
fortable night. On Monday, with the exception
OF tii5 cough and csta1Th, be was comfortable,
the completion Of his beoE;; be played whist
Monday evening, but at 10p. III. 8 a5eht chill
occurred, followed BY de1i1ipm and fever, with
aggravated catarrhal disturbances Of the chest.
Which lasted nearly all night, his physieian see
iine hin, On this account otter midnight: On
again better, and drove out in tha afternoon, ont
feyer, dcIirium. and restleesness returnSd with
the cough On Tuesday night On Wednesday
b d995e out tor two .nIann;s h3uGs' aad nd
.siea n thoush haraaea @ al day Ana Rth cough and
cate.r}fel efcs;ous In the ctles.. On Wednesday
evening Ills c31sh Ib.ted for while, and there
seemed promiee OF Sccd c1sht:: pnt the fevar,
1est1essuess and cough returned Ct beartlnpe:
morning. At4 a. M. to relieve the tet1ium OF
lying eleeploBs he had his son William read the
Nor York 7y,aes to him Of Wednesday evening.
Hs e1ept after i pretty well TIL il =. m. to-day,
though his 1s:ci hspt a7 "ltsoat any ye}1sd 1ss
with great difficulty in breathing, earaed BY
sudden catarrhal effugion into the lungs. c0lr-
nencing with the right lung, and soon involving
tue LEFT also, which occasfcned his death n about
he m Should reeoser from tEs ttt.ek of catarrhsi
ague, till last night and this r:or1tine: While
at his age and with the condition Of mu.cu;'
lar palsy, from which he has Suffered SO long,
the fa:t that the fever wcs increasing upon him:
led his -phisicisn to appreherd a. fatal
or moro. yet no immediate fear was felt, and his
dissolution was sudden end unexpected.
MT. GoTHFds intellectual facultieS we're clear
and vigorous to the last, save VIXEN di st1rbsd
itora tha lungs Today. and thinling it would
relieve his breathing. he ~ts, at tia oEn desire.
placed On =lounee and bolstered up ah3 removed
from his adjoining bedroom into the study,
where, in the midst Of his books, and 1:is
literary and other papers,, and surround
ed by his relatives end few friends, aud
all his devoted dependents, he breathed his last.
For the last hour Of his life, as the powers Of
nature was giving way, his condition beca1ae
Ieava-taking Of lelations and dependents, and
finally seak quietly to his last rest as if going to
6laap.