New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-01
THE DEATH OF MRS. GREELEY.


FROM TIE World
Mrs Greeley has been steadily sinking since
ng t ,1 Yeefs since Her symptoms had become
asruAng for the last four or hve days tb2t hef ens
stricken husband and sssduous eldest dau5hter have
been constantly At her side and at about O'Clock yes
ferdav morning she quietly breathed her last Ihere
was never more peaceful painless death than TINS
which has terminated the is OF Is years SUFFERING OF 1s
uuch-snduring invalid Al The hour OF dissolution she
lay light, geutlo sumter and a. nolseess was Ine
tread OF tie sumnonng atzei wv VIC wv 10y = M
her the time, did not perceive TIE clalSe tHe pVo
sufgerer passed without pang or struggle, nom lAS
sweet repose of sleep the everlasting repose OF DEATH
Witch attests The unereful ease with which por
providence had reIented at The supreme hour am per
many years OF weakness and pain.
Mrs. Grr.fsv was a remarkable woman. Her character
was as orr "a and as strOngy marked az thar OF her
husband. a. Of a widely different tyDe She was Of a
Gue, decai, ensitiyc nervous orGanzaon ML2 1 SuS
eeptblity hif been Increased by many ye4rs Oh py c
inhrmity. r.. OF slight, m gle make ana belOIe
disease and tine had SET ther eiacing mars, enc ist
have hat great personal beauty Lle Eh4ely Mh IL
her features formed 70 express realnea 70 tls
lr and continued 0 BE- manifest through d5rA eyes OF
singular life and hrlhlncy, which, IN me animated eoh
VIBRATIONS with friends which seemed 70 TO her chieI
ness and playful hunOr Sac vas a wgslaRn. YI aia
.ss 81 "a TIM "a Of moral and social
subjects Characteristic OF minds OF perfect lndopcnuenc
which, instead OF serN ley aceePs ~ 80 on, q,
ali les, question them and Judge hcm Sh9 We ~ III
peoples eyes. but through tier OWL aAii W "HOin
formulas. religious or sOcla are nj sgeeptau a. 80
sttts FOR living faith and personal eouvcton ef IN
leect vas REMARKABLY quick fertile, clear and i1ge-
Nous ana II the pulmonary Talady or Tlieh sac n
peDed effort would have been istngu sdeu At one
leading spirits OF her soH II ts Keen oeserss
tons on life and society which so readily came 20 Ler
ton unrestraiued Conversations Win net hIcuts
,e43Trc she would have ranked as OF the
gifted female authors OF the period. 49,, -,
Mrs Greeley was a devoted mother, md perhaps
regretted her iurm health more because 10 mteriered
Win the duties owed ~ her daughters than on any
her husband was yet combating debt and poverty she
was absorbed in domestic cares and aitor ne hio
emerged into easy circumstances sne WIS 700 nTu az
invalid 70 assume that position IN Nipr anu loo
varied life which she seemed called by her mental Gu
dOwments AMI powers OF conversation. 40 . ,,-,-
INC whole community will condole with M Greeley
under this affective visitation. c IS not strangr 10
domestic grief OF al ma chlluIeL 9Hy WV ga @
remain; aud Of his tender shd kindly nalIe must
Of his dead and his living sfhs' W. ~ IL 80
struggles with poverty, ana Lad not healh % egoy MS
Inv t0 her final rest HOg vain ana empty are pubic
honors those great trials Of tire heart incident 20 ou
main to so0the his declining ears the anee1o9 9t
the ehkren who are spared to nm ~, ts
bes in the character q both a. ts 95 parents
After ten years Of almost unremitted sickness and
nam Mrs Horace Greeley died yesterday morning
Far two weeks her death has been hourly expected
Her chronic disease had assumed dropsical tendene'
and the consumption O 50 many years nad OIhoiNl5o
given evidence OF the general breaking up Of b was
len of lie She returned with her daughters from Id
rope III June last She remained in tins cay iOr some
weeks after ner return, too unwel 20 pe 60
Chsppaqu9. She finally taken To her HOEse IA
tho Woods, and there passed tho neat Oh sno SI =
which IN heE case was douDuees aggrSVateu ny go
even greater heat OF tue po r,c ,t sSn'i bsr vi
une occasion she yentured 20 rise rom ne go
and take earriagefide ~ inc OPSn .""on iiS
members OF the Democratic National COMMITTEES, ans
whom were number Of eE keDe chieitaIns eals1 up.
M ;reeIey after tenderinE him tho baltimore pOna-
ton she said that nothing could prevent er shs
hg hands with thOse Lifelong snemiss ~ Es rni
hoped 10 sec such Millennium" she was even tneh
Oaie and exhausted, her skin was almost uahsp't. Ia
iis whteness, and her dark - ss SOL. "a 70
ttrnl ght She compelled 70 recne III tho
coyered with shaws, and her friend, Bio otuai We
49, ttanced her through her sickness 20 her DEATH
S5 9nnnay TO warn her against tho volubiily Of her
@ nc spIYred ~ the seaside az Fire Island; but the
eather prOyed stormy and bOisteTous aun nj HItseJ
was compelled to return with her TO NeH-iors Vn ~
,,,r,tng ~ Chsppaaua she found herself growing 50
much worse that she was removed 70 NeNlOiA t1ete
-be fingered sinking perccptby uhl yesJeFuht nUtn
ING when ar -four O'Clock. she quietly and Peaeeiuy
orsntns gr and,h daughter Miss Ida ars Lamson
an old friend OF the family; Mrs. stuart aud MT hId
Mrs. johnson we're ater bedside as size ulel fSl
nv vne had been naudIDle, and even ler sch cough
could not be heard the room, ana Der ne enH
without any further sign THAN me iarIB t1
,hras that the death OF those long
bv disease The ealumnles Of the canipalsl' .Is 40
not ceased through the illness OF hs VII ~. 49, v 81 ne
sting Tor Mr. Greeey IN ne great griei that sa't 'e
haoS OF ia coming hh home, anu no eit Tue III
sius ,, bs saTsow while thegaugnters silently kuelt
IN the presence Of the ., sesa an ana s Pr.' Gu
r,,,,, that her end was approaching, she returned
..n,s nnnt ago and took up her ftsdence tucIs. -
, na necessary more frequently ~ SEM Tor her
phy stefan. ID. Bayard seeing TIE pieaenCo -. citv
Sbese ne could give her that attention Lien nor C
ditiOn required Hearing OF ihl-' M anu ~. .iv
Iobn.on 81 NJ, ggi West Fifty seventh SthgaOS'y
oxered 10 receive the euferer as tb'if guest &c
on her arrya Mrs Greeley was caife9, apu "i1nIv1
WAS tenderly nursed by Miss Ida Greeisy aIsS ~
Hanson Mrs Johnson, Mrs. JolI X Stuart mi' -.
YER aud Mrs. samuel sinclair, unfh ne uyl; res
All day Yesterday friends tgruIgea MI JOIN
idepce ami extended 90 DIR. Greeley the niott ~
eympathy Many telegrnms o. coI",,eiso i,uf
parts Of The conntry were received by hr' Hreeey ~
he was TOO much unne rived and 6etea'ed 70 tetJ
them. -. .pd edura-.
Mr. Greeley person Of rennement anu eu 49,
ZION For % long tine she realized tAst Isa en- r. -
rapidy approaching, and said that she Wlsueu ~ t
BeIieyine That impossible 10 obtain relief s"o In,
bore up Christian fOrtitdde Wllio - IIfe
plauine an1 her soul took flight Qrieuy As NJ 80
was spent The whole community o. mptill%oa VIZ" ~
family Ia lnolr CAD afLlrtiOa.
From To Cli.tsrrtai Adrefttsr A. A.. a.