Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-02
WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD.

V at fifteen minutes after five ocloc
on the evening of Thursday, Oct.
A telegram furnishes the following par
ticulars of the sad event:
"Mr. Seward having taken cold ana
been somewhat unwell for day or two
was. on the evening Of Saturday, the
5th, seized with severe chill, and his
physician was summoned to him. lie
had been, during the summer, IN his
ordinary good health, suffering only
from the inconvenience OF the muscular
nalsy of his arms, and had been engaged
in preparing for the press his account
of his recent journey around the world
The chill was that OF ordinary tertian
ague, accompanied by harasslng
catarrhal cough. 1t was followed by
fever and delirium, which lasted till late
in the night on Sunday. He was up in
the afternoon, took dinner and passed
comfortable night. On Monday, with
the exception Of his cough and catarrh,
he was comfortable, and dictated as
usual to his assistants on the compile
ton of his book. He played whist on
Monday evening, but at 10 p. m. a
slight chill occurred, followed by delirlum
and fever, with aggravated catarrhal
disturbance of the chest, which lasted
nearly all night, his physician seeing
him on this account alter midnight.
On Tuesday morning, after some sleep,
he was again better, and drove out IN
the afternoon, but fever, delirlum, and
restlessnes returned with the cough on
Tuesday night. On Wednesday he
drove out for two hours, AID dictated
to his amanucnsis as usual, though
harassed all day with the cough and the
catarrhal effusion in the chest.
con Wednesday evening his cough
abated for a while, and there seemed
a promise of q good night, but the fe-
yer, restlessness, and cough returned at
bed time. He was nearly sleepless un-
til o'clock in the morning. A a. NJ,
to relieve the tedium OF lying sleepless,
he had his son William read the New
York Times to him of Wednesday morn
ing. He slept after pretty well til l
u. IN. of to-day, though his fever kept
up without any real remission. At halt
past he was seized with great Difficult
iy in breathing, caused by sudden
catarrhal etfusion into the lungs, COM
mencing with the right lung, and soon
involving the left also, which occa
stoned his death in about two hours.
lie entertained no apprehension but
that he should recover from the attack
of catarrhal ague till last night and this
morning. While at his age and with
the condition of muscular palsy, from
which he has suffered so long, the fact
that the fever was increasing upon him,
together with the catarrhal disturbance,
led his physicians to apprchcnd fatal
result in the course of u week or more,
yet no immediate fear was felt, and his
dissolution was sudden and unexpected.
Mr.. Stewards intellectual faculties were
clear and vigorous to the last, save
when disturbed by paroxysms OF fever.
Just after the eiiusion from the lungs
to-day, and thinking it would relieve
his breathing, he was, at his own desire,
placed on IL lounge and bolstered up and
moved from his adjoining bedroom into
his study, where, in the midst Of his
books and his literary and other papers,
and surrounded by his relatives and a
few friends and his devoted depend
ants Che brcathed his last. For the last
hour of his life, as the powers of nature
were giving away, his condition became
easy, and he spent his time in aiiec-
Tomato leave-takjngs of relatives and
dependents, and finally sank quietly TO
his last rest, as if going TO sleep"
William ii. Seward was born in
Orange county, N. Y, May II, 1901.
His ancestry was Celtic,-Wclsh on his
fathers and Irish on his mothers side.
His father was Il wealthy physician, WHO
died in 1919. AT Is William Henry
entered Union College,; at 10, while
still q student, he visited Georgia, and
taught school there for six months. He
then returned to New York, and was
admitted to the bar in 1922. The next
year he changed his residence to Au-
burn, entering a law partnership with
Judge Miller, and year later married
his partners daughter, Miss Frances
Alkaline Miller. In 1924, he began the
war upon the "Albany Regency" the
leaders of the Democratic party. In
1928 he presided at a Young Mems
Convention held in New York fayoring
the election of John q. Adams to the
Presidency, and in the same year dc.
cllned nomination for Congress. In
1880 he was elected to the State Senate.
In 1888 he visited Europe, publishing a
series OF letters in the Albany Eoening
Journal. In 1884 he was u candidate
TOR Governor of New York, and was op.
posed and defeated by Mr.. Marcy, and
III 1858 was again nominated for the
same office, this time beating his former
opponent. In 1910 he was reelected
Governor, and, upon retiring, in 1872
resumed the practice Of the law.
In 1874 he vigorously supported
Henry Clay, and in 1913 Gen. Taylor,
Tor the Presidency. The Legislature OF
New York, chosen in 1918, elected Mr..
Seward United States Senator for the
term beginning March 4, 1919. In 1855
he was reelected to the Senate. In the
Chicago Convention Of 1860 he had been
candidate for the nomination, rcceiv-
ing as high as lib votes. In the com.
position of his Cabinet, Mr.. Lincoln
appointed him Secretary of State, and
during the war controlled our relations
with foreign Governments. Upon the
death OF Mr.. Lincoln, in 1868, Mr.. Sew
ard was continued in office 10y President
johnson, and remained Secretary of
State until March 4, 1869, having held
the office continuously for eight years.
Mr.. Seward was an industrious
writer. His official correspondence as
Secretary OF State was voluminous. His
speeches were frequent. His unofficial
addresses were numerous. He also
wrote life of John Quincy Adams, and
another OF Dewitt Clinton. After his
retirement from office he made vow