The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-11
Death of William H. Seward.

AUBURN, N. Y, October 1O.-William
Il. Seward died at his residence in this
city at 3:15 this afternoon. Hu .a
AUBURN, October 1O.-Mr. Seward
having taken cold and been somewhat
unwell for day or two, was, on the
evening OF Saturday, the 9th, seized with
a severe chill. and his physician was sum.
moned to him. He had been during the
summer in his ordinary good health, sufI.
ering only from the inconvenience Of the
muscular palsy Of his arms, and had been
engaged in preparing for press an account
OF his recent journey around the world.
The chill was that of an ordinary tcrtisn
ague, accompanied by a harrassing ca
tarrhal cough. 1t was followed by fever
and delirium, which lasted till late in the
night. On Sunday he was up in the al
ternoon and took his dinner, and passed
comfortable night. On Monday, with
the exception Of his cough and catarrah,
he was comfortable, and dictated as usual
to his assistant in completing his book.
He played whist Monday evening, but at
10 p. NJ. slight chill occurred, with ag-
gravatcd catarrhal disturbance OF the
chest, which lasted nearly all night His
physician seen him q this account after
midnight. On Tuesday morning, alter
some sleep. he was again better and drove
out in the afternoon, but the fever, deli
rum, and restlessness returned with
cough Tuesday night. On Wednesday,
he drove out for two hOursand dictated to
his amanuensis as. usual, though harrassed
all day with cough and catarrhal clTu-
sion in the chest. Wednesday evening his
cough abated for 3 while, and then the
cough returned ut bed time. :ie was
nearly sleepless until five O'Clock in the
morning. AT "A. NJ, to relieve the te.
dium OF lying slccpless, he had his son
William read the New York Times to him
OF Wednesday morning. he slept after 5
o'clock pretty well until II a, N. Of to-day,
though his fever kept up without any
real remission. AT halcpast one he was
seized with great difficulty OF breathing
caused by sudden catarrhal eGusion into
thelungs, commencing with the right lung
and soon involing the leI! also in about
two hours. He entertained no apprehen.
sion 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 the muscular palsy from
which he has suffered so long, and the
fact that the fever was increasing upon
him together with the catarrhal, led his
physicians to apprehend a fatal result in
the course of week or moro, yet no i'm.
mediate fear was felt, and his dissolution
was sudden and unexpected. Stewards
faculties were clear and vigor-
Gus to the last, save when disturbed by
fever. Just after the eIusion from the
lungs to-day and thinking it would relieve
his breathing he was, at his own request,
placed upon a 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,
md surrounded by his relatives and few
friends and his devoted dependents, he
breathed his last. For the last hour OF
his lie, as the powers Of nature were Civ.
ing away, his conditien became easy and
he spent the time in aticctioDate leave.tak.
ings of his relatives and dependents, and
finally sank gently to his last rest as II
going to sleep. fr8's.