The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-12-05

tts 1ee3 w8fh whom hH Maa GUEST
ard b whose he wife aaI 5.al
EE6ry e9rt was maae b .aaa sleep.
bat ae EreH stea8@v worse natal ia b.
gsne cN8ratthst bs case wa critical
d. George & S Cgnata aai others
HHre called Be- consultation. lH8 finally
t WAS decided go take hm ta br
Cbaale's residence, two H tlua miIas
dIslaHtffau Mr. Greeley aua country
bone at Daappagua Here he received
tae underwriting attention ol br.
Jhasia. and Aan DTS. Brown Segusrl
aHd a,hHHs veto called iH consultation.
Tho Insomnia bad developed into iu
hammat.ul self thn brain aa3 under this
tlo ecHrTstei patient rapidly sank. sc
times he uas 8airiHu- gu8 SO other
times as clear beaded ms ever He host
flesh and strength with surprising
npiiitY. aHd iu a few days the posi-
biiity 81 bis speedy death forced itself
into unwilling recognition 1t was not
however Hutil thursday last that bis
associates aa3 family brought them
selves 60 admit g. aad even then they
clung o. thelr faith in tho yiEar OF his
constitution. GA Wednesday night he
failed very rapidly On Thursday af.
ternoon and evening he seemed some
what easier During the night he slept
very uneasily. mBtteuug occasionally,
and frequently raising his right hand,
Toward, morning he was more quiet
aud between eight and nine o'clock fell
into nearly an unconscious condition.
which continued with sane intervals
through the day Be made occasional
exclamatious, bat many ot them on ac-
count of his extreme weakness and APP
parent inability to finish what be be-
gum were uWutelIieibIe Abuutuooni
however, be said quite distinctly and
with some force Il know my Redeem
or liycth During tile day be recog-
nized several people, his daughters
many times, the members Of his house
hold at Chappaqua, Dir John Il. Stuart
and Mr. Reed. On the whole he suffered
seemed to have no more than
the ordinary rostlessneas which ac-
companies the last stages Of disease.
During the day his extremities
were cold and there was NO pulse at the
wrist. The action OF the heart was
very intermittent and was constantly
diminishing In force He had not asked
for water or been willing TO drink it
since his stay at Choate's, but during
Friday he asked for it frequently Up
to within half an hour Of the end he
manifested in various ways his consCi-
BUSINESS Of what was going on around
him aud even answered in monUsylla-
bles aud iutclligcntly questions adj
dressed to him. AT half past three he
said very distinctly at is done, and
| beyond the brieiest answers to qucs
tons this was his last uttcrauce. His
youngest daughter, Miss GabriIe, was
with him Throughout Thursday evening
and through out Friday the elder daugh
ter, Miss Ida was in constant attcn.
dance as she had been during the whole
OF his illness aud Of Mrs Grceley's be-
/ fore him Other members of his Chap,
paqua household were present with Mr..
and Mrs. John Stuart and a few other
/ friends. Nothing that science or atlee-
! ton could suggest was wanting toease
the last hours. The wiutry night had
fairly set in when the inevitable houI
came. Without sleighs were running
To and fro, bearing to Chappaqua. the
nearest telegraph station, the latest
bulletins, which thousands Of anxious
hearts in the great city near by kept
/ demanding. Within, the daughter and
a few others stood near the dying man
who remained conscious and seemingly
rational and free from pain, In the ad
Joining room sat one or two moro
friends and the physician At ten min.
utes before seven o'clock the watchers
! drew back in rereront stiffness from
the bedside. The great editor was
gone in peace, after so many struggles
in honor, after so much obloquy.
The Heraid says OF Mr. Greeley
1--WE may say of him as the expiring
/ Red Jacket said of himself, that The
news Of his death will come upon his
people. Like the s2una OF inc iall OF
giant pine IN usefulness Oh tne WOODS
ne mas N a mistaken aspiration Tor
hlghef hcId Oh usefulness ana power
ana glory, laIlen sacrlliee 10 ms pc
iitcaI ambition lie had Jailed to ap
preclate the commanding, position
Whleh ne nad secured as the IcadlhF
American journalist ana IN leaving j.
I to pursue the 'gats fal"sS Of the FresI
dency he dropped the substance Tor th'
shade" Oh great distinction oiher
WISE ne history ana enduring reward
/ oi MT, greeley s. industrious ana useIu