Connecticut western news., 1872-10-18
THE DEPARTED STATESMAN. Death OR the Hon. William
 H. Seward, at Auburn

HIS LAST ILLNEss-THE CLOSING SCENES.
 Mir. Seward having taken cold, and been ailing for day or two, was on the evening of the 9th seized with a severe chill, and and his physician, Dr. Theron Dimond, was summoned to him. He had been dur ing the summer in his ordinary good health, suffering only from the inconven- fence of the muscular palsy of his arms, and had been engaged in preparing for the press his account of his recent journey the ordinary tertian ague, accompanied by a harassing catarrhal cough. It was follow cd by fever and delirium, which lasted till late in the night. On Sunday he was up in the afternoon, took dinner and passed a comfortable night Sunday night. On Mon day, with the exception of a cough and catarrh, he was comfortable and dictated as usual to his assistants in the completion of his book. He played whist Monday evening, but at 10 p. m. slight chill oc- cured, followed by delirium and fever, which exaggerated the catarrhal disturbance of the chest, which lasted nearly all night, his physician seeing him on this account until after midnight. Tuesday morning. after some sleep, he was again better, and drove out in the afternoon; but fever, de- lirum and restessness returned with the cough Tuesday night. On Wednesday he drave out few hours, and dictated to his amanuensis as usual, though harassed all day with a cough and catarrhal effusion in the chest. Wednesday evening his cough abated for a while, and there seemed a promise for good night, but the fever. restlessness and cough returned at bed time. He was nearly sleepless until 5 o'clock in the morning. At 8. m., to re- lieve the tedium of lying sleepless, he had his son William read the New York Tunes of Wednesday to him. He slept after 5 pretty we'll till II 8. m. that day, though his fever kept up without any real remis- sion. At about half past one he was seized with great difficulty of breathing, caused by sudden catarrhal effusion into the lungs, commencing with the right lung and soon involving the left also, which occa- stoned his death in about two hours. He entertained no apprehension but that he should recover from the attack of catarrhal | ague, till Wednesday night and Thurday morning. While at his age and with the condition of muscular palsy from which he has suffered SO long, the fact that the fe- |, the catarrhal difficulty, led his hysician to apprehend a fatal result. in the course of.a week or more. Yet no immediate fear was felt, and his dissolution was sudden and unexpected. Nr. Stewards intellectu- al faculties were clear and vigorous until the last, save when disturbed by the parox- isms of the fever. Just after the effusion from the lungs to-day (Oct. 1Oth) and thinking it would relieve his breathing, he was at his own desire placed upon Q lounge and bolstered up, and moved from an ad- joining room into his study, where, in the midst of his books and his literary and oth- CT papers, and surround ed by his relations and few friends, and all his devoted at. tendants, he breathed his last For the last hour of his life, as the powers of na- ture were giving away, his condition be- came easy, and he spent the time in affec tionate leave takings ot his relatives and dependents, and finally sank quietly to his final rest, as if going to sleep,
 ALBANY, Oct. 10.
 The sudden announcement of the death of Hon. William H. Seward caused pro found sensation here and throughout the state. It was entirely unexpected and pro- duced wide spread regret The state de- partment building will, as mark of re- spect to his memory, be draped with mourning.