Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-12-12

ter, Mount Joy, Middletown, Harris
burg, Newport, Mifflin, Lewissowl,
Huntingdon, Tyrone and Altoona,
Fra. The following day he addressed
large audiences At the State Fair =
Indians, Psnnsylvanis, and At Grsen6-
burg, and delivered . memorials
speech ct Pittsburgh. Cinoinuaa5,
Louisville, Indianapolis, and Clevo.
land were next visited. At LoulD-
vile and Cleveland attempts wsso
mado to assassinate him, bat, forlu-
natc'y, they proved abortive. 40
Louisville q brick was thrown int
his carriage by a negro. It Miss
it. mark and struck Elk Goyern
Randolph, OF New Jersey, who \
beside him. AZ Cleveland : sto
was thrown through q car windol
The missile struck 4 man wssrinnM
white hat. Aiterward an attem
was made to throw the trains trq
the track, but this too, was unse
csssiul, and M. Greeley lived tkg4
those scenes without IN expes6ol61
Of fear or even regret that things
should have 90 happened. sSeern-
I'd to avoid the subject, but they had
q telling effect on his health. and pro.
duced sleeplsssness. Travelling thro'
the IRON and coal regions OF Pennsyl-
vania, he reached New York Sept.
28th, and that night was serenaded
At the Lincoln Club.
During this absence Mr.. Greeley
never slept over four hours at time.
Through tho day he would often
doze in the car, and catch snatches
of sleep. but when awakened, either
by the stop OF the train or to make q
speech, his haggard and careNorn ex-
preston of counteiiance was more
expressive OF fatigue than any re.
marks he was ever heard to make.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Grceley's health
had been rapidly declining, and she
had removed from Chappaqua to this
atty. Mr.. Johnton. OF No. 1923 w.
Fifty seventh street, had placed y
suite Of apartments at her disposal.
Those the invalid occupied with her
eldest daugh, er, Miss Ida, while Mr..
Greeley had rooms in the same
house. 1t was then while passing
sleepless nights at the bedside of his
dying wife, that Horace Greeley first
began to show symptoms Of great
mental depression. On one occasion
when the opposing press was CRITICS
ing his great Pittsburgh speech. lie
said IF they make the issue that I
am the rebel candidate. am bound
to be defeated" This consideration
seemed to weigh on his mind, and Of
ten when he supposed he was alone.
he would clasp his hand TO his head,
and cry out, ooh oh I" as though
suffering from intense pain. He was
advised to continue his wood-chop.
ping Saturday matinecs, and, though
severely chafe by the accounts OF
them published New York Times, he
still pursued his opcn air exercise.
On one occasion, at Chappaqna, he
! xas accompanied. ~ Ay,nJ Johpsor
anil his sou. M. Johnson, ", chop
ped down the lower limb oi hem
lock tree which very narrowly
missed his fathers head-"What 10
you mean p cried out Mr.. Johnson,
Sr., "do you want to kill me. Willic?'
II wish somebody would kill me"
responded MIR. Greeley, in Voice OF
extreme sadness.
Mr.. Greeley always said he did
not expect to carry either the State
OF Vermont or Maine. yet tho result
OF the elections there September 4th
and 10th, respectively, made him
more despondent than ever. Georgia
gave tho Democrats rouslng ma
jorily on the 3d OF October, and his
spirits rose proportionately; but
when six days latsr Ohio aud Penn
sylvania gave large msjorities for tho
Administration candidates, and while
the result in Indiana was atill in
doubt, he became utterly dcspondent,
and FOR the first time his most init.
mate friends began to perceive that
the defeat in November might prove
fatal to him. He talked once of Of.
fer,ng the portfolio of Secretary of
State TO Mr.. Charles Francis Adams,
and in the next breath he would L.
ment large falling off IN the sub
scription list Of the 1fsbwne. Such
ostbursts of lncoherent expressions,
followed by expressions of rage, now
become more frequent ana spontane-
ous. They came involuntarily, as it
were, and always excited anxious ap.
prehsnsions among his friends. But
they were attributed to the fact that
he was too much deprived Of sleep
while watching beside h,s wife.
At length, on the morning Of Oct.
so, Mrs Greeley died. When ths
widowed husband was informed of
his wife's death, he wrung his hands,
cricd like . child, and said "Oh why
didn't yon let me sit rp with her,
" Why did you send me to bod" /"
:" My poor wife," my poor wife"
Two days afterwards Mr.. Greeley
was buried. Her remains were
followed to the grave by large
concoarso Of people, all of whom
noticed Mr.. Grceley's grist.--
He returned after the funeral TO Mr..
Johnson's, and, instead of interesting
himself about his daughters aud the
future, gave way wholly TO detection.
1t was then he showed the first posi-.
tive evidences of mental derauge
ment
The November election seemingly
did not interest him. HIS defeat did
hot seem to surprise him. He de-
cesyed his friends BY receiving the
news with perfect indifference. 1t
was noticed about this time that he
would tell his private business to
every one with whom he was brought
IN contact, and 10 each one he told a