National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-12-06

NEW YORK, NOV. 29,-lloracc
Grecley died without pain at ten
minutes before I O'Clock this even
ing.
The Tribune furnishes the follow.
inc account Of his illness and death:
$50 far as any Of his associates
knew, Mr.. Greeley was in almost as
good health rs usual, when on the
day after the election he wrote the
card announcing his resumption Of
the editorial charge Of the Tribu"e.
His slecplessncss was known to
have become greatly worse, but for
years he had suffered more or less
from the same difficulty, and 1t is
now clear, sufficient allowance had
no. been made for the intense strain
nn him throughout the summer, cs
pccially during the last month OF
his witcs illness. bnt it soon became
evident that his strength was nnc
dual to the hard task to which he
ret himself. he wrote OILY three or
four car, fiji articles. no one ofthem
hcing half a column in length. The
most notable perhaps was that emit
tied, "Conclusions," WHEREIN he
summed up his views of the can
vass. In all he wrote less than
three and half cOluanS after his
lctuln, contributing TO only four is
tues of the paper Two OF three
times he handed his assistant short
articles, saying, There is an idea
worth using, but | haven't felt able
TO work it cut property. You Lad
better put it into shape AT last,
ON Tuesday, the 18th instant, he
abandoned the effort to visit the Of
iice regularly, and sent for the faml'
~ physician Of A. }. Johnson, the
friend with whom he was a guest,
and in whose house his wife had
died. Every effort was made to in.
ducc sleep, but he grew steadily
worse, until it became evident that
his case was critical. The insomnia
had developed into inflammation Of
HE brain, and under his the vencr-
atct patient rapidly sank. AT
times he was de!iIiOus and at other
times as clear headed as ev,r. On
Wednesday night he failed very
rapidly. On Thursday afternoon
and evening he seemed somewhat
easier. During the night. he slept
very uneasy, mutterinG occasionally
and frequently raising his right
hand. Toward morning he was
more quiet, and between eight and
uine o'clock fell into nearly an un-
conscious condition, which cOntin
ued with sane intervals during the
day. On the whole he suffered lit
te-scemcd to have no more than
The ordinary rcsllcsSness which ac
companies the last stage of disease.
During the day his cXlrcmitics were
cold and there was no pulse at the
wrist. The action of the heart was
very intermittent, and was con
stantiy diminishing in force. lie
had not asked for water or been
willing to drink it but during Friday
he asked for it frequently. Up to
within half IN hour Of the end lie
manifested in various ways his con.
seriousness OF what was going on
around him and even answered in
monosyllables and intclligently
questions addressed to him. About
halfpast 3 he said very distinctly,
ut is donc,' and beyond this the
bricfest answers to questions t..iS
was bis last utterancr. His young.
est daughter, Miss Gabrielle, was
with him throughout Thurs lay eve.
hing, and throughout Friday the
eldest daughter, Miss Ida, was in
constant attendance as she had been
during the wll)le OF his Illness and
of Mrs. Grceley's before him. OH.
or members of his Chappaqua
household were present with Mr..
and Mrs. John II. Stewart aud IA few
other friends. Nothing that science
or affection could suggest was want
ing to case the hours. The wintry
night had fairly set in when the in.
cvitab.e hour came. Without
sleighS were running to and fro,
bearing to Chappaqua, the nearest
telegraph station, the latest bullet
ins, which thousands of anxious
hearts in the great city near 10y
kept demanding. Within, the
daughter and few others stood
near the dying man who remained
conscious and seemingly rational
and free from pain. In the adioin.
ing room sat one or two mere
friends and the physician. AT ten
minutes before seven o'clock the
watchers drew back in revercnt
stiffness from the bedside. The
great editor was gone in peace, atte.
so many struggles in honor, after