Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-11
AUBURN.
Death Of Hon. Vim. h. Seward.


AUBURN, N. Y, Oct. 10, 9:l5 P. M.---
Hon. VIM. Il. Seward has just died. ~
Details of Hts Illness.
Mr.. Seward having taken cold and been
somewhat unwell for day or two, was ON
the evening of Saturday the 9Th seized with
severe chill and his physician was sum-
moned to him. He had been passing the
summer in his ordinary good health, suffer-
Ing only from the inconvenience of mUscu-
lar palsy Of his arms, and had been engaged
in preparing for the press, his account
of his journey around the world. The
chill was that Of ordinary tertian ague, ac-
companied by harrassing catarrh aud
cough. 1t was followed by fever and deli
rum which lasted till late in the night on
Sunday. He was up the afternoon, took
his dinner and passed comfortable day on
Monday; with the exception Of his cough
and catarrh he was comfortable and
dictated as usual to his assistants in the
completion of bis book. He played whist
Monday evening, but at 10 NJ. 3 slight
chill occurred followed by delirium and
fever with aggravated catarrh disturbance
of the chest which lasted nearly all night,
his physician seeing him on this account
after midnight. Tuesday morning af-
ter some sleep he was again
better and drove out in the evening, but
the fever, delirium and restlessness re-
turned with the cough Tuesday night. On
Wednesday he drove out for two hours and
dictated to his amenuensis as
usual, although harrassed 81
day with the cough and the cataTrh
effusion on the chest. "Wednesday evening
his cough abated for q while and there
seemed promise of a good night, but the
fever and cough returned at bed time. he
was nearly sleepless until 5 O'Clock in the
morning. At a. m, to relieve
the tedium of lying sleepless he bad his
son William read the New York Times to
him of Wednesday morning. he slept.af-
ter five pretty well till eleven a. m. of to-
day, though his fever kept on without any
real remission. At 1:30 be was seized with
q difficulty of breathing caused by a sud-
den catarrhal effusion into the lungs,
commencing with the right lung and soon
involving the left also, which occasioned his
death in about two hours. he entertained no
apprehension but that he should recover
from the attack of catarrhal ague till last
night; and this A. NJ. while with his ague
and the addition of muscular palsy from
which he has suffered so long, the fact that
fever was increasing with the
catarrhal disturbances led his
physician to apprehend fatal result in the
course of week or more. Yet no imme-
date fear was felt, and his dissolution was
sudden and unexpected.
Died Among His Books.
Stewards intellectual faculties were clear
and vigorous to the last, save when dis
turbed by the paroxysms of fever. Just
after the effusion from the lungs to-day,
and thinking it would relieve
his breathing, he was at his own request
placed upon 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, aud surround
ed by his relatives and few friends and
all bis devoted dependents, he breathed his
last. For tho last hour Of his
life, as the powers of nature were giving
way, bis condition became easy and he spent
the time in affectionate leave takings Of bis
relatives and dependents and finally sunk
quietly to his last rest as if going to sleep.
ALBANY, Oct. 10.-The sudden an
nouncement of the death of W. 81. Sew
ard caused profound sensation here. 1t
was entirely unexpected and has produced
wide regret.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.--The announce
ment of the death of Mr.. Seward is receiv-
ed with regret in all quarters. The State
department buildings will as a mark of res
pect to his memory, be draped with mourn
ing.