The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-30
TELEGRAPHIC.
Death of Horace
Greeley.
A Brief Description of his
Last Days.
Respect for his Memory.
Army Reports to Congress.
Disasters on the Lakes.
Adroit Trick to Swindle
Bankers.
The Authors of the Dia-
mond Mine Fraud to be
Disasters on the Lakes.
Adroit Trick to Swindle
Bankers.
The Authors of the Dia-
mond Mine Fraud to be
punished.
Fires, Accidents, Etc, Etc.

New YORK. Nov. 29-Horace Greeley
died conscious and peacefully at ESQ P Nj.
The Tribune will furnish the following
Mr.. Greeley: He was in almost as good
health as usual when, on the day after the
election he wrote the card announcing his
resumption of the editorial charge of the
Tribune. 1t is now clear that sufficient al
lowance had not been made for the intense
anxiety forced upon him throughout the
summer, especially during the last months
of his wifes illness, but it soon beeeme
evident that his strength was unequal to
the hard task to which he set himself. He
wrote only three or four columns, no one
of the articles being half column long,
The most notable was the Election Con
clusions, wherein he summed up his
views Of the canvass. In all he wrote less
than three and half columns after his
return, contributing TO four issues of the
paper. Two or three times he handed his
assistant short articles. saying: There is
an idea worth using. but | havn felt able
to work 1t out perfectly You had better
put II in shape
At last on Tuesday, the 18th inst. he
abandoned the effort of visiting the office,
and sent for his family physician He also
sent for j. johnson, the friend with whom
he was a guest, and in whose house his
wife had died Every effort was made to
induce him TO sleep, but he grew steadily
worse until 1t became evident that his case
was critical Upon consultation it was de
cided TO take him TO DR.. ChOate resi-
dence, two or three miles distant from
Chappaqua. Here he received the unre-
mitting attention of DIR. Choate, and here
DR.. Brown and others were called in CON
sultation.
His illness had developed into infam-
nation of the brain, and under this the
venerable patient rapidly sank At times
he was deErious, and at other times as
clear headed as ever. He lost flesh and
strength with startling rapidity, and in a
few days his insanity forced itself into un-
willing recognition 1t was not, however,
until Thursday that his associates and
family brought themselves to admit it,
and then they still clung to their faith
in the vigor of his constitution. On
Wednesday night he failed very rapidly.
Thursday evening he seemed somewhat
easier, but during the night he slept
very uneasily, muttering occasionally
and frequently raising his right hand
Toward morning he was more unquiet,
and between and o clock fell into nearly
an unconscious condition, which continued,
with some intervals, throughout the day.
He made occasional exclamationS, but
many of them imperct on account of his
extreme weakness and apparent inability
TO finish what he began. About noon,
however, he said quite distinctly, and with
some force: / know that my redeemer
| lveth.
During the day he recognized various
people, including his daughter and the
members of his household On the whole
he suffered little, and seemed to have no
more than the ordinary restlessness which
| accompanies the last stage of disease.
Up to within half an hour of the end
he manifested in various ways his
consciousness of what was going on around
him, and even answered intelhgently ques-
tions addressed to him About half past
three he said very plainly, 1t is done )"
beyond the briefest answers TO questions
this was his last utterance His youngest
daughter was with him throughout Thurs
day evening and Friday the eldest daugh-
| ter, Ida, was in constant attendance, as
she had been during the whole of his i'll
ness, and of Mrs Greeleys before him
The other members of his Chappaqua
household were present, with Mr. and
Mrs. John r. Stuart, and a few other
| friends
Nothing that science or affection could
suggest was wanting TO ease the last hours
The wintry night had fairly set in when
the inevitable hour came Without.
| sleighs were running TO and fro. bearing 10
| the telegraph stations the news, which
| the 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
unconscious and seemingly rational, and
free from pain, now too weak to speak In
an adjoining room were more friends and
the doctor. At ten minutes before seven
| they drew back in reyerent stiffness from
| the bedslde-the great editor was gone in
in peace after so many struggles
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Frequent in
quiries were made to-day in regard to
pathy is expressed in his behalf A re-
port of his death being in circulation this
evening, and having reached the President,
nc anu Ills ldullly; ds d OphSu VI I6SpeCl,
did not attend the reception of the diplo-
matte corps, given by the Secretary of
State, but sent note explaining their alb
sence
Gen. Sherman's report shows that the
actual force of enlisted men in the army
is 29, 336; of commissioned officers, 2, ,l04
He submits with this report those of all
the officers commanding the military de-
partment divisions, which he states are so
full that they leave him only to submit
them with his approval.
The Quartermaster Generals report
shows the expenditures in that department
for the year ending June 30th last to be
$l2,5l7, ,62l The examination and settle
ment of the accounts of the war has been
completed, and all &C counts Irior TO 1871
examined and transmitted to the Treasur-
er The claims still on file amount to So
S57, ,006. Seventy yfour national cemeteries
contain the remains of 317 1862 persons.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The dispatches
from Lake ports report large number of
Marine disasters with some loss of life
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 29--The Sena-
torlal question remains about the same,
with no prospect yet of its settlement