The New York herald., 1872-07-13
ILLNESS OF GRATZ BROWN.
The Governor Of Missouri and Vice Presidential
Candidate Taken Suddenly III Yesterday.
HE AS SUDDENLY RECEIVERS.

Governor Gratz Brown, the Vice Presidential can
didate, left his hotel In New Haven at twenty
minutes to eleven O'Clock Thursday night, In the
carriage of Ex-Governor English, to take the boat
for New York. On board the steamboat he was met
by Commodore Peck, the superintendent Of the
line, who escorted his distinguished passenger to
his own luxuriously furnished stateroOm. The
boat did not leave till few minutes past midnight
when Governor Brown retired, after having accepted
the Commodore's hearty invitation to breakfast with
him at eight O'Clock. II was arranged to call the
Governor at hal-past seven, and promptly at that
hour the steward tapped at the door. Governor
Brown at once arose, and after performing his
toilet was conducted to the saloon below, where
an elaborate breakfast was spread. The COmmO-
dore presided at the board, and besides the Vice
Presidential candidate the only persons present
were q friend OF the Commodore and a HERALD
reporter Governor Brown ate very sparingly, and,
among other dishes, from some nicely
SERVED SOFT SHELL CRABS,
to which dish the doctors attribute his illness. He
drank neither tea nor coffee but only simple glass
of ice water. AT breakfast he remarked that the
previous night he had enjoyed refreshing sleep,
the first good nights rest, he added, that he had
obtained for week past
During the day previous, as well as in his long
speech from the crowed balcony of the hotel he had
been exposed to considerable exertion, and owing
to tho sultry condition of the atmos-
phere was perspiring freely. On the Sound,
however, the breeze was fresh and cool, and as
gentleman sat smoking In the stateroom for an
hour after the Governor had retired, and the WIN
dows were consequently open, II Is supposed the
sudden check of perspiraton had something to do
with his Illness
Breakfast was concluded on board the ContInen-
tai at nine O'Clock, and at about hafpast nine the
Governor left In q carriage rom Peck slip, by way
of the HERALD office, to Broadway, ana thence to
the Fifth Avenue Hotel On the way he again
ferred to the fact OF his refreshing nights sleep
and his exuberant spirits In consequence.
II was about ten O'Clock when Governor Brown
alighted at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he
malned about an hour, when he was met BY gen.
hood, with whom he strolled over to
THE GREELEY HEADQUARTERS,
at the Glenham Hotel, In Fifth avenue. There he
met other Kentuckians whom he had known from
boyhood, and sitting In corner OF the committee
coD had aey pocs sgDcance but
II was confined TO "reminiscences and Inquiries In
relation to mutual friends After half an hour Gov
ernor Brown rose to return to the Fifth Avenue
Hotel but before he reached the steps Of the Glen
ham, he felt q sudden dizziness In his head He
spoke OF 1t to friend and moment after asked
the same gentleman to attend him up stairs as he
was very III and faint He was taken to room 10,
where he was placed upon pa s9fa "na,,,;nn and
Several doctors were speedily at the
hotel but Governor Brown was insensible. An ex-
animation OF the case showed him TO be suffering
from all acute attack Of cholera morbus. At about
one O'Clock DR.. Theophus Steele arrived, followed
ny DI uenry. Governor brown renamed lnsenSl.
Die I'LL hapast three O'Clock In the afternoon, at
which time he recovered and passed into natural
anu TRANQUIL sleep. AT hali-past four he awoke,
and his eyes encountered among the first persons
standing over MN, DIR. Theophus Steele, whom he
had not seen for ten years.
'rHEoFH, IS THAT YOU ~
said the Governor, and being answered In the
Affirmative, he put forth his hand, and, as ho
grasped the doctors, he seemed TO recognize for
the first time that something had befalIen him.
"Where am l." he asked, 'whats the trouble y,
"You have had an attack OF cnolera morbus
Governor" said Or. Steele The Governor put his
hand down npon his stomach. and said, yes feel
the pain acutey here.r He then stated that ne had
been feeling unusually wen, but "a he was about
10 leave the hotel felt for two three minutes a
sudden dizziness, after which all was blank
AT six O'Clock he felt much better, and occasion.
ally volunteered Joke in low tone and with
peculiar species OF wit, OF which he seems master,
and which Is half hum0r and half sarcasm. Speak
Ing OF his condition and the number OF doctors IN
attendance, he said ne had been surrounded and
nearly destroyed by them. They didn't have Vice
President TO pacttse upon every day, and they
seemed determined TO make the most OF one when
they caught him.
Al seven O'Clock Governor Brown retired to bed
and az ten O'Clock, when the HERALD reporter left
hi.a ne was sleeping comfortably, ALI danger IL