The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-03
srr. tsrcefoyss last Hours.

New York Tribune, November seeaij
&, iar ~ anv of his associates knew, 8f.
Greeley was II, almost as good health Us usuai
when. on the day after the election, ne Wfote
She card announcing his resumption OF tue
editorial charge OF the Trttane. His sleep
gess,,ess was known to have become greatly
worse, but for yearshe had suffered more OF
less from the same difficulty. 1t is no" eiear
that sufficient allowance had not been nlaae
Tor the intense strain upon him throughout
the summer, and specially during the Mss
Month of his wife's Illness. 1t soon Decaihe
evident that his strength was unequ9i 70 lne
bard task to which he set himself. lie Wloss
oniy three or four careful articles, no oHe VI
them half a column in length. me iBost
notable, perhaps, was that ent'ticu ION
cI,,s;ons > wherein he summed up his views
nj the canvass. In all he furnished less than
three and n half columns after his return,
contributing to only four issues OF the paper.
Two or three times he handed his assistant
short articles, saving, "There is an idea
worth using. but haven't felt able to WORK
il out pt6periy. You had better put 1t III
shape .a,. - -,
abandoned the effort TO visit the office regC'
larry. and sent for DR.. Krackowizer, the
family physician of Mir. A. j. johnson, tne
friend with whom he was 4 guest, anu IL
whose house bis wife had died. Every etlott
was made TO indace sleep, but he grew sLeau'
ily worse until it became evident that ms
case was critical. DR.. George G. s. Choate
and Others were then called in consultation,
and finally it was decided to take him TO Dr.
Choate's residence, two or three miles dis'
tant from Mr.. Greeley's own country home
af Chappaqua. Here he received the unln-
Permitting attention OF DR.. Choate; and here
DIR. BroWn-SeQuard. DR.. Brown, and others
were also called in consultation. The insom-
nia had deyeloped into inflammation OF the
brain. and under this the venerated patient
rapidIy sank. At times be was delirlous; at
other times as c!ear-headed US ever. He lost
flesh and strength with startling rapidity,
and in few days the possibility OF his speedy
death forced itself into unwilling recoSni-
ton. 1t was not, however, until Thursday
last that his associates and family brought
themselves to admit it, and even then they
still clung to their fuith in the vigor OF his
constitution.
On Wednesday night he failed very rapid
". Thursday afternoon and evening he
seemed somewhat easier During Thursday
night lie slept very uneasily, muttering occa-
si0na!ly, and frequently raising his right
hand Toward morning he was more quiet,
and between S and O'Clock fell into near
ly unconscious condition, which continued,
with intervals, through the day. His eX-
tremitics were cold all day, and there was
no pulse at the wrist. The action of the
heart was very intermittent, and was con-
stantly diminishing in force. He had not
asked for water, or been willing to drink II,
since his stay at DR.. Choate's, but during
Friday he asked for it frequently. On
the whole he suffered little, and seemed
to have 10 more than the ordinary rest
lcssness which accompanies the last stage
OF disease. He nude occasional eXclama-
tons, but many of them, in consequence Of
extreme weakness and apparent inability to
finish what he began, were unintclligible.
About noon, however, he said quite dis
tinctly and with some force, 81 know that
my Redeemer liveth." During the day he
recognized various people-his daughter
many times, the members of his household
tit ChappaqiIa, Mr.. John Il. Stuart, and Mr..
Reid. Up to within half an hour of the end
he occasionally manifested in various ways
his consciousness of what was going on
around him, and even answered in mono
syllableS, and inteiigently, questions adj
dressed to him. About hulf-past 3 he said,
very distinctly, cit is done; and, beyond
Yes or No in answer to questions, this was
his list utterance. Sig
Hisyonuger daughter, Miss Gabrielle, was
with, him through Thursday evening.
Throughout Friday the elder daughter, Miss
Ida, was in constant attendance, as she had
been during the whole of his illness and Of
Mrs. Greeley's before him. Other members
OF his Chappaqua household were present,
with Nlr. and Mrs. Stuart and Il few other
friends. Nothing that science or affection
could suggest was wanting to ease the last
hours. The wntry night had fairly set in
when the inevitable hour came. Without,
s,ei.hs were running to and fro, bearing to
CElppaqua, the nearest telegraph station,
the latest bulletins which the thousands of
anxious hearts in the great city near by kept
demanding. Within, the daughter and few
others stood near the dying man; in the add
Joining room sat one or two more friends
aud The physician. At ten minutes before 7
O'Clock the watchers drew back in reverent
stiffness from the bedside. The great editor
was gone" in peace after so many strug-
S!cs, i'll honor after so much obloquy."
Mr. Greeley and the Tribune. -
New York Tribune.l
The first No. of the Daily Tribune was
issued on the 10th Of April, 1871. IT was a
small sheet, aud sold Mt the price OF one cent
copy. The cardinal idea of Mr.. Greeley in
the establishment of the Tribune was the
publication of journal which should be
equally free from narrow partisanship and
timid neutrality. He took his stand on the
independence of the daily press. Avoiding
the fierce intolerance Of party spirit on the
one hand, and a tame servility to public opir-
ion OH the other, he aimed to hold u position
between those extremes, expressing his con.
victions with frankness and promptitude on
all public measures, but not avoiding the eX-
posure OF errors on the part of those with
whom in the main he agreed. With these
views Mr.. Greeley had completely identified
his lame with the Influence Of this journal.
10 sccarc its benefcent power was the chief
purpose of his life. No prize, in his estima-