Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-12-07
DEATH OF MIR. GREELEY.
END OF A GREAT CAHEER. .-SCENEs AT
THE DEATHBED. ]. 'r
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New YORK, Nov. 30.--The Tribune
gives the following account of Mr.. Greeley's
death $50 far as any Of his associates
know, Mr.. Greeley was in almost as good
health as usual, when, on the day after the
election, he wrote q card announcing his
resumption of the editorial charge of the
Tribune. Ills sleeplessness was known to
have become greatly worse; but for years
he had suffered more or less from the same
difficulty, and as is now clear, sufficient al
lowance had not been made for the intense
strain upon him throughout the summer,
especially during the last month of his
wife's illness but il soon became evident
that his strength was unequal to the hard
task to which he set himself . ..s
He wrote only three or four careful ar;i-
cles, no one of them halfa column in length.
The most notable, perhaps, was entitled
Conclusion, wherein he summed up his
views of the canvass. I'm all, hewrote less
than three and half columns after his re-
turn, contributing to only four issues of the
paper. Two or three times he handed his
assistants short articles, saying, There is
an idea worth using, but | have not been
able to work 1t out properly; you had bet
ter put il in shape.n 81.
AT last on Tuesday, the 18th, he aban-
doned the effort to visit the Office regularly
and sent for the family physician of A. j.
johnson, friend with whom he was n
guest and in whose house his wife bad died
Every effort was made to induce sleep, but
ne grew steadily worse until it became evil
dent that his case was critical. DR.. George
{. ). Choate and others were called in to
consult, and finally it was decided to take
!, him TO DR.. Choate's residence, two or three
miles from Mr.. Greeley's own coul,try
home at Chappaqua.
Here he received the unintermitting at
tention of DR.. Brown Sequard and others
were called in for consultation. Insomnia
had developed into inflammation of the
brain, and under this the vcnerated patient
rapidly sank. At times he was delirious !:
at other times as clear.headed as ever. He
lost flesh and strength with startling rapidi-
ty, and in a few days the possiblitysof his
speedy death forced into unwilling recogni-
ton. 1t was not, however, until Tuesday,
| last that his associates and family brought
themselves to admit it, and even then he
still clung to his faith in the vigor of his
constitution.
On Wednesday night he failed very rap
idly. On Tuesday afterpoon and evening
he seemed somewhat easier. During the
b
casionally, and frequently raising his right
hand. Toward morning he was more
/ quiet, and between S and O'Clock sank
into an unconscious condition, which con-
tiuued, with some intervals, through the
day. He made occasional eXclamations,
but many of them, in consequence of his
! extreme weakness and apparent inability to
finish what he began, were unintelligible.
About noon, however. he said quite dis
tiuctly and with some force, Il know my
! Redeemcr livcth.'' During the day he re-
cOgnized various people, his daughter many
/ times, the members OF his household at
! Chappaqua. Mr.. John II. Stuart, and
Whitlaw Reid. On the whole, he suffered
| little, aud seemed TO have no more than the
ordinary restlcssness which accompanies
the last stage of his disease. During the
day his eXtremties were cold, aud there
! was no pulse ut the wrist. '.-. 4u.
The action of the heart was very inter-
mittent, and constantly diminishing He
had not asked for water or been willing to
! drink since his stay at DIR. Choate's, but
/ during Friday he asked for it frequently.
/ Up to within half an hour of his end he
manifested in various ways his conscious
ness of what was going on around him, and
even answered in monosyllables and intel
! ligcntly questions addressed TO him.
About haf-past three he said, very dis
| tinctly, 1T is done, and beyond the brief
est answers to questions, this was his last
utterance. His youngest daughter, Miss
Gabrielle, was with him through Tuesday
evening. Throughout Friday his elder
daughter, Miss Ida, was in constant ttend
ance, as she had been during the whole OF
his Illness, and of Mrs. Greeley's before him.
Other members of his Chappaqua house
hold were present, with Mr.. and Mrs. John
X. Stuart and ii few other friends. .-.
! Nothing that science or affection could
suggest was wanting to ease his last hours.
A wintry night had fairly set in when the
| inevitable hour came. Without, the sleighs
were running to and fro bearing to Chap
paqua, the nearest Telegraph station, The
latest bulletins, which thousands ofanxious
hearts in the great city near by kept de.
/ manding., .a.l..-
| Within, the daughter and few others
stood near the dying man, who remain
ed conscious and seemingly rational
and free from pain, though now toe
weak TO speak lnan adjoining room sal
one or two more friends and physicians.
At ten minutes before seven O'Clock the
watchers drew back in reverent stiffness
from his bedside, aud the great editor was
gone, after SO many struggles, in honor
attpr mIgh fhlnnnV