Litchfield enquirer., 1872-12-05
HORACE cREELEY.s pEArn.


 made the following announcement:
 MT. Greeley's correspondents must ex- ecuse him if their favors receive less prompt attention than has been his cus- tom. He has been seriously unwen, since his wlfes death, from nervous prostration, resulting mainly from the severe strain upon his nervous system, through want of rest and sleep, during the last month of her illness. Nothing but his remarkable strength of constitution has enabled him to give attention to his recent duties; but It may be safely trusted to restore him speedily to his usual vigorous health.
 Soon after rumors found their way. into other papers of his insanity, of his rapidly failing health &c , but we find no further reference to his condition, in the Tribune, till the Thursday of last week when the following alarming paragraph made it's appearance: r aas Ye'
 We are deeply pained to say that in the last thirty-six hours Mir. Greeley's condi- tion has changed greatly for the worse. Throughout yesterday he remained near ly all the time unconscious. In a coun- sel of some of themost eminent physicians of the city, only one was without hope, but all regarded the case as critical and alarming.
 On Friday the report was trife more favorable: -4ta sasa42 I s... Mir. Greeley slept eight hours and half on Wednesday night, which gave him some renewal of strength. During Thurs day he was more comfortable than on WndnncHnu IL q hmes, unconclous. He receives, without difficulty, a sufficient amount of nourish- ment; and at o'clock last night he took beef -tea,, and soon after went to sleep. MT. Greeley's condition, however, is still such as to excite the most serious appre- hension.
 On Saturday came the news that MT. Greeley had died the preceding evening, and the Tribune of that day gives the following history of his illness: ','f4
 So far as any of his associates knew MT. Greeley was in almost as good health as usual when on the day after the cleo tion he wrote the card announcing his resumption of the editorial charge of The Tribune. His sleeplessness was known to have become greatly worse, but for years he has suffered more or less from the same difficulty. It is now clear that sufficient allowance had not been made for the intense strain upon him. through out the Summer, and specially during the the last month of his wife's illness. It soon become evident that his strength was unequal to the hard task to which he he set himself. He wrote only three or four careful articles, none of them half a 1,l,- l1z,
 perhaps, was that entitled Conclusions. D wherein he summed up his views of the canvass. In all he furnished less than three and half colums after his return, contributing to only four issues of the paper Two or three times he handed his assistant short articles saying, ssThere is an idea worth using, but haven't felt able to work it out properly You had better put it in shape" 1 a.l' la1.
 At last, on Tuesday, the 12th inst, he abandoned the effort to visit the office reg ularly, and sent for Dr. Krackowizer, the family physician of Mr. A. J. Johnson, the friend with whom he was a guest, and in whose house his wife had died. Every effort was made to induce sleep, but he grew steadily worse, until it became evident that his case was critical. Dr. Geo. c. s. Choate and others were then called ill consultation, and finally 1t was decided to take him to Dr. Choate' s residence, two or three miles distant from Mir. Greeley's own country home at Chap paqua. Here he received the unremitting attention of Dr. Choate; and here Dr. Brown-Sequard,. .Dr. Brown and others were also called in consultation. ? The Insomnia had developed into infamma- tion of the brain, and under this the ven erated patient rapidly sank. At times he was delirious; at other times as clear headed as ever. He lost flesh and strength | with startling rapidity; and in, 0 few days the possibility of his speedy death forced itself into unwilling recognition It was not, however, until Thursday last that his associates and family brought themselves to admit it, and even then they still clung to their faith in the vigor of his constitu- tion. s..s
 On Wednesday night he failed very rapidly. Thursday afternoon and evening he seemed somewhat easier During Thursday night he slept very uneasily, muttering occasionally and frequently raising his right hand. Toward morning he was more quiet, and between 8 and o'clock fell into a nearly unconscious con- dition, which continued, at intervals, | through the day. His extremities were cold all day, and there was no pulse at the wrist. The action of the heart was very intermittent, and was constantly di- minishing in force. He had not asked fol water or been willing to drink it., since his stay at Dr. Choate's, but during Fri day he asked for it frequently On the whole he suffered little, and seemed to have no more than the ordinary restless ness which accompanies the last stage oi disease. He made occasional exclama. tions, but many of them, in consequence of his extreme weakness and apparent in- | ability to finish what he began, were un- intelligible About noon, however, he said quite distinctly and with some force, 1T know that my Redeemer hveth." Dur | ing the day he recognized various people, his daughter many times, the members of his household at Chappaqua, and MT. John R. Stuart, and Mr. Reid. Up to within half an hour of the end he occa- | sionally manifested in various ways his consciousness of what was going on around him, and even answered in mono syllables, and intelligently, questions ad- dressed to him. About haIf-past three he said, very distinctly, ''It is done;" and, beyond Yes or No in answer to questions, thlS was last utGefance. s.--s.t-
 Both his daughters were with him till his death, which occurred at seven o'clock Friday evening. ~
 When news arrived of his death in New York city, there were numerous manifes- tations of grief and respect. Flags were 1 at half-mast on the public buildings, and on many of the ships in the Harbor. The press, too, has been unanimous in its grief and eulogy.
 The body lay in state at the City Hall in New York, on Tuesday, and the funeral services are to be held at Dr. Chapin's church to-day Wednesday,.
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