Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-01-04
An INCIDENT OF Mr.. GREELEYs LIFE.

! stefan of the late Horace Greeley for
eleven months previous to his death,
has been interviewed by q New York
Sup reporter, who recalls an incident OF
his life Just after the battle of Bull Run.
! DR.. Bayara says
''Now | will tell YOU ali / eau rerlem-
Der of his illness after the disastrous re-
treat of the Union army from Bull Run.
/ was called in to see Mr.. Greeley, and
found him utterly Frustrated in body
. aud mind. He was stretched at full
length on the sofa when / entered; his
face was naturally very white, as you
KNOWN exceedinglypale even torhim,
and he looked to me rs though he was
fast breaking up into total wreck. lie
took very little notice Of anybody around
him, and did not even salute me when L
approached him. lie had lost his ap-
petite, and was unable to sleep. His
thoughts seemed to be continually dwell
ing on one subject, land he repeated these
words all the time, seldom varying Them:
Il am ruined The country is ruined,
and | am instrumental in its ruin. |
wish | could die. never can survive
it 1t seemed to me, as | looked upon
him, that his mind was fast slipping
away. There was no evidence OF insan
ity, however, either then or at any zine
during his sickness. | saw what the
matter was in an instant. Mr.. Greeley
had overtaxed his brain and body. and
the sudden reverse OF the Union army
at Bull Run had fallen upon him like a
crushing shock. lie saw brother ar
rayed against brother in deadly strife,
and his name was mentioned by his enc.
mes as one OF the rnain causes of the
bloody var. 1T was too much for his
sensitive organization, weakened as it
wa$by hard, unremitting toll, and he
sunk under the blow and heeame as
powerless as 9 babe.
Dr. Bayard adds that in Ill respects,
EXCEPT his insanity, Mr.. Greeley's dis
ease ut that time was similar to the one
I with which he died
Mis-. EDWIN FORREST AT. HER Hts
BANDS BIER-NIrs. Edwin Forrest, the
the tragedians wife, was, according to
statement of a reporter, at her hus
bands funeral. He says:
Sitting at the window facing Broad
! street. and with no one near her, Der
arms resting listlessly upon her knees,
J her fingers ncrvousl y drumming and
I toying each other, was Catharine Sin
clair, the divorced wife of the dead. If
any knew who she was they appeared
to keep their distance. She arrived yes
tcrday morning and entered the house
at half-past twelve She was dressed in
deep mour;Iing, with double black
Grape veil flowing nearly TO her feet.
She moved nervously toward the rear
parlor. where the remains were lying.
There were but five or six personsin the
ROOM Throwing aside der veil she
stood for nearly ten minutes placed her
hand upon his head, and followed the
arm down to the hand, which she grasp
ed for few minutes. Then she glided
toward the fcot of the coffin and pluck
ed one or two flowers from the cross
which lay upon the dead mans feet.
She then moved rapidly TO the front
parlor, where she was seated until the
coffin left the house.
IA" BA1LoU's MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY.
In spite of the big Boston fire, when
the printing establishment of Themes
IL Talbot was destroyed, Ballous Maga-
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met with trouble and disaster 1t is
ittle later than usual, but better late
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ways like the sprightly magazine, and
we find it is generally esteemed III fam
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giving more for Is cents than any other
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the publishers for their pluck and enar.
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This is handsome and should be the
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DEATH OF An AGED CrrIzES-Mr
Thos. Dowden, an old resident of this
city, died at the residence OF his son,
James Dowdpn, Esq, at Frankfort,
West Virginia, on Sunday afternoon
last. in the eighty first year of his age.
Mr.. Dowden came to this city from
Shepherdstown, Virginia, i'll 1912. He
was very successful in his business, and
in few years accumulated considerable
property In 1887 he was elected to
the office of sheriff. which he filled with
ability for three years. Mr.. Dowden
was the oldest member of the Masonic
order in Allegheny county.-Cnmb'r
land Ne,cs.
Big SEVERE ACCIDENT-We regret
to state that Mr. j. Chalmers Byers, liv-
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