Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-12

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health. He was afraid he wsIs working
too hard.
HIS LAST DAY IN THE SENATE.
Senator Sumner, at about two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, moved from his
seat in the senate chamber to one be-
side Senator Sargent, and inquired of
Senator Sargent, who, like himself had
taken prominent part in opposition to
the cetennial bill, whether be had re-
ceived any anonymous insulting letters
on the subject, adding that he (Sumner)
had received a number of such Letters
and packages of a more offensive char
acter, both through the mails and by ex-
press. He seemed considerably an
noyed by these insults, and Senator
Sargent therefore turned the converse
ton to the resolution of the MassachU-
sets legislature resembling the censure
of Mr.. Sumner, and he expressed him
self greatly pleased with this action.
An hour or more afterward MIR. Sum
ner called Senator Ferry, of Connecticut,
aside to a sofa in the senate chamber,
and talked with him, as he had fre-
quently done before, in regard to their
respective states and ill-health, both re-
snlting from
AFFECTION OF THE SPINAL CORD.
He told Mr.. Ferry that he had suffered
so much from his heart the night re-
vious that he had sent for his physician
to obtain. some relief by an injection of
morphine under the skin. EEe asked
Mr.. Ferry's opinion of such hypeTdermic
injections, and from time to time COM
planned OF severe pain while they were
talking. Finally, little before four
o'clock, Mr.. Sumner took his hat and
Overcoat and went home, his last
words in the senate chamber having
been uttered in this conversation with
Mr.. Ferry. The apparent vigor mani
tested by Mr.. Sumner in his speeches on
the centennial bill excited considerable
surprise in view of his long continued
feeble health last year, and many
of his friends expressed their ap-
prehension that he was over
doing his strength in these
efforts. 1t is regarded as remarkable
and fortunate coincidence, that the reso-
luton of the Massachusetts legislature,
resembling its vote of censure upon Mr..
Sumner, should have been presented
and read in the senate before he left it,
and on the last day of his presence in
the chamber as a member of that body.
IN THE HOUSE.
The debate was interrupted at three
o'clock by the committee rising, when
the speaker had just received telegram
announcing that Mr.. Sumner had died
at ten minutes before three o'clock. Mr..
Dawes moved, in view of that sad in
teIligence, that the house adjourn, and
the house thereupon adjourned.
PROBABLE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
DR.. Brown Sequard, of New York,
Mr.. Summers consulting physician, ar
rived here this morning. He expressed
an opinion tonight that death resulted
from the rupture of blood-vessel at the
heart After Mr.. Sumner had parox-
ysms, his body remained cold, clammy,
and his pulse very feeble, breathing
slowly, but with some rattling in the
chest. Soon after death the body
of the late senator showed signs of
discoloration, and it became evident
that decomposition had set in. The
work of
EAIBALMING THE BODY
was commenced tonight, and upon the
success of that process depends some
what the fixing the time for the funeral.
Should the embalming be successful the
body will be detained here until the ar
rival of the committee to be appointed
by the Massachusetts legislature.
About the last words of Mr.. Sumner
were expressed to Judge E. r. Hoar,
and were: "Tell Emerson | love him
and revere him.n This sentence was
uttered about ten minutes before his
death, and just after it escaped his lips
q paroxysm seized him in which he ap-
peared TO suffer severely, and he passed
away few minutes after. His strength
seemed to increase from ten o'clock this
morning to the time of his death.
Weston Powers, son of Hiram Powers,
will take a cast of the face of Mr.. Sum-
ner tomorrow morning. There is
scarcely q member of the senate who
did not call at the house, either before
or after the death of the senator.
IN BOSTON.
BOSTON, March 11.-Both branches of
the Massachusetts legislature adjourned
until tomorrow on receiving the an
nouncement of Mr.. Summers death.
Flags on the statehouse and city b1ild-
ings are displayed at half-mast. An in
formal conference was held by the may
or and number of aldermen this after
noon relative to the course to be pursued
by the city. 1t was thought it would
be mete and proper to deposit the re-
mains in Fanneuil hall, there to lie
ia state at least two days. Arrange
ments were made to call the two
branches of the city government to-
gether tomorrow, and resolutions de-
ploriDg the loss of the great statesman
will be framed. The life, character and
public services of Mr.. Sumner form the
subject of editorials in all the newspa-
pers, and deep feeling of sadness per-
vades the entire community.
INNEw YORK.
New YORK, March ia large num-
Der of the leading men fthis city met
at the Fifth Avenue hotel tonight, and
expressed desire that the remains of
Hon. Charles Sumner receive funeral
honors here on their way to New Eng
land.
TYPOGRAPHICAL.
Charles Sumner was born in Boston
on the sixth Of January, 1911, and
therefore died IN his sixty-fourth
year. His father, who died in 1883,
was a lawyer by profession, and dur
ing the latter part of his life was
sheriff of the county of Suffolk, Mas
saehusetts. The son received his early
education at the Boston Latin school,
and was graduated at Harvard college
in 1880. He continued in private the
studies of college life for year, and
then entered the law school at Cam
bridge, where he formed with his teach
er, Judge Story, an intimate friendship,
which continued until the death of that
eminent iurist. He was admitted to the
bar in 1884, and soon attained larger
share of practice than any other lawyer
in Boston so young in the profession.
He was appointed reporter of the circuit
court of the United States, in which ca
pacity he published three volumes
known as Summers Reports, containing
decisions Of Judge Story. He also at
the same time edited the american
.Jzrist, quarterly law journal of high
reputation. During the first three win
tiers after his admission to the bar, while
Judge Story was absent in Washington,
Mr.. Sumner was appointed lecturer to
the law students, and part of the time,
during the absence of Prof. Greenlesf,
had sole charge of the school. His
favorite topics were those relating to
constitutional law and the law of ma
tions. In 1888 he was offered q profess
sorship in the law school, and also one
in the college, both of which he de-
cIined. In 1887 he visited Europe, where
ne remained till 1910, travelling in Italy,
Germany, and France, and residing Tor
nearly a year in England. On his re-
turn to Boston he resumed practice, and
in ls44J46 published an elaborate edi-
'fion with annotations of VeSey's Reports