New-York tribune., 1874-03-12

| On the information that Mr.. Sumner was dead
being received at the Capitol. there was WIDE
spread feeling of silent as well orally expressed
regret and sorrow The intelligence passed from
man to man with low utterances
| As soon as Representative Dawes and other men,
bers OF the Massachusetts, delegation beard Of the
critical condition Of the Senator they Immediately
| went to his residence
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL.
| THE QUESTION WHETHER AN AUTOPSY SHALL BE
HELD UNDECIDED-THE BODY SUCCESSFULLY
EMBALMED-ACTIoN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
| DELEGATION IN CoNGREss-OPINIONs OP PHYsI-
CLANS REGARDING THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPArCH.l
WASHINGTON, March n.-Dr. Brown-Stquard of
| New-York. who attended Mr.. Sumner in Paris and
who has been his consulting physician for the past
Is years. arrived here the late train this evening"
| in response to the telegram sent him early this
morning announcing Mr. Summers Illness
| and requesting his attendance here. After
| viewing the body Mt the residence OF
| the deceased. Dr. Brown-Sequard had
consultation with DR.. Jos. Taber johnson, the at
tending physician of the late Senator in regard to
| an autopsy, and il was agreed should such exam-
| nation be considered necessary but in regard to
which no definite conclusion has been reached that
it will not take place until after the remains arrive
| in Boston.
The physicians who attended Mr.. Sumner in his
last illness, Dr. Jos. Taber johnson, Dr. W. p John
stOn DR.. n S. Lincoln, and Surgeon-General Barnes
all agree in the opinion that his death caused
by iangRa pecoris disease arising from the ossit
cation of the coronary artery and which invariably
| proves fatal after few paroxysms. Dr. Brown
| S6quard, on the other hand, expressed the
opinion tonight that death resulted from the
| rupture of blood vessel at the heart After Mr.
| Sumner had the paroxysms his body remained cold
| and clammy and his pulse very feeble, breathing
| slowly, but with some rafting in the chest. The
| late Admiral Dahlgren and b. b. French both died
! of similar disease. Soon after the bath the body
of the late Senator showed signs of dscoloration,
| and it became evident that decomposition had set
| in The work of embalIning the body was begun
tonight about o'clock, and upon the success OF this
process depends somewhat the fixing of the time for
the funeral. Should the embalming be successful,
the body will be detained here until the arrival Of
the committee to be appointed by the Massachusetts
| Legislature
About the last words of the deceased Senator were
spoken to Judge +. X. Hoar, and were, Tell Emer-
| son love him and revere him. This sentence was
uttered about ten minutes before his death and just
after it escaped his lips paroxysm seized hun. in
which he appeared to suffer severely and he passed
| awav few minutes after the spasm. His strength
seemed TO increase from 10 o'clock this morning to
| the time of his death
| Weston Powers a son of Hiram Powers will take
a cast of the face of Mr. Sumner tomorrow morning
| az o'clock.
John r. French, Sergeaut-at-Arms of the Senate,
has charge of the body now, but be will take no
steps toward the funeral arrangements until after
| the appointment of the Senate Committee to-
| rnOrrow.
The body is now in the room in which the Senator
| died but will not be clothed for tie tomb until to-
| morrow No visitors are allowed in the room. The
burial case will arrive here from Philadelphia IN the
morning.
! Dr. Byron Sunderland Chaplain Of the Senate,
! was at the bedside of the dying Senator this morn
| ing and offered a fervent prayer
| Speaker Blaine among the many prominent
visitors at the house this afternoon, and there is
scarcely a member of the Senate who did not call
either before or after the death Of the Senator.
The Massachusetts, delegation in Congress met this
evening at the residence of the Hon. Samuel Hooper
| to make arrangements for the funeral of Senator
Sumner and after consultation it was agreed that
they should attend the funeral as mOurners. Judge
T. r. HOar selected to present the resolutions of
respect to the memory OF the deceased
| TO the House Of Representatives. Messrs.
| Dawes. Hooper, and Pierce of the House
and Senator Boutwell, were appointed Com
mittee on the part of the delegation to act with a
committee on the part of the Senate in arranging
for the funeral. All the members of the Massa-
chusetts delegation vent at the meeting ex
cept Senator Boutwell,, who is iDdisposed. The
feeble health Of the Senator will present him from
announcing the death of his colleague to the Senate
| and that sad duty viii be assigned to Senator
| Anthony who is the oldest member of the Senate,
| and. besides. represents a New-Engand State
! The embalming process has been completed. and
much of the discoloration OF the body has disap-
peared The physicians who performed the work
express the opinion that by tomorrow there will be
| no sign of decomposition. The body VIII be ready
| for burial by noon tomorrow.
| Dr. Brown-S6quard returned to New-YOrk to-
night ii having been decided that no AUTOPSY should
| be held in Washington.
| CAREER OF TIE GREAT MASSACHUSETTS,
SENATOR
| Charles Sumner was perhaps the most prominent
representative in this country of class almost un-
| known among us, that of men who owe not only
| great intellectual gifts and remarkable physical
| nowers TO a long line of ancestors noted alike for
strength of body and mind, but who inherit with
these CAPABILITIES the leisure and the means to turn
them TO the best account The Sumner family had
its origin in Kent, England and has preserved