Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-03-18
TIE DEAD SENATOR.
Chazles sumner,s LnsI Words.

\ WASHINGTON, March 1l.-Senator sum
ner died AT quarter TO three o'clock. He
passed away calmly and without struggle.
Conscious TO the last moment. During
the last two hours Of Mr. Summers illness,
his intellect seemed to be much clearer,
and he was perfectly concous to the last.
This condition was, DOUBTLESS the result of
his recovery from the effects of the NOR
phine which had been freely administered
To him this morning. His sufierings to-
ward the last seemed to be intense, and he
several times exclaimed: II want qniet ]
am TIED" He recognized friends who
came into the room. One of the last
to whom he spoke Was Ex-Attorney- Gem
eral Hoar, of Massachusetts, TO whom ne
said:
TAKE CARE or MY CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.n
About quarter before three O'Clock he
was attacked by slight spasm, in which
he died. Around the bed at the time were
Ex-Attorney- General Hoar; DR.. w. p.
Johnson, of this city, Major Perley Poore,
George II. Downing, and james Wormley.
Other friends, who had been with the dy-
ing Senator throughout the day, had left
just previous, not anticipating that death
would be so soon. Senator SchurB and
Hon. Montgomery Blair entered the room
just as be breathed his last, but Sumner
was then to near dissolution TO recognize
them. The only relative that Senator
Sumner has il a sister, wife of physician
in San Francisco, and TO her the sad news
was telegraphed Immediately after his
death. During the day his house was
visited by great number Of the members
of both Houses of Congress and other
prominent persons, among whom was
Fred Douglass. The sidewalk in front
Of Mr.. Summers residence was filed with
anxious and saddened friends. At the
time Of his death, and when the sorrowfll
announcement was made, the grief of
many, and especially Of the colored people,
found vent in heartfelt EXPLANATIONS of
grief and weeping. Sorgeant-at-Arms
French, of the senate, was sent for imme-
diately, and that official, in connection
with the committee, will have charge OF
the funeral arrangements, though OF course
no time has yet been fixed upon therefor.
|.. FROM ANOTHER. ACCOUNT.
Tnree-quarters of an hour before his
death Judge Hoar, who sat holding his
hand, said: II wish we could do some-
thing to make your hands warm" !" to which
he answered you never will.n He
several times commended the civil rights
bill to Judge Hoar, saying, Don't let the
bill be LOST and was gratified by the
Judges assurances that he would LOOK after
il. About ten minutes before his death, as
Judge Hoar was sitting at his bedside, he
turned toward him, and gave him this
message tor their mutual friend Ralph
Waldo Emerson, at Concord. Said ne,
"Tell Emerson how much ] love and re-
we're him" The Judge replied: Elmer
son said of you that he never knew so white
a soul.p Mr.. sumner turned over in bed
and appeared to be suffering greatly just
then Mr.. Hooper came in, and Mr.. Worm
ley said Mr.. Sumner, this is Mr..
Hooper, Mr.. Sumner turned over, open
ed his eyes, looked at his old friend, and
said, waving his hand, "Sit down."
After his death a consultation being had
upon the condition of Mr.. Sumner at the
time of his death, the council were agreed
that the violent spasm Immediately pre-
ceding death was accompanied by angina
pectoris, rupture of the heart that the
serum was rapidly distributing itself
throughout the body that, in fact, morti-
fication had already begun. 1t was, there
fore, determined that the body should be
Immediately embalmed.