Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-11-25
v,ct.pRrsIDlM1 wilson DrADl
MS SUDDEN nECEAsE On MONDAY.
ACTION OF THE CABINET-DErAILS OF
HIS LAST HOURS.

eoretaFy Robson, who was absent from the city.
LATxA MISUNDERSTANDING PARTICULARS.
The Vice President seemed ON Saturday to b
great deal better than u any time during his
Ne sickness, but Sunday he was not quite %
vsu. He slept from one till three O'Clock whom
y rose. NJ. CEos.mAn returned In the astsr-
.oon II the Vice Presidents request, aud re-
NAMED until evening. ar H.'ti
CONDITION. puaINa rHs NlaHT. rlF
The Vice President went to bed at an early
nour and slept tolerably well during the night,
md In his waking intervals asked for water
About midnight he gcs up, and walked around
his room, then going TO his table took MP little
nod read some verses from It. This volume be-
lonssd 10 his wife, and contained photograph |
Of her and their son. both deceased. He treas |
ured 1t beyond value. and always made 1t COM |
pAnion from which he seemed to derive much |
Are, ~ sss the :; he
during his sickness, aud the wide spread sym
pathy in his behalf.
IN PAIN At rzaKK O'CLOCK, ON SoNDAY.
He than returned to bed in happy mood, and
slept At three o'clock on Monday he awoke
complaining Of pain In his stomach. Ono Of
the attendants rubbed 1t whom being thus relieved
re an s e. . sSser saS e sso s
at any time previously. He said that he was 20.
ing to ride out that day - his sphyaican br.
Baxter advised him to do 20, II the weather
was fair.
THE CLOSING MOMENTS.
Attwenty minutes past seven O'Clock, he said
he w3uld get up and take breakfast. He then
called for bitter water which had heretofore
been prescribed and having drunk 1t he lay
with his left side on pillow - IL with sudden
exhaustion, breathing heavily, but uttering no
struggle. The body was laid out In the
Vice Presidents room.
The President has Issued the following order
ORDER OF THE raxsIDxxT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, November 22d, 1875.
1t 10 with profound sorrow that the President
has to announce to the people Of the United
Wilson, who died in tho Capitol Of the Nation,
| this morning. ~
The eminent station Of the deceased, his high
character, his long career in the service Of his
State, and Of the Union, his devotion to the
cause OF freedom. and the ability which he
brought to the discharge Of every duty, stand
conspicuous and are indelibly impressed on the
hearts and affections Of the American people,
In testimony Of respect for this distinguished
citizen and faithful public servant, the various
| Departments Of the Government will be closed
on the day Of the funeral aud the Executive
Mansion and all the Executive Departments in
Washington will be draped with badges Of
mourning for thirty days.
| 4uo OScE0s&rl6o VI WAT Auu OF sn8 NAVY Will
issue orders that appropriate military and naval
honors be rendered to the memory Of one whose
virtues and services will long be borne in recol-
lection by grateful Nation.
BY the President.
| HAsuLToN FIsn, Secretary Of State.
ACTION IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND RLsEwHERE.
When the news Of the Vice Presidents death
| reached Boston, Governor CASTOR at once made
official announcement Of the loss sustained by
his State and the country, and called meeting
OF the State Council. A meeting of the Boston
Board Of Aldermen was held Monday night and
after receiving message from the Mayor, proper
action was taken. In Philadelphia, Now York,
Baltimore, New Orleans, Little Rock, Albany,
Fall River, Worcester, and other cities
flags were half-masted, courts were nd.
journed, meetings we're held, and official notice
was taken by the Mayors and other city officers
Of the country's loss. The Fifth Maryland Regi.
ment has offered its services a. an escort 10 the
remains Of the deceased Vice President on thei,
passage through Baltimore. The news of Mr.
Wilson's death reached Little Rock while the
Senate Of Arkansas was in session, aud that body
immediately adjourned ~ mark Of respect.
| ACTION OF THE SExBERs OF CONGRESS.
At noon meeting Of the Senators and Repre-.
aentatives now in Washington. was held, the
Chief Justice presiding, at which committee
OF nine, headed by Senator Boutwell,, Was Ap
pointed TO have charge OF the obseqnes. The
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state 1T theCaptol, under u guard, until the
funeral shall take place.
THE TINE OF THE FUNERAL.
hosse OF 81 Representatives. State bsnaT%a S,ts
, and the Supreme Court met, on Tuesday, a
the Department Of State. The general wish was
expressed that the funeral OF the Vice. Presiden
take place on Saturday next, at noon the seryi
ces to be conducted in the Senate Chamber ant
that the remains be conveyed to Philadolphis
there to
LIE IN STATE IN INDEPENDENCE HALL.
till Monday morning. In other respects the
programme usual on such occasions will bt
followed.
A subcommittee was appointed to mature
the arrangements, after consultation with thu
Massachusetts, who reached Washington
Tuesday at four o'clock, and to make s,lcl
modihcations OF the proposed programme az
they may suggest.
EXPRESSION OF THE FACE, AFTER DEATH.
} When the undertaken had done his duty, and
the face OF the dead Vice President WAS exposed
TO the gaze OF the few friends who had speediI,
gathered, there was = deep, serene repose do
! picted upon 1t, shch ~ no one remembered Il
have seen for many years.
HIS CHANGE OF NAME IN EARLY LIFE.
1t is not generally known that the Vice presi
! dents name was originally Henry Goliath, which
he changed. while still a boy. for the name o.
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convictions on the subject Of total abstinenc,
were primarily formed, as 4 consequence OF hi
real father drinking to excess. His brother, VIII,
was with him in his last illness, retains his name
, ). H. Goliath. He had been for several year
employed AZ doorkeeper under the Sergeant. at
Arms OF tile United States Senate.
Sketch Of ME-. Wilson's Career.
Henry Wilson was born at Pennington, New
Hampshire, February 10, 1912, the son Of poo
parents. His education was very defective
After he had worked on farm many years b,
| removed to NRtick Massachusetts about 1892
, and learned the trade Of shoemaker In 1910 b,
was elected TO the House Of Representatives
Massachusetts, by the Wings. He afterwards
served four years in the Massachusetts, Senate
OF which he was twice elected president, and die
tinguished himself ~ Jealous and resolute on
, ponent Of slavery. He took prominent part il
the organization Of the Free-Soil party in 1913
and in that year began to edit the =" Boston Re
publican" He WAS president Of the Free-Soi
National Convention at Pittsburr in 1852 was
member Of the Constitutional Convention in 1856
and Was the unsuccessful candidate for Cover
nor Of Massachusetts, in 1853 and 1854. In 1856
he WAS elected a Senator of the United States h
succeed Edward Everett. He advocated the re-
ton OF slavery in the District OF Columbia, snt
: became in 1855 one Of the leaders Of the Repub
licsn party, then Just organized In May 1856
he was challenged by Preston 8. Brooks becsus,
| no uououhceu HIS ASSAULT on MIR. sumner "
, ''murderous, brutal and cowardly." He declined
3 to accept the challenge on the ground that duel
D ling Was forbidden by the laws OF his country
. | at the same time, he notified his challen
ger that II attacked, his conscientious scruplet
0 would not prevent him from defending himself
d He WAS reelected to the Senate Of the United
a States aDont January 1859, and in March Of tina
year made speech in defence OF free labor
which attracted much attention.
At the outbreak OF the Rebellion, Mr. Wilson
q threw himself earnestly into the work Of sus
q tanning the Union cause. His greatest seryic,
= WAS performed as Chairman OF the Senate Mill
q tsry Committee in which General Scott raid h,
= performed more work in week than all the pre-
!: vions Chairmen had done in twenty years II,
then e1erted his own great popularity in Massa
chusetts to raise regiment OF men, which wa
quickly recruited and placed in the field, he ser
II wing W. it's colonel, and subsequently on Gen
J.. McClsllan's stat, until his Congressional dutie
required his presence in the Senate. In 1865
:. he vas third time elected Senator from Msssa
d ohusetts, And in 1871 WAS chosen again for ,
q further term Of six years. The Republican
Convention held at Phadelphia, in 1872. pomi
. mated him, however, for the Vice Presidency, OF
Z the ticket with General Grant, and he shared il
T. the memorable triumph Of that yeAs, to which
(. he had largely contributed by his able and eifec
tive speeches in all parts Of the country.
q MI. Wilson WAS always a most lAborious ant
active man. His share in the business OF tn,
Senate was large, he bad An immense correspon
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