Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-20

/ them often produces cuRe
ssWfll you take little tody2
"Sir, If its potency would transport me
10 the EIysian bowers of NE undiscOyer-
ed spirit world I would not taste it.
would not taste it. OF its horrors who
can tel.'
Il must administer an 0plate 10 give
. you sleep and rest"
Then he rejOined-
Twin devil and spectF tcrazed and
. doomed mortal of earth stionr,
'.Mr. Poe it is very u
/ should be quiet an
ment; You are in {
excitement will hA Il
doctor, 1 amill-
''Ihe chances are aga.
GLOW long, oh, how
my dear Virginia! My
would like 10 see my love
Il viii send FOR any Oi
( see"
knew nothing Of hisfa -.rss e
cd: Have you a family 4
''No; my wife is dead, hW desp Xir-
ginia; my mother-in-law IfgeS. 0l8, how
my heart bleeds for her - Death s dsrk
angel has tioas.lsss-s = J & an 81 .Tnila-
ly dashed against the storm without COM
pass or helm. Language cannot tell what
the gushing wave that swells, sways and
sweeps, tempest-like, over me, signaling
the 'larum of death. Doctor, write TO my
mother. Maria GLENN. Tell her her Ed
die is here, No, too late. l muTs lift the
pail and tell To sears
the heart, and the
soul. l wasS sten
days. Here
''ShalI l sen, sked,
supposing she
TOO late F, too
said, ''Oh, no. arriage
Immediately"
''NO, write; wrl.s. Inform
them of my illness and both at the
same time"
''Give me their address"
Mrs. Shelton, Norfolk, Virginia, and
Maria Clemm, Lowell, Massachusetts.
Noticing the color rising to his face and
the blood vessels filling up on his tenn
pies, and the eyes becoming cOngestive
and inclined upwards, l asked no more
questions, but ordered iOe to his head and
heat TO his extremities, repeating the cor
dial with an anOdyne, and waited with
the nurse outside the door for fifteen
minutes. No further change, except that
his pulse had increased in frequency,
and was feeble and flying. | kept a
nurse in his room, and an other outside
to prevent his being disturbed and TO no
tify me of any change that might take
place. l had sent for his cousin, Nelson
Poe, having learned he was his relative,
and family named Reynolds, who lived
In the neighbOrhOOd Of the hospital.
These were the only persons whose names
l had heard him mention living in the
city. Mr.. ". n. Poe came, and the fe-
male members of Mr.. Reynolds family.
He continued in an unconscious state for
more than an hour. On again examin
ing his pulse l found livery feeble, sharp
and irregular-One hundred and twenty
to the minute. l proceeded to give him
febrifuge mixture and stimulant. He
partially aroused while getting the
draught and seemed TO stare, the pupils
of his eyes dilating and contracting alter
nately. l sat down on his bedside, took
his hand and placed my fingers upon his
wrist, and felt assured, from all the symp-
toms, that nature was yielding. l had
beef tea administered with ammonia. Nv
particular friend, Prof. John c. S. Mon
kcr-whO gave much of his time TO the
inmates of the hospital, and particularly,
when specially called upon, was always
ready, and cheerfully attended the sum
mons night or day when within reach
had been sent for two or three times pre-
viOusly, but being out attending to his
general patients had just returned, and
came in at the moment As soon as he
fixed his eyes upon him he said, ''DOctor,
he's dying
l replied, eyes, | feel it is all over"
being in possession of all the facts in re-
gard to the agents employed and symp-
toms presented-Which were carefully
noted down in = record book Of the hos
pital-he gave il as his Opinion, which
was fully prepared to cUrrOborate, that
POe's death was caused by extreme ner-
Vous excitement frCm exposure, followed
by loss of nervous power. The most ap-
prOpriate name for his disease Is ence-
phalitis. The doctor advised free use of
wine, beef tea and gentle cordials, while
using ice to the head. The patient rails
ed his hand TO his mouth, as though he
wanted to drink. A small lump of ice
was laid upon his tongue. l then gave
him a mOuthful of water to see whether
he could swallow freely. He took it,
swallowing with some difficulty; but he
drank a wine glass Of beetles. He SEEM |
ed to revive. and opened his eyes, fixing
his gaze on ths transOm over his room
door, each room having a tranSom over
the door for ventilation and air. He kept
them unmOyed for more than a minute.
He was lying directly opposite this tran
som. He seemed trying TO articulate, but
was inaudible. At last he spoke feebly:
Doctor, it's all over. WSite, Eddie is
no more"
Eddie was Il term used by Mrs. GLENN,
his mOther-in-law.
'.Mr. Poe, permit me to say you are
near your end. Have you any wish or
words for friends -
He said, ''EvermOrc.'
l continued: ''Look to your Savior.
There is mercy for you and all mankind.
God is love"
He rejoined, "The arched heavens en-
compass me, and God has His decrees leg
IDLY written upon the frOntlets of every
created human being; and demons incar-
nate, their gosl will be the seething
waves of black dispair.''
''Hope and trust Him.
''Self-murderer, ther' -Ulf beyond /
the stream. Where :" 'ifeboat, !
ship of fire. sea Ofh~ re no
more.
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