Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-08-05
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WAsHlasSsoN Angus The Presi-
dent announces the death of ex'Pfesl-
dent Andrew johnson in thea-tollowlag
executite order e.. - =.
WoshOaatoza, July 81, 1875 1t be
comes the painful duty of the president
to announee to the peopefof the, Unit.
ed States. the deathe of Andrew John-
son, thesfast survivor OF his honored
predecessors. which occurred in Garter
county, East Tennessee, at an early
hour this morning The solemnity of
the occasion which called him. to the
presidency, with the varied nature and
length of his public services, will cause
him to be long remembered, and occa'
sion mourning for the death of a dis
tinguishea public. servant, AS q mark
IF respect, for the memory OF the de
ceased it is ordered that the executive
mansion and the several departments of
the government at Washington be
,lraped in -l,nopa'ping until the close OF
the day designated for3;his funeral, and
that ali public business be suspended
on that day. ft:is farther ordered that
the Wa aud Navy Departments cause
suitable flouors to be paid on the occas
sion tothe memory of the illnstrious
dead. s,.s..,,s; +. sa :. U. ), GRANr.' p
eBy the President: 81 -
F7' ''JonN L. CADwALLADER. 3 ias
l:.5 Acting Secretary of Stats. r.
LAST HOURS or THE Ex PRESIDENT.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August f. Ex
President Andrew Johnson died at
2.3O A. M. Saturday, at. the residence
of his daughtes Mrs. W. r., Brown,
in Carter county, East Tennessee. One
of his last wishes was that his winding
sheet should be the flag OF his country.
A special to Nashville papers from
Greenyilie, dated seven Q o'clock Satar-
day night, says ;...z i.- =.
Mr.. johnson died Of paralysis and
heart disease He had been complain
ing Somewhat Of ill-health during the
past mouth, buffet no serious appFe-
tensions Last Wednesday he took
the morning train to visit his daughter,
With whom Mrs j ohnSop had eeea soc
joui.ning fer the past sssiixS,...weeks- lie
rode in q hack from Cartcrss depot to
her residence. some six miles distant,
and seemed in good. spirits on his arr
val and ate q, hearty dinner, and alter a
few minutes of general conversation
retired up stairs and conversed with
his granddaughter Miss Title Slower.
While tn lis el,jaged his tongue refused
utterance, and o.her. great constelna
ton he fell from, his seat to the floor.
Help was Instantly summoned and al
most as soon as raised he expressed
indistinctly,s however, that his right
! side was paralyzed.
"After being taken to bed, when the
| family spoke ofsending for a physician
! he forbade it, saying that he would
soon recovcl.s On this account. the
su,umouiifl9 Il medical aid was deferred
twenty 10 frihfa!:e ~ hen Or. .jobe WAS
oalra, Geia 2Aiizanpintown, two miles
distant. Hc instantly began heroic
treat il.t MINDED BY Dr.: Casneton, and
seemed At ola time the next day to. be
succeeding iii ,1i'e ra.tieft conpersed i'm
,pertec'ly IN ,regAr to domestic mat
tiers. ana did not St q conscious Ct APP
preaching dissolution ut his case was
beyond the skill Of phys @isns, and at
seven O'Clock Friday nigh, he became
unconscious. III Is, Patterson ana
Andrew johnson, IT,, arrived an hoar
later with two physicians from Green , ,
vile, Drs Brey and Taylor, but he o,'a
not recognize any Of them, and alter
seven hours and half of uncorscious'
ness he peacefully breathed his last,
surrounded by his wife, children and
all his grandchildren, except the son
and daughter of Ex-senator Patterson,
''fThe body will be brought to Green
vile on Sunday morning, and will be
buried with Masonic honors on Tues
day. Knoxville has requested the
honor of burymg the illustrious dead,
but the family are unwilling that his
remains should be removed from his
home to any place, unless possibly the
capital of, the State he so long and
faithfully served. e'sI 4
Extensive preparations are accord~
ingly being made by various civic and
military organizations to attend the
funeral here, where they will be Joined
by citizens Of this and neighboring
counties. Etz ~.