Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-23

President then slept from | to clock, when
he rose. Mr.. Crossman returned 10 the after.
noon at the Vice Presidents req uest, and re-
NAMED until evening. The Vice President
went to bed at an early hour, and slept tolers-
bly, well during the night, and in his waking
Intervals asked for water About midnight be
got up aud walked around the room. Then
going to his table took up little book of
poems, entitled, 1.-The Changed Cross" with
the motto, mot as will, but as Thou wilt"
and read three verses from it, one of which is
as follows:
Help US, o L,rd, with patient love to bear
Each other faults to suffer with true me- k.
ness;
Help us each Others joys and griefs to share,
But let us turn to Thee alone in weakness"
Other verses bad been marked in the book,
among them the following:
What if poor sinners count thy grief
The sign of an unchnstened will
He who can give thy soul relief
Knows that thou art submissive still"
This volume belonged to bis wife, and con-
tanned photograph Of her and their sou, both
deceased. He treasured it beyond value, and
always made it his compauion, from which be
seemed to derive much comfort
After reading the verses he spoke with graf
itude of the kindness OF bis friends uuriog his
sickness, and of the widespread sympathy in
his beualf. He then returned to bed in
happy mood and slept. At 8 o'clock this
morning be awoke complaining oi pain 10 his
stomach. Que of the attendants rubbed it,
when being thus relieved he again fell asleep.
At O'Clock be awoke, rcmarkiug that he felt
brig and better than at any tlme previously.
lie said that he was going to ride out to-day,
as his physician, DIR. Baxter, advised him to
DO 80, II the weather Was fair. Al 720 o'cock
he SAID be would get up aud take breakfast.
lie then called Tor bitter water, which had
heretofore been prescribed, aud having dra ok
1t, be LAID with his left side 90 the pillow as If
with sudden exhaustion, breathing heavily, but
ut :rlDg DO words, and IN few mnLtes died
Without struggle. The body has been laid
cut 10 the Woe Presidents room.
The following additional "details are obtained
from Messrs. s. A Boyden and f. A. Wood,
who were alternately the Vice Presidents at.
tendants throughout the uight BUyden is a
Lieutenant OF the Capitol police, VINO was Sc
ecled by Mr.. Wilson to be with him as much
as possible 90 account of their old friendship,
tnrmeu oumber Of years ago in Nalck, Mass.
Yesterday evening between 6 and clock, the
Wee President SAID, Ii the doctor were here
Id have blister put on the back of my neck
instead of this plaster" Wood replied that
be Gould manage that simple matter without
the doctor, to which MI Wilson r,jtiued,
7 Is, but dou't want t. t.ke the respopsl-
butt His attendant chen asked him ii be
would not like tU have message sent to the
doctor, but he said, after thinking a moment,
:" No, it isn't worth while" Shortly after,
wards he requested Wood to send to friend
named Mrs. Carpenter for another bottle of
Cape of Good Hope grape juice, from which
he bought he bad derived some beueft, and
at 8 o'clock he signif ID his readiness to be
prepared for sleep. Boyden and Wood then
geo'l y rubbed and manipulated bis feet, liubs
and back as usual at int, rivals until $50 clock.
During the process Mr.. Wilson was very
cheerful, and said be felt uucommouy we'll.
At $50 he fell asleep, and between that hour
and midnight, walked only once. took drink
OF Ice water, aud slept again almost instantly.
AT II o'clock he got up, walked about thc
ROOM little, aud read and t.lked awhile as
heretofore stated. When he laid down the
book OF religious poems he marked the place
where be bad last read with clipping from
the New York Herald Of November ii, com
prlsiDg the editorial of that dat in regard 10
himself. Between the time of his going to
81 9 again and 3 o'clock he gave no sign IF
waxing ex ept once, when in half conscious,
slumberng Condiuou be asked his attendants
to pull up the bedclothes a little At a. m.
he woke, and had B ,ydeu ruo his breast
dropped asleep again very 5000, and slept until
almost precisely I o'clock, when he walked ADD
made the remarks above given about his feel.
log SO uncommUDly well.
Mr.: Wood introduced the subject of Mr..
ferry's illness, and mentioned the morolug's
news OF Its fatal termination. The Vice Presi-
dent was prepared for it, and expressed 90 sur
prise, but said, Poor Ferry, he has been
great sufferer He then proceeded to speak
Of Senator Ferry's political services 10 terms of
nigh commentator, characterlzng him as an
able, active and useful man. He also talked
about Mr. Ferry's early life, aud about his last
election, and added That makes eighty three
dead with whom | have sat 10 the Senate
W hat record | don't think any man now
living can say the same, unless, perhaps. it is
Hamllo, OF Maine 1t live to the end OF my
present term shall be the sixth in the history
OF MY couotry who have served so long time"
Mr.. Boyden says that the Vice President,
after making the remarks previously narrated
about his good nights rest, &C., looked up
with cheerful smile, ADD playfully said to
nlm, pretty bright looking boy this
ao1uiosi olu L!
His death coming but few minutes after
all these evidences of remarkable Improvement
and rapid recovery, could not at first be realized
BY bis attendants, and it was not uotl the ar.
'lval of DR.. q. NJ. Ford, who resides 10 the
1eighborhood, and was instantly seut for, that
he melancholy fact found any credeDce.
The embalmed remains Of Mr.. Wilson have
been laid 10 state 10 the Vice Presidents room
~ catatalque, which occupies the place where
he writing table stood at which he did all his
york. The body, attred n dress suit of
black broadcloth, faces Rembrandt Pcal's por.
RAFT of Washington, and beside it are wreath |
'i tea roses japonicas, Gala lilies, white piuks
.nd bell otropes, from the wife of the Presi-
lieut., and cross Of white flowers from General
oabcock. The room is guarded by detail of
ne Capitol police, among them c,ored man,
Who also It BOD by the bier of Seua1or Sumner.
ergeaot-at-Arms French has received tele-
rams announcing that General Cunuiugham,
# the staff of the Governor of Massachusetts,
nd Messrs. Dunn and Turner, representing the
Boston CITY Council, start for Washington to-
hight and that Senator R,ntuell stu,tI RI