Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-05
GREENEVILLE'S GLOON.
Sad Details of the Last Hours
and Funeral of Her
Gifted Son.

OlAlC0 0OAs
Hts Burtal Suit Gift from q Chat
taneo~a TafIOr-The Constitution He
Had used for Forty Years Buried
with Him.
creenevfIle Special to Atlanta Constitution.
Mr.. Johnson's whole object for some
| time past has been 10 get his private
business matters of his hands, and to
this end he had placed them very fully
In charge of Mr.. Maloney and Andrew
johnson, Jr., the Presidents only
surviving son. He did this, he often
said, to have them In such shape that
others would intelligibly manage his
affairs and prevent trouble in settling
them up. He said he did not think he
could live very much longer, and GER
tainly to survive his term of Office as
Senator. He has been very restless in
his mind and habits for several months
and suffered from cold sweats and palpi.
tation of the heart. Heexpected to die at
no far distant time, but felt himself fully
able to stand up through the next ses.
sion of Congress at least. For the
past two weeks he has been very weak
and restless.
THE MANNER OF HIS TAKING OFF.
After dining, he went up stairs to
his room, whittier be was followed by
his grand daughter, Miss Lille Slower.
The two engaged in conversation, Mr..
johnson sitting In an armchair, and
Miss Slower standing near him. Some
one passing outside attracted Miss
Stover's attention to the window, and
while there she b. ard her grandfather
fall forward to the hoor She imme-
diately ran to him and screamed for
help, which came at once, and Mr..
/ johnson was raised to his bed. He
assured them that he was paralyzed.
Art;culating with great difficulty, he
insisted that he would soon recover
and that no doctor should be sent for.
His wishes were respected and he re.
manned IN this condition, perfectly "a
tiOnal and conscious, until P. NJ. next
day, when it was deemed advisable to
send for physician.
After being stricken down IN the
first instance, and while yet able to
think and talk, Mr.. Johnson's mind
seemed singularly active and not at all
impressed with any idea Of the near
ness of death. He talkedof family and
private matters, made many inquiries
of a personal nature concerning men,
bers of the family and others, and
spoke Of State affairs in several in
stances, but none of the particular ex-
pressiOns made use of by him in this
connection are now retained in memory
by any Of those who were at his bed
side. He seemed to have much to say,
and even after the powtr to articulate
had finally gone, he attempted to ex-
press himself by signs and motions.
CAUSE CT DEATH.
The Physicians present cOncurred in
prpnOuncing the immediate cause OF
death to be combination OF heart
disease and paralysis. The exciting
cause was believed to be the very
hearty meal he had taken in his weak
condition and while experiencing the
premonitOry symptoms of illness, con-
sequent upon debility. The first stroke
Of the paralysis affected only his left
side, bat at 3 o'clock on Friday after
noon this paralysis returned and be-
came general. From thence on the
only motion OF the body noticed were
the slight twitchIng of the right Shout
der once or twicv. When IN his death
moments, Dr. Taylor informs US that
the motion of the heart was v-ry
violent, and plainly visible. He de-
scribes this motion as being like that
of the violent agitation of a loose ball
in the hollow Of ones closed hands.
The pulse of the left wrist is also men
toned to have grown undistingulshable
some twenty minutes before the pulse
Of the right wrist ceased.
his BURIAL HABIT.
The suit of clothes in which
the ex-President was buried has
its history. It was made
By a Chattanooga tailor, whose name
we cannot now obtain, soon after Mr..
Johnson's recent election to the SEN
ate, and sent to him as a present. Ac-
companying the gift was a eulOgistic
letter, In which the hope was expressed
that eff the suit was found too large he
Mr.. J. might 80 expand as to fill them
up TO their full measure, " i. e., expand
in his fame and in the love of the peo-
pie as to fulfill all their glowing expec.
tations. The suit was never called into
use until now, when II has come to be
his burial habit.
1.-THE CONSTITUTION"
known to the American people as his
book of law-tO his enemies as "Lis hob
by'-is. grasped in the cold, stiff right
hand. Upon the hy-leaf, in his own
handwriting, is read, Andrew john
son, 1886" This is bis original copy
and text book Of the document, and
upon every leaf are marginal notes upon
the various articles and sections, made
by Mr.. johnson as he diligently studied
them out.