The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-08-05
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Death of Ey-president Johnson.
He Desired that His Winding
Sheet Should he the Flag
Of His Country.
The l:aia Continues to Fall in
the Eastern States.
And the Rivers are Higher Than
Ever known.
TENN e SSEE.

EOXvILLE, July 3l.-NenatOr johnson
died at half past two O'Clock this morning.
CHATTANOOGA, July 3l.-The death Of
Andrew johnson, at 80 this morning, is
now confirmed. He desired that his wind
ing shee should be the flag OF his country.
MEMPHIS, July 3l.-The jury in the
Wac ~ Thompson case are unable TO agree,
standing nine for conviction, and three for
acguittal.
A public meeting Of the citizens of this
city was held here this evening, TO express
coincidence and sympathy at the death of
ex-President Johnson. The following reso
lutions were passed:
First: That We have heard, with sorrow,
OF the sad bereavement OF the people Of
Tennessee, in the loss of a guide who has
70 many years pointed out the right way 10
political safety, and whose services at this
time seemed to us so important in the Re
public.
Second: That we deeply symps hize
with his aged and afflicted wife in her be-
reavement with his daughter and son, and
their families, in the loss they are called on
10 mourn.
Third: That in view of the exalted
character, great labors and sublime les
sons taught TO his generation of coun-
the various counties of Middle Ten.
nessee be appointed to select some suitable
place and day appropriately celebrating
the obsequies of our departed countryman,
and that the committee be authorized to
appoint some person who shall prepare
an address upon the instruction which An
drew Johnson's life has given to his coun-
trymen, and that the following persons be
cuch fnp, p,ittaa ,,,.op H.. Oh
sequies OF Andrew johnson.
The committee Is composed OF over one
hundred OF the most prominent citizens OF
Middle Tennessee. Every arrangement is
made for the funeral to take
place at Greenville, Tennessee, on Tuesday,
but this may be changed, and the remains
brought to tn city for interment.
A 81 ecial to the Nashville papers from
Greenville, at IL o'clock tonight, says ::
Ex-Preaident johnson died Of paralysis and
heart disease, at the residence Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Brown, in Carter county, some
forty miles east of here, this morning at
nine and a half o'clock. He had been COM
planning somewhat of ill-health during the
past month, but felt no serious apprehen-
sion. Last Wednesday he took the morn
ing train to visit his daughter, with whom
Mrs. johnson had been sojourning for six
weeks past. He rode In a hack from
Carter's Depot TO her residence, some six
miles distant, and seemed in good spirits ON
his arrival, and eat hearty dinner. After
few minutes OF general conversation he
retired up stairs, and was talking alone
with his granddaughter, Miss Lille Slower.
While thus engaged, his tongue refused ut
terance, and TO her great CONSERVATION, fell
from his seat TO the floor. Help was in
stantly summoned, and almost as soon as
he was raised he expressed indistinctly that
his right side was paralysed. After bel lg
taken to his bed, when the family spoke of
sending for physician, he for
badc it, saying that he would
soon recover, and in this way the
summoning of medical aid was deferred for
twenty-four hours, when DIR. Jobe was call
ed from Elizabethtown, some two miles dis
tant. He instantly commenced a heroic
treatment, aided by DR.. Cameron, and
seemed at one time on the next day TO be
succeeding. The patient conyersed imper-
fectly in regard TO his domestic matters,
and did not seem conscious OF his ap-
preaching dissolution, but his case was
beyond the skill of the physician, and
at seven o'clock last night he became un-
conscious. Mrs. Patterson and Andrew
johnson, Jr., arrived an hour later, with
two physicians from Greenville, Drs. Breg
and Taylor, but he did not recognize any OF
them ; and after seven hours and half of
Inconsistencies, peacefully breathed his
last, surrounded by his wife, children and
all his grandchildren, except the son and
daughter of ex-senator Patterson. The
body will be brought here tomorrow morn
ing and be buried with Masonic honors on
Tuesday. Knoxville requested the honor
of burying the illustrious dead, but the fam
lily are unwilling that his remains should
lie removed from home to any place, except
possibly TO the capital of the State he has
so long and faithfully served. Extensive
preparations are accordingly being made by
various civic and military organizations to
attend the funeral here, where they will he
joined by the citizens OF this and neighbor-
ing counties.