The New York herald., 1878-02-20
EX-SENATOR WADE.
CONDITION AND SURROUNDINGS OF THE OLD
ABOLITION LEADEE-A PREY TO TYPHOID

ABOLITION LEADEE--A PREY TO TYPHOID
FEVER.
JEFFERSON, Ohio, Feb 10. 1878
IL Is three weeks since ex-senator Benjamin y.
Wade was obliged, by the fever which consuming
his body TO abandon tho before breakfast walks which
he was in the habit OF taking. his bed.
Said Dr. y. A. Tutte, who had been Tor twelve years
his family physician, to your respondent: :-"Mr.
Wade should have been ton dtys before he was.
During all OF that time the fever was eating him up,
but his Will prevented him from giving way until
be had undergone severe tight with the disease.
You and might have been in graves in tho
meantime II we had been IN Mr. Wade's place" The
Doctor was also communicative on other points IN
connection with tho ex-senator's disease.
rRoM MENTAL ANXIETY.
lie thought that seeds a dIreiul were sown
lar back as tho National Republican Convention at
Cincinnati IN 1876. For about Tho lrst time In his
ilio Mr. Wade ihon complained Of fatigue ana illness,
and was assisted his hotel apartment by friend.
The the Hay es Canvass IN which Mr. Wade
took vely interest, anu The anxiety IN relation to
the election which followed, undoubtedly bore with
considerable weight on his shoulders and the pressure
Of the Presidents southern policy, civil service and
other administration acts was not OF merely u
feathers lighness TO the cxScnator. During lengthy
conversations with Mr. Wade occasions last summer
IT appeared that what hc regarded AS tho ''inatu.
alton" Of President Hayes preying on his health
through Its influence his mind, aud us regret that
he should have been Instrumental in elevating Hayes
10 his position was deep and prolonged.
DIR. Tuttle describes lever low typo Of
ypnoid, wholly without complications. Tue patients
Tongue was somewhat paraiyzed at hrst, but II has
reguined'its normal condition. Mr. Wade Is enact
aed in consequence oil the fever and necessary
nourshment having been lacking, but his mind IL
entirely Unaffected SO Tar as aOiity TO intel
li2eutly on any subject Is concerned.
TiIk HOME AND FAMILY
Tcndery caring Tor her beloved husband found
Mrs Wade at his bedside, preterring to perform the
requisite ministratous herself so TAR practicable,
ratner than to leave them TO servants. There are
two colorcd womea employed In the house aud o man
about The premises. The Hon Il. 4. Parsons, Mr..
Wades brother-in-aw, comes IRON Ashtabuia--leu
miles dstant-day 10 visit him. Mr. Charles 5.
Simonds, ola legal friend OF Mr. Wadc's ana ono oI
Two others. are all OF the rcsiueuls OF the village
who admitted ut tho Wado mansion during
the illness Of Its owner. The two
OF the ex-senator, who did some brilliant
pecos Of work while the United States army during
the late war, are both absent from Jenerson Henry
I. Wade has ucen living Tor soinc time on farm III
Ausnnburg, Ashtaoula county, and Major Jamos \.
Wade Is u regular cavalry man, now New Mexico
with Uncle Sans troops.
AMONG HIS SEiGHBoks.
The ex-senator has always had a horror oil causing
any OF his friends trouble and he could have pre-
vented II no watchers would have been allowed Ut
night during his sickness. Although he has been alb
sent from JencIson much that no Is acquainted
with but lev people, and some OF these have ac
cused him Of lack OF sociabllity toward them. his -
ness has caused many kindly and benevolent acts Of
himself and wife about home 20 be talked Of and evory
one IN town seems 10 ee an earnest sohcitude hIs
behalf