Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1881-09-23
Death !
The End of a Noble Life
STORY OF THE LAST DAY
Death Bed Scenes and Incl
dents :.
Mrs. GaI.iieII-S Grief.
MEDICAL AUTOPSY.
Vice President Arthur
Sworn In.

President GlTieIl brcathci his LIST At
1885 O'Clock Monday night. at Long
Branch. whittier he was carried from
Washington on the 9th inst. Fer sev-
eral days previous 10 his death he had
been suffering with sever, chil,s and other
violent symptoms. and for for y-eighr
hours previous 80 Lis death all hopes O;
his recovery had been abandoned by his
attend.nt~ The following accnun OF
the last days iilu :. viii be read with
interest:
/ VI eight o ciocN this morning there was a
| happy gathering about the EIberou of,Iavsra-
menr ofici,is. newspaper men, simmer guests
who ssEe stayed longer than they expected.
| bec, Eucontroilable sympathy with ghr
| Prs1 held them all waiting the ap.s.S nee
Of krniug bulletin. which ihe'-lTg eons
bad SSiit out word would be yerT favorable
Acknowledgement MacEetgh WAS on band aus:
sent brief ~telegraphic messages 10 The other
members of the cabinet NJ the West End. say
ing that everything looked we'll
Suddenly it whispered about that the
President had had another rigor Of very de-
cided character. Private Secretary Brown said
it could not bc So and Attorney Mac
Eeagh looked perfectly agha>r, and hurried of
to ascertain the tru,hfulneSs Cf the rcpert lie
came back within two or threa minutes with =
look OF perfect misery upon his face, AMI said to
the THE SCN correspondent. Il; j, true, ;Lc
outlook is very dark now
The news few far and wide and from A.. il
rections OF Long Branch qui,kly came carriages
with sympaihizinE friends to ascertain the
news 1t was not long Until the Office and
f.},a T.r i /
pie discussing the outlook Gen Grant was
/ one of the early callers, and expressed the Ut
/ most sorrow at the news He WAS with one Of the
/ surgeons for moment and ;hen said, Il get no
comfort, fear the naticn will soon be in
/ mourning" He drove away at once.
/ The cabinet did not appear early. but were
IconsantlY advised as 10 the latest symptoms
| by the Attorney-General, who kept up a con
/ slant running between the Presidents cottage
and the telegraph office in the EIberon. Dr.
| Bliss when he made his appearance was quick
! " surrounded and piled with all sorts Of cues
! tions, to which he gave ready answers He held
! out no encouragement, and said that he regard
ed death GOw only matter of few iAys
| II would not be immediate or sudden. but would
| come only when the last vestige Of vitality was
gone. He gave in detail the history OF the casr
| claiming that the surgeons prepared sometime
| apo for the present crisis and knew that il Was
| Gaming. DR.. BOynton came from the Presi-
| 3on,'s cottage soon after Dr. Bliss and talked
mite freely with THE SUN correspondent He
Lid he had remained up with The President the
latter part Of the night from , o'clock until
/ 3 this morning. During the night the President
nuIse remained pretty constantly at l20 till 8
| N when il dropped to ll8. 1t remained AT
| This point unit! twenty minutes past 3 when
ano,her chill occurred, when it went 10 l43 and
! became very feeble. The chill lasted about
twenty minutes, and was quite severe til
! y, clock last night the President perspired yery
freely and the alcoholic treatment was resort ted
| to which checked the perspraiion. He slept
nearly all night, but was awakened occasionally
| bv his cough During the night, when awake.
| he showed considerable mental disturbance, and
more or less delirium, and almost complete
From early morning until the shadows of
pioht closed the porches of the ElberOn 'front.'
inc the President. cottage have been crowded
with people watching with eager and sorrowful
eyes the movements OF those visible about the
| cottaue As the surgeons came TO and fro they
were met part way across the lawn 10y anxionS
| corresnondents, who wanted to know about
INV new change. During the entire day the
renIies did not very much, and nothing bur
nIoomv words were given. There were a few
norson still buoyed up with hope that some
great change for the better would occur and the
President pull through. But even these be-
came despondent when DR.. Agnew came from
the Presidents room ABOUT noon, and said that
the President had gotten over the morning
rioor but that it had thoroughly shaken him
mn. and that he was more Frustrated than he
had ever been, and that he did not see how the
President could pull through. The members
of the cabinet all appeared during the afternoon
but remained only short while, and then re-
turned TO the West End fully impressed with
the fact that the President had reached that
point where recovery seemed impossible. To-
wards night the gloom was partly lifted by the
announcement that the second chill had not
come on. md that Dr. Hamilton, who had ar
rived from New York at five o clock, had, after
examining the President, said he did not con-
slider the case as absolutely hopeless. This
made things seen brighter fora while, but
every person was expecting soon to hear that
the dreaded chill had come again. The even
ing bulletin gave little or no comfort, exceFt
that is was evidence that immediate diss luton
was not to be expected, and that no further bad
symptoms had sit in.
The shot that struck the President down Gre
ated no more astonlsh ment than the sCdd n
announcement of the death of the President at