The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-28

She Was very fond OF me aud loved her
dearly. She bad everything about her to
awaken love; she was beautiful to the eye,
even in her ill-hsalth; her complexion was
as clear as an infants, her figure perfect,
and her hands and feet were tho mott dsli-
cate ever saw. She was refined and gentle
IN everything she said and did, and, above
all, pure and spOtlsss Christian. Indeed
she was just my beau ideal OF perfect gen
tlewoman- The devotion OF father aud ter
sons 70 her was affecting. do not Ii nh
ever saw her enter the room whsra thsy
were assembled that they did not all three
spring up to Iced her to chair, to arrange
her footstool, and careSs and pot her"
During the evening Of Thursday, July 1,
1850, Robert c. Winthrop, speaker of the
House of Representatives, gave a stag re-
ception. One of the expected guests wRs
the President, Gen. Zac4ary Taylor, who,
his secretary, Col. Bliss. reported, had been
suddenly taken i'll. That afternoon the
resident hsd attended the celebration at
the W ashington monument and sat through
t!resone address OF Senator Foote'S and
tediously-drRwn-ous sEusion of the venera-
bic George Washington Parks Gusts. This
sun. was scUrcbing hot and sthe Presl-
dent had unwisely drunk intsmperstely of
iced water. On his return to the white
house an unkind destiny had placed within
his sight 9 basket Of cherries. which he
less attendant supplied him with
several goblets Of icsd milk. He
dtned, and as dessert partook
OF more sherries and iced milk, in spite Of
the earnest protestations Of DR.. Wither-
spoon, his guest, who predicted direful re-
suits The hour fixed for Mr. Winthrop's
reception found the President a very sick
man. IL was not till Sunday that he real
lied how critical was his condition. The
best medical talent within reach was called
In, but the case had gone beyond human
skill. within two days" said the Pre5i-
dent, Il shall be dead man" During all
the violent pNroXysms the veterans mind
was rs clear as bell. On Tuesday morn
ing he turned to one Of the physicians and
observed: "You have fought good fight,
but you cannot make a stand" 4 few min
utes later be said in low voice: II have
endaRvorsd to DO my duty" and expired
The bell in the department of state an
nouucsd his death, aud within a few mo-
Elents every church bell In the District OF
Columbia was telling.
The remains lay ia state in the east room
for several days The funeral services
were conducted in the white house. The
escort was commanded by Gen. Scott.
Behind the huge fuaeTRl car an orderly led
Old Whitley. which Gen. Taylor had ridden
all through the Mexican war. The old fell
low followed the music with @ stately hsnr-
ing, aBd whsn the salute for the dead was
hred at the grave he pricked up his ears,
looked around as II iAouiriAg for his master,
and stamped his feot in the tHrf.
Several ether funerals have taken place
In the white house. In February, 1914, the
gun Psacensker exploded on the man-of-
war Princeton, below Fort Washington. on
the Potomac. Nearly $50 persons were
aboard the ship, the guests OF President
Tyler, whose escape from death was miracu-
lous. As it was, I've OF his cabinet officers,
Abel P. UpShaw, Secretary OF State. who
had succeeded the lamented Hugh 8. LegAre,
who bad died only few months before,
and Thomas W. Gilmer, Secretary of the
Navy, were instantly killed, in additiou to
Commander Kennos, one OF the ship's Of
ficers, and Virgil Marcy, late miRister to
the Hagus, and David 9ardiRer of New
York. The bodies, by the Presidents CON.
maud, were renewed 70 the executive man
sion, whore two days later funeral services
were held over the remains % the two
cabinet ministers.
In 1862 President Lineeln's young con
Willie died in the white house--ha was 10
years Of age, the same age as Gen. Pierce's
bay who was killed ton years Beforehand
three years later the building was drsped in
black for the lamented President himself,
who had fallen by the assRssiE's bullet.
President Lincoln was shot in Ford's the
eter, Washington, April IA, 1865, by John
Wilkes Booth, the actor, then % years of
age. He was carried to house, still stand
ing on the opposite side Of Tenth street,
where he died az z O'Clock the following
morning The body was removed TO the
executive mansion, whence it was conveyed
to the capitol on April 20, where 1t lay in
state and was reviewed by Thousands. Tho
following day it was started fer its final
destination, Springfield. ILL.,, which, after
stops a. Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadel-
phiE, New YORK, Albany, Buffalo, Cleve-
land and Chicago. It reached May 4.
THe last jllustrious patiens at the white
house before Mrs. Harrison was President
Garfield, the victim of the crank Guiteau's
bullet. Gen. Garfield had left the executive
mansion Saturday morning, July 2, 1881.
for the purpose OF joining Mrs. Garfield at
Elbaron. He reached the Baltimore and
Pstomao railway station aud wss passing
through the waiting room when Guiteau de-
] berately aimed a heavy-caliber pistol and
fred. The President was at once removed
to the whits house His family physician,
the late Surgeon General j. II. Baxter, was
not permitted to zee him. Surgeon General
Philip H. Wales Of the navy, who
probed the wound With bis little finger
and declared the ball had taken an up
ward curve, was promptly relieved from
duty. Many of the best surgeons OF the day
asserted t02b the QlaQnOslS OF the aSC9nQlnR
ply sici0ns was wrong. From July 2 to
Sept the President fingered between life
and death at the white house. when the ex-
pertinent was attempted Of transferring
him to Elberon, n. J. A special train, pre-
pared under the direction OF tho best rails
WAY and surgical talent i'll the country, pro-
vided with every eXpedient 70 mitigate suf-
feriug and the tediousness Of the journey,
covered the distance in remarkably quick
time For several days the change OF air
seemed TO bring Improvement, but on Sept.
Ii symptoms Of blood poisoning appeared,
and on the night Of Sept. 10, at 10 :35 o'clock,
the President suddenly expired. The Ru-
topsy disclosed the fact that Surgeon Gen
eral Wales diagnosis was correct and that
of the attending surgeon was wrong, a. the
fatal bullet had taken an upward course.
His remains were carried back to Washing
ton and repOsed under the great dome Of the
capitol during be days OF Sept. p aud %.
On the following day a special train ira s.
ported the remains to Cleveland, o., whore,
Sep. 2j, they we're laid away In the ceme-
terry that overlooks the waters Of Lake Erie.
OF the tWentY-siX Presidents OF the
United States four have died in Wishing
ton: William Henry Harrison, April 4,
1S4l, in the white house, aged 81 years;
j John Quincy Adams, aged 81 years, Feb.
%, 1913, in the speakers room OF the House
of Representatives, from the effects of a
stroke Of paralysis received two days be-
fore; Gen. Zachary Taylor, in the white
house, July 8, 1850, aged &C years, and