The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 24, 1889, Page 6

i i i 4 i } caseaernadimsabiaie renee aie a icseriatieisiasced nameetgmieiaeDiainnimaitinamrieite «ee cmraemneainen tes ne: ah sicnnsinncte, ahcoaarts 5 eh be teat ere AT WASHINGTON S PEATH-BED. The Last Hiours of the Gid Hero De- seribed by an Eye-Witness. The following circumstantial ac count of the last i!luess and death of Geo. Washington was noted by To bias Lear on the Sv ! his death, which happened on Satur dsy evening, December 14, 1799, be tween the hours of 10 and 11. On Thursday, December 12, the General rode out to his farm at about 10 o'clock, and did not return home until past 3. Soon after he went out the weather bee bad, rain, hail and snow falling ternately, with acold wind. When he came in I carried some letters to him to frank, intending to send them to the post office. the letters, but said the weather was too bad to send a servant to the office that evening. I observed to him I afraid he had got wet; he said his great coat had kept him dry. But his neck appeared to be wet; the snow was hanging on his hair. He came to dinner without changiug In the evening he 1 A follo 2 very al that was ne, his dress. peared as well as usual. fall of snow took place on AVY which prevented the General from | 1 taken | riding out as usual He cold undoubtedly f so much exposed the ¢ complained of having : he had a hoarseness, w in the evening, but he n it, as he would never take to carry off a cold, 2 “Let it go as it en ing, the papers havi the postoffice, he sai with Mrs. Washington reading them till about 9 o’ck when he met with anything whic! he thought diverting or interesti he would read it aloud. me toread to him the debates of t! Virginia Assembly on the elect ne He cc 1e a senator and governor, which [ did. On his retiring to bed he seemed to be in perfect health, except the which he considered as iri had been remarkably cheer! evening. About 2 er 3 o'clock on Saturday morning he awoke Mrs. Washington and informed her that he was very unwell and had an ague. Sue ob served that he could scarcely speak and breathed with difficulty, and she wished to get up and calla ser- vant, but the General would not per- mit her, lest she should take cold. As soon as the day appeared the the woman, Caroline, went into the room to make a fire, and the girl de- sired that Mr. Rawlins, one of the overseers, who was used to bleeding the people, might be sent for to bleed him before the doctor could arrive. I was sent for and wént to the General’s chamber, where Mrs. Washington was up and related to me his being taken ill between 2 and 3 o'clock, as before stated. I found him breathing with diffi- culty and hardly able to utter a word intelligibly. I went out in- stantly and wrote a line to Dr. Plask and sent it with all speed. Imme- diately I returned to the General's chamber, where I found him in the same situation I had left him. A mixture ef molasses, vinegar and butter was prepared, but he could notswallowadrop. Whenever heat- tempted it he was distressed, con- vulsed and almost suffocated. Mr. Rawlins came in soon after sunrise and prepared to bleed him. When the arm was ready the General ob- ul all the pac A i hm OCA MI BOE OS He franked ; Friday, | on of | ik proposed bathing the throat exter ict nally with sal volatile, w was do A piece of flannel then put around his neck. His feet were also soaked in warm water, but it gave no relief. By Mrs. W ton’s request I dispatched a messen- for Dr. Brown, at Port ger About 9 oclock Dr. Craik blister put 4 ot cs on the throat cf the General and took more blood, and had; some vinegar and hot water set in a teapot for him to draw in the fur He also and vinegar mixed and from the nozzle. had tea used gargle, but when he held back his ad to let it run down, it almost produced When the mixture came out of hismouth some would he: suifocation. phlegm followed it, and he encouraged, but without — effect. | About 11 o'clock Dr. Dick was seut \for. Dr. C bicd the General lagain; no effect was produced and | he continued iu the able to swallow anyth jcame in about 3 o'clock L soon after, the Gene | Brown arriv r consultation, > very thick, and ¢ | produce fainti At four o'clock the allow a little. yiuptoms Of General co BY Calomel aud tar- ‘tar emetic were administered with- | 30 o'clock lit rs. Washi: », When he sy to go down to his room and | would find there aud brit him, which she did. © Upon lookiug e which he observed was useless > desired her to burn it, whieh she da, then to: other and rut it is done T returned After this w: ri oreto his bedside and took \ Hie said to me: “I find I my breath cannot con- i believed from the ¢ st Do you a- }imy other letters, which he has | gun.” He asked when Mr. Lewis would return. I told him I believed about the 20th of the month. He mad no reply to it. The physicians agai came in (between 5 and 6 o'clock), and when they came to his bedside Dr. Cralk asked him if he would st up in the bed. He held hand to me and was raised up, when out his he said to the physicians: “T feel myself going—you had bet- ter not take any more trouble about me, but let me go off quietly; I can not last long.” They found what had been done was without effect; he lay down again and they retired, except Dr. Cralk. He then said to him: “Doe- tor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go; I believed from my first at- tack I should not survive it; breath cannot last long.” The doctor pressed his hand but could not utter a word; he retired from the bedside and sat by the tire, absorbed in grief. About 8 o’cloc: the physicians again came into the room and applied blisiers to his legs, but went ont without a ray of hope. From this time he appeared t breathe with less difficulty than he had done, but was very restless, cou tinually changing his position to en deavor to get ease. TI aided him ali in my power and was gratifiedin be lieving he felt it, for he would look my Serving that Rawlins appeared agi- tated, said with difficulty, “Don’t be afraid,” and after the incision was made he observed the orifice was not large enough. However, the blood ran pretty freely. Mrs. Wash- ington, not knowing whether bieed- . ing was proper in the General's con- dition, begged that much might not be taken from him, and desired me to stop it. When I was about to untie the string the General put up his hand to prevent it, and as soon as he could speak said, “More.” Mrs. Washington, still uneasy lest too much blood should be taken, it was stopped after about half a pint had been taken. Finding that no relief was obtained from bleeding and nothing could be swallowed. I upon me with eyes speaking grati- tude. but was unable to word without great distress. About 10 o'clock he made severa: attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he suid: “Tam just going. Have me decext ly buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less tha: two days after Iam dead.” I bowed assent. He jooked a me again and said: “Do you under- stand me?” I replied, “Yes, sir.” “Tis well,” he said. utter About te nminutes before he ex- | Pired his breathing became much jeasier; he lay quietly; he withdrew | j bis hand from mine and felt his own pulse. Ispoke to Dr. Craik, who sat by the fire; he came to the bed- side. The General's hand fell from as a} attempt to cough, which the doctor } oo 5 ETE SEE CTE TS his wnst; I took it in mine and placed it on his breast. Dr. Cralk placed his hands over his eyes, and he expired without a struggle ora sigh. ; While we in silent were fixed grief Mrs. Mr. president of the Benjamin ft | days. It would be 'to turn back and revi dents of that period—brief, bu Tor j long euough to decisively det most im- portant place nest to his own in the | | | | executive depart: | ment to the iost corruptionists, Mr. notorious living James G. Blaine, evi- the of Maine, who | dence of his own |} bits and his vociferous cy of leaving noth In the po t, practical control Dadley frauds and in the witch resulted in the robbery given to the In- viracy wi ociate of in con ofa New York newspaper office; and with much more of the same kind, the ad- ministration was within a few days after Mr. Harrison took the oath of ottice, thus fairly inaugurated. His test act as president after get- ting his administration into work- ing orde was to announce to repub- lies couzressinen and senators that they w xpected to co-operate in dividir spoils, which under this plan w pareelled out for division by States, with the republican sena- tors and congressmen, where there were stich, acting as patronage bosses over the state which elected them as legislators, and holding for- mal sessions as boards of perquisites to give to this or that henchman, with: rd to fitness, some of- fice * omething equally as good.” After six weeks, in the face of the most solemn platform pledges and personal p'edges made by him when that i depart has “hy igle branch of a single it of the public service, he en the records’ by turning out ¢ public servants and putting : 3,000 of his parti The same work has been go- ing on in ail the other departments. While his Postmaster General preaches prohibition in Pennsylvania he appoints for Governor of a terri- tory a iuan coo drunk to be confirm ed for several weeks after the nomi tation Senate. And this is acident—a mere straw Sans. only in the ent setting irresistibly towards that disregard of all decen ey he illustrated when he made Biaine Secretary of State, Windom S-eretary of the Treasury, the Ver- mont marble trust Secretary of | Tonibstones, and Quay’s breeches- Making, corruption fund contributor | Pustmaster-General “To the Victors Belong the Spoils.” ; He has looted and is still looting the | office 1d he has announced from coof the Capitol that the So much as a bare outline of events of public notoriety in the first forty days of the administration of William | Henry Harrison’s grandson.—St. | Louis Republic. j a REE ent of the govern-} The Light of Home. 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Durin » Rebellion he foug He was captured onfined at Macon, aston he was i. He was one oi thei escaped, their dai sensation in the tle says he hus does 2nd arges him 1 up to the nearest tree a wife who lives in Chicas 16.—An immense crowd wi it of the Chipper off hen Sulli- van 1 vis drove up to 00 for Sullivan was lge vider. Al © stak $10,000 a 1 belt and the heavy s which is for diamon it championship, will take place near New Orleans Suly 8. Sullivan near of Harding says Kilrain will be } awning s about the middle May. baek here with Charley Mitchell ly next month, and he, too, will do } ear - his preliminary gymnastics near the fighting ground. Marine City, Mich., April 17. —On Monday evening last James Wiliams and wife were taken sud- denly very ill with symptoms of poisoning. They are still in a dan- gerous condition. This morning Matilda Williams, the 14-year-old daughter of Mrs. Williams, by a former husband, admitted to the physician in charge that she had put atablespoonful of “rough on rats” in the tea of each. The girl had east her fortunes with a cowboy combination and was brought home against her will. She saw no way to continue upon the high road to fame that she had sought other than by killing her parents and acted ae- cordingly. Jefierson City, April 16.—The question of a revision of the statutes at the present session, like Banquo’s ghost, will not ‘down” longer, and it is being seriously considered by the statesmen to-night. Itis now conceded that the statutes will have to be left in a very muddled eondi- tion unless more time is given, and the question of an extra session is one of more than passing interest. 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