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X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

he woke wp. As far as I saw
his condition ‘was the same after
the psroxysm at Portsmouth as
at Baltimore. Saw him again in
the same condition at Claysville,
Ky. The day of that fit he was
more excitable than I had ever
known him. The fit was at night,
Thera was no object more than
usual to exeite him. Generally
a word from me, or my hand on
his shoulder will control him,
That day I went to him several
times and asked him what was
the matter. I saw his

looked wild; he was restless; he
walked quick. I had been in the
habit of watching him for a long
time. He said, I don’t know,
mother, what is the matter, but
I feel very bad, He got more
and more restless towards night.
Quite early in the evening, ear-
lier than usual, he said be be-
lieved he would go to bed. He
slept in the house, perhaps in
room with Dr. Curran and some
other gentlemen. Did not hear
any more from him until about
8 or9 o'clock, We had not gone
to bed, They sent over for his
father, seying he was very sick.
His father went over immediate-
ly. I was not prepared to go
just then. In a few moments
they ran over, telling me ho was
dying. Went over and found
him in violent convulsions and
several trying to hold him, Was
more frightened than even at the
first fit; it appeared worse. Don’t
know how long it lasted. He tore
off his father’s coat sleeve. He
foamed very much at the mouth,
‘Tt passed off that night. He did
not recover from it so soon. He
was in bed all next day. It ap-
peared to affect his mind more
than the others. For several
weeks in talking with me he

would shed tears and be ve

sponding, He often said he
wished he could die, and when
I asked him why, he answered,
because he felt so wretched;
there is no reason for it, but 1
am tired of life. The next At
I knew him to have was at Win-
chester, Ky, Did not see it; I
only know him to have in what
my husband told me. The next
attack he had at Baltimore I
was not thera; his father was.
Did not see him agsin until he
got ont of the army and returned
to us at Wilkesbarre, Pa. He
seemed to control himeelf better
when he first came there, but to-
wards the last not so well. On
one occasion I waa trying to rea-
son with him on some subjects,
and he used language to me he
had never done, and said he
would not be controlled. At this
time his eyes were wild; be
talked loud, was nervons, so that
he could not hold himself still
T visited him at the jeil every
morning at 9 and left there gen-
erally at 12 or 1. His father
spent the evening with him. The
last of September, after his re-
turn from Union, I witnessed
the frst return of these parox-
yema, Their first symptom would
be great irritability for an hour
or 80; he would fall back aa
fainting, and remain insensible
sometime for an hour’s time. He
would have violent convulsions,
throw hia hands against the wall
violently, would look at the wall
as though he saw something on
it, grit bis teeth, tear his hair,
and very frequently would not
become calm until after I eould
get his teeth open and give him
a dose prescribed by Dr. Davies.
After the peroxysm he would
sometimes not sleep, but appear

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