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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1852)
I r 1 —— I—' 1 —' 1 ■■■■ - BY WILLIAM S. JONES. CHRONICLE & BKNTINEL. "c-wi-wmi 3003* cGBCSIo TOE WEEKLY f> Published every Wednesday AT TWO 00LLA28 PEK ASSCS IN aijvanch. TO CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS sending ui Ten DoDurt, BIX copies of the Paper will be sent t»r ua» jeer, Um* far nishing Ihe i-aper at the rate of MX COPIES) FOityES DOLLARS, e r a free copy to all *l*o may procure us/ee aubscribcrs, and orwwrJ us the money. CHRONICLE & SENTINEL DAILY A\UTIU-\\ HKKI.Y, Are alto pabllsbe I at thia office, and mailed to aabacrlben at tlic following rat**, mimdy: Dan.r Parra, ts cent by mall, JT per auiom. Tci-Weaaar I’araa, 4 •• “ TERM* OP ADVERTISING. I* Weekly.—fcreiuy>flv« cents per square (10 lines or #<*) for the first insertion, ami fifty cents for each suiste uent Insertion. UNIVERSITY Os NABHVILLE. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. mgRE SECOND AN NT AI. COUBBK Ok LECTURES J# in th - Department will couiruenee on the ttr*t Mom.at ok Xovfcwuriit i« xt, ami umthiue till the first of the ensuing March. PAi L V EVE, 31 D., Principle* an»l Practice of gar eery JOHN M. WATSON, M. D., Obstetrics and the eo mm! Children. A. 11. BUCHANAN, M. D., ; i jr :al and Anatomy and Physiology. \V. K. DoVVLINO, M. D., Institutes and Practice of Merl* icir:<. 'I. WINSTON, M. D-, Materia Medica and Med '-'*• t" M I'IUM M. I).. fieri erul and .special Anatomy. J. BERRIEN LINDS LEY. M. D , Uhemlrti-y .rut Pharma cf. WILLIAM T. BRIGGS, M. !>., Demorirtrauir of Anatomy. • Th*- An it iinical Rooms will Ihs opened for Students on the tlr«t Monday of October. The Students will have access to th»- State Uocnital. • A full J'lvllmhuiry Couth of lectures will be given by ihe ‘ ( , commencing also on the first Monday of October. • Fee of f ch Professor, |ls. Matriculation ticket, $5; .fog ticket, $10; Graduation fee, $25. Gu . I ! ot rd r.m be obtained in the city at from $2,50 to per week. Further information may be obtained by ad drettdn# tin Dean. J, R. LINDS LEY, M. D., Dka*. Nashville, Tenn., June, 1852. jy l«w4t NOTICE. U A YAW AY from the subscriber’s Plantation m* in W>ikin*on county, S miles west of Irwinton, JW on the night of the titti just., my two Negro Fellows, LKVI unt AHA. Lovi is about 22 years old, 0 feel 2 *>dL Inch.'' high, and well net; h-»n a cheerful and pleiisant oount« naii -« , mid Is quite intelligent; can write, and will pronably travel with a pass of his own coining; is quite black, and b a knot about the sfse of a Partridge egg on one of his I- i?h,o» ’h outride, just above the knee. Asa is about 2 1 y < ars old, 5 feet ft inches high, chunky and well built; hub • quite dark ; full African blood. They were both rahe I in Oreetie county, Noriflßarolina, and brought to this Plate by a trader last they will doubt!' -* endeavor to make their way baaAthere, as Levi, the }• i-ler, has bo for# tills made ati efforlß the kina. A flis ril reward v:i Ibe paid for the apprehension and delivery to me of said Negroes, or cither of them, or their confinement in any safe Juii eo that l get them. JOHN M. WARE. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARB REWARD. RAYA WAY from toe subscriber, about the # first of May last, my Negro Woman, ANNE, a jffh bright mulatto, about HO years of age. 1 will give thoabove reward for her apprehension and delivery —jLSL to me, with proof to convict any responsible white person o? huvlitg harbored her, or given her a pas*—or Five Dol lar* for her delivery to me without such proof. Augusta, June 12. J«lß*dtwAwlw A. STEVENS. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. GIRARD HAIL HOAD. SKAI.KD I’llOl’OSAl.H will be receivedat the Fngi noer’s office of the Girard Uni) Road, at Cottbus, Ga., till tlie I.lth of July, ISM, for the building ami superslruc-| uro of that portion of the road extending from Girard to' Dry Uraurli, a distance of twenty-twomlleti. Thli work Includes two Jirni rUiea treette Ilridges, one across (ta-radc llrnurh, three hundred feet, the other across Ucheo Creek, one thousand feet. Contractors will state what proportion of the Stock of the Company a ill lie taken In payment. Drawings and speci fications of the a ark may he seen from the that to the fif teenth July, Inclusive. J!y order of the President anil Directors. EDGAR E. HEItrOT, pdil-wtjylh Principal Ass’t. Engineer. to ruitmk. Till' fel liMTlflllilt would respectfully Inform Plant ers, that he furnishes SMALL GRIST MILLS, Suitable to he attached to Gin Gears, of different slice, and or dlHerint patterns ht tlie lowest prices. These Mills have given tile highest satisfaction, and can be compared with any from the North. Please givo us a call before buying elsewhere. \VM. It. SCIfIRMER. Rat i* Mill Stone Mnnufiicturer, Augusta, Ga. JaU-ly NOTICE. DU. ill- VIIV BACON having transferred his Interest in the firm of D. It. PLUMB & CO., to Dr. I. IV GARVIN, tlie undersigned will continue the DRUG BUSI NESS at tlm iciesf stand and under the same firm nume, and will close up use business of tho old firm. D. B. PLUMB, I. P. OAHVIN. Augusta, January 81st, 1 S.V2. fel iVilSlf! oiINS! On Mclntn ih elreft, two doors from Georgia Railroad Jin it i\ J I’NT RECEIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest and be-t assortment of ENGLISH GUNS ever oiler • 1 In tills city, comprising every variety, from Lmdon and Birmingham ’makers, at Ibe lowest rates fur cash. Double and Single Barrelled GUNS, all sires anil prices. A line assortment of Single and Double Barrelled UUNB or bovs. BULKS and Double GUNS, of my own make, one barrel Ride mid tho other Eliot, a flue article for hunting dear and 1 "colts’; Allen’s, and other REVOLVERS; also Single bar relic,l, Self Cooking and Rifle PISTOLS, east steel barrels. common Pistols, nil kinds ; Percussion CAPS, of Wester y Richard's, Cox’s u iiter proof, W alker's anilG. D. Trench, and Military Caps. _____ A great variety of PoVdor FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and Game BAGS, of the finest Patterns. Aim, Wash Rods* Drinking Flusks and Cups, Nipple Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Screw Drivers, fine large hunting llorns, and everything In the Spurting line. Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having these ant. S ramie mmy order, expressly for this market, persons l.nvh « '.dl gel a much bettor articles Ilian is sold at the Hard ware k 'Wi , and at equally low prices, and all warrant ed to shi.-ot well. p order ,-ml Shot, Wholesale and Retail, all varieties. N II —qfFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair ncamiiv.-i..,•kingGUNS, done iu the best manner and warranted. oHMy E. IL ROGERS. XLEUEEN XtiCH’6 PATENT CENTXtE VENT WA TER WHEEL. CVI TlON.—Having been informed that a certain per son named Itcnn, is rending a Water Wheel upon which the water Is conducted by means of u splrlal scroll, as upon Reuben Rich's “Patent Centre Vent," we hereby notify .■out caul ion tlie public, that we will prosecute, In all In stances for miy evasion ur Infringement upon said patent, I,oth the maker and party using, ami will be thankful for any information referring us to parties (bus trespassing. UINDU AT »t .CO. Montpum#»y, Ala., Jum 11, IS3O, Jt?2l *tf THE MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM PANY'S IKON WORKS. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. M\.\l I'ICTIRK, in suuerlor stylo, Horlauntal and Upright i-TI'AM ENGINE*, of »ll sixes; Steam llOli Kits ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Ouat Iron WATER WIIKBL8; hug u- MILIjS ; have mid Grist Mill IRONS, of every varle tv (Including llnxle'scntitlnuoua foet for Saw Mill";) En gine and liandLATUES; lion Md llreusCAliTl.W, of all kinds, Ac., Ao. All orders lilted with despatch. «i'- ' GINDRAT ACO. IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS AND MANU F ACtO It LIIS. fa r.V u'M//it/uwemrtif fn W<tUr Till. sil'HStillUKlW are sole Mums for Baking and fending the bos. - Water Wheel in th« world, known as Vandewater's W aier Wheal. Wo challenge the World to produce its equal. It ha* but recently been Introduced to the public, end so und to be far In advance of all other vihei-s, b.tii In newer and ecoaeiaiv iu water, every drop be ing effectin', and nano wasted. This Wheel to not in the least affected by hack water. As we prefer them being I laced below '.ail water iu every hustauct, consequently we s.-t every Inch of head ; they belli* entirely of east Iron, 1. and.' id construction, are not liable to get oaf of order, no,.'ere mure durable than any wheel uaw iu use. We line reoenlly put one in operation for George Schley, K«1. a,' his Helville cotton factory, to whom we would give r eferenee Bee certificate annexed. All ordei T tor Wheels or Territorial Righto, will meet with attention bv addressing the subscribers. attention by- JAGGRR, TREADWELL A PERRY. Albany, New York. Or to their Agenl. J. 3. Kiamt, August*. rcaaTirn-iTi.l Acoucta, Ga., March 84,1581. J«c,-e- Treadwell A Perry—Gentlemen : —I have the gratification of informing >«’ that your Vandewater Wheel was nldly put iu oiieihiUon at my factory last week, :,"l it'woikcd to perfeetton. <l* s-impltctty. durability, and uniformity of spoil, are recomtu-widatlou. ahuie; huUbove all, Us highest encomium is the entail quantity of water it takes as compared with other wheels. I hare been using ono t.r Reuben Klch'e Centre 'cut Wheels, of three feet and a halt' diameter, and eleven Inch bucket, the discharge openings measuring 400 inches. I displaced that and put n our of voiivsef sis feet diameter, with discharge open nga nicasur ~g NO Inches, and your wheel run the same amount of um. Innery that the Rich Who*.* ha»l thriven, ana here w as a dith renee in favor of your* of *“*« “ he depth of water in the UU race. I fed no jariitutuin in ccmv.n.'ndiiig yoar wheel to all manufacturer* aud iniu wile s, beliet dig it is tlie greatest wheel of the ago. !' “»• you success in the tntradocton of so valuable an revtmcni, 1 main, icry respectfully, vonrs, Ac, ml.'.* i-*l v GKO ROE SCHI.KT. j i o:: lanr to .maxukai'TL’UKßS. rpllK M tlriC'HimiHS are prepared to supply all VTi’miN AND WOOLEN MACHINERY, of a .U«n« M ud.tv, SHAFTING and MILL GEARING, ,si:h in'urovc.i Cwipllng aud Pulleys, Self-Oiling Hangers •hk*h require oiling only once iu three months); LOOMS, . y e, .a variety of Patterns, for Fancy and Twilled Goods, * n ne to K c‘u*<vn Shuttles; also,fbr Gcxxla, capa* . ,* ruuninj; from K>o to I*o pick* per minute. Via ct n .MvJ, from their extensive improvement*, to rrovluc - V\KNS anl OOOm*. with coaiparHtirelj little at>or • * t *'i Manufacturers, before purchasing their Ma hit rv « 'U .Jo well to visit Phiiadel?>hia and vicinity, where thw the Machinery with all the latest iu ir.tv i ir» N i t f«U .•»«! successful operation; or they can br rvfviTv.l t > I'uctorlt > in almost every State S»>uth and West, by add racing a Uue to the Subscribers. * * AI.KRKD JKNKS * SON, Fet> ISM. fe*b-ty Kri.it'sbnrjf, near Philulelphia. > {* ; i:\ctoriet,wlv>the facatkmof Machinery, he simpvt incthvxl of driving, and calculation of **-peed, f urnished five of eharw. AUGUSTA FRENCH BDRB MILL STONE HAND factory. THE suhN-riber, thankhil for the kind patron Age heretofore extended to the lute firm ol Bcauum A W:«*»p. would respectfully inform his Mend* and the public, that ho eontin ue» to execute enior* fitr his wed known Wamtntixl '.'r.nvh ItURR MILL inX>SF3,of every deJrahle *iae, at the lowwt twice an.! shortest not* e. He uko furnlshre ‘ FSOITS and COLOGNE bWNEg, EMI T MACHINES, of various patterna, BOLTING CLOTHS, of the best brand, CEMENT, tor MiU use. And every other artida nece«-.iry In a Min. Aleo, for I'iautcrs, -oiaii GRIST MlLlgs to attach to Gla Gears. , .. A!1 order, pumiptly aUrndcxi JalSwtf Parvirinr partnw of Schirtncr A Wlgand. * liKHT ETIHAI. IMPLAf , \ JILN rs.—The undsrsigne.l are ■---* recviving frem the mauufactur- VgNN. , at the N. rtb,and wHI k.vp con on Hand a large assortment of the best AGRIt l L TCRAL IMPLEMENTS to be had in New York or New l-' igbunl, or this cite, and adapted to Southern Husbandry, •*** .hey wUlKdl’low forc^ ARMICUAI;L * BEAN. Aucufta, Georgia. ____________ NOTICE. VI. I. PEBSONS are Hereby warned not to trade for either „f to o prombeory NOTES given by me to Har rison Mu-grove, or lamer, or orU r, for One Thousand and Sixty-two Dollars each, <late>l on the loth Oct., l»il, and psvOile with interest freim date, one ami two years there after. I t»h.vll nut pav «ud notes, as the coosKlcraUon for whieU they were given ha* fail*!. p WAfMa Athens. May 81st. 1554. IxOB Ski Is 1 ofiU bhdt. BACON ; bS “ SUGAR; NWbhls AVHISKEY: . 190 “ I'LOUR; In Store and for tale, on 4 and S mouth* time, with approv ad security- lel-wrf t JOHN KERR on. CLOTHS. AI BHO * HOYT, Nos. and T 4 John street. New York. Manufacturers and Dealers In Oil CVuha, exclusive ly. At Ui«r Facfories are turned out (.under a patent pro- FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Which for beante of design and elegance of finish, snrpam any thing of the kind hitherto produced in this country or in Europe, and for which they obtained the prim medal at the World’s Futr. Atiheir Ware-rooms In New York, c»n be found a large and complete assortment of Henry Medium, and thin Floor Ofi Cloths, from 37 Aches to 43 feet wide.; also Table, Fur phure. and Carriage OB Cloths. >•» Vark. <l* 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852. OF Till MTIRI CULTIVATOR VOLUME X, FOR 1852. Dr. D.IYIEL LEE, TD. BED9O.TD, Knirog. | Awntant Eorroß. TEEMS.—ONE DOLLAR A TEAR Qf ADVANCE The SomiEKN Ccltivatob i. Untied every month, »nd in exclusively devoted t« Agriculture, Horti culture, Floriculture, Domestic end Farm Economy, Tillage and Husbandry, the Breeding and Eairing of Domestic Animals, Poultry and Bee., and the genera! routine of Southern liantingand Fanning. * Tile new volume for 1852, will be issued on aroval octavo sheet of 82 pages, with NEW TYPE. FINE PAPER, AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS! It will contain a much greater amount of matter than heretofore—will tfiseuna a greater variety of topics, and will be in every respect the bast Agri ccltirai. I’apxk is the South! and equal to any in the Union! Friends of Southern Agriculture! I A* the (tcLTivATon was the Frmrr journal established in the Cotton Growing States, exclusively devoted to the interest* of the Planter; and as it has ever been an earnest and consistent advocate of those interests, we confidently hope that, having foetcred and sustained it thus cordial and generona support will still be coutmiicd. J'i.antlbs, Fakmkhs, Gakounkrs, Farir Growers, Stock Rameim, Ncr-kp.vmkn, and all connected in any way with the cultivation of the soil, will find the Honnr.R* CcLTrvAToB replete with now and valuer ble information; and richly worth ten times the rifling sum at which it is alforded. TERMS OF THE CULTIVATOR : ONE copy, one year, ::::::: $ 1.00 SIX copies, :::::: t : i : 5.00 TWELVE copies, : : : : : i : i 10.00 TWENTY-FIVE copies, :::::: $20.00 FIfTY copies, : : : :::::: 87.50 ONE HUNDRED copies, : : : : : i TS.OC ALWAYS IN ADVANCE %%T Gentlemen who obtain subscriptions, will please forward them as early as possible. JSF’AU bills of specie payi.no Banks received at par—and all rnoucy sent by mail will be at our I riait. W. S. JONES, Publisher. Anfrusta, Ga., January 1,1652. SI,OOO REWARD. DR. 11l .YTKII’H celebrated SPECIFIC, for the car# of Gonorrhoea, Stricture*, Gleet and Amtlagous Com plaint* of the Organ* of Generation. f>s Os ail remedies yet discovered for the above com plaint, this in the most certain. It make* a speedy and permanent cure without re striction to diet, drink, exposure, or change of application to buKinea*. tftr It i* perfectly harmlce*. Gallon* of it might be taken without injuring the patient. r«r It in put up in bottle?, with full direction* accom- I punying it, so that person* can cure themselves without re sorting to physician* ot other* for advice. One bottle is enough to perform a certain cure. Price sl. X'tT' It is approved and recommended by the K#yxl College of Physicians and Surgeons of London and has their certificate enclosed. tST It i* sold by appointment in Augusta, Ga., by PHILIP A. MOIBK, Under the new Augusta Hotel, and by W. H. L J. TURPIN. Ord#M from the country promptly attended to. Je'J GLENDINNING & CO S M A KRIaK WOHKft, Broad street, Augusta, Georgia, Where we have on hand and will continue to keep a large stock of both Italian and American Marble, for .Monument*, Toombs, Head tttones, Ac., to which wc res pectfully call the attention of those wanting work In our ine. we arc now prepared to fill all orders at short no tice, in as good style and as low a* work of the same quality can be furnished for from any establishment in the United fttatc*. Plans and prices will b« sent thos# who cannot call and examine for themselves. P. 8. —Orders from the country executed with neatness and despatch. d 27 \\7 ITII TIIK permission of the writer, we publish the v ▼ following letter, that we may show the great efficacy of TtJTT’ft COMPOUND EXTRACT OP SARSAPARILLA. JackhonviLlb, Fla.,* May 21st, 1652. Dr. Wm. H. Tctt— Dear Sir— lt Is with great pleasure that I comply with my promise, when in Augusta, to in form you what effect* your Extract of Sarsaparilla had ou my disease. It is at all times pleasant to testify to the good qualities of any body or any thiug, that wc know to be meritorious, but, far more so, when we can speak of a remedy which ha* rid u» of a disease, which divested iff* of all comfort. On my passage to this place I suffered very much : the pains in iny limbs were at time* so severe that I could not sleep for whole nights, the swelling of th# Innies increased, and I must confess that I would have thrown your prepara tion aside had you not recommended it, with so much con fidence. I perse\ ored, and when I had finished the second bottle, the pains began to grow less severe, the swellings to go down, and my appetite and strength began to returd. 1 have taken the half dozen bottles, and I cunalder myself perfectly restored, and can walk five miles with less fa tigue, than I could a half, before. I shall ever be grateful to you, and you have my permission to make this public, in order that any who have suffered so much as I have, from the imprudence# of youth, may know wher# to find relief. Believe me your sincere friend. Jm*-dAw4 (higned) F. THORNTON. THE CHEROKEE~BPRINGBr » Will open on ths\*t. of July. rpUKftK bold Chalybeate* rise from the solid rock /Sk 1 at the base of Taylor’* Ridge, only X mile from JfjjH Col. Ramsey’s Platform, on the State Road, and 2 miles from Ringgold. They were held in high repute by the Chero kee*, for their truly medicinal properties, and ar* now gratefully acknowledged by those who have experienced their benefits. They are situated in a high and healthy region, and their contiguity to the platform renders them easily accessalile. Hacks will attend duly the arrivsl of 'the cars. Board cheap. J. G. PENIBTON. Walker county, Ga., June 1,1852. Jo4-w4t ALL Executor*, AilinluitUratora anil Guardians, are hereby notified, that on failure to present their ac counts, with Estate* they represent, within the time pre-, scribed by Uw (Ist July,) Rule# NI. fli. will necessarily issue indispensable to my duty. S. CRAWFORD, Ordinary. Columbia county, G«., June ft, 1852. w 8 JCE. ICE, ICE. THE ELLIS STREET ICE COMPANY have com raenced receiving their supply of ICE, which is unu sually Inrge, now offer it at the p*me prices as heretofore, viz: At Retail, 8 cents per pound; or by the |5 worth, Tickets 2X cents; at which price# not lees than 2 pounds of Ice will be sold at a time. At Wholesale, to Hotels, Bar Rooms, Soda Fountains, und other large consumers, by S2O worth, Ticket* at 2 cents, for which not Less than 20 pounds of lee will be delivered at a time. Term* Cash on delivery. All ord#rt from the Country, directed to A. DEAN, Agent Ellis Street Ice Company, Augusta, will receive prompt at tention. Rack age# ami blanket* furnished at customary 4 prices, and the lo# carefully packed, to be sent by rail road if desired. The House will be open from sunrise till sunaet, and on the&ihbath from 7 o’clock until 10 o’clock, A. M., and from 12 o’clock until 2, P. M. Ticket* may be purchased from the Agent, Mr. A. DEAS, at the Ice House. apl7-dlwAwtJyl NOTE LOST. IONT OR BTOLEN, from me in Burke .mmwtilLUU J county, a POCKET BOOK, containing a Note of One Hundred and Ten Dollar*, dated October 11,1851, mode by Michael King, pay- able to Timothy Donovan. I forewarn all persons against trading for said Note. ja2o ts TIMOTHY DONOVAN. LOOfc HEBE. '■pins HriIBCKIRP.II offer, for Sale tto RKSIDKNCE J. in Roswell, Cobb county, furnished thoroughly. Ther# arc ft Acres of Land attached to the house, all under good fences—with all necessary out-buildings. The house is one of the best finished and most desirable in the Cherokee country. Roswell Is 18 miles from Marietta, and is consid ered, both on account of its society and location, ono of the Uio&t delightful In the State. Also, a fine Farm, containing between and 400 acre* of Land, (about 200 cleared,) a well finished s»rl comfortable House, with suitable out building*, together every thing necessary to carry on the farm, which is now under cultivation. The above will be sold together or separately, aud possession given os soon as desired. Pur further particulars, enquire of ft*4-lawd£wtf ROBERT A. LEWIS, Savannah. PHILIP A. MOISE, * JMPOUTOK AND DIALS! IN ft DILUG* and MEDICINES, PAINTS, OIU, dyS wrong, window glass, brush- is KS, PKKrtm'P-Y, PATENT MEDICINES, 43 INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac. J Vo. 19ft Brottrt Strc+t, im4er V* Augusta Hotel. Ha* now on hand a very large Stock of above articles, which arc offered for sale at very low prices, a.ul on accom modating terms. XW“ Country Merchants, Fhysiclans and Planters ar# iuvtu.J to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere. Jalfi-w _ D- > PLUMB ft CO. n ARK rnn.tantly receiving frwh »nd pur. n iffiMviiicinv., Clu-micala, Choice perfumery, 8M Ym Toilet Article. Ac., at their tMtahliMuiu-.it LB Lif. tM tireen C. It. Hotel and Post Office corner. Medicines carefully dispensed at all hours, by catling at Mr. Homes’, corner Greco and Mclntonsh stress n9B W. H. & I. TURPIN. (tnx-Bwnns to w. h. namr, fOPX’FB TO PHYSICIAN.*, Planters, Mer- n chants, as<l the public at large, a choice amt ipy well assorted {lock of DRUGS AND MEDI- LB Cl NO, OHS, PsirTS, DYESTUFFS, Glass £» and Putty, Brushes of every ascription, Straw Brooms, Spirlto Turpentine, Ac., Ae. We purchase our goods for cash, and or. prepared to sell on the most advantageous terms. Merchants will find It to their interest tn look at our pricos. All articles warranted to he what Is represented, fix.com t call aud satisfy your selves. »dS REMEDY IN BOWEL COMPLAINTS. 2 DENIS' W ASTRINGENT TONIC. YW Fcr lharrhiva. Dysentery, Pain in the Jto- t 3 maeh, Grilling.f the Bowels, Cholic, Cholera Morbus, ie IT B AKKI.Y FJILH to gire immediate relief in a diseasesi state of the Stomach or Bowels. It is regarded by those who hare used it as a specific In all bowel affections arising from exposure io colds. Price. *1 per bottle—6 bottles for sfi. Sold iu Augusta by the ageut* of the Georgia Sarsapa rilla. tnj*« GROCERIES, GROCERIES. TUB subscribers continue to carry on the Wholesale and Retail Grocery Business, at their Old Stand, just above the Globe Hotel, in the city of Augusta, and they beg to inform the public that they are now receiving their Full Supply of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which they will sell on the most reasonable terms. —THEY NOW OFFER FOR SAL*— 100 bale* 46 inch Gunny Cloth, NX‘ soils halls inch Bale Rope, 60 hbd*. N. Orleans and Muscovado Fnears-, 100 bbls. Stuart's Crushed and Granulated do., 300 bags prime Ru. hod Laguira Coffee, 36 chests and half cfaesi* Tea, 60 Ithds. Cuba Molasses, 100 bbls. Hiram Smith and Baltimore Floor, 100 boxes Sperm, Ada., and Taliow CahdlM, joo kegs Cut Nails, all sixes, 76 hove* Tobacco of various qualities, 35,0110 lb*. K tun, bides and Shoulders, 1,600 sacks Livecy-ic! Salt. —AMO— Spices. Pickles, Preserves Segars, izi all articles usually kept in the best Grocery Houses. Strict attention given to country orders. aulS-w j. R- A w. M. BOW. CALL AND BEE US. THE rXDKRSIUN'KD ii 4» now in Store, and are cm stantly receiving a general aaatrtuteotof Groceries, which they oiler for sale at Whoksale and Retail ok the most accom modating tanns. They have now in store— -100 bales Gunny BAGGING, 600 coils prime Kentucky ROPE, 3500 tbe. Bagging TXih’B, 100 hxs. TOBACCO, some very low priced. 36,(Ski Spanish and half Sjianish SfiGARS, various brands, St. Croix, Porto Rico, New Orleans CrusnoJ, Granulated, Clarified and Load dLT.ARS, Java and Rio COFFEE; TEAS, assorted. Sugar House SYRUP, N. Orleans and W. 1. MOIJiSeBg, CANDLES,BACON,LARD,FISH, KAOS, IRON, ALSO receive by every steamer fresh ground Hiram Smith Flour. * JJ I2I J RCSSELL a whitehead. J AHCY GOODS. A 4 ®°-* fPeetneely BAILEY, ' ' J ARD, "«», No. 41 Mimes Lose, Nsw loax, laipcrters ot French. 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Kamoti, >a«wtf AugweU, *a Tjqr EE2LY CIOSIMt SITIffiL THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, FIRST BESSION. DEATH OF THE HON. HENRY CLAY. IN SENATE, Wednesday, June 80. Tlie anticipated formal annunciation of the death of the Hon. Henry Clay brought together an unusual auditory. Meinbers’of the House of Rep resentatives intermingled with Senators ; the rep resentatives of foreign sovereigns paid the tribute of their presence; Cabinet ministers and heads | of bureaus, und members of the judiciary, cius- I tered without the bar. Os the illustrious contem poraries of the distinguished dead hut few remain; but one form attracted all eyes —the honorable Secretary of State, Daniel W ebstor. sat there. The General-in-Chief of the army, Major General Scott too, was present. Attorney General Crit tenden long the colleague of the deceased ; the Hon. Beverdv Johnson', a contemporary in the Senate, and one of the Attorney General » prede cessors ; and numerous others, os eminent for their eloquence aDd their gonius, there contempla ted the end of human greatness. The Chaplain to the Senate, the Rev. C. M. Butler, in his opening prayer, supplicated for the living ; but he also alforded Christian consolation by speaking hopefully of the dead, whose de clining days were cheered by the Gospel dispensa tion. • The Journal having been read— Mr. Underwood rose and said, Mr. President. I rise to announce the death of uiy colleague, Mr. Clav. He died at his lodgings, in the National 110 • tel of this city, at seventeen minutes past eleven o’clock vesterday morning, in the seventy-sixth year of liis age. He expired with perfect compo sure, and without a groan or struggle. By his death our country has lost one of its most ominent citizens and statesmen ; and, Itliink, its greatest genius. I shall not detain the Senate bji narrating the transactions of his long and useful life. His distinguished services as a statesman are inscperablv connected with the history of his coun try. As Representative and Speaker in the other House oflCongress, as Senator in this body, as Secre tary of State and as Envoy abroad, he has, in all these positions exhibiteda wisdom and patriotism which have made a deep-and lasting impression upon tho grateful hearts of his countrymen. His thoughts and his actions have already been pub lished to the world in written biography ; in Con gressional debates and reports; in the journals of the two Houses; and in the pages ol American . history. They have beon commemorated by mon uments erected on the wayside. They have been engraven on medals of gold. Their memory will survive the monuments of marble and the medals of gold ; for these arc ctVaeed and decay by the friction of ages. But the thoughts and actions of my late colleague have become identified with the immortality of the human mind, and will pass down from generation to generation as a portion of our national inheritance incapable of annihila tion so long as genius has an admirer or liberty a frioud. Mr. President, the character of Henry Clay was formed and developed by the influence of our free institutions. His physical, mental, and moral fa culties were the gift of God. That they were greatly superior to the faculties allotted to most men cannot be questioned. They were not cultivated improved, and directed by a liberal or collegiate education. liis respectable parents wero not woalthy, and hud not the moans of maintaining their children at college. Moreover, his father died whon he was a boy. At an early period-, Mr. Clay was thrown upon his own resources, without patrimony. He grew up in a clerk's office in Richmond, Virginia. lie there studied law. He emigrated from his native State and settled in Lex ington, Kentucky, where he commenced tho pra-o tice of Ilia profession before ho was of full age. Ttie road to wealth, to honor and fume was open before him. Under our Constitution and laws lie hight freely employ his great faculties, unob stmeted by legal impedimenta, and uuaidod by exclusive privileges. Very soon Mr, Clay made a deep and favorable impression upon tlui poople among whom lie begun bis career. The excellence of liis natural faculties was soon displayed. Ne- j cessity stimulated him in their cultivation. His 1 essiduity, skill, and fidelity in professional on- ; gageinents secured public confidence. He was j elected member of the Legislature of Kentucky, is which body be served several sessions prior to 1808. In that year be was elevated to a seat in the Senate of tho United States. At the bar and in the Genera] Assembly of Ken tucky Mr. Clay first manifested those high quali ties as a public speaker which have secured to him •o much popular applause and admiration. His physieal anil mental organization eminently quali fied him to become a great and impressive orator. His person was tall, slender, aud commanding. Histempernmcntardent, fearless and frill of hope, iiis countenance clear, expressive and variable indicating the emotion which predominated ut the moment with exact similitude. Ilia voice cultiva ted and modulated in harmony with the sentimeut i hsdoaired to express, fell upon the car like the j melody of enrapturing music. Uis eye beaming j with intelligence aud flashing with coruscations of j genius. His gestures and attitudes graceful and ! natural. These personal advantages won tho pre- l possessions of an audience, oven before his intel lectual powers began to move bis bearers ; and when his strong common bcubc, liis profound rea soning, his clear conceptions of iiis subject in all its bearings, and bis striking and beautiful illus trations, united with such personal qualities, wero brought to the discussion of any question, ins au dience was enraptured, convinced and led by the orator as if enchanted by tlio lyre of Orphe us. No man was ever blessed by his Creator with faculties of a higher order of excel once than llioeo given to Mr, Clay, in tho quickness of his percep tions, aud the rapidity with which his conclusions were formod, he had i’ew equals and no superior. Ho was eminently endowed with a nice discrimina ting taste for order, symmetry aud hoauty. lie detected in n moment everything out of place or deficient ill his room, upon his farm, in his own or tho dross of others, lie was a skilful judge of the form and qualities of his domestic auimuls, which he delighted to raiso on his farm. I could give you instances of the quickness and minuteness of his keen faculty of observation which never over looked anything. A want of neatness and order was offensive to him. He was particular and neat in his hand writing and bis apparel. Aslovcnlyblot or negligence of any sort met his condcittuotiou, while nc was t o orgaiiizod that ho attcudod to, and arranged little things to ploaso and gratify his natural lovo for neatness, order and beauty, bis great intellectual faculties, grasped all the sub jects of jurisprudence and polities with a facility amounting almost to intuition. As u lawyer, he stood at the head of his profession. As a states man, his stand at the headof the Republican Whig party for nearly half a century, establishes his title to pre-eminence among iiis illustrious associ ates. Mr. Clay was deeply versed in all the springs of human* action. He had read and studied biog raphy and history. Shortly after I left college, X had occasion to call on him in Frankfort, where he was attending court, and well I remember to have found him with l’lutareh’s Lives in his hands. No ono better than he knew how to avail himself of human motives, and all tho circumstances which surrounded a subject, or could present them with more force and skill to accomplish tho object of an argument. Mr. Clay, throughout his public career, was in fluenced by the loftiest patriotism. Confident in the trutii of his convictions and the purity of his purposes, lie was ardent, sometimes impetuous, in the pursuit of objects which he believed essential to the gonerel welfare. Those who stood in his way wore thrown asido without fear or ceremony. He never affected a courtier’s deference to men or opinions which he thought hostile to the best in terests of iiis country; and lienee he may nave wounded the vanity ofthoso who thought them selves of consequence. It is certain, whatever thc causa, that at one period of his life Mr. Clay might have beon referred to us proof that there is more truth than fiction iu those profound linos of tuo poet— •• He who seconds the mountain iop m.ad ';:d Its loftiest peaks most wrapt In clouds anil u>aa , He who surpusiee or subdues mankind. Must look down on the hate of those below, Though far above, the sun of glory glow. And far beneath the earth and ocean spread. Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on hie naked head, Aad thus reward the tails which to those summits lcd.’> Calumny and detraction emptied their vials upon him. But how glorious the change 1 He ou.t-li. ed malice and envy. Ho lived long enough to prove to the world that his ambition was no more than a holy aspiration to make his country tho greatest, j most powerful, aud best goveruod on the earth.— If he desired its highest olnte, it was because the greater power and influence resulting from such elevation would euable him to do more than he otherwise could for the progress and advancement —first of his own countrymen, then of the whole race. His sympathies embraced all. The African slave, the Creole of Spanish America, the children of renovated classic Greoco—all families of men, without reeptet to color or dime, found in bis ex- i panded bosom and aomprehensive intellect a friend of their elevation and amelioration. Such ambition ae that, is God's implautation in the human heart for raising the down-trodden nations of his earth, and fitting them for regenerated existence in poli tics, in morals, and religion. Bold and determined as Mr. Clay was in ail his actions, he was. nevertheless, conciliating. He did notdbstinataly adhere to things impracticable. If he could not accomplish tits host, he contented himself with the Highest approach to ii. He has becu the great compromiser of those political agi tations and opposing opinions which nave, in the belief of thousands, at different times, endangered the perpetuity of our Fed ral Government and Uni^n. Mr. Clay was no less remarkable for his admi rable social qualities than for his ruielbctual abili ties. As a companion, he was the delight of his friends; and no man ever had better or truer.— Thev have loved him from the beginning, and j loved him to the taut. His-hospitable mansion at i Ashland wss always open tc their reception. No j guest ever thence departed without lading happier - for bis visit. But, alas! that hospitable mansion i has already been converted into a house ot mourn- 1 ing: already Las intelligence of bis death passed with electric velocity to that aged and now widow- : ed ladv who. for more than fifty years, bore to him all the*endearing relations of wife, and whose lee- j ble condition prevented her troci joining hiir. iu ; this eitv, and soothing the anguish of life's last scene by those endearing attentions which no one can give so veil M woman and a wife. May God infuse into her heart wd mind the Christian spirit of submission under her bereavement'. It cannot be long before she rnav expect a reunion in heaven. A nation condoles with her and her children on account of their irreparable loss. Mr. Clav, front the nature of his disease, declin ed very gradually, he L;ro his protracted suffer ings with great equanimity ani patience. On one occasion he said to me that when dead, was inevi table and must soon come, and when the sufferer wss ready to die, he did not perceive the wisdom of praviug to Li “delivered from sudden death.” He thought under suoj. c-roumstances the sooner suffering was relieved by death thg better. He de sired the termination of his own while he acknowledged the duty of patiently waiting and abiding the pleasure of God. Mr. Clay frequently spoke to me of his hope of eternal life, founded npon'tke merits of Jesus chnst asa savior; who, J he remarked, came into the worul ho *' we and iinmortalitv to light.' 1 He was a memoc: of .h« Eniseooalian Church. Inonc of our conversa- LfOTm. that as bis hour of dissolution approached, he found dial his affections were con centrating more and more upon domestic circ.e —his wife and children. In my dailv he was in the habit olasking me to detail to him the trans actions of tife (Senate. This I did, and he mam favted much interest la passing occurrences. Ilia inquiries were leas frequent as his end approach ed. Forth* week preceding hi* deal., he seemed to be altogether abstracted from the concerns oi the world. When he became so low that he could not converse without being fatigued, he frequenby reqnested those around him to converse. He would then quietly listen. Hs retained his mental faculties in great perfection. His memory remain ed perfect- He frequently mentioned event* and conversations ofrecem occurrence, showing that he had perfect recollection of what was said and dene. H* said to me that h# w*s grater.il to God AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1852 i for coruinanirf tohim the blessing of reason which enabled him to contemplate and reflect on his sit uation. He manifested during his confinement the same cheractaristies which marked his conduct through the vigor of his life. Ho was exceedingly averse to give nis friends "trouble,''’ as he called j it. Some time before he knew it, we commenced i waiting through the night in an adjoining room, j rie said to me, after pa»siug a painful day, per ! haps some oue had better remain all nigbt in the ! parlor.” From this time he knew some friend was constantly at hand ready to attend to him. Mr. President, the majestic form of Mr. Clay will no more grace these Halls. No more shall we hear that voice which lias so often thrilled ami charmed the assembled representative* of the American people. No more shall we see that waving hand and eye of light, us when he was engaged unfold ing his policy iu regard to the varied interests of ourgrowing’and mighty republican empire. His voice is silout on carthforever. The darkness of death ha* obscured the luster of his eye. Bat the memory of hi* services—not only to his beloved Kentucky, not only to the United States, but tor the eauao’of human’ freedom and progress through out the world—will live through future ages, ss a bright example, stimulating aud encouraging his owncouotrymcn and the people all nation* in their patriotic devotions to country and humanity. With Christians, there is yet a nobler and a high er thought ill regard to Mr. Clay. They will think of him in connection with eternity. They will contemplate his immortal spiritoccupyingits true relative magnitude among tue moral stars of glory in the presence of God. They will think of him as having fulfilled the duties allotted to him oil earth, having been regenerated by Divine grace, aud hav ing passed through the valley of tnc shadow of death, and resebed an everlasting and happy home in that “house not made with hands, eternal iu the heavens.” On Sunday morning ln»t, 1 was watehiug alone at Mr. Clay’s bedside. For the last hour ne had been unusually quiet, and 1 thought he was sleep ing. In that, nowevcr, he told me I was mista ken. Opening iiis eyes, and looking at me, ho said, “Mr. Underwood, there may be some ques tion where my remains shall be buried. Some persons may designate Frankfort. I wish to re pose at the cemetery in Lexington, where many of my friends aud connexions are buried.” My re ply was, “I will endeavor to have your wish exe cuted.” I now ask the Senate to have his corpse trans mitted to Lexington, Kentucky, for sepulture.— Let him sleep with the dead of that city, in mid uear which his home has been for more than half a century. For the jieople of Lexington, the liv ing and the dead, he manifested, by the statement made to me a pure and holy sympathy, and a do sire to cleave unto them, as strong as that which bound Ruth to Naomi. It was Ins anxious wish to return to them before lie died, and to realize whattlic daughter of Moab so strongly felt and beautifully expressed: “Thy people shall bo my people, arid thy God my G<xi. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I bo buried,” It is fit that the tomb of Henry Clay should bo iu the city of Lexiugtou. In our Revolution, liberty’s first libation blood was poured out into a town of that name in Massachusetts. On hearing it, the pioneers of Kentucky consecrated tho name, and applied it to the place where Mr. Clay desired to be buried. The associations connected with the name harmonize with iiis character; and the mon ument erected to his memory at the spot selected by him will be visited by the votaries of genius and liberty with ihet reverence which is inspired at the tomb of Washington. Upon that monu ment let his epitaph be engraved. Mr. President, [ have availed myself of Doctor Johnson's paraphrase of the epitaph on Thomas Hanmer, with a few alterations and additions, to express in borrowed verso my admiration for the life andcliaractcr of Mr. C#y'. and with this heart tribute to the memory of my illustrious colleague 1 conclude my remarks: Born wlien Freedom her stripes ainl star* unfurl,--!, When Revolution shook the startled world— Hero-si ynd sages taught Ids brilliant tuind To know and love the rights of alt mankind. “ In life's first bloom his public toils begun. At once commenced the Senator and man : In business dext'rous, weighty in debate, Near fifty years he labored for the State, In every speech persuasive wisdom flowed. In every act refulgent virtue glowed: Suspended faction ceased from rage and strife. To hear his ciorpience ami praise his life. K-sistless merit fixed the Members’ choice. Who hailed Idm Speaker with united voice.” His talents ripening with advancing years— His wisdom growing with hie public cures— A chosen envoy, war’s dark horrors reuse, And tides of carnage turn to stpeanj* of peace. Conflicting principles, internal strite, Tariff and slavery, disunion rife, All are comprohiiml by his great hand. And beams of joy illuminate the land. Patriot, Christian, Husband, Father, Friend, Thy work of life achieved a glorious end; I offer tho following resolutions: Seiolctd, That a Committee of six be appointed by tho President of the Senate to take order for superintending the funeral of Henry Clav, late a member of this body, which will take place to morrow at 12 o'oloofc, meridian, and that the Sen ate will attend the same. Retdvcd, That the members .of the Senate, from a sincere dehire of showing every mark of respect to tho memory of the deceased, will go into mourn ing for one month by tho usuul mode of wearing crape on the lort aim. Retolved, As a further mark of reflect entertain ed by tho Seuato for the memory or Henry Clay, aud his long aud distinguished services to his country, that iiis remains, in pursuance of tho known wishes of his family, be removed to the place of sepulture selected by himself at I.cxihgton, Kentucky, in charge of the Sergcant-at-Arms, ami attended by a committee of six Senators, to be ap pointed by*the President of the Senate, who shall Itavo full power to curry this resolution into effect. Mr. Cass then addressed the Senate as follows; Mr. President: Again lias an impressive warn ing come to teach us that in tho midst of life we arc in doath. The ordinary labors of this Hall arc suspended und its contentions hushed, boforo the powor of him who says to the storm of human passions, as lie said ot old to the waves of Galilee, “Peace, bo still.” The lessons of iiis Providence, severe ns they may lie, often becomo merciful dis pensations. li’ko that which is now spreading sor row through the land, and which is reminding us that we have higher duties to fulfil, and graver responsibilities toencountcr,t.hun those that meet us here, when we lay our hands upon liis Holy Word, aud invoke his holy name, promising to bo faithful to that Constitution which he gavo us in His mer cy, and will withdraw only in tho hour of our blindness and disobedience, and of his own wrath. Another great man ha 3 fallen iu our land, ripe indeed in rears aud in honors, but never dearer to the American people than when called from the theatre ofhisserviccs and renown to that final bar where the lofty and the lowly must all moet at last. I do not rise upon this mournful occasion to in dulge in the language of panegyric. My regard for the memory of tho dead, and for the obliga tions of the liviug, would equally rebuke such a coarse. The severity of truth is at once our pro per duty, and our best consolation. Born during the Revolutionary struggle, our deceased associate was ono of tho few remaining public men who connect tho present generation with the actors in the trying scones of that ovcntfiil period, and whose’ names and floods will soon bo known only in tho history of their country. He was’another illustration, and a noble ono, too, of the glorious equality of our institutions, which freely offer all their rewards to ull who just ly seek them; for lie was the architect of his owu fortune, having made his way in life by self exer tion, and lie wes an early adventurer in the great forest of the west, then a world of primitive vege tation, but now the abodo of intelligence and re ligion, of prosperity and civilization. But he possessed that intellectual superiority which overcomes surrounding obstacles, and which local seclusion cannot long withhold from general knowledge and appreciation. It is almost half a century since he passed through Chilicotlie, then tho seat of Government of Ohio, where I was a member of tho Legislature, on lfis way to take his place in this very Dody, which is now listening to this romimsoenee, and to a feeblo tributo of regard from one, who then saw him for tho first time, but who can never forget tho impression ho produced by the charms of hisconversation, the frankness of his manner, and high qualities with which be was endowed. Since then ho has belonged to bis country, and lias taken apart, and aprominent partbothm peace i and war, in all the great questions effecting her interests and her honor; thongh it has been often my fortune to differ from him, yet I believe he was as pure a patriot as ever participated in the councils of a nation—anxious for tho public good, andscokiug to promote it during ull the vicissitudes of a long aud beautiful life. That he exorcised a pow erful influence within the sphere of his action, through the whole country, indeed we all feel and know; and wo know, too, the eminent eudow ; month which gav6 him this distinction. | Frank and fearless in the expression of his opin ions, and in tho performance ot bis duties, with rare powers of eloquence, which never failed to rivit the attention of his auditory, aud which al ways commanded admiration, even when they did not carry conviction; prompt in decision, and firm in action, and with a vigorous intellect, trained in the contests of a stirring life, and strengthened by enlarged experience and observation, joined withal to an ardent love of country, and to great ; purity of purpose—these were the elements of ins power and success. And we dwell npon them with mournful gratification now, when wo shall soon follow him to the cold aud silent tomb, -where we shall commit earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, with the blessed conviction of the truth of that divine revelation which teaches us that there is life and hope beyond the narrow house where we shall leavo him alone to the mercy of bis God and ours. He Las passed beyond the reach of human praise or censure, but the judgment of his contem poraries has preceded and pronounced the judg ment of history, and his name aud fame will shed lustre upon bis country, and will be proudly cher ished in the hearts of bis countrymen for long ages to come. Yes, they will be cherished and freshly remembered when these marble columns that surround us—so often tho witnesses of his triumph, but in a few brief hours, when his mor tal frame, despoiled of the immortal spirit, shall rest under this dome, for the last time to become the witnesses of his defeat in that anal contest where the mightiest fall before the great destroyer —when these marble columns shall themselves have fallen—like all the woAs of man —leaving their broken fragments to tell the story of former magnificence, autia the very ruins that announce decay und desolation. I jras often with him daring his last illness, when the world and the things pf the world were fast fading away before him. He knew that the silver cord vyesabnost loosened, and that the golden bowl was breaking at the fountain, but lie was resigned to the wiU of providence, feeling that he who gave has tho right to take away in his own good time and manner. After his duty to Uis Creator and his anxiety for his family, his first care wss for his country, and his first wish tor the pre servation ana perpetuation of the Constitution and the Union, dear to him in tha hour of death as they had ever been in the vigor of life. Os that Constitution and l'nion, whose defence in the last and greatest crisis of their peril, had called forth all hid energies, and had stimulated those memo rable and powerful exertions, which he who wit nessed can never forget, ini which, no doubt, hastened the final catastrophe, that a nosioitncw deplore:-, with a sincerity snd unanimity not less honorable to themselves than to the niemory of the ooject of their affections. And when wo snail enter that narrow Talley, through which he has passed before u», and which leads to the judgment seat of God, may we be able to say, through faith iu his Son, onr Saviour, and iafhs beautiful language of the hymn of the dying Christian—dying but ever-living and triumphant: “ The world recedes, it disappears' Heaven opens on my eyes I my ears With sounds seraphic ring; bend, lend your wings, 1 mount, I fly I Gh grave, where is thy victory ’ Oh death, where is thy sting*-’ Let me die she death of tha righteous, and let my last end be like his. Mr. Hunter. Mr. President, we have heard, with dgep sensibility, what has just fallen from the Senators who have preceded me. We have heard, sir, the voice of Kentucky—and, npon this occasion, she had a right to speak—in mingled ac cente of pride and sorrow; for it has rarely fallen to the lot of any State to lsiment the loss of soch a son. Bat Virginia, too, is entitled to her plsee in this procession ; for she cannot be supposed to be ummndfttl of the tie which bound her to the dead. When the earth opens to receive the mortal part which she gave to man, it is then that affection is eager to bury in its bosom every recollection but tliose of love’ and kindness. And, sir, when the last sensible tie is about to be severed, it is then that » e look with anxions interest to the deeds of the life, and to the emanations of the heart and he mind, for those more euduring monuments which are the creation of an immortal nature. Iu this instance, we can be ut no loss for these. Tliis land, sir, is full of the monuments of his ge nius. His memory is as imperishable as American liistory itseif, for he was one of those who made it. Sir, he belonged to that marked class who are the men of their century; t’orit was hi« rare good for ttune not only to have been endowed with thecapa city to do great tilings, but to have enjoyed me opportunities of achieving them. I know, sir, it has been said audurploied, that he wanted some of the advantage* ot an early education; but it, perhaps, has not been remembered that, in many respects, he onjoyed such opportunities for mental training as can rarely full to tho iffl of man. He had not a chance to learn as much front books, but he had such opportunities of learning from men as few men have ever enjoyed. Sir, it is to be remem bered that he was reared at a tirno when there was a state of society in tho Commonwealth which gave him birth, such* as has never been seen there before nor since. It was his early privilege to sec how justice was administered by a Pendleton and u Wythe, w ith the ia-! of whom.he was iu the doily haoit of familiar illlercouse. Ho had constaut op portunities to observe how forensic questions wero managed by a Marsha! mid a Wickham. He was old enough’, too, to have heard and to have appre ciated the eloquence of a Patrick Henry, and of George Keith Taylor. In short,, sir, lie lived in u society in which the examples of a Jvrtbrson, auda Madison, and a Monroe were liviug influences, mid on which the setting sun of a \Yaahhigtau cast the mild effulgence of its departing rays. He was trained, too, as has been well said by the Senator from Michigan, [Mr. Cass,] at a period when tlic recent revolutionary struggle had given n more elevated tone to patriotism and imparted a higher cast to public feeling and to public charac ter. Such lessons were worth, perhaps, more to him than the whole encyclopedia of scholastic learning. Not only wore the o roum’staneos of his early training favorable to the development of his genius, but the theater upon which he was thrown, was eminently propitious for its exercise. The circumstances of tho early ietfloment of Kentucky, tho generous, daring, and reckless character of the people—all fitted it to be the theater for tho dis play of those commanding qualities of heart and mind, which lie so eminently possessed. There can bo little doubt but that those people and their chosen leader exercised a mutual influence upon each other; and no one can be surprised that with his brave spirit and commanding eloquence, and facinatiug address, lie should havo led not only there but elsewhere. I did not know him, Mr. President, as you did, iu the freshness of his prime, or in the frill matu rity of his manhood. I did not hear him, sir, as you have heard him, when his voice ro sedtlio spirit of his countrymen for war—when lie cheered the drooping, when he rallied the doubting through all the vicissitudes of a long and doubtful contest. 1 have never seen him, sir, when, from the height of the chair, ha ruled the llouso of Representa tives by the energy of his will, or when upon tho level of tlio floor Tie exercised a control almost as absolute, by the mastery of his intellect. When 1 first knew him, iiis sun hud a little passed its zenith. The effacing hand oftimo hud just boguu to touch the lineaments of his manhood. But yet, sir, 1 saw cnouglt of him to be ablo to realize what be might have been in the prime of his strength, and iu the full vigor of his maturity. I saw him, sir, as you did, when ho led the “opposition” during the administration of Mr. Van Bnren. I bad daily opportunities of witnessing.tho exhibi tion of his powers during the axtra session under Mr. Tyler’s administration. And I saw, as we all saw*, in a rcoent contest, the cxbition of power on bis part, which was most marvelous in oue of his years. Mr. President, he may not have hud as much of analytic skill, as some others, in dissecting a subject. It may be, perhaps, that he did not seek to look quite so* fur ahead as some who have been most distinguished for political forecast. But it may be truly said of Mr. Clay, that lie was no ex uggerator. lie looked at events through neither cud of tho telescope, but surveyed them with the natural and the nuked eye. 'lie hud the capacity of seeing things as the people saw them, and of feeling things as the people felt them. He had, sir, beyond any other man whom 1 have ever seen, the true mesmeric touch of the orator—the rare art of transferring his impulses to others.— Thoughts, feelings, emotions, came from the ready mould of his genius, radiant and glowing, and com municated their own warmth to every heart which , received them. His, too, was the power of wield ing the higher aud intenser forms of passion, with i a majesty and an ease, which none but tho great masters of the hitman iieart can ever employ. It i was his rare good fortuno to have been one of tliose who form, as it were, a sensible link and a living , tradition whioh counects one age with another, ana through which one generation speaks its thoughts , and ladings, aud appeals to another. Aud, uu fortunate is it for a country, when it ceases to pos- , sess such men, for it is to them that we chiefly owe ( tlio capacity to maintain tho unity of the great , Epos of human liistory, and preserve tho con- | sistenev of political action. Sir, it may bo said that tlio grave is still new- ; miulo which covers the mortal remains of oue of , those great men vho hsva bpon taken from our ; midst, and the darth is soon to open to receive , another. I know not, sir, whether it cau be said to boa matter of lamentation, so far us the dead J are eonccrnej, that the thread of tliis life has been , clipped when once it had boon fully spun. They , escape the infirmities of age, and they leave an 1 imperishable name behind them. The loss, sir, ( is r.ot theirit, but ours; and a loss tho more to bo , lamented that we sco none to fill the places thus made vacant ou the stago of public affairs. B ,lt - >t 1 may be well for us, who havo much more oauso , to mourn and to lament such deaths, to pause , amidst the business of life for the purpose of con- , templating the spectacle before us, aud of drawing j the moral from the passing event. It is when death seizes for its victims thoso who arc, by “ a bead and shoulders, taller tliau all the rest/’ that , we fool most deeply tho uncertainty of human , affairs, and that “ the glories of our mortal stale are shadows, not substantial things.” It is, sir, in such instances as the present that wo cun best study by the light of example the true object of life, and the wisest ends of human pursuit. Mr. Hale. Mr. President, I hope I shall not be considered obtrusive, if on this occasion, for a brief moment, I mingle my humble voioo nit It those that, with an ability that I shall neither attempt nor hope to equal, have sought to do justice to the worth and memory of the deceused, and at tlic same time appropriately to minister to tho sym pathies and sorrows of a stricken people. Sir, it is the teaching of inspiration that no “man iivctli and no man didh unto himself.” There is a lesson taught no less in the death than in the life of every man—eminently bo in the ease of one who has filled a large space and occu pied a distinguished position in the thoughts and regard of his follow men. Particularly instructive at this time is the event which wo now deplore, although the circumstances attending his decease are such as are calculated to assuage rather than aggravate the grief which it must necessarily cause. His timo had fully come. Tho three score and ten marking the ordinary period of human life, had for some years been passed, and full of years and honors, lie hits gone to his rest. And now, when the nation is marshaling itself for tho contest which is to decide "who shall be greatest,” as if to chasten onr ambition, to restrain and subdue the violence of passion, to moderate our desires and elevate ojr hopes, we have tho spectacle of one who, by the force of his intellect and the ener gy of his own purpose, had achieved a reputation which the highest ollieial honors of the Republic might have illustrated, but could not have en hanced, laid low in death—as if, at tho very outset of this political contest, on which the nation is now entering, to teach the ambitious and aspiring the end of human pursuit and earthly honor. But, sir, 1 do not intend to dwell on that moral which is taught by the silent lips and closed eye of the illustrious dead, with a force such as no man ever spoke with ; bits I shall leave the event with its silent and mule eloquence, to impress its own appropriate teachings on the heart. In the long and eventful life of Mr. Clay, in the various positions which he occupied, in the many exhibi tions which history all'ords of untiring energy,’of tmsurpassud eloquence, and of devoted patriotism, it would bo strange, indeed, if different minds, as they dwell upou the subjoct, were ell to select the same incidents of his life as pre-eminently calcula ted to challenge admiration and respect. Sir, my admiration—ay, my affection for Mr. Olay—was won and secured manyyears sinco, even in my school boy days—when his voice of counsel, encouragement and "sympathy was heard in the other litill of this Capitol, in behalf of the strug gling colouies of the southern portion of this con tinent, who in pursuit of their inalienable rights, in imitation of our own I'orciatbers, had unfurled-l the banner of liberty, and regardless of consc- | quonccs, had gallantly rushed into that contest | where "life Ls lost, or freedom won.” And, again, ! sir, when Greece, richfin the memories ofthe past, I awoke from the slumber of aget of oppression and } centuries of shame, and resolved “To call her virtues back, and conquer time and fate"— j there, over the plains of that elassio land, above the din of battle and the clash of arms, mingling with the shouts of tho victors and the groans of the vanquished, were heard the thrilling and stir ring notes of that same eloquence, excited by a sympalkv which knew no bounds, wide as the world, pleading the cause of Grecian Jiborty be fore the American Congress, as if to pay back to Greece the debt which every patriot and orator felt was her due. Sir, in the long sad honorable ca reer of the deceased, there are many events and circumstances upon which his friends and posteri ty will dwell with satisfaction and pride, but none which will preserve his memory with more mita ding lustre to future ages, than tho coarse he pur sued in the Spanish-Amcricau and Greek revtftu tions. Mr. Clemens. Mr. President, I should not have thought it necessary to add any thing to what has already been said, but for a request preferred by some "of the friends of the deceased. I should have been content to mourn him in silence and leave it to other tongues to pronounce his eulogy, i wnat lhave now to say shali be brief—very brief. ! Mr. President, it is now less than three short years ago since I first entered this body. At that period it numbered among its members many ol' the most illustrious statesmen this Republic has ever produced, or the world has ever known. Os the living, it is not my purpose to speak ; but in that briet period,death has been busy here; and, i as if to mark the feebleness of all human things, his arrows have been aimed at the highest, tne mightiest of us all. First, died Calhoun. And well, sir, do I remember the deep feeling evinced on that occasion by him whose death has been an ! nouucedhire to-day, when hasaid: “I was Lis ! senior in years—in nothing sise. In Abe course off j nature I ought to have preceded hpm. It has been 1 decreed otherwise ; brt I know that I shall linger here only a short time, and shall «oon follow him.” ! It was genius mourning oyer his vouDger brother, and too surely predicting his own approaching end. He, too, sir, is now gone iron; among us, and left none like him behind. That voice, whose every tone was music is hnshed and still. That clear, | bright eye is dim and lusterics„, aud that breast where grew and flourished every quality which could tuon: and dignity our nature. is cold as the clod that soon must cover it. a lew hours have wrought a mighty change—a change for which a lingering illness had indeed, in some degree pre i pared ns, but which, nevertheless, wiu still tall ! upon the nation with crushing force. Many a I sorrowing heart is now tnkim? as I did yesterday, j when 1 heard the first sound ct the funeral beU— ** And is he pons ?—the pure of the purest, The hand that upheld ear bright banner the surest, la be pone from cur struggles away ? But yesterday lending a people :.ew life, Cevd, amte, tn the cufiin to-day. H Mr. President, this is an occasion when eulogy mast fail to perform it.-oifice. The long life which is now ended is a history of glorious deeds too mighty for the torgue of praise. It is in the hearts of ilia’countrymen that his best epitaph must be 1 written. It is in the admiration of a world that i his renown must be recorded. In that deep love | of country which distinguished every period of his life, he may not have been unrivaled. In lofti ness of intellect, he was not without his peers. The skill with which he touched every chord of the human heart may have been equaled. Tho iron will, the unbending firmness, the {fearless courage, which marked nij character, may have t been shared by others. Bat where shall we go to s to And all those qualities united, concentrated, t blended into one brilliant whole, and she ding a' i lustre upon one single head, which does not dazzle i the baholdcr only because it attracts lna love and f demands his worship? I scarcely know, sir, bow far it may be allowa ble, upon an occasion like this, to refer to party struggles which have left wounds not yet entirely healed. I will venture, however, to suggest, that it should be a source of consolation to his friends that he lived long enough to see the full accomplish ment of the last great work of his life, aud to wit ness the total disappearance of that sectional tern pest which threatened to whelm the Republic in ruins. Both the great parties of the country have agreed to stand upon the platform which he erected, aud both of them have solemnly pledged them selves to maintain unimpaired the work of his hands. I doubt not the knowledge of this cheered him in his dying moments, aud helped to steal away the pangs of dissolution. Mr. President, if 1 knew anything more that I could say, I would gladly utter it. To me, he was something more than kind, and I am called npou to mingle a private with a public grief. I wish that I could do something bo add to his fame. But lie built for himself a monument of immortality, and left to his friends no task but that of soothing their own sorrow for his loss. We pay to him the tri bute of our tears. More wc have uo power to be stow. Patriotism, honor, genius, courage, liavo all come to strew their garlands about bis tooinb; and well they may, for he was the peer of them all. Mr. Cooper. Mr. I’residont, it is not always by words that the living pay to the dead the sinceres’t aud most eloquent tribute. The tears of a nation, flowing spontaneously over the grave of a public benefactor, is a more eloquent testimonial of his worth and of tlio affection and veneration of his countrymen, than the most highly wrought eulo gium of the most girted tongue. The heart is not ne cessarily tho fountain of words, but it is always the Source of tears, whether they be of joy, gratitude, or grief. But sincere, truthful, and eloquent, as they are, they leave no permanent reoord of tho virtues aud greatness of him on whose tomb they arc shed. As the dews of heaven falling at night aro absorbed by the earth, or dried up by the morn ing suu, so the tours of a people, shed for their beuefactor, disappear without leaving a trace to tel] the liituras generations of the services, sacrifices, und virturcs of him to whose memory they were a grateful tributo. But os homage paid to Virtue is an incentive to it, it is right that the memory of the good, the great, aud noble of the earth should be preserved and honored. The ambition, Mr. President, of the truly great, is more the hope of living in the memory an d esti mation of future ages than of possessing power in their own. It is this hope that stimulates them to perseverance; that enables them to encounter lis- i appointment, ingratitude, andnegloct, and to press < on through toils, privations, aud perils to the end. < It was not the hope of discovering a world, over i which lie should himself exercise dominion, that 1 sustained Columbus in all his trials. It was not for i this he braved danger, disappointment, poverty, i and reproach. It was not for this he subdued li'is i native pride, wandered from kingdom to kingdom, i kneeling at the feet of nrinoea a suppliant for means i to prosooute his sublime enterprise. It was not 1 for this, after having at last secured the patronage l of Isabella, that ho put otTin his crazy and ill-tip- | pointed fleet into unknown seas, to struggle with i storms and tempests, aiftl the rage 1 of a mutinous ] crew. It was another and nobler kind of ambition i that stimulated him to contend with terror, super- i stition, and despair, and to press forward on his < perilous cotirso, when the noodle in his compass, < losing its polarity, seemed to unite with the fury of the elements and the insubordination of his crew ] in turning him back from his perilous but glorious enterprise. It was tho hope wliioli was rcaiisod at , just, when his ungrateful country was compelled to \ inscribe, as an epitaph on his tomb— “ Columbus has given a new workl to the kingdom of I Castile and Leon,” j that enabled him at first to bravo so manv disap- I poiutments, and at last to conquer the multitude I of perils that beset his pathway on the deep. This, < sir, is the amhition of the truly great—not to 1 achieve present ftime, but future immortality. This I being the case, it is befitting here to-day to' add to ’ tho life of Henry Clay, the record of his death, i signalized as it is by a nation’s gratitude and grief. I It is right that posterity should learn from ns, tho < cotemporaries of the illustrious deceased, that his i virtues and services were appreciated by his eoiui- < try, and acknowledged by the tears of liis country men poured out upon bis grave. ' i Tiio career of Henry Clay was a wonderful one. ’ Aud wiiat ya illustration of the excellence of our < institutions would a retrospect of his life afford ? > Born in an humble station, without any of the ad- t Yftitioua aids of fortune by which tho obstructions i oirtlic road of sumo are smoothed, he rose not on- ’ ly to the most exalted eminence of position, but 1 likewise to the highest place in the affections of t hiß countrymen. Taking into view tho disadvan- 1 tapes of his early position, disadvantages against which he hud always to contend, his career is with- i out a parallel in the history of great men. To c have seen him a youth, without friends or fortune, v and with but a scanty education, who would havo v vontured to predict for him a course so brilliant f and boneficieut, and a sumo so well deserved aud c enduring i Bike the pine, however, which some- » times springs up amidst the rocks on the moun- « tain side, with scarce a crevice in which to fix its c roots or soil to nourish them, but which, nevorthe- I less, overtops all tho trees of the surrounding for- v ost, Henry Clay by his own inherent, seif-sustqin- v ing energy and gonitis, rose to an altitude of fume t almost unequaled in the ago in which be livod.— s As an orator, legislator, and statesman, he had no « superior. All his faculties wore remarkable, and in t remarkable combination, l'osscssod of a brilliaut ip genius and a fertile imagination, his judgement j t was sound, discriminating, and eminently practi- ] ; cal. Os an ardent and impetuous temperament, he r was nevertheless, persevoring nnd firm of purpose. I t rank, bold, and intrepid, ho was cautious in pro- v viding against the contingencies and obstacles which might possibly riso up in tho road to sue- o cess. Generous, liberal, and entertaining broad a and expanded views of national policy, in his leg- j islative course ho nover trausceiidod the limits of a t wieo economy. r But, Mr. President, of all his faculties, that of jj making friends and attaching them him was the e most remarkable and extraordinary. In this re- , sped, ho seemed to possess a sort of fascination, by which all who canto into his preaenoe were at tracted towards and hound to him by ties which neither time nor circumstances hftd power to dis- 8 solve or weaken. In tho admiration of his friends 1 was the recognition of the divinity of intellect; in 1 their attachment to him a confession of his genor ous personal qualities and social virtues. Or the public services of Mr. Clay, the present J occasion affords no room for a sketch more extend- c od than that which his respected colleaguo [Mr. 8 Underwood] has presented, it is, however, suffi- ” cicnt to say, that for more than forty years ho lias J been a prominent actor in the drama of American 1 affairs. During the late war with England his { voice was more potent than any other in awaken- : ing tho spirit of the country, infusing confidence ; into the peoplo, and rendering available the re- ! sources for carrying on tho contest. In our do- : mostic controversies, threatening the ppecs of the I Country aqd the integrity of the Union, he has al ways been first to note danger as well as tosuggest ; the means of averting it. When tho waters oftlie great political deep were upheaved by tho tempest ofdiscord, and the ark of the Union, freighted with the hopes and destinies of freedom, tossing about 1 on tho raging billows, nnd drifting every moment ! nearer to the vortex which threatened to swallow it up, it was his clarion voice, rising agave the ] storm, that adniouished tlio crow of impending peril, and counseled the way to safety. But, Mr. President, devotedly us" lie loved his 1 country, his aspirations were not limited to its ! welfare alouo. Wherever freedom had a votary, that votary had a friend in Henry Clay: nnd in the , struggle of the Spanish colonies for independence lie uttered words of cncoqrugcment which have be come tho mottoes on the banners of freedom in every land. Btit neither tho services which ho lias rendered his own country, nor his wishes for the welfare of others, nor his'genius. nor tho affec tion of friends, could turn aside the destrovor. No price could purchase exemption from the 'common lot of humanity. Henry Clay, tho wise, tho groat, the gifted, had to die; and his history is suinmoa up iu the biography which the Bussian poet has prepared for all, kings and serfs, viz: ****** “ born, living, dying, Quitting the atilt shore for the troubled ware, Struggling with storm-clouds, over shipwrecki dying And casting anchor in the ailent grave.” But though time would not spare him, there is still this ot consolation; He died peacefully and happy, ripe in renown, full of years and of honors, and rich in the affections of his country. He en joyed, too, the unspeakable satisfaction of closing his eyes whilst the country he had lovod so much and served so well was still in the enjoyment of peace, liappiuqss, union, and prosperity—still ad vancing in all tho elements of tyeaUh, greatness and power, i I know,' Mr- President, how unequal I have been to the apparently sell-imposed task of presenting, in un appropriate manner, the merits of the illus trious deceased. But if 1 had remained silent on an occasion like this, when thehearta of my constit uents areswoiling with grief, I would have'been dis owned by them. It is for this reason—that of giv ing utterance to their feelings as well as my own— ! j that I have trespassed on tho time of the Senate.— j I would that I could have spoken titter words; but, snch as they are, they wore uttered by the tongue, in response to the promptings of the heart. Mr. Seward. Mr. President, fifty years ago, Henry Clay, of Virginia, already adopted by Ken tucky, then as youthful as biinseif, entered the ser vice of his country, a Representative in the unpre tending Legislature of that rising State; and having thenceforward pursued, with ardor and constancy, the gradual paths of an aspiring change through Halls of Congress, foreign courts, an<f Executive councils, he hasnow, with the choerftilness of a pa triot, and the serenity of a Christian, fitly closed his long andarduouscarcer, here in the Senate, in the full presence of the Republic, looking down upon the scene with anxiety andalarm,—not merely alien ator like one of us who yet remain in the Senate House, but filling the character which, though it had no authority of law and wa-assigned without suffrage, Augustus Csesar nevertheless declared was above the title of Emperor, Prima* inUr illut tres—the Prince of the Senate. Generals are tried, Mr. President, by examin ing the campaigns they have lost or wod, and statesmen by reviewing the transactions in which they have been engaged. Hamilton would have been unknown to us had there been no Constitu tion to be created, as Bratus would liavo died in obscurity had there been no Ctesar to bo slain. Colonization, Kavolution, and Organization three great acts in the drama of our national j progress—had already passed when the Western ; patriot appeared on the public stage. He entered I in that next division of the majestic scenes which | was marked by ail inevitable reaction of political forces, a wild strife of factions, and ruinous em barrassments in our foreign relations. This tran sition stage is always more perilous than any other in the career of nations, and especially in the ca reer of Republics. It proved fatal to the Common wealth in Eugland. Scarcely any of the Spanish American Stutos have yet emerged from it; and it has more than once been sadly signalized by the ruin of tho Republican cause in"franee._ The continuous administration of Washington and John Adams had closed under a cloud which j had thrown a broad, dark shadow over the future; J the nation was do. ply indebted at home and abroad, I audits credit was prostrate. The revolutionary (factions had given place to two inveterate parties, divided by a gulf which iiad been worn by the conflict in' which the Constitution was adopted, and made broader and deeper by a war of preju dices eonceruing the merits of the belligerents in the £leat European struggle that then*convulsed the civilized world. Our extraordinary political system was little more than an ingenious theory, not yet practically established. The Union of the States was as yet only one of compact: for the political, social, and commercial necessities to which it was so marvelously adapted, and which, clustering thioki/ upon it, now render it indisso luble, had not then been broadly disclosed, nor had the habits of acquiescence and the sentiment* of loyality, always slow of growth, fully ripened. Tne reirk that had gone to sea, thaß unfurnished and untried, seemed quite certain to founder bv reason or its own inherent frailty, even if it should escape unharmed in the great conflict of nations, which acknowledged no claims of justice, and tol erated no pretensions of neutralitv. Moreover, the territory possessed by the nation wee inad • equate to commercial exigencies, and indispensa ble social expansion; ana yet no provision bad been made fer enlargement, nor for extending the i political ayatem over diatant regions, inhabited or i otherwise, which must inevitably be acquired. Nor could any such acquisition be made without disturbing tho carefully adjusted balance of powers among the members of th# Confederacy. These difficulties, Mr. President, although they grew less with time and by slow degrees, contin ued throughout the whole life of the statesman whose obsequies we are celebrating. Be it kn own, then—and lam sure that history will confirm the instruction—that conservatism was tho interest of the nation, and the responsibility of its rulers, during the period iu which he nourished. He* was ardent, bold, generous, and even ambitions; and yet. with a profound conviction of the true exigen eiea.of the country, like Alexander Hamilton, ho disciplined himself, and trained a restless nation, that knew only self-control, to tho rigorous prac tice of that often humilating conservatism which its welfare and security in that peculiar crisis bo imperiously demanded. It could not have happened,(sir, to any citizen to liave acted alone, nor even to have acted always the most conspicuous part in a trying period so long protracted. Henry Clsv, therefore, shared the naponAbilities of Government with not only the Proper contemporaries, but also survivors of the Revolution, as well as also manv who will now snccoed himself. Delicacy forbids my naming those who retain their places here; but we may, without impropriety, roeull among his compeers u Senator of vast resources aud inflexible resolvo, who has recently withdrawn from this Chamber, but I trust not altogether from public life, [Mr. Benton;] and another, who, surpassing all bis co temporaries within his country, and even through out tho world, iu the proper eloquence of the forum, now, in autumnal years, for a second time, dignifies and adorns the highest seat in the Exe cutive Counoil, [Mr. Webster.] Passing by tlieso eminent and noble men, tho shinies of Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Mmiroe, Madison, and Jefferson, rise up before us—statesmen whoso living aud local fame lias ripened already iutohis torieal and world-wide renown. Among geniuses so lofty as these, Honry Clay bore a part in regulating the constitutional free dom of political debate; establishing that long contested and most important lino wfltieh divide* the sovoiguty of the several States front that of the States confederated; assorting the right of neu trality, and vindicating it by a war against Great Britain, when that just but oxtromo measure be came necessary, adjusting the terms on which that perilous yot honorable contest was brought to a peaceful close;porfccting the army, and the Navy, and national fortifications; settling the fiscal and financial policy of the Government iu more than one crisis of apparently threatened revolution, asserting and calling iuto’exercise the powers of the Government for making and improving internal communications between tho States; arousing and encouraging the Spanish American colonies on this continent to throw off tho foreign yoke, and to organize gwernments ou principles congonial to our owu, and thus creating external bulwarks for our own national defense; establishing equal and impartial peace and amity with all existing mari time Powers; and extending the constitutional organization of government over tho vast regions all secured in his lifetime by purchase or by con quest, whereby the pillars of tho Republic have been removed from the banks of tlio St. Mary’s to tho borders of tho Rio Grande, and from the mar gin of the Mississippi to tlio Pacific coast. We 1 may not yet discuss tho wisdom of the sovoral ' measures which liave thus passed in review before ! tis, noref tho positions winch the deceased states- : man assumed in regard to them, but wo may with- J out offense dwell upon the cornprehensivo results , of them all. 1 The Uuion exists in nbsoluto integrity, and the Republic in complete and triumphant development. Without having relinquished any part of their in dividuality, tlio States havo more’ than doubled al ready, and are iucreasing in numbers and growing in political strength and expansion more rapidly than ever before. Without having absorbed any State, or having even encroached oh any Stato, tlio Confederation lias opened itself so as to ombrace all tho now membors who have come, and now, with capacity for further and indefinite enlargement, has becomo fixed, enduring, aud perpetual. Al though it was doubted only bulf a century ago, whether our political system could be maintained, at all, and whether, if maintained, it could guaranty the peace and happiness of society, it stands now confessed by tho world, the form of government not only mast adapted to empire, but also most congenial #li tlic constitution of human nature. When wo considor that tho nation has been con ducted to this haven, not only through stormy soas, but altogether also without a course and with out a star; and when we consider, moreover, the sum of happiness that lias already boen enjoyed by the Amerieun poople, and still more the influence which the great achievement is exerting on tho ad vancement aud melioration of the condition of man kind, we *eo at once that it might have satisfied tho highest ambition to havo been, no matter how humbly, concerned in so great a transaction. Certainly, sir, no one will assort that Henry Clay in tiiat transaction performed au obscure or oven a common part. On the contrary, from lho day ou which ho outored the public service until that on which he passed the gates of death, he was never n follower, but always a loader; and bo marshalled cither the party which sustained or that which re sisted every great measure, oqually in tho Senate and in the popular canvass. And lie led where duty seemed to him to indicate, reckless whether ho encountered oue President or twonty Presidents, whether he was opposed by factious or evon by the whole people. Hence it has happened, that al though that people are not yotagreed among them selves on tho wisdom of all or porhaps of oven any of hia great measures, yet they are nevertheless unanimous in acknowledging tiiat he was at once tlio greatest, the most faithful, and the most reliable of their statesmen. Here the effort at discriminating praise of Henry Clay in regard to his public policy must stop, ovtm on this sad ocoasion, which awa kens the ardent liberality of his generous survi vors. But bis personal qnalities may be discussed with out apprehension. What were the elementsoftho success of that extraordinary man ? You, sir, knew him longer and better than I, and I would prefer to to hear you speak of them. Ho was indeed elo quent—all the world knows that. He held the keys to the hearts of his countrymen, and ho tnru od tho wards within thorn with a Bkiil attained by no other master, , But eloquence was nevertheless only an iiistm mont, and one of many that lie used. His conver sation, his gestures, Mb very look was magisterial, persuasive, seductive, irrcsistablo. And his ap pliance of all these was eorteous, patient, and in dofagitable. Defeat only inspired Riip with new resolution. lie divided opposition by his assiduity of address, while ho rallied and strengthened his own lianas of supporters by the eonfidence of success which, feeling himself, he easily inspired among bis followers. His affections wore high and pure, and generous, and the chiofost among them was that one which tho great Italian poot designated as tlic charity of native laud. In him that charity was an enduring and ovorpoweriug enthusiasm, and it influenced all his sentiments and conduct, rendering him more impartial be tween conflicting interest, and soetions than any other statesman who has lived since the Revolu tion. Thus, witli great versatility of talent, and tlic most catholic equality of favor, he identified evory quostion, whether ol domostic administration or foreign policy, with Ms own great tame, and eo be came a perpetual Tribune of the people. Ijo need ed only to pronounoo in fever of a measure or against it, hero,and immediately popular enthusi asm, exeifotl as hy a magic wand, was felt, over coming and dissolving all opposition in the Senate Chamber. In this way lio wrought a cliango in onr political system, that I think was not foreseen by its found ers. 110 converted tliis bmnok of the Legislature from a negative position, or ono of equilbrium be tween tho Executive and the House of Represen tatives, into tho active ruling power of the Repub lic. Only time can disclose whether this great in novation shall be beneficent, or even permanent. Certainly, sir, the groat lights ot the Senate liave set. The obscuration is not less palpable to the country than to us, who are left to grope our uncer tain way here, as ip a labyrinth, oppressed with self-distrust. The time, too, presents new embar rassments. We are rising to another and more su blime stage cf national progress—tbatof expanding wealth and rapid territorial aggrandisemoDt. Onr institutions throw a broad shadow across the St. Lawrence, aud stretching beyond the valley of Mexico, reach even to the plains of Central Ameri ca, while the Sandwich Islands and the shores of China recognize its renovating influence. Whero cver that influonoo is felt, a desire for protection under tboso institutions is awakened. Expansion seems to bo regulated not by any difficulties of re sistance, but by tho moderation which results from our own internal constitution, No ono knows bow rapidly that restraint may give way. Who can tell hoty fe» or how fast it ought to yield ? Commerce lias brought tho ancient continents near to us, and created necessities for new posi tions—perhaps connections or colonies there — and with tho trade and friendship of the elder na tions, their coufiiuU and collisions are brought to our doara aud to our hearts. Onr sympathy kin dies, our indifference extinguishes the fires of free dom in foreign lands. Before we shall be fully conscious that a change is going on in Europe, we may find ourselves once more divided by tiiat eter nal lino of separation that leaves on the on# side those of our citizens who obey the impulsos of sympathy, while on the other arafound those who submit only to tho counsels or prudence. Even prudence wiU soon be required to decide whether distant regions, East and West, shall oomo under our own protection, orbolofl tooggrandizo a rap idly-spreading domain of hostile despotism. Sir, who among us is equal tft these mighty ques tions ? I fear there is no one. Nevertheless,, the example of Henry Clay remains for our instruction. His genius bas passed*to the realms of light, but his virtnes still live hero for our emulation. With them th#re will remain also tho protection and fu • vor of the Most High, if by tho practice of justice and the maintenance of freedom we shall dc.serv# tbem. Let then the Mer pass on. We will fol low with sorrow, but not without hope, the rever end form that it bears toitsfinal resting-place; and then, when that grave opens at our feetto receive so estimable a treasure, we will invoke tbe God of ourfathers to send us new guides like him that is now withdrawn, and give us wisdom to obey their instructions. Mr. Jones, of lowa. Mr. President, of tbe vast number who mourn the departure of the great man whose voice has so often been heard in this Hall, I have peculiar cause to regret that dispensa tion which has removed him from among us. He was the guardiau and director of my collegiato days ; four of his sons were my college mates anS warm friends. My intercourse with the fether was that of a vouth and friendly adviser, I shall never cease to feel grateful to him—to his now heart-stricken and bereaved widow and children for their manv kindnesses to me during four or Eve yoars of ’my life- I had the pleasure of re newing my acquaintance with him, first, as a dele gate in Congress, whilst he was a member of this body from 1885 to 188 S, aud again in IS4S, as a member of this branch of Congress ; and during the whole of which period, some eight years none bu the most kindly feelings existed between us. As an humble and unimportant Senator, it was my fortune to co-operate with him throughout the whole of tl.c exciting question of 1849-'so—the labor and excitement of w hich is said to have pre cipitated his disease. That co-operation did not end with the accordant vote on this floor, but in consequence of the unyielding opposition to the series of measures known as the “ compromise, ” extended to many private meetings held by ita friends, at til or which Mr. Clay was present. And whether in public or private life, he every where continued to inspire me with the most exalted estimate of patriotism and statesmanship. Never shall I forget the many appeals he made to Senators, in and out of the Senate, in favor of the settlement of our then unhappy sectional differ ences. Immediately after the close of that memorable session of Congress, during which the nation be held his great and almost superhuman effort* upon this floor to sastsin the wise counsel# of th a * ra ther of his Country.” I accompanied him home to Ashland, athisinvitation, to revisit the place where mv happiest day* bad been spent, with the friends who there continued to reside. Daring that, to mo, moet agreeable and inotruc.l ve journey, in many conversations he evtnoed the utmost so licitude lor the welfare and honor of the Republic, amending to show that he believed tho happiness of the people and tho cause of liberty throughout the world depended upon the continuance of our glorious Union, and the evoidanoe of tboae sec tional dissensions, wMch eduld but alienate the affections ol one portion el tbe people from an- VOL. LXVI.--NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.--NO. 28. other. Wj|h tie sincerity and fervor of a true patriot, he warned his companions in that journey to withhold all aid from men, who labored, and from every cause which tended, to sow the seeds of disunion in the land ; und to oppose such, he declared himself willing to forego all the tics aud associations of mere party. At a subsequent period, sir, this friend of my youth, at my eunicst aud repeated entreaties, con sented to take a sea voyage from New York to Hava na. He ramaiuodat the Tatter place a fortnight, aud then returned by New Orfeana to Ashland. That excursion by sea, ho assured me, contributed much to relieve him from the sufferings occasioned by tho diseaso which ltns just terminated his eventful and glorious life. Would to Heaven that lie could have bceu persuaded to abaudou his .duties as a Senator, aud to have remained during the past winter aud spring upon thut Island of Cuba! The country woultr not now, perhaps, have been called to mourn his loss. Iu some matters of policy connected with the administration of our General Government, 1 liave disagreed with him, yet tho purity and sincerity of nis' motives I never doubted ; and as a true lover of his country, as au honorable and honest inkn, I trust Ms example will be reverenced and followed by the meu of tliis, and of succeeding generations. Sir. Brooke. Mr. President ns an ardent, per sonal admirer and political friond of tlic distin guished dead, I claim tho privilege of adding my humble tribute of respect to his memory, and of joiniug in the general expression of sorrow that has gone forth from this Chamber. Death, at all times is an instructive monitor as well ns u mourn ful messenger: but when iiis fatal shaft batli stricken down tho great in intellect and vcuowu, how doubly impressive tlio lesson thut it brings homo to tlio heart that the grave is tho common lot of all—the great levelor of all earthly distinc tions I But at the same time we are taught that in one sense the good and great can never dio; for tile memory of thoir virtues and their bright examples w ill live through ull coming timo in an immortality thnt blooms beyond the grave. The consolation of this thought may calm our sorrow; and, in the language of oue of our own poets, it utuy be asked: “ Why weep ye, then, for him, who having rail, The bound of man’s appointed years, at last, Life’s blessings ail enjoyed, life’s labors done. Serenely to bis film) rest has passed ; V bile the soft memory of his virtues yet Lingers, like twilight hues when the bright sun has set T” It will b« doing no injustice, sir, to tho living or the dead to nay that no better specimen of tho true American character can bo found in our history than that of Mr. Clay. With no adventitious ad vantages of birth or fortune, ho won his way by. the efforts of his own genius to tho highest distinc tion und honor. Ardently attached to tho princi ples of civil and religious liberty, patriotism wins with him both u passion and a setitiuicnt—a passion that gave energy to liis ambition, and u sentiment that pervaded all his thoughts and actions, con centrating them upon his country as the idol of his heart. 'The hold and munlv frankness in the ex pression of his opinions which always character ized him has often been the subject of remark; and in nil his victories it may bo truly said he never “stooped to conquer.” In his long and brilliant political career, personal considerations never for a single instant caused him to swerve from tho strict line of duty, and none have ever doubted his deep sincerity in that memorable expression to Mr. Preston, “Sir, I had rather be right than bo President.” TbiH is not the time tioroccasion, sir, to ontor in to a detail of the public services of Mr. Clay, inter woven as they nro with tho history of theeountry for half a century; but I cannot refrain from ud verting to the last crowning act of his glorious life —his great effort in the Thirty-first Congress for the preservation of the peace and integrity of this great Republic, as it was this effort that shattered , It' B bodily strength and hastonod tho consummation of deutli. Tho Union oftho Stales, as being essen tial to our prosperity mid happiness, was tho para mount proposition in his political creed, and the slightest symptom of danger to its perpetuity llllod him with alarm, and called forth all the energies of his body and mind. In his earlier life ho had motthis dungorand overcome it. Jntho conflict of contending factions it again appeared; and coming lorth from tho repose of private life, to wliioh age and infirmity lmd carried him, with unabated strength of intellect, he again entered upon tho arena of political strife, mid again success crowned his efforts, and peace and harmony wore restored to a distracted peoplo. But, unequal to the mighty struggle, his bodily strength sank beneath it, and lio retired from the Held of his glory toyioldup his life as a holy sucrifioe to his beloved country. It has well been said that peace has its victories as well as war; mid how bright upon tho page of his tory will be tlio record of this groat victory of in tellect, of reason, and of moral suasion, over the spirit of discord and sectional animosities 1 Wo this day, Mr. President, commit his memory to tho regard and utt'ection of his admiring coun trymen. It is a consolation to them und to us to know that lie died in full possession of his glorious intellect, and, what is bettor, in the enjoyment of that “ poac ■ which the world can lieithor givo nor take away. ” Ho sank to rest as tho full-orbod king of day, unshorn of a single beam; or rathorliko the planet of morning, liis brightness was but eclipsed by tho opening to him of a more full und perfect day— “ No waning of Arc, no paling of ray, But lining, still riting, us punning away. Farewell, gallant eagle, tliou’rt hurietl in light— God speed thee to heaven, lost star of our night.” The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and, in pursmmeo thereof, tho President pro tan. uiude tho Allowing appointments: Committee of Arrangements: Mr. Hunter, I Mr. Cooper, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Bright, Mr. Jones, of lowa, | Mr. Smith. Pall-Bearers: Mr. Cass, I Mr. Pratt, Mr. Mnngnm, Mr. Atchison. Mr. Dodge, of Wis.-, | Mr. 8011, Committee to attend tho remains of tho deceased: Mr. Underwood, j Mr. Fish, Mr. Jones, of Tonu., Mr. Houston, , Mr. Cass,, f Mr. Stockton. The order of proceeding for tho funeral is js follows: The Committee of Arrangement*, Pall-Bearers, and Mourners will attend at the National Hotel, the late residence of the deceased, at eleven o’clock a. in., on Thursday, July 1, 1852. At half past eleven, the members of the two Houses of Congress will assemble at tho same place, at which time tho corpse will be removed, in charge oftho Committee of Arrangements, attended by the members and officers of tho two Houses of Congress, to tho Senate Chamber, where divine service will be porlormed. At the conclusion of tho service, the eorpso will be plaoed iu tho Rotundu, where it will remain un til Half past threo o’olook, when it will be removed, in charge of tho Committee of Arrangements und Pall-Bourors. to the railroad depot, where it will bo confided to the committee appointed to ucootupany it to Kentucky. On motion by Mr. Underwood, it was Rtsolved, That as an additional mark erf respect to the memory of the deceased, tho Senate do now adjourn. The Senate adjourned accordingly till to-morrow at twelve o’clock. HOUSE, Wednesday, June 80. HEATH OF MU. CLAY. The House met at the usual hour, but was not called to order till ton minntos past two o’clock, iu consequence of tho death of Mr. Clay, the for mal announcement of which was to he received from the Senate. The Rev. C. M. Butler then addressed the Throne of Grace as follows : Almightv God, our Hoavenly Father, wo boscech thee to look upon us in love, to forgive us our sins, aud to bestow upon us thy blessing. Take us as a nation into thy holy keeping. Bless the President and Congress of these United Stales, and all who are in authority; enable them faithfully and fra ternally to accomplish thy will, thut they may en joy thy perpetual benediction. Heavenly Father, thou hast in thy wiso Provi dence seen tit to take out of this world the soul of him at whose departure a nation weeps. We bow in resignation tothy blessed will, and acknowledge that thou doest all tilings well. Wcthank thee lor the signal public services which the departed states man, whose deattfwo mourn to-day, was permit ted to render to his country. We "thank theo for the oircumstanoes of mercy and his consolation con nected with liis sickness and liis deutli. We thank theo for the grace that sustained him in submis sive patience amidst hit protracted suffering, and for the testimony which thou didst oftaole him to give to th? power and excollouey of thy gospel. Wo bless thee that we are permitted tothiuk of him, whose long suffering we mourn, as now resting in the peace and paradise of God. .We eommead to thy fatherly care the bereaved wife, the children and the relatives of the departed. Remember them, O Lord, in mercy, hantity thy fatherly correction to them. Endow their souls with patience under their affliction, mid with resignation to thy blessed will. Comfort them with usense of thy goodness, und enable them to prepare to follow him who has gono before them to that better world, where God wipes away all tears from those whom death has swallowed up in victory. We beseech time to bless this dispensation es thy Providence to the members of this Congress here and now assembled, and to all who are en gaged iu the public service. Teach them that the glory Os man is as the flower of the grass—that the fashion of this world pusseth away. Teacli them the folly of ambition, the- sin of strife, and the nothingness of renown. Make them so to lay to heart this lesson of morality as to livo above the world, to seek thy favor, to study thy law, and in all their actions to aim at thy glory, at the good of their own souls, and of tho souls of their t'ellow men. j And when we arc called to go the way of all the earth, may we depart in the confidence of a certain faith in the comiort of a reasonable, religious, and I holy hope, in favor with thee, our God, and perfoet charity with the world. '•All of which wo ask in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. The Journal of yesterday having been read, A message was received from the Senate by the hands of Asbury Dickins, Esq., its Secretary, an nouncing the death of Hunky Clay, late Senator from Kentucky, and the adoption of the following proceedings hy thut body, viz: (The resolutions offered by Mr. Underwood, which will be found in tho procceedings of the Senate.] Mr. Hunter, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Jonca of lowa, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Smith, were up j pointed the Committee of Arrangements. Mr. Breckenridge then rose and said: Mr. Speaker: I rise to perform the melancholy duty of announcing to this body the death of Hen ry Clay, late a Senator in Congress from the Com monwealth of Kentucky. . . Mr. Clay expired at his lodgings in this city yes terday morning at seventeen minutes past eleven o’clock, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. His noble intellect was nuclounded to the Jest. After protracted sufferings, he passed away without pain; and so gently did the spirit leave his frame, that the moment of departure was not observed by the friends who witched at his bedside. Ilislast hours were cheered by the presence of an affectionate son, and he died surrounded by friends who, dur ing his long illness, had done all that affection could suggest to soothe his sufferings. Although this sad event has been expected for many weeks, the shook it produced, and the innu merable tributes of respect to his memory exhib ited on every side, and in every form, prove the depth of the public sorrow aud the greatness of the public loss. Imperishable associated as his name has been for fifty years with every great event affecting the for tunes of our country, it is difficult to realize that he is indeed gone forever. It is difficult to foel that we shall see no more liis noble form within these walls—that we shall hear no more his liatriot tones, now rousing his countrymen to vindicate their rights against a foreign foe, now imploring them to preserve ooncord among themselves. We shall sea him no more. The mernorv and the I fruits of his services alone remain to us. Amidst I the general gloom, the Capitol itself looks desolate, as if thegemu* of the place had departed. Alrea dy the intelligence has reached almost every qoar : ter of the Kepablie, and a great people mourn with us, to-day, the death of their most illustrious cW | zen. Sympathizing, as we do, deeply wish his I family, ana friends, yet private affliction fa absorb ed in the general torrow. The spe«nwie of4 whole community lamenting tho loss of a great man. i’» tar more touching thau any manifestation of pri vate tfnet. I n speaking of a loss wliicli is national. I wnl not attempt to desoribe the universal burst of grief with which Kentucky will receive these ti dings. The attempt would bo vain to depict the gloom that will cover her people, when they know that the pillar of fire has been removed, which has guided their footsteps for the life of a gen eration. It is known to tho country, that from the mem orable session 01T549-’SO, Mr. Clay’a health grad ually declined. Although several years of his Senatorial term remained, ho did not proposo to continue in the publicsorvicc longer than the pre sent session. He came to Washington chiefly to defend, if it should become necessary, tlie measures of adjustment, to the adoption of which he so largely contributed; but tho condition of iiis health did not allow him, at any time, to participate in the discussions ofthe Senate. During the winter, he was confined almost wholly to his room, with slight changes In his condition, but gradually los ing #lO remnant of his strength. During the long and dreary winter, ho conversed lunch and cheer fully with his friends, and expressed a deep inter est iti public ail'airs. Although he did not expect a restoration to health, ha cherished tho hope that the mild season of spring would bring to him strongtli enough to return to Ashland, and dio in the bosom of his family. But alas 1 spring that briugs life to all nature, wrought no life nor hqpo to lnm. After the month of March liia vital pow ers rapidly wasted, and for weeka lie lay patiently awaiting tho stroke of death. But tho approach of tho destrover had no terrors for him. No elouda overhung liis future. Ho met tho end with com posure, and his pathway to tlie grave was bright ened by tlie cheering hopes which spirng from tho Christian faith. Not long beforo his death, having just returned from Kontucky, 1 bore to him a token of affection from his excellent wifo. Never can I forget his appearance, his manner, or liis words. After speaking of his family, his friends and liis country, he changed tlie conversation to his own future, and looking oil mu with his fine eye undimmed, und his voice full of its original couipuas and melody, he said, “1 am not afraid to dio, sir. I have liopo, faith, and some confidence. 1 do not think any man can be ontiroly certain, ita regard to Ids future state, but i have nn abiding trust in tho merits and mediation of our Saviour.” IS will assuage the grief of his family toknowthut ho looked ho|>o fully hoyond the tomb, and u Christian people will rejoice to hoar tliut such a man in his last hours, reposod with simplicity and confidence on the promises of tho Gospel. . It is the enstom an occasions like this, to speak of the parentage und childhood ot‘ the deceased, and to follow him, stop by step, through life. I will not attempt to rolato oven the great oveuts of Mr. Clay’s life beeauso they arc familiar to tho wholo country, and it would bo needless to enu merate a long list of public services which form a part of American history. Beginning life as u iViondlccs hoy, with few advantages, save those conferred by nature, while yet a minor lie loft Virginia, the Stato of his birth, and commenced tho practice of law at Lexington, in Kentucky. At a bar remarkable for its num bers and talent, Mr. Clay soon rose to tho first rank. At a very early ago ho was elected from tho county of Fuyet'o to the Gcnoral Assembly of Kon tuoky, and wus tho Speaker of that body. Com ing into tho Senate of tho United States, for the first time, in 1806, ho entered upon a parliamenta ry caroor, tho most brilliant ana aiicoessftil in our annals. From tliut time, ho remainod habitually in the public eye. As a Senator, us a member of this House, and its Speaker, as a representative of his country abroad, and hk a high ofticor in tho Executive department of tho Government, lio waa intimutcly connected for fifty yours with overy great measure of American policy. Os the moro party measures of this period, l do not proposo tOßpoak. Many of them have passed awny, and are remem bered only as tho occasion of tho great intcllcetnul efforts which marked their discussion. Concern ing others, opinions are still divided. They will go into history, with th rensons on either aide rendered by the greatest intellects ofthe tiiuo. Asu loader in a deliberate body. Mr. Clay hud no equal in Ainorica. In him, intellect, person olo quonco, and courage, united to form a character fit to commnnd. 110 fired with liis own enthusiasm, , and controlled by liis amazing will, individuals and masses. No roverso could crush liis spirit, nor defeat roduco him to dospair. Equally oreot ami dauntless in prosperity und udvorsitv; when suc cessful, lio moved to tho accomplishment of his purposes with severe resolution; whou defented, lie rallied liis broken bands around him, and from liis citglo eyo shot along their ranks tlie contagion of his own courage. Destined for u leader, he ovory whoro asserted his dostiny. In his long mid eventful life ho cumo in contact’with men of all ranks and professions, but ho never felt that he was in the presence of n man superior to himself. In the assemblies of tho people, at the bur, in the Bonnto—everywhere within tlie circle of his pur- • sonal prosonee lio assumed and maintained a posi sitiou of pre-eminenao. But tho supremacy of Mr. Clay ns a party leader was not liis only nor his highest title to renown. That title is to bo found in tho purely patriotic spirit which, on groat oceoions, always signalized his conduct. We have bad no statesman who in periods of real and imminent publio peril lias ex hibited a moro genuine and enlarged patriotism than Honrv Clay. W’honovor a question present ed itsoif actually threatening tho existence of tho Union, Mr. Clay, rising above the passions of tbo hour, always oxorted his powers to solve it peace fully and liouerably. Alth ,ugh more liable than most mon, from his impetuous and ardent nature, to feel strougly tho passions common to us all, it was his rare faculty to be able to subdue them in it groat crisis, and to hold towards all sections of the- Confederacy the language of concord and brother hood. Sir, It will be a prond pleasure to every trnn American heart to romombor the great occasions when Mr. Clay has displayed a sublime pariot ism—when the ill-temper engendered l>y ilia times, and the misorublo jealousies of tho day, seemed to huvo been driven from liis bo«om, by tho expulsive power of nobler feelings—when every throb of liis heart was given to his conntry, overy effort of Ids intellect dedicated to lierservico. Who does not remember the three periods when the Amcricun systole of Government was exposed to its severest trials; and who does not know tliut when history ahull relate the struggles which pre coded tho dangers which were averted by tho Mis souri compromise—the tariff compromise of 1882 and the adjustment, of 1860, the same pages will record tho genius, the oloquenco, and tho patriot ism of llonry Clay? Nor was it in Mr. Clay’s nature to lag bohlnd until ineusiires of adjustment were matured, and then come forward to swell 11 majority. On the contrary, like a bold nnd real statesman, he was ever among tho first to meet tho peril, and liuzard his fume upon tho remedy. It is trosh In tho mem ory ol ua all that, when lately the fury of soetional discord threatened to sever tho Confederacy Air Clay, though withdrawn from public life, ami op pressed by the burden of yoars, came back to the (senate, the theatre of fils glory, and dovotod tho remnant ol hits strength to tho sacred duty of pre serving the union of tho [states. r With characteristic courage ho took the lead in proposing a scheme of settlement. But while ho was willing to assuino the responsibility of propo sing a plan, he did not, with petty ambition, in sist upon its adoption to tho exclusion of other modes; but taking lift own ns u starting point for discussion and practical action, ho nobly labored with his compatriots to change and improvo it In such form as to mako it uu acceptable adjustment. Throughout the long and urdnotis struggle, tho love ot country expelled from his bosom the spirit, of selfishness, und Mr. Clay proved for the third time, that though he was ambitious, and loved glory, lie had no umbitiou to mount po fame on the confusions of Ins country. And this convic tion is lodged iu the hearts of tho people; Uie par ty measures and the party pussions of former times have not, for several years, interpose a between Mr. Clay and tho masses of liis countrymen After 1860 lie seemed to fell thut his mission was ac complished, and during the sump period the re gards unu affections of tho American people hnvo been attracted to him in a remarkable degree lor rnuiiy months the warmest feelings—tho deep est anxieties of all parries centered upon tho dying statesman ; tho glory of his great actions shed a mellow lustre on t his declining years, and to fill the measure oi liis fume, his countrymen, weaving 5* “'| n j-ho laurel wreath, with common hands, did bind it about Ins venerable brows, and send him crowned, to history. The life ol Mr. Clay, sir, is a striking example oftho abiding fame which surely awaits the direct and candid statesman. The entire absence of equivocation or disguiso in ull his acta was his master-key to the popular heart; for while tho people will forgive the errors of a bold and open nature, he sins past forgiveness who deliberately deceives thorn. Uciice Mr. Clay, though often de feated iu his measures of policy, ulwuys secured tho respect of his opponents without loosing the confidence of his friends. Ho never fidtered in a double sense. Tho country never was 111 doubt as to his opinions or his purposes. 111 all the contests ' of bis time, liis position on grout public questions was as clear as the sun iu tho cloudless sky. Sir, standing by the grave of this great iimri, and con sidering these things, how contemptible docs ap pear the mere legerdemain of polities! what a re proach is liis life on thut false policy which would trifle with a great and upright peoplo 1 If I were to write his epitaph, I would inscribe as the high est eulogy, on the stone which shall murk his rest ing place, “ Hero lies amtm who was in the pub lic service for fifty years, and never attempted to decoive bis countrymen." While the youth of America should imitate liis noble qualities, they may take courage from his career und note the high proof it uil'ords that under our equal institutions tho avenues to honor are open loall. Mr. Clay rose by the force of liis own genius, unaided by power, patronage, or wealth. At an age when our young men are usu ally advanced to tho higher schools of learning, provided only with the rudiments of an Eugl’sh education, he turned his steps to the West, und umidst the rude collisions of a border lilo, ma tured a character whose highest exhibitions were destined to murk eras in Ins country’s hitorj.— Beginning on tho frontiers of American civilization the orphan boy, supported only hy tlio conscious ness of Ids own powers, andby the confidence of the people, surmounted ull the barriers of adverse fortune, and won a glorious name in tho annals of his country. Let the geuero us youth, fired with honorable ambition, remember that the American systom ol Government offers on every hand boun ties to merit. It, likeCjay, orphunago, obscurity, poverty, shall oppress him; yet if. like Clay, fie teals the I’rometbean spark within, it him re member that his country, HQs a generous mother, extends her arms to welcome and to cherish every one of her children whoso genius and worth may promote her prosperity or increase her renown. Mr. Speaker, the signs of woe around us and the general voice announce that another groat man has fallen. Onr consolation is that ho was not taken in the vigor ol liis manhood, but sunk into tho grave at the close of a long and illustrious career. The great statesmen who have filled the largest space in tho public eye, one by one are passing away. Os the three great loaders es the Senate, one alone remains, and he must follow soon. « c shall witness no more their intellectual struggles in the American forum ; but the monu ments of tiicir genius will bo cherished as tho com mon property of tho people, and their names will continue to confer dignity and renown upon tb'ir country. Not less illustrious than the greatest t>f these will bo the name of Clay—a name pronounced with prido by Americans in every qua,ter of the globe; a name to be remembered while history shull record tho struggles of modem Greece for freedom, or the spirit of liberty ham in tho South American bosom ; a living and immortal name—a name that would descend to posterity without the aid of letters, borne by traditiob from generation to generation. Every memorial of such a man will possess a meaning and a value to his country men. Hie tomb will boa hallowed spot. Great memories will cluster there, and his countrymen, as they visit it, may well exclaim— “ Such graves nr, lb are pilgrim shrine.', Shrine* to or code confined; The vales, tho Paketine*, The the mind.” Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolutions : fisjoiwd, That the House of Representatives of the United States has received, with the deauest ■ sensibility, intelligence of th 4 death of Zy «oh-ed t That the officers and members of the Houo4 of Representatives will wear the usua^ [rONCLCtUD OK BXOO NS ties.]
