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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. IN SENATE, Wednesday, June 30. DEATH OF THE HON. HENRY CiXy. [OOHCICDIO FEOa Ist IU.U.J badge of mourning for thirty day*, as a testimony of the profound respect this House entertains for the memory of the deceased.- Ruotred, That the officer* and members of the House of Representatives, in a body, will attend the funeral of Henry Clay, on tha day appointed fir that pnrpoac by the Senate of the United States. Rrtolced, That the proceeding* of this House, in rotation to the death of Henry Clay, be commu nicated to the fimilv of the deceased by the Clerk. Rctolttd, That as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn. Mr. Ewing rose and said : A noble heart has ceased to beat forever. A long life of brilliant and aelf-devoted public service is finished at last, and we now stand at its conclusion looking hack through the changeful history of that lifoto its be ginning, eonP:rn[>oraiiootn with the very birth ol the Republic, and its varied events mingled in our heart* mid our memories—with the triumph and calamities, the weakness and the power, the ' adversity of a country we love so much. As we contemplate this sad event in this place, the shad ow* of the past gather over us ; the memories of events long gone crowil upon us, and the shade? of departed |iatriots-eein to hover about tin, wait ing to receive into their midst the spirit ot one who was worthy to struggle with them inacoin mon ciuse, and to share in tiie rewords oi the.r virtue*. Henceforth he must he to us us one ol them; < m They say he was ambitious, if so it was a griev ous fault, and grievou-ly lias lie answered it. He has found in it naught butdisapjsii itment. It lias butservel to aggravate the mortiiicatiou of hi* defeats, and furnish' an additional luster to the triumph of his foes. These who come after ti« may. ay, they will, inquire why hi* statue stand* not among the statues otthose whom men thought ab!e*t and worthiest to govern. But bis Ambition was a high and holy feeling, nnselftsli, magnanimous. Its aspirations were for his country’* good, audits triainph was his coun try’s prosperity. Whether in honor or reproach, in" triumph or defeat, thut heart of his never throbbed with one pulsation save for her honor and her welfare. Turn to him in that last best lined, and crowning glory of a life so full of public service and of honor, when his career of personal ambition was finished forever. Rejected again and again by hi* countrymen ; just abandoned by a party which would scarce have had an existence without his genius, his courage, and his labors, that great heart, l-vcr firm and defiant to ttic os sa,dt* of lii» enemies, but defenseless against the ingratitude of friends, doubtless wrung with the bitterest mortification of his life ; then it »»«, and under such circtimspmees as these, the gathering storm rose upon his country. * All eye* turned t.' . hi® ; all voice* culled for those services which, in the hour of t>ro*perity and security, they had so carelessly rejected* With no misanthropic cha grin , with no morose, selfish resentment, he for got all hut his country and that country endanger ed. He returns to the scene of his labors and his fame which lie had thought to have left forever. A scene —that American Seif# Chamber, clothed in no gorgeous drapery to dazzle the eye of fancy, shrouded in no superstitions awe or ancient reve rence for hereditary power,■ hut ton rejecting American mind more full of interest, ot dignity, and of grandeur than any spot on this broad earth; not made holy by religion's consecrating seal, hoe htoi as lie enters there, tremblingly, but hopefully, upon the last, most momentous, perhaps inert doubtful conflict of bis life. Sir, many n gay tournament lias been more dazzling to the eye of fancy, morn gorgeous uinl imposing in the display of juwclry and cloth of gold, in the sound of her alds’ trumpets, In the grand array of princely beau ty and of royal pride. Many a battle-field lias trembled beneath a more ostontutioim parade of human power, and it*conquerors have been crown ed with laurels, honored with triumphs, and apotheosized amid the demigods of history; Imt to the thoughtful, hopeful, philanthropic student ot’ the annuls of his race, never was there a con flict in which such dangers were threatened, anch hope.* imperiled, or the hero of which deserved a wuriner gratitude, a nobler triumph, or a prouder monument. , , , . Sir from that long, anxious, and exhausting con flict he never regained his mortal strength. In the lust battle for his Country’s honors mid his coiili trv’s safety lie received the mortal wound which “laid him low ; and we now mourn the death of a martyred patriot. ~ , „ But, never, in all the grand drama which the story of Ids life arrays, never has he presented a suborner or a more touching spectacle thau in ttuwo lint (lays of his decline and death. Broken with the storms ot State, wounded and scathed in immv a flerv conflict, that aged, worn und decay e l b*dv In "such mournful contrast wit - the never JyltKj strength of his giant spirit, he seemed a orou l and sm-rod, though * crumbling monument of the glory past• Standing amongst ns like some ancient oofosssl ruin amidst the degenerate und more diminutive structures of modern times, its vast proportions magnified by the contrast, ho re minded us of those days when there wore giants in the land, and we remembered that even then there was none whose prowess could withstand his jirm To watehfliiin in that slow decline, yielding w ; tli dignity, and a* it were inch by inch to that last enemy, u* a hero yields to a conquer ing foe, the glorious light ot his intellect blazing atill in oil it* wonted brilliancf, and setting at do nance the clouds that vainly attempted to obscure it lie was more full of interestthun In* the day of Jiis glorv and his power. There are some men whose brightest Intellectual emanations rise so little superior to tho iutitioci* ot the niiminl, wc are led fearfully to doubt that, cherished truth ol the soul’s Immortality, which even in despair, men press to their doubting hearts. Jlut it is tit the dentil of such a man as lie that we are ro-u<snred bv tho contemplation of a kindred though superior aJiirit of a soul which, immortal, like his fame, knows no old age, no decay, no death. Tins wondrous llghkof his unmatched intellect mav have dazzled a world ; the eloquence of that Insnlred tongue mav have enchanted millions, but there are /ew who'have Bounded the depths of that noble heart. To see him in sickness and in lu-ultli in joy .and jti sadness, in tho silent watch os of the night, and ill the busy daytime-tins it was to know and love him. To see tho impetuous torront of that resistless will, 'ho hurricatio ot those passions hushed in peace, breathe calm atm geutlv as * summer zepliyr :to lesl jj l ® gethle pressure of that hand in the grasp of frni;idsiup which in tho rage of fiery conflict could hurl i cor, and detianca at his foe ; to see thut eagle eve tvliic.v oft would barn with patriotic ardor or flush with tlio lightning of Ids utiger, beam with the jfinditest expressions of tenderness and afl'eoiion—then it wa*, and then alone, wo could learn to know and feel that tliohoart was warmed by the same sacred tire from above which enkindled tho light of of hi* resplendent intellect. In the dcuth of such n man oven prtriotism itself might pause, and for a moment stand aloof while friendship siicd u tear, of Borrow upon his bier. “Hlsltfe was gentle : anil the elements Ho mlxeM In him, that Nature iiilghtstunil lip Anil s.y to all the world, Thin tan a man f" * jj ot. 0 t. who ean estimate Ills country’s loss.' What tongue portray the desolation which in this hour throngeiltliis hroud land hangs a gloomy pull over his griot' stricken countrymen ( llow poorly can words like wine translate the eloquence of a whole people’s grief Or a patriot’s death. For a nation's loss'let a nation -wourn. For that stupendous ca lamity to our co'refry and mankind, he tho heavens hung with bifid:; let tho wailing elements clmnt his dirge, and the universal heart of man throb with one commonpan# of gfh t anil anguish. Mr. Caaklo said ; Mr. Speaker, i roust try to lay u single laurel leaf in that open coffin which is al ready garlanded by the eloquent tributes to the illustrious departed, which have been hoard in this now solemn Hull—for I come, sir, from the district of hi* birth. I represent on this floor that old llanover so proud of her Henries—lter Patrick lll.urv and Iter Henry Olay. 1 speak for a people among whom he has always had as earnest and devoted friends as were ever tiie grace mid glory of n patriot nml statesman. I ulmil attempt no sketch of his life. Thirf you l'avo had from other and abler hands thau mine. T .'ll yesterday that Ufa was, of hi* own free gift, tiie property of It's country; today it belong* to her r'istory. it is known to all, and will not be forgot,‘eo. Constant, stern opponent of his po litical school as bus been my State, I say for her that uowltcre in this broad hind are Ids great quali ties more ad.'uired. or his death more mourned t bun In Virginia. Well may this bo so ; for she is his mother, and lie was her sou. Mr. Speaker, whsn I remember I no party strifes ill wliieli lie was so n.'uch mingled, and through which « e all more or less have passed, and then sur vey this scene, uml think how lur, as the lightning lias borne the news he is g.m.o, halt-masted flags. are drooping and elu.ro i-b.-lls are toiling and men are sorrowing, 1 ean but feel that it is good tor mini to die. For when death enters, oh, how the mi- j kindness and jealousios, and rivalries of life do vanish, and how. likeiueenso from an altar, do peace ! and friendship and all the sweet charities of mjr nature rise around the corpse which was once a nun. And of a truth, Mr. Speaker, never was more of veritable, noble manhood eased in mortal mould yliau was found ill him to whose memory this brief all q humble, but true and heart-felt tribute I- paid. But 'lis eloquent voice is bushed, his high lu-art is stilled. Like » shook of corn full ripe, lie Im bed! gathered to his fathers. With more than thi-ee score years and ten U)>on him, and honors clustered thick about him, in the lull possession of uw.’h>“ded intellect, and all tho consolations of Christianity, h® has met the fate which is evitable bv noiie. Lamented bv all his countrymen, his name is "bright On fame’s immortal roll. IL> lias fiuUhod his co.'rso. and lie has Ids crown. Wliat more fruit can hi. 1 ' bear 1 \\ hat can- give it that Henry Clay lues nov gained f t hen. Mr. Speaker, around lus tomb should be heard not ouly tiie dirge that wails Ids Jo-s, but the jubilant imthem widen sounds that on the world's great battle-field auoti, " r victory- ha* been won, amither incontestable grcav'mss uc’nieved. Mr. Chandler, said: Mr. SpcaXJ'r. it w tlid seem as if the solemn invocation of the honorable gentlemen from Keutuev [Mr. Ewingt was receiv ing an early answer, and t Hat the heat oils are hung in black, and the wailing elements are slnghii.g the funeral dirge of Henry Clay. Amid this ele mental gloom and the distress whieii pervades the nation Ut the deatli of Henry Clay, private grief should not obtrude itself upon notice, nor personal anguish seek for utterance. Silence is the best nxpoocit of individual sorrow, and the heart that kunweth its own bitterness shrinks from an expo sition of its affliction. Could I have consulted my own feelings on the event which occupies the attention of tiie House at the present moment, l should even have f or - i borne at’emianee hero, ai d in the solitude and siloueo of my chamber, have mused upon the ter rible loss on which has been administered to the people and tiie nation. But I represent a constit uency who justly pride themselves upon the un wavering a rtoehun-nt they have ever felt and mani festo i tojiccry Clay—a*constant, pervading, he rv .Ltarv ffive; 'l' o Bri n has taken up the father's affection, and atn ’d • tlm professions of political attachments to otih. r*. whom tin-accidents of party have made pronniien ’,* n 'l the suocess of party hoi* made p.iv.erlu!. true to M* own instincts, and trne to the sanctified legacy Jl" *"* lather, he has placed | the name of 11 -nrv Clay foi ward and pre-eminent i as the exp "tent of what is gt-fgtest i-.i statesman ship, and purest in patriotism. 4 n> * * !r , I when party (baity caused otiier attachments to N avowed for party nse*,th® preference tva< limited j to the occupancy of office, and superiority admit- ; ted for Clay, iu all that is reckoned above party , estimation. Nor ought I to forbear to add. that as the senior t member of the delegation winch represents my j Oomtnonracalth, I am r>-quested t * utter the setitj- j ments of the people of. Pennsylvania at large, j who yield to no portion of this pre.it Union, in t. -air appreciation of the talents, their reverenoe ; . ’ y|ie lof.v patriotism, their admiration of the j statcri*** 0 ** 1 ' 0 - and hereafter their love of the memory o' Henry Olay. I cannot thereibre.' be silent on this occasion, j —ut,slice to the affections of mV constitu- j v ev even tliofriß * painfully feel how inadequate i to the reverence and love niv people have towards that'states:rum, mu '- ,K M lh « 1 iia ' e 10 otter 0,1 this mournful occasi m. I know not. Mr. Chairman, where now the na- j Uou it to find tli* men she needs in per.b-citlier | other calls than ti'.°*« of i x> !‘ ti '-'** »re holding in abeyance the tataaU which the nation n»y need, i e>r else a generation is to " a ** undist.npmshed hy tiie greatness of our states ' nel '- tk® nybie • winds that have swayed the Sv“ !, * tc ’ ono . ve, J ur ’ ! vivesin the maturity of poworfij, intellect, care fully disciplined and nobiv exerviaa. *• Mav He | who has thus far Messed our nation sp. ire *‘ ) J he r l and the world, that of which the world n. osl al ' ) ways envy oor country the pcsscssiou. But m bnsim ss is with tiie dead. Tile biography of Henry C.iav, from his ehlld-*t 1 hood upward, is too familiar to every American, I for me to trespa-a on the time of this honk-, by a j J reference directly thereto; end the honorable gen- ! I tlemso who have preceded me have, with sffectivn ] t *,« hand and appropriate deiicocy, swept twey ;h* 1 i dust which nearly four score years have scattered overspent of the record, and have made our pride greater in liia life, and our grief more poignant at bis death, by showing some of those passages which attract respeetto our republican institutions, of which Mr. Clay’a whole life waa the able sup port and most suecessfal illustration. it woti : then, be a work of supererogation for me to ret W that effort, though inquiry into the life and ouriuol of Hmirf Clay would present new themes for private eulogy; new ground* for pub lic gratitude. flow rare is it, Mr. Speaker, that the great man, living, can, with confidence, rely on extensive per sonal friendship, or, dying, think to awaken a sen timent of regret beyond that which includes tiie pulflic loss or the disappointment of individual hopes. Yet, air, tiie message which yesterday went forth from this city, that Henry Clay was dead, brought sorrow, personal, private, sj>ecial sorrow to the hearts of thousands, fitaeh of whom felt that from his own love for, hi* long attachment to, liis disinterested hopes in, Henry f lay, ho had a particular sorrow to cherish und express, which weighed upon his heart, separate from the sense of national loss. No man, Mr. Speaker, in our nation, had the art so to identify hmiseif with public measures of the most in. •neiitous character, and to maintain, at tiie same time, almost universal infection, like tliat great state-man. from his boyhood, wa-> with national concerns, and he dealt with them n» with famiiiar tilings. And yet his sympathies were with individual enterprises, affec tions, joys und sorrows ; and while every patriot bowed in humble deference to bis lofty attainments and heartfelt gratitude for his national services, almost every limn in this vast Republic knew that the great statesman was, in feeling and experience, identified with liia own position. Hence, the uni versal iove of the people; hence, their enthusiasm in ail times, for his fame. Hence, sir, their present grief. Many other public men of onr conntry have dis tinguished themselves, and brought honor to the nation, by superiority in some peculiar branch of public service, but it seems to nave been the gift ■t Mr. < jav to have acquired peculiar eminence in every path of duty he was called to tread. In the earnestness of debate, which greut public interests and distinguished opposing talent* excited in this House, he had no superior in energy, force or ef fect. Yet as the presiding officer, by blandness of laugiiage. and firmnesa of purpose, he soothed and made orderly ; and thus, by official dignity, he commanded the respect which energy had secured to him on tiie floor. W herever official or social duties demanded an extreme of his power, there was a pre-eminence which seemed prcscriptivoly" his own. In the lof ty debate of the Senate aiuftlie stirring harangues to popular asserrn,.ages, he wus the orator of the nation, and of the people; and the sincerity of purpose, and the unity of design evinced in all he saicl or*did, fixed in the public mind a confidence strong and expansive as the affections he had won. Yeur after year, air, has Henry Clay been achiev ing the work of the mission with which he was en trusted ; and it was only when the wurmest wish es of his warmest friends were disappointed, that he entered on the fruition of a patriot's highest hopes, and stood in the full enjoyment of that ad miration and confidence which nothing but the antagonisms of party relations could have divided. How rich that enjoyment must have been, it is only for ns to imagine. How eminently deserved it was, we and the world can attest. The love and tiie devotions of his political friends were cheering and grateful to his heart, and were acknowledged in ail his life —were recognized even to Ills death. The contest in the Senate Chamber or the forum wrs rewarded with success achieved, and the great v ietor could enjoy the ovation which partial friend shin or the gratitude of the benefitted prepared.— But tho triumph of his life was no party achieve ment. It was not in the applause which admiring friends und defeated antagonists ottered to his measureless success, that lie found the reward of his labors und comprehended the extent of his mission. It was only when friends and antagonists paus ed iu their contests, appalled at the public difficul ties and national dangers which haabcen nccumu- Jating, unseen and unregarded; it was only when the nation itself felt the dungcr, und acknowledged tho iuelficacy of party action as a remedy, tout Henry Cluy euleululed’tlie full extent of Ids'power, and enjoyed the reward of their saving exercise. Then, sir, yon saw, and I saw, party designations dropped, and parly allegiance disavowed, und anxious patriots, of all localities and name, turn towards the country’s bencluctor as the man for the terrible exigencies of the hour ; and the sick chamber of Henry Cluy became the Delplios, whence were given out tile oracles that presented the means and the measures of onr Union’s safety." There, sir, and not in the high places of the coun try, wire the labors and sacrifices of half a een turytobe rewarded and closed. With his right yet in thut Senate which he had entered the young est, and lingered still the eldest member, he felt that his work was done, and the object of his life accomplished. Every cloud that hud dimmed the noonday luster had been dissipated ; and tiie re tiring orb, which sunk from the sight of tiie na tion m fullness and in beauty, will vet pour up tho horizon a posthumous glory thut shall tell of the splendor and greatness of die luminary that lias pussed away. Mr. liayiy, of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, although I have been all my life a party opponent of Mr. Clay, yet from my boyhood I have been upon terms of personal' friendship with him. More titan twenty y ears ago, 1 was introduced to him by my father, who was his personal friend. From thut time to this, there has existed between us as great personal intimacy as the disparity in our years, and our political difference would justiiy. After 1 became a member of this Ilou?e, and upon Ins return to tho Senate, subsequent to iiis resig nulion in the warm regard upon his part tor the daughter of a devoted friend of forty y ears’ standing, made him u constant visiter at my house, and frequently a guest at uiy table. These cir cumstances muke it proper, that upon this occa sion, i should pay this last tribute to his memory. I not only knew him well as a statesman, but 1 knew him better in tho most unresorved Hoeial in tercourse. The most happy circumstance, us -1 esteem it, of my political life bus been, that 1 have thus known each ol our great Congressional tri umvir. i, sir, never know a man of higher qualities tlian Mr. Ulav. His very faults originated in higdi qualities. YVithgrcater self-possession, with great er self-reliance than any man 1 ever know, he possessed moral und physical courage to us high u degree as any man wiio ever lived. Confident iu his own judgment, never doubting as to his own coulee, muring no obstacle that might lie iu liis way, it was almost impossible that ho should not have been imperious in liis character. Never doubting himself as to what lie thought duty and patriotism required at his hands, it was natural that lie should sometimes have been impatient whl’ those more doubling und timid than himself, ills were finalities to have made a groat general, as [hey ware qualities that did make him a great state.'iililli an.'! tlicoJ qualities were so obvious that durln’' the dark?«t period of our lute war with t;rent Britain, Mr, Mucdson bad determined, at one time, to muke him Ceneral-in Chief of the American army. Sir, it is but a short time slnoo tho American Congress buried the first one that went to the grave of that great triumvirate. We are now cull ed upon to bury another. The third, thank Cod. still lives, uiid iong may lie live to enlighten his country men by his wisdom, and act them the ex ample of exalted patriotism. Sir, in the lives and clnirueters of these great men, tlioreis miwil re sembling those of tiu>. great triumvirate of the British Parliament. It differs principally in this : Burke preceded Fox and i'itt to tho tomb. Web ster survives Clay and Calhoun. When Fox and i'itt died, there were no others to fill tlioir place. Webster still lives, now that Calhoun and Clay are dead, tho unrivaled statesman of his country. Like Fox and i’itt, Clay and Calhoun lived in troubled times. Like Fox and i’itt, they were eaeli of them the )c .dor of rival parties. Like Fox nml i’itt they w ere idolized by their respective friends. Like Fox and I’itt, tßey died about the sumo time, end in the public service ; /rod a* has been said of Fox and i'itt, Clay and Calhoun died with “their harness upon them.” Like Fox and i’itt— “ With ware than mortal powers eoffowed, ltoiv high they soared above the crowd ; Ttn-irs was noeommon party race, Joshing by duik intrigue lor place— Jake tabled gods their mighty war Shook realm, und nations in lie jar. Den,Mill elicit banner, proud to stand. Looped up the noblut ol Die land. ***** “ Here let tlicir discord with then die. speak not lor those a separate doom, VI horn fate made brothers in Lire tomb; But search tire land of living ut, n, Where will thou had their tike againf” Mr. Venable said: Mr. Speaker, 1 trust that I -hull be pardoned for adding a few words upon this sail occasion. Tho life of the illustrious states man which has just terminated is so interwoven with our history, and the lustre of liis great name so profusely shed over its pages, that simple admi ration of his high qualities might well be my ex cuse. But it is a sacred privilege to draw near; to eoutompiatu the end of the great and the good. It is profitable us well as purify to look upon and 1 realize tiie office of death iti removing all tliat can excite jealousy or produce distrust, and to gaze up j on the virtues which like jewels have survived his powers nj' destruction. Tho light which radiates j. .mi the life of a great and patriotic statesman is often dimmed by the mists which party conflicts throw around it. But the blast which strikes him down purities the atmosphere which surrounded him in life, uud it shines forth in bright examples and » ell earned renewu. It is then that we wit ness the sincere acknowledguicnt of gratitude by a people who, having enjoyed the benefits arising from tiie cervices or an emme t statesman, embalm his name in their memory und hearts. M,■ should : cherish such recollections as well from patriotism ' as self-respect. Ours, sir, is now the duty, in the j midst of sadness, in this high place, ia the lace of | our Republic, and before the world, to pay this tri- I buto in acknowledging tho merit* of our colleague j whoso name has ornamented me .Journals of Con g ,ss for near half a century. Few, very few. have ever combined the high intellectual powors n»d dis tinguished gifts of the illustrious Senator. Cast ia tiie'finest mould by nature, he more than fulfilled the anticipations which were indulged by those v. looked to a distinguished career as ti,« certain result of tliat zealous pursuit of lame and useful ness upon which be entered in early life, t f the incidents of tliat life it is unueeessarv for mo to speak—they are as familiar as household words, a 'iJ mn *t [>c equally familiar to tlioso who eosie | ait, r us. But it is useful to refresh picmory by re currence to some of the events which marked his ' \Ye know, sir, that there is much that is in eoiuuwn ; n tiie histories of distinguished men. Tiie cieuieuu irhich constitute greatness are the same in all times: hence those who have been the admiration of their generation* present in their !i\,s mu,'ll which, although really great, ceases to j be remarkWc, bee use illustrated by such numerous : examples— " But there are which should not wane away, I AgJ names that must not wither.” Os evicli deeds the life of Henry Ciay affords many and bright examples. His ox n name, and j those with WUOU) lie associated, shall live w th a 1 freshness which time cannot impair, and »h:ne j with a brightness which passing y ears eommt dim. 11 s advent into public lire was as remarkable for the circumstances ns it was brilliant in its effect. It was at a time in which genius and leaiuing, statesmanship and eloquence, mode the American Congress the most august body in the world. He was tiie contemporary of u race of statesmen — some ot whom theip administering the Govern ment, and others retinue Hud retired from office— presented an array of ability tu-.su i-iaosed incur history. The elder Adams, Jeff*raj- Madison, Clinton, and Monroe, stood before the Republic iu i tiie maturity of their laaie; whilst Calhoun, jofar. Quincy Adams, Lowndes, Crawford, Gaston, and Ciie.cs, with a host of others, rose a bright gal ax v , upon out horizon. He who won ids spurs iu suet ' a field cameo Ids ku'ghthood. Distinction amidst ! such competition vsu true renown— " The fame which aai xaisrinsfjr himself is best— ! Ifox he may call his own. - It was such a fame tiiat he made for himself in that most eventful «ra in our history. To u,c, sir, the reerticotiou* of that day, and the events which distinguish ft, are filled with anuvcrjKvwinginterest. ! I never can forgot uiy enthusiastic admiration of , the boldne**. the 1 1 qucnce. and the rairiotisei of llvury Cloy during t e war of i.'l2. In the bright j emiy’of talent whieii adorned yhe Congress of the ■ United State*; Hi the cvufiiot growing out of the j political event of that time: in the struggle? of j party, and amidst the gloom and disaster* which depressed the spirit* of most men. and well nigh I peralized the energies ot’ lire Administration, his | cheerful lace, high bearing, commanding eloquence and iron will, 'gave strength and consistency to • those elements which finally gave not ouly success hut glory to the country. When dark clouds mot- ] cred over ua, and there was little to save from des- < pair, tho country looked with hope to Clay and . Calhoun, to Lowndes, and Crawford, and C'heves, and looked not iu vain. The unbending will, the | unshaken nerve, and the burning eloquence of Henry C!«v did a* much to command confidence | ; and sustain hope a* even the news of our first vie- ; tnrv after a sucee'sion of defeat*. Those great j nes are now canonized in history; he, too, has S4 * 'to join them on it» pages. Associated in j ’ Caamber on tiie annunciation of hit doath. And] we this dav unite iu a aimilar manifestation of re- | vercntiat regard to him whose voice shall never more charm the car, whose burning thoughts, borne on tha’. medium, shall tD more move the heart* ofiistening assemblies. In the midst of the highest specimens of onr race, bo wasalwavaun equal; he inisa humainonyrt men. -Bold, skillful,. and determined, he gave character to the party, which acknowledged him as , a leader; impressed liis opinions upon their minds and on attaeainent to himself upon their hearts, j No man, sir, can do this, without being eminent- J ly great. Whoever attains this position most first overcome the aspiration* of antagonist ambi tion, quiet the clamour* of rivalry, hold in cheek the murmurs of jealousy, and overcome the in stincts of vanity and self-love in the masses thus subdued to hi* control. But few men ever attain it. Very rare are the examples of those whose plastic touch forms the minds and directs the pur pose* of a great political party. This infallible indication of superiority belonged to Mr. Clav.— He lias exercised that control during a long fife; and now through onr broad land the tidings of hi* death, borne with electric Sliced, have opened the fountains of sorrow. Every city, town, village, and hamlet will be clothed with mourning; along our extended coast, the commercial and military marine, with flags drooping at half-mast over the bereavement; State-houses draped in black pro claim the extinguishment ofone of the great lights of .Senates: and minute guns sound hi* requi em 1 Sir. during the last five years I have seen the venerable John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, and Henry Ciay pass f rom amongst ns, the legis lators of our country. The race of giants who “ were on the earth* in those days” is well-nigh gone. Despite their skill, their genius, their might, they have sunk under the_stroke of time. They were our admiration and our glory; a few linger with us, the monuments of former greatnesß, the beacon-lights of a past age. The death of Henry Clay cannot fail to suggest melancholy a*so«iations to each member of this House. These walls have re-echoed the silvery tones of hisbewitching voice; listening assemblies have hung upon his lips. The chair which you fill lias been graced by lus pres ence, whilst hi* commanding person and unequal ed parliamentary attainments inspired all with de ference and respet. Chosen by acclamation be cause of his hieh qualifications, he sustained him self before the House and the countTV. In liissu premacy with bis party, and the uninterrupted con fidence which he enjoyed to the dav of Ins death,_ lie seems to havealmost discredited the truth of those lines addressed to Casar— " All cannot be at all time* first; To reach the topmost step of glory; to stand there More hard. Even swifter than we mount we tall."* If not at all times first, he stood equal with the foremost, and a brilliant, rapid rise knew no de cline in the confidence of those whose just appre ciation of his merits had confirmed his title to re nown. The citizens of other countries will deplore his death; the struggling patriots who on onr own continent were cheered bv his sympathies, and who mint have perceived iiis influence in tho re cognition of tlieir independence by this Govern ment, have taught their ehildren to venerate his name, lie won the civic crown, and the demon strations of this hour own tho worth of civil servi lt was with great satisfaction that I heard my friend from Kentucky, [Mr. Breckinridge,] the im mcdb.te representative ot'Mr. Clay, detail a con versation which disclosed the feelings of that emi nent man ill relation to his Christian hope. These, Mr. Speaker, are rich memorials, precious remi niscences. A cliristiun statesman is the glory of liis age, and liis memory will be glorias'iu after time*: it reflects a light coming from a source which clouds cannot dim nor shadows obscure. It was my privilege, also, a short time since, to con verse with this distinguished statesman on the subject of his hopes in a future stute. Feeling a dcop interest, I asked him frankly what were his hopes in the world to which lie was evidently hast ening. “I am pleased,” said ho, “my friend, tliat you nave introduced the subject. Conscious that i must die very soon, 1 !ove to meditate upen the most important of all interests. I love to converse and to hear conversations about them. Tiie vani ty of the world and its insufficiency to satisfy tiie soul of man has been lon g a settled conviction of my mind. Man’s inability to secure by bis own merits the approbation of God, I feel to bo true. I trust in the atonement of the Savior of.men as the ground of my acceptance and my hope of salvation. My faith is feeble, but 1 hope in His mercy and trust in liis promises.” To such declarations I listened with the deepest interest, as I did on an other occasion, when he said : “ I am willing to abide the will of Heaven, and ready to die when tliat wilUhail determine it.” He is gone, sir, professing the humble hopo of a Christian. Thut hope, alone, sir, cun sustain you, or any of us. There is ono lonely and crush ed heart tliat lias bowed before this afflictive event. Far away, ot Ashland, a widowed wife, prevented by feeble health from attending liia bedside, and soothing liis painful hours, she has thought even the electric speed of the intelligence daily trans mitted of liis condition too slow for her aching, anxious bosom. She will find consolation ill bis Christian suomission, and will draw ataof comfort that stich a case admits from the asHrance that nothing was neglected by the kindness of friends which could supply her place. Mav tho guardian ship of the widow’s God be her protection, and liis consolations her support! Mr. Haven said: Mr. Speaker, representing a constituency distinguished for the constancy of its devotioij to the political principles of Mr. Clay, and for its unwavering attachment to his fortunes and his person—sympathizing deeply with those wiiose more intimate personal relations with him have made them feel most profoundly this general bereavement—l desire to say a few words of him, since lie lias fallen amongst us, and been taken to liis rest. After the finished eulogies which have been so eloquently pronounced by the honorable gentle men who have preceded me, I will avoid a course of remark wfilch might otherwise bo deemed a repetition, and refer to the bearing of some of tiie acts of tho deceased upon the interests and desti nies of my own State. The influence of his pub lic life, and of his ’purely American character, the benefits of liis wise forecast, and the results of liis efforts for wholesome and rational progress, arc nowhere more strongly exhibited than iu the Stute ofNewY’ork. Our appreciation of liis anxiety for tho general diffusion of knowledge and education, is mani fested in our twelve thousand public libaries, our equal number of common schools, and a largo numbor of higher institutions of learning—all of. which drew portions of tlieir support from the share of tiie proceeds of tho public lands, which his wise policy gave to our States. Our whole people arc thus constantly reminded of their great obligations to the statesman whose deatli now afflicts tiie nation with sorrow. Onr extensive public works attest our conviction of the utility and importance of the system of internal improve ments he so ably advocated; and their value and productiveness afford a most striking evidence of tiie soundness and wisdom of his policy. Nor lias liis influence been lesp sensibly felt in our agriculture, commerce, und manufactures. Every department of human industry acknowledges his fostering cure, and the people of New Y'ork arc, in no small measure, indebted to liis statesman ship for the wealth, comfort, contentment, and happiness so widely undgenerally diffused through out the State. Well may New York cherish liis memory and acknowledge with gratitude tho bcuofits tliat his life lias conferred. That memory will be cher ished throughout tiie Republic. Whan internal discord and sectional strife have threatened tne integrity of the Union, his just weight of character, h;s large experience, Ins powers of conciliation and acknowledged patriot ism. have enabled him to paeifv the angry pas sions of liis countrymen, and to raise tiie bow of promi -e and of liopc upon the clouds which have darkened the political horizon. lie 1 as passed from amongst us, ripe in wis dom and pure in character—lull of years and full of honors, ilo lias breathed his last amidst the bless ings of a united imj grateful nation, He was, in my judgment, particularly fortunate in the time of liis death. He iivud to see his country guided by liis wis dom, come onca again unhurt out of trying sec tional difficulties and domestic strife; and tic has closed his eyes in death upon tliat country whilst it is in the enjoyment of profound ponce, busy with industry, and blessed with unequalled pros '"lt'ciin full to ihi lot of but few to die amidst so warm a gratitude flowing from the hearts of tlieir countrymen; and nonw can luagc a brighter ex ample or a more enduring fame. Mr. Brooks. Mr. Speaker, I rise to add my humble tribute to tla memory of a great and good man now to be gathered liis tatliers. I speak for and from a community, in wiioss hearts Q en shrined tiie name of him whom we mourn; who, however much Virginia, the land ot his birth, or Kentucky, the land of his adoption, may love him, i*. if possible, loved where 1 live yet more, if idolatry had, been Christian or allowable, cvcu, lie would have been an idol. But, as it is, for. a quarter of a century now, liis bust, his portrait, or some modal, has been ono ot our household uods, gracing not alone the saloon, and the halls of wealth, but the humblest room or workshop of almost every mechanic or laborer, l’roud monu ments of his policy as a statesman, as my collcaguo lias justly said, are all about us, and we owe to him, in a gobd degree, our growth, our greatness, j our prosperity, and happiness as a people. The great" field of Henry Clav, Mr. Speaker, has been bore, on the floor of this House, and in the Otiier wing of tiie Capitol. He lias held other posts of higher nominal distinction, but they are ail eclipsed by the brilliancy ot his career as a Congressman. What of glory be has acquired, or what most endears him to liis countrynjon, linvo been won here, amid those pillars, under theso ] dome* of the Capitol. quark monumeutum circumepice. Tho mind of Mr. Clay has been the governing ! mind of the country, more or leas, ever since ho has been on the stage of public action, in a tr.i nority. or a majority—more, perhaps, even in a minority than fit i'n’e majority —he seems to have had somu commission, divine as it wore, to per suade, to convince, to govern other men. His patriotism, )iis foresight, liis grand conceptions, have created measures which tiie secret fascination of iiis manners, or liis irrcsistablc elo quence without, have cuabicd him almost always ! to frame into laws. ; Adverse Administrations have yielded to him. | or been borne down bv him, *r he has taken them capt ive as a leader, and carried the country and Col’izrc** with him. This power he lias wielded now for nearly half a ecu’.in v, with nothing but Roman eloquence to back him. Aud yet, when lie came here years ago, be came from a then frontier State ot'this Union, heralded by no loud trmnoct offame, nay, quite unknown, unfortified i even ‘bv an v position,''social or pecuniary: loqnote ' bis own words, bis .only “heritage hayl been infan ; ey, indigence, aud ignorance. ; "ill these days, Mr. Speaker, when mere civil ; qualifications for high public place—when long | civil training aud practical statesmanship are held suborom-te—a most discouraging prospect would ! be before our rising young were it not for some such names, as Lowndes, Crawford, Clinton Carton. Calhoun, and Clay, scattered along the oaass nfourhistorv, as stars, or constellations in a cloudlet* shv. They shine out, and show us that if the Chief Magistracy cannot be won by such qualifications, a memory among men can be £ hold upon posterity as firui, as lustrous -mj , more I.OL-Vishible. In the Caritolum of Rome there are long r>ws of marble saw, on whicn are recorded the name# ofthe Roman Consuls ; but the eve 'wanders over this wilderness ot letters but to light uo and to kindle upon some Cato or C icero. To win such fame, thus unsullied, as Mr. Clay has won, is worth any man's ambition. And how '*u*> it won ! By eOr.rtit'.g the shifting gales of popu larit v * No. never! By tnwiiing to the schemes, the arts, end seductions of the demagogue I Nov- | er, never! HL hardest battles as a public m*2—lus 1 greatest, most iiluataicus achievements— liayebeen « against, at first, au advwso public opinion. To j .. an imperishable name. Re mis often braved j 1 the [s, _.iiat>le popularity of the moment. That sort i ofeo’iragowc.hni in a public man, I deem the highest ; of ail courage; wax. xort of courage most necessary under onr f nn of goto, naumt to guide as well as to Save a Stale, Mr. Clay wa* used of—more ’ than any ,-el.lic man I ever knew —me*, physical . courage, v. eaUt, indispensable though it be, »fi 1 share hut with .tha UrvAo—but moral courage, to ! dare to do t ight, amid ai! to do wrong, ! is. a* it s, ms to me, tiie very hignei joceies, the j noblest iitHtwm nnderinsritutiauslikeoiira- “I had i rather be r ght than Re President,” was Mr. Clay’s i sublime reply when presel l to refrain from some measure that would mar hu perularitv. These lofty words were a clue to his whots character— the secret of bis hold upon the heads as wed a* the hearts of the Am.rican people—nay, the key to his immortality. Another of the keys, Mr. Speaker, of his uni- I vers*! reputation, was his intense nationality.— j '' ,ie . n taunted but recently, almost within "onr j hearing, a* it were, ou Uvo floor of the Senate, by a i !>;n b tor i as being a Southern man nn fiuthful to the South, his indignant but pst- ! nq.ie exv.amsrton way: ‘‘{know no South —no] £ii>t, no West.*' The country, the : • “No poavnp, Wemmna. tempore, fuattnmn iff gradual eom 5...... - rnn q Cw as tri Kit* et ntiu., qiiur. utmje, c.dee,” ’.line*front Lalrinvt. 11 ii-hole country _ loved, adored, reverenced such a I ■ I man. The toll of Virginia may be hi* birth place: j • . the sod of Kentuckv »U! cover his grave—for, i , ; what was mortal they claim—but the spirit, the i j soul, the genius of the mighty man, the immortal j part these belong to his country and to his God. ’ j Mr. Faulkner. After the many able aud elo ; quent addresses to which we have listened this ; ' morning. I fear, sir, that it will not be in my pow -1 | er to add anything to the interest ot this occasion. ’ , Aud vet, representing as 1 do in part that State • I which "gave birth to the distinguished man whose j j death has this day been announced on this fioor, , ■ ! and having for many years held towards him the ; I most cordial relations of friendship, persona! and ' ' political, I feel that 1 should foil K> discharge an : appropriate duty, if I permitted this occasion to 1 1 pass by, without some expression o: the feeling i | which such au event is so well calculated to elicit. ' 1 It is true, sir, that this' intelligence does not fall , j upon our cars unexpectedly: for months the public 1 ; mind has been prepared for the great national loss t which we now deplore ; and y et, as familiar as the J ; daily and hourly reports hsve made us with his I 1 j hopeless condition and gradual decline, and al- • '• I though > “ Like a shadow throws 1 Softly and sweetly from a passing cloud. Death fell upon him,'* ) it is impossible that a light of such surpassing splendor should be, as it is now, forever extin i guiabed from our view, without producing a shock, - deeply and painfully felt to the utmost limits ot this great Republic.’ Sir, we all feel that a mighty 5 intellect has passed from amongst ue; bnt, happily , for this country, happily for mankind, not until it - had accomplished to some extent the exalted mis > sion for which it hnd been sent upon this earth— i not until it had reached the full maturity of its usefulness and power —not until it had shed a >• bright and radiant luster over our national renown r I —not until time had enabled it to bequeath the ; rich treasures of its thought and experience forthe guidance aud instruction of the present and of s succeeding generations. > I Sir, it is difficult—it is impossible—within the • limit allowed for remarks upon occasions of this e kind, to do justice to a great historical character I like Henry Clay. He was one of that class of men - whombealiger designates as htminee eenlenarii— - men that appear upon the earth but once in a cen . tury. His fame is the growth of years, and it - would require time to unfold the elehtenla which - have combined to impart to it so mnclt of stability and grandeur. Volumes have already been writ , ten. and volumes will continue to be written, to f record those eminent and distinguished public services which have placed him in the front rank i #f American statesmen and patriots. The highest talent, fired by a fervid and patriotic enthusiasm, has already and will continue to exhaust its pow ers, to portray those strikiug and generous mci _ dents of his life, those shining and captivating " qualities of his heart, which have made him one or * tne mos tbeloved, as he was one of the most admired of men: and yet the subject itself will remain as fresh aud as e’xhaustless as if hundreds of the best * i intellects of the land had not quaffed the inspira j j tion oftheirgenius from the cvergushingand over _ flowing fountains of his lame. It is impossible ~ that a reputation so grand and colossal as that | which attaches to the name of Henry Way, could rest for its base upon any single virtue, however ’ strikiug; nor upon single aet, no matter how marked or distinguished. Such a reputation as he , has left behind him cotjld only be the result of a _ long life of illustrious public service. And such ’ it truly was. For nearly half a century he has ” been a prominent actor in all the stirring aud eventful scenes of American history; fashioning ’ and moulding many of tho most important rneas j. ures of public- policy by his bold and sagacious r mincl, and arresting others by his unconquerable j energy and resistless force of eloquence. And ' however much the members of this body may dif fer in opinion as to the wisdom of many of his ’ views of national domestic policy, there is’ not one | Upon this-floor—no, sir, not one in this nation—who . will deny to hint frankness and directness as a ’ public mun—a genius for statesmanship of the j highest order—extraordinary capacities tor public t usefulness, and an ardent and elevated patriotism, j w ithout stain and without ropioaeh. J In referring to a career ot public servico so va ried aud extended as that ol Mr. Clay, and to a . character so rich in every Jreat and manly virtue, [• it is only possible to glance at a few of the most ( prominent of those points of his personal history [ which have given to him so distinguished a place , in the affections of his countrymen. In the whole character of Air. Clay, in all that at j tached or belonged to it, you find nothing that is i not essentially American. Born in the darkest period of our revolutionary struggle—reared from ’ infancy to manhood amongst those great minds which gave tho first impulse to that mighty move ment, he early imbibed and sedulously cherished these great principles of civil aud political liberty, j which ho so briliantly illustrated in his subsequent public career, and which has made his name a watchword of hope and consolation to the oppressed j of all the earth. I n his intellectual training he was j the pure creation of our own republican soil. Few •if any illusions are to be seen in his speeches or writings to ancient or modern literature, or to the thoughts and ideas of other men. Mis country— ’ iU institutions— its policy—ife interests—its desti , ny form the exclusive topics of these eloquent ha , rangucs which, whilst they are destitute of the elaborate finish, hnvc all the ardor and intensity of thought—the earnestness of purpose, the cogency J of reasoning, the vehemence of style, and the burning patriotism which mark the Jiroduotious of the great Athenian orator. ® . One of the most distinguished characteristics of Air. Olay as a public man, was his loyalty to J and to the honest convictions of his own niiucff lie deceived no mun—he would not permit his own heart to be deceived by uuyof those seduo • tive influences which too oiten warp tlicjudgincnt of men in public life. He never paused to consider ’ how tar any step which he was about to take would lead to his own personal advancement; he never calculated what lie might lose or what he might gain by bis advocacy of, or his opposition * to, any particular measure. His single inquiry was, Is it right i Is it inaceordanco with the Co nstitution of the land J Will it redound to the per _ manent welfare and interest of the country? When ~ satisfied upon these points, his determination was * fixed—his purpose wins immovable. “I would rather be right than President,” was the expres , sion ofliis genuine feelings: and the principle by ' which lie was controlled in his public career—a " saying worthy of immortality, and proper to be ■ inscribed upon tho heart of every young man in this Republic. And yet. sir, with all of that per ’ sonal aud moral intrepidity which so eminently marked the character of Air. Clay—with his well .. known inflexibility of purpose, and unyielding : ‘ determination—such was tho genuine sincerity of his patriotism, aud such his thorough coraprelion , sion of those principles of compromise upon which the whole structure of our Government was founded, that no one was more prompt to relax tho , rigor of his policy the moment ho porceived that it , was calculated to disturb the harmony of tho States, or endanger in any degree, the stability of j" the Government; With him, the love of this Union .. was a passion—an absorbing sentiment which gave . color to every aet of liis public life. It triumphed . over party; it triumphed over policy; it subdued the natural fierceness and haughtiness of hit tem perand brought him into the most kindly and cor dial relations with all those who, upon all other 1 questions were deeply and bitterly opposod to [ him. It has been asserted, sir, upon high medical authority, aud doubtless with truth, that his life was, in all probability, shortened ten years by the arduous and extraordinary labors which he assum ed at the memorable sossiou of 1850. If so, be has 1 added, the crowning glory of the martyr to the spotless fame of the i-atbiot ; and we may well hope that a great national pacification, purchased at such asacrittce, will long continue toccuicnt tho bonds of this greakaud glorious Union. 1 Mr. Clay possessed, in an eminent degree, the qualities of a great popular leader, and history, 1 . will assume to say, affords no example, in any Republic, ancient or modern, of any individual that so fparlcssly carried out the convictions of his own judgment, and so sparingly flattered the , prejudices of popular feeling, who for so long a period, exercised tho same controlling influence over the public mind. Karncst in wliutcver meas ure he sustained—fearless in attack—dexterous in defense—abounding in intellectual resources—elo quent in debate—of inflexible purpose, aud with a “couratre never to submit or yield,” no man over lived with higher qualifications to rally a despond ing party, or to lead au embattled host to victory. That he never attained the highest post of honor able ambition in this country, is not to bo ascribed to auy want of capacity as a popular leader ; nor the absence of those qualities which attract the fidelity and devotion of “troops” of admiring friends. It was the fortune of Napoleon, at a critical period of his destiny, to be brought into collision with the star of Wellington, and it was the fortune of Henry Clay to have encountered, in his political orbit, another great and original mind, gifted with equal power for commanding success, and blessed with more fortunate elements, concurring at the time, of securing popular favor. The struggle was such as might have oeen antici . pated from thp collision of two Buell fierce aud powerful rivals. For near a quarter of a century, this great Re public lias been contulsed to its centre by the di visions which have sprung from their respective opinions, policy, and personal destinies; and even now, when they have both been removed to a higher and better sphere of existence, and every unkind feeling has been quenched in the triumphs of the grave, this country Btill feels, and for years will continue to feel, tho influence of these agita tions to which their powerful and impressive , ! characters gave impulse. 1 Bnt I must pause. If I were to attempt to pre | sent all the aspects in which tho character of this j illustrious mail will challenge the applause of his -1 tory, I should fatigue the House and violate the just limit allowed for such remarks, j I cannot conclude, however, without making ! some more special allusion to Air. Clay, ns a na ■ tive of that State which I have the honor in phrt | to represent upon this fioor. We are ull proud, ; and very properly proud of the distinguished men ; to which our respective State* havo given birth. It is a just and laudable emulation, and one, in a confederated government like ours, proper to be I oneouruged. Aud whilst men like Air. Clay very i rapidly rise above tho confined limits of a State j reputation snd acquire a national fame, in which | all claim and all have an equal interest, still there ! is a propriety and fitness in preserving the relation I between the individual and his State, Virginia ! has given birth to a large -.umber of men who ; have"by their distinguished talents and services I impressed their names upon the hearts and memo- I rice of their country men; hut, eertaiuly, since the I colonial era she lias given birth to no man who in tho massive aud gigantic proportions of his charao : ter, and in the splendor of his native endowments, ' can be compared to Henry Clay, At an early age i he emigrated from his native State, and found a home in Kentucky. In a speech which he deliver i cd in the Senate of the United States in February, [ ■ 1812, aud which l well remember, upon the occa j ; sion of his resigning his seat In that bodv, ho j expressed the wish that when that event should I | occur, which has now clothed the city in mourning, j 1 and filled the nation with grief, “that his earthly I j remains should be laid under the green sod of ! Kentucky, with those of her gallant and patriotic j 1 sons. j Sir, however gratifying it might be to us that l those remains should be transferred to his native ! soil, and there mingle with the ashes of Washing j ton, Jefferson, Madison, Lee, and Henry, we enu : not complain of the very natural preference which he has there himself expressed. If Virginia did ! give him birth, Kentucky has nourished him in ! his manhood—ha* freelv lavished upon him her I highest honors—has shielded him from harm when the clouds of calumny and detraction gathered ■ i heavily and loweringly about him, and she has watched over his fame with the tenderness and zeal | I of a mother. Sir, it is not tc be wondered that he ! should have expressed the wish which he did, to ; I be laid by the side of hergallant and patriotic sons. I ! Happv Kentucky 1 Happy in having an adopted ! son so worthy of her best honors. Happy in the j i unshaken fideiity and loyalty with which, for near j I half a century, these honors have been so stead- J J ft«tly and gracefully accorded to him. j Sir, whilst Virginia, in the exorcise ot her own * : just judgment, has differed from Mr. Clay in some 1 ! of his views of national policy, she has never at auv period of his public career, finled to regard him with pride as one of her most distinguished sons; to honor the purity and the manliness of his character, and to award to him the high J credit of an honeet and sincere devotion to his , country's welfare. And now, sir, that death tas • »xtin<’uisiied forever the workings of that mighty ; inteiioft, and /ealed in eternal silence tlioijp elo- | queut lips upon -hose accents thousands have so ! often hung in rapture. I shall stand justified m , saving that a yraii of lamentation wul be beard from her people-her whole people, reverberating , through her fountains and vallevs. as deep, as , genuine, snd ss sincere s* that which I know wil , swell the noble hearts and the nearing bosoms ot i the oeopie of hit own cherished and oeioved Ken tucky. Sir, as I walked to the (TapM this morning, eve rv object which attracted my ere admonished me tint s national.benefactor hail departed from amongst*,. Ije i* gone 1 Henry, Clay, the idijlof his mends, the ornament sf she senate chamber, the pride of his country, he whose presence gath- | ered crowds of his admiring fellow-men around j him, u if he had been one descended from above, has passed forever from our view. • Bis ■(»!, enlarged trosi in jrflsboub, has goo* To that refalgesi world where It ssiS awha to liquid light, and flosl on sees of bttM " But the memory of hie virtue, end of hie service* will - be gratefully embalmed in the heart* of kis countrymen, and generations yet unborn will be taught to lisp with reverence and eutbusissm'the came of Henry Clay. Mr. Barker,'of Indiana, said: Mr. Speaker, this is a solemn—o con?eeratcd hour. Audi would not detain the members of the House from indulging in the silent eloquence of their own feelings, so grateful to hearts chastened as oars. But I cannot restrain »u expression from a bosom I*l n_ed with its tullness. When my young thought* first took cognizance of the fact that 1 have a country—auy eye was at tracted by the magnificent proportion* of Henry Clay. Tlie idea absorbed me then, that he was. above all other men, the embodiment of my country's genius. I have watched him; I have studiedhim; I havo admired him—and, God forgive me ! for lie wa„ but a man, “of Use passions with us”—l fear I have Idolized him, until this hour. Bn: Ue has gone from among men; aud it is for rsnow to awake and apply ourselves, with renew ed fervor and increased fidelity, ‘to the welfare of the country tit loved so well and served so truly and so long—the glorious country yet saved to ns 1 A os, Henry Clay lias fallen, at last I —as the ripe oak falls, in the stillness of the forest. Bnt the verdant and gorgeous richness of his glories will only fade aud wither from the earth, wiieu his country's history shaii have been forgotteu. “ One generation paaaethaway and another gen eration cometh.” Thus it hath been from the be ginning:fund thus it will be, until time shall be no longer. A esterdav morning, at eleven o’clock, the spirit of Henry Clay—so long the pride and glory of bis own country, .and the aSmiratiou of all the world—was yet'with us, though struggling to be free. Ere “ high noon” came, it had passed over “ the dark river,” through the gate, into the ccies trial city, inhabited bv all the “just men made perfect.' May not our rapt vision contemplate him there, this day, in sweet communion with the dear friends that have gone before him?—with Mad ison, and Jefferson, and Washington, ami Henry, and Franklin—with the eloquent Tullv. with the “divine Plato,” with Aaron, the Levite, who could “ speak well”—with all the great aud good, since and before the flood! His princely tread has graced there isles for the last time.' These Halls will wake no more to the inairic music of his voice. Did that tall spirit, in its etherial form, enter the courts of the upper sanctuary, bearing itselt comparably with the spirits there,'as was his walk among men ! ©ill the melliflnons tones of his greeting there enrapture the hosts of Heaven, comparably with his strains “ to stir men's blood” on earth ! Then, may we not fancy, when it was announced to the inhabitants of that • better country: He coves ! — lit comes ! —there was a rustling of angel wings—a thrilling joy— up there, only to be wit nessed once in an earthly age ? Adieu!—a last adieu to thee, Henry Clay! The hearts, of all thy countrymen are incited, on this day, because of the thought that thou art gone. Could we have hold the hand of the “ insatiate archer,” thou liadst not died; but thou wouldst have tarried with us, in the full grandeur of thy greatness, until wo had no longer need of a coun try. But we thank our Heavenly Father that thou wast given to us ; and that thou didst survive so long. We would cherish thy memory while we live, as our country's jew el—than which none is richer. And we will teach our children the lessons of matchless patriotism thou hast taught us: with the fond hope that our Libkbty and our Union may only expire with “ the last of earth.” Air. Gentry suid: Mr. Speaker, Ido not rise to pronounce an eulogy on the life and character aud public services of tho illustrious orator and states man whoso death this nation deplores. Suitably to perform that task, a higher eloquence than I possess might essay in vain. The gushing tears of the nation, the deep grief which oppresses the hearts of more than twenty millions of people, constitute a more eloquent eulogium upon the life and character and patriotic services of Henry Clay, than the power of language can express. In tio part of our country is that character more ad mired, or those public services more appreciated, than in the State which I have the honor, in part, to represent. I claim for the people of that State a full participation in the general woe which the sad announcement of to-day will everywhere inspire. Mr. Bowie. I rise not to utter tho measured phrases of premeditated woe, but to speak as w ould my constituents speak, if they stood around the grave now opepea to receive tho mortal remains, not of a statesman only but of a beloved friend. If there is a State in this Union, other than Ken tucky, which sends up a wail of more bitter and sincere sorrow than another, that State is Alary laud. In her midst this departed statesman was a frequent and a welcorn* guest. At many a board, and many a fireside, iiis t.: bier form was tho light of the eyes aud the idol of the heart. Throughout her borders, in cottage, hamlet and cities, his name is a household word, his thoughts are familiar sentences. Though not permitted to be first at his cradle, Alarylaud would be last at his tomb. Through all the phases of po litical fortune —amid all the storms winch darkened his career, Maryland cherished him in iter inmost heart, as the most gifted, patriotic and eloquent of men; ana for him daily, to this hour, prayers ascend, night and morning, tor his temporal and eternal welfare. Maryland would, in the language of inspiration, exclaim, “This dav hath a priucc and ruler fallen in Israel I” Daughters of Ameri ca weep for him who hath “ clothed you in scarlet aud fine linen!” Tho husbandman at his ploughs ths artisan at Abe anvil, the scumen on the mast, will pause and drop a tear when ho hears that Clay is no more. The advocate for freedom in both hemispheres, ho will be lamented alike on the shores of the Hel espout and the bunks of the Mississippi and Orinoco. The freed men of Liberia, learning and practicing the urt of self government, and civilizing Africa, have lost a patron and protector, a father and friend. America mourns tho depar ture of a luminary, which onlightcncd and illustra ted the continent; tho United States, a counsellor of doepest wisdom and purest purposo ; mankind the advocate ol' human rights and constitutional liberty. Air. Walsh said : Mr. Speaker, tho illustrious man whose death we this day mourn, was so long my political leader—so long almost the object of my personal idolatry, that 1 eanuot allow that lie shall go down to the grave, without a word at least of affectionate remembrance—without a tribute to a memory, which will exact tributes ait long as a heart shall be found to beat within the bosom of civilized man, aud human agency shall bo adequate in any form to give them an expression, and even, sir, if I bad no neart-fclt sigh to pour out hers— if I had no tear for that coffin’s lid, I should do injustico to thoso whoso representation in part I am, if I did not in this presence, and at this time, raise the voice to swell the accents of the profound est public sorrow. Tho State of Maryland has always vied with Kentucky, iu love and adoration of liis name. Her people have gathered around him, with all the fervor of a first affection, and with more than its duration. Troops of friends huve ever clustered about Ills pathway with a personal devotion, which each man of them regarded as the highest individual honor—friends, sir, to whose firesides the tidings of his death will go with all tlie with ering influences which are felt when household tics are severed. I wish, sir, I could offer now a proper memorial for such a subject, and such an affection. But as I strivo to utter it, I tool tho disheartening influence of tlie well known truth, that in view of death all minds sink into triteness. It would seem, indeed, sir, that the great lcveler of ourrace would vindi cate his title to be so considered, by making all men think alike in regard to his visitation—“ The thousand thoughts that begin and end in one,”— the duolation here—the eternal Hope hereafter — arc influences felt alike by the lowest intellect and the loftict genius. Mr. Chairman, a statesman for more than fifty vears in tho councils of Ids country, whose pecu liar charge it was to seo that the Republic suffered no detriment—a patriot for all times, all circum stances, and all emergencies, has passed away from the trials and triumphs of the world, and gone to hi* reward. Sad as are the emotions which such an event would ordinarily excite, their intensity is deeply heightened by the matters so fresh within the memories of us all: “ Oh! think how to his latest day. When Death, just hoveriDg, clniai'd his pity, AVith I’alinurua' unalter’d mood, Firm at his dangerous post lie stood, Each call for needful rest repeil’d. With dying hand the rudder held; Then, while on freedom’s thousand plains One unpolluted church remains, Whose iK sceful bells ne’er sent around The bu.ody tocsin's maddening sound ; But still, upon the hallow'd day eoavuke the swains to praise and pray, While faith and civil peace are dear, Greet hi* cold marble with a tear. He who preserved thqn —( 'lay lies heee.“ In a character, Mr. Speaker, so ill»*trions and | beautiful, it is difficult to select any point for par ticular no: ice from those which go to make up its , noble proportions; but wc may now, around his | honored grave, call to grateful recollection that in- i vincible spirit which no personal Borrow could sully, and no disaster could ovoroomo. Be as sured, sir, that he has in this regard left a legacy to the young men of tho Republic almost as sacred wnd as dear as that liberty ot which liis life was a blessed illustration. AVe can all remember, sir, when adverse political results disheartened his friends, and mad* them feel even cs men without hope, his own clarion voice was s'.ili heard in the purpose and the pursuit or rights, a- bold and as eloquent as when it first porelaimeil the freedom of the seas, and its talis- j tnanic tones struck off the badges of bondange from the iands ot the Incas aud the plains of Mar- | thou. Mr. Speaker, iu the exaltation of the statesman he did not forget tho duties of the man. 11c was an affectionate adviser on all points wherein inexpe rienced you'h might require counsel. He.was a disinterested sympathiser iu personal sorrows that called for consolation. He was ever upright and honorable in all the duties incident to bis relations | inhfo. To an exist® to* so lovely, Heaven in its mercy gr-r’ed a fltti. g and appropriate close. It was j the j aycr, Mr. Spca er, ot a distinguished citizen \ who died some, year* since in tlie metropolis, even while his spir t was fluttering for its final 1 flight, that he might depart gracefully. It may not be presumptuous to say that what was iu that ' instance tho aspiration of a ebivalric gentleman, was in thistho realization of the dying Christian, in | which was blended a that human dignity could , require, with all that Divine Graee had conferred; ! j in which the firmnes- of the man was only trans- j : ecftded by the fervor of the penitent. | A short period before his death he remarked to | one by his bud-side, “That he was fearful he was | becoming selfish, as his thought* were entirely | withdrawn from the world, and centered upon : | eternity.” This, sir, was but the purification of | his noble sj irit from all dross of e*rth —a happy j illustration of what the religious ntuse ha* so •weetly sung—. Xo sin to stain—no lure to stay The soul, os home she springs : Thy sunshine on her joyftil way, Tliy freedom in her wings Mr. Speaker, the solemnities of this hour may j soon be forgotten. AVe may come back from the i new-made grave only still to show that we con- : aider “eteri Hv the bubble life and time the endur- j ing substance/’ We may not pause long enough bv the brink to ask which of us reveaiers of day i shall next be et rest. Bnt be assured, sir, that upon i the records of mortality will never be inscribed I a name more illustrious than that of the statesman, patriot, and friend whom the nation mourn*. The Spanker. The Chair ask* leave togive no tice to the Ut ure, that the Senate and Hous* will form a procession at the National Hotel to-morrow at twenty niitv.te» past eleven, to accompany the remains of Mr. Clay to the Capitol for funeral cer emonies. The remains will pass thence to the cars ; and depart fur Kentuckv. The question was then put on the adoption ; 1 of the resolutions proposed by Mr. Breckinridge, J ! and thevwere unanimously adopted. And the House adjourned till to morrow at 12 j o'clock, m. ! Switzerland. —The federal Assemhiy is con voked for the sth of Julv, Tlie executive Council of Berne pronounced, on the 16th ult., the dissolution of the Association of Grntli, and ordered the expulsion of all it* mem bers who did not belong to the canton. The rea sons put forward for this proceeding are that the association propagates socialist and communist doc trines among the people; that ite tendency is hos tile to the government; end thet the association is in correspondence with communist issociations abroad. Stork. —A storm of mingled wind, rain and hail passed over this city on Friday evening, and for a time, accomplished much damage ; some buildings were prostrated, and others unroofed, and many fine abide trees destroyed. Extensive and serious injury, we learn, has been done to the corn erop in this vicinity.—JfadSpooMtjr Journal 12m ias*. Ur. Clay was admitted to the bar on the 4th of October, 1790, nearly fifty-three veers, sgo end was tile ddett lawyer i» Kentucky. FUNERAL OF MR. CLAY. The funeral took place on the Ist inst. In every direction there were tokens of sorrow for the event which the nation now deplore*. The public buil ding* and private residcucos were hung with bad ge* of mourning, bells were tolled, miuuto guns! fired, and flag* fletv at half tnast. Secular busi ness v.a* generally suspended ; in fact all classes seemed to be desirous of paying every proper mark of rospaettothe memory of the illustrious decease^. At an early kour Pennsylvania avenue was crowded with" persons of both sexes, and of all conditions, especially in the vicinity of the Na tional Hotel, where the corpse lay. The procession moved at a few minutes before twelve o'clock in the direction of the Capitol, in the following order: The German A'agers and the National Grays, ’ with ther furled bauners shrouded in erapo. The Marine Band. The Physician (Dr. Hall) who attended the de ceased, and other gentlemen, intimate friends of the departed. Tho Committee of Arrangement*—Messrs. Hunter, Dawson. Jones, of lowa, Cooper, Bright and Smith, wearing white sashes, aud the commit tee to accompany the corpse to Kentucky, Messrs. | Underwood. Jones, of Tennessece, Cass, Fish, i Houston and Stockton. 1 The I’all bearers—Messrs. Cass, Mangum, Dodge ! of Wisconsin, Pratt, Atchison and Bell—wearing black scarf*. The Funeral Car. This w s prepared under tit# superintendence of the undertaker, Mr. Anthony Buckley, assisted by Mr. Haslup. The main body ; of it was covered with black cloth, with broali ■ silver lace around the upper portion, serving as a cornice ; and below nearly reaching to the ground, were festoons, and rich silk tassels at the loops. Upon this base was a quadrangular structure—the highest point six feet front the ground—(on this rested the coffin.) It was, likewise, coated with black cloth, studded with silver stars aud border- I ed with lace of the same material. The top was spanned by a bow-like frame, the outer edges of which were covered with silver lace, and attached were festoons of intertwined black and white silk. Thus the trimmings afforded a bright relief to the otherwise sombre mass. Surmounting the canopy was a large gilt eagle, partially enveloped with crape. The car was drawn by six white horses, each of which was attended by a groom, in white livery. Immedintelv succeeding the corpse were the Kentucky delegation in Congress and others, as mourners. Then followed members ot tlietkmate j and House of Rcpresontativess accompatped by j their respective officers, appropriately designated. Alaior General Scott, in full suit of black, in company with Commodore Morris, and other officers of the Navy, and of the urnty, in Uniterm. Tile Alayor and members of the City together with twenty four citizens ot' Baltimore apjminted at a public meeting to visit Washington on the mournful occasion, in behalf of that city, and join in honoringthe obsequies. ; Tho Mayors and City Councils, respectively, of Washington. Georgetown aud Alexandria, with corporation officers. Tho procession closed with a long line of citi zens. including many Government officers and strangers. At about fifteen minutes past noon it reached tho ('apitol grounds, when the corpse was removed to the Senate chamber, followed by those who were privileged to the floor of that brunch of Congress. Immense crowds had collected on the premises at an early hour, and but few comparatively of tho thousands were enabled to obtain seats in the gal leries. As a consequence, many liugered in tho rotundo aud in tho Hall of Representatives, and on the eastern portico and adjacent grounds, all j evidently much interested in the attondaut pro i ceedings. In the .Senate the scene was most impressive. The dense mass of spectators manifested by their quiet demeanor their consciousness of the solem nity of tlie occasion. At twenty minutes past twelve the President of the United StateseutereU the chamber, in company with the Secretary of State, and followed by tho Secretaries of war, the Navy, and the Interior, and the Postmaster General and the Attorney General of tlie United States. The Diplomatic Corns were largely represented. Av hen these gentlcmau were seated in the res pective positions assigned them, the Senate was called to order by the Prcsidcht pro tempore. The funeral procession then entered tho cham ber, preceded by the committee appointed to ac company the remains of Air. Clay to Kentucky, i and by the committee of arrangements. The corps 1 was followed by tho pi#-bearcrs, the relatives of 1 he deceased, tfiu immediate friends, and tho Ken | tucky delegation in Congress as mourners, j The coffin was placed in tho area near the Seo- I rotary's table. ■ The members of tho House of Representatives, I preceded by their officers, then came into the eliam ! ber and occupied the scats assigned to them, tho Speaker occupying a position on the left of the President of tlie Senate. Ladies were now privileged to enter, aud within a brief space of time the lobbies wore almost ex clusively tilled by them. The utmost silence prevailed throughout those proceedings. The Rev. 0. AL Butler, Chaplain to tho Senate, rose at th i desk and read the fifteenth chapter of I tho first epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, com l tncncing ut the thirty-sixth verse. This conclud ! od, lie delivered the following discourse, namely: “ How Is the strong stag brsken aud the beautiful rod." ! —Jeremiah 48, 17 v. I j Before all hearts and minds in this august as : semblagu the vivid image of one man stands. To some aged eye he may come forth, from the dim 1 past, us hs appeared in the neighboring city of hi* ! native State, a little and ardent youth, full of pro j mise, of ambition, and of hope. To another lie j may appear as, in tt distant State, in tho courts of j justice, erect, liighstrung, bold, wearing fresh so ! rensic laurels on nia young and opun.brow. Some I may see him in the earlier and some" in the later I stages of his career on this auspicious theatre of ! liis renown; and to the former tie will start out, on back-ground of the past, as h* appeared in the I neighboring chamber, tall, elate, impassioned, with j flashing eye uMd suasive gesture, and clarion voice, ; an already acHiowledgcd “ Agamemnon, King of Men,” and to others lie will again stand in this chamber “ the strong staff” of the bewildered and ! staggering State, anti “ the beautiful rod,” rich with the blossoms of genius, and of putric tie love and hope, the life of youth still remaining to give animation, grace, and exliaustlcss vigor to the wisi lorn, tho’expericuoe, and the gravity of age.— Toothers iie may bo present us ho sat in the chara ■ ber ot sickness, cheerful, majestic, gentle—his i mind clear, his heart warm, his .hope fixed on I Heaven, peacofuly preparing for'liis last great | change, l'o the memory of tho minister of God he appears as tlie penitent, humble, aud peaceful Christian, who received hnn with tne affection of a tathor, and joined with liiut in solemn sacrament and prayer with tlie gontleness of a woman and humility of a child. “Out of the strong came i forth sweetness.” “ How is the strong staff brok -1 en and the beautiful rod 1” But not before this i assembly only does tho venerable image of the <lo j parted statesman this day distinctly stand. For more than a thousand miles—East, AVest, North, | and South—it is known and remembered, that at j this place aud hour a nation’s representative as semble to do honor to him whose fame is now a na tion's heritage. A nation’s mighty hoart throbs against this Capitol, aud beat* through you. In many cities banners droop, bells toll, cannons boom, funeral draperies wave. In crowded streets aud on surrounding wharf*, upon steamboats and upon ears, in fields, in workshops, iu homes, in schools, millions of men, women, aud children, have their thoughts fixed upon this scene, and say mournfully to each other, “ This is the hour in which, ut the oapitol, the nation’s representative* are burying Henry Clay.” Burying Henry Clay ? Bury the records of your country’s history—bury the hearts of living millions—bury the mountains, the rivers, the lakes, and tho spreading lands from sea to sea, with which his name is inseparably as sociutied, aud even then you w ould not bury Hen ry Clay—for lie is iu other land* and speaks in other tongues, and to other times, than ours. A great mind, a great heart", a great orator, a great career, have been consigned to history. Bho will record his rare gifts of deep insight, keeu dis crimination, clear statement, rapid combination; plain, direct, and convincing logic. Site will love to dwell on that large, generous, magnanimous, open, forgiving heart. She will Unger with fond ffeligjit ou the recorded or traditional stories of an eloquence that was so masterful and stirring, be cause it was but himself, struggling to come forth on tlie living words—because, though the words were brave mid strong, and beautiful and melo dious, it was felt that, behind them, there was a soul, braver, stronger, more beautiful, aud more melodious tlio.ii language could express. She will poiut to a euroer of statesmanship which lias, to a remarkable degree, stamped itself on the public poUcy of the country, and reached in beufloccnt practical results of fields, the looms, the commer cial marts, and the quiet home* of all tho litnd, where his name was with the departed father, and is with the living children, and will bo with suc cessive generations, an honored household word. I feel, os amen, the grandeur of this career. Bnt as an immortal, with this broken wreck of mortality before me, with this scene a* tho “ end-all” of hu man glory, I feel that no career is truly great but that of him wiio, whether ho be illustrious or ob scure, lives to tho future in the present, and link ing himself to the spiritual world, draws from God the life, the rule, the motive, and the reward of all his labor. So would that great spirit which has de parted say to us, could he address us now. So did lie realize in the calm and meditative close of life. I feel that I but utter the lessons which, living, t were his last and best convictions, and which, dead, j could he speak to ue, his solemn admonitions, i when I say that statesmanship is then only glo- I rious when it is Christian, and that man is’ then I only safe and true to his duty and his soul, when j the life which he lives in tho flesh is the life of j faith in the Bon of God. Great, indeed, is the priviledge, and most honor- ! able and useful is the career of a Christian Ameri can statesman. ll* perceives that civil liberty came from the freedom wherewith Christ made its curliest martyr and defender free. Ho recognises it a* one of tfie ! twelve manner of fruits on the tree of life with 5 which its lower branches furnish the best nutri | ment of earth, hangs on its topmast boughs, which wave in Heaven, fruits that exhilarate the immor -1 tals. Recognising the (states God’s institution, he i will perceive that his own ministry is divine. . Living consciously under the eve and in ihe love land fear of God, redeemed by the blood of Jesus, sanctified by His spirit, loving His law. he will give himself, in private and in public, to the service of his Saviour. He will not admit that he may act on | less lofty principles in public than in private life, | and that he must be careful of his moral influence ; in the small sphere of home and neighborhood, bnt need take no heod of it when it stretches our con | tinents and crosses seas. Ho will know that his moral responsibility cannot be divided and distrib • uted among others. When he is told that adher ence to the strictest moral and religious principle . is incompatible with a successful and eminent ca ! reer, he will denounce the assertion as a libel on , the venerated father of the Republic—a libel on the 1 honored living, and the illustrious dead—a libel against a great and Christian nation—a libel against God himself* who has declared and made •■godliness profitable for the life that is.” He will i s'rive to mage laws transcripts of the character and institutions, illustrations of the providence of God. Ho will scan with admiration and awe thepurposcs of God in the future history of the world, in throw ing open their wide continent, from sea to sea, as the abode of freedom, intelligence, plenty, pros perity, and peace, and feel that in giving his emergies with a patriotic love to the wel fare of his country, he is consecrating himself with a Chris tian’s zeal to the extension and establishment of the Redeemer's kingdom. Compared with a ca reer like this, which is equally open to those whose public sphere is large or small, how paltry are the trade of patriotism, the tricks of statesmanship, the rewards of successful baseness! This hour, this scene, the venerated dead, the country, the world, the present, the fnturc, God, duty, heaven, hell, speak trumpet-tongued to all in the service of their country, to bficare how they lay polluted or un hallowed hands. “ Upon the ark Os her inagniflcentand awful esuse,” Such is "the character of that statesmanship which alone would have met the full approval of the venerated dead. For the religion which always had a place in the convictions of his mind has also, within a recent period, eutered into his experience and seated itself in his heart. Twenty years since he wrote, “l sui a member of no religious sect, and 1 am not a professor of religion. I regret that lam not. I wish that I was, and trust that I shall be. I have, and always have had, a profound re gard for Christianity, the religion of my fathers, , and for ita rites, its usages, and observances.” That , feeling proved that the seed sown by pions parents was not dead, though stifled. A few vears since its dormant life was re-awakened. He was baptized in the communion of the Protestant Episcopal j Church, and during his sojourn in this city he was in full communion with Trinity Parish. It is since his withdrawal from the sittings of tha Senate that I ha ve been made particularly acquaint ed with his religious opinions, character, ana feel ings. From his first illness be expressedto ms the persuasion that it would be fatal. From that pe riod until bis death it has been my privilege to hold with him frequent religions services, and souvsrsationi with him in his room. Heavsrrsd t* 1 me his full faith in tho greet leading doctrines ot the Gospel—the fall and sinfulness of man, the divinity of Christ, tho roality and necessity cf the Atonement, the need of being born again by the Spirit, aud salvation through faith in the crucified Redeemer. His own personal hopes of salvation ■ic ever and distinctly based on the promises and the graoe of Christ. Strikingly percoptibjo on his naturally impetuous aud impatient character was the influence of graco in produciugsitbmissionand “patient waiting lor Christ” and for death. On one occasion he spoke to tuo of the pious example of ono very near and dearto him, as that which fed him deeply to feel and oartuestly to seek for him self the reality and blessedness of religion. On one occasion hetold me that lie had been striving ; to form a conception of Heaven; and he enlarged j upon the mercy ot that provision by which our I Saviour became a partaker of our humauity, that onr hearts and hopes might fix themselves on him. j On another occasion, when he was supposed to bo '• very near his end, I expressed to him the hopo that his mind and heart were at peace, and that he was able to rest with cheerful confidence on the promi ses and merits of the Redeeinor. Ho eaid with much feeling that he endeavored to, and trusted that he did, repose his salvation upou Christ; that it was too late for him to look at Christianity in the liftlit of speculation; that he had never ilotibtod of Its truth; and that ho now wished to throw himself upon it as a practical and blessed remedy. A'erv soon aftorthis 1 administered to him tho Sa crament of the Lord’s Supper. Being extremoly feeble, and desirous of having his mind undivert ed, no persons were present but his son and ser vant. It was a scone long to bo remembered. There, in that still chamber, at a week-day noon, tho tides of life all flowing strong around us, three disciples of the Saviour—the minister of God*, the dviug statesman, and liis servant, a partaker ol' the like precious faith—commemorated their Saviour’s dviug love. He joined in the blessed sacrament w’ith great feeling aud solemnity—now pressing bis bauds together, and now spreading them forth as the words of the service expressed tho feelings, desires, supplications, and thunksgivings of his heart. After this he rallied, and again I was permitted frequently to join with him in reli gious services, conversation, and prayer. He grow in grace aud in the knowledge of our Lord aud Saviour Jesus Christ. Among the books that ho read most were Jay’s Morning aud Evening Exer cises, tlie Life of Dr. Chalmers, and the Ohristiau Philosopher Triumphant in Death. His hopo eou- I tinned to the end, tliough true and real, to do tre- I miilous with humility rather than rapturous with , assurance. When ho felt most the weariness of i his protracted suffering*, it sufficed to suggest to j him that his Heavenly Fatlior doubtless knew that, after a life so long, stirring aud tempted, such a \ discipline of chastening and suffering was needfttl ; to make him moot for the inheritance of tho Saint*, j and at once tho words of meek and patient acquies ; cnce escaped his lips. j Exhausted nature at length gave way. On the I last occasion when I was permitted to offer a brief I prayer at his bed-side, his last words to me were that lie had hope only in Christ, and that the pray er which 1 lmd offered for his pardoning lovo aiid 1 his sanctifying graoe included everything which ! the dying need. On the oveniug previous to his departure, sitting an hour in silence by his side, I j could not but realize, when I heard him, in the ' slight wanderings of his mind to other days and other scenes, murmuring the words', “Jfg mothtr ! mother ! mother /” aud saving, “ift/ dear wife,” as ffshs were present, 1 could not but realize then, and rejoice to think how near was tho blessed re union ol'his weary heart with the loved dead and with Iter—our doar Lord gently smooth her pas sage to tho tomb!—who must soon follow him to his rest, whose spirits even then seemed to visit and to cheer his memory and liis hope. Gently he breathed liis soul aivav into the spirit world. “llow blessed the righteous when they die! When holy souls retire to rest How mildly beams the closing eye ! llow gently heaves the expiring bresst! “So fades a summer cloud away , So sinks the gale when storms are (fer; .So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies ths wave upon the shore 1" Be it ours to follow him iu tho same humblo aud submissive faith to heaven. Could ho speak to us the codusels of his Inteat human, uud of his present heavenly experience, sure I ant that he would not only admonish us to cling to the Saviour in sickness and in deuth, but abjure us not to de lay to act upon our first convictions that we might givo our best power and fullest influence for God. and go to the grnvo with a hope unshadowed by the long worldliuessol thc past, and darkened by n# films of fear and doubt resting over the future 1 Tlie strong staff is broken and the beautiful rod despoiled of its grace and bloom; but in tho light of the eternal promises and by tho power of Christ's resurrection, we joyfully anticipate tho prospect of seeing that broken staff creot, and that beautiful rod, closed with celestial graco, and blos soming with undying life and blessedness, in the paradise of God. Tlie reverend gentleman then concluded the im pressive burial service aecordiug to the proscibed form of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The silver plate covering the glass iu tho coffin was then removed, and Senators and Representa tives, officers ol the urmy and navy, members of tho diplomatic corps, aud others, drew near to look for the last time upon what remained of the loved aud distinguished patriot. The corpse wus afterwards removed to tho rotuivlo, where it was plaood on aliaudsomo podeH i tal eight feet iu length, and four in breadth, the base exhibiting two stops, twelve inches in width on the sides. It was covered with black velvet, and constructed by Mr. William Douglass. Tlie patent metallic coffin was richly mounted with sil ver, and a massive breastplate bora the simple inscription. llknby Clay. A large and beautiful wreath of flowers lay upon it. The crowd in the rotundo w»s extremely dense; and to the excellent arrangements of tho Alarslial of the District of Columbia and the Committee of Arrangements, tlie public were cnablod t* gaze for the last time upon the face of the dcceaaod. At half-past three o'clock tho corpse wus remov ed to the railroad station, in charge of the Com mittee of Arrangements and pall-bearers, oscortcd by a large number of privutc citizens, and by the volunteer companies—tho National Greys, tho Walker Sharpshooters, the Continental Guards, and the Boone Riflemen, aeorps recently organized. The Alariuo Band playod funeral music during the march. The coffin was deposited in a special e*r, which was trimmed with mourning. There were thousands of persons of both sexes at the depot, aud fur out on the line' of the railrond, to witness the departure forevor of the remains of ono who has long and favorably boon known iu our midst, the scene of his most glorious Senatorial triumphs. As if in accordance with tho general gloom, the heavens were covered with dark clouds, which soon discharged their contents like foun tains of tears at the sad event, and subsequently a beautiful rainbow spanued the firmament. There was Sabbath stillness throughout the aftornoon and night, secular business having been almost entirely suspended ; aud never before have we seen more grief manifested at the demise of a great public man at tho nation’s capital than on this occasion. But he is'gono Irom among us, only to be re membered as one of the most illustrious of earth. Deeply as the country feels its loss, it may derive some consolation from the possession of counsels which all havo learned to reverence as the product | of Ins 'fiagaeious and elevated patriotism. The statesman is no more. Alay his words live a precious heritage, to ward off tho perils of sectional strife, and to .strengthen and perpetuate tho preat constitutional fubric witli which his name is in scjiarably associated. Olivequies of Henry Clay in New York. The remains of Air. Clay did not reach this city until after three o’clock, I s . AI. on Saturday, con siderable delay having been occarioued by stoppa ges at Trenton, Princeton, New Brunswick, New ark and other places on the road, where the inhab itants vied with each other in demonstrations of respect for tho memory of the deceased. There was a large concourse of people at Jersey City, and the funeral arrangements there showed that the citizens were solicitous to spare no possible token of sorrow. Public and private buildings were shrouded in mourning, flags wore carried at half mast, and minute guns were fired. In front of the public offices in Montgomery street, was Uiaplay»d ths motto:— “ The nihes or the just fimell sweet ami blossom in the dust.’’ Over the f*rry guto through which tho funeral oortege passed was hung a broad piece of canvass, trimmed with crape, and bearing the following iu- Hcription:— • M Dear heart! our love for thee remains, Though thine for us be borne to Heaven, Thy worth, each patriot utill retain*, And shall from eire to non be given.” TheMcraey city Continentals, an a £unrd of hon or, and the officer* of the lludaon Brigade, accom panied by a band ot* music, escorted the funeral committee to tlie new ferry boat, Philidelphia, ou board which the Mavor and Common Council of New York, the two whig general committees, th© Clay Festival Association, and the Washington Grays, were assembled to receive the body.— While the boat was crossing tho river, cannons were fired from] the battery, and the fortifica tions in the harbor, from tho Cunard steamship Africa, from Brooklyn heights, from Williams burgh, and from other points. The various steam boat bells were also tolled, as well as tho church balls, and tho Battery was densely thronged with spectators. I It was about 4 o’clock when tho boat reached the pier at Castle Garden. The coffin was convoyed | ashore by members ot the Clay Festival Associa- I tion, and the mournful procession was then | formed in the following order I A large body of Police with Rave? and Stars, shrouded with Crape. The Sergeant-at-Aruis of the board of Aldermen. Board of Aldermen. The Sergeant-at-Armsof the Board of Asßifclant'Aldermen. Board of Assistant Aldermen. Whig General Committee. Genaral Committee of Democratic Whig Younjr Men. Carriage?* containing Thomas U. Clay, Henry Clay, jr., and other relatives of the deceased, with Sanator* Casa, Houston, Stockton, Jones, Un derwood, and Jiah. Adkins’ Band. Jersey City (76) Continental Corp; Dodworth’s Band. Hearse drawn by eight white horses with sable head plumes. Washington Grays. Co'y P., Capt. Little, in a hollow square, aa , Guard of Honor. Olay’aPeetiv&l Association, as Cbiaf Mourners, Carriages. First Ward Police, in a hollow square. Citixcns in genaral on foot. This cortege moved up Broadway, amid an irn meuee throng of people lining the walks on eithar side. Most of tho storekeepers on the route com plied with the request of the committee of arrange ments by keeping their establishments closed while the procession parsed, and many of them displayed badges of mourning. Among tlie inscriptions sus pended in Broadway, was the apt quotation from Shakspeare:— “ His life was gentle, and the elements F© mixed in him, that nature might stand up And say to all the world, thiswa* a man— According to his virtues let us iwe him With all respect and rites of public burial.” The Governor's room in the City Hall was appro priately prepared lor the reception of the remains, and after they had been slowly borne thither the crowd pressed forward eagerly but quietly to obtain a glimpse of the features of the deceased. No per son was admitted to the room, however, until Sun day, except the guard of honor, and others privi iedged, and even the coffin waa not opened as had been anticipated, for the committee in charge hav ing found that exposure to the light in Baltimore partly discolored the body, prudently determined to keep the sarcophagus closed until their arrival at Lexington. The rumor that the burial case bad opened in I’hiladelphia was untrne. "During Sunday, thousands of persons wers per mitted to visit the Governor's room, and see the sacrophaeus, and many of them brought bonqnets and wreaths of flowers to strew upon it. At two o’clock yesterday morning the remains were re moved from the City Kail and placed on board a steam boat anchored in.the North river, thence to be transferred to the morning boat for Albany, whither they have been accompanied by the Sena toral committee, the committee of the Common Council, a committee ortho Clay Festival Associa tion, and tho \\ ashington Grays. The object of this arrangement was to prevent the mingling of funeral solemnities with the rejoicings of yesterday. Many clergymen in this city and Brooklyn made the death of Henry Clay the theme of their dis courses on Sunday, and we continue to receive in telligence from all sections of the Union of the sincere sorrow which is everywhere experineed in reference to the national bereavement. — Coin. Ad€. Rntop.Eo Extensive Shipwreck. —Le Canadian, a paper published at Montreal, Canada, states that there are painful reports in circulation relative to numerous shipwrecks said te have taken place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, during one ofthe recent hurricanes. It is said that the schooner Alliance, armed by the British Government, so r the protec tion of the fisheries, lias perished nearest. Paul’s Island, with all on bora: that fifteen schooners were lost in the vicinity of the Megdaleu Islands, and that twentv-two pilots have been drowned.— The secures ofthe rumor could not be ascertained, and hopes are entertained thet the story it with out fonndatiow, ” WEEKLY (Cjjrmudc ik AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1862. A National Onion Convention Will bo held in the City of Philadelphia, upon tho Ist day of August, 1552, for the Nomination ot Daniel Wibstek for the Presidency of the U. States, and n suitable candidate for the Vice Presi dency. for the support of tho Union Party of the Natiok, in Novemlier next. Delegates from 10 States now hold themselves in readiness for this step ; other States arc reques ted to choose suitable representatives without de lay. Friends of the Union, and of its great Champion, you are uow called upon to give evidence of yonr devotion to that cause, which has onlisted the ta lents of tho most eminent, and the sympathies of a mighty nation. The immediate formation of local Webster Union Associations is earnestly recommondcd. The above announcement was received yester day by mail from Philadelphia, and is the first in timation we have had of this now movement on the political chessboard. It is already known that Mr. Webstbb has beoii nominated by tho “Ameri can party” in Convention at Trenton, Now Jersey, and it has likewise beon chronicled tliut, in a con versation with Mr. Tallmadge, of New fork City, he remonstrated against the farther use of hiß name in connection with the’offlco of President. We presumo, therefore, that this call of a Conven tion is without his knowledge or privity, and possi bly may not meet his approbation. lienee, it is fair to infer, tho movors in the matter intend to press his claims upon the country and run him re gardless of his wishes. If so, and he should be before tho country, wo will cordially unite in his support. He is known to tho country, and is equally distinguished in the councils of the na tion and in the Cabinet for his profound statesman ship, and cnlurged and liberal patriotism—to tho former of which, howover patriotic they may be, neither of tho prosont nominees have any claims. The one being indebted for his nomination ex clusively to his obscurity, and his accidental ap pointment as a Brigadier-General in the Mexican War—an office which, according to his own ac count, he resigned because of his total unfitness; while tho othor is alone indebted for his position before the couutry, to his glorious triumphs on the battle-field. These facts no fair-minded man, who values his reputation for veracity, will attempt to gainsay. And yot. the freo and independent vo ters of America, if wo but yiold to tho dictation of the Conventions which nominated them, must be confined to tho soleetion of the first officer in the world, from sach material I Evory considera tion of duty and patriotism revolts at such an idea; and we earnestly and sineorely hope the Peoplo, the sovoreigua of the laud, may assume thoir propor responsibilities, and place before the country a man eminently worthy of tho confidence and support of tho American peoplo. Buell a man is Daniel Webster. Wesleyan Female College. It affords us sincere pleasure to chronicle the continued and increasing prosperity of this institu tion, as indicated by tho Catalogue (just issued) for tho years 1851 and ’62, a copy of whloh lias been sent us. From it wo condense the following sum gnary, showing a greator number of pupils than any eollogiate institution in the Htute, male or fomale: Senior Class 88 Junior Class 48 Sophomore Class 48 First Class 28 Irregular Students 18 Primary Class 88 : When we refteotthat tliero aro four other (similar institutions in tho Statu, all having nearly as many pupils—beoidoß innumerable High Schools and Female Academies, in which all tho brauches of un elegant and accomplished education aro success fully and very thoroughly taught,—it presents a picture of progress in the Education of the fair daughters of tho State, which cannot ftiil to excite the just pride of every Goorgian. No intelligent mind oan doubt, or calculate, the influenoe which these institutions are d«Btiued to exercise upon the future history of Georgia, when their graduates shall number thousands of the mothers of the State, upon whom will devolve the pleasing and responsible duty of developing tho intellectual, and cultivating tho moral faculties of their offspring.— If it bo true, and wo presume it will not bo denied, that, as a general rule, no ono exercises so groat an influence in the formation of character os the Mother, then it is of tho utmost importance that her montal and moral faculties be well cultivated and thoroughly developed, if we would, as philan thropists and patriots, confer tho greatost blessings upon posterity. Hence it is that wo witness, with such unalloyed pleasure, the continued prosperity of iVetltyan Female College; and we siueerely hope that the day has passed in Georgia when any similar institution shall languish because of inad equate support—for it will aflbrd unerringevidcncc that the fathers and mothers of our noble common wealth are not sufficiently impressed with the im portance of educating their daughters. Premising that tho course in Wesluyati Femafe College is vory thorough, including the anciont and modern languages, the higher branches of mathe matics, and the kindrod sciences, and the elegant accomplishments, we subjoiu a list of the “ Booed of Inetraction" : Ecv. Edward H. Mynas, A. M., President and Professor of English Literature. Rev. Gkouqe W. W. Stone, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science. Rev. Osborn L. Smith, A. M., Profossor of In tellectual Philosophy and Evidences of Christianity. Rev. Wai.tku R. Branham, A. M., Professor of History and Moral Philosophy. Mr. P. G-Guttenberger, Professor of Music. Miss Ootavia M. Jones, Instructress in Primary (Department. Miss Lucinda Amelia Tilden, Instruotress in French and Ornamental Department. Miss Fbancksca It. Guttknrbrger, Assistant in Music. lor the details of the Course of Study, the pro bable exponses, &c., we refor those desiring the information to the Cataloguo. Augusta Free School. We havo been furnished by the Principal, and take great pleasure In laying beforo our readers, the following statistics, showing the numbor ol Scholars who have received instruction at tho Au gusta Free School during tho year now nearly closed, and the average daily attendance: From tho Ist Ward, ‘JO Hoys, «1 Girls. “ “ 2d “ 26 “ 48 “ “ “ 8d “ 1)4 “ 80 “ “ “ 4th •• 104 *• 107 “ Total 275 Boys, 241 Girls. In addition to these, about sixty others have been in attendance at times during the year, from Har risburg, Hamburg, Factory, Savannah Road, &e.; and the average Alaily attendance has boen nearly four hundred. This is a picture upon which the citizens of Au gusta may look with inflnito pleasure—especially when they recur to the benefits the School is con ferring upon the youth of the city. Indeed, the only reflection that cun in any degree mar the beauty and effect of it is, that thero is only one such school in the city. ThuukH, however, to the liberality and philanthropy of John W. Houghton, a second one will soon be in operation ; and we trustthe City Council will ere long tukethc respon sibility of establishing a third, in the upj>er part of the city. All experience teaches that uothiug more eor tainly contributes to increase the population and to aid the permanent prosperity of a town or city, than well organised schools. Hence, apart from all considerations of our duties to tho youths of tho city and to society, us a matter of interest, we should not neglect the performance of a work of so much importance, and one calculated to confer such lasting benefits upon the children and society of the city. ] Honors to Mr. Clay in Georoia.— ln Griffin a town meeting has been held, appropriate resolu ’ tions adopted and a committeo appointed to aelect | an orator to pronounce a Funeral Oration, j Dr. H. V. MiLLKit'has been selected by a oom ; mittoe, appointed at a public meeting in Komo, and haa consented to deliver an Eulogy on the 6th of August next. In explaining the objoct of the pre ! liminary meeting, the Hon. Wst. H. Underwood [ took occasion to pay a just and eloquent tribute to the illustrious -lead. Honors to Mr. Clat in Macon. J-Furauant to a call of the Mayor of Macon, a large number of citi zens assembled in that place, Friday last, to testi fy their sense of the great loss tbo country haa sustained in the death of Mr. Clay. Appropriate resolutions were adopted, and aoommittec appoint ed to Bclect a suitable person to delivers eulogy upon the character and services of the deceased, and to make the necessary arrangements for the occasion. An Old Friend with a Xew Face. Ocr city reuders cannot have failed to notice the great improvement effected in the appearance of the corner-store of oor neighbors, Clark <fc Co., by the application of a few coats of paint to the exte rior of that building. This paint is of the drab or “ neutral tint” recommended by Downing— a color which harmonizes beautifully with trees, grass or shrubbery, and has a 0001, neat and refreshing ap pearance. It is, to our eye, far more pieasiug than the glaring red and white colors in common use, and is much better suited to our hot und sunny climate. But, “dc guttHnu non etl ditputuruUm," —and we hardly expect the “entire public” to agree with us in this matter. We merely chronhle the adornment of our neighbors’ “ outside” as an evidence of the many improvements which arc go ing on about town, and hope to see more of our dingy'and time-stained buildings rejuvenated and improvod in the same pr a similar manner. Kai* ! —The parched earth was, Saturday after noon, refreshed by a brisk and heavy shower of rain, accompanied with thunder an d lightning The crops, in this vicinity have been suffering considerably from drouth of late, and we trust this shower, though of short duration, will exert a ben eficial influence on the prospects of our agricultu ral friends. We of the city have suffered much from heat and dust the past week, and rejoice in anticipation of the eool freshness and invigorating air of the quiet “day of rest" which is approach ing. Tbs Uok. Ukoeox R. Gaum will deliver the Address on the presentation of the prizes to be awdta to the Orators of the Sophomore Claes, at the approaching commencement of Evoay CotlHli A Colon Whig—• Ourselves, As we do not hope or desire to please every body, wo ore novor surprised to learn that our sugges tions and opinions are not univnrsally ppprovod, even by our political associates. Nor indeed, docs suoh disapprobation give us any concern, for wo are not uudor any obligations to parties or individ uals, politically; and are at perfect liberty to pur sue whatever course our judgiucut dictates, with out reference to who may or may not bo dis pleased thereat. Os course, it is always a source of gratification to us, to know that our opinions and views arc approved by our friends, simply be cause approbation ia more grateful than disappro bation. “ A Union Whig” objects to our suggestion to the \Y hig party in Georgia, not to take part in ths present canvass, as between Pnutca and Scott, and thinks the election of Piaacawill do more to per petuate the Union than'tbat of Ills adversary. For oursolves, wo attribute no such infliieuoo to any man us President. Both parties have adopted tbs Union platform in its totality, and are pledged against agitation, and both their candidates are equally pledged upon that question to tho sums line of policy. Wo do not fear anymore danger to the Union from Gen. Scott's than from Gen. Piekcb's uleclien, and none from cither. Our ob jections to Gen. Soott, are, that ho has no claims— is a mere military man—favors the annexation of Canada, and because we believe in his hands the patronage of the government will bs dispensed by his Froesoil supporters. On the slavery qnestion, Gen. Soott has always shown himself as sound as Piikci. Neither of them advoeato it, and both raftisod to write letters defining their position, either for or against, the compromise. Our objections to Mr. I’iKKOB are: Ids obscurity and unfitness for the office, and his “ obnoxious principles ” on the Tarift', tho land distribution, and the improvement of harbors and rivers. Tliut ho is a man of very ardinary abilities, below me diocrity even, is abundantly attested by tho fact that he was ten years in Congress and never ac quired a reputation fbr ability. Indeed, so obscure was ho, that when he wus nominated, not one man in ten in tho United States knew who he was, or recolieetod ever to have heard of Idm. And such was tho thorough conviction of his friends of his obscurity, that the press teemed with responses to tho enquiry, “Who is General Franklin Pierce?” Think you that suoh a man can be paossd off up on tho couutry for a “man of more ability'than any of tho four candidates”—Scorr, Kino, or Graham ? Although we regard this as faint praise, yet it is muoh more then, in onr opinion, lie merits. While we ecoord to Mr. Toombs all tho ability and patriotism claimed for him by “ A Union Whig,” wo by no means concede to him tho dis tinguished merit assumed by our correspondent, that lie “ cannot b* deceived in the mutter.'" Mr. Toouns paid like tributes to General Taylor, and was a much more earnest and zealous supporter of him than wo imagino ho will over be of Mr. I’ikkcb, and evon he would scarcely cluiin for himself such an attribute, with the events of the lust four years fresh in hia recollection. “A Union Whig” desires to preserve the Whig party, by going into tho ridioulous scramble of running a Union Pieros and Kino ticket, ngsinst a Firc-M|ing Secession Pierce and Kino ticket. What are Whigs to gain by that 1 They uro merely to the appeals of tho supple mental democrats, who abandoned the Union party, and sought refuge in tho Baltimore Convention. Suppoee Union Whigs again unite witli them, liavo we any assurance they will show any bettor faith in future, than previously ? Wo have no such guaranty ; and when they deceive us agniu it will be our fault. Ths difference between tu and our correspon dent, results from the fact that lie considers the Union I'srty still in existence, while we consider It effectually and completely dissolved by the aotion of its constituent elements, lienee, it is our pur pose to resume again tho advooaoy of those princi ples, which we regard as necessary and proper to develope tho resources of the Republic and con tribute to eecure the prosperity of tho people, while he is yet clinging to the Union Platform. We are quite sure lie will ero long see the error of his way, and foil baok upon his Whig principles. In conclusion, ws may remark that Mr. Jeneinsi needs no defence against the fling made by our correspondent at him. And we shall pass over also his allusions to his devotion to his country above party. This is a more grandiloquent flour ish, thrown out for the boys, tho use of which no one better understands than.“ A Union Whig." Editor of the Chronicle d" Sentinel: Dear Sib— 1 have just road your article of Friday : morning, the 2d instant, on the situation aiid proa n' peota of the Union Party, with tho profoundcst e regret. You counsel inactivity for tho presorva t tion of the Whig party. I have served long and j faithfully in the ranks of that party; but, sir, with me, Country is now, has ever been, and shnll con tinue to be, above Party. I honestly believe, in a the oontest now before us every man should take T sides. I further believe, General Fikuok’s election will do more to perpetuate the Union, upon true ~ principles, than that of his adversary. Upon tho great question of the day, Gon’l Pierce is with us, c and there cannot bo shown a single act Or speech, of his life unfavorable to us. You havo already shown whore Scott stands. In a letter to a gen tleman In this county, the Hon. Robert Toombs , says of Pierce, that “ho is a fair, just, sound and I upright man, with more ability than any of the four candidates; and has, throughout the whole , slavery agitation, acted with energy and fearless I promptitude in favor of the just rights of the South. As botiveen him and Boott, I prefer his electiou, I and I think that the Union Party ought to give him its support. ” Here, sir, is tho deliberate opinion f of a man well known to us, our chosen Represent ative—a man of ability und patriotism—a man who cannot bo deceived iu tho matter, and wins would I never dcccivo thopoople. 1 cannot, then, but say, as I said in the outsat, that 1 regretyouroourso towards Mr.PiExcu, whoa he has such a tribute from a truo-hearted Southron. i Speaking of tho Whig Platform, Mr. Toombs says, “entrusting it to Storr&Co., is like set!mg up wolves to tako oaro of the lambs.” You speak of Gen’l Pierce’s “ obnoxious prinol , pies.” This sounds very strange to my ears.— Why, Mr. Editor, have not yon, and other Whig leaders, been proclaiming all over Georgia, for the last two years, that tho old issues were absolete— I and that there was but ono question now worthy of , the attention of the people? Now, how stands. I General Pibroe on that question—for or against us! Mr. Toombs says he is with us. You havo already, and justly, pronounced Soon against us. Yet, with this difference in the position of these two men, you counsel inactivity —a polloy ruinous to the Whig Party, and which will, if pursued, bring it so low in the estimation of all true men, that it never can be rallied again. Mr. Jenkins may, liko Achillos, remain in bis tent, while tho enemies of the oountry are rallying to elect Gen. Scott ; but, sir, the People will not be spectators of this %ht. The people intend to stand up to a Northern man who has proved himself a Patriot in the last great crisis, and they ought to do it. Ido not know a single Union Whig in this county who is not will ing to stand by Pikrck and tho Country ; and wo desire the perpetuation of tho Union Party in order to give him an effective support. What consum mate folly now to dissolve this great and gknioue Party ! Ought we not to wait and soe if oar prin ciples, which have been professed, are faithfully carried out ? For one, I cannot thir.k the Union Party is dissolved.' I cannot think ‘that the men who have for the last two years struggled together will now separato wlieyi thero arc such reasons for remaining together, and fighting one more battle, at least, for the Country. “A Union Whju,” from old WiUcte. Re-Uxiox of the Democraot.— The Charleston Mercury , but reeeutly the highest authority with the Fire-eaters und Secessionists of Georgia, allud ing to the anticipated re-union of tho Democracy in the Presidential election, romarks: “ This re-muon, as far as it is real, is an amalga mation of the Union or Compromise, the Hontheru Rights anil the Frecsoil parties,—and uil of them professing to have given up no principle. It m quite eleur then that the object of that union is nothing but party success iu tho approochingeleo tiou, and that the South must share it, (if indeed the South is not cheated ont of all share) with the Frseaoilura.” Wmo Ratification Meetino in Savannah.—. We find iu the Georgian tho following notice of the ratification meeting in that city. It is a remark able feet that Savannah is tho only point in Geor gia at which a meeting has been held to ratify either of tho nominations. > “The Whig Ratification Meeting Inst night was attended by a very respectable number of the ciri zens of Savannah. In its organization Col. W. T. Williams, a veteran member of tho party wss mado Chairman, and Mr. Woodbridge choaeu Secretary. Moat of the Evening wan occupied by Judge Fleming, ono of tho Georgiu delegate* to the whigßational Convention, in what wc must admit to have .>een a very able argument, aa ad dressed to the Whig party in favor of the nomi nees of their Convention. - The Judge was most attentively anil respect j fully listened to, and frequently applauded. Ha was followed by Major Bacon, in some remarks prefatory to a preamble and resolutions, endorsing the action of the Baltimore Whig Convention, <te. His address was at times vociferously applauded, and his preamble and resolutions unanimously adopted. The meeting then adjourned, with three ehsers for the Whig ticket. Oolrtiiori-e Delegates.— The following gcntle men have been selected as delegates to represent the Constitutional Union Party of Oglethorpe county, in tho Convention wldoh assembles in Millcdgeville on tiie 15th inst: C'ol. B. F. Hardeman; Col. B. W. Hubbard, Dr. Wm. 8. Metre and Jos. H. Lumpkin, Jr., Esq. New Cotton. —Capt. J. B. Reid, of Viotoria Co., Texas, showed the editor of the Advocate recently f full open bolls of Cotton, gathered from his field on the 23d es June. This is what we call early crop ping. By the middle of July the Captain expects to have his bands in the field picking. Fancv Dress Ball, at Madison Springs.— We are informed by Mr. Watkins, the proprietor, that there will ho a Fancy Dress Bail at Madison ' Springs, on or shout the 12th of August. The lovers of fun, frolic, and mystery, and all who are wont to trick themselves ont in tantastio disguises, will be delighted with the promise of enjoyment which tbie announcement holds out, and should be on the alert for the latest novelty in the way of costume, immediately. The New School Presbyterian Churoh now com prises 140,680 oommuniceuts, being an increase of 576 during the loet year. The number of chnrchea ie 1602, ministers 1827, licentiates 180. »■ It is thought that David Meriwether, Esq.,’ wlft be appointed to fill the vacanty in the United States Senate occasioned by the death of Mr. fer,
