Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-02

snroagh the streets after suarise, we
were constrained to send the remains
OF Commodore Cloxion OIL shore To the
dead house at day break, On the mor-
ming al The. twelfth; bIt still thus OH serv-
ancr of their frivol us custom diJ not
debar US from peyiug him ere ho was
consigned to has mo,arr earth, oil the
respect his high station aai exemplary
'slriues so we'll entitled him To-. Al e.ev-
en o'clock, Oar bosts containing the OH !
GERS, tho MUSICIANS, The entire marine
guarJ, aud about t~o hundred aud fifty
ot oar hards tars aud apprentice bays.
neat y aud uaiiormly dressed iu blue
jackets, tarp uHn hats and snow white
irocks aud trowscrs, lett the ships side, |
and following each other in graceful ro-
'ation, they pursued their solemn and
almost noiselcss course towards the
shore, imrelied by the slow and meas.
ured nHnute>siroke. U ..oa the mol.
they we're met by u ma ferrous assem-.
blage OF the ellie Of valp ,ralso, ioyeth-
er wIth the officers from the British
irigate President, the f'feHch friyale
fnells, tie Danish frigcts Bslona, the
Cuban frigate Chiiia. and the French
sloop OF war Camille. as well as the ina =
iers. super-carg.rs. &c. of every vessel
IN the port, aud a detachment oil Royal
Marines, and as the fest MINUTE gun
from oar pon,lcrous thirty two I,ou nJe rs
boonled uu the waters aud reverhcrated
anIDngs. the distant hills, the soul In riI.
ing Anthems al ti,c Dead March IN Saul,
from the INSTRUMENTS Of our musicians.
rose upon the 6ilny breeze, aud the
procession, began ats silent march to-
wards the sanctuary of ni,rialiiy, in the
following order: FIrsi, came uul the
band dres I'D m thesr plain, neat unitormi
the sosn3re drspery OF death pendent
from each INSTRUMENT, 20 lowed bv our
snarrne guard. whose Lrm measured
tread, erect stature, and glilteriny an !
pend ages, formed sight truly marti al :;
the Chaplain OF Tier Maj.s,y's ship
President followed next ia order: after
whom. cigh; American Naval Officers "A 5
pall>bearerS, next, dressed in suits oil
deep nOUrH'I 9. came tho body servants
OF tie deceI ej--their duwn-cast coIa-l
ten snces pr. claiming how severely they
telt this sud EN- aud unexpected bereav,>
meat, Foreign consuls and foreign Ma
Va. Captains fol owed next, alter whom.
.sear Admiral koss, accom- panied ny the
French aud Gillian Coinmo ores, nndl
1ow came Ca tam T., our respected
Commander. accompanied by tue United
states Csusal, as CnIef- hoarners, aui
ais moIstene'l eye anl s''rrowfu visase
told cui To plainly INV sIucsrs was MS
affection and now decp>rooled was the
grief he lett Tor the individual he wa
now paying The last lribiGe of rospsr.t
TO. Next "a order came Foreign and
United States Naval OIIicers--two aud
Iwo-accor ling to rank, followed by
som: hundreds Uf merchants, merchant
captains, aad citizens dressed in dee.,
mourning Immediately after, aud the
iiiost inter .st,ng p,ri OF the procession
came me Jnitej States apprentice toys
--t~c and two-d .'essad 10 their neat
naval unifo rms, aud moving with the
uiOsi dersect order aud dec0rum. thew
we're followed 10y about Two hundred al
he petty officers and seamen belonging
10 the Constitution, who, from their
quiet, OrderI ~. and solemn department
during tie obscquIes, reelected credit up
on themselves as we'll as upon the ship
That was manned BY such specimen OF
of the Yankee sailor. Bringing up the
rear. AM closing the moo rnful 1, ain.
cune detachment Of The Royal AIarines
from Tier Majesly's ship President, with
arms reversed, their brighi scarlet coats
aud glltterIng accoutTLncnIs, forming
AN elegant CONTRAST TO the shorl Olus
jacket, linen lrock and flowing Irowser RS
Of our ta7s. la the order have en-
deavoured, but leeOIy, 10 describe, did
they bend theie SLOW and melancholy
steps up the winding decIyIlity, at the
summit OF which was located the small
tnongh neatly laid oOt burial place,
wherein many a gallant son Of Neptune
lay mOuIdering ill.o dat far--far--from
tne shoresor happy Coiumbia or merry
England. The narrow path together
with every pinnacle of rock or DIZZY
p Ell fice, as well as the windows aud
" randahs OF the houses adjacent, we're
Ii crafty swaraped &iIlI individuals ol
every uge aud sex for their eyes were
never before gree ed with sucn an In.
pc nng sPectaclc-lO view the solea.r
tram vending lis way along the circdI.
Gus aud craggy road, whilst the plain
tive and Sanl>tOuchIng strains Oi III.
Deal March from the Instruments o
lhe m1slcIsns, aud the death.liks SCUM,
Vt TIE mUfliod drum we're borne upo,
The pinionsor the breeze, ever aud anOr
acco Dpan,ed BY the booming sound o
! The MINUS gun.
SET was indeed sceno long to be re
membefcd. A. length NC reached ih'
Sanctuary Of the dead, add The capaciou
coffin Containing all that was nov loft o
the Once humane and induigent officer
sincer.. and llcv,,lil i.nri.ll.,. ....n........