Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-07-03
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1852.
THE FUNERAL.

that no funeral honors have ever before more sin
|cerely expressed the public sorrow. 1t is due to
the memory Of Mr. CLAY to say that of the many
distinguished men who have ended their lives at the
seat of government, and whose stations and virtues
claimed for their ashes every mark of respect there
has not been one at whose obsequies the public
heart has been SO deeply affected. The feeling Of
every one seems to be as though he had lost per-
sonal friend; indeed for hardly any other public
man was the sentiment of affection ever so univer
sally blended with that Of boundless admiration.
Who without emotion ever heard uttered the name
Of THE GALLANT HARRY CLAY" and m what
assembly was it uttered that three cheers did
net spontaneously and instantly make the welkin
ringg ,s
g Statesman, yetfriend te truth !, T soul SINCERE
:. Of action faithful, and in homer clear!
g Who broke promise. serv'd no private end,
g Who gained no title, and who lost no friend
g Ennobled by himself, by all approved,
Praised wept, and henord by the land he loved.''
As one Of the most ardent and eloquent advo-
Gates of ciyil liberty which cur country has pro-
duced, hrs death win be w-pt by the votaries
of freedom all over the werld. Throughout his
own country it will be felt as haHing left void
among its great men which the present generation
cannot expect to see filled,
The ebsesuies were conducted yesterday agree
ably to the form prescribed by the Committee Of
Arrangements Of the Senate.
The procession left the National Hotel, the place
Of Mr.. CLAY's late residence and decease, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, and moved in silence to-
wards the Capitol There were no carriages in the
procession, nor on that part of the avenue along
which 1t passed The cdhn containing the body of
the deceased was borne upon a car appropriately
draped, and drawn by grey horses, the whole be-
fitting the deepy-felt solemnity of the scene. Fes
toons Of mourning lined the buildings of the avenue
on each side, an extent, we believe, not before
witnessed on any similar occasion.
In the procession, which was escorted by two or
three OF our military companies, were the Members
of the Senate Of the United States and many dis
tinguished officers of the civil, military, and naval
departments of the Government, together with the
Chief Municipal Officers and Corporate bodies of
Washington and Georgetown, and of the city of
Baltimore A large attendance of private citizens
also testified their profound respect and reverence
for the noble by uniting in the procession The
President of the United States, Members of the
Cabinet, and the Diplomatic Corps had already pro-
ceeded to the Capitol in order to occupy their re9ec
tive places in the Senate Chamber.
When the procession arrived on the area before
the east front of the Capitol, and during the per-
Torrance of solemn requiem, the coffin re-
moved frem the funeral car and boru5 up tue steps
IL u - D1t,,r do
rested in the Senate Chamber. As much of the
processier as could be admitted within the cham
ber entered, but considerable portion noces
sasily excluded Intelligence having been giveI
to the House Of Representatives Of the arrival of the
corpse in the Capitol the Members proceeded in
body, with the Speaker at their head to the Senate
Chamber, where they remained during the funera
service. This conducted according to the form.
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, to which Mr.
CLAY was attached, by the Rev. G. N. BUTLER
Chaplain to the Senate, who concluded with an i'm
pressive sermon, in she course of which interesting
and consolatery allnsions were made to circum-
stances that had occurred during the intercourse Of
DR.. BUTLER with Mr.. CLAY, in the latter period Of
his sickness. DIR. Butler seized the occasion thus
presented to enforce with power how important
place christian morals and maxims must nov and
ever bear in al true and great craftsmanship.
On the conclusion Of the sermon, the Members q
the House returned to their hall and adjourned
The corpse was then removed from the Senate
Chamber to the centre of the Rotundo, under the
immediate charge Of the Marshal of the District Oh
Columbia and his assistants Long before this time
thousands Of our citizens had collected in the Ro-
tundo, the Hall Of Representatives, and elsewhere
about the Capitol, to be in readiness to behold for
the last time the wellknown vsage of the deceased
patriot, so that when the coffin was brought to its
| position in the Rotundo the rush was immense, and
none but the most persevering could bring them
selves to encounter the jostling and pressure that
ensued- 1t is to be regretted that arrangements
had not been made which would have afforded
greater facilities than those adopted for an orderly
and quiet though Of course rapid glance at the fea
lures Of the admired and beloved dead.
About halfpast three o'clock the corpse, escorted
by the military and followed by multitude Of
people, was removed from the Capitol TO the Rail-
road Depot, and there placed in car, in charge of
the Senate Committee appointed to accompany the
remains to their final resting place in Kentucky.
Solemn silence prevailed amongst the spectators
the train departed for Baltimore. where it arrived
at six o'clock, having on the way passed through
heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
It's arrival at the outer depot of that city was an