Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-10-26
RICHMOND ENGGIREl,.
MORNING, OCTOBER %, 1852.


Isl THE LAST OF THE GREA" TRIO GONE!
E gloom cast over our community yesterday by the
photographic annunca'on that DA.I WEBSTER, Al 1ocock
yesteday morning had paid the deJt of nature and brcatd
his last The greatest intellect in the land has been eXn-
suished in darkness-and The naiDn, which has not yet TN
shed paying funeral honors memory OF Henry Clay, IS
n0w called 10 express its gir At the OF Daniel
Webster. II deeply sad witness the exit of this last ol
The great Trio of eminent Amdicans who in another
world 10 join his giant conyccrs, Calhoun and Ciay-O
MIR. Wchscs splendid mind md public services we shall not
Hnow speak. He had wor wide reputation, md the intel
diligence of his death will be received with sadness in every
poon Of the civilized wohd He in his seventy yhIs
&Year We subJuin all the items of hs last moments that
4 have reached
n Bosros Oct % r. d--The following letter contains
Interesting particulars in regard 10 Daniel Webster
a MARsHrIElp, Oct 23 A. NJ Il regret 10 inform you
) hat since my last datd o'clock last night, Mr. Websic
has been gradually ahng, and very low. would
seem that The hour OF his dissolution is al hand His
physicians report that he has failed gradually during The
might and Is now very much exhausted AL ten minutes
oclJck this morning. he asleep About eleven
O'Clock last night he had attack OF vomiting and be-
tween half ns and three this morning was again Sc
vcrey attacked from which he suffered severely eav
ing him weak and much exhausted c conScrscd al inter
walls during The night with his payscans-his thoughts and
conversation dwelling upoa his wife and children and family
I aaiiairs.
BcsroS, Oct 23 p al-Mr Webster still living at Ave
this afternoon; gradually sinking. Nothing further viii De-
4 3heard from Marshhcii Ia Hlghi.
BosToS Ger 2l.-M; Webster died Marshfcld al two
minutes before three O'Clock this morning.
We publish below, suitable 10 the neancl ly occasion
the following passages of beautiful editorial in the Bos'on
Courier of Wednesday, describing Mr. Webster al Marsh!
sield' aud published in advance Of the alnened event
1.-THE illness undcr which Mr.. Webster has suffered al
aMasied has cxcircdn serious alarm Al his age hr DIS
which has greatly impaired his physical strength c0uo
excite sad fUrCbOdngs OF the result AT all cVcnls ih
ay he far distant when that comprehensive wsoni
and genius vii! be taken away from US IN lfe
Ordinary oi the life OF There Is now however
reason think rposc and the nvgouiing breath of
sea und land at Mashed will the health of thes
great Secretary him in due tine back 10 his pos
in Washinet ~, close the mporlan questions s pend
ing between Government and foreign Countries few,
weeks longer passed in the midst OF The beloved scenes
which MIR Webster has for many delighted To with
draw from The Of public and professional life will il
earnestly hoped, carry him safely through ia annual at
tack and strengthen his heart for another winter of strenuous
toll in the service OF his country.
""The farm Marshed is worthy 10 be the resting place
sof its iusirous owner II il sh!c!tc by u 6eau
iu hills from the violence Of nnrlhcastery storms;
has distant The beyond The owants which
5every tide ovGrfow side wooded pOmonlnTy GtS
The and The other rises sopng highland on
1.-The brow which in the deep rcpose of nature his kindred
in their long sleep, with sounds above or around
itheIn, but the of the wind through The foliage o
The dropping trees the Gf BIRDS or the solemn
voice "i The speaking ctena IRON lis vast dts Inc
,undnatrg surface sweeps up marshes and forms
Die land which the house stands thc gently as int
l. snl,ih and spreading lawn then deeper slrie
lin picture and bound OF harm nious YET richly
varied nd sw ery. .conlrased beauty.
"Hcrr bet few weeks since, Mr. Webster w. i"cus
toned drive the transient gust over his estate sl=ilin"
lhe fields his ocean shore his ocks ard lis herds poln
ting the prospect speaking with tender einnIuE :"
the sad and happy memories the varied views ec1ri; con
with the rustic rcsbos whom he CHANGED 10 meet
lin krd genial tones subjects which he and they
understood alike; ui,errG from time TO time glorious :
thoughts suggested tie scene, in language o massive
beauty and gran deur. w!r made she moment memorable in
the listeners lie. Eu Ibis has been IN some measure in J
crruped That FORM that surprising strengths III con
withheld him the turmoil raging outside oi that seclh
icd spot; drives the hl along the loud resonnda"
hch he loved much. have ceased Solemn thoughts
exclude rom his mind the inf ior topics ot me feeilng "u
land the great awful themes O The uiufe now seemingly
opening hrore hm-tlrues which his mind has oil" hy
iLSlinctiyey turned its prCfoundet mrdatons
fill IT. i0nIs from The weary itude Of Illness, org
from lie public duties which sickness retirement cnnno
make him forget or neglect The eloquent sprrnlairs o
Cicero The immortality U the soul and The aG"' . ar
gumens aguinst the Epicurean philosophy '" - The
mouth of Of the coCluIs,s in the book On liz = lrcg
of the Gods share his thoughts with the testimony o
1.-The Word God But day passes that the affairs OF c
country do occupy m attention His great mind never
lin, duties oil his department. The nl.t clual power
s supremacy ply steal weakness and tratnu disease
with an unin:eag OF soul that in itself good ant
argument immortality Cicero ever uttered In lhc ma
iesc accents of the Latin tongue
These the dignicd pursuits that grace The days o sui
fering passed by the iusous statesman OF hatshteld
THE cSpcctu sympahies of the surround hn, in
Ibis hou.s illness and the ravrr1 0i good men Z" NJ
heaven for his speedy rcsoraon