Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-07-14
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Sa,ts ha3"e been paid to the .a
I: .ss ,rlss>4 ne public honorsgde decseet
.rifS t;steto thaEremains of its lastriou
b 81 e$bee.s duly rendered and mos
Sd isheadded Ethat no funeral honor
Z Z ~ before more sincerely expressed
So: .,,., snyfoW, K is due TO the fmemor,
|esss III aiAyto say tha-l IF the many dis
gnguisue4 enswho llaye ended iibe i1ibeir4 lives
tt.the seat Of government, and whose sas sfssl 3
along and virtues claimed for their ashes
hsyesy " marx of respect there has: not been
sssJ. -. Sc obse1uies iile public .eart has
l-.g!.s seeply effected. The feeling of
srsr, 6ilE to te.ibe be as though he nd lost
g porse:lai ;sr;eat; indeed. foE lssssi any.
0thclasE.bfssaaan was the sentimesS of zaf.3
sfectivG! ever so5uuiyersaiIY olended Ii that
of bolndless admiratiinn. no 9sthout;
seino!ies ever heard uttered tthe,S kspfnezo of
1.-THE Harry Clay, id what as,
.sembly was itSeYer: uttered that threo cheers.
did mot spontaneously and Instantly make.
the welkin ring s ~
OF action fatbfhl and in llonor: clear -
Who broke no profnse, serv'd no private end, {- 5
Who gained no title, am lost no friend, - =
Ennobled by himself, by an >aproyed z'.s
Praised, weps, and honored BY .sland he loved y
one Of the most ancient andSe loquenti
advocates Of civil liberty which our cosntry.
has produced, his death will beswept by the,
Yotaries sof freedom all over the world.
Throughout his own country it will be felt
as having left void among its, great; men
which the present generation cannot expect
to see filled. is. ~ -
The sobseguies were conducted Yesterday
.agreeably to the form prescribed sby the
Committee Of Arrangements of the Senate.
IS The procession left the National Hotel
tile place Sof:S Mrs. Clay la'e residence efand
;decease. between: III and ID O'Clock, aid
moved in silence towards the Capitol. There
were no caring res IN the proc ession, nor on,
Esthatpart Of the avenue along which i pass:
ed. The coffin containing the body of the
deceased was borne upon ascarsa opfiate.
Az dfaped; and drawn grey horses, the
whole 2beftting the deepI felt olemnity ;of
the scene. Festo oons: of mourning lined the.
buildings of The avenue on each side.stosan
extent we believe, not heiore witues seldom
ANY s;nii1r oceasiorl =
the pro ocession which was escortediby
two or tbfee 81 litar5 comp were
tte Members Of sSsissfate the aited
the civil ailissary, andsaavalS departments of
the Government, together with the Chief
Municipal Officers aud 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 dead by
uniting in the procession. The President Of
the United States, Members of-the Cabinet,
and the Diplomatic Corps had alreadypro
ceeded to the Capitol, in, order to occupy
their respective places in the Senate Cham
ber. .....-..a 49,
When the procession arrived on the area
before the east front of the Capitol, and du-
ring the performance of solemn requiem,
the coffin was removed from the funeral car,
and borne up the steps of the Portco, car
ricd through the Rotundo, and rested in the
Senate Chamber. AS much of the process
sion as could be admitted within the cham
Der entered, but considerable portion was
necessarily excluded. Intelligence having
been given 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 Cham.
Der, where they remained during the funeral
service. This was conducted according to
the forms of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, to which Mr.. Clay was attached, BY
the Rev. C. M. Butler, Chaplain to the Sen.
ate, who concluded with an impressive SER
mon, in the course of which interesting and
consolatory illusions were made to circum-
stances that had occurred during the inter-
course of DR.. Butler with Mr.. Clay, in the
latter period Of his sickness. DR.. Butler
seized the occasion thus presented to enforce
with power how important place oirristfah'
morals and maxims must now ndIever bear
in aItrue and great statesmanshi-
On the conclusion of the 9
members of the House rctL,
and .adjourued. The cn@pse
moved from the Sen,
tire of the Rotundo
charge Of the Mar
Columbia and his a
this time thousands
lected in the Rot -spre-
sentatives, and els s., >out the Capitol,
to be.in readiness 10 behold for the last time
tile well-known visage of the deceased patri.
OF, so that when the coffin was brought to its
position in the Rotundo the rush was i'm
mlense, and none but the most .perseyering
could bring themselves to encounter the
iostling and pressure that ensued. It is TO
be regretted that arrangements had not besa
made which would have afforded greater fa-
gciIities than those adopted, for.an orderly