New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-17

ever. In each succeeding generation 9ths;r 80
DRY shall be blessed" and . their names be had IN
everlasting remembrance And, the " consicts
! DER their lahors DONE" the ransomed snir;t shsiI
escape from tire prison that con Snes IL 10 tbe earth
and the King of Kings shall bind on its victorious
brow wreaths of uniading glory in that blest place
| To live that when the summons comes to JOIN
The inuumsrsble caravan that moves
| To that my steriOus realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silenttas Of death.
! Thou go not, like the qusrry-slave at night
Scoufged 10 thy dungeon, bu, sustained snd soo'hed
By unfslterng trust approach thy grave
| Lake who wraps the drapery OF his couch
About him. ana lies down 10 pleasant dreams
Our great friend ard countryman is dead He
! hes no more connection with the living world
and we are about to bear his honored remains 60
the beautiful spot, where our own dead lay, and
around which cur memories love TO linger. What
to him, | ask you, are now the politics OF the
! country! What to him are the nice points upon
| which turn the honor Of the State! What to
him now is the extension of empire tho rise or
fall Of nations the dethronement or the estab-
lishment Of Lingsl His work is done, and well
done. As it is with him. 80 shall il shortly be with
every one Of us
| One word more. The distinguished subject Of
our present attention has fallen a martyr to his
country. The cause Of his sickness, and Of his
DEATH originated in his last great efforts in secu-
ring the pass age through Congress of certain
measures known as the Compromise. In more
cases than one may he receive the heaveRly well
come "well done good and faithful servant" His
love Of country-his enthusiasm in any cause in
which her interests were inyol' ed-his great aud
singular powers-his wonderful and controlling in
fuorce over even great minds, marked him as the
man of the age, and adapted him in peculiar
manner to act and 10 lead in grave measures OF
government
And, il in the future, any one section Of this
great Republic should be arrayed in hostility
against another, and any cruel hand shall be up
lifted to sever the bonds which unite us together
as a common people, the Genius of Liberty shalt
come down in anguish AMI in tears, and throwing
herself prostrate before has tomb, impiore the
Mighty Ruler of Nations---for the preservation of
our institutions and the protection Of our Lib
erty and our UnOn--t0 raise from his ashes---
another CLAY.
Mr.. CIay's Family His slnyes-His Last Rest
Ing Place-Lexington OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ing Aarays-Famiiy Quarrels, &c.
Fsom ouS own Reporter
LEXINGTON by, July II, 1852.
Having sent you at the earliest moment
a brief account Of the funeral ceremonies at Lex.
iDgton, | will now give an accurate statement re-
| specting the family of the deceased. NotwIth-
standing the public acts of Mr.. CLAY are known
in their minutest particulars TO almost everybody,
his private history and domestic biography are fa-
miliar to but few. For instance, this very day
| heard two gentlemen disputing as to the State
which gave birth to the immortal statesman.
Mrs. CLAY is now II years of age, and although
her health is feeble, has the appearance OF lady
of so. Her name was LUcRErn HART, and her
| native place Lexington. Mr.. CLAY married her
shortly after he came to Lexington from his native
| State Virginia. BY her he has had eleven chill
| dren, three Of whom died in childhood.
ELIZA CLAY died suddenly in 1884, while on the
way to Washington in company with her father.
| Her age was about sixteen. Another daughter,
| Mrs. DUBALE of New Orleans, died about the same
time. In 1885, another and the only remaining
daughter, the wife of JAS ERwIS, Of Newt Orleans,
died also.
OF the eleven children, only four now live, HEN.
RY CLAY, Jr., having fallen at the battle Of Buena
Vista. His body is inferred in the family lot at
Lexington.
THO. WYTHE CLAY, who has been lunatic
since his boyhOod, is near fifty years of age, being
the eldest son. His recovery is hopeless. His
lunocy is characterized by melancholy, with occa-
sonal fits of violence,
Tuos HARrC,,v If Mans
hen, hne estate near Lexington, and devote,
himself for the most part to the cultivation of
hemp. His age is IL.
JAS. B. CLAY, aged 80, is also farmer, and
owns large estate near st. Louis, Mo-, where
he has large dairy, and is engaged extensively in
rearing stock.
JOHN CLAY, the youngest, is % years of age,
ard resides at home, managing the farm, and de-
voting portion of his time to the profession of
the law In appearances he resembles his father
more than any of the other sons. His features
are similar, his hair has the same dry, sandy ap-
pearance, and bangs about his features in the
same careless manner.
Al the sons are highly intellectual in appear
ance, but none Of them have yet given promise of
future greatness.
OF the 81 slaves owned by Mr.. CLAY, Abraham,
the groomsman is the oldest, being near sixty.
Adams, the gardener, is IS years of age. Thorn
ton, Dir. GAYS body servant, received from the
hands of his master his free papers, but never left
him, even after death, until the corpse was placed
in the tomb.
The remains will not rest permanently in the
vault where they were placed yesterday, but will
be removed to the Clay family lot in the same
cemetery, as soon as preparations have been made
by the people Of Lexington to lay the foundation
of the monument to his memory. This event will
take place some time next fall, when Daniel Web
ster is expected to deliver the grafton.
The citizens Of Lexington are an emnently hos
pitable people. They were viglant in seeking out
those among the vast throngs who were unpro.
yided with lodgings; every house was thrown
open; parlors were transformed into bedrooms;
and every luxury the city afforded was freely set
before the strangers who had become their guests.
Not content with this, the lower market.house
was converted into vast dinipg-hall, in obedience
to the proclamation of the Mayor and the citizens
IooJaJ Ire fables Nth nrovsions which mara ,or