Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-11-11

| Bu. ! missed il, and now ! must
work here" "My dear father," said
", "you shall not work. Brother
and / will. work for you, and wear
Eour hands out, and you shall rest
and | remember to have cried,-and
] crv now, at the recollection. "My
c5iIdn . said he,,"il is Of no impor-
ltance to mel now live but for my
children; / could not give your elder
brother the advantages oi knowl-
edge. but | can do something for you.
Exert yourself--improye your oP-
nor,unities--learn-ledrn--andw when
+ am gone, you will not need TO go
through the hardships which | have
undergone, and which have made
me an old man before my time
aTbe next May he took me to
Exeter, to the Philips Exeter Acade-
my-placed me under the. tuition of
its excellent preceptor, Dr.. Benjamin
Abbott, still living. ,ao,o
aMy father died 10 April. 1906 ]
neither left him, nor forsook nun.
Nv opening an office at Bnsco~an
was that | might be near him. !
closed his eyes, in this very mouse
He died at sixtv-seven years OF age
-after a life of exertion, toll and
exposure-a private soldier. an o.
ficer. a legislator, a judge-every-
thing that a man could be, TO whom
learning never had disclosed her
sample page" eEH
"My first speech at the BAR was
made when he was on the bench--he
never heard me, a second time.
ale had in him what | recollect
TO have been the character of some
of the old Puritans. He was deeply
religious, but not sour-on the con-
trarv, good humored, facetious-
showing even in his age, with a con-
tagious laugh, teeth, all as white as
alabaster--gentle, soft, playful--and
vet having heart in him. that ne
seemed TO have borrowed from a
lion. He could Irown; a irown il
was, but cheerfulness, good humor
and smiles composed his most usual
aspect. -,
"Ever truly, your friend,
DANtEI, WEBSTER"
His Home and Burial Place.
Correspondence Of the Boston Courier.
MARsHFIELD Tuesday night. Oct. 26.
1t is a truly beautiful night. The
full moon shines upon US, the neigh
boring sea ulters his voice as usual,
and yet the place is full OF gloom, in
which all nature seems TO sympa-
thise. The weeping willows around
The mansion Of Mr. Webster, seems
literally to weep. The noble elms
look mourniul. Each citizen ap-
pears TO have lost a father and a
friend. II COY the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made bet
ter" all hearts will be improved.
Enter with me into the house OF
the dead--alI is stiffness. Ii is in
deed "houss OF mourning" From
the wife OF the illustrious dead,
down TO the humblest servant, there
is mourning and weeping, for here is
"the chamber where the good man
met his fate" We enter the Libra
ry Room, and there behold, in the
stiffness of the night, all that once
contained the noble spirit OF Daniel
Webster, His body was laid 10 its
coffin or burial case, fully clad as il
was when he was accustomed TO
address the Senate or Jury. And,
then, that head, that forehead, and
those features placid as il in quiet
slumber. II seemed like life. Ii
seemed as though the immortal
statesman would soon awake and
speak, as he did the first time we saw
him in that room, and that his
theme, perchance, would be, as il
was then, his favorite book, and his
1 fayorite portion Of it, the book Of
Job. II was source Of comfort 10
find the face so life like. Ii is quite
1 evident, that the great man endured
much physical suffering during bis
sickness. II would seem that a
mighty disease had brought that iron
franeito the heart. isa -
There IS nothing TO add in reier-
4 renee 10 the burial. The, arrange
ments have been mainly completed.
The whole business IS in excellan'
hands, and we may be confident
that everything in connection with
the funeral rites will be conducted iu
the most appropriate and satisfacto,
nv Z manner, ,acIt is expected thal
services will be conducted in the
open air, Of the weather be such a.
10 admit OF it,) on the lawn 10 from,
/ OF the mansion, and that a genera
opportunity will be given to al
! who may desire 10 look upon th'
face that was so lately lit up viii
! intelligence, and ON fire with elo
fquence. .frno tns ~s7s Msu ,77ae
ltmieht have been added above
sfthat the coffin was brought from
> W. Il, ~ da.y and the, remainl