Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-11-03
Republican Electors.
DANIEL WEBSTER Is NO MORE /!

arumor given in our lasthas been confirmed
al WEBSTER is no more! He expired at his
! ace, Marshfeld, Massachusetts,, on Sunday
Flg last, at four o'clock.
mel Webster would have been man of mark
Ecountry. He was endowed, by nature, with
E5hysical as we'll as mental powers and he had
j all these powers, in all their fullness, from
zh up to the acquisition of knowledge and
service of his country. As an orator he had
z7egor in ancient or modern times. He has
Down to the grave in the fullness of his fame.
ame will survive him for many, many gene
8; and his printed orations will be read and
.sl 50 long as the English language shall be
p OF spoken on the earth.
! are indebted to the Boston Courier for the
Fas particulars relative to his death:
The last hours of one so beloved as he whose
career has lust closed. amid so many circum-
b Of consolation, were of the same even tenor
The rest. The public are already informed of
aisi ieata .os of that deeply interesting scene.
Fof al! who were in the house. :,
E by one, in deep sorrow, but sustained by his
yea, example, the members of his family and
ENDS and attendants came in and took leave of
He desired them to remain near his room, and
han once epioined on those present, who were
bis immediate family, not to leave Marsh6eld
sdeath had taken place. Re-assured by all that
sy wish would be religiously regarded, he then
sed himself to his physicians, making minute
ass as to his own condition, and the probable
Ea!on Of his life.
a'srsng with great exactness, he seemed to be
rs to be able to mark to himself the final period
dissolution. He was answered shat 1t might
In one, two or three hours, but that the time
not be definitely calculated. z" Then," said
Aebster, 6 suppose must lie here quietly till
s." The reiching and vomiting now REQUIRED
DR.. Jeffries offered to Mr.. Webster some
shich he hoped might give him ease. Z" Some
bore. Doctor, moreI want restoralion."
teen 10 and IL o'clock, he repeated, somewhat
Sely, the words 7" Poet, Poetry, Gray, Gray"
lsicher Webster repeated the first line of the
The curfew tolls the knell Of parting day.
ssit, that's it, said Mr.. w., and the book
aaught and some stanzas read to him, which
Ito give him pleasure.
% l2 o'clock till 2, there was much restless.
'0t not much suffering. The physicians were
'hhdent there was no actual pain. A faint
Fsurred, which led him TO think that his death
hand. While in this condition, some expires
si from him indicating the hope that his mlnt
sman to him completely until the last. HI
q the difficulty of the process of dying, whel
Jules repeated the verse:
a'ugh walk through the valley of the shadow
will fear no evil, for Thou art with me
- and Thy staff, they comfort me"
Webster said Immediately: '.The fact. the fact
s,s what want, Thy rod, Thy rod Thy staff
close was perfectly tranquil and easy, and oc
~ Precisely % minutes before o'clock. Th
piesentwere Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Webster
\. Mrs. Paige, Mr.. s. A. Appleton. Miss Dow
,a M Leroy, Edward Curtis, Peter Harvey, Gee
us' Charles H. Thomson, Tor Thomas,) Esq
w. Abbott and W. C.. Zantzinger Of the Stat