The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-27

| The Boston Courier in an extra. furnishes
the following particulars relative to Mr.. WEB.
sTER's death and burial:
| BosToN, Sunday, October "a.
| The last hours of one 30 beloved as he whose
| earthly career has just closed, amid SO many cir.
| cumsances Of consolation, were of the same even
| tenor as all the rest The public are already in
formed of the chief features of that deeply interest
ing scene up to the period when MIR. Webster de.
sired to take leave OF all who In the house.
One by one, in deep sorrow, but sustained by bis
own great example, the members of his family,
and the friends and attendants, came in and took
leave Of him. lie desired them to remain near his
room, and more than once enjoined on those pre-
sent who were not of his immediate family not to
leave Marshield till his death had taken place
Reassured by all that his every wish would be reli.
giously regarded, he then addressed himself to his
physicians, making minute inquiries as to his own
condition, and the probable termination Of his life.
Conversing with great exactness, he seemed to be
anxious to be able to mark to himself the final period
OF his dissolution. He Yves answered that it might
occur in one, two, three hours but that the time
could not be definitely calculated. "Then," said
Mr.. Webster g" suppose must iehe quietly till it
comes" The rctching and vomiting now REQUIRED
again DR.. Jeffries offered to Mr.. Webster come
thing which he hoped might give him case.
Something more, doctor--morc Il want rcstora-
tom
Between Ten and eleven o'clock he repeated
somewhat indistinctly the words "Poct, poetry,
Cray. Cray" Mr.. Fletcher Webster repeated
the fret line of the elcgy 1.-THE curfew tolls the
knell of parting day" "That's it, that's it,"
said Mr.. W., and the book brought and some
stanzas resa, which seemed to give him much
pleasure.
From twelve O'Clock till two there was much
restlessness. but not much suffering. The physi-
clans were quite confident that there was no actual
pain. faintness occurred, which led him 10
think that his death was at hand. While in this
condition. some expressions fell from him ndicat
Ing the hope that his mind would remain to him
completely unit! the last. He spoke of the diff
Guilty OF the process Of dying; when DR.. Jeffres
repeated the verse: "Though walk throu gh the
valley Of the Shadow of Death, l will fear no evi
for thou art with me-thy rod and thy staff, they
comfort me'
Mr.. Webster said Immediately: "The fact, the
fact. That is what ! vant-thy rod, thy rod
thy staff, thy staff "
The close was perfectly tranquil and easy, and
occurred at precisely % minutes before O'Clock.
The persons prescnt we're: Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher
Webster, Mr.. and Mrs. Paige, Mr. s. A. Appleton,
Miss Downcs, Mr.. Leroy, Edward Curtis, Peter
Harvey. George T. Curtis, Charles Henry Thomp.
son (or Tbomas) esq, George J. Abbott and w.
C. Zantzinger, Of the State Department, Drs. JEFF
fries and J. Mason Warren, and the personal at.
tendants and domcstics of Mr.. Webster. Mrs.
Webster, being pnable to witness the last mo-
mcnts. awaited the event Up hsr own apartment.
We learn that Mr.. Webster, by bic owp special
direction will be buried In unostentatious man
aer. The funeral services will be performed by 4
tas Clergyman Of the parish Of South Marshfeld,
which he IN ma wi he IN In
tomb. A. Vel no dag has been 6ned for the fu
neral. Mrs. Paige is expected IN town to- morrow,
and viii probably in behalf Of the family announce
the time of burial "' go =