The Nevada journal., 1852-08-14
: UNERAL OBSEQUlES OF Mr.. CLAY

il UNsRAL OBSEQUlES OF Mr.. CLAY
On Tuesday the sun of the mountain
rose clear and cloudless, and was salutet
by thirteen guns. 1t was the dawn O
the day that was to witness the demon
stration of the respect and affection fell
by the people of Nevada county for the
memory Of the iIlustrious Clay.
At 10 o'clock, at the discharge Of
signal guns, the procession commenced
forming on Broad street. The features
Of the procession were, band of music,
then the Masonic Lodge, which appera-
ed in full strength, making fno ap-
pearance, after which hearse, with six
natives of kentucky as attendants, then
the clergy Of Nevada county and the or
ator of the day-thcn q large body Of
the natives of Virginia and Kentucky,
bearing beautiful banner The next
was carriage containing thirteen young
ladies' representing the thirteen origin
al states. A body of Odd Fellows came
next, followed by large Division of the
Sons of Temperance from Grass Valley.
The procession was closed with body
Of citizens on foot and on horeback.-
The demonstration was highly credita-
bic for numbers and appearance, and
under the conduct Of Chief Marshal,
VI. Williamson, was arranged in perfect
order and taste.
The procession passed through the
principal street, many buildings in which
were drapcd in black, to a grove near
the city, where stand beautifully de-
coratcd had been prepared. The pro-
cession moved to the sound Of music, the
telling Of the bell, and the report Of ar
tillery.
The services were opened by prayer
by Rev. MIR. Blythe, Of Nevada.
The grafton, by Col. r. N. WooD, at
the request OF citizens, wo subJoin.
GRAFTON.
The will of Providence has been
obeyed-the great Ruler of the universe
in the divinity of his wisdom, has called
spirit from its earthly abode to dwell
in heaven. HENRY Clay Of Kentucky
is no more. Death, with his relentless
grasp, seized his mortal frame. and on
the Goth day Of June his soul fed to God
who gave it. Without q struggle, and
in the full exercise Of his mental facul-
tics to the latest moment, he expired. No
fear covered his heart, no craven spirit
there. In sublime serenity he yielded to
the high behests, full Of hope for the fu-
ture, conscious of tho immortality of the
soul, with firm reliance in the Christian
religion Of another and better world.
A nation mourns the loss Of her greatest
statesman. The Republic Of America
is shrouded in gloom. And why is this ?
1t is that an Intelligent, virtuous, pat
riotc people, imbued with the same SEN
timcnls that animated their sires, which
impclled action on their part to attain
the enjoyment of civil and religious
liberty, periling their lives, their for
tunos, and their sacred honor, in tho
issue, that when achieved, experienced
and enjoyed, transmitted to posterity as
their richest legacy-a people, the re-
cipients of such blessings, duly appre-
ciating the great advantages to flow
from continuous enjoyment Of such in
estimable gifts, could not feel other than
the deepest gratitude, tho highest re-
spect and veneration, for one who through
long and eventful life, had exercised
his best intelleets-and with devoted
energy and towering mind, directed and
counseled his country in pursuing that
policy which had q tendency to ensure
and perpetuate, in their purity and vir-
tue, religious and civil liberty. And
such q man was HENRY CLAY The
pages Of history, that contain the evi-
dences of such blessings, are enduring
memorials of the long, faithful and eff
cient services rendered by this giant
mind in establishing and perpetuating
these high prerogatives. 1t is then but
the natural promptings Of such people,
that they should mourn the lossiof her
greatest statesman-th our glorious
republic should be shrouded in gloom.
To have felt other would have been dark
iRSratitudo do less, would be recrc-
ant to the dictates of justice, and a stig-
ma on republican institutions. Republics
treep' The bright star of America no
longer illumines your path with the pro-
fuAdity of his wisdom, or the brilliancy
of his giant intellect. No longer is heard
the clarion notes of Henry Clay, enun-
ciating ~ have no commiseration for
princes, my sympathies are reserved for
the mass of mankind" Yet although
he lives no more, a store of wealth is
reserved to republics and freedom, in
the deeds he has done. They may we'll
profit by his advice, and advance onward
to the fulflment Of their mission, by the
counsels he has given. Patriotism has
been made to yield one Of its most ar
dent votaries. Humanity has sustained