The Nevada journal., 1852-08-07
ARRITAL OF THE PACIFIC.
TWELVE DAYS LATER.
Death Of Henry Clay.

line, arrived at San Francisco from San
Juan del Sud, on Monday evening last
after quick passage Of eleven days Eve
and half hours. She brought two hun
dred passengers, among whom were
thirty ladies and thirty children.
The Pacific brought the mournful in.
|telligence Of the death Of Henry CLAY,
the Sage Of Ashland, who breaihed hi.
last at the National Hotel at Washing.
ton, on tho Goth Of June, at seventeen
minutes past eleven o'clock.
By his bedside stood his eldest son.
Thomas Hart Clay, and Gov. Jones, Of
Tennessee, when his spirit passed from,
earth calmly and beautifully as an in
fants. His mind was vigorous to the
last, but for weeks his body has been
wasting away, until he became helpless
|as child. The last words of the dying
patriot, addressed TO his son, wcrc--" !
am dying; am going" His spirit was
with his God.
MIR. Clay's body was conveyed from
Washington to Philadelphia, and thence
to New-York. All along the route the
bells were tolled, the places Of business
shut, the aags at half-mast, and drapcd
with mourning, and every possible de-.
monstration Of love and respect wa.
|paid to the memory Of the illustrious
dead. In Washington and New York
funeral ceremonies were performed. AT
Jersey City, as the body was being con-
|veyed to the ferry boat, the solemnities
were sadly and beautifully impressive.
An immense concourse of people had as.
sembled, and the emblems of mourning
were displayed, while tho solemn coun.
tenanees on every hand expressed far
more eloquently than words the depth
|of the peoples sorrow. Over the en-.
trance to the Ferry were inscribed the
Lines
Dear heart our love for thee rem mains,
Though thine for rs be borne to Heaven,
Thy wsrth each patriot still retains.
And shall from sire 10 son DO given"
As the boat neared Castle Garden. OF
New-Y York, minute guns we're discharged
from the British steamship, and every
appropriate denomination made by citi.
zens. The body was conveyed to tn,
shore by the palI-besrsfs, Senator I'm
derwood, Gen. Cass, Gov. Jones, Gen
Houston, Com. Stockton, and Gov. Fish
The commemoration Of the sad even
was appropriately deferred till after th'
celebration of the National Anniversary
The body will be conveyed to Ashlant
via Albany and Buffalo.
The obsequies at Washington were OIL
the most solemn people o.
all ranks and all nations joining with on,
accord in the last tribute of affec tionat.
respect to the departed patriot, orator
and statesman.
Among the mournors in the vast fune
raj train were Mr.. Clay's eldest son
Thomas Hart Clay, Esq, and Henr,
Clay, Jr., his grandson, son of the gallan
and lamented 1t. Col. Clay, who fell
pierced by many wounds, at the head O
his regiment on the field Of Busn,
Vista.
Gov. Calhoun, whose health at advice
received per lust steamer was reporte,
to be rapidly giving way, died on hi
way from Santa Fe to Washington.
A dispatch in the New York Herald
dated Washington, July 4th, says:
DR.. Geo. A. Gardiner, the head o
the Gardiner Claim, who was pre-
viously out on bail in the sum of $50, ,O0C
under an indictment for perjury, wa
again arrested by order Of the govern
ment, and brought before Justice Craw
ford, between ten and eleven o'cioc
last night, under q new indictmen
which was found by the grand jury ye.
terday, charging said Gardiner with for
ging the signature Of the Governor an
Secretary Of State of San LUIS Potos
the Prefect Of the Rio Verde, and bi
Secretary, and the seal of the State.
The Fourth Of July was celebrate
with enthusiasm in the Atlantic cite.
The excitement, however, was temper
ed by the funeral solemnities in hono
ofthe departed statesman.
The bill making donations of publ
lands in California and other States, ha
passed the House. II gives 100000
acres to California.
In the West, the Ratification meet
ings are represented as being even NOR
enthusiastic than during the campaig
Of lS40. At that held in Louisville, Ky