The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-07-08
OBsEQUIEs OF MIR. CLAY.

Both Houses of Congress adjourned Tuesday,
| June 29th, in consequence of the decease of
| Mr.. Clay The next day they met, his death
| was announced, dresses were made in each
| House, and the usual resolutions adopted The
| speakers in the Senate were Messrs. Under
wood Cass, Hunter, Hale Clemens Cooper
Seward Brooke, and Jones. A Committee of
Arrangements was appointed, consisting of
| Hunter, Dawson, Jones of Iowa, Bright, and
a committee to accompany the corpse to Ken
lucky, consisting Of Messrs Underwood Jones
of Tennessee, Cass, Fish, Houston, and Stock
ton. Eulogies were delivered in the House by
Messrs. Breckenridge, Ewing, Gentry, Caskie
Chandler, Bayly, Venable, Haven, Brooke,
Faulkner, Parker, and Bowie.
Thursday, the day of the funeral, the public
Offices and the stores were closed, all business
being suspended, and the emblems Of mourn
ing appeared on nearly all the houses on the
Avenue between the Capitol and the White
House The corpse was borne upon mag
nifcent car, drawn by four gray horses, and
between eleven and twelve o'clock the process
sion commenced moving from the National
Hotel to the Capitol.
In the procession, which was escorted by
two or three of our military companies, were
the members of the Senate OF the United
States and many distinguished officers OF the
civil military, and naval departments of the
Government, together with the chief munich
pal officers and corporate bodies OF Washing
ton and Georgetown, and of the city of Balti-
more. A large attendance Of private citizens
| also testified their profound respect and rever-
ence for the noble dead by uniting in the pro
cession. The President of the United States,
members of Cabinet and the Diplomatic
Corps, had already proceeded to the Capitol
in order to occupy their respective places in
the Senate Chamber
AT the Capitol, the coffin was removed to
the Senate Chamber, where appropriate ser
vices were conducted according TO the form of
the Episcopal Church, by DR. Butler The
corpse was then taken to the Rotundo Of the
Capitol, where IT remained until half past three
O'Clock So that those who felt disposed might
look for the last time on the face of one whose
fame has filled the country
| About half past three o'clock, the corpse,
escorted by the military and followed by
multitude Of people was removed from the
Capitol to the Railroad Depot, and there placed
in car, in charge of the Senate Committee
appointed Ia accompany the remains to their
final resting place in kentucky
Soler IN silence prevailed amongst the spec
i..:...- ..' the train departed for Baltimore,
where Il arrived at six o'clock It, arrival at
the outer depot OF that city was announced by
the firing of minute guns, which continued
whilst the military and civic procession, which
was there formed. slowly proceeded with its
sacred freight to the Merchants Exchange,
IN the rotundo of which the body was placed
for the night, under guard of military com
pany.
The crowds attending the procession were
unparalleled, and 50 dense that the column
with difficulty proceeded on its course"
In the cities through which the corpse has
passed, We learn that similar honors have been
paid.
ExTRAvAGANT,-Sutable honors were paid
by Congress to the mortal remains OF Henry
Clay, and the speeches made in commemors-
ton of his many great attributes were, ba1ng
the usual strain Of exaggeration, well cons'd-
cred and quite eloquent To this general re-
mark there is one exception, which strikes VS.