The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-02-09
The following in relation to Mr. Webs,er's
last hours possesses more than ordinary inter
yvr. yycbster.s Last Hours.

handsome volume has Just been published
In Boston, containing euiog,es in that city pre-
nonnced upon him, and several other papers of
interest among which is an account, by Mr..
ticknor, of his illness and death From the lat
Yer the transcripts quotes the following parsicu
gars. now flrst gwen to the public
f"On Sunday evening, October 10, he desired
frihd 10 read to him the passage in The 9ih
chapter OF ST Marks gospel, where the man
| brings schild to JEsUs to be cured, and the
Savior tel him, III ihou canst believe, all
things are p6ss.b 10 him that beIleveth and
s'raightway the father of the child cried out
with tears, Lord, believe, help thou mine an
belief. snow" he continued, ,'"turn 10 the 10th
chapter of st. John, and read ffom the verse
where il is said, ssS.any of the Jews bcheyed OF
him" After this, be dictated a few lines, and
directed them TO be signed with bis name, and
dated, Sunday evening, Oct. 10, 1862. "Ih;s,'
he added, sis the inscription to be placed Oh my
monument p" few days later,---on the 18th,
he recurred TO the same subject, and revised and
corrected with his own hand what he had ear
lier dictated, so as to make the whole read as
follows:
Lord, believe, hep thou mine unb. lief -
! rhliosophlcal argument, especially that drawn
from the vastness of the Universe, in compari-
son with the insignifcance of this globe, has
sometimes shaker n<my reason for the faith which
is IN me but my heart has always assured and
reassured me, that the Gospel Of Jesus Christ
must be Divine Reality The Sermon On the
Mount cannot be mers1y human production.
This belief enters into the very depth of my
conscience. The whole history of ihan proves
1T.
"DASIEL WEBSTER"
In the afternoon of the Thursday before his
death, as we learn from Mr.. Ticknor's Interest,"
ing account, blood was suddenly elected from
the stomach of the patient:
The symptom was decisive He fixed an in
tensely scrutinizing look upon DR.. Jeftres, and
inquired what twas? He was aEswe,td that il
came from the diseased part. "What Is IL" he
repeated with the same piercing look, and then,
without waiting for reply, added, "Ihot is the
enemy iii you can conquer hat''--he was in.
terruPted by recurrence of the attack, but his
mind, was obvious, was already made up.
lie knew that his time was short and that what,
ever he had to do must be done quickly
lie determined, therefore, at once to execute
his will 1t was made ready and brought TO aiig
he ascertained that Its provisions and arrange4
menis were entirely satisfactory to the persons
most interested in them, and then, having sign
ed IL with larger bodness and freedom n tho
signature than was common to him. he folded
his hands together, and said solemnly, 81 thank
God Tor strength to perform a sensible act" In
full voice, and most reverential manner, lie
went on and prayed aloud for some minutes,
ending with the Lords Prayer, and. the ascrip.
ton, "And now unto God the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost, be prise forever more. Peace on
earth and good will towards men," after which,
claspng his hands together, as at first, he add
ed, with great emphasis, s,-"I That, is the hapqi.
essence-good ,rii topards men. ~
Much exhausted with the effort, he desired
all but DIR. JEFFR,Es and 'fayorite colored
nurse, who had long been in his service, to leave
the room that he might rest But, before he
slept, he said, sDoctor, you look sober. You
hnk shall not be here in the morning. But
shall. shall greet the morning light"
When Saturday came, Mr.. WEBSTER said
doctor, you have carried me through the night
think you will get me through the day. AT
his suggestion, Dr.. WLRREN was then sent to
relieve DR.. JEFFRIEs. From the time MIR w.
said he should die that night, the whole strength
IF his great faculties, according to Mr. TlcKNoR,
seemed to be directed to obtain for him plain
ind clear perception Of his onward passage to
another world, and of his feelings and condition
It the precise moment when he should be enter
ng its confines" The following passage gives
. different version fEQfp that we hare hithsrtc
lad of one Of his last exclamatons - - 'f. :
Once, being faint, he asked if he were not
hen dying and on being answered d that he was
lot, but that he was near to death, he replied
imply, "Well;" as if the frank and exact reply
vas what he had desired to receive. A little
ater, when his physician repeated to him tina.
triking text of Scripture, ,-"Yea, though walk
Trough the valley of the shadow Of death, |
will fear no evil, for thou art with me thy rod
md thy staff, they comfort me"-he seemed less
atisfied, and SAID, eyes but the fact, the fact,
want j: desiring to know il he were to regard
hese words as an intimas.on that he was already
within that dark valley. i-.t II