Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-10
The Last DAYS of ,lr Marcy

FROM The interesting description of the death
and burial OF Ex-Secretary Marcy in the New
York Evening Post We take the following:
during portion of the day had time 10 visit
the Two houses AZ different times occupied lev the
late SecIetary-One in the of houses SO fauch
occupied by the Governors on the east of tbr
capitol square. the other, the h mower HouSe :,
owned by Mr. Marcy, on State street. They are
DOth large, substantial brick buildings plain in
appearance, and noticeable principally from thpir
association with their former illustrious occu-
pant Tue sight of them brings back TO his old
Iields thousand "reminiscences of his GENIAL
hospitality, and the sterling qualities that en-
d-ared him IL so large a circle inc! udiny men nf
every shade OF political opinion Indeed it was
IN social ana domestic life that Mr. Marcy an
PeaTed IN his most inviting aspect He loved his
family his children. his friends and WIS never
80 happy as, when away from the burden of Off
cial cares he could freely enter into the pleasures
which their presence afforded
Hence during the last few weeks of his life
when ne had a worldwide and honorable repu-
tatlon, when his circumstances were such as TO
allow him TO rest upon the honorS which ne had
acquired, he was in his happiest condition His
old books and his old friends Were his constant
Solace- and when he stopped at the ANTIQUE shaded
hotel at BallStOn. where he died IL was no,iced
how he would take his chair out under the Wild
spreading eims and entertain his landlord and the
plain, old fashioned people who gathered about
him delighted with the pleasant stories which he
told and the philOsOphic humor and sbrew-d
ness, and social feeling which twinkled in his
keeh, oIiSht eye At other times he would re-
turn 10 MS room, as his custom was, and takinu
up some favorite old author he rarely read mod
ern literature,) Milton. Shakespeare and Hervev
among the poets, South, Barrow or Robert Half
among dlvlnes his French edition OF MachiayeI
"a favorlte work, by the way. with Senator So
Wdid,J or Bacon, among philOsOphic writings
and would read until he fell asleep And this
indeed, was the way in which he Tell aSIeeD on
the noon OF Independence Day. He had retired
10 his chamber, put his boots in the usual corner
Eut on MS dressing gown, and laying down with
knights edition of Bacon's Essdysea small rsd
GudTto volume with illustrations When he w.
found, he was still OH his bed his eyes were
qhleIy closed, on one side were the Spec,acIeS
on the otheT the well-reInenbered snuff bOx and
open on MS breast lay the book lie so much loved
that immortal eptOme of human wiSdou,-;Lr
Essays OF Bacon, and over IL were cldxped his
hands, hu2ging IL TO his heart Such v,,x hi.
maj SIeeP-pedCeful, serene, and worthy ,f IN
great d life-in the midst Of the thundprS which
conmemorated the birthday of the nation who's
and extend. "PA0-u
What page II was on which the Volume was
opened know not. Perhaps u was on that nost
1 aPpTCPIlate passage where the great philosopher
" mind fixed and bent on somewhat ill.,, :;
g0od, doth avert the dolors of death bnt above
all, believe II, the sweetest canticte is tnunr H.
n1tttis,' when man hath obtained worthy ga.
and eX pectations . 1 Viiuo
The following letter for which we are, indebted
10 Col. Berrett of Washington. one of Mr NJ.
Ey most intimate friends, will show the cI.pr
iul and pleasant frame Of mind i'm which H. 90,
eran statesman passed his closing hour ,rbo
humorous illusions to spritualiSm. TO his friend
Thomas who had received a nomiI,stJo1, a. ,: Ciu
ernor Of Utah, to the silver service Will - ,
Aoout 70 receive from the merchants of \syY ~
viii be readily appreciated 0ih'
MR. MARCY TO COL sRRRrr
- BALLsION SPA July . IS5-
My Dear Colonel do not knG,y Vs., =, %. D.,
De likely 10 ind myself much al leisure AZ ,o,,,
20 write 10 you; have, therefore concluded In
Pfng up my arrears in our correspondence tLongb
40 nol expect you Will I've n Washington when
Wy lettrr VIII arrive there.
a., nave been at this place more than , yraal,
MI. J very little company here hut i'm fifteen
''"vtes can be IN the midst of that Al Sarotn.,,
Cen ri Tii. 10 my surprise and qualifications
M no.dS Assistant Secretary OF STATED an
P,eNru at lhlS place on SATURDAY. morning lie
iieiii !, y WIN me until Monday morning W.
80, SUNDAY ,i at the Springs file will. do no,
uOuOt, give you surprising and ,vonJ.,si ~
count OF the performance Of a I " '' nun dc-
whom he heard at the Springs III "a rah's
MADE was assure yOu, very ~ - ~ ne
days conversation III our TWO !
MAKE Dut slow progress in ad iuS,in,, 49, . |
iairS preparatory TO my European excnrS3onS dl,
Deglh 70 have donbts whether shall DE r. anu
10 TAKE my departure soon as the Isl of a,,uy
mo man more suddenly withdrew his tho,7,,I>,.
iom politics than | have mine I scarcely TT |
- =. 'iI III, "sPdPeIs: ! hardly care TO
TAX my memory with the fact that tbcr,. , -
pace IN The country as the White House
am night glad that our friend Goverpo- I'D
~ "a T I, thlnks he can do better than he
a. uol'e IN exile among the MOrmonS
fhs S'IrsTSnlith at Ballston n 80 , III;
~Ia' amount you paid him for me and go, o.,
Pdlu IL, wish you would make a no;. ~ :, -
You oe neat VINE TO me Take my purchase and INV |
presents, shall abound in KHco1n,d JjIrsr
'GOi r James & Berret, Postmaster, WasbiHythoD