rienced youth might require counsel. He was a disinterested sympathizer in personal sorrows that called for consolation. He was ever upright and honourable in all the duties incident to his relations in life. To an existence so lovely, Heaven in its mercy granted a fitting and appropriate close. It was the prayer, Mr. Speaker, of a distinguished citizen, who died some years since in the metropolis, even while his spirit was fluttering for its final flight, that he might depart gracefully. It may not be presumptuous to say, that what was in that instance the aspiration of a chivalric gentleman, was in this the realization of the dying Christian, in which was blended all that human dignity could require, with all that Divine grace had conferred; in which the firmness of the man was only transcended by the fervour of the penitent. A short period before his death he remarked to one by his bedside, "that he was fearful he was becoming selfish, as his thoughts were entirely withdrawn from the world and centred upon eternity." This, sir, was but the purification of his noble spirit from all the dross of earth-a happy illustration of what the religious muse has so sweetly sung 2 "No sin to stain-no lure to stay The soul, as home she springs; Mr. Speaker, the solemnities of this hour may soon be forgotten. We may come back from the new-made grave only still to show that we consider "eternity the bubble, life and time the enduring substance." We may not pause long enough by the brink to ask which of us revellers of to-day shall next be at rest. But be assured, sir, that upon the records of mortality will never be inscribed a name more illustrious than that of the statesman, patriot, and friend whom the nation mourns. The question was then put on the adoption of the resolutions proposed by Mr. BRECKINRIDGE, and they were unanimously adopted. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE FUNERAL OF THE HON. HENRY CLAY, A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1842. THE Committee of Arrangements, Pall-Bearers and Mourners, attended at the National Hotel, the late residence of the deceased, at 11 o'clock, A. M. At half-past eleven the funeral procession to the Capitol was formed, in the following order :The Chaplains of both Houses of Congress. Physicians who attended the deceased. The Family and Friends of the deceased. The Senators and Representatives from the State of Kentucky, as mourners. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. The Senate of the United States, preceded by their President pro tempore, and Secretary. The other Officers of the Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives, preceded by their Speaker and Clerk. The other Officers of the House of Representatives. Officers of the Executive Departments. Officers of the Army and Navy. The Mayor and Corporation of Washington, and of other Cities. Civic Associations. Military Companies. Citizens and Strangers. The procession having entered the Senate Chamber, where the President of the United States, the Heads of Departments, the Diplomatic Corps, and others were already present, the funeral service was performed by Rev. Dr. BUTLER, Chaplain to the Senate. At the conclusion of the service, the corpse was placed in the Rotunda, where it remained until half-past three o'clock, P. M., when it was removed, in charge of the Committee of Arrangements and Pall-Bearers, to the Railroad Depot, and confided to the Committee appointed to accompany it to Kentucky. |