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, THE .DAILY EENIKG TELEGKArH-riHLADRl.rillA, WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 9, 1870.
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DANIEL WSBSTSH.
. 'n Tke last Days f the Uremt rtMiim.
The second volume of George Ticknor Cur
lie 4 life of Daniel Webster" will be issned
in a few days by D. Appleton A, Co. From
Ike curative of Mr.- Curtis we make the fol
lowing eitract wHh regard to the last mo
rn nts of Mr. Webster.
Interview with Prefeeeor Frlten.
Shortly before his death he had a visit from
' Professor Felton, who afterwards published
' the following account of it:
- On the most bcantlfnl day of the moot bcantl
falmonth in the year, Saturday, September IS,
' Mr. Webster drove his guwt, attended by one of
his men on horseback, over the estate. The air
' was soft and balmy, and seemed to bear healing
on its wings. The great statesman was physi
cally weak, having suffered long from Lis an
nual catarrh, and from another more obstinate
complaint, which was slowly but surely under
Mining a constitution once glgnntlu in its
strength. But the genial breath of heaven, and
the sight of dear and familiar objects nnvisited
kgr him before since his return from Washington,
toothed and revived blm. His eye wandered
over his extensive domain with a brightness un-
, dimmed by age or disease. Each point sug
gested some memory, pleasant or mournful,
which he recalled with unfaltering precision,
and related with that rare felicity of phrase
which marked the most familiar conversation of
Daniel Webster. The history of the former
owners of the soil, the circumstances under
which he became its purchaser, the improvements
he has made upon it, the trees he had planted,
the cattle and sheep he had imported and intro
duced there, were dwelt upon with a clearness
and interest which sank deep into the listener's
heart. Some of the reminiscences those scenes
and objects recalled moved the illustrious narra
tor to tears; for he bronghtbefore him the forms
f beloved ones, associated with his earliest resi
dence here, and now sleeping the long sleep of
death, on the spot which his name has conse
crated to the deathless memory of his country
men and the world. His voice became tremulous
and low, his hands quivered as he held the reins,
and for a moment it seemed as if that mighty
heart would break. But the sad vision passed
away, and prcsont objects and cheerful thoughts
jesamed their plaee. Ills flocks and herds were
driven np to the carriage, and he spoke of them
and commented on their several qualltles,notonly
with the knowledge of a farmer, but with the
feeling of one to whom every creature of God is
dear. After having pointed out, at some length,
the characteristics of the different breeds, he
checked himself with a smile, and said, "How
an he get wisdom that holdcth the plough and
that glorieth in the goad that drivcth oxen, and
Is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of
bullocks?" After a few moments' pause, he
added, "I do not believe that passage 18 in any
of the canonical books; it does not sound canoni
cal; it certainly is not canonical." Mr. Webster
was right. The words occur in the thirty-eighth
chapter of Eccleslasticus, as the writer was
amused to find on his return. From time to time,
on meeting his rural neighbors, bo would stop
to talk over with them the subjects of agricul
ture in which they had a common interest; aud
it was pleasant to witness the kiudly and affec
tionate intercourse between him whoso fame
filled the world and the homely neighbors and
, friends who-
"Along the cool, sequestered vale of life,
TlaH kant III. nnlwlKU tnn-.r nf thi.tr wo "
To one who anxiously inquired after
health, he said. "I am not good for much.
his
My
strength is nearly gone! 1 am no matca ior you,
ow. I am scarcely a match for yonr grandson
yonder." To the question, whether the love of
nature grew stronger in him with the progress
f time, he answered: "Yes, undoubtedly. The
manwtio has not abandoned himself to sen
suality feels, as years advance and old age comes
on. a greater love of mother earth, a greater
willingness, and even desire, to return to her
kOBOin, and mingle again with this universal
frame of things from which he sprang." As he
spoke these words, with slow and solemn tone,
he seemed to look upon the face of nature as
upon the face of a living being to whom be was
bound by Jho ties of a conscious friendship and
Immortal love; and the soft wind, breathing
with a warmth like summer through the un
changed leaves of the neighboring, trees, whis
pered an audiblo answer to the voice
and look of love of the dying statesman. He
had. diawn his health from these scenes
and these pursuits; a constitution naturally
feeble had grown into heroic proportions and
gigantic strength as he walked aud worked, in
the intervals of public business, beneath the
open sky and had "taken this heavenly bath,
the air, without measure and without stint."
, His conversation was deeply interest
ing throughout mostly serious, earnest, some
times pathetic, sometimes lightened with playful
touches of humor, always full of kindness and
gentleness. His serious thoughts naturally
clothed themselves in sublime expressions, in
language radiant with poetical but unaffected
beauty, suggested by the surrounding objects,
r by the themes that spontaneously sprang up
in a conversation of three memorable hours.
Moral, literary, religious topics were touched
upon, but politics not at all. To the question
what had been the stndlcs by which his style was
formed, he said: "When I was ayoung man, a
student in college, I delivered a Fourth-of-July
oration. My friends thought so well of it that
they requested a copy for the press. It was
printed, and I have a copy of it' now the only
ne in existence." (In this he was mistaken.)
"Joseph Dennie, a writer of great reputation at
that time, wrote a review in a literary paper
which he then edited. He praised parts of the
oration as vigorous and eloquent; but other parts
he criticised severely, and said they were mere
wvplintts. I thought his criticism was just; and
I resolved that, whatever else should be said of
my style, tiom that time forth there should be
no tmptinei in it. I read such English authors
as fell in my way particularly Addison with
great care. Besides, I remembered that I had
my bread to earn by addressing the understand
ing of common men by convincing juries and
that I must uso language perfectly iutclliglble to
them. You will therefore find, in my speeches
to juries, no hard words, no Latin phrases, no
fieri facias; and that is the secret of my style,
if I have any." He spoke of Kossuth's elo
quence, with admiration of its beauty and inge
nuity. He thought "his genius wonderfid, and
.bis resources extraordinary, but that he was
rather an enthusiast, possessed of the idea that
he was born with a mission to fulfil, than a states
man; that his political ideas were not well de
fined, nor llxed, nor consistent; that lie was
doubtless a sincere lover of bis country, but was
a poet, rather than a sound reasoner on
affairs of state aud the condition of the world."
He stooped at a farm-house near his estate.
and calling the farmer to the door said. "Weill
Mr. A., you are engaged to work for Fletcher
today. I hear." "Yes. sir." "That's right; now
do vou come over to my house, take my gun, and
go out and shoot some of the plovers I just
saw. ahirht in the pasture yonder, and r Ictcher
will pay you for the day's work, and I will pay
von for the birds." Such pleasantries seasoned
his salutations to all the rural neighbors whom
he chanced to meet. In this case the man
smiled, complied at once with the request, and
the plovers appeared ou the ureaktast la Die tne
next morning. At the close of the drive, Mr.
.Webster sat some time in the library. He had
recently tieen studying the work of Cicero, Ve
jiaiura vtorum; and, taking tne volume nora
the shelf, he read aloud two or three pages, in
wnicn one 01 tne persons In the dialogue ills
courses most eloquently on the Divine Being,
and in refutation ot the KDleurean nhilosonhv
The deep f eeling of the earnest tone with which
he read the Harmonious Latin sentences of the
treat Roman gave the fullest meaning to those
immortal speculations; and, recommending
the passage to tne careful study of his
guest, be closed tne volume and retired. In
subsequent conversation, Mr. Webntor snoko of
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16 love oi science, ana tne attention he lnut he
towed upon it in the fragments of time snatched
irom his other and absorbing pursuiu. He had
watched the progress of physical science, and
mastered the great results which have distin
guished the Investigation of the preseui age.
Jlls knowledge of geology was extensive and
exact. He had studied the principal works upon
this science on jonmeys .made for recreation
through interesting geological regions; and
many years before, no said, he had employed a
learned geologist to make a collection of speci
mens, and to arrange them on shelves, in the
order of the successive layers In the crust of the
earth, that while be read at home he might ace
with his own eyes the order and arrangements
of Nature. Ho had given much attention to
physical geography, and it relation to the
history of man, and to the distribution of
the vegetable and animal kingdoms
over the face of the earth. Among the books
which had occupied his thoughts during the last
year of his Hie, Humboldt's "Cosmos" held a
prominent place. He had read it through, and
carefully meditated its contents. Ho quoted
passages from It witu eyprcBsionn ui nuroiration
for their scientific precision and poetic beauty;
and his gcDcrai remarks upon tue plan, sub
stance, and details of the work showed that he
understood it well, aud fully appreciated its
grandeur as an ilhiHtrlous monument of a long
and splendid scientific career. He mentioned
with regret that he had so seldom enjoyed, for
any length of time, the society of literary and
scientific men. "I have kept very bad com
pany," he exclaimed, with a merry laugh. "I
have lived among lawyers, and judges, and
jurymen, and politicians, when I should have
lived with nature, and in the company of the
students of nature." With ichthyology he hod
not only a sporting, but a scientific ac
quaintance. His observation of the habits
of the fishes in our streams and along our shores
was wonderfully minute and accurate. One of
the projected occupations of the leisure which
ho seemed about to enjov was, to write a book
embodying his personal observations on our
fresh and salt water fishes; and, lu the last con
versation the present writer had the honor of
holding with him, ho commissioned him to pro
pound certain questions to Professor Agasslz,
whose classical work on fresh-water fishes he
had recently examined, on some of the facts and
phenomena' of ichthyology that had fallen under
his notice, and of which lie desired to obtain a
scientific explanation. Yet he seemed to have
an Inward consciousness that his days were
drawing to their conclusion. In speaking of
plans for the future, he Invariably added, "if
my life is spared;" and once, when be was urged
to dictate an autobiography, he replied: "My
friends have in their possession all the facts of
my life which will be of any consequence to the
publle to know; but perhaps, if iod spares my
life three or four years longer, I may do it."
l.aet Worda on Political Affairs.
Mr. Webster was much interested in poli-
tioal affairs during his last illness.
Mr. Car-
tis thus relates bin last reference to these
matters:
After I had returned to Marsh field that even
ing, I learned that another letter had been re
ceived by Mr. Webster, from a friend in the city
of New York, begging that the first one, in re
lation to the support of General Scott's nomina
tion, might be answered. On the following
mornlag (Thursday) I was again with Mr. Web
ster to receive further instructions for the will.
I found him cheecrful, but very much weakened
by the progress of the disease. He inquired the
public news, and I told him that the State elec
tions in Pennsylvania and elsewhere had resulted
in great majorities for the Democratic party.
Yes," he said, "that party will sweep the coun
try; the Whig candidates will obtain one or two
States; and it is well; as a national party the
Whigs are ended." lie then spoke of his own
condition, saying, "I think I shall get well, bnt
I may not; and therefore thero are two or three
things which I wish to say to you." He then
asked me if I had seen the letter received
on the day beforo from one of his friends in New
York. I replied that J had not seen it, but that
it seemed to me that the original letter, about
which he had converted with me previously, ad
mitted of an answer to which its signers could
take no exception, and that, as thev were per
sons for whom he had great regard, I hoped that
such an answer would be made, lie then said:
"This is a matter of principle and character
and reputation with me, and I will die before I
do anything, directly or indirectly, from which
It is tt be inferred that I acquiesce in the nomi
nation made nt JUltituore. 1 ask nobody to vote
for me, I expect it of nobody; I find fault with
nobody for supporting the nomination. But I
cannot and will not say that I acquiesce in
it. Go buck to my original answer to
the New York lettor which I dictated, but have
not signed. Those are my sentiments. I
say to you now, as I said in that answer, that, if
1 were to do thin tiling, 1 suouid leel my cheeks
already scorched with shame by the reproaches
of posterity." I then read to him a note which
I had received that morning from a friend in
Boston, expressing the hope that Mr. Webster
would remain firm to his own opinion in this
matter, uud not be governed by the wishes of
others. "Write to ," sald'he, "and tell him
to look over toward Charlestown, and see if
Kunkcr Jim mouument is still standing. " ibis,
I believe, was the last occasion on which Mr.
Webster said anything upon any political sub
jeet. He appeared from this time forward to
dismiss from his mind all thought of political
affairs; to live only in his affections for those
who were dear to him; and to make preparation
ior mat great cnauge wmcu miirnt do soon at
hand.
I'llKPARING FOR PHATrt.
But although be had thus withdrawn from all
that world of public affairs in which his activity
naa Dcen so great and nil interest so deep, be
did not to the last loosen his hold npou other
relations oi nis eartniy existence, or cease to
think and act upon the most minute domestic
concerns with the same exact attention he had
paid to them when in health. Besides his imme
diate family and servants, there were now with
him two of his friends to whom he was tenderly
attached, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Edward Curtis,
his relatives Mr. and Mrs. Paige, his son-in-law
sir. Appicton, Mr. ixnoy, a brother or Mrs,
Webster, and Miss Downs. The presence of
these guests, and of the medical gentlemen who
attended him, wade a somewhat numerous
household, for whose comfort he gave directions
from day to day.
On Friday morning, before he gave me the
last lnstractious for his will, ho sunt for Porter
VV right, directed the farm-work for the day, and
gave him money to pay llie laborers, and all
else due in tue ncigiiboruood. And so lie went
on through ttiat day, with all his great faculties
and fancies under the same control that had
marked his whole life; seeing, In the intervals
when he was free from suffering, all who were
in the house, conversing as ha always had, but
with a gentle aud overflowing affection that
seemed to grow stronger aud stronger as his
bodily powers sank beneath the disease which
was wearing away bis life. Ho had now
become so iceine tbat be conld sit np only for a
sbort time, lie was placed in an eaoj'-chair,
and sat with Dr. Jcftries alone. The frond
Doctor fell asleep for a moment, and Mr. Web-
Bier, wuo wiougui ne was silent from sadness,
said: "Cheer up, Doctor; dou't be sad I shall
get along. 1 he Doctor answered: ' I was not
sad. Mr. Webster: the truth is, I was in the land
o' nod." "Well," said Mr. Webster, "that's all
right." In tho course of that evening his ser
vant, William, who was supporting him with a
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iiiuuw, iu uuiccy. -ui. ncuKiur turned to nr,
Jefirle6. wbo was sitting by bis bedside, and
said, smiling, "William means to take it out.
Later in the night he directed Sarah who had
been up for tho two previous nights, to go to
bed. (She, however, came into tho room a lata
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need her and called out: "Tou cvcriuMlnir
raiau, nuj tuu juu uui m ucu
1IU ljut Ward an Itelluloa.
His religious hopes were bright as his end
approached. Ilia latest religious utterances
are oiven as follows by Mr. Curtis:
He then looked inquiringly around the room.
as if to see that all were there whom he wished
i to address. As he was manifestly about to say
1 something that ought to be preserved, I sat
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down at a table, In front of which some of the
ladies were standing, and on which there hap
pened to be ink and paper (the pen was still in
my band), and wrote down the words just as
thev full from his lips. He spoke in a strong.
full voice, that might have bvcu heard over half
the honse, and with his usual modulation and
emphasis; but very slowly, and with an occa
sional pause. He said:
a"My V'B"' wish on earth has ten to do my
Jnskrr swi.l liuins jid iiuw iur ii mo iiinn'irii
tbat snrrmftid me. I thank II Im for the means He
has gitcn me of doing some Utile good ; for my
children these helot en ohjects; for my nature and
aortntlors. I thank Him that I ant to die, If I am,
under so many circnmsnncet or leve and arreruon.
I thank 11 im for ail Ills care. No man, who la not a
brut, can say that he is not afraid of death. No
man Can crime duck irum iurnc; mi uian vmu
comprehend the will or the works ol (lod. That
there Is a ol. all must acknowledge I see Hint In
all these, womtrons works. Vlranelf. how wondrous 1
J he great mystery in jcwus . nnsi me umpei.
What would be the.eondltion of any of ns If we had
not the hope of unmorUlliyT What irroun'l is
there to rest upon out tne uoupcl ? mere
were scattered hopes of the Immortality
of the soul, running- down, especially among the
Jews. The Jews iteueveu in a npiruuai orutiu oi
creation. The Romans never reached u ; tne urenss
never reached It. It is a trailitldn. If that communi
cation wss made to the Jews by Uod himself,
throunh Moses aud the fathers. Hut there Is, even
to tho .lews, no tureci assurance ai hu luimoriamy
in heaven, There Is now and then a scattered Inti
mation, s in .ion, i Know mat my jteueemer
llvetn , nut a pruprr t fiiniii,-ii,i,ia ui iiiii, uucb ui
refer it to ilcsus Christ at all. But there were Inti
mations crepnBcolsr twlllpht. Hut, but, but, thank
(Jod, the WoHpcl of Jesus llhnst brought life and Im
mortality to light rescued it brought It to light.
There Is an amnlraDie discourse, on tnar, aunjnci ny
lr. Harrow, preacher to the Iuner Temple. 1 think
it Is his sixth senuou. Well, I dout feel as If 1 am
to fall off; I may. '
Ho now pamed for a short time: a drowsiness
appeared to come over mm, ana nis eyes were
closed. In a moment or two he opened thorn,
and looking eagerly round, he asked: "Have I
wife, son, doctor, friends, are you all here?
have I, on this occasion, said anything nnworthy
of Daniel weDBter.' -.o, no, oear sir," was
the response from all. He then began the words
of the Lord's Prayer; but, after the first sentence,
feeling faint, ho cried out, earnestly, "Hold mo
up, I do not wish to pray with a fainting voice."
lie was instantly raised a little by a movement
of the pillows, and then repeated the whole of
the prayer in clear and distinct tones, ending
his devotions with these words:
"And now. unto God the Father. Son. and Holy
Ghost, be praise forever and forever! Peace on
earth, and good-will to men that Is the happiness,
the essence good-triU imrartUi mtn."
TAKIK6 LEAVE OF TIIK FAMII.T.
While he had been uttering the little discourse
which has now been given, several of the colored
servants had gathered at the door of the cham
ber, to hear the last words of a roaster who had
emancipated more than one of them from
slavery, and all of whom loved him with their
whole hearts, lie did not sec them, out lie now
asked for them:
"Where's Monica and the rest of them? Let me
see their faces, t ome lu here, ye faithful.7'
Then addressing those who stood by the bed
side, he said:
"Hemember all that remember my three nieces
my brother's two children, my sisters nauenier,
Mrs. Emily Webster."
At this moment, Mrs. Webster, in a flood of
tears, threw her arms around his neck. Ho
soothed her emotion with a tender firmness,
saying, "My dear wife, when you and I were
married at the Bowling (ireen. we knew that we
must one day part:" and having in some degree
calmed her ugitatien, he desired her tovgo again
to her own room, telling ner tbat he would semi
(or her when it should be necessary to take nnai
leave. He was then assisted to lie down, and,
an opiate having been administered, he obtained
some sleep. Dr. J. Mason Warren had now
arrived, and came to the bedside as soon as Mr
Webster was again awake. Mr. Webster turned
to him, held out his hand, and answered the
auestions which be asked. which were few. from
the fear ot disturbing Dim. xt was now about a
o'clock. Dr. Warrcu observes, in a written ac
count of the cose:
.luduing simply from the symptoms, I should. In
anv other case, have said that life could not have
been prolooRcd hair an hour. Ills great tenacity to
life, and the very gradual modes in which the vital
or bud 8 gave way, were remarkable; sneii as I do not
remember to have witnessed in any other case.
In about half an hour after 1 entered the
room, and alier a short Interval of rest, he suddenly
reached out his hand and begged me to lift blm op
in bed, which, with assistance, was at once done,
w ne ii, wunoiit any great enurr, a large mass oi blood
was ejected from his stomach, lie almost at once
exclaimed, alter this, "1 feel as if I were KomK to
sink right away ; am 1 dying?" We assured him that
ne was oniv laiut: ami. navinir piaccti ntni back on
bis pillow, administered a little stimulus, which soon
restored the circulation
After this he desired that his friends, who hod
left him with the physicians and the attendants
that he might, if possible, again sleep, should
come to him one by ond for the last words of
leave-taking that he wished to say to each; and.
one by one, all went successively to receive
from him words of affection and consolation.
uttered with his accustomed equanimity and
with singular appropriateness to each case.
This being done, he addressed himself, with all
the strength of his great faculties, to the effort
of obtaining a clear perception of the moment
when he should bo entering the confines of an-
otner world, ne teemed to nave an intense de
sire for a consciousness of the act of dying.
"From this time." saj-s Dr. Warren, "ho fell
into a kind of doze, arousing occasionally in
state of great exertion, demanding something to
relieve him, saying, 'give me life, give me life'
evidently teeiing as it ne must fall into a state
in which ne suouid not realize the passage from
life to death, lie also asked me, once or twice.
'am I alive, or am I dead?' and proposed other
questions to Uie same eitect. 1 un one
of these occasions, Dr. Jeffries repeated
to mm tne text oi scripture' rea.
though I walk through the valley
oi tne snaaow oi aeatn, i win icar no evil, lor
thou nrt witn me; tny rod and tny staff they
comfort mo." "Yes," he said, "thy rod thy
staff but the fai t, the fact 1 want;" for he was
not certain wbetber the words that had been
repeated to him were intended as an Intimation
tbat he was already in tne dark valley. Ou an
other occasion, he asked whether it were likely
that the vomiting, from which he had snftered,
would return before death; and when told that
it was Improbable, be aBked, "Then what shall
vou do ?" On being told that he would be sun-
ported by stimulants, and made as easy as pos
sible by opiates, he Inquired if the stiinuinut
should not be given fin. He was answered
that it would not be given immediately, and he
replied, " n nen you give it to me 1 suall know
tbat I may drop on at once. Sallsned that he
would thus have a final warning ol the approach
oi ocaiu, uc saio, "i win men put myself In
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position to oinaiu n iiiuo irpose; . aud tue re
poi-e enrue.
UFA i n.
The w hole household were now again In the
room, caliuiy awaiting llie moment when he
would be released from pain, ah were quiet
and composed, save poor old Monica. She, in
the igiiortu.ee and atiection ot lier nature, for
gov", time moved about incessantly In much agi
tation, going frequently to tho bedside, looking
at her master, holdiug up her handu, muttering
bits of prayers to herself, and taking little
notice of the people about her. Once or twice,
however, she addressed herself to Dr. Warren
and demanded, "isn't he going to dlo?V or.
"Why don't he die?" or "You don't think he'll
Uve to morning?" apparently laboring under the
idea tuai tuo uoeior u.vi an agency in prolong
ing his sufferings. It was past midnight,
when, awakeuiug from one of the slumber
that he bad at Intervals, he seemed not to
know whether be had not already passed
from his earthly existence. Me made a
6troug effort to ascertain what tho consciousness
that he could sun perceive actually was, and
then uttered thoso well-known words. '! still
live !" as if be had satisfied himself of the fact
tbat he was striving to know. 1 hey were his
last coherent utterance. A good deal later, be
said something lu which the word "poetry", was
distinctly heard. His sou immediately repeated
to him one of the stanzas of Gray's "Elegy." He
heard it, and smiled. After this respiration be
came aiore difficult, and at length it went on
with perceptible Intervals. AH was now hushed
within the chamber; and to us who stood, wait
ing, there were but three sounds in Nature; the
sighing of the autumn wind in the trees, the
slow ticking of the clin k in the hall below, and
the deep breathing of our dying friend. Mo
ments that seemed hours flowed on. Villi the
measured beat of .Imc fell painfully distinct
npon our ears; still the gentle moaning or
the wind mingled with the only sound that
arose within the room; for there were no sobs
of women, no movements of men. Bo grand,
and yet so eaim and simple, had oeen
his approach to tho moment whan
we rouxf know tbat he was with us no more,
that ho had lifted us Into a composure, which,
bnt for his great example, we conld not have
felt. At twenty-throe minutes before 3 o'clock
his breathing ceased ; the features settled into a
superb repose; and Dr. Jeffries, who still held
the pnlse, after waiting for a few seconds, gently
laid down the arm, and, amid a breathless
silence, pronounced the single word "Dead."
The eyes were then closed, the remains were
removed from the position In which death came,
and all, but those who had been appointed to
wait and watch, slowly and mournfully walked
away. Thus there passed out of this world
the great soul of Daniel Webster; devoutly
thankful for the good he had been permitted to
do, conscious to the last hour of life in all his
rich affections and splendid faculties, fully
believing that he was entering another state of
existence, and humbly trusting tbat his alms on
earth bad been to do the will of Him to whom
he felt that all created intelligence and all
human power are to render tip their account.
j;r. jonnson is reported to have said, that 'he
believed hardly any man died without affecta
tion." Mr. Webster is known to have said:
One may live as a conoueror. a klntr. or a
magistrate; but ho must die as a man. The bed
of dcata brings every bum an being to his pure
individuality; to the Intense contemplation of
that deepest and most solemn of all relatloos,
the relation between the creature and his crea
tor. Here It Is that fame and renown cannot
assist us; tbat all external things must fall to
aid as; and even friends' affection and human
love and devotedness cannot aid us." In thn
death of Mr. Webiter, it may be justly said that
bis own pure inaiviaiiaiity was as distinct and
compieto ns it was in any passage or moment
of his life. He was no actor at any time,
lie naa as nine vanity as was ever
seen In the nature of a irreat man. His
greatness was without pomp, his elevation was
without any teudency to display. At he had
lived, so he died; leaving behind him just such
testimony to the religious truths which he
accepted as he had always borne through life to
all other trnth on which he felt it to be a duty
to make known Lis opinions; leaving it in the
most simple form, to be permanently recorded
ior tnose who migui come to stand at bis grave.
Few distinguished men have ever died of whose
last days and hours we have a circumstantial ac
count, who died with mental faculties so en
tirely untouched by decay or change of any
kind. It seemed plain to those who saw and
heard Mr. Webster, that death could have no
power over that essence, whatever It may be,
that constitutes the soul of man. We seemed to
see it proved before us, that death is but the
dissolution of the tie that lias bound the immor
tal spirit to the perishable flesh.
WATOHES, JEWELRY, ETO.
"VtVUS LADOMUS & CO.
f DIAMOND SEALERS A JEWELERS.u
WATClIM, JBWBMIT ftSILYKR WAItk. II
sWATOHES and JEWELRY REPAIBED,
J02 Chestnut St., Philaj.
Ladies' and Gents' Watches
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED,
Of the moat MlabraUd makara,
FINE VEST CHAINS AND LEONTINE!
In 14 sod 18 karat.
DIAMOND and other Jewetrj of tbs latest dotijtni.
Kmracunrat and Wedding Riiuri, In ISkant and coia.
Solid Bilver-Wara for Bridal Present. Table Catlery,
fitted ware. eto. 11 6 (mw
ESTABLISHED 1828.
WATCHES, J KWEUR Y,
CLOCKS, tSILVEKWARK, and
GOOES.
W. RUH8ELL,
NO. tl N. BIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA .
HOWARD WATCHES.
TUK USE AMERICAN WATCH AT THK VKBT
LOWEST PRICES BY
ALEXANDER R. HARPER,
Successor to John 11. Harper, Agent for the Howan
Watch.
No. 308 CHESNUT STREET,
1 IB 3m SECOND 8TOST.
RICH JEWELRY
JOHN BBENNAN
DIAMOND DEALER AND JKWKLLKB,
NO. 13 BOUTH EIGHTH STREET,
8 1 mwl tmrp PHILADELPHIA.
IVILLIAM B. WARNS & CO
Wholesale Dealer, In
WATCH MS AND JKWKTJJT,
comer SKVKNTU end OHKbNUT Street
ail Second floor, and late ol No. 86 b. TlilKO HU
HOSIERY) ETO.
now opun AT
llOFMANN'S HOSIERY STOKE,
No. 9 NORTH EIGHTH ST1MBET,
GENTS' WBITB WOOL SHIRTS,
GENTS' WHITE WOOL DKAWEKS,
GENTS' SCARLET WOOL SHIRTS.
GENTS' SCARLET WOOL DRAWERH,
GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
LADIES' MERINO VESTS,
LADIES' MERINO DRAWERS,
LADIES CASHMERE VESTS,
CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR,
GENTS' COTTON SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
LADIES COTTON VESTS AND DRAWERS.
Also, a very large aMortment of UTwfly
COTTON WOOI, AND MEIUNO HOSIERY.
PIANOS.
STEIN WAY & SONS'
Grand Square and Upright Pianos,
With their newly patented RESONATOR, by which
the original volome ot eonnd can alwaja be retained, the
aame ea in a Violin. . ,
BLA.SITJS BROS., i -
No. lflOfi CHESNUT STREET, i
17 wsti PH 1LADKLPH1 A.
ALBKECHT,
B1KKK.S A SUUMIDT,
PIH8T-OLA88 PIANO rORTKB.
Full guarantee and moderate price.
9 WAHKKOOM6.No.eiO AHOH
jinviAiTiinrii or
i
Street
PAPER HANGINGS.
LOOK ! LOOK ! ! LOOK ! 1 ! WALL PAPERS
and Linea Window Bhadoi Manufactured, tb
cheapest In the city, at JOUNhTON's) Depot, l't
Bf KINO GARDEN Street, below Eleventh, touch, N.
ui ilukji Aa, Direct, uainaeav, Mew J
DR. M. KLINE CAN CURE CUTANEOU8
Kinptionr, Marks oa the Skin, Ulcer in the Throat,
Month, and Mot e, Kore Lege, and Sores of erery conceiva
ble character, etkee, Mo. a 6. JOJtVJUUJi, betneva
illtMUBtAMl MMketlUttta,
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSAL FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES AND
WRAPPERS. .,.';'.!
rofrr Or-nci Tmrkruxrr.
, January 10, l7a f
Sealed rmponal will oa recnlvrrt antll 8 P. M.
On thn m ilay of MARCH, 1B70, for fnrnldhln all
the "Bumped Envelope" and "Newspaper Wrap
pera" which this Drpartment may require daring
period of four yean, commencing lat of July,
1870, TiZ.:
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
No. . Koto atxe, H VJ Inches, of white
paper.
No. 1 Ordinary letter M bT B's
rnrhea, of white, bnff, cnarr, or cream
cotored paper, or in inch proportion of either aa
may be requited.
No, 8. Pull letter (nnprommed on flap, for
circulars). IV by b4 Inches, o( the aamn colon ac
No. t, ami ander a like condition aa to the propor
tion of each.
No. 4. Kull letter ile, 3V X lnohea, of aame
rolori an No. and under a like condition aa to tho
proportion of each.
ho. 6. Extra letter ilze (nnirnrnmed on flap, for
circulars), 8j by lnchea, of aamo color as No.
8, and andcr a like condition aa to the proportion oi
each.
No. , Extra letter alxe, 8M by 6V Inches, of iume
colors as No. 8, and under a like condition aa to the
proportion of each.
No. 7. Odlclal 1ze, 87, by K Inches, or aame
colors as No. a, and under a like conolllon as to tho
proportion of each.
No. 8. Extra oillclal alze, 4V by 9', Inches, of
same colors aa No. 8, and under a Uko 'condition aa
to the proportion of each.
NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS,
rJ )' Inches, of bull or manilla pupcr.
All the above envelopes and wrappers to bo era
bossed with postafre stamps of audi denominations,
styles, and colors, and to bear such printing on tne
face, and to be made in the most thorough manner,
of paper of approved quality, manufactured specially
for the pnrpose, with such water marka or other de
vices to prevent imitation aa the Postmaster-General
mav direct.
'I he envelopes to he thoroughly and perfectly
fummed, the gumming on the tlap of each (except
for clrcularx) to be put on not lens than half an inch
in width the entire length. Tho wrappers to bo
gummed not less than three-fourths of an Inch In
width across the end.
All envelopes and wrappers must be banded In
parcels of twenty-five, and packed In strong
pasteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not lens
than two hundred and ntiy or tne letter or extra
letter size, and one hundred each of the oill
clal or extra official alze, separately. The news
paper wrappers to be packed In boxes to contain
not less than two hundred and fifty each. The
boxes are to be wrapped and sealed, or Becurely
fasteneil In strong manilla paper, so as to safely
bear transportation by mall for delivery to
fiustmasters. When two thousand or more enve
opes are required to fill the order of a postmaster.
the straw or pasteboard boxes containing the
same must bo packed In strong wooden casea,
well strapped with hoop-iron, and addressed:
but when less than two thousand are required,
proper labels of direction, to be furnished by an
agent of the Department, mtMt be placed upon each
package by the contractor. Wooden oases, con
taining envelopes or wrappers to be transported
by water routes, must be provided with suitable
water-proofing. The whole to be done under
the inspection and direction of an agent of the
Department.
. The envelopes and wrappers must be famished
and delivered with all reasonable despatch, compieto
in all respects, ready for use. and in such Quantities
as may be required to OU the daily orders of post
masters ; tne ueiivenes to De mane ciioer at tne I'ost
Olllce Department. Washington, D. C. or at the
cilice of an agent duly authorized to Inspect and re
ceive the same ; the place ef delivery to be at the
optiou of the PosunaBter-Genera), and the cost of
delivering aa well as all expense of packing, ad
dressing, labeling, and water-proofing, to be paid by
the contractor.
Bidders are notified that the Department will re
quire, as a condition of the contract ,that the en
velopes ana wrappers snail oe manniactured and
stored in such manner as to ensure security against
loss oy nre or tneit. Tne manufactory must at all
times bo subject to the lnspcetlon of an agent of the
Department, who win require the stipulations of the
contract to be faithfully observed.
The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the
envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the
satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, In the best
style, and tbey are to be provided, renewed, and
kept In order at the expense of the contractor. The
department reserves the right of requiring new dies
for any stamps, or denominations of stomps not now
usea, ana any cnanges oi uiea or colors snail oe
made without extra charge.
Specimens of the stamped envelopes and wrap
pers now in nse may be seen at any of the principal
post offices, but these specimens are not to be re
garded as the style and quality llxod by the depart
ment as a standard for the new contract; bidders
are therefore Invited to submit samples of other
and different qualities and Btyles, Including the
paper proposed as well as the manufactured en
velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bids
accordingly.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose
proposal, although It be not the lowest, is con
sidered most advantageous to the Department,
taking into account the prices, quality of the sam
ples, workmanship, and the suitlciency and
ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver the
envelopes and wrappers in accordance with the
terms of this advertisement: and no proposal will
be considered unless accompanied by a su indent
and satisfactory guarantee. The Postmaster-General
also reserves the right to reject any and all bids,
if in bia judgment the interests of the Government
require it.
Before closing a contract the successful bidder
may be required to prepare new dies, and submit
impressions thereof. Tiis I'ss of tub pubsbnt visa
MAT OK MAY NOT KB CONT1NUKD.
Bonds, with approved and sufficient sureties, In
the sum of S200,uuo, will be required for the faithful
performance of the contract, as required by the
seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved
the Mtn of August, 1842, and payments under said
contract will be made quarterly, after proper ad
justment of accounts.
The Postmaster-General reserves to himself the
right to annul the contract whenever the same, or
any part thereof, is offered for sale for the purpose
of speculation ; and under no circumstances will a
transfer ot the contract be allowed or sanctioned
to any party who shall be, in the opinion of the
Postmasver-General, less able to fulfill the condi
tions thereof than the original contractor. The
right is also reserved to annul the contract for a
failure to perform faithfully any of Its stipulations.
The number oi envelopes oi ainerem sizes, ana of
wrappers issued to Postmasters during tho fiscal year
ended June 80, 1M9, was as follows, viz. :
No, 1. Note size 1,114,000.
No. it. Ordinary letter size; (not heretofore
used).
No. 8. Foil letter size, (UDgnmmed, for circulars)
-4,160,000.
No. 4. Kull letter size T,867,B0O.
No. 6. Extra letter size, (ungummcd, for circulars,
843 nOO.
No.'. Extra letter size 4,204,600. '
No 7. Official size 04,60.
No. 8. Extra oillclal size 1700.
W rappers 8,6U6,0.
Bids should be securely enveloped and sealed,
marked "Proposals for bumped Envelopes aud
Wrappers," and addressd to the Third Assistant
Postmaster-General, Post Onlce Department, Wash
Ington, D. C.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
1 11 eodtMl Postmaster General
OFFICE OF THE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE
COMMIbblON, Wo. 844 8. VIKTH Street. '
I'iilLJ.DaxFRla, Jan. 17, 1818.
Sealed Proposals for ereoung a bridire over the rirer
SoliuylkiU at beuth street will be reoeived at the ortioe of
the t omnilwion, in tne Department of aimers. No. 14
b. 11(111 Hueet.nDtil 11 o'clock M. of the i'lKST DAY
OF MARCH, 1U70, tfor the oonatraotion of a wrongnt
iron drawbridge, witn Mnriibr's modiUoation of the Pratt
truss. To hare east iion piers in nrer.l and stone abet
ment, with appmaohee of retainina walls; arches of
brick, and iron I girders, as described In the specifica
tion. The entire length cf structure to be 841W fset,
the Iran spans to be 1m f est each, with pivot draw, giving
an opening ot 77 feet on each side. ....
The proposal to be for an aggregate bid, to be ao
eompanied bf a bond with two approred sureties to an
amount of ibo.iuu. t il teen Per eent. to be retained a
the work proceeds, until the aame, inclusive of the
60,000 noted in bond, shall amount to fifteen per
cent, ef tne contract price, after which the our rent esti
mates win do paia in iuu.
Plans may be seen and specifications obtained at
the onto of the Commission on and after the lath in.
Unt' MOSES A. DKOPSIK,
1 25tof6t President of the (uunisaiun
M
KK10 & A 8 O N 8
BOTJTHWAJUT. FOUNDHT, , j
NO. 430 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphia.
WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLE
CUT-OFF STEAM ENGINE,
Regulated by tne Governor.
MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE,
Patented Jane, 1868. j
DAVID JOY'S
PATENT VALVELES8 STEAM HAMMER
Ps M WESIN'B
PATENT BELF-C ENTERING, S KU-BALANCTNG
CENTKLV li UAL ttUtiAH-DKAlNlNU MACHINE.
HYDRO EXTRACTOR.
Tot Cotton or Woolen Maaafactnrera, f 10 mwf
. VAcaiuji aana wnxuM B. aOAjucx,
PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
tni rn irfiriw or pi'nt in Miitrmwia
lTlILaDKLrilU, Jan. 17, 1870.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received for the
following work and materials required in the execu
tion of tho WALNUT Street portion of the PUBLIC
BI ILD1N08, to wit: 1
For all the excavations, Including tha trenches
for the foundations. The price to be stated per
cubic yard, which is to cover all digging, hauling
away the surplus earth, and cutting down and re
moving whatever trees may come In the way of the
excavations, without extra measurement or allow
ance. For taking down the terrace wall, cleaning the
bricks, and piling them np adjacent to the building,
taking down the Iron railings, the gate piers, the
coping of tho wall aud the steps, ant depositing
them on the grounds, and removing all the rubbish
occasioned by the same. Tho price for this portion
Of the work to be stated fn nroea.
For concreting the entire foundation of the build
ings with small broken stone, and cerueut, mortar,
and grout, in conformity with tho spei-idcattona.
The depth of the concrete to be tre feet, and trio
lateral dimensions to conform to tho plana. : The
price to be stated per cubic foot, and to include all
materials and labor. .- , -
For furnishing and delivering large-size building
Stone, the price to be stated per perch of ti cubic
feet, measured In tho walls. Also, for tteiect build
ing stone, averaging D by 6 feet, ami from VJ to IB
Inches thick ; the price for the same to ic slated pec
cubic foot, delivered on the ground.
For building all the cellar walls, and the outaiito
walls of the basement story, as high aa the level
line of tho pavement, according to the plans and
Specifications. Tho price to be stated per perch of
82 cubic foet, laid In the wallB, without extra moa-
suremcnt, and to Include all labor and all materials)
except stone.
The contract or contracts will be awarded to the
best and the lowest bidder or bidders, who will be
required to give approved security for the faithful
performance of the same.
The plans and specifications may bo seen at the
office of the Architect, Mr. JOHN McAHTUUIt, Jr.,
No. 1106 8. SIXTH Street '
The proposals to be sealed and endorsed "Pro
posals for Public Buildings," and addressed to
JAMES V. WATSON, Chairman of the Committee
on Contracts, and to be left at the office of the Com
missioners of Public Buildings, in the new Court
House, SIXTH Street, below Chesnut, on the 14th
day of February next ensuing, between the hours of
11 and IS o'clock A. M., at which time the bids will
be opened, In the presence of such bidders aa may
wish to attend.
By order of the Committee on Contracts.
1 19 wfm lit H. C. PUGH, Secretary.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
AUCTION SALE OF MEDICINES, MSTRU
MBNTS AND CONDEMNED HOSPITAL
PhOI'KHTY.
Assistant Vrpicai, Phrvkvor's Office,
Washington, D. C, l-'eb. 7, 8i0.f
Will be offered at public sale, In this city, at
Judiciary Square Depot, K street, between Fourth,
and Filth, on TUESDAY, the 8th day of March,
lh70, at 10 A. M., a large quantity of Hospital IToper
ty which has been In use, embracing surgical and
dcntalg instruments, bedding and clothing, iron bed
steads, stoves, chairs, tables, fire hose, cooking
ntenslls. drums, old band instruments, wooden and
leather buckets, medicine and mess chests, tin cups,
deBks, brooms, scales and weights, deir plates, books,
clocks, coffee boilers, Iron bars aud Inch water pipe,
etc., etc. Also, a considerable quantity and variety
of medicines, In fair order; hospital stores, beef ex
tract, etc., etc. Also, two covered wagons, new aud
In superior order.
Terms cash. A deposit at time of sale will be re
quired. All goods purchased must be removed
within four (4) days, after which date no responsi
bility for them will be assumed at this offloe.
Catalogues ready by the 1st of March.
C. SUTHERLAND.
Assistant Medical Purveyor, Brevet Colonel IJ. S.
Army. i 7 6t
OLOTHS, OA8SIMERE8, ETO.
JAMES & HUB gW,
Successors to JAMES 4 LEE,
Ho. 11 IVorth fSIJCOHTW Street,
Sign of the Golden Lamb,
Are now closing out their entire stock of
"W inter G- o o l h,
Consisting of CLOTnS, CA88IMERES, VEST
INGS, etc., of the best makes aud finest texture,
which they are selling far below Importers' prices,
preparatory to the reception of their SI' KING STOCK
OK GOODS. 3 23 mws
WANTS.
oTlB,lRllJGo5tsl.-5ve'''i3 nowp3
pared to furnish all elasee with oonxtant employ
ment at home, the whole of the time or for the spar)
moments. Business new. Ught. and profitable. Persona
of either sex easily earn from Hie. to Co per evening, and a
proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the
business. Hoys and gir earn nearly aa ranch aa men.
Tbat all wbo see this noiiee may send tholr address, and
test the business, we mske this unparalleled offer: To
such ae are not well eatintied, we will send l te pay for
the trouble of writing-, full partienlars, a valuable sam
ple, which will do to commence work on, and a copy of
Th iVofr's Literary Compamum one of the largest and
best family newspapers publishedall sent freenymaU.
Header, if too want permanent, profitable work, address
K. O. AIXKN a CO., Augnsta, Maine. I Id 8m
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE
X A New Coarse of Lectures, a delivered at the New
York Mnseum of Anatomy, embracing the sab jecta :
How to Live, and What to Live for; Yonth, Maturity, and
Old Age; Manhood Oenemlly Reviewed i The Ueuseot
Indigestion: flatulence auuNm-vons Disease Aooounted
ror: Marriage Fliilooophioally Considered, ate. eto.
Pocket volume containing these Lectures will be for.
warded, poet paid, on receipt of 86 cente, by addressing W.
A. LKARY, Ja.,8. K. oomeraf FLVTfl and WALNUT
Streets, rajadeliibi.
rpHB PRINCIPAL DEPOT
FOB TUB 8AU or
REVENUE STAMPS
No. 804 CHESNUT STREET.
CENTRAL OFFICE, NO. 108 8. FIFTH STREET
(Two doors below Chesnut street),
Jt TABLI8IXED 18(9,
The sale of Revenue Stamps la still continued at
the Old-Established Agcnclce.
The stock comprises every denomination printed
by the Government, and having at all tiiuws a large
supply, we aro enabled to All and forward (by Mail
or Express) all orders, Immediately upon receipt,
matter of great Un portance.
United States Notes, National Bank Notna, Drafts
on Philadelphia, and Post OQloe Orders received la
payment.
Any Information regarding the decision of the
Commissioner of Internal ltevenuo cheerfully and '
gratuitously furnished.
Revenue Sunups printed upon Drafts, Chccl
Receipts, etc
The following rates of commission axe allowed
Stamps aud Stamped Paper:. .
On t'Sand upwards. ' 9 per
loo " .4..3 "
800 " . "
Address all orders, etc, to
STAMP AGENCY,
No. 804 CHESNUT STREET, FU1LA DELPHI A.
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So. 18 POUTli W HAKVKS, Philadelphia,
o. 4fi W. PRATT Street, Baltimore.
We are prepared to ship every deeoription of Freight te
Philadelphia, New York, Wiloiiugton, and intermediate
points wab reinptnee and despatch. Uanal liwtl and
Jbieaui-luga liuuahed at lbs shortest aoUv