Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . care, with the assurance that while itremains in your keeping, it will be treasured and appre-ciated with as high consideration as his life was virtuousand patriotic. It is now upon its way to its final resting-place, wherewe hope it may peacefully rest until it is awakened by thethrilling call from the great trump on the resurrectionmorn. The remains were received by Alderman James D. Was-sox, in behalf of the Corporate authorities of Albany, in avery touching and eloqu
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . care, with the assurance that while itremains in your keeping, it will be treasured and appre-ciated with as high consideration as his life was virtuousand patriotic. It is now upon its way to its final resting-place, wherewe hope it may peacefully rest until it is awakened by thethrilling call from the great trump on the resurrectionmorn. The remains were received by Alderman James D. Was-sox, in behalf of the Corporate authorities of Albany, in avery touching and eloquent response. The body was taken on shore and placed in a splendidfuneral car, when a procession of military, firemen, andcitizens generally, speedily formed, notwithstanding thelateness of the hour,—eleven oclock. The public build-ings and many of the stores and houses on the line of theprocession were draped in mourning, and brilliantly illu-minated. As the procession passed up State street, (the firemenbearing torches) the scene was one of the most impressiveand remarkable that had occurred since the remains left.
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