Died, in this city, on yesterday morning, the Honorable William A. Trimble, a Senator of the United States from the State of Ohio, aged 35 years. He came to this city in very ill health from Albany, where he had lain ill for some weeks, and declined gradually from the moment of his arrival to that of his death.
We shall briefly shadow out the life and character of the deceased, a far as our information will enable us.
He was educated for the profession of law, and commenced practice in the year 1811 with flattering prospects. In 1812, the war having broken out, he joined the Ohio volunteers under Gen. Hull, and was elected a Major. He was unusually diligent in the study of military tactics, and made correspondent progress.
He was at the surrender of Detroit, in 1812. In the month of October, in the same year, before he was exchanged from captivity, he attached himself to a regiment of volunteers commanded by his brother, Col.Allen Trimble, who was required by Gen. Harrison to reduce the Pottowattamie Villages on St. Joseph's. He officiated as Adjutant in that expedition, and displayed great vigilance and perseverance.
As soon as exchanged, he received a Major's commission in the Army of the United States.
He was in Fort Erie when it was attacked, and acquitted himself gallantly. He was also engaged in the memorable sortie made from the same place, on the enemy's lines, and there received a wound from which but few supposed he would recover, and the effects of which have brought him to the grave.
In the winter of 1818 he was elected United States Senator from the State of Ohio, and resigned his command in the army. In the discharge of his duties in the Senate, he was assiduous and independent.
He went to the Conferences with the Indians held by Messrs. Cass and Sibley at Chicago, and on Lake Michigan. On this journey he suffered from the inclemency of the weather, and became indisposed.
During his painful illness, he was not heard to repine. He was patient, ardent to accomplish his purposes, and esteemed by all men to be inflexibly honest.
He was not married, but has left a mother and several brothers and sisters to mourn his death.
Owing to the death of Col. Trimble, a Senator from the State of Ohio, no business was yesterday transacted in either House of Congress.
The funeral of the lamented gentleman is to take place this day at 12 o'clock, from the Capitol. He is intended to be buried with the Military honors eminently due to his memory as a gallant soldier, should not the extreme inclemency of the weather prevent it.
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