Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 15, 1841, Image 2
EDGEFIELD C.- H.
TavUsaT, APIL 15, 1841.
Og7" Our readers are referred to our first
page for the Correspondence between the
Hon. A. Cuthbert, and the Hon. Daniel
Webster; the Proceedings of a meeting
of theicitizens of St. John's Colleton, held
atRockville; and an account of the Mili
tary Review-.Presentation of a Flag-and
Dinner to Governor Richardson, at Cam
den, on the 27th. ult.
His Excellency Governor Richardson,
has appointed H. R. Carroll, Esq.. Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas and Gene
ral Sessions, ror Charleston District, in
place of C. C. Strohecker, Esq., deceas
ed, until an election is held ccording to
law.
Governor's Head- Quarters.-We are
authorized to state, says the South Caroli
nian, that the Head Quarters of His Ex
cellency, Governor Richardson. will be at
his residence, near Fulton P. 0., Sumter
District, till the commencement of the Mili
tary Reviews, advertised in to-day's paper.
The City of Charleston contains a popu
lation of 29,963 souls. There were 605
- deaths during the year 1840; of these, 257
were white, and 348 black and colored; 91
died during. the mouth of September.
Eighty-six died of Consumption, and six
teen of that detestable vice, Intemperance.
At an election held in the Town of Cam
den, on the 5th inst., for Municipal oficers,
the following gentlemen were chosen:
John M.'Desaussure, Intendant; Win. J.
Gerald, James Dunlap, Charles H. Davis.
John Rosser, Wardens.
The following gentlemen were, on the
5th inst., elected Intendant, and Wardens,
for the Town of Columbia:-B. T. El
more, Intendant; R. H. Goodwin, H. Ly
ons, W. B. Stanley, J. Caldwell, A. Craw
ford, A Neely, Wardens.
The Charleston Courier of the 8th inst
says: "A letter from Richmond, dated
the 5th instant, states that the Bank o
Virginia, in that city, had suspended spe.
cie payments, .*nd there was little doubt
that the other spicie paying Banks in that
State would follow the exainple."
At the late commencement of the Uni
Tersity of Pennsylvania, thafollowing gen
tlemen, belonging to South Carolina, grad
uated as Doctors of Medicine :-Charle
P D)~iw i. 1.Yt,. F. T. Evans,
Wmi. A. Rosborough, Esq., was, on the
- 23rd ult., elected Sheriff' of Chester Dis
trict.
DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARRISON
It is with feelings of the deep est sorrow,
that we publish the annexed Circular an
nouncing the death of President HIAatsoNw.
CITY OF WAsUINGToN, April 4, 18d1.
An all-wise Providence having suddenly
removed from this life WILLIAM Haa
Haaatson, late President of the United
States, we have thought it otur duty, in
the recess of Congress, and in the absence
of the Vice President from the Seat of Go
vernment, to make this afflicting bereave
ment known to the country, by this declar
tion under our hands.
lie died, at the President's House, in this
city, this fourth day of A pril. Anno Domi
mni, 1841, at thirty minutes before 1 o'clock
in the morning.
The people of the United States, over
whelmed, like ourselves, by an event so
unexpected and so melancholy, will deriv'e
consolation from knowing~ mhba his dleathl
wias calm gund resigned, as his life has beetn
patriotic, useftul, atnd di~tinguished; and
that the last utterance of his lip's ex pre-sed
a fervent desire for the perpetnity of the
Constitution, ntnd the preservation or iit.
true principles. In death, as in life, thn
happiness of his country was uppermost in
his thoughts.
DANIEL WEBSTER,
hecretary of State.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary of the Treasury.
JOHN BELL,
Secretary of 15ar.
3. 3. CRITTENDEN,
Attorney General.^
FRANCIS GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
Thus has gone down to the Tomb, this
illustrious matn, full of years and honors.
But a little month since, and lie was the
.Chief Magistrate of a great and powerful_
nation; the Head of nearly twenty millions
of enlightened freemen. A few days sitnce,
lhe was the " observed of all observers,"
the fountain of honor-a light set on a hill-I
..a bright particular star, -on which men
might gaze, and rejoice in his beamsn. Btt
his light is now quenched in the deep dark
ness of the grave, forever, We would not
. on the present solemn occasion, indulge in
-any reflection which might savor in the
least degree,of unkindness, to the illustrious
dead. We adopt asours, the ancient max
i "de mortius nil nisi bonum." Let no
* - thing he said of the departed, unless to their
praise. In common with other Democra
tic editors, we opposed the political princi
'pies of Gener'al HARRIsoN. But in can
vassing freely, his opinions on public mar
ters, it was ever our desire, "nothing to
extenuate, nor to set down aught in ma
lice." A great people elevated him to theI
-7,
duty to bow in acquiesence to the public
will. We were prepared to try his Ad
ministration, by his measures, and not by
our own prejuaiced opinions. We cheer.
fully acknowledge, that he was a gallant
soldier, and that for a long term ofyears,
he did good service to his country. We
think that the following brief sketch of the
life of the late President, which we have
taken froni a cotemporary jourhal, will
prove acceptable to our.readers.
" WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, late the
object of o.ur nation's honors, and inow the
subject of-our nation's grief, was born,- at
Berkley, an esiate on the James' River, in
the county of Charles City, Virginia, on
ihe 9th of Feb. 1773. His farthvr, Benja
min Harrison, was one of the illustrious
band of patriots who signed the Declara
tion of Amertcaa Independence, was four
times'elected to Congress as a Delegate
from Virginia, and in 1782 was chosen
Governor ofthat State. He died in 1791,
and left his son, the distinguished subject
of this obituary tribute, to the guardianship
of Robert Morris, the financier, par excel
lence, of our revolution. Young H arrisoc
was educated-at Hampden, Sydney Col
lege, and originally turned his attention tc
the study of Medicine, but was diverted tc
the military service by a patriotic and hu
mane desire to repress the barbarous incur
sions of the Indians on our North-westerv
frontiers. The illustrious Washington,
then President of the Union, conferred or
the youthful hero, in the autumn of 1791,
he commission of Ensign in the U. S. Ar
tillery, and he conducted himself so wel
as to elicit the encomiums of the defeated
St. Clair, he promoted to a Lieutenancy
and appointed Aid to the victoriou
Wayne, who soon wiped ofi'the reproaci:
which his less fortunate predecessor hai
sufTered to be cast on the American arms
He shared in the honors of the giroit victo
ry of the Maumee Rapids, which accom
plished the final defeat of the Indians; anc
was shortly after placed in command n1
Fort Washington, having been promotet
to a Captaincy; and there he intermarrici
with the daughter of John Cleves Symmes
the celebrated founder of the Miami, settle.
met:ts. At the close of the year 1797, hi
resigned his commission in the army; ant
was almost immediately appointed Secre
tiary and ex-officio Governor of the N
Western Territory, then embracing the
whole region North Wet of the Ohio Riv
er; and in December, 1799, ho took hit
seat in Congress as first Delegate from ihi
Territory. In the year 1800, the N. Wes.
tern Territory was divided, and the Indi
ana Territory was formed, oF which hi
was appointed Governor, having shortl3
hefore resigned his seat in Congress ; ant
he was also made Superintendent of In
riian Aflairs. and Agent and Representativi
of the General Government. On the 5t
and 6th November, 1811, he fought an<
won the celebrated. battle of Tippecanne,
with the Indians, under the Prophet, Te
cumseh's brother, proving himself a wor
thy pupil of the conquoring Wayne.
War having been declared against G Bri
ain, on the 17th Sept. 1812, he was ap
pointed commander in-chief of the north
tence-or 2 rtMrg, fistapwri
British and IMdian force, and compellet
them to raise the siege. A pfer advisin
the naval arrangements which led to Per
ry's glorious victory on Lake Erie, of th~
10th of September, he himself, on the 5tl
October, won the famous victory of th4
Thames, signalized by the killing of Te
cumseh, and the capture of the entire Brit
ish army, *iih its baggage, stores an<
munitions of war-an honor which fell t<
the lot of no other American commandei
during the entire contest with our formida,
ble adversary. In the spring of 1814, he
resigned his commission in the Americarl
irmy. In the summer of1814, Presideni
Madison- appointed him to treat with the
Indians in conjunction with Governor Shel
by a~nd Getnerail Cass. In 1816, lie wrat
elected-to Congress from 0Ohio, and served
until the session of 1819; when, on the ex
p~irattion of his term. he was chosen to the
Senate of the Sta te Legislature. In 1824.
lie was elected a Setnator of thme United
States from the State of Ohio; andi in 18
28-as appointed, hy President Adams,
lliniietr to Colttmbtia. He was sooti re
atled from this misision, by Gen..Jackson.
mdt he retired to his farm at the North
kndl tf the Ohtio, about fifteen miles be
ow Citniatti, where he displayed a
'nk atnd cenerouis hospitality, andim dis
:h'irged all the dutties of good citizenship
mtd trood neighbiorhood (filling thte office of
hem-k of H- amition county, Ohio, until, otn
he 4th Mlarch last, he was called, like
~incinanats from his plough, to preside
'ver thme diestinies of a great nation. lBut
wvise and mysterious Providence has
villed antd ordered it otherwise; and he
lied on the 4th of A pril instant, of pleuri
y, aged 68 years, one month, and 26 days.
The mantle of Executive Office has now
allen upon the Yice President, JON Tr.
,ER, of Virginia. M\r. TYLER has gene
ally been considered as belonging to the
chool of strict Constructinnists. He was
thorough Jackson man util the deposites
were removed. His opinions on matters of
ublic policey, are now of great moment to
e country. We sincerely hope that be
vill discharge the duties of that very re
ponsible office, which has so unexpected
y devolved upon him, in a manner most
onducive to the public welfare. Diflieul -
les and dangers beset our country, within
d without, the present is a most critical
u-riod; but we pray that the ship of State
with our new Palinarus at the helm, may
afely ride out the storm which is now
;athering around us.
The following Preamble and Resolo
ions were adopted, unanimously, by the
3ity Council of Charleston, on the 6th
st.; which body hadJ been convened by
is Honor the Mayor, in consequence of
he intelligence which had been received
if the death of the President of the iUnited
states, They speak the language, it is
loped, of every American, and the body
em which such lnguage mianas Ae
p
serves, no he-tanks ow
constituent bu forthieitizesoft State
at large.
"An event of deep andi '10 ets
has now convened us. The hi Ma
istrate of our .Couitry -thle N at' of
tieUnited States'of Ameri b alit
d in death the uncertainty of1tar.thly
gnry. The quietkcitizen .:th Suthtiva
oldier had been called-fromi fqetire
ment so congenial to his feel o ad
Minister the high funetions be the
ffice (of Chief Magistrate of try
Advanced beyond.the age wo l r act
under the impulse ofa stron- n, he
seemed to give fullassurance a very
ct of his adaninistration6shogl' arked
by his conviction of its neceussti a d id
vantage. So elevated in his ~o n-so
identified with his own tounhtr1I- dAistin
uished in station in the eOld
his death conveys, at oit. . . t -use
ful and impressive of lessons.~ ld pri
of place and circumstance o af e ex
enmpted man from that mnorta hclis
his lot, who can say that Pe AR
RMsON would have been so sum
moned from his high position -
" On this Body, as the rep"'~tativ of
the City of Charleston, the bdu*volves
f expressing the serious ndi -mournful
motions which the occasion t. In
the grave with him are banei e pas
sions and feelings that politi .atone
in life may have created. Wobi'm as th
appointed ruler over us, there :due and
rendered the tribute of high ree;
"It becomes not the occas ism .remem
her that he has passed throub a -heated
and embittered contest, whA crown
ing glory of a life was Ito birb6 d in the
uccess he achieved. Nor shiud we re
member that it was the feeliigifithe peo
ple of our State to be in opp'Wsuoin to the
principles lie was understo support.
The battle has been fought. "f WDoise o
ngry coutention has passed ~ .Ano
her chaplet that adorned - the iar of the
victor, now hangs mnourninitj round tile
bier of the dead. His-rela o onaiding
in his affections-his suppoIt onfiding
in his principles-his countryietconfiding
in his intdgrity, may alike ia:o n paying
to the distinguished dead .tie tribute o
imournful rospect. Be it therefore
Resolved, That the Ci eucil o
Charleston have received, * pqlu, the
intelligence of the unlooke r ,death of
General WILLIAM HE f HARRI.
SON, President of the Unit ates..
"Resolved, That as a mn-of respe~ei
from one so high in publi c fdeice, and
o1 distinguished by thep ,.: of these
Sfates, the citizens of Ch ton be re
uested to wear the usual b ae.of mourn
ing for thirty days.
"Resolved, That the M be direct
ed to euclose a copy of the iting reso
lutions io the widow of th .aed, and
hat a copy be furnished t Amembe
in Congress, in the Hon. I. blimes, to
elaid before that body at nexit meet
nou. --, u aanulUangmoW. True
uninterrunted health of the deceased pa
I riot, his' robust constitutio~ and activc
strength, up to the last week pthis life, had
left his countrymen nothing..o wish and
nothing to fear in regard either to his bodi
ly or mental capacity for the able discharge
of the high trust to which he was called.
The tcnsofthousandsofcitizens who assem
bled to witness the ceremony of his inau
guiration felt, in the clear tones of his trum
pet voice, an assurance that he possessed
health and strength equal t.o the arduous
duties which lay before him. But ii
promrise and this confidence was soon te
sulier a sad reverse. The week before laat,
pursuing the practice of his active life, and
his habit of early rising and exercise, the
President, in the course of a long walk be
fore breakfast, waes overtaken by a slight
shower, and got wet. The following day
he fclt symopioms of indisposition, which
were followed by pneumonia, or bilious
pleurisy, which ultimatelyibaffled all me
dical skill, and terminated his virtuous,
useful, and illustriouslife od Sunday morn.
Intg, after an illness of eigh .days. He ex
pired a little oifter midnigh surrounded by
those members of his famlly in the city,
ihe members of his Cabinet, and many
personal friends. Immediately after his
demise, the members of tlye Cabinet retir
edl, and drew up and signfd the, above an
nunciation, and caused it to be published.
In the coturse of Saturday the President
a ppeared so much better a to inspire hopes
that his disease would .~ subdued, but
about fotir P. MI. a suddes and very unfa
vorable change took place and he continu
ed to sink until death clostd the scene.
The last time the Preslkent spoke was
at nine o'clock-n little nore than threc C
hours before he expired~ and the wvords
which he then uttered wee so remarkable
that they deserve io be reorded and re
nembered. While Dr. Vorthington and
2ne or t wo other attendans wvere standing
over him, having just adninisiered to his
-omfort, he cleared his thoat, as if desir
ng to speak audibly, and as though h A
fancied himself addressinghis successor or
ome official associate in ne Governmebt,
aid: "Sia, I wisH ToD '0 UNDEaSTAND pl
THE TRUE PRJNcIPLE.S O THE GOVERN- dl
ENT. I WISH THEM cIRRIED OUT. I C
ASK NOTHiNG MoRE." ~
These his last words a~re uttered in a F
distinct voice, and, as the; were well cal- "
culated to do, impresse' the genttlemen di
present so solemnly thatflr. WVorthington er
immediately wvrote thendiown for preser- 7'
ation. They present abrief but impres- se
tive record of the thought which occupied u!
the last mometnts of theleparted patriot, eI
and are characteristic ofhie Roman devo- pt
tion to his country whih animated him i
thotghottt his life, and hone forth even G
in the-hour of death. 'hus passed from C
life, and from the statirin earth the most ce
worthy of a noble ambibO, this good and
wise and illustrious cisin. It is not for th
us to attempt to dojusiic to the solemnity th
of the occasion, or to theleep griefs which- m
pervades all hearts. A more fitting and ~ra
adequate thatn any thIng which we could tri
say we quote the .imnraive lnnanaen n
[ered from one oftcur pulpits yesterday by
a eloquent Divine:
"-The sad intelligence of this morning,
my Christian friends, has filled thousands
af hearts, and will fill thousands more, with
iadness and anxiety. The Chief Magis
rateof our Unioniis no more! One short
month since, amidst the breathless atten
ion of an immense multitude, with clear
ud solemn voice, he called God to witness
iat he would faithfully discharge the du
ies of his thigh office. He has now gone
o6appear in the presence pf that God.
rhe praises of his friends, the denuncia
ions of his enemies, are alike awed into
filence before this dispensation of myste
-ibus Providence. Amid the busy schem
ugs of man the Supreme Ruler has manu
fested his power; and we read with trem
ling sadness his awful lesson, of the un
.ertainty of human life, the emptiness of
arthly glory.
"You have seen-how recently and
iadly'seen that the summit of human pow
ir affords no security from the shafts of
leath. The illustrious man, lately almost
r nation's idol, now lies in the calm deep
dlumber which knows no waking till the
lial day. Those deeds of service to his
lountry which were so familiar to the lips
>f thousanda, and that fidelity to his coun
y's good, lately so fervently expressed.
ind as we trust so sincerely felt-these and
all else that graced his character have fbl.
owed him to the bar of' the just and the
merciful Judge. Before that bar, my
friends, ve also are to appear. We know
riot how soon. lay we so use the present
time as to prepare ourselves for that awful
hour."
Immediately after the decease of the
President, Mr. Webster, Jr., Chief Clerk
in the Departmettt of State, accompanied
by Mr. Beall, an oflicer of the Senate, snt
out for the residence of the Vice President,
in Virginia, bearing to him the following
letter:
"WASaHNGToN, April 4, 1841.
",''o JOHN TYLER,
Vice President of the United States.
"Sta: It has become our most painful
duty to inform you that WILLIAx HENRT
HARasoN, late Piesident of the United
States, has departed this life.
" This distressing event took place this
day, at the President's Mansion in this city,
at thirty minutes before one in the morn
ing.
"We loose no time in despatching the
Chief Clerk in the State Department as a
.pecial messenger to bear you theme me
luncholy tidings.
"We have the honor to be, with the
highest regard, your obedient servants,
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of State.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary of the Treasury,
JOHN BELL,
Secretary of War.
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
Attorney General.
FRANC[S GRANGER,
Postmaster General."
F THE PHYSICIANS.
It NOTON, April 4, 1841.
compliance with the re
iysicians have drawn up
-eport on the President's
_'ith transmit to you.
IVery respectfully, your obedient servant,
I ~ TH O. M'dILLER.
Attending Physician.
To the Hon. D. Webster,
Ldisositon, Secretary of St ate.
On Saturday, March 27. 1841, Presi
cont H arrison, after several days' previoun
indspoitinwas seized with a chill and
other symptoms of fever. The next day
Pneumonia, with congestion of the liver
and derangement of the stomach and bow
els, was ascertained to exist. The age and
debility of the patient, with the immediate
prostration, forbade a resort to general
blood-letting. Topical depletion, blister.
ing, and appropriate interal remedies, sub
hued, ima great measure, the disease of the
ungs and liver, but the stomach and intes
tines did not regain a healthy condition.
Finally, on the 3d of April, at 3 o'clock,
P~. M., profuse dliarrhea came on, under
rhich he sank, at thirty minutes to one
>'clock, on the morning of the fourth.
Tihe las: wrords tittered by the President.
ts heard by Dr. Worthington, were these.
' Sir, I wish you to understand the true
>rinciples of the Government. I wish them
'arried out. I ask nothing more,"
T HOS, MIL LER, M. D.,
Attending Physician.
FRED. MAY, Mi. D.,
N. W. WORTHINGTON, M. b.,
J. C. HA LL, M. D.,
ASHJTON A LEXANDER, M. D.,
Consulting Physicians.
General Harrison's Famiily.-T he con
ections of General Harrison present in the
~xecutive Mansion, at ihe time of the de
ease of thteir beloved relative, were the
>llowing:
Mrs. William H arrison, (son's widow.)
Mrs. Taylor, of Richmond, (neice.)
M r. D. 0. Coupelantd, (nephew.)
Henry Harrison, of Va., (grand nephew.)
Findlay Hiarrisotn, of Ohio, (grand son.)
RRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
WAsHiNGTON, April 4. 1841.
The circumstances in wvhich we are
laced by Tbe death of the President ren
ers it indispensable for us, in the recess of
ongress, and in the absence of the Vice
resident, to make arrangements for the
urneral Solemnities. Having consulted
ith the family and personal friends of the
~ceasedl, we have concluded that the fun
al be solemnized on Wed nesday, the
h instant, at 12 o'clock. The religious
rvices to be performed according to the
age of the Episcopal Church, in which
urch the deceased most usually wvorship
~d. The body to he taken fromt the Pre
ient's House to the Congress Burying
round, accompanied by a Military and
ivic Procession, and deposited in the Re
iving Tomb.
The military arrangements to be under
e direction of Major General Marcomb,
e General Commanding in ChieftheA r
y of the Utuited States, and Major Gene
I Walter Jones, of the Militia of the Dis
et of Columbia.
Commodore Morris, the senior Captai
tn the Navy.now in the city, to have the
direction of the naval arrangements.
The Marshal of the District to have the
direction of the civic procession, assisted
y the Mayors of Washington, George.
town, and Alexandria, the Clerk of the
Supreme-Court of the United:'States, and
such other citizens as they may see fit to
call to their aid.
John Quincy Adams, ex-President of
United States, Members of Congress now
n the city or its neighborhood, all the mem
bers of the Diplomatic body resilent in
Washington, all officers of Govertiment,
and citizens- generally, are invited to at
tend.
And it is respectfully recommended to the
icers of Government that they wear the
usual badge of mourning.
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of State.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary of the Treasury.
JOHN BELL.
Secretary of War.
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN.
Attorney General.
FRANCIS GRANGER,
Postmaster General.
OFFICIAL.
War Department,
WASHINGTON, April 5, 1841.
It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow
that the Secretary ofWar announces to the
Army, the death of the President of the
United States, William Henry Harrison.
His long and faithful services in many sub
ordinate but important stations, his recent
elevation to the highest in honor and pow
er, and the brief term allotted to him in
the enjoyment of it, are circumstances of
themselvel which must awaken the live
liest sympathy in every bosom; but these
are only personal considerations. The
dispensation is heaviest and most afflictit
on poublic grounds. This great calamni
ty has befallen the country at a period of
general anxiety for its present, and some
apprehension for its future condition-at a
tnime when it is most desirable that all its
high offices should lie filled, and all its
high-i trusts administered in harmony, -is
om and vigor. The generosity of char
acter of the deceased, the conspicious hon
esty of his principles and purposes, togeth
er with the skill and firmness with which he
maintained them in all situations, had won
for him the affection and confidence of his
countrymen; but at the moment when, by
their voice, he 'i as raised to a station tn
the discharge of the powers and duties of
which the most beneficial results might
justly have been anticipated from his great
experience, his sound judgment. the high
estimation inwhich he was held by the
People, and iis unquestioned devotion to
the Constitution and to the Uriion, it has
pleased an all-wise but mysterious Provi
dence to remove him suddenly from that
and every other earthly employment.
While the officers and soldiers of the
Krmy share in the general grief which thes
considerations so naturally and irresistibly
inspire, they will doubtless be penetrated
with increased sensibility, and feel a dee
per concern in testifying, in the manne
appropriate to them, the-full measure of a
nation's gratitude for the eminent servi
ftbe departe4 patriot, and inrenderi
approved ori; receiving hiseii-iestessoirs
in a camp, and, when in riper years, called
to the command of armies, illustrating the
professions of arms by his personal -quali
ties, and contributing largely, by his suc
cesses, to the stock of his country's glory.
It is to be regretted that the suddennes
of the emergency has made it necesdary to
announce this sad event in the absence o
the Vice President from the Seat of Gov
ernment; but the greatest confidence is
felt that he will cordially approve the senti
ments expressed, and that he will, in due
time, give directions for such further marks
of respect, not prescribed by the existing
regulations of the Army as may be deman
ded by the occasion.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, April 5, 1841.
The Acting Secretary of the Navy, de
sires that all oflicers of the Navy, now at
the seat of Government or in its neighbor
hood, will appear at the Navy Department
in uniform, at 10 o'clock A. M. on W~edoes
day, the 7th instant, for the purpose o
paying funeral honors to the late Presi
dent of the United States.
ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE INTERMENT OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT.
ADJUTANT GENERAL's OFFICE.
Washington, A pril 6, 184T1.
The Major General, commanding the
Army of the United States, and the Major
General, commanding the Militia of the
District of Columhis, having been charged
by the Executive Officers of the Govern
Inent with the military arrangements for
he funeral honors to be paid to the patriot
atd illustrious citizen, W:ILLIAaj HEIRY
HEIasoN, late President of the United
States, direct the following order of ar
angements:
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
MlLITARY ESenRaT.
Ijor General 3lacomnb,Commttadingtin Chief.
Aidls-de-Camtp.
laj. Gen. Walter Jones, Comnd'g. the Militia
Aids-de-Camap.
Division of United States Lighlt Artillery.
Squadrotn of Volnteer Car-ntry. (
Battalion of Uniite-d States Marines. -
Battalion of Vohnnteer Inatry.
)fficers of the Army, Navy, and Marmne Corps. ~
on foot.
)fficers of the Militia and Voluntenr, Cor-ps o
the District ot Columbia, on foot. r
)fficers of the Militiajand Volnnteer Corps o
Baltimore. &c-.
CIVIC PROCESSION. .
nited States Manrshal for the Distric-t of Co- ~
lumbia and Clerk of the Supreme Court. t
Physicians to the Presidetnt.
'all-Bearers. g -gi Pall-Bearers. h
'all-Bearers. I I- Pall-Bearers. m
ho Famnily and relationsq of the late President, D
atnd the I-leads of Departmtents. wvith their
Chief Clerks
The Vice President or the United States. is
The ex-presidents. a
The Chief Jnstice, and ~ t
ssociate Justices of the Snupreme Court and a
District Jtudges of the United States.a
The President of the Senate pro tempor-e,
- and Secretary. r
Senators and officers of' the Senate. I
United States and-M -cn Commissioibersfor
the adjustment oft ma under-tlie co.ven
tion-41th Mexico.
Members ofeHouse of Repiientatives
:and Offiters.
Governors of States and Territories a
ben of State Legisiatures
Tudgesof -the Circuit Court of thi'
Columbia. with the Members of'the
and Officers of the Court.
The Judges ofthe several States - -
T Comptroller of the Treasury.4AudIt
Treasurer, Register and Soficitor.
Comiajioners and other Civil Officers of the
Government.
Officers and Soldiers of the late war whoservgd
under the command of the late President.
Corporate authorities of Washin n
Corporate authorities of George wn-;
Corporate authorities of Alexandria.
Such Societiss and Fraternities as may wish to
join the Procession, to report to the Mar.
shal. of the District, who will assign
them their respective poito
Citizens and Strangers-.
The troops desinated to form tie eseoit Wnil
asemble in the Avenue. north ofthe Presiden'
House. and form line preciselyat li o'elock :A.
M. on Wednesday the 7th irstaxt, with its ib
(Captain Ringgold's company of Light.7Ze..
ry) resting opposite the western gate.
The procession will move precisely a
12 o'clock M., when minute.ghins wil beb
fired by detachments of artillery stationedc
near St. John's Church and the Capitoi.
At the same hour, the bellof the severar
Churches in Washington, Georgetownand
Alexandria will he tolled.
. At sunrise to-morrow, (7th inst.) a Feds
eral salute will be fired from the military:
stations in the vicinity of Washington *a
minnte-guns between the hours of. 12 aiid
3, and a national salute at the seiting or
lhe sun.
The usual badge of mourning will be
1worn on the left arm and on the hilt of the
sword.
The Adjutant General of the Army i'..
charged with the military arrangements,o
the day, aided by the Assistants Adjuta
General on duty at. the Hiad Quarters.ot7.,
the Army.
The tnited States Marshal ofthe lis
trict has the direction of the CivicProces
sion, assisted by the Mayors ofthecities or
the District and the Clerk of the Su'preme
Court of the United States.
By order: R. JONES,
A djutant General of the U. S. Awj.
The body of the President will renai
unenclosed in the coffin during to-day' to
afiord all who may desire it, to take a lut.
look at his mortal remains.
It is regretted that Domestic circumstan
ces had called the Secretary' of the Navy
rrom the seat of Government before the.
occurrence of the President's illness, and
have occasioned his absence at the pretent
moment. -
FROX THE LEGISLARUE OF MARYLAND; '-L
We learn by tbe following letters to the '
Secretary of State-that the Legislature ofr
Maryland proposes-to attend the funeral
f President Harrison fo.mdrrow, in a body.
A SuIAPoLAs', April 5, 1841..
Hon. D. Webster, See. of State.
. Sir: We are directed, by a resolution or
the General Assembly of Maryland, to ii
form you of their determination to, unite in
paying a tribute if respect to the memory
ftbe late President,.by attendin Ise
a Xedrh,A' Z
Pre'tZ of the SeN fttir a
CHAS. STERETT RIDGELY.
Speaker of the House of Delegaes;, id
Ojee of the Clerkc of the Senate)
of Marylan,
.ANNAPoLis, April 5,1841.
Dear Sir: I have been requested to in.
form you that the Menobers of the Geiiera1
Assembly of Maryland propose to reach
Washington by the train of ears arriving at
about half past 11 o'clock, A;M(., on Wed
nesday the 7th inst., for the. purPes of at
tending the funeral of the late President of
the United States, the "Great and Gt,.an'
H arrison. It is thought proper to commnt.
nicate this information that the Chief Mar
shal may have it in his power to assiga
the Members, as a body, their appropriate
p~lace in the procession immediately after
thcir arrival.
I have the honor to be, sir, most res pect
fully and faithfully, your much grieved
fellow-citizen and serv~ant,
JOSEPH H. NICHOLSON.
Clerk Senate Maryland.
Hon. D. Webster, Sec. of State.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
[BY THE STEAMER BaTIsH QUiEEN.])
By the accounts published in the En
tlish papers, received by the steamer, it
alppears that the Report of the Hon. F. W.
Pickens, from rte Committee on Foreig~
Relations, nas created considerable ex
eitement amtong the political speculatorsin
hat country ; and no doaubt has brought: '
lown upotn that gentleman's head many
in harsh epithet, from some ruined broker,
vho perchance has become a bull, by hi.
trertrading in their unsteady War Stock.
lut, the honorable gentleman, who has it
ecems, comtmitted ouch a flagrant act
gainst her Royal Highness the Queen of
~reat Britain, as being "Chairman" of a
~ommittee, appointed by the Speaker of
n Anmericatn Congress, and has dared t
resent to that body, a Report couched in.
lain American language, which sp'o
ut -'the truth, the wehole truth, and nothing
ut the truth," could at the time of present
ig ii, expected nothing, hut to receive
in thbanks of his own coutnrymen, (which
e certainly did,) and scurrilous abuse from
inse whom the report~ complained of, a.
aving acted unjustly in their political
ealings toward this country.
We extract the following items from the,
ew York and Charleston paperst
"The news brought by the British Quen
of a most interesting and highly impo~t
nt character. There is a terrible commo
on in England. occasioned by the failure
f the Chinese Expeditioc,and the MeLeod
ft'air. The packet ship Westchester at.
ved out on the 8tb of March,. with Mr.
'ickens' Report from the Committee on
'oreign TRelntions. and this occasioned a