Show ta ft 5 honors to 5 I 1 ft pa washington 2 ha ta on all AM AMM SN im M X wednesday tact last the mortal part of ton the ly grbac the of 1114 country COMITY and the friend of was consigned to abe tomb with lelii M honors and funeral pomp poma 1 Is 1 tho tile opening paragraph lo 10 the rowe piper story of tho the burial of ocon 0 o washington ht g an as told by the ul eter ster county gazette published at kingston N Y jan 4 1800 al though tho the column 1 of the newspaper are inverted Iner ted tho the story appears to have bare been only secondary condary ac lu in imper tance in tit the of the editor ae As it t la Is publisher ishO on oll the third page end without any ual dia display play it la it dated at cc Cue town dec dc 20 1709 1799 and bear bears the be modest head washington entombed aall 1 1 coplea coples of the iap aap paper r are rare and radu valuable but it has been reprinted in tit facsimile o 0 innia times who the paper says A multitude of person assembled from miles arOll around ild at it mount vernon the tile choice abode and lat rabil of the illustrious chief there were the grove groves the tho spacious nie the and seen the noble mansion but alas the august innab bitant was now no that deac soul sou wu was gone ilia mortal part wao was there indeed but ah how affecting bow how awful the spectacle of euch such worth and greatness thira thus to mortal eyes fallen yes yea fallen fallen 1 in the 1 long and lofty portico where oft the hero walked in all hia his glory lay jay the tile shrouded corpse the countenance still composed and serene seree seemed to erkess er eap exp esa tho the dignity of abe th kirit which lately dwelled dwell eil in tho the life 14 fan there those who ho paid tho the last jacl honora honors to tt it benefactor of 11 country took an impressive a fare on tho the ornament at the head of the couin coffin wag was inscribed surge ad dudl cum c about the middle of tho the coffan glo gloria a deo I 1 aid on the silver plate general gcorge ge orge washington departed thil this life on the of december 1709 abet 6 ao between 3 and 4 the bound sound of artillery tillery fir from the vessel in the river dring minute guns abole afresh our solemn sorrow the corpse was remo tda td a band of anui with mournful melody melted the into all the tenderness ot of woe the procession proc caslon wae was formel formed and moved on in the following order with arms reversed reer sed cavalry iffat try guard music ind clergy the generals pen erale horse with hia his saddle holster bolster and ana pistols colonels Col onele simms ramsey payne gilpin marsteller MarB Alar teller steller and little cra cris corpse mourners masonic breth ron citizens when the had arrived at the bottom of the elevated lawn on oil the banar of the potomac Io tomac where the fatall amily bault it U bluml etl the cavalry halted ital ted abe infantry marched bonard the mount and formed their line 4 i the clergy the masonic brethren and the citizens descended td to the vault and tile funeral service of the church cinq athe llie from the tile in the rIver and the ech oed from tItO rAita ami and hills around three feudal atai discharges harges liy by the in ill fantry lie tile cavalry anil anti elente 1 11 of lined the baul 1 4 of f thu ho potomac b back ack of tile bault paid the last tribute to the coni mander in tit chief chlof of the agnile q of the united stated mid wid to the departed acro let the bun mun nos no setting alas 1 the rou of glory was set ift rl no the name of washington Washl tho american can president and gelerak ge au Leral ill W triumph over death the unclouded 4 of bli glory will illuminate the tile future asea ases |