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Show (LAST RITES OF j E. I DESCRIBED Flowery Account of First President's Pres-ident's Obsequies in Old Newspaper lorJ,?TN Fb- 23 An "ccount Of ! the 'unera of George AVaahineton .was uncovered hero recently bv Mrs E, H. roats of this city whenehc found a copy of an old newepaper dated Jan- iiary A, 1100, in whl, h the ston nf ,lhe funeral was prlnttd The oaper wm discovered In an old Ituok con- Ma nlnir family holrlooms nd KivcS the fdllowing description of the funeral Jl Z lonK an'1 !ofl Portico where oft the hem walked In nil his (lory now hv the shrouded . orpsr Tlic countenanco still . nmposed d silence sil-ence seemed to depress tho. dlcnlts of the spirit, which lately dn., In that lifeless form. There Chose who paid he last honors to the henefnetor of hi.. .ountr t..ok ..n impressive farewell fare-well view. On the ornau.eiK of the hejid of the eoffin was Inscribed 'Surce dn Ju-dlcum Ju-dlcum about the middle of the cof-ihn. cof-ihn. Gloria Deo Mnd the rilver plate, rl Gors;e Waahlngton Depart- "''., . ,lfe on ,no Mlh Of December, j Between ; and -I o-.lock the sound 01 aruuer) fr.HL ., esse :n the river firing minute guns, awoke afresb our solemn sorrow the body was removed- band of music with mournful melody melted the soul jntf, aj , n tenderness of woe."' Then follows a Ion description of the procession, in which Washington'! horse with his ..,K holsters and pl--tols followed the casket which was mounted on an artillery wagon Continuing the article saya "When the pro. esslon had arrive. 1 at the hottom of the eltvatcl lawn en the bank Of the Potomac, where the famll) vault iH placed, the cavalr halted, the mfantiy marched toward the mount and formed thoir lines the Clergy, the Masonic brothers and the citizens, descended to the vault und the funeral of the church was pcr. formed. The firing was tepeaie.t from the vessel in the river and the sounds e hoe, from the woods and hills around. "Three general discharges by the infantry the cavalry and 11 pieces of artillery Which lined the banks of the Potomac bach of the vault, paid "he last tribute to ilie entombed eummnnd-ei-in-. hirf , f th,- an,,,, s ,,r .h, -.,1U.1( States and the departed hero "The Min was now setting. Alas' The sun Of glorv v. is set forever. No the name of Washington the m-encan m-encan president and general wl triumph tri-umph over death1 The unclouded brightness of his glory will Illuminate the future ages." |