Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-24


six noble black horses, with plumed heads, and
housings Of black cloth descending to their
knees, and each led by groom in deep mourn
ing, came the funeral car. No plumes waved
above, or around it; no fantastic figures, or un-
appropriate drapery, interfered with or lessen
ed the solemnity of the feeling which it was in
tended to excite. 1t was of an obong shape,
four or FIVE feet wide, eight or nine long, and
perhaps four feet high, inclining towards the
top, covered with tightly drawn black cloth,
supported upon low antique wheels, and bear
ing upon il two large fat collins Shrouded IN
black-upon the body OF the car, in front, and
behind, were the winged globes Of the Egyptian
Mausoleum-on the sides, separated by ZACH
rymal urns, were escutcheons, containing the
dates Of the birth and death OF Adams and JET
ferson. This was the car-pain, simple, and
appropriately silenced the crowd as 1t rolled
heavily by, and the eye, fascinated by strange al
traction, rested upon the two collins until they
were no longer to'be seen in the mass OF human
beings that surrounded them.
After the car, as chief mourner, came CAR
ROLL, Of Carrollton, accompanied by Colonel
Howard. and General SMITH; they were in
barouche drawn by foar black horses, each led
bv a groom in mourning. Need we here eX.
press our feelings in words? Is 1t not sufii-
Gent TO state the fact, TO animate the magma
ton and feelings of our readers-CARROLL
of Carrollton, the last surviving signer OF the
| Declaration Of independence, chief mourner at
the funeral obscquies of the author and the sup
porter OF that Charter of Liberty JEFFERSON
and ADAMS. Who attended him? One who
| fought in its support at Cowpens, who shed his
blood for it al Eutaw, who now under his own
vine and fg-tree, at his own hearth-stone, re-
ceiyed the crowd of mouners, and joined them
in their sorrow. Who else? He, their cotem-
porary--once the spectator of their glory, now
the eulogist Of their virtues.
! Who followed CARROLL CT CARRoLLroN
| in the procession? Four generations. Those
who fought at Bunker Hill and Yorktown
those who fought at North Point and New
Orleans-those now arrived at the prime Of
manhood-and those who, clinging 10 their
parents, or collected under their instructors,
urged the short rapid steps Of infancy to keep
pace with the proud ranks that marched along.
! Need we say more OF Carroll Of Carroillons
/ place in the procession, than TO sta.e these
| facts.
After The barouche, came the state authori
ties-after them came old grey headed men,
who could tell OF 70 as of yesterday-then the
pal au,horitics--thenc came society after society
then came long lines Of youth and children
then came seamen with their flags enveloped
| in crape--then came the crowd Of citizens Of all
ages and conditions, filing the street from side
to side, children leading their parents, parents
leading their children-then, closing the pro-
cession, on came the deep ranks of soldiers
on came a sea of plumes scarcely waving in the
| Il. hat thn b-,pn hIrh no
wont to float so fairly, were enveloped in mourn
ing, and the eye looked in vain for the glitter OF
arns-and after rank passed by, and sill others
filled their places, and when the head oil the
procession was concealed as II turned into
Howard street, the last files we're sill nearly
mie in the distance.
At last the head Of the column reached the
Park, and turning into the Rclvidere gate wound
! through the woods, until, after passing the
crown Of the hill, it descended into. the natural
amphithcatre below. In the centre OF this, sur
rounded by twenty thousand people who looked
down upon it, was the platform tor the crremo-
Mes at the back Of the platform, extended be-
tween the trees, was drapery OF black cloth,
we should think almost seventy feet in length
and fifteen in height, projecting from the mid
die of which, and supported by the bough OF an
oak hung the dark canopy, over the place In
tended for the orator-on either side OF the dra-
perry behind waved the United States flags. AS
the troops of horse began to descend into the
amphitheatre the populace separated to the
right and left, and in short time the ranks Of
the procession formed 4 close body round the
| platform; few mounted cavalry surrounded
them, and upon these pressed the throng OF the
people-close by the orator of the day were
| seated CARROLL and HowARD, and the other
seats were filed with the Cincinnati, the SOL
dicrs Of the Revolution, the State and munich
pal authorities, and the different stats Of the
military.
We have seen many spectacles-but never
one which made the impression which did this
in Towards Park-this crowd collected under
the broad shadow Of the oaks--all looking to
one object, all listening to one theme-lhe Eu-
logy OF Adams and Jefferson. At the sound Of
the trumpet the opening prayer was delivered
bv Bishop Soulc-then followed the Grafton Of
Mr.. Smith, and the ceremonies we're concluded
with PRAYER bv Mr.. Duncan. The crowd lin
gered for while around the spot, and still gaz-
ed anxiously at the solemn preparations;-
But the sun which had hitherto been complete
" obscured BY clouds, now broke forth in all
its splcndour, and lighted up with almost ma
gic briianCy the deep green Of the woods
Trumpet and bugle and drum, and word OF
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