American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-07-28

eign Military and Naval Cffcers-the French Min
! lister and Foreign Consuls 1.-The Sheriff Of The
County, his Clerks. Deputies and Cons,ables the
Clerks of the State Courts the State Judiciary =
the Trustees and Professors ofthe University the
Physicians of Baltimore, end members Of the Bar !;
the Mayor and Register of the city, the members
Of the City Council, and the officers of the Corpora
lion ;-Masters and Mates of vessels, and SeameD,
/ with flags in mourning. The procession was con
.inued by the Juvenile Associations, and youths oil
several Of the schools eight abreast with neat and
appropriate badges. a body of citizens followed in
like order. The long line Of procession was then
closed by the uniformed corps Of the Third Division
i of state Militia, marching with side arms and stand
4 ards in mourning. The whole line was flanhed by
4 cavalry.
4 The Procession traversed Baltimore street from
Hartford to Howard slreet-thence along Howard to
Madison street. and along the latter into Towards
Park The spot selected Tor this part OF the solem
mites was directly north Of the mansion OF Col.
Howard In the bottom of valley surrounded on
three sides by ground rising in amphithearical form,
and thickly shaded by oaks, was erected platform
with seats for the accommodation OF The Clergy,
Soldiers of the Revolution, Cincinnati, Civil and
q Military officers members OF the Corporation, snd
others. In the centre of the platform was the ora
tors desk, shrouded in mourning After the seats
on the platform filled, the military took post
in close order around the PLATFORM and vast body
of citizens, perhaps to the number of twenty thou
sand occupied the surrounding elevation, all within
full view of the speaker. The hustle and restless
4 ness inevitably resulting from such crowded as
semby was not of long continuance All eyes seem
ed rvetled on the where the venerable and
hoary hairs Of the last survivor Of those who signed
the Declaration of Independence, surrounded by The
syery locks of those who had fought the battles of
our revolutionary day-whefe the forms OF General
smith, the gallant defender of tort Mflin, and oil
Colonel HOmord, who shed his blood on the sangui
nary plains Of Eutaw, Tor the preservation of Anne
rcan libery-were distinctly recognized BY the
anxious spectators. Before The eyes of this ycnesa
bic groupe the of death, embemati OF the
departure OF JEFFERSON and ADAMS their co-ac-
sols in this scene Of revolutionary glory pause
ensued, and amidst the gathering and pervading
lembity oil this spectacle, rendered still more inter
esting by the narrow isibmus OF human life which
seemed TO divide the revolutionary living worthless
from the revolutionary dead, the Throne Of Grace
was addressed in an impressive prayer by the Rev
erend Bishop Soule, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. .4mericdn.
An Address was then delivered by Gen Smith.
and the soeranitirs in The Park concluded by a
prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Duncan. At four o'clock
in the afternoon, all the churches of the city
opened. and appropriate religious services perform
ed. The Baltimore Monument, and the FIRE engine
houses were clothed with mourning drapery.]