The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-18

| Hall of Congress, nfty years esO' HtS l demise was expected Eor three or four days
 before 1t took place ;--he vas sensible of ] its approach, and prescribed the mode of | his own interment. That his faculties, his
 sentiments. his aspirations. remained in
 vigor, ct least until within short time be- I fore he fell into the grave, is evidenced by | the remarkable tenor of his reply to the l Washington committee, which we publish
 ed on Wednesday last, and the beautiful
 letter of thanks which he lately addressed
 to the gentlemen of New Y Yurk, who trans \ mitted to him the Canal medal.
 "Mr. Jefferson was born on the 2d oi l April, 174S, and thus, had reached the l venerable ago of eighty three years, three months and two days. A wide diversity
 of opinion may long continue respecting
 the quality of his public career after the
 establishment of our present constitution ; but an unanimity, most honorable to his name, must always prevail with regard to 1 the excellence of his revolutionary labours, I the prc-eminence of his talents, the varie- ] ty and dignity of his requirements, the su- avity and refinement of his manners, and
 the mild lustre of his last years and final pursuits. The regrets of all who will con- sent to view his life and character, in the several brilliant lights which undeniably belong to them, cannot fail to be aggrava- ted by the consideration, that domestic sor- rows accumulated on his hoary head, and that his end was hastencd by what his country might have averted, or atleast re- lieved, while he could enjoy the bounty and its motive."
 From the Nat. Entelligencer, cf July 7th, 1926. THOMAS JEFFERSON is no more !! His weary sun has made golden set, lea wing a bright tract ofundying fame to mark his path to glorious immortality.
 The illustrious Author of the Declara- ton of Independence breathed his last at Monticello on the fourth of this month, at 10 minutes before one o'clock. On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the birth of this Nation, with which event his name and fame are forever indissolubly united, at the moment when all tongues throughout the land were engaged in repeating the ian- guage of his greatest work--his soul, satis- fled with the retrospecti0n of half a centu- ry of past events, winged its flight to the realms of immortality! @
 We shall not coolly undertake to indite the memoirs of such man. His history may be read in Nations eyes-his eulo- gy beams on the surface of every thing that is admirable and peculiar in tho principles of our Governments. A review of his past lifewiN be given on more suitable occa- | sion.
 The Mayor of Washington, at the re. quest of number of citizens,s-on the 7th l inst. published notice calling meeting of the citizens to be held on Saturday the 9th inst. to adopt measures for testifying suitable respect for the services and mem- ory of the illustrious Jefferson.
 l 1t appears that Mir. JEFFERSON was a.
 ware of the approach of his dissolution, and
 gave directions for his funeral.
 ! DEPARTMENT OF WAR, | July 7th, 1926. ] I The President, with deep regret, an-
 nounces to the Army, that it has pleased \ the Disposer of all human events, ia whose hands are the issues of life, to remove from
 the scene of earthly existence our iilustri-
 ous and venerated fellow citizen, THOMAS \ JEFFERSON.
 T This dispehsation of Divine Providence, afiiicting to us, but the consummation of glory to him occurred on the fourth of the present month--on the Fiftieth Anniversa-
 ry of that Independence, the Declaration
 of which, emanating from his mind, at once | proclaimed the birth of free nation, and Ftofercd motives of hope and consolation to M the whole family of man.. Sharing in the II grief which every heart must feel for so heavy and atilicting public loss, and desi- lrous to express his high sense of the vast
 debt of gratitude which is duo to the vir- tues, talents, and ever memorable services of the illustrious deceased, the President
 directs that Funeral Honours be paid to
 him at all the Military Stations, and that
 the Officers ofthe Army wear crape on the
 left arm, by way of mourning, for six months.
 I Major General Brown will give the ne- Illcessary orders for carrying into effect the
 foregoing directions.
 + DEPARTMENT OF WAR, l JMly 1Oth, 1926.
 ' It has become the painful duty of the
 Secretary of War to announce to the Ar
 ny the death of another distinguished and
 venerated citizen. JoHN ADAMS departed
 this life on the 4th of this month. Like his compatriot JEFFERSON, he aided in
 drawing and ably supporting the Declara- ltion of Independence. With prophetic 4 hsI I11 rl al.