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paid tO TMoMAs JEFFERSON, and tue same token of mourning be worn.
 Major General Brown is charged with tho execution of this order.
 JAMES BARBOUR.
 The Secretary of the Navy had also di- rected the officers of the Navy to pay hOn- ors to the memory of Thomas Jefferson and on the 10th issued new order direct ing that the same respect should be paid to the memory of John Adams.
 The Cooperation of Washington City, held a meeting on the 7th, and adopted res- olutions expressive of their high respect for the character and public services of MT. efferson--requested the Mayor to call a meeting of the citizens to make arrange ments for paying respect to his memorys and to invite the military to join the pro- cession when arrangements should be made &c.. Having heard of the death of MT. Adams, another meeting of the corpora ton was held on the 10th, when it was re- solved that the arrangements made and ma- king should besdeemed as applying equally as token of respect for the public servi- ces and memory of MT. Adams. The Mayor called another meeting of the citi- zens to be held on the 11th inst.
 \ DHAwzx OF zsoxz1T ADAMs. On Tuesday last closed the half century since the patriots and sages of this country proclaimed its independence, and with it's parting rays the spirit of the elder ADAMS asccnded to heaven. That bold and ener- getic spirit which inspired the councils of America with the determination to become independent has assembled on high, and that eloquent tongue which urged its declara- ton on the fourth of July, 1776, on the fourth of July, 1926, was palsied in death. Thus has terminated, and gloriously ter minated, the virtuous and patriotic life of JOHN ADAMS-blessed by his country, honored by the world, and immortal as his- tory. Amidst the bosom of his family, the patriarch of the revolution has closed his mortal career, viewing, as a patriarch of old, before his closing eyes, the expan- ding glories of his country, the fruits of his exertions, and the blessings purchased by him for posterity. The ideas which occu- py our minds in contemplating his charac- ter and the period allotted by heaven for gathering him to his fathers, fill our hearts with such feelings as disable us from search ing ill books for the record of the many memorable incidents of his life, and we can only present such facts as are present to our memory. His virtues and services will employ the most eloquent tongues in the nation, and his history be written by its ablest historian. His life and history are the history of liberty and the rights of man, triumphing over oppression, and ioun- ding lasting empire on the broad founda- ton of the people's will, and the happiness of the governed. ~
 President Adams was educated at Cam- bridge, and to the profession of the law. So eminent was his standing in that pro- fossion, that at an early age he was appoint ed Chief Justice of the State, but he de- clined this office. Amid the force of ex- citement produced by the Boston massacre, he dared to undertake the defence of the British troops. His success in this trial was complete. 1t evinced his talents and his strong sense of justice and official 1uty.l A less intrepid spirit would not have dared to stem the current of popular indignation by engaging in such a cause. But 1t is not in his professional life, but in his political, that we are to trace his glorious career. He soon sacrificed his profession and every thing to the liberties of his fellow-citizens and the independence of his country. In l77O he was elected representative from Boston, and in 177A member of the Council, but was negatived by Gov. Gage, | from the part he took in politics. From TITO and previous, and until 1776, he was constantly engaged, and took a leading part in all the measures which were adopted to defend the colonies from the unjust attacks of the British Parliament. He was one of the earliest that contemplated the indepcn- dence of the country, and her separation from the mother country. No man in the Congress of l776 did so much as he did to procure the declaration of Indepen- dence. It is believed that the motion was made by member from Virginia at his suggestion, that he seconded the motion and sustained it by the most powerful and resistless argument. By his influence also, MT Jefferson was placed at the head of the committee who framed the declaration. His reason for procuring the motion to come from Virginia, and of placing one of her delegation at the head of the Commit tee, was to engage the hearty cooperation of that great state in the work of indepen- dence. By the committee who were ap-