Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-03

GENERAL ORDERS.
ApJUrANf GENEnAL's OFFLcl

Washington, ltt July, 1863
The general-m-chie has received
aroRl the department Of war, the fol-
lowing orders.
gHere the General recites the orders
Of the Secretary Of war, directing "iu-
neral honorsD TO be paid to Messrs'
Jefferson and Adams.
Never has il fallen to the lot OF
commander to announce to any army
such an event as now calls iortn the
mingled grief and astonishment OF tins
repgb,ic; never since history first wrote
4ba record Of time, has one day thus
1niae!ed every triumphant with every
fen,ler emotion, and consecrated ma
TONS 10y, BY blending with It tue most
sacred Of sorrows Yes, soldiers, in one
day-alm1st in the same hour, have
two of The founders OF the republic, the
patriarchs of liberty, closed their SER
vices to social man, after beholdlng
them crowned with the richest and most
unlimited success. United IN their end,
as they had been in their highest aim
their tolls completed, their hopes sur
passed. their honors tall, and the dear
est wish Of their bosoms gratltled in
death--they closed their eye in patriot
ecstacy, amidst the gratulations and
Thanksgiving of a people, on all, on
every Individual Of whom, they had
conferred the best of all earthly bene-
fits.
Such men need no trophies; they ask
no splen6id mausoleum We are their
monament; their mausoleum is their
country; and her growing prosperity
the ara,nanthine wreath that time shall
place over their dust. Well may the
Genius Of the republic mourn. If she
turns her eye in one direction, she be-
holds the hall where Jefferson wrote
the charter Of her rights; il in another,
she sees the city where Adams kindled
the fires of the revolution. To no pc
Rod Of our history, to no department of
our affairs, can she direct her view, and
not meet the multiplied memorials Of
her loss. and Of their glory.
At the grave Of saeh men, envy dies,
and party animosity bushes while she
quenehes her fires. Il science and phi
losophy lament their enthusiastic vetary
in the halls of Monticello, philanthropy
and eloquence weep with no less reason,
in the retirement Of Quincy. And when,
hereafter, the stranger performing his
pilgrimage 10 the land of freedom, shall
ask for the monument of Jefferson, bis
ioquiring eye may be directed to the
dome Of that temple Of learning, the
university of his native state-the last
labor Of his untiring mind-the latest,
and the iavorite gift of patriot to his
country
Bereaved, yet happy America
mouroig, yet highly favored country!
Too happy, If every son whose loss
shall demand thy tears, can thus socth
thy sorrow by legacy of fame.
The army of the United States, devo-
ted 10 the service of the country, and
honoring all who are alike devoted,
whetherin the cabinet or the field, win
feel an honorable and melancholy
pride in obev'ng TINS order. Let the Of
tcers then wear the badges of mourn
ing; the poor emblem Of a sorrow which
words cannot express, bat winch Tree
men must ever feel while contemplating
the graves Of the venerated fathers Of
= tEeie country.
Tuesday, succeeding the arrival of
this order, at each military station shall
be day of rest.
The National Flag shall wave at halt
mast.
At early dawn, thirteen guns shall be
fred aud at intervals of thirty minutes
between the rising and setting sun, a
single cannon will be discharged
And at the close the day twenty -four
rounds.
BY command of Major General
Brown:
r. JONES, 1dj't. Gen.