Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-04-08
emedies their skill devises, but with no
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ahope Of any favorable result.
I2I- o'cIock-Gen. Harrison has just
Ebreathsd his last, and without struggle.
i lie has becn inscnsiblc for n long while,
and tho last words he spoke were to DIR.
'Wonhinpton. Most anxious and deeply
D Isfllictcd friends are weeping aroand hIs
chamber. What a dreadful blow has
struck the land
/ O'Clock a. .M-The members Of the
Cabinet after performing their last mosr~-
Sful duties to The departed President, are
preparing a letter to the Vice President
announcing the fact officially. Tho
chief clerk of the State Department.
Fletcher Webster, Esq. is despatched
with it, and he will reach MIR. Tyler by
, Monday noon, who will probably be here
4 "Wednesday or Thursday at the latest.
JOHN TYLER OF VIRGINIA is
aNOW PRESIDENT OF THE UNI
TIED STATES BY THE CONSTl-
8TUTION.
q The Cabinet arc also preparing an Of
afcial proclamation Of the death oi zen.
HIIarrison, which viii appear in the Wash
papers on Monday.
d 9 o'cloch Sunday morning. have no
= time nor heart for reflections. Thank
4 God the noble and gooG old man lived to
4 see honor and Justice done him! lie has
arallcn victim to his kindness OF heart IN
: his aim to hear every body, and to 90
awhnt was right to every body ana to ms
acountry. His labors have been dread
: rul, and with the sudden change Of bab-
e lis, from tho quiet Of his farm on tho
q North Bend to the hustle at the Capitol,
81 he has been broken down. The Kew.
d Dr. Hawey, of the Episcopal Church,
who closed the eyes of Gen. Ii :, said he
8had preached to Presidents Madison,
> Monroe, Adams, Jackson, and Van Bu-
aren, and Gen. Ii. was the first who ever
worshipped God on his knees. write
D this on table where there aLc some hity
Hle,ters for Gen. Fl. that arrived in the
mail to- night.
Gen. Harrison's wife is at tho North
Bend. The blow will be irightlnl to her,
for her attachment to him is intense, and
4 her health is feeble. IIe leaves one son
I and three daughters. The ladies Of tho
Presidents house old now are Mrs. Tsy-
lor of Virginia, Mrs. Harrison daughter
in-law,) aud Mrs. Findley.
4 II is not known yet when he will DO
Aburicd.
! Excuse the faults of letter, written
amid such exciting scenes. The curtnin
has dropped, and nation will mourn, a.
the snd news is spread abroad. Is.
: This melancholy event (says the N.
AZ. Commercial Adver,iser) has cast
gloom over our city, as by the spread Of
a mighty funeral pail. From tho complex
ION of the private letters from Washing
ton received on Saturday, little hope Of
! the Presidents life remained and not
wilhs' anding letter from MIR. Webster
received yesterday, written n, six o'clock
on Saturday morning, announcing that
"if any thing the Presidents health 'isa
shade better" our conviction was strong
tho whole day that he was no more -A-
Great anxiety pervaded the city through
! the day. Prayers were offered in the
churches specially adapted to the occa-
+ sion. IN the Brick Church, DR.. Spring
( discharged this part OF his duty with un-
4 wonted ieIvency and deep emotion.
To ourselves, the scenes Of the past
month seem but as n protractcd dream
Eopening in bright and glorious vision
ION the 1'h Of March, and ending in
loom at the close of one short month.
just one month ago yesterday We saw
he good old man moving in triumph
through the streets of the capital, at
tcrdcd by throng Of countless thou
Esands, making the arches. Of heaven
eto ring with their shouts of gladncss.
4 We marked his own eportmcnt-graye
and solemn, as though deeply impressed
Awih the high duties dcvolving upon him
Bby the new relation in which he was to
stand to the people. He was neither
lifted up by his cxaIatiop, nor depressed
! AS though the charge was too great for
Ehim, but his carriage was altogether that
tof an unosten'aIious aud plain republican
statesman, carrying upon his counie-
Snance the impress Of patriotism, nlegri-
Ely and benevolcncc.
We saw him dismounl from his stoed,
aud stand forth upon the porico Of the
!; national capitol, there to proclaim in the
cars of the people the principles by
which he should be governed in the ad-
ADMINISTRATION Of the concerns of this vast
\ lrcpnblic. Calmly stood the go"d old
man, surrounded by the wisdom Of tho
Senate, the Representatives of the pco-
splc, the chivalry Of the army and navy,
and much Of the beauty Of the land
to say nothing Of the ministers Of foreign
powers gazing ntenlly upon such poru-