Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-04-15

dan eloquent Divine:
1.-The sad intelligence of this morning.
/ my Christian friends, has filled thousandsi
5of hearts, and will fill thousands more, with
sadness and anxiety. The Chief Magis-A
Strate Of our Union is no more! One SHORTY
month since, amidst the breathless atten'
lion of an immense multitude, with clear
| and solemn voice, he called God to witness}
that he would faithfully discharge the du-E
tiles of his thigh Office. He has now gomez
Ito appear in the presence of that God.
The praises of his friends, the denuncla-E
| lions of his enemies, are alike awed lntoE
silence before this dispensation of mysle-
| ]rious Providence. Amid the busy schem-
1iugs of man the Supreme Ruler has man-
Iilested his power; and we read with tem.
bling sadness his awful lesson, of the un-
certainty of human life, the emptiness of
earthly glory. L
-" You have seen-how recently andS
sadly seen that the summit Of human Pow-E
Ter affords no security from the shafts OF
death. The illustrious man, lately almost
Ia nations idol, now lies in the calm deepE
]sIumber which knows no waking till the
final day. Those deeds of service 10 his
country which were so familiar 10 the ipsl
5of thousands, and that fidelity to bis coun-
3try's good, lately so fervenily expressed,
land as we trust so sincerely felt-these andj
jail else that graced his character have fol-
Slowed him TO the bar of the just and theI
merciful Judge. Before that bar. myi
friends, we also are to appear. We know
not how soon. May we so use the present.
4 time as 10 prepare ourselves for that awful
Hour"
Immediately after the decease of lhel
president, Mr.. Webster, Jr., Chief Clerk
sn tile Department Of Stale, accompanied!
3by Mr.. Beall, an officer of the Senate. satI
lou! for the residence Of the Vice Prcsidenl,|
ain Virginia, bearing TO him the following!
aletter:
"WAsHrSGros, April 4, 1871.
4" To JOHN TYLER,
"Vice President O orthe United States.
"SIR: 1t has become our most painful
aduty to inform yon that WILLIAM HENRY!
! zHARnIsoN, late President Of the United
"This distressing event took place this
! day, at The Presidents Mansion in this city,
I at thirty minutes before one in the morn
ling.
"We loose 10 time in despatching the
5Cher Clerk in the State Department as al
special messenger to bear you these me-
SIancholy tidings.
1--WE have the honor 10 be, with the
$hishest regard, yonr obedienr servants,
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary Of State.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretary ofhe Treasury.
JOHN BELL,
Secretary of War.
q JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
4 Attorney General.
4 FRANCIS GRANGER,
q Postmaster General"
FTHE PHYSICIANS.
TNeToN, April a, 1641.
compliance with the re-
hu .auraelf AID the other
'''f. lysicians have drawn UP
.;'.o 'eport on the Presidents
-. with transmit to you.
q Very respectfully, your obedien, servant,
q THO. MILLER.
q Attending Physician.
sTo the Hon. D. Webster,
. Secretary Of Stale.
a On Saturday, March 81. le41, Presi- !
5dent Harrison, after several days previous
4indisposition, was seized with chill audi
aolher symptoms Of fever. The next day|
Pneumonia, with congestion of the liver
3and arrangement OF the stomach and bow
aels, was ascerlaincd 10 exist. The age and
debility of The patient, with the Immediate
5prostration, forbade a resort to general
3blood-letling. Topical depletion, blister.
lng, and appropriate intera remedies, sub /
3dued, in great measure, the disease of theE
lungs and liver, but The stomach and intes
times did not regain healthy condition.
Finally, on The Sd of April, at o'clock,
|P. NJ. profuse diarrhea came on, underE
(which he sank, at thirty minutes to ones
o'clock, on the morning of the fourth.
The las: words uttered by the President.E
las heard by Dr.. Worthing,on, were these Il
|" Sir, | wish you to understand the trueE
principles ofthe Government. wish them
carried out. / ask nothing more"
THOS, MILLER, NJ. D., i
attending Physician.
FRED. MAY, Nj. D.,
N. w. WORTHINGTON, NJ. D., II
J. c. HALL, NJ. D.,
ASHTON ALEXANDER, M. D., b
Consulting Physicians. r.
General Harrison's Fanlily.-The con. IS
nections ofGeneral Harrison present in the s;
Executive Mansion, at The time of the de- E
cease Of their beloved relative, were the q
IS
Mrs. William Harrison, (son's widow. d
Mrs. Taylor, Of Richmond, (neice.) IS
Mr.. D. o. Coupeland, (nephew.) d
Henry Harrison, ofVa., (grand nephew.)H )H
Findlay Harrison, of Ohio, (grand son. Is
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL. n
WASHINGTON, April 4. 164l. 81
The circumstances in which we areM
,laced by The death of the President rem "a