Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-04-15
HARRISBURG

I
! The Governor, Heads OF Departments.
! land Legislature Of Pennsylvania, and prl.
va,e citizens or all parties, have united ID
I tes,i(yag those feelings Of sorrow for the
death oil President HARRIsoS, and respect
lor his character and services which TIE
, melancholy occasion rendered SO appto,
pirate.
Ia the Senate Of Pennsylvania on Mon.
day, the following message from the Go.
! vernon was presented:
no TIC Senate aud House Of Representa-
tires Of the Commonwealth Of Pcnaspl-
rand
GENTLEMEN :-Tntelhgenca has boon
received that WILLIAM HENRY HAIR.
RISON, President Of the United States,
hps paid the debt OF nature. lie depart.
cd tits lli, a, the Presidents House IN the
city Of Washington, on yesterday morn.
ing.
The public services and private worth
Of the distinguished ci1izcn who had Just
been elevated to the highest station IN the
Republic, call upon the General Assem-.
bly, Of this Commonwealth, on behalf Of
our common constituents, for the appro-
pirate testimonials ofpuhlic feeling which
are inspired by the melancholy event.
DAVID X. PORTER.
EXECUTIVE CHaMnrR, April S, 1911.
When the message was read, Mr. RErn
rose and addressed the Chair as follows
Mn. SPEaKER--l'ho Senate no doubt
aniic pa,cs the obj CT Of the motion am
about to make. Il is to place among its
larchiyes the recorGs expression OF the
deep sorrow with which the intelligence
l0f the death of the President Of the Unit.
cd States has been received amongst us.
A long life of public service has bccn
suddenly terminated, and the outset Of
new career, which every American pat
riot hope q would be- career of usefulness,
the power to render further and greater
service has been arrost,d d, and the mystic
rious dispensations Of Providence havo
linterposed 10 disnpp1int the nations hopes.
Al these dispensations we must not rcplne.
Under this disappointment we should mol
mourn. But it's entirely consistent with
submission, 10 testify our respect for The
tmemory Of the dead--our sincere sympa-
thy with the sorrows Of the living. The
public services Of Gen. HARRIsoN are now
part Of the unquestioned history oil the
county. they are placed by the hand
of death beyond all party controversy
which might exaggerate or depreciaie
ilhem-and 10 his virtues a grateful pco-
tple may now without dissent do dlsin-
terested Justice. His was long-an ac-
l,iye--and an honored life. He lived with
out reproach. lie did without an ene-
my to speak word OF unkndness or dis
arrangement over his grave.
Fifty years ago, the late Presiden. of
the United States passed through the wi.
lage where we are now sitting, on his
way to his first campaign The ancient
building where the young soldier then
lodged is yet standing. AT that period
the institutions OF our country were inn
mature--iheir permanencc uncertain
their efficacy uniriod. He has lived to
see those institutions survive Their hours
Of trial, and in those hours Of trial he oil.
ways stood faithfully by them. He has
! lived TO receive the highest honors of his
country but no honor did he ever in life
, receive more worthy Of his virtues, than
| that spontaneous tribute which, now
that he has neither power nor patronage
to bestow, the whole people pay to his
, memory.
Mr.. Reed then submitted the following
, resolutions, which, after few approha-
: tory remarks by Mr.. Brown, we're unan,-
? mously agreed to;
5 Resolved, That the Senate Of Pennsyl
, vana having been informed Of the death
Of the President Of the United States, con.
: siders II duty 10 the memory OF The
: dead, his public services, unsulhcd char
| acter, and the station which he occupied,
and to the deep sorrow which will pervadc
$ the Nation, to express the mourniul sen.
n timent with which the intelligence has
: been received.
d Resolued, That Committee of four
f Senators be appointed, TO act with CON-
: mittoe of the House, should the House ap.
[ point such committee, TO report what
Y measure should be adopted TO testify the
sense Of the Legislature on this mournful
, occasion and that the message received
This morning from the Executive be re.
erred 20 the committee.
/ Resolred, That the Senate do now ad-
e journ.
e In the House of Representatives, when
e called to order, the message (given in the
Senate repor) was presented, after which
Mr.. Law rose and addressed the Chair ia
: appropriate terms
e Mr.. Lusk, of Susquehannn, then sub.
z united an appropriate preamble and reso-
{ luton, which were unanimously adopted.
: The following circular was directed to
t the several Departments by the Secretary
y OF the Commonwealth. and the public Of
fees were all closed during the day.
10 The Heads Of Departments, and Canal
Commissioners Of The Commonwealth q
Pennsylvania
b GENTLEMEN Intelligence has been
/, received that William Henry Harrison,
I President Of the United States, has paid
the debt of nature. He departed this life
!, al the Presidents House, in the city Of
: Washington, on yesterday morning As
3 testimony Of the deep feelings Of scr
I. row, inspired by this affective dlspensa'
S lion Of Divine Providence by which dis
tinguished citizen who had just been ole-
/ waited by free people 20 the highest sta