Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-01

yesterday. Every face wore % e4pyAsaies Of
glooms The streets and public places were crowd.
ed with anxious and melancholy proup,. and all
parties, sects and classes, united in sincere and
heartfelt mourning. We noted with melancholy
qualification, the high-minded and patriotic test.
monals Of regret made by the late political oppo.
nents of the President; all the Democratic Van
Buren, Head Quarters, displayed flags at IN If ma At
mantled with Grape, and the Democratic Journals.
with one regretted exception, appeared in mourn.
ing. The Ledger, though affecting to be neutral,
did not unite in the general demonstration. and
awarded but ono-fourth the ordinary mark Of re-.
spect. All the Courts closed. Many Of the stores
and public offices were shut, and throughout the
day the city wore an air of the deepest gloom.
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN CITIES.
At u meeting on Tuesday Of the joint committee
of the Common Council of the city Of New York
and Brooklyn on the occosian OF the decease Of
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, late Presiden, Of the
United States, the following preamble and resolu.
tons were adopted:
Whereas, it is announced that the funeral Of the
late President Of the United States will take place
on Wednesday, the 7th instant. at IL o'clock at
noon, it is resolved by the joint committees of the
| Common Councils of the cities of New York and
Brooklyn, That our feow.citizens of said cities
ore requested to close their stores and places Of
business tomorrow, from the hour Of IL at noon,
until sunset, and also all places of public amuse-
ment in the respective cities tomorrow evening"
that the bells of the several churches and the FIRE
alarm bells in the two cities be tolled from noon
till o'clock, P. M and that 60 minute guns tbeng
the number of years of the late President) be fred
from the Battery, and also from such places in the
city of Brooklyn the committee from that city
may designate-that the owners and masters Of
vessels in the harbor, and the proprietors Of ali
public places in the said cities are requested 10
display their flags at half mast during the whole
day-and that our fellow.ctizens are requested to
wear the usual badge Of mourning for sixty days:
Resolred, That the Common Councils of the
cities of New York and Brooklyn will solemnize
the death of the late President of the United States
by civic and military procession, to be composed
Of the military and different societies, and citizens
of our respective cilies-and that such procession
take place on Saturday next -i' if
Resolved, That the different societies, trades and
associations, and fire departments Of our cities,
are requested to send delegates to meet q commit
tee Of this body on Thursday next, at IL O'clock,
E at the Common Council Chamber, to make the ne.
cessary arrangements to carry the views Of the
. Common Councils in an appropriate manner.
q RESOLVED, That the Army and Navy of the United
States on this station, requested to co.operats
e with US in making the necessary arrangements
and that they requested TO send officers to rep
resent them at the meeting to be held at the Com
!, mon Council Chamber, Thursday at II o'clock.
!. - ELIAS L. SMITH, Chairman
~ | JoHN A. UNDERWOOD, Secretary.