Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-04-28
rrNERAL OBsEoUlEs N NEW YORK

The mails, by order, are to close at two
.closk which leaves me but a moment or two
. a ecount the imposing ceremonies Of the day.
/ An Nature has worn a sombre and solemn APP
pance through the day. The Heavens are
brr in black, and the sky is fringed in its
hkest drapery. The sun has been withdrawn
gn the face ofthe earth, and the clouds, hang
ar heavily and mournfully above us, give a
ffng correspondence to the gloom which per-
ales below. Every visible thing in creation
rres sign Of the general sorrow. A city of
5ge hundred thousand souls is in mourning
r the loss OF the President OF the United
Safes. Our flags are clothed in weeds Of woe,
md feat at half mast. Our public buildings,
many Of them, wear the same sable weeds
The banners of our little legion Of associations
none of them political though--are dressed
10 the same symboical signs ofthe public grief.
The drums, which may be- heard all around,
are mulfled, and, like the hearts ofthe populace
Of the nation, beat but the death march TO the
grave. 1t impossible for the eye to reach
or the pen to picture the scene which presents
itself in the Park as | write. The military
spectacle alone surpasses any thing of the kind
ever seen in the country, and the assembly OF
citizens make up multitude of men whom no
mean number. l count nearly one hundred
CIVIC societies and some thirty military divis-
nls all in mourning. In addition to these,are
The entire corporate officers of New York,
Bvoklyn and the surrounding towns with Mr.
Van Buren,, the ex-President of the Uuited
States. The officers of the General State and
Civ governments are all in attendance, with
asIudges Of the Courts, Legislators, Estate
md National Revolutionary soldiers, and the
rnnants Of Revolutionary societies. The vet
can Of four score and ten, and the youth who
hsjEt entered his school, are in the process
son. which has just now formed,and with them
iGders Of men, from the humblest citizen to
he most elevated man in the military and civil
gvice Of the country. You can have no con-
Vpion Of the display, grandeur, and effect o.
DE scene presented. Whole streets are
dressed in mourning, With Grape hung on the
house top, and from one side to the other, and
from window TO doorway, and from doorway
ohlcony, The banners, too, present a mosl
uposing appearance, especially those of the
adesmen and foreigners. The Irish Harp
uclosed with roses and hung in black, was a
BEAUTIFUL device. SO ofthe Thistle, ana of ev.
gyemblem, whether representing our native
mdorthe birthplace or adopted citizens. The
military spectacle, too, was, to the end, one o.
he most imposing parts ofthe procession
The banners Of the twenty six States, two
lases OF them, hungin Grape, with white
hr and a black rosette upon them, the whole
pon blue silk, was another of the attractions
The Urn borne by the sailors oflhe Navy who
had served in the good ship Constitution art
Hder the especial guard Of detachmentoft The
United States Army, was another attraction
md perhaps, the great ono of the procession
A foil band Ofmusic preceded it, playing the
Death march. A noble steed followed %ithou
andeF and led by an aged servant of the de
ceased President. Twenty six pail bearers
made up Of our most aged and respectable cit
lens, came next, and after them the ex-Pres
dent ina carriage, with the Mayors Of New
York and Brooklyn. The procession, It is
Presumed would reach from the Battery tC
Harlem, distance of nine miles, and eigh
ao'east. II is two o'clock as close, and, al
nolgh advertised to leave at twelve, the mul
nude have hardly begun to move from tho
rhk ] might fill your columns with descrlp
aon' but, after all, you would have but fam
gea o, OF the solemn pageant.-Cor. fthe MAJ
helHgencer,