Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-07-15


The ois;xens Of Cincinnati have united a. enc
mon in tleir las, public tribo 81 affection towards
him who was 80 sely their neighbor, friend and
Chief Magistrate. We have never before witness
ed--and never again shah witacss--saeh an entire
and universal comminghng Of respect. and asee-
tinn AID s4rrow, from al hesris. as the occasion
cslle.i forth. As the eiiy's procession, TO which
were added srge numbc, from the surrounding
country, took up is slow and measured tread With
the mortsl remains Of him aho So lately lived and
moved the peoples friend the entir- silence which
seemed TO reign universal save where the melan-
choly dirge and u.ufed drum broke npou the sti'l-
ness served 10 reaasken emotions in oil hearts
which old Time himself could no, hore to surpress,
There was no effort 10 create pageant none was
necessary. 1t was but required that pos'ton%
should be assigned ell orders the line OF process
sion, and the train moved forward in silence and
sadness. The lateness Of the hour at which we
write will prevent more than few general re-
marks We cannot omit TO spcak, however, Of
ihs, httlr band n( some thirty or forty who march
ed close to the body Of their old Comm nder.
They ~rrc weather beaten soldiers who. IN he
severe suffering. hut brilliant campaigns ct l9-i 10
had follow cd the living General TO his eountryr
battles and victory, now accompanying his rema rs
10 their last resting place, and very soon 20 be
themselves followed. one by one, Until the men o
that wnr shall live only in the recollection OF their
children ard country And We may simply re
mark that never again will be seen assembled to-
eerhcr in time many of the grey-headrd TO
prers of the West as united in procession a, Gin
einnai, for the purpose OF orIing the last tribute
If affection to the Pupil Of Wayne, and Father OF
the West.
In addition 10 the large number of our own citi-
gems present. we were glad to see many ~ our
friends from Louisville and other parts Cd her-
,nckv, and from Indiana and the interior oil ONO.
~ 4 f0tEW
ed out in large nu. hers, and mad" an imposing
appearance. The member. Of the Bar, and the
Municipal officers were fully represented. We
were sorry 10 lenrn that three or -four military
companies from Louisville were DELAYED by theu
Boat so as not 10 reach this city until two hours
after the procession had separated.
From The Cincinnati Gazette, Jfly 8.
THE FUNERAL OBSEQuIES.
Our citizens, Yesterday morninc, rendered ther
last honors TO the earthly remains OF their late
friend and fcllow-ciizrn. William Henry Harrison
Tho hcarse which bore the body from the residence
OF Colonel TAYLOR to the Steamboat that conveyed
!, to North Bend, was preceded by the company OF
Dragons and the several companies which arrived
from the Louisville Encampment in time {" join ~
tho procession and followed by relatives and person
al friends of the dec~ssed by the COMMITTEE winch
had brought il Washington, the Committee OF Fort,
which had been appointed to make srrnngem' nii
for the Obsrqoies, the City Council, Oihcers ah'
Soldiers of the late Wa, Judges and Officers OF tht
Superior and Common Pleas Courts, me- bers o
the Bar, o Id Feows FiremeD, other Associations
anil large numbers Of citizens in an individual Gu
pacity.
The procession moved, to solemn music, from
the residence of Col. Taylor Sixth street, ives
10 Rice. thence south TO Fourth, thence east L
Broadway, thence down Broadway TO tho wharf
and on The wharf TO the steamboat Rafiian, which
law at the foo, of the Main; and the pavements, am
doors and windows OF the houses. for the whole q
this distance, were crowded with persons, number
ing doubtless from ia, 600 to 90 600, who had es
sombled to have last took ms il pissed, OF tho col
| fin which Enclosed the body Of the senerated dead
| The boat left the wharf for the Bend about on
o'clock, bearing with the remains the Committees
The detachment of the United States Marines. an
relatives Of the deceased. BY special invitation
the Rev. J. T. Brooke went down. TO perform tn
funeral service of the Chu ch Of England ut tn
| tomb.