Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-11
ASDRET JACKSON.
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"On lie reverse next The river the same scnti-
men, in French. a Andre Jackson La Luuisi
ana Reconnaissance. Dcax Fuis eleve par lie
Peupe Americana la Supreme Magisl.aure.'
On The Nnrh sit were The words I'D OF lle-
crIn1er laIl;' on le South The WORKS Sth o! ia
n afy 1873 A golden eagle, holding scroll
oi Grape in his ',e.k, sarm"nnied The monument
"The first sresier was The Hon. y. Marigny,
who addressed III vast multitude in French iur
about halt an hotr as lar Is his voice cou.!
be heard;, / he caring applause Of thousands
"picrcrd nights !ull ear" a solemn dircc was
beautifully rerlrmed ~ The bands and vocal
chois a.ler Mr.. Marigny's eulogium, when The
Hon. Mr. Eusii. arose and addressed The vast
a>semblaec in English Tor nearly an hour. Fle-
qnen, annlause Interrupted dis able speaker, and
when he had Concluded, and the farewell salvos
OF cannon on lie levce had proclaimed the rites
Of mourning 70, The Mighty Dead 10 be over, The
immense assemblage depariedin peace ana quiet
ness 10 their iomes. Alien O'Clock mol liam
beau burned a the Place d'ArmcS, and 'he mo-
nument stood alone, grand and melancholy
amidst the darkness.
In Brandon Mississippi, General II. S. Focie,
a native ofpriace William county, Virginia. will
deliver The Oration.
AT Ilarpers Ferry, Virginia, on the 2Oh June
large procession marched from the Arsenal
Yard 10 the Church, when, after prayer 10y Rev.
Mr.. Hoover Richard Parker, Esq, offered series
OF eloquent resolutions in honor OF The dead,
which he prefaced with welliined remarks. They
were unanimously adopted, and then the Rev.
Mr.. Sanks delivered an impressive address-"one
which deeply affected his auditory, and which did
honor 10 the occasion, as il did also 10 The gentle
man from whom it proceeded.
The Rev. Mr.. Best closed The services with
prayer.
IS, Saturday al Fredericksburg, Virginia, a.
II. II. Bernard, Esq, delivered The Grafton in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. We have no par
,;culars though we doubt not the orator, from
what we know OF his powers, was worthy OF his
theme.
We here group together the names OF the ora
tors. a, different places, promising that We shall,
Al an early day, publish The proceedings OF The
Virginia meetings, as requested
In Bcdfold county, Virginia, Rev. DR.. Jacob
Mitchell, 9th July; in Danve, Virginia, Rev.
81. p. Anderson; in Norwich, Connecticut,
Park Benjamin, lllh Instant in The Hall OF Re
nresen,a,ycs at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Go
vernon Skunk, 9Th Instant in Greenville, South
Carolina, Joel r. Poinsell, l;h July in Trenton,
Nav Jersey. Col VIM c. Alexander, 81 instant;
in Lexington, Kentucky Thomas f. Marshall /;
in Miledgeville, Georgia, Hcrschel V. Johnson
18th instant! in Columbia, South Carolina, Gel.
JobnL Manning; in Little Rock, Arkansas, &C.
neral S. Ii. Hampstead, july s; in Wilmington
De,,ware. VIM. II. Rogers 9TH instant; in Pits
hr,., Wilson McCandless, l7lh inst; in Wheel
;nr Va. Hugh J. Jewel, OF 81. Clarsville, O..
ii J,,y. in Frederick, Md, Rev. S. w. Harkey
Inlv s: in ST. Louis, Rev. w. 8. Potts, June %
The Advertiser (whig) gives The following &C.
cour,, of III. funeral ceremonies in Mobile, on The
9th June:
"The procession was very large, and formed 2
mos, imposing pageant. Every tang passed on
with The utmost order ana regularity. lie CROWD a
,be theatre was SO large Ina, hundreds were unable
- rs;n aumission. The Eulogy pronounced BY
Daniel Chandler, Esq. sspoken OF ny those who
heard il. as happy specimen OF oratory, fitting
and appropriate TO the occasion. The prayer al
The onen,pg Of The exercises was made, and the
benediclion at the close pronounced BY The Rev
Or. w. L. Hamilton"
We were greatly pleased with the Grafton O
Attorney. General John Van Bnren, al Albany
an The 30.h June. As The Atlas says
.,In every way eloquent and appropriate, the
ora,ion Of Mr. Van Buren, gives new directnes'
10 The character OF Jackson, and unfolds in it a
Strength and harmony OF proportion, and reveal.
in il a multitude Of beautiful traits, OF which The
speaker seems 10 have an intimate and graeiu
appreciation. Restrained By the form which was
given TO The affair, 10 consideration Of the cha
Tacler Of Jackson apart from the position he TOOK
ON the great political questions OF the day, The
orator has We, exhibited all the great characters
It's OF Jackson's mind as we'll those higher at
tributes which made his military career glorious
as those attractive and endcarin: qualities which
shed mildcr bu! warmer lus,re on his private
lie. But tic Grafton is before the reader, ant
will hardly fail to attract his perusal. Il wa:
listened 10 by large and graliied assembly
who, notwithstanding cold rain poured t'owr
heavily during The whole period Of its delivery
stood listening in the open air, unclaimed by III