Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-07
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I Departed this life, in the city Of Fort Madi-
sen, at 6 O'Clock A. NJ, on tn. 10th ult., after a
long and protracted illness, the Possum skin
Thumb PAPER, alias ssLee County Democrat"
The friends Of the deceased, after consultation,
submitted the body 10 post mortem cxamina-
ton, which was conducted by the most eminent
Of the medical faculty in the city-H G. Nc
Murphy, NJ. D., and J. Cowles, M. D., assisted
by Ed Whinnery and John Claypoolc, Esqrs.
On examining the liver Of the deceased, the
gall was found distended to an enormous size;
the heart appeared spongy and much inflated,
and of a pale, milky hue; the liver was white,
and the rest Of the vitals appeared to be corro-
ded and worn out-struggling through preca-
rious existence for some time previous to IFS de-
cease for want of proper aliment. But the cause
OF this lamentable catastrophe was, in the opin-
ion Of the physicians, the bursting of the gall,
and its corroding effects on the vitals.
The funeral obsequies took place the same
evening, at O'Clock, in the following order:
First, as Marshals of the day, the Old He Pos
sum and the HONORABLE Major Jacob Huner
Esq, on horseback. !,
Next, followed the Demarara team, harnessed
to hearse, in which was the eArUT MoiTUUM
of the deceased.
Next, the Judge Of Probate Of Lee county, as
chief mourner, followed by the officers Of the
county, civil and diplomatic, two and two.
Next, the notorious Gen. McCalty, bearing an
obsolete coon banner Of 1910, having on one side
a log cabin--the General occupying the place Of
the available candidate in the rear of the cabin,
at the cider barrel, and the words, GIVE stoop to
conq,ler'' underneath;--o the other side, en-
bazoned in large letters, s'Retrenchment and
REFORM "Two dollars day and roast beef"
and other Coon notices, with the likeness Of a
Postum removing the obstruction of the lower
rapids in the Mississippi river.
), He was followed by the Representation of Lee
county in the last General Assembly, two and
two.
Next, the two Mcssrs. Albright in buggy,
with bucket Of whiskey and tin cup.
Then followed citizens, strangers, Coons, Pos
sums, Mormons and Jacks, preceded by J. Web
ster, Esq.
The rear was brought up by I. W. Taylor,
Esq, bearing copy of the late bankrupt law
repealed by Congress, and copy OF his letter
to J. Clifton, Esq.
The procession proceeded from the late resi-
dence Of the deceased to the Court room, where
an Grafton was delivered by the leader Of the
Demarara team, in which he eulogized the de-
ceased; and as he had few virtues, he performed
de capo very often. He said the last words of
the deceased were-"I AM FRIENDLY TO rHB
sETTLERs.'
Another member of the team next arose; said
be was very intimately acquainted with the de-
ceased; we could not distinctly hear the rest of
his speech, on account of some contention
amongst the friends of the deceased, but he ap.
peared to be wandering in intellect, and spoke
about Judgeship, Decree, &c.
The other member begged to be excused on
account of official duties, &c.
Gen. Mccarty next spoke, and abused the
democratic members of the late General Assem-
bly,, the editors Of the Capital Reporter and Bur-
lington Gazette, &c.
After concluding. the procession moved up
Third street to Bluff street, down Bluff to Front
street opposite Miller & Albright's store, where
the corpse was deposited on the banks of the
Father of Waters. "Sic transit gloria mundi.'
P. S.-The leader of the Demarara team in
tends to write for Old Hawk during the ensuing
summer.
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