Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-17
Death OF
PRES. TAYLOR! !
From the Washington Union Of July 10.

From the Washington Union Of July 10.
Tuesday, July Q, 81 P. M.-The Pres
dents critical position has, for the last,
hree days, excited the deepest interest I'M
his city. Yesterday both houses of Con-
sress adjourned, in consequence of the,
Derilous state in which he is now lying.
Mr.. Webster moved the adjournment in
he Senate, ard Mr.. Bayly in the House !;
md both motions were instantly carried.
The White House is surrounded by anx-
Gus inquirers. Several eminent physi-
'ians have been called in; and the most
serious fears are entertained of the result
On Thursday (the 4th of july he
urncd out TO hear the oration that was
delivered at the Monument The day
vas uncommonly sultry and oppressive
md the President was probably somewhat
Exhausted by the exposure which lie had
Undergone. Unfortunately, on that day
he partook of several vegetables at his din
ler, which brought on a very severe attack
f the cholera morbus The disease ran
m, until, on Saturday night, he was con
,idercd in some danger. Fever supcrvened
md to this moment, us we write, % o'clock,
t continues, and the danger becomes, a:
we understand, more critical.
We are sure that we need not portray
o our distant readers the profound sensa
ion which his danger is producing thro
his anxious metropolis.
Tuesday night, 50 minutes past II
|D'clock.-The President of the L. State:
has just b7eathed his last. The cham
Der in which he died is filled with an anx.
:ous and sympathizing crowd. How often
have we to exclaim, in the memorable
words of Edmund Burke, "What shadow,
w. are, and what shadows we pursue )"
In little more than nine years two Presl.
dents of the United States have been hur-
ried away, covered as they were with all
the hnnnrs which their country could be-
stow upon them. Scarce twelvcmontl
ago, the lamented predecessor of General
Taylor was taken from us. But Mr.. Polk :
office had expired, and his work was done.
In less than four months, two of the dis
tinguished sons of South Carolina, and
senators of the United States, have breathed
their last; and scarcely had their country
ceased to weep over their graves, before
the President of the United States dcscends
to the tomb, amid the sympathies Of hi>
countrymen.
This melancholy event will fall ike i
thunder-clap upon the people. 1t is an
event full of the saddest intcrcst-calcu-
lated to astonish and startle whole nation,
and to touch every heart in it. 1t is des-
tined to produce consequences to the coun-
try which no mortal man has sufficient sa-
gacity to unroll
In this grave and awful moment, tn,
heart is full of the profoundcst sympathies
md regrets. But we have no time to|
pour them forth at this moment \ thou,
'and other pens will hereafter do justic,
o the illustrious deceased. We bury in!
lis honorcd tomb every unkind or unwor-'
by feeling which we might ever have en-
ertained General Taylor rises before u
II all the glory of the Hero, in all the
majesty of the Patriot, whose name il
with some of the most brilliant!
in our annals, who has carl
led the fame Of his country to the reno
est nations, and whose reputation will
never die. The name of the Hero of;
Palo Alto and Buena Vista will live as|
ong as the name of the nation whoscI
standard he 50 often bore to victory andI
o glory. These deeds are indelibly writ
en- on the tablet Of nations gratitude. !