Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-09-28
General lHtsrrllam.
DEArH oF rHE pRNsIpEVrs.

on the 4 lh of December, lI9N. in the siNty-
eighth year of his age. Death came sudden.
lv to him-so suddenly, that the hdings Of
his sickness and deeease simultaneously reach
ed the halls of Congress.
John Adams came to " tbe end Of all liv-
ing" at mis- residence in Quincy. Mass. on
the 4.h of july. 1926. realizing what day it
wa.. and rejoicing IN il. He gradually ex-
pired. at the p.triarchal age Of f5urscore years
and ten.
Thomas Jefferson. by an extraordinary co..
incidence. breatbed his last at Monticello. on
the same day that his venerable e,mpatriot.
Adams. died-tbe iabilee of American lnde.
pendepce. He had reached the advanced
aye of tishty-thres.
James Madison, the man o, the Consn-
tuition" and one of the wisest .tstesmen our
country ever produced, peacefully closed his
earthly career at Montpelicf. 81, ON the 9sih
OF June. 1886 in his eighty.sjxtf year.
James Monroe died in the civ of New.
York. on the 4lh day Of july. 1881. in his
sishtieth year. He was a pure ratriot. and
the last of the Presidents who served in the
eventful DAYS of the Notwithstanding been
colonel In the Continental army. He par-
ticularly enioyed the confdeooe Of Washing
ton. and the period of his wise and peaceful
administration was charscterizsl as " the era
Of good feeling"
John Quincy Adams expired ia the capitol
AZ Washington. ON the 22l day of Fsbruarv.
1913: literally dyin. in his coantf,'s service.
az the age Of eighty-one. To the last he wa,
of the class Of liis's busy men: and identified
as he had been. from bothood. with the pub.
lie service. it was solemnly striking and an
propriate that the hall. Of the national coun.
ell should hear his diving wotds. He was
struck bv paralysis while in his seat in the
House of keore.entatives
Andrew jackson died AT the Hermitaoe
near Nashville. On the stb of lime 1s45 in
hi. seventy-uintb wear. He must bay. heen
a great man. indeed who could clu.ter tbe
affection. of a whole psople around him. as
tbi, di.iipsuished solder and ratriot did.
Hi. popalafitv had no parallel but that Of
Ws.bia,too
Msrtio Van Buren, died at hi. birtb-nlaee.
Kinderhook. Columbia county. New-York.
ON the Qib Of July 1862 in bis eiobtiath
wear. Hi. edmini.tration. from ls37lols41,
was period marked bv financial distress
throughout the country. which was charged
bv his nolitic,l ornaments upon the nol,cy
he pursued in managing the public finances
through me agency of the indepsndent treasn.
nv lie failed .nomination f.r The sscond
term. however. on account Of bis onposition
to the annexation of rexa,.
William Henry Harrison died on the 4,b
of April. 1871. exactly one month after his
Inauguration. aged sixty.e:gbt. He was tbe
frat President who died in ofics and st the
Kxecutive mansion. he bsd g.ineo deno
Mold mon the nsople's hear, an5 no an. liy-
inp AT that lime can ever forget The ,,of,nna
ar3 universal tvoro.s5on az .y,salthy snd
sorrow which nj. death oceasioned
John TYLER. elected Vice President. and
who succeeded General Harrison c,r the re.
msindsr Of his term. renounesd hi. allegiance
10 tho limited Stetes I'm 1891 and asa Tho
following year IN Rlehm m'nd, Virginia, in his
seventy second year being at that time a
senator OF Virginia IN the Confederate Con-
gress, then IN session at Richmond.
James Knox Polk died at h'a home in
tennessee on the l5'h of June, lS49, only
three months after the expiration Of his term
OF office, aud ia his forty fourth year. He
was man OF uuqlesuonao.e ability and tai
emit and achieved the highest honor his ooun-
try could bestow, at much earlier age than