Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-01-27
Death OF Presidents.

came Suddenly TO hin--so suddenly ,ha,
the lidings Of his sickness and his decease
reached The halls Of Con-
gress. a'H ..I f.a H... 90
John Adams came 10 ",he end of all
living at his residence in Qnincy, Mass,
on the 4th OF July. 1926, realizing what
day It was, aud rejoicing in it. He grad
u3liy and quietly expired at The paIlar-
chisI age OF tour score years and ten.
Thomas j,ffer on, by an exlraordina-
ry coincidence, breaihed his last al Mon
tic, 10 on The same day tina, his venerable
compsirio,, Adams, did-lhe jubilee OF
American independence. He had reach.
ed the advanced age of eighly-ihree.
James Madison, the "Dan Of the Con-
stllulion," and one Of the wisest states
men our country has produced, peaceful
Ily closed his earthly career al MontPe
her, Va, on the 2Slh Of June 1886, in
his eighly-sixih year. .s
James Monroe. died in the city of New
York on the 4lh July, 1881, in his eigh-
lie,h year. lie was a pure Pariut, and
the last of the Presidents who served in
the event'uI DAYS Of The ResolullOn-hav-
ing been Col. in the Continental army
He particularly erjoyed The confidence Of
Washington, and the period Of bis wise
and peaceful administration WAS charac-
terized as ''tre era of good feeling
Joh1 Quincy Adams expired in the
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February, l84S; literally dying IN his
lrounlry's service. al the age Of eighty-one
To The las, he was Of the class of llfe's
busy men; and identified as he had been
from boy hood with The public service. il
was solemny striking and appropriate
that the halls of the national councils
should hear his dying words. He was
struck by paralysis while in his seal IN
The House of Representatives.
Andrew Jackson died at The Hermi-
lsge. near Nashville. on the Slh of Jnne,
lS45, in his seventy-niDtb year. He
NUT have been great man. indeed, who
could cluster the affections Of whole
people around him as this distinguished
soldier and paiIiot did His popularity
had no parallel but that of Washington
Martin Van Burrn died at his birth
place kinderhook. Columbia county,
n. Y, on the 24,h Of July, 1862, in his
eightie,h year. His administration from
1897. TO lS4l, was period marked by
great financial distress throughout the
country, which was charged by his po-
llical opponents upon the policy he ptr.
sued in managing The finances through the
agency Of tie independent treasure. lie
| failed of re. nomination loI a second term,
however, on account Of his opposition to
the annexation Of Texas.
William Henry Harrison, died on the
4th of April, ls4l, exactly one month sf-
Ter his Inauguration, aged slx'y-eighi,
He was the first President who died IN
flee, and al the executive mansion. He
had gained deep hold on the peoples
heart, and no one living al the time can
ever forget the profound and universal ex-
pressious of sympathy, and sorrow which
his death occasioned. .. ......
John Tyler. elected Vice President,
and, who succeeded Gen. Ha.rlson for
the remainder Of his term, renounced his
allegiance to the United States in 1861,
and died the following year in Richmond,
Va, in his I'D year; being a! The time
Sens.or of Virginia in the Confederate
Congress, then in session at Richmond.
James Knox Polk died at his home in
Tennessee, on the 18Th of June. ls49.
only three months after the expiration Of
his term of office. and in his fifty fourth
year. He was man of unqnestionable
ability and talent, and achieved the high
es. honor his country could bestow as a
much earlier age then any of his Prede-
Icessors.
Zachary Taylor's death, on the 9th ol
July. ls49, when he had been sixteen
months IN Office, called forth the deepest
expressions of nations grief, and every
where the full heart OF the people were
touched beyond what adequate words can
utter. He died at The presidential man
sion, in his slxiy-sixth year. ...
Abraham Lincoln's death, on the l4lh
of April, 1865. Zone month and ten days
after his second inauguraton) was one
lha, shocked The country beyond nylhing
that ever occurred in lis history, and sept
a thrill of horror ,hrougho The world.
All his predecessors had decended TO The
tomb in the ordinary course OF nature, bui
il was reserved for him to fall by the ioul
hand of the assassin. His character and
are too fresh in public re-
collection to ogneed any comment lie
died in his 57tb year. .s.
Washington. Jefferson, Madison. Mon
roe. Jackson, and Lincoln, where The on.
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