Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Deatl. Of .Presislent,s.

| ,-ri..t Death Of IPresiSlents. a., 3ai
George Washington died at Noun: Vernon
| on the 14th of December, 1900, in the sixty
eighth year of his age, Death came sudden
ly to him--so suddenly, that the tidinRs
of his sickness and his decease 81 imu ltaue ueous
ly reached the halls of Congress. ,o.v oll
/, John Adams came to ''the end of all iiv-
! ing" at his residence in, Quincy, Mass. : on
the 4th Of July realizing what day il was,
! and rejoicing in itin, lie gradually and
quietly expired at the patiarchial age of
four score years and ten. .; o., .aor
Thomas Jefferson, by an extraordinary CO.
Incidence, breathed his last at Monticello
on the same day that bis venerable COM
patriot, Adams did-the Jubilee of Ameri-
| can Independence. He had reached the adl.
vanced age of eighty-three.. '''-' ''" liai
/ James Madison, the "man Of the Corsti.
! tution," and one of the wisest statesmen our
country has produced, peacefully closed his
earthly career at Montpelier, Va, on the
2Sth OF June, od1830, in his eighty-sixth
year. lis 9jIp l,qoi iaii ..agT 9's
James Monroe, died in the city Of New
York on the 4th of July, 1881, in his eight
ieth year. He was true patriot and the
last of the Presidents who served in the
eventlul days of the Notwithstanding
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particularly enjoyed the confidence of
peaceful administration was characterized
as "the era of,good feeling" ...',.
John Quincy Adams expired in the Capi-
tol at Washington, on the 23d Of February,
| l84S; literally dying in his counify's service,
at the age of eightyione. To the last be
was Of the class of iife's busy men and
identified as he had been from boyhood
with the public service, it was soemnly
striking and appropriate that the halls of
the national councils should hear his dying
words. He was struck by paralysis while
in his seat in the House of Representatives..
Andrew jackson died at the Hermitage,
near Nashville, on the 9th of June, 1S45, In
! his seventy ninth year. He must have been
| great man, indeed who could cluster the
affections of a whole people around him as
this distinguished soldier and patriot did.
His popularity had no parallel but that OF
Washington. sl,
Martin Van Buren died at his birthplace,
Kinderhook, Columbia county, N Y, on
the Gath of July, 1862, in his eightietlI year.
His administration from 1887 to 184l, was
period marked by great financial distress
throughout the country, which was charged
by his political opponents upon the policy
he pursued in managing the public finances
through the agency of the independent
treasury He failed for denomination for
a second term, however, on account of his
opposition to the annexation of Texas.
William Henry Marrson ,aIS, died on the 4th M
Inauguration, aged sixty-eignt lie was the
first President who died in Office, ard at
the executive mansion. He had gained a
deep hold on the peoples heart, and no one
living at the time can ever forget the pro-
found and universal expressions Of sympa-
| thy and sorrow which his death occasioned.
John Tyler, elected Vice President, and
who succeeded Gen. Harrison for the re-
mainder of his term, renounced his ALE
| glance to the United States in 1861, and
died the following year In Richmond, Va.
in his 72d year; beng at the time Senator
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, 1S49, only
three months after the expiration of his term
of Office, and in his fifty-fourth year. lie
was man of unquestionable ability and
talent, and achieved the highest honor his
country could bestow at a much earlier age
than any of his predecessors.
Zachary Taylor's death, on the 9th of July,
1859, when he had been sixteen months in
Office, called forth the deepest expressions
of nations grief, and everywhere the full
heart of the people was touched beyond
what adequate words can utter. He died
at the Presidential mansion, in his sixty
sixth year. \.
Abraham Lincoln's death, on the 14th of
April, 1865, zone month and ten days after
his second inauguration) was one that shock;
ed the country beyond anything that ever
occurred in its history, and sent thrill of
its horror throughout the world All his
predecessors had descended to the tomb in
the ordinary course of nature, but it was
reserved for him to fall by the foul hand of
the assassin. His character and administra-
tion are too fresh in public recollection to
need any comment. He died in his 57th
year. -.g ,..-
Washington, jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
jackson and Lincoln, were the only Presi-
dents twice chosen to the high office.
The present Chief Magistrate of the United
States is the seventeenth in succession. Of
the sixteen former ones, but three now sur
vive-Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and