Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
ULSTER COUNTY GAZETTE FOB 1900,

CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
AT ITS OPENING SESSION IN 1893, RESOLUTIONS
ON THE DEATH oFwAsHINGTON; AN ACCOUNT
OF HIS BURIAL; THE THEN --LATEST FOR
EIGN'' NEWS, &C., &C., &C.
Webriefy mentioned last week that we had
in our possession a copy Of the Ulster County
Gazette found in a book belonging to Col Saml
D. Crawford, of this county. tits in an excellent
state of preservation and is beautifully printed
upon linen paper of brownish color. The two
inside pages are in mourning for the death of
Washington, the black column rules being be-
tween quarter and half inch wide
1t was printed at Kingston in the County of
Ulster. n. Y, by Sam'l Freer and Son. on Sat-
urday the 4th day of January. 1850. and is the
SSth number of the Second Volume.
John Adams was then President and it con-
tains the addresses made to him by the Sena tie
and House of Representatives on the Assem-
bling of Congress on Tuesday, December 10th,
1893, and his replies thereto, all of which are
models Of brevity and conciseness.
The address of the Senate congratulates the
President that his vigilance, energy and we'll
timed exertions' had crushed out the
PENNSYLVANIA REBELLION,
and praises the volunteer troops for their
promptness and zeal In suppressing the insur-
rection.
Its latest
FOREIGN NEWS
consisted of various accounts of the reverses
with which the army of Marshal suwarrow
had met in Switzerland and the capture of Zu-
rich by the French in the latter part of Septem-
Der or first of October, three months before the
Gazette was published.
BUoNAPARTE'S RETURN.
It's Paris news under date of Oct. 18th, 1879,
announces the arrival in France of Buonaparte
and Berthier from Egypt, accompanied by
Gen'ls Lascelles, Mormons, Murat, Andicofe,
and citizens Mons and Bertholet. It is further
stated that on reaching the shore at Frejus
Buonaparte, and all those who accompanied
him, fell down and kissed the land of liberty.
The speech Of John Marshall, of the House of
Representatives, announcing the
DEATH OF GEN'L WASHINGTON
and the resolutions offered by him are pub
llshed in full, as are also the addresses of the
House and Senate on the same subject, and the
Presidents replies thereto.
We give below the Gazette's account of the
burial of Washington:
WASHINGTON ENToMDED.
George 1oa0as, Dec. 20.
| On Wednesday last, the mortal part OF
w AShlNG1ON bn0 CxT6.G-bQS Fatler OF MS
Country and the Friend of man, was consigned
| to the tomb, with solemn honors and funeral
pOmp.
A multitude of persons assembled from
many miles round, at Mount Vernon, the
choice abode and last residence of the illustri-
| Gus chief There were the groves-the spacious
avenues, the beautiful and sublime scenes the
noble mansion-but. alas! the august inhabi-
| tant more. That great soul was
gone. His mortal part was there indeed; but
ali ! how affecting? how awful the spectacle Of
such worth and greatness, thus. to mortal eyes,
In the long and lofty Portico, where oft the
Hero walked in all his glory, ssoaO lay the
| shrOuded corpse. The cOuntenance still COM
| posed and serene, seemed to depress the dignity
of the spirit, which lately dwelt in that lifeess
| form There those who paid the last sad hon
ours to the benefactor of his country, took an
| imprsssive-a farewell view.
| On the ornament at the head of the cOfffn o.,
was inscribed SURGE AID JUDICIUM-abOut the
middle of the coffin, GLORIA DEq-and on the
silver plate.
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Departed this life, on the 14th December.
1899, Et 6S.
Between three and four o'clock, the sound of
mute guns, awoRe afresh our solemn sorrow
the corpse was remOved-a band of music with
mournful melody melted the soul into all tn e
tenderness ofwOe.
The procession was formed & moved on in
the following order:
Cavalry,
Infantry, With arms reversed,
Guard.
Music,
Clergy,