The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-11-28

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Samuel l.. Governor. His remains
were deposited with public honors in
the Marble Cemetery on Second Street,
in New York, where they reposed until
1858, when they were removed under
the escort of the Seventh Regiment.
then commanded by Colonel Abram
Duryea, to Hollywood Cemetery at
Richmond, Va. The remains rest on
beautiful site overlooking the James
River Fails above Richmond, in a vault
of brick and granite.
John Quincy Adams, the sixth Presi-
dent, was found by death where he
could have wished its apprOach-in the
halls of Congress. On February II,
1S4S, he assembled the steps of the Cap
itol with his accustomed alacrity. and
took his place in the House. While
petitions were being presented. sud-
denly there was a cry of MIR. Adams!'
and rush of members toward his seat.
He was rising with a number of petit
tons in his hand, when he was struck
with apoplexy and sank down. catch
ing at his desk and falling into the
arms of the member who sprang across
the aisle to his assistance. He was car
ried into the rotunda, then into the
| Speakers room. He attempted to
speak. but his voice was a mere muir
muir, low and indistinct, though Mr..
Ashmun, who was placing him on the
sofa, heard him say: This is the last
of earth; l am content" He became
| insensible at once. and fingered, family
breathing, till ten o'clock on the morn
ing of the Esd, when he expired. MIR.
Adams body was removed on the car
drawn by six white horses that had
served for Harrison's funeral, and
after lying in state in Faneuil Hall,
Boston, was buried under the Unitarian
church at Quincy, Mass. where his
| father. John Adams was buried.
Andrew Jackson, the seventh Presi-
dent. died on Sunday. June s, 1915, at
the Hermitage. his famous home. For
months he had been suffering from dis
ease of the lungs. dropsy and diarrhGa.
On the Friday previous to his death he
| gave directions concerning his funeral,
and dictated letter, his last, to the
President. bidding him act promptly
and resolutely in the affairs of Texas
and Oregon. On the morning OF his
death. brilliant, hot day, he babe fare
well to his family, friends and servants,
whom he addressed with calmness,
strength, and even admiration on the
subject of religion, concluding: 81 hope
and trust to meet you all in Heaven,
both white and black" words he re-
peated again in the afternoon as the end
was coming on. Hearing the servants
on the piazza weeping, he spoke again:
what is the matter with my dear chill
dren? Have / alarmed you? o, do
no: cry. Be good children and we will
meet in Heaven. At six he died, with
out struggle or pang. His funeral
was attended by 5000 people on the
Tuesday following. He is buried at the
Hermitage, on the Lebanon pike, eleven
miles from Nashville, Tenn. A massive
monument of Tennessee granite marks
his grave.
Martin Van Buren,, the eighth Presi-
dent. died at Undertook, Columbia
County, N. Y, on July "a, 1862. of
asthma. that developed into a painful
catarrhal affection of the throat and
lungs. One of his last distinct utter
ances was to his Clergyman: There is
but one reliance" He is buried in the
little village cemetery at Undertook.
in the family lot. A granite shaft fif-
teen feet high marks his grave
William Henry Harrison, the ninth
President, died in Washington City,
April A, 1871. He rode on horseback to
his Inauguration and stood bareheaded
| and without an overcoat to deliver his
inaugural, contracting pneumonia,
which was aggraved by subsequent inn
prudences. HIS last words heard by DIR.
Washington were: "Sir, wish you to
understand the true principles of the
Government. Iwish them carried out.
l ask nothing more" A procession
two miles in length escorted the body,
which was conveyed on a funeral car
drawn by six white horses, to its tenn
porary resting place in the Congress-
ional burying ground, where the Epis-
copal service was read by Mr.. Hawley.
His present resting place is at North
Bend, Ohio, a few yards from the track
| of the Illinois Central Railroad, where
it enters the tunnel. The grave is a
simple mound, unfenced, on little
knoll, and is shaded by beeches and
other trees. There is no monument
and no inscription any where to tell
the story of the departed hero of Tippe-
canoe.
John Tyler. the tenth President, was
taken ill on Sunday. January IL. 1862,
while at breakfast at the Ballard House.
Richmond, Va, and died at midnight
on the 18th. LET me give you some
stimulant," said the doctor. II will
not have it." replied the dying man;
and closing his eyes he passed away.
His body lay in state at the Capitol. He
was member of the Confederate Con-
gress, and was inferred at HOLLYWOOD
Cemetery on the 21st, by Bishop Johns.
His grave is little mound covered
with bushes, about ten yards from the
grave of Monroe.
James X. Polk, the eleventh Presi
dent, died at Nashville, Tenn, June Is,
lo49. three months after his retirement
from the Presidency He hod euffaraJ