The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-04-03
Chr hibodanx Sentiusl,
SATURDAY, APRIL ), 1856.


Black to- Il copy OF tli' ULSTER CoiN
rYGAz"rrE pnbisilrl"t Kingston New
York brnHHg the dtie of 1T January j.
1909
lti>.f.,r page rap-t, with 4 col
un.n~ 10 ii. plge.
Yh- ;nFrd matter IN each page oc
cnpir> a pace OF II by o. inches.
Ii is IN deep mourning f,r the death
Of the goat general and rA-prc>IirnI.
Grosgr W >|lngtrn who had dice on
De,enlcs II, is9J, twrnty one days
p%irvlon>
In his fast age Il man i pretty near
ly forgotten in II days.
The paper gives detailed accounts =.
the reception of the ueW> of the 'Ieath
of Washing on, the action IT The Nv
houses of Congress and the burial If
the iltu>tlinuS soldier and statesman
Mr.. Marshal addressed the Horsr of
Representative .in il low pathetic inar
Of vote" aud with deep sorrow on HI
c0untenance' Announcing The fact 10
the Representatives. III III address Of
little over halt Il column III length.
Al the close oil his address Nh. Nav
shall presented the following rr>onli"n.
..Rrsoivel, that this house will lit
OF the. President of the United States in
cundoience of Thu monrntut event.
Resolved. that the SPEAKERS cihlt b
shruua-d III black, aud that HE mtnn
ber> and oil cer>u OF the house wear Oiack
during the session.
Resolved, That il committee, in CON
junction with Que t,om the senate. be
appointed To consider on the most >uita
Bile manner OF paying honor to the mem
DRY III the man, fist in war, first in
peace, a-d ii, st in the hearts of his
country.
Resolved, that when this house al
jonrn>, it %adjourns. till Mouday.'
Sixteen members Were appointed on
the COMMITTEES.
The action in the Senate was almost
identical with that Of the House.
The House of Representatives and
the Senate repaired in Il body to The
i residents mansion when the speaker
of the House SAID:
'Slr. the House of Representatives..
penetrated with IL sense of the irrrepar
able loss sustained 10y the nation, by
the death of that great and good man,
the,illu>trious and beloved Washington.
wait on You. sir, to express their con
dOlence on this distressing event.
To which the President made the fol
lowing answer
Gentlemen of the House of Representa-
tives Il receive with great respect aud
affection the coincidence Of the HOUSE.
OF Representatives Oh the melancholy
aud i.t1ictlng event III the death of The
most INDUSTRIOUS and beloved p-rsouayr
which this country ever produced |
%sympathi-e with you-with the nation
and with good mel thro' the world, in
this irreparabie loss sustained by as all
John Adams.
The Senate presented an address il
little more lengthy to which he replied
more fully.
The following report of the burial Of
Washington is given.
WASHINGTON ENTOMBED.
Georgetown Dec. 20.
On Wednesday last the mortal part
of WASHINGTON the Great the ia
Their of his country and the friend Of
man, was consigned to the tomb, with
solemn honors and funeral pomp.
A multitude Of persons assembled.
from many mics around at Mount Yer
non, the choice abode and last residence
of the iliustrious chief.
There We're the groves-thc spacious
avenues, the beautiful scenes, the noble
tam was now no more. TAe great soul
was gone.
His mortal part was there indeed
but all. how affecting how awful the
spectacle of such worth and greatness.
thus to mortal eyes, fallen yes! fall
en- !! fallen.
In the long and lofty portico, where
oft the hero walked in all his glory.
now lay the shrouded corpse. The coun
tenance still composed and serene, seem
ed to depress the dignity of the spirit
which lately dwelt in that lifeIess torm
There those who paid the last sad