The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-26

Before setting out on the direcf Journey
t~New hp<k Washington went q Preder-
icAburg 70 bid adieu 10 his meshrr. then
nsasdy eighty years Of aye. and. as.she teen
prs-iicted IL uzs their last msrunv on
ear1E On she nsorning 81 April ~ l.>>
Washingtos hasie adieu TO Mount Ss-lOn 10
pr life and domestic felicity. "a with
. Mind oppressed with anxious and ,afnfnl
sensations so out f.r New York With Mr.
Thomson and Colonel Humphreys he was
eight. DAYS on the read travelling In 5s~ mi
waite carthage preceded ia stage ~ his
private secretary. Tobias Lear. II pus his
desire ~ make the journey privately. bat -
great Na- thr enthusiasm all along tie line
that thik4 was impossible Indeed u the
very threshold of hzs own estate ~ was
met bv acavaaaaiss ~ the citizens ~ Alex
nndria. his neighbofs and friends ard ia
yitetl u attend a public dinner in tina -sciry
which invitation he reluctantly acc zpt.d
and whsreaf BIZ was welromedby the mayor
in a touching speech From this 10 n on
his trip was a continued ovation Approach
ing Philadelphia he Was met by a cavzlcade
under tks .cninirrld OF his old companion
in arms General II Clair. and escoz~rd to
the city At the crossing ~ the Sch sylkill
touching incident occurred Frorrs y tri-
urnphai arch heneath which he passed a
little girl perefraG aloft dropped uren his
head a csSic crown amid the Wild hui r-1ls Of
twenty thousand assembled to greet him
That night there Mas a banquet at Il CITY
tavern. ATTENDED, Nv the state aud municipal
officials and The city was brilliant with IL
uminatisnS and tirewNks
military e~cDrt was % have pr &c e.ied
with Washington 70 Trenton the next day.
but rain prevented the pageant and he and
his suite went alone in a close carriage
Thence on through New Jersey he went by
the same road over which biz little army
had fed In lss6 At Elizabeth PcSnt be was
received by committees OF the two houses
Of Congress. Federal, state and municipal
ofscials. and great concotirse OF citizens
To carry him across the bay to New York
City splendid barge had besn prepared
manned by thirteen master pilots in white
under c,snmand OF Commodore James Mich
olson There were other harges. almost
equally handsome. for the Congressional
committees and heads or departments. and
private bargcsfell into line. forming a grand
nottlla that moved across the heautifn. bay.
the oars keeping time 70 the strains of vocal
and instrumental music All the vessels in
the harbor bnt one We're gayly dccked with
Hays and upon some of them rnrtirs III
ladies and gentlemen snng congrat1lator
edes The spanish mnn-of-war Galveston
alone displayed no token ~ respect sur.
prise and Indignation were fnshng expires
sion when. In an instant a. the Presidents
barge came abreast az her. her wards were
manned a. II ~ magic. every part " her
rigging displayed fag- Of all nations. with
the effect. as Losing SAYS. IL an Immense
shrub bursting suddenly into gorgeous
bloom. and the roar o. thirteen cannon. iis
charged IA quick succession. attestod che
respect Of the spanish Acsnira for the first
President The effect upon the multitude
was electrical, and over bay and city
shout long and loud tioated upon the noon
tide air.