Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-02
OVER A CENTURY OLD.
A Choice Bit of Parchment Describip
the Faneral of Nashington.

Choice Bit OF Parchment Describe
I the FaneraI of Nashinaton.
Among the effects which fe
into the hands of Miss Kate &c,
: : hard, of this city, on the deaf
of her friend, Mrs. Margaret Ma
dy, in Albany recently, was
copy ofIthe Ulster County Ga
, zette, No. 88, Vol. II, pub1ishe
by Samuel Freer and Son, Jan
q, 1900; price rs cents.
1t is a most valuable piece Q
old paper, containing as it doe
the notice of the entombment Q
the remains of General Georg
Washington, whose death occurr
ed on the 18th of December
1899. The paper is printed ii
mourning. Under the sub-head
"Washington Entombed" is th'
following notice:
''On Wednesday last, the NOR
tai part of Washington the grea
The Father of his Country ane
Friend of Man-was consigned
to the tomb, with solemn honor:
and funeral pomp.
ga multitude of persons as
semb1ed, from many miles around
at Mt. 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 inhabitant was now no
more. That great soul was
gone. His mortal part was there
indeed; but ah! how affecting!
how awful the spectacle of such
worth and greatness, thus, to
mortal eyes fallen!-yes! fallen!
fallen!
'In the long and lofty porti-
cos, where oft the Hero walked
in all his glorv, now lay the
shrouded corpse. The connie
nance was composed x x the
dignity of the spirit, which late.
ly dwelt in that lifeless form.
There these who paid the last
sad honors to the benefactor of
his country, took an impressive
"a farewell view.
"On the ornament, at the
head of the coffin, was inscribed
SURGE AID JUDIcIUM-about the
middle of the coffin, GLORIA
DEo-and on the silver plate,
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Departed this life, on the 14th'
December, 1899, Kt, SO. :"
Descriptive of the occasion,
are the following paragraphs:
"Between three and four
o'clock, the sound of artillery
from a vessel in the river, firing
minute guns, awoke afresh our
solemn sorrow-the corpse was
moved-a band of music with
mournfu1 melody melted The
soul into all the tenderness of
woe."
"When the procession had ar
rived at the bottom of the elevat-
I'd lawn, on the banks of the
Potomac, where the family vault
IS placed, the cavalry halted, the
infantry marched toward the
Mount and formed their lines
he clergy, the Masonic Brothers,
md the Citizens, descended to
he Vault, and the funeral ser-
vice OF the Church was perform
ID. The firing was repeated
rom the vessel in the river, and
he sounds echoed from the
woods and hills around"
'sThree general discharges by
he infantry-the cavalry and II
pieces of artillery, which lined
he banks of the Potomac back
If the Vault, paid the last tri-
,ute to the entombed Command
r in Chief Of the Armies of the
United States and to the depart
d Hero"
"The sun was now setting.
Alas! the SON OF GLORY was set
brewer. No-the name of
NASHINGTON-the American
President and General-will tri-
lmph OVER DEATH! The un-
louded brightness of his GLORY
will illuminate the future ages"