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&C n Wednesday last the mortal
"a "a part of Washington the
&C., trreat-th2 Father Of His
Country and the friend o.
man--Was consigned to tie tomb with
solemn honOrs and funeral pomp."
This is the opening para graph in the
! newspaper story Of the burial of
George Washington As told by the VI
ster County Gazette, published at
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paper are inverted. the story appears
to have been only secondary in imp0r,
lance in the minds of the editors. as il
is published on the third page and
without any unusual display.
It is dated at GEORGETOWN. Dec. 20,
1889, and bears the modest head
"WashinGton Entombed." Genuine
copies of the paper are rare and valua
bic. but it has been reprinted in FAC
sinile many times.
The pancr says:
n multitude of persons assembled
from miles around at Mount Vernon.
the choice abode and last residence OF
the iliustriOuS chief. There were the
grOves-the spacious avenues: the
beautiful and sublime scenes the noble
manSiOn-but. alas, the august inhab
liant was now 10 more, That great
soul was gone. His mortal part was
there indeed; but, all. how affecting.
how awful tie spectacle Of such worth
and greatness. thus. 10 mortal e-es
fa,len-yes. fallen. fallen,
In the long and lofty portico, where
oft the hero walked in all his glory
now lay the shrouded corpse The
'ountenanCe, still composed and serene
seemed to express the DIGNITY of the
spirit which lately dwelled in tie I.fe-
less form. There those who paid the
last sad honors to the benefactor of
his country took an impressive-a fare
Well-vieU
''On the ornament at the head of the
coffin was inscribed Surge ad Judi
cum about the middle of the coffin.
Gloria Dec, and on the silver plate.
General GEORGE Washington, departed
this life on the 18th Of December. 1899.
Act. 6S.'
Between 3 and o'clock the sound
of artillery from the vessel in the river
firing minute guns awoke afresh our
solemn sorrOw-the corpse was >remOv-
ed-a band of music with mournful
melody melted the soul into all the
tenderness of woe.
The procession was formed and
moved on in the following order with
arms reversed:
Cavalry. infantry. guard. music and
clergy.
1.-THE generals horse with his saddle.
holster and pistols.
"Colonels Simms. Ramsey. Payne.
Gilpin, Marsteller and Little pallbear-
ers; corpse. mOurners. Masonic breth.
rem. citizens.
when the procession had arrived at
the bottom of tie elevated 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, the
clergy, the Masonic brethren and the
citizens descended to the vault, and
the funeral service of the church was
performed.
1.-The firing was repeated from the
vessel in the river and the sounds ech-
oed from the woods and hills around.
''Three general discharges by the in
fantry, the cavalry and eleven pieces
Of artillery, which lined the banks Of
the Potomac back of the vault. paid
the last tribute to the entombed COM
mander in chief Of the armies of the
United States and to the departed hero
'The sun was now setting. Alas.
the son of, glory was set forever! No
the name of Washington the Ameri-
can president and general, will triumph
over death! The unclOuded brightness
Of his glory will illuminate the future