The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-02-17
HOnOrS to
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"~N Wednesday last the mortal
part OF WAshin6tOa the
w. SreAt-the Father OF His
Country AAA The nieAA e
maA-wGH consigned to the tomb with
solemn hOROrs and funoFaI po@p."
TAis IN the opening paragraph In the
Newspaper story Of the burial Of
George Washington q told by the UI.
Ster County Gazette, published mt
K1ngSton. N. T., Jan. 4, 100. Al
though the column rules OF the news
paper are inverted, the GtOry appears
to have been only secondary Ia impor-
tance I'm the minds Of the editors, as IT
is published on the third page and
without any unusual display.
1t is dated at Georgetown, Dec. 20,
1899, and bears the modest head
washington Entombed." Genuine
copies Of the paper are rare and valua-
bic, but 1t has been reprinted In fac
simile many times.
The paper says:
"A multitude OF persons assembled
from miles around at Mount Vernon,
the choice abode and last residence Of
the illustriOuS chief. There were the
sroves-the spacious avenues, the
beautiful and sublime scenes, the noble
mansion-but, alas, the august inhab-
liant was now no morel That great
soul was gone. His mortal part was
there indeed; but, ali, how affecting,
how awful the spectacle Of such worth
and greatness, thus, to mortal eyes.
fallen-yeS, fallen, fallen!
''In the long and lofty pOrtlcO, where
oft the hero walked In all bis glory,
now lay the shrouded corpse. The
:ountenance, still composed and serene,
seemed to express the dignity of the
spirit which lately dwelled In the life
less form. There those who paid the
last sad honors to the benefactor Of
his country took an impressive fare
well-view.
"On the ornament at the head OF the
coffin was inscribed Surge Rd Judi
cum; about the middle Of the cOnln,
Gloria Deo,' and on the silver plate,
General George Washington, departed
this life On the 14th OF December. 1893.
Act g.
Between 3 and A o'clock the sound
Of artillery from the'vessel In the river
airing minute guns awOks afreSh our
solemn sorrow-the corpse was remov-
ed-a band of music with mournful
melody melted the DOnl into MI the
tenderness Of wee.
'"The procession was formed and
moved on In the following order with
arms reversed:
Cavalry. infantry. guard, music and
clergy.
THE generals horse with his saddle.
holster and pistols.
"Colonels SimmS, Ramsey, Payne,
G1lpin, Marsteller and Little, pallbear-
ers; corpse, mourners, Masonic breth-
rem, citizens.
"When the procession had arrived at
the bottom of the 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.
'@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
tho last tribute to the entombed COM
mQnder in chief Of the armies Of the
United States and to the departed hero.
'The Gun 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
agesr'