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history of the world . We could have wfehea to have seen a little less of the bustle of business in several of our principal streets , but the mixed mass of our population cannot all be penetrated by the sentiments which arise from occasions of this nature . The
City Hall , we believe , was in mourning , the Banks were shut , the Postoffice closed , and all the public authorities , both state and national , exhibited the proper feelings of the day . During the religious services in the churches , the artillery on the battery 1
were firingminute guns , which brought home , at regular intervals , to the hearts of many , the regrets that cannot but mingle with our joy in such a singular dispensation of Providence , as the departure of Jefferson and Adams on the same day , and that day the first jubilee of our independence .
There were 13 field pieces to correspond with the number of old states . On the whole we were highly gratified with the solemn marks of respect which yesterday record , and which is honourably connected with the character of our city , as it was deserved by the great names of Jefferson and Adams .
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benefactor . The unbidden tear was shed in the fulness of gratitude to one of the most distinguished fathers of the Republic . Compare such an affecting and simple scene as this
with all the splendid pageantry , with all the € i mockery of woe" which surrounds the bier of a monarch or a conqueror , and how completely does the latter dwindle into
insignificance ! Notwithstanding the shortness of the period which had been allotted for the exhibition , all the arrangements were complete . The orator and the ministers of religion were prepared for their various exercises ; and the awning , which had been
commenced on the Capitol Square on Monday morning only , was completed by 10 o ' clock on Tuesday . A canvas covering had been spread over the large Lafayette arch to the east of the Capitol , and wings thrown off to the right and left and in front sufficient to accommodate an immense
multitude . In the rear of the arch a light platform was erected , canopied with crape , for the reception of the orator and the ministers of religion . The clay was uncommonly pleasant .
At half after 10 o ' clock the procession began to move from the Henrico Court-house , according to the order which had been published by the Committee of Arrangements . A detachment of the Light Infantry Blues with music—then the members of the
Executive Council—Ministers of religion— the soldiers of the Revolution—the officers of Government — Judges and officers of the Federal and State Judiciaries—Committee of Arrangement—Municipal Authorities of the City—Justices of Henrico county —Debating Societies—Teachers with their Schools — Citizens , Strangers ,
and Uniform Companies . The lengthened procession , four deep , extended from the Union Hotel to the United States' Bank . The whole march through the different streets which had been designated
was conducted with the utmost possible order . A few minutes before j ~ o ' clock the procession entered at the Eastern < jiate of the Capitol Square . At this point of time the scene was exquisitely beautiful and impressive . It pleased the eye of taste , whilst it
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Funeral of Jefferson . ( Frx > ni the Richmond Enquirer ' , July 14 . ) The proceedings of Tuesday last furnished the strongest tribute which could have been offered to the
memory of illustrious Jefferson . The soldiers of the Revolution , the Ministers of Religion , the officers of the Federal and State Governments , citizens , military and soldiers , the teachers and their pupils ; all descriptions of people , united in " doing honour to the maa who had filled up the
measure of his country ' s honour . " The exhibition was the spontaneous offering of a free people to their distinguished benefactor . It was a brilliant illustration of the purity aud beauty of our political institutions . There was no compulsion ; no adulation ; no sacrifice at the shrine of
a deceased despot ; no humiliatingeffort to propitiate his " legitimate successor . " It was the " unbought offering" of an independent people . The hearts of freemen poured themselves fourth in paying the lust tribute of respect to the ashes of their
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1826, page 648, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2554/page/12/
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