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NOTITIA
OF GENERAL HARRISON,
WHILE IN’ WASHINGTON.
HIS INAUGURATION.
The three days previous to lii.s Inaugu
ration, after his arrival at Washington,
were mostly spent at the Mansion of the
Mayor of the city, where he received at all
hours of the day, the visits of his friends
and fellow-citizens. The urbanity of his
manners, the open-hearted frankness with
which he received the congratulations of
his friends, deeply impressed all impartial
and disinterested persons at the Capitol,
with the confident assurance, that he was
about to enter upon the high office, to which
he had been called, with a single heart and
purpose to discharge and faithfully execute
the important trust.
Numerous strangers, from almost every
section of this wide-spread R public, for
days and weeks previous to the 4th of
March, had been rushing into the Metropo
lis till Iho crowd had become immense al
most beyond calculation. Every hotel and
boarding-house was filled to overflowing,
and almost every private residence crowd
ed beyond convenient accommodation.
The procession for the Inauguration was
formed in beautiful order, and, as it passed |
along the streets and avenues of the Capi- j
tol, the thronging multitude, pressing a- i
gainst each other, seemed to move on like j
the oeean wave, and with the “ noise of
many waters.”
The spontaneous expression of joy and
gladness which ever and anon burst forth
from young and old, even from the aged
matron and the blooming maiden, together j
with the waving of handkerchiefs from the
crowded windows, proclaimed to the war
worn veteran, a veteran to the highest hon
ors of his country. After taking the oalh
of office, and having delivered his Inaugu
ral Address, he returned from the Capitol
to the President’s Mansion amid th ■ increa
! sed acclamation of nearly forty thousand
of his admiring countrymen, who there ten
dered him their cordial congratulations.—
Thus passed away this joyous day of his
political triumph, none suspecting that in
one short month the whole scene would be
•changed ; that God was preparing to sum
mon him away from the height of his earth
ly glory, wo trust to a more exalted station
at his right hand.
HIS RELIGIOUS CHARACTER.
The next morning (the sth oi March)
General Harrison walked down on the av
enue and purchased a Quarto Diblc and
Book of Common Prayer, which lie carried
home with him, and directed the servant to
place in his bed-room, where I saw them on
the night of his death; thereby indicating
that he had chosen that Holy Book for the
rule of his faith and guide of his life in the
execution of the important trust committed
to his charge. The Bible he was seen
reading every morning and late every eve
ning.
In his first letter to Mrs. Harrison, after
iiis Inauguration, he states that, after he
had returned from the Capitol to the Presi
dent’s Mansion, as soon as he could com
mand any time, he retired to his room and
fell down upon his knees before his Maker,
thanking him for all his mercies, and sup
plicating his gracious guidance in the faith
ful discharge of the duties of his high sta
tion to his country and his God.
On Sunday morning, the 7th, Benjamin
Harrison, Esq. of Virginia, at the request
of the President, called at my house, desir
ing to know whether he could be accommo
dated with a pew for himself and family for
that day, and expressing a wish to obtain
the one recently occupied by Mrs. Madison;
which the owner accorded to him. In the
public worship of the church he conformed
to all her rituals in the audible responses of
the service, and, with that humanity so ex
pressive of devout feelings and humble do
votion, bowed himself on his knees before
the Majesty of Heaven, and supplicated
that mercy, of which as a sinner, however
highly exalted his station, he stood so much
in need. Thus following the example of
the pious rulers of Israel, and the illustri
ous men in every ago who have adored the
doctrine of God their Saviour.*
The following day he purchased the
pew, and regularly attended the service of
* I am authorized from unquestionable autho
rity to say, that the dosing part of his inaugural
Address, especially that part in which lie so rev
erently expresses his regard for the Christian
Religion, was penned by him in the room in
which he was born, and where he had often
kneeled beside his pious Mother, who earnestly
implored th,-sjich blessings of Heaven on his fu
ture life. * “ W, 11.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) M AY IS{, U*Mi.
the church every Sunday morning, until
prevented by his last fatal sickness.
His high regard for the Sabbath was
such, that, of late years, he always avoid
ed travelling on that holy day, unless from
absolute necessity ; and during the short
period lie occupied the President’s Mansion,
carefully avoided all company on that day,
and dined at an early hour, that lie might
attend public worship in the afternoon with
his family, some of whom belonged to the
communion of the Presbyterian Church.
iI is high estimation for the “ people of
God” was most nobly shown in kindness
to his Ministers. On a recent occasion, he
says to a brother Clergyman of mine, with
whom lie had been for some time acquaint
ed, whom ill health prevented from the per
formance of his clerical duties, and on
whom he had within a few weeks conferred
a vacant clerkship until his health would
enable him to resume the duties of his min
isterial office : “ 1 see no company on Sun
day, and dine in a plain way ; but 1 shall
always be happy to sec you at my table,
for I love to have the Clergy with me on
Sunday.”
In this connexion it may be proper to
state that, at his own hospitable mansion at
: Nunlt Bend, when the infirm health of Mrs.
| Harrison would not allow her to attend pub-
1 lie worship elsewhere, Gen. It. would of-
I ten obtain the services of a clergyman for
j the day, and r. munerate him liberally.—
j It has also been stated to me by a member
j of the family that, some years since, he ac-
I cidciitally became acquainted with a young
Minister of the Methodist Church in indi
i
j gent circumstances, whose native talents
; and powers of mind promised extensive
usefulness if properly cultivated. Gen. 11.
| kindly invited him to become a member of
his family, and offered him the use of his
library until well prepared for the exercise
of his ministry. This young clergyman is
now a distinguished and successful laborer
in the vineyard of our Lord.
Os late years, notwithstanding his hav
ing erected mostly at his own expense, a
church in his immediate vicinity, yet not
being able to support a clergyman for the
regular services of the church, he was in
the habit of leaving home Saturday after
noon for the sole purpose of attending the
church in Cincinnati, of which the Rev.
i J. T. Brooke is Rector, twice or thrice a
day. He also frequently attended a stated
weekly lecture.
From the day of his Inauguration, it was
his invariable practice to rise wilh the
dawn of day, and, after reading the Scrip
i lures, to take a walk for exorcise, and sel
dom did he breakfast or dine without some
old friend or acquaintance partaking of his
hospitality. In this manner his whole time
was occupied. Occasionally, if for a mo
ment disengaged from his official duties,
and the press of visiters, he would steal a
way from his family, and visit some of his
old acquaintance, with all that cordiality
and generous good feeling so characteristic
of the warm hearted soldier and devoted
friend.
HIS DEATH.
With this brief notice of passing events,
we com • to the closing scene of the melan
choly drama. On Thursday, the 25th of
March, in a short interview with him he
complained of being quite unwell; and this
indisposition continued to increase until
the exposure of his person in the morning
walk ofSuturday brought on a severe chill
and fever, which the best medical skill
I could not arrest. No human power could
stay the ravages of his disease. The com
munity generally, in this city, without
distinction of party, manifested much anxi
ety for his recover}', and in great numbers
daily and hourly called at his residence
with anxious inquiries respecting his sick
ness and its probable result. Its violent
and exciting character seemed, in the opin
ion of his physicians, to forbid the usual
religious services in his sick room, lest they
might produce an unfavorable effect.
On Saturday evening the 3d instant, a
bout nine o’clock, on approaching his sick
bed his strength appeared to he rapidly
failing, and as little or no hope could be
entertained of his recovery, a few ol his
friends united with me at his bedside in that
“commendatory prayer for a sick person at
the point of departure” to another world,set
forth in the service of the church, to which
he appeared to listen with silent attention
and approbation. About 30 minutes be
fore 1 o’clock, by the watch held in my
hand, on the morning of the 4th of April,
he gently breathed his departing spirit into
the hands of his God and Saviour, & sunk
to rest without the movement of a muscle of
his countenance, a struggle or a groan.—
Thus, after one short month’s elevation to
the highest station and honors which earth
can bestow, he has passed away from all
the troubles, sorrow, and trials of mortali
ty, I trust and believe, to the possession and
enjoyment of an unfading crown of glory
in the realms of Eternal Day. For, what
ever may have been his character and con
duct in former years, of late an evident |
change had been observed by his friends in \
favor of true religion.
On Sunday evening I saw him in his
winding sheet with a countenance mild and j
placid as when he expired.
The next day after being placed in his
coffin, the public were permitted a final,
farewell look of the Chief Magistrate of this
great Republic, tbe President of mat I v
twenty millions ofpeople. It is said that
not less than lOthousand paidtheir respects
to his lifeless remains.
Tbe sadness and gloom so obviously
marked on their countenances now spoke
the silent language of grief. The \ ictirn
of death—the eminent personage who so
recently occupied the first place in tbe gift
of bis country, whispers in the voice of sol
emn stillness that the Great Destroyer has
come among us ; that the mighty conquer
or of man in every age, tor nearly six thou-
sand years, has winged his flight hither and
felled to the ea.th one who had bei n distil)
guishi and in arms, in the council of his coun
try, and in all the exccellencies of private
life.
How exalted the. mark ! llow distin
guished the object! How fatal th blow!
The arrow was sped by the arm of Omni
pot; nee : the victim fell : he lies bent uth
the cold earth to rise no more until the voice
of the Archangel and trump of God, on th
morning of the resurrection, shall call his
reposing dust into spiritual life. For “the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall
be raised, incorruptible, and we shall be
changed,” and summoned to the final judg
ment.
In anticipation of this coming event, and
of the awful momentous consequence in
volved in it, our deeply lamented departed
friend was not unmidful to the needful
preparation. It has come to my knowk dge
that, (or some years past, his mind lias been
deeply impressed with the important con
cents of eternity, and that he had frequent
ly expressed his confident faith and hop s
in the Gospel of the Sun of God, and had
been for some time desirous of uniting him
self in communion with the church, and in
tended doing so as soon as the recent politi
cal excitement should have passed away,
whether it terminated favourably to his ele
vation to the Presidential office or otherwise.
The holy- purpose, it is understood, had he
survived, was intended to be consummated
on Easter Sundays, but was denied him by
the interposing hand of God, in whom lie
hud placed his trust.
“Lite makes the soul dependent on the dust; j
Death gives her wings to mount above the spheres, j
Life is the triumph ol our mouldering clay;
Death of the Spirit infinite, divine !
1 lis God sustains him in his final hour!
Ilis final hour brings glory to his God ‘.
Man’s glory Ileav’n vouchsafes to call her own ”
The great number of communications
received from dilfercnt parts of the country,
requesting information on the subject of the
demise of the late President, rendering it
out of my power to answer them all in a
manner either satisfactory to them or to
myself, has induced this communication for
the information of the clergy and the public
at large.
In preparing the above statement, it has
been my object to collect all incidents and
facts that have come to my knowledge
respecting the late President while in
Washington-no one of which, singly, would
be of sufficient importance to establish his
Christian character ; yet, when combined,
they agreeably harmonize in manifesting
the bent of his mind, and tile ruling desires
of his heart.
May God, in mercy to the nation, over
rule and sanctify this painful dispensation ol
his providence to the welfare and prosperi
ty of his church, the cause of true piety,
and the establishment of his kingdom among
men! WM. HAWLEY,
Rector of St. John's Church.
Washington, April 19, 1841.
A Bright Scholar. —One of the earlier
French princes being too indolent or too
stupid to acquire his alphabet by the ordi
nary process, twenty four servants were
placed in attendance upon him, each with
a huge letter painted upon his stomach :
as he knew not their names, he was obliged
to call them by their letter when he wan
ted their services, which in due time gave
him the requisite degree of literature for
the exercise of the royal functionr
THE OLD FAMILY BIBLE.
AN INCIDENT FROM REAL L!IF..
Whoever have travelled am mg the !
Scottish hills and dales, cannot have failed i
to observe the scrupulous fidelity of the in
habitants to the old family bible. A more j
honorable trait of character than this can- j
not he found ; for all men, whether cliris j
tians or infidels, are prone to put reliance 1
in those who make the bible tin ir confidant, |
j and whoso well thumbed pages show the I
| confidence their owners possess in it.
A few years ago there dwelt in Avre- j
shire an incidt tit couple, possessing of this ;
world's earn sufficient to keep them inde
pendent from want or woe, and a canny
daughter to bless their grey hairs and tot
tering steps. A gallant of a farmer he
came enamoured of the daughter, and sin
nothing loath, consented to he his. As tin
match was every wav worthy of her, tin
old folks consented, and as they were dcsi
rous to see their bairn comfortable, the two
were made one. In a few short years the
scythe of time cut down the old people,
anil they gave their bodies to the dust and
their souls to the Creator.
The young farmer having heard much of
the promised land ayont the sea. gathered
together his duds, and selling such as were
useless, packed up those calculated to ho of
service to him, at his now homo. Some
neighbors, having the same itching for ail
venture, sold off)heir homes & homesteads,
and with the young couple set sail for Amer
tea.
Possessed of considerable property in the
shape of“silver,” this company were not
like the generality of emigrants, poor and I
friendless, but happy, and full of hope of
the future. The first thing done after the 1
lauding was, the takitvt out the old family
heir loom, and retiirnine thanks and praise
to Him who had guided the barque to a safe j
haven.
As the farmer’s object in coining to this
country was to purchase a farm and follow
his occupation, but little time was spent in
the city lie had arrived in. and as his fellow
passengers had previously determined on
their destination, he hid them farewell, and
with a liirht Icart turned his face towards
the setting sun. Indiana at this time was
settling fast, and having heard of its cheap
and fertile lands, he determined on settling
within its borders.
On the banks of the Wabash he fixed on
a farm, and having paid cash for oil” half,
gave a mortgage for the balance, payable
in one year. Having stocked his farm,
and put seed in the. ground, he rested from
his labor, and patiently awaited the time
when he might go forth to reap the harvest;
hut alas ! no ears of grain gladdened his
heart or rewarded his toil. The fever of
the country attacked him, and at the time
when the fields were white with the fullness
of the laborer’s skill, death called him
hence, and left his disconsolate wife a wid
ow, and ills only child an orphan.
We leave this first sorrow, and pass on
to witness the struggles of the afflicted wid
ow a year afterwards. The time having
arrived when the mortgage was to bo paid,
siic borrowed the money of a neighbor who
had been very attentive to her husband
and herself, one who knelt at the same ta
ble with her to renew their professed obii
gations to the Giver of all good. Hard and
patiently did she toil to repay the sum a
gainst the promised time ; but all would
not do ; fortune frowned, and she gave way
jto her accumulated troubles. Dishearten
ed and distracted, she relinquished her farm
and the stock for less than she owed her
Christian neighbor, who, not satisfied with
that, put an execution on her furniture.
On the Sabbath previous to the sale, she
took courage and strengthening herself with
the knowledge ofhaving wronged no one,
went to the temple of her Father, and with
a heart filled with humility and love,
poured out her soul to Him “who turneth
not away,” and having communed side by
side, with her Christian neighbor, returned
to her desolate home.
Here her fortitude had like to have for
saken her,but seeing the‘old family Bible,’ j
i he reverently put it to her lips, and sought
for consolation from its pages. Slowly :
she perused its holy and inspiring verses,
and gathered hope from its never failing
promises, and while the tears flowed freely,
her heart seemed to say—
Within this holy book I trace
The life of Christ, his wondrous grace,
His anxious care and holy love,
Not earth’s, not mine, but Heaven above.
The path is clear, the track is sure,
Why wait I then, these pangs endure ;
O, grant, my God, my life may be
Sincere and prayerful, laird, to thee.
The day of sale having arrived, her few
goods and chatt* Is were, in due course,
knocked olfto tin highest bidder. Unmoved,
she saw pass from her possession article,
after article, without a murmur, till the
constable held up the old family Bible.—
This was too much. Tears flowed, and
gave silent utterance to a broken heart.—
She begged the constable to spare her this
memento of her revered and departed pa
rents ; and the humane man of the law
would willingly have given it to her, but
her inexorable creditor declared every
thing should be sold, as he was determined
to have all that was owing him.
The book was therefore, put up, and a
bout being disposed of for a few shillings,
when she suddenly snatched it, and declar
ing she would have some relic of those she
loved, cut the slender thread that held the
brown linen cover, with the intention of re
taining it. The cover fell into her hands,
and with it, two flat pieces of thin, dirty pa-
71 . .1. KAPPUL, Printer.
per. Surprised at the circumstance, she
examined them, and what was her joy and
delight to find they each called for 5 hun
dred pounds on the Bunk of England. On
the hack of one, in her mother’s hand wri
ting, were the following words:
“ When sorrow overtakes ve, seek v; r
bible.”
And on the other, in her father’s hand—-
“Yer father’s ears are never deaf.”
The sale was immediately stopped, and
I the family bible given to its faithful owner.
! The furniture sold was readily offered to
i her by those who had purchased, which she
gladly took hack. Having paid ofl'iier re
lentless creditor to the uttermost farthing,
and rented a small house in the village of
iti such a way as to receive inter* ~t enough
to keep her comfortable, and is now able to
enjoy the precepts of the old family Bible
j without fear or molestation. Iler time and
attention is devoted to the bringing up of
her bright blue-eyed Alice, and ifthe hap
py smiles of the countenance may be cons;
derod an index of the heart and mind, little
Alice bids fair to be a shining star in the
community of which she at present forms
but a unit.
At the meeting house in the centre of the
village, may he seen every Sunday, sit
ting about halfway up the south aisle, a la
dy about thirty years of age, dressed in
deep mourning, with a face glowing with
the beauty ofholiness, but on whom may
be seen deep traces of marked sorrow. At
the public house in the same place, and at
i he same time, mav also be seen a being in
the garb of man, bloated, and setting over
the poisoning howl. The one is the pos
sessing w idow.tho other th a professing neigh
| bor ’
; LOUNGERS, TRY VOl R HAND!
Coincidence between the Pulsation of the
Human Body, and the Hour of the Buy. —
The following is from the London Sun :
Seat yourself at a table, having placed
your elbow on the table, attach a piece of
metal, (say a shilling) to a thread between
i the points of thumb and first finger and al
low the shilling to hang in the centre of a
tumbler glass ; the pulse will immediately
cause the shilling to vibrate like a pendu
lum, and the vibration will increase until
the shilling strike the side of the glass ;
and suppose the time of the experiment be
that hour at which 1 am writing, between
half past six and half past seven o’clock, it.
will so strike the glass seven times, and
having done so, lose its momentum and re
turn to the centre.
If you hold it a sufficient length of time
tli” experiment will be repeated ; but not
until a sufficient space has elapsed to con
vince you it is most complete. I need not
say the thread must be held with a steady
hand ; otherwise, the vibrating motion will
be counteracted.
At whatever hour of the day or night the
I experiment he made, the coincidence will
I he found the same.
An Irishman's Letter. —Some time ago
an Irishman was convicted ofa felony and
sentenced to death. On the day it was to
be carried into effect lie received a reprieve,
liis innocence having after his trial, been
satisfactorily established. The poor fel
low had a wife, a terrible vixen who lived
at a distance, and whose presence he dread
ed more than death; with the hope of ac
complishing a final separation, he wrote to
her tiie dav after he received the reprieve t
the following effect:
•Dear Marv—l was hanged yesterday,
and died like a man; no more at present
from your loving husband till death does
us part ”
Dr. Johnson once dined with a Scotch
| lady who had hotch-potch for dinner,
j “Is it good. Doctor?” asked the hostess.
I “ Yes,” said the Doc tor shrply ;“it is
j good for hogs, madam !”
j Then pray,” said the lady “ let ire’,
j help you lo a little more of it.”
AN APOLOGY.
When John Clerk (Lord Eldon) was at
the bar, he was remarked for the sangfroid
with which he treated the judges. On one
occasion the junior counsel, on hearing his
lordship give judgement against his client,
exclaimed that “ lie was surprised at such
a decision !” This was construed into
contempt of court, and he was ordered to at
tend at the bar the next morning. Fearful
of consequences, lie consulted his friend,
John Clerk, who told hint to be perfectly
at ease, for he would apologise for him in
a way that would avert any unpleasant
result. Accordingly, when the name ot
the delinquent was called, John rose and
coolly addressed the assembled tribunal :
—“ lam very sorry, my lords, that my
young friend has so far forgot himself as to
treat your bench with disrespect ; ho is
exceedingly penitent, and you will kindly
ascribe his unintentional insult to his igno
rance. You must see at once it origina
ted in that. lie said he was surprised at
the decision of your lordship! Now, if
he had not been very ignorant of what
takes place in this court every day—had
he known you but half as long as I have
done, curse me if he would be surprised a*,
unv thing you did f ”
[VOLUME XXVI
