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10.
rom the liichmond Enquirer, July 7.
A Great Man has fallen in Israel!.
Thomas Jefferson ii no more!
The friend of Liber'y, the Author of
the Declaration of Independence,
a- "the Ornament of Human Nature it-
it Jf"? (as be oree said of Benjamin
rrnnkliu,) the mat man left in hit
C utury, and of the fint in this age of
gieamen, is gathered to the tomb of
nil fathers The mate, the nation,
thr whole.world iff f If,. bai sustained
ia iotf which rm laouttge can give
, an ndequate description. Liberty
ffMztriff her favorite child: and
age yet to Come will bow with revere
en t ia 1 gra tj t uuV Jh fo re 4 It e 0 f 1 y mon
ument,which his labor have erected.
Ili fame bejong to' History; and if
Talent the moil rare, virtue the most
.fcuntpieuoyi? services the most useful,
eaTtjenutievnnjr-TnJiii to riory, me re
putntion of irhomaii Jefferson will he
A among the brightest which she will
-Jiave to record, out we leave It to
-other to commemorate hs v it toes:
Iu few di)s the Orator will dwell
w'v h enthusiasm and t he Poet will
'"pour forth his rnost melting strain.
11 tU great services of this public
benefactor.
Ye have time only at present to
state the evert of his death, pnd te
sketch a ffvv i f the transactions of hi
rem keble life. ,. ,
f?n Saturday last for the first tin
..i-e"iYaUnrtli-iir he was. ilf otic
: t hat tif p h j avians en I er t at e d e r i-
jOCLic1t tuuJtJUlx. I U i t e ii e 1. La d
been sent to call his dniaut relations.
t
A vvt still trusicd to the
his constitution thou eh we aw n
An! the evcnlwitlr irembliue soliettiide-
In.. 1.1.. ..V m. a. 1.,:-ijwrr'
UH tin IUU UI'IK V I UI9'1 m.imtii. n
more alarming accounts reined us;
that his cooiplaint (the Summer Di
eae) had left him yet thal.his ph) -id
na (Dr. Du ngleson) was afraid he
had U01 strength enough to rally froa
the attack: A subsequent letter,"uw
ever, was reud in the course of the
day from a near relation, stating thai
his complaint was not only abated.
Ijut his strength was increasing. But
on the Evening of the next day ' 'the
tnge brought to us the fatal tidings
of his' dissolution. The paseogers
slated, that when they left Charlnits
ville the bells of the town and the
University were tolling for the illus
trious dead; and the mail brought let
ters of which the following jWex
travels; , .... J&rk'
Charlottsvillf, July 4, 3 o'clock
"Thomas Jefferson died in day
man. The patrot, statesman, end
Curiitiin, is gone? .There is n t at
to shed at nis exit: for the gratitude
to heaven for preiovlng liini so Ion,
and that he died at such a moment,
has drank. it ere t jell. Jladthe hor
f. and chariot of fire descended to
lake up the patriarch, i might have
been more wonderful, but not more
glorious. Hut our feeling must not
be indulged at present lu suine fu
lure day, it will be better to recount
hiN sirviceS nud mud tin his merits
to dwell upon his munly thought,
and the productions of bis vigourous
pen, and trace himfroufl'he ciadlc to
the grave. Then the little' bicker
ing which follow a politician's path
Will be forgotten, and tho little frail
ties of human nature wbich hecessa
rily beleng to man will lie buried
betit'dth the ponderous weight of his
virtues.
to close their doors, arid (11 etlizeus
to- suspend htiiineisi
That the Executivo be requesred to
permit the bell to toll from bunrise to
Hume! of that Any i and to have ini
uiile guns fired iu tLo uiomiug aud
evetiing -
2. That' our fellow citizens of Rich
nioud. Mauchestor, and their vicini
ties, be invited to assemble at 10
o'clock on tbe morning of Tuesdry,
upou the Capitol Square ; and to unite
in a funeral procession, to be formed
at 12 o'clock.
3 riiat the Military, the Mauonie,
and other organized Societies, oe re
quested to unite iu tbe ceremonies of
the day.
- 4. Thai a Funeral Oration be de
livered at such place as may be desig
nated by the Committee of Arrange
ment, hereafter to be appointed.
6. Tia J'hn Tyleii. Esq r.o-
vernor of this Commonwealth, be re
quested to deliver an Oration on this
aolemn . occasion ; and the Heverend
Clergy invited to unite io prayer to
the throne of (trace.
6. That a" Committee of twenty
four bn appuinted to make the neces
sary arrangements to earry the fore
going Resolutions into effect.
7 Thit we wilt wear crape on the ,
left arm 30 days; and our fellow ci
tizens b requested to do tbe same.
Drank on the fourth of July 1826.
At Haleigh.
By Gov. Burton The Constitu
tion of the United Slates. Limited
in its construotiun unlimited in its
duration
By J. Gales Esq. Thomas Jef
ferson, the enlightened statesman id
patriot, may his fellow citizens be al
ways ready, to aeknbwlege his public
services with gratitude.
By Mr.i We1.0n It. Gales. Our
venerable citizen lval Havwood. a-
r-aj V- 'Tr,
A few hours
Italeigh, July I4t
after the receipt of
ten minutes before one o'clock, 1 VI "
Extract of another letter, same place ,hti ne'"choly intelligence, on Sat
and da u urday last, a meeting ot our citizens
I "The latest account' from Monti-!" be Senate Chamber at ibe
;llArnn'tA 15 nVI.lc i,..di rinr, Capitol;when Governor Burton being
the unw, leome tidings that Air JK?.!C5 ,ed totheChaif, and Joseph Gale.,
person is linirerinir uoon the thresh:; Eq. npp 'nted Secretary, .
ma 'J I .
hold f eternity
V 8 Twoo deck Mr. Jefferson
is no more He died at 10 minutes
b?Me.
too, on which the Declaration-of In
dependence was read "
From the Boston Gazette, July 6.
DEATH OF JOHN ADAMS
John Adams is no more he denart
eld this life on Tuesday afternoon
The angel of death seems to have
been walking with him for some
months, but was not permitted by Oin
oipotence to call him away until tho
Jubilee of American Liberty bad fully j
come.
otWc
ind not thedi until his soul had
tions of a joyous People for the bles
sings bf the day- The truriipet ha'
sounded through the land tn mum
iag honour) bad been pnid the noon
tide was past and, with tb descend
ing sun, the good old patriarch de
parted on his journey, to enjoy the
everlasting rest prepared for those
who use their talents to the accep
tanee of. their Master.
" Fifty yewrs ago. John Adams spoke
freely annconlidemly witbin the wall
f Congress upon 'i e 1ml-pendence ol
t hi country and uch was hix buli
nss, eloquence and Hrmnent, that
the wavering were fixed, the timed
jncburaged, ant all were resolved to
soVport it on the pledge of their for
tunei and sacred honor In this boo
of terror urn! distress, and darkness,
his genius penetrated the gloom an ',
rapt in" future tmrs, he foemld the
eouiiog glories of his country and.
rare felicity -he was hu Iff red to wit
ness a4 the extent of half an hundred
years, the verification of his propbe
sr .. a ' ! 11 . .a a m
cy. 11 nas iaien 10 ine 10 01 out n-
men in any age of the world, to nav
witnessed so many Jiappy changes
he has He, haa seen the People of
this country pass througb lour wars
and multiply, from two millions to
tvveTve-- sefn what were frontiers
once t made wnodlands now" and nu
Vilder-
inernuaimm blosou iu (he
ness around him, and throw a-aorplu
population into the ranks of civiliza
tion on its march to the West
lie lived twenty-years beyond the
bounds of hnman life, lie was born
on the 1 y th of October, 1733, crailu
ated i"55f commenced the practice of
tbe law 1759, and continued scduloii
Iv engaged in his- nrofMiun until
t774, wheu his reputation for talents,
independence, and Roman energy
caused the public to deraaud his ser
vices; and, since that period", his his
tory has been blended with that of
ruuiitry and is known in some inea
sure" to all. - .
It wonld,'ot this moment, he. impos
iblo to give even a scanty chronicle
. I his services. This must be left to
ins liiograplief, who will have an urn
pie field for his lhbor the materiajo
n-a;nTn n tt'inrh t - m orr-d arable t Iran
braiSj lie ull at hand for the work-
m a a
e loilow
tog preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
A great Man has fallen in our land
The imptr wt a nd f ried-of 041 r-be '
loved WasbuigtVn tbe enlightened
THOMAS JKFFEHSON, the Au
thor of our Declaration of Indepen
dence, is no morel He lived to see
fifty annual returns -of the day on
wh'ch this Declaration ra made to
the world: and what is remarkable
died on the very day which completed
this term, and about the same hour at
which C'titgres gave it their sanction
Mr. Jefferson has not probably left
behind hiui a man in all respects his
equal, as a statesman, patriot and
philanthropist nor one who hat act-
torv ot our Uouutry.
From the advanced age to which
Mr. Jefferson had attained, his death
ought not to be deemed extraordinary;
hut having observed the wisdom and
energy which continued to distinguish
all his writings, however ieeblo his
body might be, we did not aceustom
ourselves to think he would probably
soon tie taken from lis Even the
lat producion of his pen- a letter
(written but ten days before hi death)
addressed to the, Mayor of Washing
ton, in reply to an invitation which
had been sent to him and the other
two surviving Signers of the Declar
ation of Independence, contained all
that strength of expression, that love
of freedom, and patriotic zeal which
have always characterized bis wri
tings. As expressive of "our affectionate
remembrance of the charact er of the
deceased, we offer for adoption the
following devolutions:
II 'solved. That this meeting is im
pressed with a deep sense of the great
toss which our coumrv ha sustained
in 1 he deaf h of THO M AS J K FFK It
HON. whicu is this day announced .
Ilesblved, That the citizens of JI
leigh .will wear crape on their left
arm for thirty days, as a token of the
repect and esteem in which they hold
1 ti e x h d r 7c I e r t al e n t s a nd v 1 rTu esj of
the distinguished individual vrhns?
loss they deplore, and they trust that
this manifestation of their feelings ou
the, oeeasion will be followed by the
e 1 lizeii H n TI h e S t a le gc n e r "a I Iy .
Uesolved, That these proceedings
be published in the Raleigh papers.
H. 0. BURTON, Preat.
' J. Oals, See'y.
A meeting of the Citizens of Rich
mond, Va. was held in tbe Capitol "ti
the evening of the 7th inst. to (fevise
such measures as might seem ben calf
culaled to manifest tlieirrespeet for
the memory of their fellow country
man, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Fate,
the Mayor of the city, uas called In.
the Chair, and Thomas Ritchie, tisq.
worth and public virtues.
Bj Capt Lawrence John C. Cal
houn, Vice President of tbe United
States: His patriotism, services and
talents have acquired for him a char
acter which cannot be deitroyed by
the malicious assaults of bis calum
niators. At Fayetteville.
By Mr ArmisteaJ, of Portsmouth,
Va N. other Majesty bul that of
the People no other Government but
tihat of a Representative body 1100
llier Sovereignty bm that of the Law.
By Col. Strange The Ephori of
the U. State a million in nnmber:
May the imp rtant-functions of their
olrice never become extinct by non
user .
By Mr Thomas Hope. While the
evergreen of life beato proudly wit! in
the native breast, let the laurel of
Fame encircle the brows of our Blake'
ly and Forsyih.
By B J. Male. Ireland: Who
would still the troubled waters of her
oppression, while they bear to our
shores and to our hearts the flower of
her sons? .
At Charlotte.
The Presid-m of ihe U. States
An accomplished Statesman:- May
his adminutration redound to the glo
ry and Prt9pefity oL jiujrcqmmogu
coun
one,
appointed. secretary.
1. That Tuesday next, be set apart
as - a PablicMourning"tlrnt p'Tr
that day the Merchants be tequested
- The Univeriily-of N. Carolina
The pride and ornament of the State.
I he Constitution of N. Carolina-
VV h i t . w e .acknow I edg 0 i 1 1 e 1 ec 1 Icq
cies.Ve cannot be blind to its defects.
A eonveulion can remedy the
without impairing the other.
- At CaxxvcU Court lumse.
By B. Vancey, ftsq., President of
the day Our system of government
May 50 years of experience pros
perrty and happiness under it, con
vince 'he world that man is capable
of self go vein merit.
By Oen, II. M. Saunders Tho in
-dependent Re, ubiicnn Senators of tho
United Mate,syik ConHcnpt Fa
thers, they hava maitaioed tho enn
Htilution and rrhts-irrfiieir eoUulrj,
and whether denounced by the detiia-
gue, or pros(!rib-d by;"tht po veri
HhWth-beM hey w if I be-sustained hr
the viocc cTa fre people.