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Form No. 471
AWLILAMaBmilNTS
FOR THE
FUNERAIi CEREMONIES
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
DEATH
OP
GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON,
Ex-President of the United States.
The Joint Special Committee, representing" the Common Council of the City of New- York, appointed to devise measures for giving some appropriate expression to the public sentiment, on the occasion of the death of General Andrew Jackson, Ex-President of the United States, re- spectfully
SUBMIT:
That, deeply impressed with the grave and solemn cha- racter of the duty assigned them, and conscious that no act of their's could add honor to the memory of the great and good man, whose death the united voice of the American
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people deplores, they have aimed, nevertheless, so to per- form their part, as to enable their fellovj^-citizens to unite in a public testimonial, in a form,, to- some degree Gomniensurater with the occasion.
Could fervent zeal, and an anxious, unswerving- purpose have availed your Committee in their wish to carry out the object for which they were appointed, the consummation would not have fallen short, either in form or circumstance, of an expression of the public mind, such as the occasion, and the general sense of bereavement alike warranted and demanded. But higher qualities, and greater abilities were required than your Committee can claim to have evinced,, and that any thing has been planned or executed comport- ing with the dignity of a great City like ours, in assoicatiort with the imperishable fame of the illustrious dead, is to be ascribed, not so much to the exertions of your Committee, as to the general sympathy entertained, and the cordial co- operatiou rendered by all classes of our fellow-citizens, espe- cially by the Grand Marshal and bis Aids, as well as, bv the Authorities, and the inhabitants of the adjacent cities of Brooklyn, Jersey, and Newark.
Craving the indulgence of the Common Council, the Com- mittee respectfully submit the following
REPORT,
That, on their first meeting they were waited upon by a Committee of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, consisting of Aldermen Burbank, Bokee, Macomber, Lee, and Campbell, who expressed a desire to unite with the Committee of the Common Council of the City of New-York, on behalf the City of Brooklyn, in devising measures for the- contemplated Procession and Ceremonies, to which desire
your Committee promptly and cordially assented* They thus in conjunction with the Committee of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, proceeded to take into con- sideration the object of their appointment, and on the 18th of June, instant, they unanimously adopted the following re- solutions, which were ordered to be published in the papers of tlie day :
Resolved^ That the Common Councils of the Cities of New York and Brooklyn will solemnize the death of the late General Andrew Jackson by a Civic and Military Procession, to be composed of the Military and different Societies and Citizens of our respective cities, and that such procession take place on Tuesday next, the 24th instant.
Resolved, That our fellow-citizens generally, and the dif- ferent Societies, Trades, and Associations, and Fire Depart- ments of our cities and adjoining counties, are requested to unite in this testimony of respect to the illustrious dead ; and all Societies and Associations intending to co-operate, are re- quested to communicate to the Sub-Committees on or before Friday next, at 3 o'clock, at the Chamber of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, in order to make the necessary arrange- ments to carry out the views of the Common Councils in an appropriate manner.
Resolved, That the Army and Navy of the United States on this station, are requested to co-operate with us in ma- king the necessary arrangements, and that the Committee on Military be requested to communicate with the Command- ers of the dillerent Stations.
Resolved, That no banner bearing political devices, or in- scriptions, shall be admitted in the Procession.
It was also Resolved^ That, in order to render effective the action of your Committee, the following Special Sub-Com- mittees should be in daily attendance, at the Chamber of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, to receive delegations and com- munications, and to direct arragements with regard to the matters specially entrusted to them.
Committee on Military ^ffairs^ Messrs. Hart, Burbank, and Cornell.
Committee on Civic Societies and Associations y Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Meserole.
Committee on Fire Department^ Messrs, Tappan, Bokee, and Purser,
Committee on Programme^ Messrs. Cornell, Burbank, Benson, Purser, and Hart.
Committee on, Invitations^ Messrs. Hart, Brady, and Macomber,
Committee to Select the Orator ^ Messrs. Purser, Meserole, and Campbell.
Your Committee, through their Special Sub-Committees, were waited upon with great promptness by delegations, and were in immediate receipt of communications from the Mi- litary, and the various Civic Associations,
They respectfully submit the following Military Orders, which were laid before them :
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
FIRST DIVISION NEW-YORK STATE ARTILLERY.
DIVISION ORDERS.
New- York, June 18, 1845.
The Division will parade on Tuesday next, the 24th inst. fully uniformed, armed and equipped, for the purpose of paying funeral honors to the memory of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States.
The Division line will be formed on the Battery, right on Marketfield-street, at 10 o'clock, A. M. precisely.
Requisitions for ammunition will be made for the purpose of firing minute guns, by Brig. Gen. Morris, upon the Com- missary General.
A Supplemental Order will be hereafter issued, respecting the insignia of mourning, &c. for the occasion. By order of
Major General SANDFORD.
Robert C Wetmore,
Division Inspector.
FIRST DIVISION N. Y. STATE ARTILLERY.
SUPPLEMENTARY DIVISION ORDER. "*
New-York, June 21st, 1845. The Division will be formed on the Battery, on the 24th instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, instead of 10 o'clock, as di- rected in Division Order of the 17th instant.
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The Light Infantry and other Independent Companies will enter the Battery at the Greenwich-street gate, and will re- port to Col. Wetmore, Division Inspector, on the ground, who will n.ssign them their respective stations.
Commandants of Regimxents and separate Corps, will send their Stardards and Camp Colors, under the care of a non- commissioned Officer, to No. 8 City Hall, on Saturday and Monday next, to receive the usual insignia of mourning.
Officers will wear the usual badge of mourning upon the left arm and sword hilt for sixty days.
Col. Yates will make requisition upon Gen. Storms for ammunition to fire minute guns while the procession is mo- ring.
By order of
Major General SANDFORD,
Robert C. Wetmore,
Division Inspector.
FIRST BRIGADE LIGHT (HORSE) ARTILLERY. BRIGADE ORDER No. 8.
Head-Quarters, }
New- York, June 19th, 1845. ^
In compliance with Division Orders, the First Regiment of this Brigade will parade, fully uniformed, and equipped as Cavalry, on Tuesday, 24th instant, for the purpose of pay- ing funeral honors to the memory of General Andrew Jack- fon, late President of the United States.
The Division Line will form on the Battery at 12 o'clock.
The Brigade Line will form at 11 precisely.
Colonels Miller and Delavan, together with the Field and Staff Officers of the Second and Third Regiments, will pa-
rade as above, and report themselves to the Brigadier Gene- ral, at his Quarters, State Arsenal, at 10 o'clock, A. M. pre- cisely.
The Troops located on Long-Island and Westchester County, w^ho feel disposed to parade on this occasion, will report themselves to their respective Colonels, at the State Arsenal, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Those complying as above will be allowed, each individual, one parade.
The Brigade Staff will assemble at the Brigadier General'* Quarters, at 11 o'clock precisely.
The usual badge of mourning, crape on the left arm and sword hilt, will be worn for sixty days. By order of
HENRY STORMS, Brig. Gen. Com. 1st Brigade L. H. A.
John L. Fisher, Aid-de-Camp. Henry J. Storms, Ass't Aid-de-Camp.
HEAD-QUARTERS— TWENTY-EIGHTH DIVISION NEW-YORK STATE INFANTRY.
DIVISION ORDERS.
City of New-York, June 23rd, 1845. The Commissioned Officers of this Division, with the Light Infantry Corps, attached thereto, will parade on Tuesday the •24th June, instant, in full dress, with the usual badge of mourning, (General and Field Officers dismounted), to join in paying funeral honors to the illustrious General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United Stntes. Brigadier Ge- neral William L. Morris, and Brigadier General R. L. Schieffelin, will promulgate this Order for the information of tlieir respective Commands.
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The Officers- of this City, as well as the Light Infanlrr attached to the several Divisions of Infantry, will meet at the North-east corner, rear of the City Hall, at 1 o'clock, V. M. precisely, on tliat dtiy. By order of
Brig. Gen. GARRIT H. STRIKER, Connnandini^ 2Stli Div. N. Y. S. I. Ambrose C. Kingsland,
Division Inspector.
HEAD QUARTERS— THIRTY-SECOND DIVISION NEW-YORK STATE INEANTRY.
ORDER No. 58.
New-York. June 20th, 1S45.
The Common Council of the City of New-York, having made arrangements to solemnize the death of the late Ge- neral Andrew Jackson, by a Civic and Military Procession, and invited this Division to nnite with them in paying ho- nors to the illustrious dead, all the Officers and the several uniformed Corps of this Division, will assemble in full uni- form, (General, Field and Staff dismounted), with the usual badge of mourning, in rear of the City Hall, on Tuesday the 24th instant, at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of taking part lu the ceremonies. Brigadier Generals Cunnnings and Ma- thers will issue the necessary orders to their respective Cou;- mandrs.
By order of
Major General LLOYD.
Florence Mahony,
Division Inspector.
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riRST BRIGADE N. Y. S. ARTILLERY. BRIGADE ORDER No. 10.
Head-Cluarters, New- York, } June iSth, 1S45. \
'In compliance with Division Order, this Brigade will as- *ienible in full uniform, on Tuesday, the 24th instant, at 9.^ o'clock, A. M. precisely, on the Battery.
Commandants of Regiments will cause the colors to be sent fo Room No. 8, City Hall, on Friday, the 20th instant, to be shrouded in crape, and send for them on Tuesday jrior^iing;.
Officers will wear crape on the left arm and sword hilt. By order of
Brigadier General WM. HALL.
Win. Borden, Brigade Quartermaster.
FIRST REGIMENT N. Y. STATE LIGHT (HORSE)
ARTILLERY.
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
New-York, June 20th, 1845. In compliance with Brigade Order, this Regiment will parade fully uniformed and equipped as Cavalry, with the usual badge of mourning, on Tuesday, 24th instant, for the purpose of paying funeral honors to the memory of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States. The Regimental line will form in Broome-street, the right resting on Elm-street, at 10 o'clock, A. M. precisely. The Kegimental Standard only will be used at this parade.
By order of
JOHN STEWART, Colonel. Isaac 0. Hunt, Adjutant.
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SIXTH BRIGADE N. Y. STATE ARTILLERY.
BRIGADE ORDERS.
New-York, June 19th, 1845. In compliance with Division Orders which hav^e heen pro- mulgated, the Brigade will parade as therein directed. The? line will be formed on the Battery, at half-past nine o'clock, A. M. precisely. The minute guns will be fired by the Eleventh Regiment, and Col. Yates will make a requisi- tion on the Commissary General for the necessary ammuni- tion.
By order of
Brigadier General MORRIS. James Phalen,
Brigade Major and Inspector. Wm. Denman, Aid-de-Camp.
The Staff will assemble at No. 9 Park Place, at 9 o'clock, A. M. on the above day, fully equipped.
SECOND REGIMENT— FIRST BRIGADE N. Y. S. LIGHT (HORSE) ARTILLERY.
REGIMENTAL ORDER No. 10.
New-York, June 20th, 1845.
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In compliance with Brigade Orders of this date, the Field and Staff Officers of this Regiment will assemble fully imiformed and equipped, at the Arsenal Yard, on Tuesday, the 24th instant, at 10 o'clock, A. M. precisely, for the purpose of paying funeral honors to the memory of Gene- ral Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States.
Officers will wear the nsual badge of mourning, crape on the left arm and sword hilt, for sixty days.
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White pantaloons will be worn on all parades by the Field and Staff until the first day of September next.
The Officers and Troopers of this Regiment located in Westchester County, are invited to parade on this occasion. By order of
DANIEL E. DELAVAN,
Colonel Commanding. Samuel A. Rundell,
Adjutant.
FIRST BRIGADE— THIRD REGIMENT N. Y. STATE ARTILLERY— WASHINGTON GREYS.
REGIMENTAL ORDER No. 14.
Head-Quarters, New- York, > June 18th, 1845. \
The Regiment will parade, fully uniformed, armed and equipped, with white pantaloons, and without knapsack, on Tuesday, the 24th instant, to unite in paying the last tri- bute of respect to Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States.
The line will be formed in the Park, right on Beekman- street, at 9 o'clock, A. M. precisely.
Officers will appear with crape on the left arm and sword hilt.
Gluartermaster Brown is charged with the shrouding of the Colours, &-c.
The Line Officers and Non-commissioned Staff will pa- rade with the new Breast-plate adopted by the Board of Officers. They can be procured at the Colonel's quarters.
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A strict compliance with the Standing Orders, published in Order No. 13, will be exacted. By order of
Colonel JOHN W. AVERV. William A. Pond, Act'g Adj. Alfred Brigeman, Serg't Major.
THIRD DIVISION N. Y. STATE INFANTRY.
New-York, June 20th, 1845.
The Officers of this Division are invited to assemble in full uniform, with the usual badge of mourning, in rear of the City Hall, on Tuesday, the 24th instant, at 1 o'clock, P. M., to unite with the other Divisions of Infantry in pay- ino" funeral honors to the memory of General Andrew Jack- son. The Light Companies attached to the Division are also ir^vited to take part in the ceremonies, and to assemble at such place as may be indicated, preparatory to taking post in the procession.
The Major General feels assured that all will cordially unite in paying the last sad honors to one, who^ in addition to his other higli and distinguished positions, has, in liis mi- litary capacity, rendered the most important and efficient services to our beloved country. By order of
Major General H. T. KIERSTED.
J. D. Morgan, Aid-de-Camp.
THIRTY-FIRST DIVISION OF INFANTRY. DIVISION ORDERS.
jso. 2. New-York, June 20th, 1S45.
The Commissioned Officers of the Division are requested
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to assemble in the Park, in the rear of tlie City Hall, on Tuesday next, the 24th instant, at 1 o'clock in the after- noon, in full uniform, with the usual badge of mourning, to join with the municipal authorities in the funeral solen^- nities on the death of the illustrious General Andrew Jack- sen, late President of these United States. By order of
Major General FREDERICK PENTZ, H. H. Ward, Aid-de-Camp.
SIXTY-SECOND BRIGADE N. Y. S. INFANTRY. BRIGADE ORDER.
New-York, June 20th, 1845.
The accompanying Division Orders are communicated to the Officers of this Brigade ; and in accordance therewith, the Commissioned Officers are invited to assemble, on Tues- day next, the 24th instant, at 1 o'clock, P. M., in the Park, in rear of the City Hall, in full uniform, with the usual badge of mourning, for the purpose of uniting with the Offi- cers of the several Corps of Infantry, in the funeral solem- nities on the death of the late President of the United States, Major General Andrew Jackson. By order of
Brigadier General MATTHEW KEELER.
VV^\RD B. Burnett, Major and Inspector.
FIFTY-EIGHTH BRIGADE N. Y. INFANTRY.
The Officers of this Brigade are invited to unite in render- ins: funeral honors to the late General Andrew Jackson,
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former President of the United States, on Tuesday next, the 24th June instant; the Officers fully uniformed, and with the usual badge of mourning, will meet in rear of the East corner of the City Hall, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
By order of
R. L. SCHIEFFELIN, Brig. General,
FIFTY-NINTH BRIGADE OF N. Y. S. INFANTRY.
New-York, June 23Fd, 1845. The Officers of this Brigade are requested to join their fellow-citizens in paying funeral honors to the late Major General Andrew Jackson. They will meet at such time and place as will be designated in the public papers.
D. AINSLEE, Brigadier General.
TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT N. Y. STATE ARTILLERY^— NATIONAL GUARD,
REGIMENTAL ORDER.
No. 44. New-York, June I9th, 1845.
Ill compliance with Brigade Orders of this date, this Re- giment will parade, on Tuesday next, the 24th instant, in the Park, fully uniformed, armed and equipped, (white pants, without knapsacks,) for the purpose of paying fu- neral honors to General Andrew Jackson, deceased, Ex- President of the United States.
Regimental Line will be formed at half-past 8 o'clock, A. M., in front of the City Hall.
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Adjutant Divver will cause the colors to be left at Room
No. 8 City Hall, to be put in mourning.
The usual badge of mourning will be worn on the arm, and
on the officers' sword-hilts.
By order of
Colonel VERMILYE,
Joseph A. Divver, Adjutant.
TENTH BRIGADE OF INFANTRY.
BRIGADE ORDER.
No. 2. New-York, June 20th, 1845.
The foregoing Division Order is promulgated for tlie infor- mation of the Officers of the Brigade. It is desirable that every officer should be present, in order both to show his re- spect for the memory of a distinguished fellow citizen, whose actions have shed a lustre on the history of our country, and also to sustain the credit of the corps to which we belong.
By order
Colonel WM. VAN NORDEN,
Commandant, R. Fayerweather, Judge Advocate.
EIGHTY-FIFTH REGIMENT, TENTH BRIGADE
N. Y. S. I.
REGIMENTAL ORDER.
No. 39. New-York, June 20th, 1845.
The foregoing orders are published for the information of
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tbe officers of the Regiment. The officers will appear iii white pantaloons.
By order
Colonel WM. VAN NORDEN, James B, Cook, Adjutant.
EIGHTH REGIMENT— LIGHT INFANTRY REGIiMENTAL ORDER.
New-York, June 20th, 1845,
The foregoing orders are published for the information of the officers of the Regiment. The officers will appear in white pantaloons.
By order
Colonel JOHN EWEN. A. Newton, Adjutant.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND REGI MENT, TENTH BRIGADE, N. Y. S. I.
REGIMENTAL ORDER.
New-York, June 20th, 1S45.
The Division and Brigade Orders as published above, aie» hereby promulgated for the information of the officers of this Regiment. Strict obedience to the same is confidently ex-
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pected by the Commandant. The officers will appear in white pantaloons.
By order,
Colonel DAVID S. TURNER.
INDEPENDENCE GUARD.
New-York, June 21st5 1845.
The Independence Guard will parade in mourning, at Tammany Hall, in full uniform, armed and equipped, on the 24th inst, at 11 o'clock, A.M., and unite %vith our fellow- citizens in funeral honors to the great Jackson.
This corps has been selected as a guard to the Grand Mar- slial, and will march at the head of the column.
By order,
JOHN T. CAIRNS,
Captain.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT
OF INFANTRY.
REGIMENTAL ORDERS.
No. 23. New- York, June 21, 1845.
The several companies of Light Infantry and Artillery at- tached to this Regiment, are hereby ordered to parade in full
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uniform, armed and equipped according to law, on Tuesday^^ the 24th instant, for the purpose of uniting- with our fellow- citizens in paying Funeral Honors to the late General Andrew Jackson.
The commandants of the several corps, will order their re- spective commands to assemble at an early hour on that day, and will report for duty to Major General Sandford, on the Battery, at 12 o'clock, M. precisely.
The colors will be sent under the care of a non-commis- sioned officer to No. S City Hall, this day or Monday next, to receive the usual insiarnia of mournins:.
The Officers of the Regiment will assemble in full uni- form, in pursuance of an invitation from the Honorable the Corporation, in the Park, in rear of the City Hall, on Tues- day next, at one o'clock, P.M. The usual badge of mourn- ing will be worn on the left arm and sword-hilt for sixty days.
The resignation of Captain Charles L. Denman, comman- ding the Company of Jackson Guards, has been accepted by the Brigadier General. First Lieutenant Francis Priest, wil] assume the command of said Company, until further orders.
By order of
S. JONES MUMFORD, Col.
J. Lefferts Cowenhoven, Adjutant.
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LIGHT GUARD—ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH REGLMENT.
FLANK COMPANY A.
Armory, Lafayette Hill. > SPECIAL ORDER. New-Y^rk, June 18, 1845 J
Tlie members of this corps are hereby ordered to assemble at the Armory in full uniform, on Tuesday Morning, the 24th inst., at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of uniting- hj the Funeral Obsequies of General Andrew Jackson, late Presi- dent of the United States.
To render honor to the memory of the illustrious dead is alike the grateful duty of the civilian and the soldier ; and the Commandant feels assured that every member of the' corps will unite in this tribute of respect to the departed Hero and Patriot, whose virtues and achievements are identified with the history of our country, and have shed a lustre on its pages which " time can neither diminish nor disperse.'' On this occasion every man is expected and required to be on parade A Post of Honor will be assigned to the corps, and the fulled ranks must prove that the Light Guard are worthy of such distinction.
An officer will be in attendance at the Armory every even. mgfor the instruction of recruits.
By order,
E. VINCENT, Com'dt. James Vandervoort, Ord. Ser'r.
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OLD COMPANY— CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS.
New-York, June 20, 1845.
Sir — You are hereby requesled to attend a meeting of the Old Company, this Friday Evening-, June 20, at Mr. Charles T. Kipp's, corner of Charles and Hudson-streets, at 8 o'cloclc, to make the necessary arrangements for next Tuesday, June 24, to pay the last tribute of respect to the Patriot, States- man, and Warrior, General Andrew Jackson.
COMPANY ORDERS.
The members of this Company, will assemble on Tuesday Morning, June 24, corner of ^lorton, fronting on Hudson- street, at 8 o'clock, precisely, in order to take the right of the citizens, generally.
Dress — Dark Coat and White Pantaloons, with cross and body belts.
Officers will wear black crape attached to the hilts of their swords. Privates will also wear black crape attached to the small of their guns.
Citizens of different Wards wishing to turn out with tlie Company, will assemble as above.
By order,
JOSEPH SHAW, ComMt. ■
David Riley, President.
Theodore Silva, Secretary.
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The following Communications and reports of proceedings were laid before your Committee, from various
CIVIC SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS,
NEW-YORK STATE SOCIETY OF THE CIN= CINNATI.
GENERAL ORDER.
New- York, June 21st, 1845o
The President with heartfelt regret, announces to the uiembers of the Society, the death of Major General jr\,ndrew Jackson of Tennessee, which melancholy event took place at his residence (the Hermitage) , on the 8th instant, full of years and honors.
In consideration of the distinguished military achieve- ments of General Jackson, he was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of this Society on the 24th of February, 1819.
Our Countr}^ has given birth to few individuals whose loss will be more sincerely and universally regretted. As a Pat- riot, his valuable services were devoted with untiring zeal to the cause of his country, which may with pride look back to his career, as the conquering and triumphant Chieftain. His career in civil life was no less distinguished for its devotion and fidelity.
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The members of the Society are requested to wear the usu- al badge of mourning for thirty days.
By order of
Major WILLIAM POPHAM,
President. Edward P. Marcellin, Secretary.
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SPECIAL MEETING.
University, June 19, 1845. Hon. Luther Bradish, Vice President, in the chair.
The Death of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States, was announced by Prosper M. Wetmore, who submitted the following resolutions :
This Society has learned with profound regret the death of Andrew Jackson, an illustrious citizen, whose long public services endeared him to the American People, and whose life and conduct will be inseparably connected in history, with the era to which he belonged. Therefore, it is
Resolved y That in common with our fellow-citizens through- out the Union, we lament the decease of a gallant and dis- tinguished soldier, whose victories have shed lustre on the Republic ; an independent, sagacious, and faithful magis- trate, whose steady aim was to advance the honor of his country.
Resolved, That he, who has gone down to his grave full of lionors and full of years, has left behind him a character, whose attributes of patriotism, courage, energy, resolution, fearlessness of responsibility, marked him as one of the few
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great men who leave an impress upon the age in which they lived. ''Heaven gave him length of days, and he filled them with deeds of greatness." His reputation is now the property of his country, and should be the care of her future biographers and historians. ''It is a solid fabric, and will support the laurels which adorn it."
Resolved, that the members of this Society, of which the deceased was an honorary associate, will wear the customary badge of mourning, and unite with the municipal authori- ties and citizens, in paying a public tribute of respect to his memory.
The resolutions being duly seconded by J. Romeyn Broad- head, Esq., were discussed by the Hon. B. F. Butler, Hon. Daniel Webster, John McKeon, Prosper M. Wetmore, Charles King, and Thomas Fessenden, and adopted.
On motion of Henry E. Davies, Esq. it was
Resolved, That the Society would unite in rendering pub- lic testimonials of respect to the memory of the deceased, and that the following be a Committee to make the necessary arrangements :
Hon. Samuel Jones, '
Hon. T. Frelinghuysen, Henry E. Davies, Esq., Hon. B. F. Butler, Hon. James Talmadge. Extract from the Minutes.
(Signed), JOHN BIGELOW,
Recording Secretary.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF
NEW-YORK.
At a Special Meeting of the Chamber, held at the Mer- :hants Bank, on the 18th of June, 1845, '
The President, James G. King, Esq., in the chair ;
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The Death of General Andrew Jackson, was announced by the President, and on motion of James De Peyster Ogden, Esq., the following resolution was unanimously adopted :
Resolved., That the members of this Chamber have learn- ed w\\\\ the deepest regret the decease, on the Sth instant, of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States, and that in testimony of their respect for his memo- ry, they will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days ; and will unite with the Authorities of the City in rendering public testimonials of respect to the memory of the deceased.
Ordered, that the foregoing resolution be transmitted to his Honor, the Mayor of the City, and published. Extract from the minutes. Attest,
PROSPER M. WETMORE, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
At a Special Meeting of the Board of Direction of this In- stitution, convened this day, at the call of the President pro tern, the following preamble and resolutions were unan- imously adopted :
. Whereas^ The Country has lately been called upon to mourn the decease of the venerable Andrew Jackson, Ex- President of the United States, and it well befits men of all classes and ages, who entertain a love of their common country, and feelings of respect and reverence for the emi- nent men who have contributed to its prosperity and glory, to join in proper testimonials to their memory. Therefore — Resolved^ That the Board of Direction, on behalf of the members generally of the '' Mercantile Library Association" sympathizing with the community at large on this occasion,
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adopt this method of testifying their respect for the memory of a man, who, at many crises in our history, stood foremost as its defender, and the maintenance of its union and inte- grity against both foreign and internal foes.
Resolved^ That in accordance with these sentiments, the members of this Institution be recommended to adopt the usual badge of mourning.
Resolved^ That the Library and Reading Room be closed during the day and evening of the funeral services.
Resolved^ That these resolutions, signed by the President pro tem. and Secretary of this Institution, be published in the daily papers.
Clinton Hall, 20th June, 1845.
CORNELIUS L. EVERITT,
President ^ro ^e?7?. Chas. M. Wheatley, Rec. Sec.
At a meeting of the Bar of the City of New-York, held on the 23rd of June, 1845, in the Superior Court Room, in the City Hall, for the purpose of adopting suitable measures in relation to the public ceremonies connected with the death of the late Andrew Jackson.
On motion of Theodore E. Tomlinson, Esq., Chief Justice Jones was called to the chair; and on motion of the Hon. John McKeon, William Beach Lawrence was appointed Secretary.
On motion of Clinton Dewitt, Esq. Mr. Bosworth, Mr. Brady, Mr. Dewitt, Mr. Prichard, and Mr. Tomlinson were appointed a Committee to prepare suitable resolutions.
Whereupon, Joseph S. Bosworth, Esq. reported the fol- lowing resolution, which, on motion of Joseph N. Ballestier Esq., was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Members of the Bar of the City and
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County of New-York, impressed with a deep sense of the patriotism, firm rectitude of purpose, and of the importance of the various and distinguished public services of Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States, will unite in a body with (heir fellow-citizens, on the 24th instant, in the public ceremonies that have been arranged to take place on that day, to commemorate his virtues, and pay their tribute of respect to his memory.
James T. Brady, Esq. then offered the following resolu- tion, after an eloquent allusion to the occasion which had brought the meeting together, which was unanimously a- dopted :
Resolved^ That the thanks of the Bar of New-York be presented to Captain McArdie, for his courtesy in offering his beautiful Company of City Guards, as an escort to the Judges and Bar, in the procession to-morrow, and that the escort be accepted.
Mr. Bosworth then offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved^ That the Members of the Bar residing out of and being in the city, be invited to unite with their brethren of the Bar of this city, in the public ceremonies and proces- sion in honor of the memory of General Andrew Jackson.
Franklin S. Kenney, Esq. then offered the following re- solutions, which, after some appropriate remarks, by L. S, Eddy, Esq., on General Jackson's character as a Lawyer and a Judge, were unanimously adopted :
Resolved^ That a Committee of Arrangements, to consist of seven, be appointed to carry the objects of this meeting into effect, and that the Bar be requested to wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
The Chair then appointed Joseph L. White, Joseph S. Bosworth, David Graham, F. S. Kenney, H. S. Dodge, H. E. Davies, and William M. Prichard, Esqvs., such Committee.
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Resolved, That the proceedings be published in tjie seve- ral papers of this city.
S. JONES, Chairman.
W. B. Lawrence, Secretary.
At a meeting of the Students, held in the Chapel of the New York University, in reference to the death and funeral obsequies of the late General Andrew Jackson, Mr. S.S. Rel- yea, of Ulster County, was appointed Chairman, and Abra- ham S. Gardiner, of Suffolk County, Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, the Chairman appointed a Committee, consisting of Wm. H. Talmage, E. Delafield Smith, Edwin R. Cook, P. M. Redfield, and J. Elli- ott Benton, to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting.
The Committee, after a few moments, reported the follow-
ing :
Resolved, That as young Americans, called upon, after the lapse of but four years, to mourn the loss of another patriot hero, the Students of the University esteem it a privilege to mingle their sympathy with the general mourning.
Resolved, That as a token of respect to the memory of the illustrious deceased, we will attend the funeral proces- sion in a body.
Resolved, That we will assemble at 1 o'clock, P. M. on Tuesday, 24th instant, at the N. W. corner of the Park, to take the place assigned us in the programme.
Resolved, That Mr. Abraham S. Gardiner be Chief Mar- shal upon the occasion.
The above resolutions were unanimously adopted, and
the meeting adjourned.
S. S. RELYEA, Chairman.
Abm. S. Gardiner, Secretary.
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The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the ancient and and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New- York, having resolved to unite with the City Authorities and the various Associations, in paying a proper and deserved tribute of respect to the memory of their illustrious and Most Worshipful Brother, Andrew Jack- son, Past Grand Master of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Ten- nessee, the officers and members of all the Lodges imder its jurisdiction, in the City of New- York, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, in good standing, are hereby summoned to meet at the Grand Lodge-room, Howard House, corner of Broadway and Howard-street, on Tuesday morning next, at 11 o'clock, precisely.
The Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge only will appear in full regalia. All other Brethren will appear in black or dark clothing, black hats, white gloves, and white aprons, or white aprons trimmed with blue. No sashes to be worn.
By order of the M. W. Grand Master,
ISAAC PHILLIPS, P. S. VANHOUTEN, JOHN CLARK, WM. C. BURNET, JAMES J. TIMPSON ELIAS W. NEXEN, WM. C. PARK,
, Grand Lodge ' Committee.
NEW-YORK SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.
Monday Evening, June 16th, 1S45.
Extract from the Minutes : — Wm. L. S. Harrison offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unani- mously adopted :
Whereas J we have received with deep regret the intelli-
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gence of the demise of our venerable fellow-citizen, Gene* ral Andrew Jackson ; Therefore
Resolved^ That the President be authorized to appoint a Connnittee of three to draft and report at our next meeting-, a series of resolutions expressive of the sense of the Society at this sad and melancholy dispensation of Divine Provi- dence.
Resolved^ That the President be further authorised to ap- point a Committee of five, whose duty it shall be to select a member for the purpose of pronouncing, before this So- ciety, a eulogy on the life and character of General Andrew Jackson.
By order,
N. QUACKENBOS, President. H. S. Derickson, Chairman,
Com. of Publication.
UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK.
June 20th, 1845.
Resolved^ That the Faculty of the University unite with the City authorities and other public bodies in the honors to be rendered to the memory of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States, on Tuesday next, and that the exercises of the University be suspended on that day.
Resolved^ That Professors Draper and Lewis be a Com- mittee to communicate with the Common Council in real- tion to the subject.
A copy from the Minutes of the Faculty.
(Signed) , JOHN W. DRAPER,
Chairman of Com.
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Extract from the Minutes of the Medical Faculty of tiie University of the City of New- York, June 21st, 1845 :
The Medical Faculty of the University of the City of New-York, having received a communication through their President, from Messrs. Hart and Brady, the Committee of the Common Council, inviting them to participate in the so- lemnities occasioned by the Death of General Andrew Jack- son, late President of the United States,
Resolved unanimously y That this Faculty will cordially unite on this occasion with the City Authorities, and Public, in testifying their respect for the eminent Patriot and illustri- ous man.
Resolved, That Drs. Mott and Revere, be a Committee to Communicate with the Common Council in reference to this subject.
[A true copy].
(Signed), JOHN W. DRAPER,
Sec. of the Faculty.
I. 0. OF O. F.
The R. W. Grand Lodge of the State of New- York, will assemble in full Regalia, on Tuesday, June 24th, at 12 o'clock, M. at the Rooms, National Hall, Canal-street, for the purpose of uniting with the Common Council, Military and Civic Societies, in paying the last tribute of respect to the late Gen. Andrew Jackson. Representatives are requested to be punctual in their attendance.
P. Grand Sires, past and present officers and members of the R. W. Grand Lodge of the United States, past and pres- ent officers and members of the several Grand Lodges, and Encampments visiting the City, are affectionately invited to unite with the Grand Lodge, on this occasion, and they will
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therefore please report themselves to the Committee of Ar- rangements at National Hall, CanaUstreet, at as early an b.<»ur a.s convenient on Tuesday morning. By order
JOHN a TREADWELL,
Grand Secretary.
I. 0. OF 0, F.
The several Subordinate Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of New- York, are hereby noti- fied that the Grand Lodge will parade in full regalia on Tues- day next, to unite with the Common Council, Military and Civic Societies, in paying the last tribute of respect to the late General Andrew Jackson.
The several Subordinate Lodges are therefore respectfully invited to join them as Lodges in full regalia, Each subor- dinate will appoint a Marshal, and report their numbers to the Grand Marshal, T. Davids, at National Hall, Grand Lodge Room, on Tuesday morning, June 24, at 9 o'clock.
The line will be formed in Canal-street, right on Centre, at 10 o'clock.
WILSON SMALL, ]
EDWIN WAINRIGHT, I Committee PETER FAIRCHILD, } of
JOHN MARRINER, | Arrangement. JAMES STOKES, J
I. 0. OF 0. Fo
The Members and ex-Members of Mount Vernon Lodge, also the Officers and Members of Independence Lodge, are
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requested to meet at Independence Lodge Room, No. 13^ Bowery, on Tuesday morning, June 24th, inst., at 8 o'clock ^ to join in the procession of the Funeral Obsequies of General Andrew Jacksox.
By request of the Committee of Arrangements.
H. L. ROBERTSON, Secretary,
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES,
At a meeting of the Committee appointed by New-York District, Brother Wm. Jay Haskett was appointed Chit- Marshal of the Order for the 24th mst., and the Aids from the different Tents will report themselves to him at his office, 15 Centre -street. The Chief Rulers of Tents^ are requested to meet at Washington Marine Tent Room, on Monday Morn- ing, at 10 o'clock, to receive the necessary instructions from the ('ommittee for the direction of their respective Tents. All members of the Order, are respectful}}' requested to join with the District, and to take position at 12 o'clock, Tuesday, at the corner of Canal and Elm-streets. The Committee would respectfully recommend the Brethren of the Order to appear in dark clothes, dark gloves, and a crape rosette on the left side of the regalia.
The Secretaries of Tents, are requested to furnish the Com- mittee with the sashes undisposed of in their possession, by sending them to Washington Marine Tent, where the Com- mittee will be in session during the day.
THOS. J. MIDDLEDITCH, ] ROBERT BEATTY, Jr., | GEORGE FIBER, ;. Committee.
ISAIAH HULSART, I
JOHN P. ELLIS, J
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ORDER OF THE CHIEF MARSHAL OF THE INDE- PENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES.
The Order will rendezvous at. the corner of Ehn and Canal ftreets, and take position on the left of the District, according- to the number of the Tent, at 12 o'clock, precisely, on Tues- day, the 24th instant, and report immediately to tlie Chief Marshal. The Aids appointed by the Tents will report themselves for duty on the receipt of their appointments. The Special Aids, Howard S. Schenck, Thomas J. Jenkins, Samuel S. Acker, William McLellan, Frederick Hennell, William S. Riley, Charles Mee, Hiram T. Sammons, will form the line and guide it into column. Brother Schenk is detailed for inspection duty, and will report on formation of the line.
The Head Quarters of the Marshal will be at his office, No. 15 Centre-street, up to 12 o'clock, Tuesday, after which dme he will receive reports on the right of the line.
W. JAY HASKETT,
Chief Marshal.
June 23, 1845.
SOCIETY OF TAMMANY, OR COLUxMBIAN ORDER.
Special Meeting. June 17th, 1845.
The following preamble and resolutions, offered by Sachem Boyd, were unanimously adopted, and ordered to be pub- lished : —
JVhereas^ It has pleased an All-wise Providence to re- ?nove from the scene of his earthly triumphs and cares, our fellow-citizen and brother. Gen. ANDREW JACKSON, the man who, after W^ashington, had, above all men of his time, most deeply enshrined himself in the hearts of his fellow-
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citizens ; the Hero to whom the virtue of dauntless bravery was a common quality, compared with the superior general- ship that controlled it : the Statesman, whose strength of thought was stamped upon his every act, and whose intuitive sense of right made his policy, the policy of the whole people ; the Patriot, the sole engrossing thought of whose whole life, was the honor and prosperity of his beloved country — who, by his manly conduct, in time of peace, maintained that honor no less than by his achievements in time of war ; the Chris- tian, to whom the bestowal of the height of all worldly lien- ors ever conferred on man was as nothing compared with his hope and trust in the wisdom and mercy of the Giver of all good.
And Whereas^ As Americans, claiming some share in the renown which the illustrious life of the departed Hero and statesman has shed over our whole country, desirous, so far as it may be in our power, to perpetuate his memory as an example to those around us, and to those Avho are to follow us, believing that due honors to the mighty dead, are but as incentives to the living, to perform their duties to their fellow men, supporters of the principles of which the renowned de- ceased stood forth as the civic Hero of the age, and claiming him as as a true Brother of our common fraternity, doubly bound to us by the strongest ties : Therefore,
Resolved^ That the incidents, the events and results, of the career of Andrew Jackson, have made an indelible impres- sion upon the minds of the people of the present, and will influence the action of future generations.
Resolvedj That this Society deeply sympathise with hi? immediate friends, his companions in arms still surviving, and the people en masse, connected with him as they are, by ties of veneration and gratitude for great and lasting public ser- vices and benefits.
Resolvedj That this Society will join in such public testimo- nial to the memory of the deceased patriot as may be order- ed by the municipal authority of this city.
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Resolved, That a Committee of seven be appointed to con- fer with the Committee of the Common Council, and make the arrangements necessary to carry the above resolutions into effect.
Extract from the minutes.
JAMES CONNER, Grand Sachem.
AsBURY W. Kirk, Secretary.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN GENERAL COM- MITTEE.
Tammany Hall, June 19, 1845.
At a Special meeting of this Committee, held pursuant to call, Elijah F. Purdy, Esq. in the chair; the Chairman stated that the General Committee had been convened upon this oc- casion for the purpose of taking some action upon the subject of the mournful intelligence which has spread a gloom, not only over our City, but has struck at the hearts and affections of every Republican Patriot, throughout the length and breadth of our land. He alluded to the Death of GENERAL JACKSON. Although his advanced age and feeble health, said the Chairman, had in some measure prepared us for this sad intelligence, yet we could not but feel that we had sustained a great loss, and one that would make an impres- sion, and would be felt by our wdiole country for ages to come ; but the Patriot, the Sage, the Philosopher, and the Christian, has gone down to the grave, honored, respected, and beloved. The Chairman having concluded his feeling, appropriate, and eloquent remarks, the following preamble and resolutions were submitted, and unanimously approved :
Whereas, The Creator of the world has been pleased to bring to a final close the earthly existence of General AN- DREW JACKSON, late President of the United States. Pronounce him one of the first men of the age, and you will cot have done him justice. Class him among the mighty
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men who have adorned and dignified every age and clime from the creation of the world, and where shall we find one w^ho can justly claim to take precedence of the Immortal Jackson ?
^ind Whereas^ The General Committee, partaking deeply in this national bereavement, and being impressed with the •importance which belongs to the fame and career of the il- lustrious deceased, as a Soldier, a Statesman, and a Patriot — whose life has been devoted to the sacred cause of human liberty, and whose character and unceasing efforts have done more to illustrate the principles and blessings of free govern- ernment, than any other — feel that they but express the calm, mature judgment of the American people, when they hold him up to mankind as a pure and noble example of hu- man greatness, worthy of the emulation of the rising genera- tion through all time ; therefore,
Resolved, That while we mourn for the loss of this great and good man, whose memory it is patriotism to love, we cannot regard his death in the light of a national calamity ; for, though his body has departed from its earthly stage, his spirit and his counsels still will continue to exercise their beneficial influence over the destinies of his beloved coun- try ; and we are further consoled by the proud privilege of directing upon him the contemplation of a world, as he now stands ranked with the immortal WASIII^'GTON and JEFFERSON, a spotless specimen of republican purity and virtue.
Resolved, That the death of General ANDREW JACK- SON, is an event of deep bereavement to his age and coun- try. It is the descent to the grave of the man, who beyond all others, personified the spirit and progress of the times in which he lived. He has impressed his character upon an era of our history ; and in coming centuries he will stand before the world, as a mighty personification of the spirit of our institutions. His name can never die. We mourn his departure from among us ; but we mourn for oursclveg — not
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for him. The work of his life was complete — his duties to his country perfected — the measure of his glory full ; and in the Christian beauty of liis death, after having witnessed in his great career the noblest iUustration of a Patriot's life, we have a profound example of how a great man should die.
Resolved, That tlie members of the General Committee will wear crape on the left arm for forty days, as a tribute of respect to the illustrious deceased.
Resolved, That the General Committee appoint a Com- mittee of five, to meet with the Committee of the Com- mon Council and of the Tammany Society.
The Chair appointed, as such Committee, Messrs. Brode- rick, Maclay, Anderson, Murphy, and Kellogg.
ELIJAH F. PURDY, Chairman.
Isaac V. Fowler, ? c^ • . • nrT,r.,r> 1^ ^ } Secretaries.
Uliver Oharlick, )
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN YOUNG MEN'S GENERAL COMMITTEE.
At a meeting of the Democratic Republican Young Men's General Committee, held at Tammany Hall, on Wednes- day evening, the ISth instant, a Committee of five was ap. pointed to draft resolutions, expressive of the sense of this Committee on the afflictive dispensation which has just be- fallen this nation. Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed to carry the same into eflect :
Benjamin S. Hart, J. B. Hetherington,
W. B. Aitkin, N. B. Graham,
J. S. Carpentier. Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty, in his wisdom, to re- move from the scene of his usefulness, and to release from his sufferings, the revered and venerable patriot, ANDREW JACKSON — the warm and ardent friend — the sagacious
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Statesman — the affectionate Husband — the mighty Warrior —an apostle of Democracy in its broadest and most illimitable sense, whose precepts and examples afford an incentive to the present generation, as well as to millions yet unborn — the impress of whose mighty mind, not only illumines the present age, but is destined to shed an effulgence on the history of the past — a Sage, whose almost sole engrossing and ennobling thought, even to the latest hour of his exist- ence, was the good of his beloved country, and the acts of whose eventful life now adorn its annals — whose warning voice was never raised in vain, when the liberties of his country were threatened by its enemies — a Man, whose iron will and inflexible integrity and purity of purpose bore him triumphantly through to the last, in consonance with the responsive voices of countless freemen. Therefore, in tes- timony of the irreparable loss we have sustained in the great national calamity which has befallen us, and, inas- much as it is fitting to give some sign of the memory of those deeds which redeem his name from the power of the grave, and have stamped upon his history the impress of im- mortality,
Be it resolved, That this General Committee will join their fellow-citizens in such public demonstration of respect and sorrow, as may be recommended by the Common Coun- cil.
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to car- ry the foregoing resolution into effect.
Whereupon the Committee on Resolutions, with the Chairman and Secretaries added, were authorized to act in behalf of this Committee.
Resolvedj That the members of the Committee be request- ed to \vear crape on their left arm for thirty days.
LORENZO B. SHEPARD, Chairman.
lAK, ^
Wm. C. Betts, J secrelarie.. Ldward Straha]
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At a meeting of the Joint Commitees, consisting of the Committee of the Tammany Society, of the Democratic Re- "publican General Committee, and of the Democratic Re- pubh'can Young" Men's Committee, held at Tammany Hall, on Friday, the 20th instant, Robert B. Boyd was appointed Chairman, and Edward Sandford, Secretary.
On motion, the subjoined Programme was adopted :
Society of Tammany, or Columbian Order.
Band of Music,
Captain Baxter's Company of
Independent Tompkins Blues, as an Escort.
Banner.
John Becker, Sagamore ;
James Conner, Grand Sachem ;
A. W. Kirk, Secretary ; J. D. Everson, Treasurer ;
Charles Mills, Father of the Council ;
P. D. Letter, Wiskinkie ; Daniel E. Delavan, Scribe.
Sachems. E. F. Purdy, John J. Manning,
Robert B. Boyd, Paul K. Hubbs,
Peter Crawford, Charles Mapes,
George S. Messerve, William J. Brown,
Henry Storms, Jacob Brush,
Daniel E. Delavan.
Members of Tammany Society, five abreast.
Democratic Republican General Committee.
E. F. Puvdy, Chairman ;
I. V. Fowler, Secretary ; Oliver Charlick, Secretary.
Members of the General Committee, five abreast.
Democratic Republican Young Men's General Committee,
L. B. Shepard, Chairman ;
Wm. C.Betts, Secretary ; Edw. Strahan, Secretary.
Members of the Democratic Republican Young Men's
General Committee, five abreast.
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On motion. Resolved, That our Democratic Republican citizens be invited to attend at Tammany Hall, on Tuesday, at 11 o'clock, A. M.J to join with the Tammany Society and the several Committees in the ceremonies of the day.
In behalf of Tammany Society.
Robert B. Boyd, John Becker,
John D. Everson, John H. Bowie,
Paul K. Hubbs, James Conner,
Edward Sanford, Gerardus Boyce.
In behalf of the Democratic Republican General
Committee.
David C. Broderick, Joseph Murphy,
Robert H. Maclay, E. F. Piirdy,
George W. Anderson, I. V. Fowler,
John D. Kellogg, Oliver Charlick.
In behalf of the Democratic Republican Committee
OF VouNG Men.
Benjamin S. Hart, J. S. Carpentier,
W, B. Aitkin, L. B. Shepard,
J. B. Hetheiington, Edward Strahan,
N. B. Graham, William C. Betts.
EXEMPT FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
The Members of the Exempt Firemen's Association arc requested to meet in Hospital Green, to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, M. for the purpose of joining in the funeral proc««-
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siott of the late Ex-President, Andrew Jackson. Badges on the ground.
UZZIAH WENMAN, President.
JAMES GULICK, Vice-President.
JOHN RIKER, Jr. 2d Vice-President.
NiEL Grav, Secretary.
The Members of the Society of the *' Friendly Sons of St. Patrick/' are respectfully requested to assemble on Tues- day, 24th instant, at 1 o'clock, P. M., at the City Hotel, in order to join in the funeral procession of the late Ex-Presi- dent, General Andrew Jackson.
By order of
W. G. FITZGERALD, Secretary.
I. O. OF O. F.
The Members of Commercial Lodge No. 67, L O. of O.F. are requested to meet at their Rooms, 411 Broadway, on Tuesday morning, 24th instant, at 9 o'clock, for the pur- pose of joining in procession to pay the last tribute of re- spect to the late Ex-President, General Andrew Jackson.
By order of the Lodge.
W. B. WORRAL, N. G. J. A. BucKMAN, Sec. pro tem.
N. B,— Suitable regalia will be provided at the Lodge Rooms.
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At a Special Meeting of the Engineers and Foremen of the New-Vork Fire Department, held at Firemen's Hally an Friday evening, the 20th instant, the following pream- ble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, it has pleased an overruling Providence to re- move from this life our venerable and distinguished counlTV- nian, ANDREW JACKSON, whose loss the nation mourns : And Whereas, the Fire Department of this City, deeply im- pressed with a high sense of the exalted worth, the lofty patriotism, and heroic virtues of the illustrious deceased — • direct the following resolutions to be published as express- ive of the feelings of the Firemen of the city, for the Great Man who has fallen, and who is now numbered among the distinguished and patriotic dead !
Resolved, That the Firemen of New-York, in common? with their fel'ow-citizens, share in the general expression of heartfelt sorrow at the demise of General ANDREW JACKSON, whose name and fame are identical with the history of the land, whose achievements were brilliant as his renown is imperishable.
Resolved, That the men»bers of the Department, in grate- ful remembrance of his patriotism, of his distinguished ser- vices, and as a tribute of the profound respect they entertain for his memory, will unite with the City Authorities, and with their fellow-citizens, in the observance of the funeral obsequies on Tuesday next.
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to con- fer with the Common Council, to make arrangements for the procession.
CORNELIUS V. ANDERSON, Chairman.
William H. Geib, Secretary.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Grand Marshal and Aids appointed at the meetincf of the Engineers and Foremen of the New-York Fire De-
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partment, on Friday evening, June 20th, have determined on the following-
ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT.
The line will be formed precisely at 12 M, on Tuesday, on east side of Hudson-street, the right resting on Canal- street.
Officers of Companies, are requested to permit none but members and exempt members in th^ir ranks, and to have their Companies promptly on the ground, as the procession will move to the place assigned them by the Committee of the Common Council precisely at one o'clock, P. M.
The Companies will appear without any of their appara- tus, and in citizen's dress, preceded by the Foreman and Assistant Foreman, with their trumpets shrouded in crape ; also with their banners and appropriate badges, the former shrouded in crape, and each member with crape upon the left arm.
The line will be formed in the following order, viz :
Firemen of other cities, Exempt Firemen's Association,
Banner of Fire Department,
Grand Marshal and two Aids,
Officers and Trustees of Fire Department Fund,
Fire Wardens.
Engine, Hose, Hook and Ladder and Hydrant Companies in regular succession. Engine, Hose, Hook and Ladder and Hydrant Co. No. 1, on the right, and in the same order to the left.
The line will break into column, by sections of six to the right, and countermarch.
In case of an alarm of fire, the Companies located in the district for which the alarm is sounded, will retire from the
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line in an orderly manner. The other Companies will re- tain their places unless directed to leave by the Chief or Assistant Engineers.
CORNELIUS V. ANDERSON,
Grand Marshal.
AIDS.
W. W. Wilson, James L. Miller,
George Kerr. Henry J. Ockershausen,
Alfred Carson, Aaron Hosford,
Charles Forrester, Abraham B. Purdy,
Philip B. White, John B. Miller,
Owen W. Brennan, Samuel Waddell.
RELIEF ENGINE COMPANY No. 46.
The members, ex-members, and friends of this Company, are respectfully invited to meet at the Engine House, on Tuesday, June 24th, at half-past 10 o'clock, A. M. in order to join the funeral procession of our late Ex-President, Ge- neral ANDREW JACKSON.
CHARLES H. SMITH, Foreman.
Hekry Mentzel, Secretary.
COMMON COUNCIL OF JERSEY CITY.
Order of Procession of the Common Council, 6cc. of Jer- sey City, to join the obsequies of the 24th instant, by invila
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tion of the Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York :
1st — Washington Greys of Jersey City, under command of
Captain Pollard,
2d — Mayor and Common Council, (10 Aldermen), with
their Clerk and Marshal.
3rd — Clergy.
4th — Societies.
5th — Citizens.
Jersey City, June 21st, 1845.
Messrs. Brady and Hart, Committee.
Gentlemen,
The Procession from Jersey City, can join that of New-York, &c. at any hour and place designated by you, in the above order, or as may be directed.
Respectfully your obedient servants,
H. N. FRYATT, > Committee of M. B. BRAMHALL, ^ Arrangements.
New- York, 19th June, 1845. Col. N. Pearce, Chairman, &c.
Sir — The undersigned, on behalf of " The Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of New-York," begs leave to state that the Grand Lodge of this State, have unanimously resolved to unite with
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their fellow-citizens in the procession to be had on the 24th instant, in honor of the memory of their deceased and much honored and lamented Brother, the Most Worshipful Major General ANDREW JACKSON— and solicit that in desig- nating their post in the line of such procession, they may receive that which by usage and the antiquity of their Insti- tution they consider they are entitled, which is only second in dignity to " The Honorable Society of Cincinnati," to whom is always allowed the highest post of honor.
Respectfully, I am, yours sincerely,
A. H. ROBERTSON, Grand Master of Free Masons,
of the State of New-York.
AMERICAN REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE.
American Hall, June 20th, 1845.
At a meeting of the American Republican General Com- mittee, the following preamble and resolutions were unan- imously adopted :
Whereas^ the General Executive Committee of the Ame- rican Republican Party, have learned with profound sorrow, that General ANDREW JACKSON, Ex-President of the United States, is no more ; and Whereas^ this Committee, duly appreciating the private worth and public services of the great Patriot^ is desirous of aiding in solemnizing the event of his death, by paying appropriate respect to the me - mory of the illustrious dead. Therefore —
Resolved, That each member of this Committee, its friends generally, and also the members of the Ward Associations,
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are respectfully requested to join in the Funeral Procession, on Tuesday next, the 24th instant.
Resolved, That the Secretary of this Committee, be in- structed to present a copy of the above preamble and reso- iution to the Committee appointed by the Common Coun- cil, to arrange and prepare the plan of the said Funeral Pro» cession ; and that the same be signed by the President and Vice-President, and countersigned by the Secretary of this General Executive Committee.
JOHN LLOYD, President A. R. Gen. Committeeo
LORA NASH, V. President. W. L. Prall, Secretary.
FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
To Alderman Briggs,
Chairman, Committee of
Arrangements, for Funeral Procession,
in honor of General Andrew Jackson :
Sir— The Committee of the French Benevolent Society, being desirous of joining the Procession in honor of the memory of General JACKSON, Ex-Pi^sident of the United States, wish to be informed in regard to the place you will assign the French Citizens in the procession.
Yours respectfully,
LOUIS LECLERC, President. J. Deraismes, 1st V. Presid't. Fabrequettes, 2d V. Presid^t. New-York, 19 June, 1845,
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GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ASSO-^
ClATION.
New-York, JiineSlst^ 1845.
To the Committee of Arrangements for the Funeral Ceremo- nies in memory of General Jlndreiu Jackson, Ex-Presi- dent of the United States :
Gentlemen — The German Democratic Republican As- sociation, of the City and County of New-York, is desirou? of joining the Funeral procession announced to take place on the 24th inst., and request a notification of the position which shall be assigned thereto.
NEW- YORK SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.
New- York, June I8th, 1845.
Chairman Committee on
Literary Societies, ^c, :
Dear Sir — The New- York Society of Literature, are desi- rous of partaking in the exercises designed for Tuesday next, in paying the last tribute, to the Memory of the de- parted Great.
I address you, to ascertain what arrangements are neces- sary for the same.
Respectfully, your ob't servant,
N. QUACKENBOS, President,
N. Y. S. of Literature.
51 MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE.
Mechanic's Institute, City Hall, > June 19th, 1845. \
Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Messerole, > Sub-Committee of Pfocession, &c. : ^
Gentlemen — -The Mechanics Institute, desirous of man- ifesting their sense of respect for the Memory of the late Pre- sident of tlie United States, General ANDREW JACK- SON, have passed a resolution inviting the members of the Society to unite with you on Tuesday next, to render hom- age to the departed Greatness of One of America's most ex- alted Geniuses. We shall be pleased to have you furnish us with a programme of the procession, that we may com- plete our arrangements for joining the procession.
Ver}^ respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
CHAS. L. BARRITT, Actuary.
ITALIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
New- York, 19th June, 1845.
To Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Messerole, ) Committee of Arrangements : )
Gentlemen — The Italian Benevolent Society of the City of New-Yorkj wishes to participate in the last tribute of re- epect to be paid to the Memory of Ex-President JACKSON, by joining the Funeral Procession the 24th instant.
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Will you please to assign the members of said Society, a place in the procession.
Respectfully your ob't servant,
F. ARGENTI, President,
of the L B. S.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
New-York, June 17th, 1845.
To the Committee of Aldermen :
Gentlemen — The American Institute are anxious to par- ticipate in the last tribute of respect to be paid to the Mem- ory of the Illustrious late Ex-President JACKSON, by join- ing in the Funeral Procession to take place on Tuesday next.
Will you please assign the members of the Institute a place in the line where they will join in a body.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH COWDIN.
PERSEVERANCE LODGE, I. 0. of 0. F.
New-York, June 21st, 1845. To Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Messerole :
Perseverance Lodge, No. 3613, of the I. 0. of O. F., of the Manchester Unity, wish to join in the Procession on Tucs-
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day next. The Lodge is held corner of East Broadway and Catharine-street. The number of members will be about one hundred.
IRVING LYCEUM.
New-York, June 19th, 1845.
Gentlemen — The Irving Lyceum being anxious to par- ticipate in the ceremonies in honor of the Memory of the late Illustrious Citizen, General ANDREW JACKSON, would request that a place be assigned to them in the Fune- ral Procession on the 24th instant.
Respectfully yours-,
D. T. WALDEN, ; Committee
ANDREW FALLON, ^ L L.
To Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Messerole, ) Committee, kc, ^
NEW-YORK METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION.
New- York, June 20th, 1845.
To the Committee of Arrajigements for Funeral Procession in honor of General Andrew Jackson :
The New-York Metropolitan Association is desirous of participating in the ceremonies announced to take place on Tuesday next, and request that a position may be assigned.
54 NEW-YORK PILOT'S ASSOCIATION.
New- York, June 20th, 1845.
Alderman Briggs, )
Chairman Committee of Arransrements : i
Sir — In accordance with a resolution passed by the New- York Pilot's Association, on the I9th instant, Messrs. Greg- ory Thomas, David Kelso, and Owen Calanan, have been appointed a Committee to request for the New-York Pilot's Association, a position in the line of procession, on the occa- sion of the Funeral Ceremonies in honor of Gen. ANDREW JACKSON.
JOHN MAGINN, President.
John L. Turnure, Secretary.
ANCIENT ORDER OF GOOD FELLO^VS.
Alderman E. B. Hart:
Sir — The Ancient Order of Good Fellows, wishing to show the feeling of the Order for the Memory of the Late General ANDREW JACKSON, Ex-President of the United States, wish your Honorable Committee to assign this Order a place in the procession on Tuesday next.
By order of the Committee.
J. E. ASH, Chairman. New-York, Jime 19th, 1845.
55 SHIFFLER CLUB.
New- York, June 18th, 1845.
To the Joint Committee from the Board of Aldermen and As-' sistanf Aldermen^ for the Funeral Ceremonies in Memory of General Andreiv Jackson :
GsNTLEMEN—The New-York Shiffler Club, through the undersigned Committee, report themselves to your Com- mittee and the Grand Marshal of the day, for a place in the line on Tuesday next, feeling in common with our fellow- citizens, the loss the country has sustained, in one of its Bravest and best men. We shall feel proud of the honor of participating in the obsequies, showing that when a good man has fallen, the genius of our institutions, inclines one and all to commemorate his memory. We are, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servants,
WM. BENNETT, President. RICHARD EBBETS, LOUIS BLANCHE.
SOCIETY OF OPERATIVE MASONS.
New-York, June 18th, 1S45. ) Montgomery Hall, 76 Prince-st. )
To the Honorable^ the Committee of the Comraon Council, of the City of JVew- York : Gentlemen — The New-York Benevolent Society of Op- erative Masons, in session, two hundred members bein^ present :
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Having heard with deep regret, the Death of General ANDREW JACKSOX, the Illustrious Statesman, the Vah'ant Soldier, the Good Christian, and the Defender of Civil and Religious Liberty,
In view of his death, and with a willing response to the invitation of the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New-York, to join in the Funeral Procession, which is to take place on the 24th instant;
On motion
Resolved J That the New-York Benevolent Society of Ope- rative Masons, join in the solemn Funeral Procession of General ANDREW JACKSON, which is to take place on the 24th inst.
Resolved,^ That a copy of the above resolution be pre- sented to the Honorable the Common Council of the City of New-York, on behalf of said Society.
MICHAEL PAGE, President,
of the New-York Benevolent Society
of Operative Masons.
I. 0. OF O. F.
To the Joint Committee of the Common Council of Kew Yo7'ICj and Brooklyn :
The Society of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of this City and adjoining Counties, will unite with your Honorable Body, Military and Civic Societies, in the Cere- monies to be observed on Tuesday next, the 24th inst.
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We claim such position in the line as our numbers and our standing in society will warrant.
WILLIAM SMALL, '] EDWIN WAINRIGHT, | Committee
PETER FAIRCHILD, } of
JOHN MARRINER, | Arrangements.
JAMES STOKES, J
New- York, June 21st, 1845.
FOURTH WARD JEFFERSON ASSOCIATION.
New-Ygrk, June 20th, 1845.
Alderman Briggs,
Chairman, Committee of
Arrangements for Funeral Procession
in honor q/ General Andrew Jackson.
Sir — The Fourth Ward Jefferson Association, is desirous of participating in the ceremonies announced to take place on Tuesday, the 24th instant, and respectfully request that a position may be assigned for it in the line of proces- sion.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. B. FELLOWS, Chairman Com.
STONE-CUTTERS.
Montgomery Hall, i^
New-York, June 18th, 1845. ^
Willam S. Roberts, has been appointed a delegate to re- present the Association of Journeymen Stone Cutters, in ma-
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king nrrangements for the obsequies of General JACKSOX, Ex-President of the United States.
P. MOFFIT, President. Henry Larkin, Secretary.
New-York, June 19th, 1845.
To the Chairman of the Committee of Jlrrangem.ents for Fu- neral Procession in honor of General Andrew Jackson :
Sir — The Journeymen Stone Cutters and Granite Stone Gutters, request that they may be placed in the line together, and also, that one aid la^y be selected from the Journeymen Stone Cutters' Association of New-York, Jersey City, and Brooklyn.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM S. ROBERTS.
Irhe New-York Waterman Society will parade on Tues- day next, and desire to have a station assigned them.
New-York, June 20th, 1S45. To N. Pearce, Esq. Chairman.
HOUSE CARPENTERS' ASSOCIATION.
New-York, Friday Evening, > June 20lh, 1845. \
Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Meserole,
Cominittee on Civic Societies and Associations :
Gentlemen — At a meeting of '* Pioneer Temple No. 1,'' House Carpenters' Protective Association, held on the above
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date, the Temple resolved to join with you on Tuesday, 24th instant, in celebrating the memory of our deceased Ex-Pre- sident, General ANDREW JACKSON. A public meeting of the Trade in general will also be called next Monday Evening, in order to have a general turn out, and a fair representation of House Carpenters on that occasion. We desire you to assign us a place, under the above caption, in the procession, and we submit to your directions.
JAMES SUMMERBELL, ) Committee DENNIS F. ROOT, } of
GEO. N. ROWLAND, ) Arrangements.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
New- York, June 18th, 1845.
To the Committee of Arrangemejits oj Civic Societies of the City of JYew- York, now in session^ for the purpose of making arrarigements for the Funeral Procession of An- drew Jackson :
The following Societies wishing to join in procession with their fellow-citizens, send in their credentials as follows :
HIBERNIAN U. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. SHAIVIROCK BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. LABORERS UNION B. SOCIETY.
Farrell Lunny, President of the Hibernian Universal Be- nevolent Society.
James Harrington, President of the Shamrock Benevolent Society.
John Reilly, President of the Labourers Union Benevolent
Society.
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The Watch Department will parade, and desire to have a post in line assigned them.
New-York, June 20th, 1845. To the Chairman of the
Committee of Arrangements.
New- York, June 18th, 1845.
To the Committee of Arrangements for commemorating the death of General Jackson :
We, the undersigned delegates representing the following Societies, respectfully request that positions may he assigned to our Societies on the occasion of the funeral ceremonies on the 24th instant.
1st. The Hibernian Benevolent Burial Society. 2d. The Shamrock Benevolent Society. 3d. The Operative Masons.
PATRICK DEE, CONSTANTINE DONOHO, JOHN McNIEL.
New- York, June 21st, 1845.
The Committee of Arrangements will please name the place in the line of march for the citizens of the Tenth Ward, and the Associations of the Ward, so that we may announce the same on Monday evening next, when they assemble to make arrangements for the Ward.
JOHN F. GANTZ, Chairman Com. of Arrangements Tenth Ward.
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POLK WRIGHT ASSOCIATION.
New- York City, June 19th, 1845,
The following gentlemen have been appointed a Com- mittee, on the part of this Body, to confer with the Commit- tee of the Common Council for making suitable arrange- ments in honor of the memory of the deceased Patriot, Ge- neral Andrew Jackson :
HAMILTON L. GLEN, DAVID DEMAREST, CHARLES H. LAYTON,
And are invested with full powers to act on the part of this Association in the contemplated funeral ceremonies.
JOSEHH ELLIOTT, President, Sam'l R. Glen, Secretary.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF TAILORS.
New-York, June 20th, 1845. To the Chairman of Civic Societies^ ^c.
Sir — The Benevolent and Trade Society of Journeymen Tailors, request a station in line of procession in memory of General Andrew Jackson, to take place on Tuesday, the 24th instant.
Yours, respectfully,
EDWARD RILEY, President.
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The Butchers of the City and County of New-York, and the adjacent Counties, are requested to attend a meeting, to be held on Saturday evening, June 21st, 1845, at K. P. Hall's, No. 39 Third Avenue, to make arrangements for joining in the procession on Tuesday next, being for the fu- neral obsequies of the late Andrew Jackson. By order of
George Montgomery, Robert Elder,
Thomas M. Jenkings, Albert Fisher,
Elias T. Deforest, Richard Hunt,
George S. Messerve, Benjamin Mathewson.
RICHARD M. JOHNSON ASSOCIATION.
A Special Meeting of the Johnson Association Avill be held at the Fourteenth Ward Democratic Head Quarters, on Sa- turday evening, June 21st, at 8 o'clock, to make arrange- ments for joining the procession on Tuesday next, being for the Funeral Obsequies of the late illustrious Andrew Jack- son.
By order of
WILLIAM S. TUERS, President.
Wm. OrSBORN, > 1^. -r, • 1 ,
u ^ ^ TT- } Vice Presidents.
Hendrickson Walters, ^
Eben a. Lewis, Secretary.
SILAS WRIGHT CLUB.
Pursuant to previous notice, the members of this Club met at their rooms, No. 79 Bayard -street, on the evening
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of the 20th instant, and the following resolutions were offer- ed by the Secretary, and unanimously adopted.
Whereas, It has been officially announced that Ex-President General ANDREW JACKSON hasdeparted this life, and that we regard him as having been one of the purest men, social- ly and politically — a benefactor of his country, and a firm bulwark of its liberty, through whose noble and disinterested efforts the blessings of independence were preserved and transmitted to us ; therefore.
Resolved, That the death of Andrew Jackson fills our minds with the most poignant sorrow ; and that through his loss a chasm in the hearts of the American people has been made, which it may require centuries to fill.
Resolved, That the whole life of Andrew Jackson presents an unbroken progress of virtue, patriotism and philanthro- py ; and that the noble spirit which inspired the youth of 1781, in the bloody struggle of the Revolution, was but the progenitor of that same spirit which accomplished the victory of 1815, — a victory which has so largely contributed to per- petuate freedom on this continent, and to stav the hand of oppression in the other.
Resolved, That whatever may have been the splendor of his victories and military achievements, his demeanor du- rmg his retirement from public station far surpasses all other portions of his history ; for here, as surrounded by his fami- ly circle and private friends, beamed forth those pure and holy rays of practical benevolence and charity which it had ever been the object of his theories to inculcate ; and, as if excellence itself were to be transcended, the few days just previous to his dissolution exhibit the crowning virtue of his mind ; humility without meanness, and a full reliance upon the wisdom of Providence.
Resolved, That we will unite with our fellow-citizens in paymg that honor which is due to the glorious and immor- tal deceased, on Tuesday next.
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Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be publish- ed, and that we now adjourn.
EDWARD GARLAND, President. Jas. H. Stephenson, Secretary.
JOURNEYMEN GRANITE CUTTERS.
New-York, June 20th, 1S45.
The Committee on Civic Associations will please reserve a place, next in rear of Brown Stone Cutters Association, for Journeymen Granite Cutters Association, in the Proces- sion of Tuesday, June 24lh, to do Funeral Honor to the Memory of our late Worthy Ex-President, General Andrew Jackson.
MARK FOWLER, President. Abraham Sharrot, Secretary,
Granite Cutters Association.
At a meeting of the Committee of General Arrangements > appointed for the purpose of celebrating the coming anni- versary of National Independence by a Democratic Festival, held agreeable to public notice, at Stoneall's, on Monday evening, the 16th instant,, George Montgomery, Esq. in the chair, and Thomas H. Lane appointed Secretary.
It was announced to the meeting that HE IS DEAD. It was then, on motion,
Resolvedy That this Committee, in common with their fel- low-citizens, have heard with feelings of the deepest pain
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and regret, of the death of the illustrious ANDREW JACK- SON ; and deeply deplore the loss which plunges a nation into mourning.
Resolved, As a token of our heartfelt anguish at this na- tional loss, we adjourn, without the transaction of further business, until Wednesday evening, the 18th instant, at the ^ame time and place.
GEORGE MONTGOMERY, Chairman.
Thomas H. Lane, Secretary.
At a meeting of the Cordwainers of the City of New- York, held on Thursday evening, June 19th, 1845, atKeen^s Fourteenth Ward Hotel, corner of Grand and Elizabeth* streets, M. T. C. Kimball was called to the chair, and P. A, Gerdy was appointed Secretary. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Cordwainers of the City of New-York will join with their fellow-citizens to pay the last tribute of respect to the illustrious and venerated Andrew Jackson.
Resolved, That the following gentlemen be a Committee to invite the Trade, and to make ail necessary arrangements for carrying these resolutions into effect : — P. A. Gerdy, T. Baker, P. Klein, H. L. Rottger, A. Gumble, and John Scol- lan.
Resolved, That we adjourn to Monday morning, 23d instant, at 8 o'clock, and that the Employers of the City be -invited, and the Trade generally, with our neighbouring cities and its vicinities, to associate w^ithus in the funeral ob- sequies of the late Chief Magistrate of the United States.
M. T. C. KIMBALL, Chairman.
P. A. GerdYj Secretary.
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New- York, June 23d, 1845.
To the Committee of Arrangements for the Funeral Ceremo- nies in Honor of the Memory of Ex-President Jackson:
Gentlemen — The Piano Forte Maker? of the City of New-York, respectfully request a position in the line of procession, to take place to-morrow, in honor of the Mem- orv of Ex-President JACKSON.
New-York, June 20th, 1845.
To Messrs. Pearce, Lee, and Messerole,
Committee for Civic Societies and Associations :
Gentlemen — We, the members of the " Old Company Citizen Volunteers," feel it our solemn dut}" to show the last tribute and respect for that Patriot, Statesman, and Sol- dier, General Andrew Jackson. This Company has been in organization for a number of years, and number One Hundred Men, well organized.
In reporting ourselves to the Subcommittee, we would suggest, that we as citizens, carrying Arms — take the Right of Citizens. If this should meet your approbation, we will cheerfully comply.
Yours Respectfully,
JOSEPH SHAW, Commandant. D, Riley, President.
T SiLViE, Secretary.
67 NINTH WARD.
x\t a special meeting of the Ninth Ward Democratic Repub- lican Committee, held at Jefferson Hall, on Wednesday Evening. June 18th, 1845, the following preamble and reso- lution were offered by John R. Flanagan, Esq., after some and pertinent remarks, and submitted to the conside feeling- ration of the Committee. Philip Reynolds, Esq., addressed the Committee at some length on the subject of the decease of the Lamented JACKSON, and the preamble and resolu- tion were unanimously adopted :
Wherea'i^ We have with unfeigned sorrow, heard of the de- <:ease of the Patriot and Sage, ANDREW JACKSON, whose firmness, sagacity, and wisdom, as a Soldier, as Chief Mag- istrate of this Republic, and in all the relations in which, for the good of his country he was placed, has never been excelled, and who was so endeared in the hearts of his countrymen, of whom they will ever retain a grateful re- membrance, whose chief eulogy is a simple history of his own life, and of whom his countrymen can never sufficient- ly testify their respect and gratitude for his memory, nor their appreciation of his worth. Therefore —
Resolved, That our fellow-citizens in this Ward be re- quested to unite in such ceremonies as may be adopted by the Municipal authorities, to testify their regard for the Great departed.
On motion of Mr. Thomas Van Buren, the following com- mittee was appointed by the chair, to carry into effect the resolution, and make such arrangements as may be deemed necessary, in uniting with the city authorities.
Thomas Van Buren, Thomas Kyle,
S. D. Gardiner, Tarleton B. Earl,
David C. Broderick.
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On motion of Mr. Reynolds, the Alderman and Assistant Alderman of the Ward, and the Chairman of this Commit- tee, were added to the Committee of Arrangements.
On motion of Mr. William F. Godfrey, the proceedings of the meeting were ordered to be published.
James L. Millar, Tarleton B. EarLj
HENRY P. WANMAKER, Chairman. Secretaries.
New- York, June 20th, 1845.
To the Chairman of the
Committee on Civic Societies :
Sir — The citizens of the Ninth Ward being desirous of participating in the Funeral Ceremonies of the Revered and Lamented Patriot, General ANDREW JACKSON, would bf- pleased to have a place assigned to them in the procession on Tuesday next.
It is proper to remark that the '' Old Citizen Volunteers,''' an iin-uniformed Company — have expressed a desire to take the right of our division, and if not incompatible with your arrangements, we would wish them to hold the same posi- tion during the procession.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
T. VAN TINE, Chairman, of the Committee of ArrangementsL Tarleton B. Earl, Secretary.
Nathaniel Pearce, Esq.
69 THIRD WARD.
At a meetins: of the citizens of the Third Ward, held at the Exchange Hotel, Conrtl'andtstreet, on Monday Eve- ning", June 23d, 1845, Captain William Tyack, in the Chair, William H. Blackford was appointed Secretary.
On motion of Mr. C. P. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Ste- phen Paret, it was unanimously
Resolved^ That a Committee of three be appointed by the Chair to draft resolutions expressive of our deep regret at the loss our country has sustained in the lamentable death of General Andrew Jackson.
The Chair appointed C. P. Johnson, Stephen Paret, and Lewis M. De Camp.
On motion, resolved^ That the Secretary be added to that committee.
The Committee on resolutions, through their Chairman, reported as follows :
TF7ierea5, It has pleased Almighty God in the All -wise dispensations of His Providence, to take unto himself Gen, ANDREW JACKSON, the Hero, Sage and Patriot, to whom all eyes have turned in hoiu's of doubt and danger, with the most unwavering confidence : therefore —
Resolved^ That the death of this Venerable Patriot and Statesman, is an event that has spread a deep gloom over the Nation, and filled us with sentiments of profound regret.
Resolved^ That the Eminent services and unwavering at- tachment of this great man to his country throughout a lengthened life, command the admiration and respect, not only of his countrymen, but of the world.
Resolved, That the citizens of this Ward will co-operate with the citizens of other Wards, in a public demonstration f)f mourning, on this solemn and melancholy occasion.
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On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet- ing be published.
WM. TYACK, Chairman. Wm. H. Blackford, Secretary.
FOURTH WARD JEFFERSON ASSOCIATION.
At aresridar meeting: of the Fourth Ward JePTerson Asso- ciation, on Tuesday Evening, June 17, held at Eagle Hall, No. 8 Rosevelt-street. in the absence of the President, D. H. Kelly, Vice President, took the chair.
Mr. E. B. Fellows, after announcing the melancholy news of the Death of ANDREW JACKSON, offered the fol- lowing preamble and resolution, which were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, Intelligence has been received of the death ot Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States, one of whom it can in truth be said, that he '• has filled the mea- sure of his country's glory." The Hero, the Patriot, States- man, and Sage is no more. His history is written on tin; hearts of his countrymen, hnd Whereas, the members of this Association, in common with every American, are desi- rous of uniting with their fellow citizens in doing honor to the memory of the deceased. Therefore —
Resolved, That this Association will join in such public testimonials as may be ordered by the Committee of the Common Council, and the Military and Civic Societies of the City.
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to con- fer with other committees and make the necessary arrange- ments.
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The chair appointed Messrs. Fellows, Beard, Philip?^ Bijshnell, and Langdon said committee.
D. H. KELLY, President pro tern, L H. BLANCHARD, Vice Pres't.
A. E. BusHNELL, Secretary.
FOURTH WARD JEFFERSON ASSOOLITION.
The citizens of the Fourth Ward are respectfully invited to unite with the Jefferson Association, on Tuesday next, io paying the last tribute of respect to the memory of Gene- ra) Jackson. The procession will form at Eagle Hall, No, 8 Rosevelt-street, at 11 o'clock, A.M. precisely, and move from thence to take the station assigned them in the general procession, by the committee of the Common Council.
Badges can be procured at Eagle Hall, No. 8 Rosevelt- street.
EDWARD B. FELLOWS,!
WILLIAM BATRD, | Committee
WILLIAM PHILIPS, [- of
A. E. BUSHNELL, | Arrangement?.
JAMES LANGDON, J
FIFTH WARD.
At a meeting of the Fifth Ward Democratic Republican Committee, held on Thursday evening, June 19th, the fol- lowing preamble and resolution were adopted ;
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Whereas, II has pleased the Disposer of all events, in His inscrutable wisdom, to call from among us the great and good man, General Andrew Jackson, the enlightened Statesman, the Victorious General — a man who has devoted his transcendant talents half a century to the public services of our beloved country — suffice it to say, the shades of the Hermitage will be as sacred to the Patriot as are those of Mount Vernon. Therefore —
Resolved, That the citizens of the Fifth Ward be request- ed to meet at the house of William H. Baker, on Saturday, June 21st, at 8 o'clock, to make arrangements to unite with ilie City authorities in such public demonstration of respect as may be adopted.
WILLIAM H. BAKER, Chairman.
William B. Sickels, P ^
rt r^ M 1 ^ Secretaries.
R. C. McIntire, )
FIFTH WARD.
Honor to the Great Departed.
The Committee of Arrangements, in beiialf of the citizens of the Fifth Ward, actuated by that feeling of respect and admiration for true greatness, which should govern the ac- tions of freemen, bowing with humble deference to the dis- pensation of an All- wise Providence, in removing from us that Patriarch of Freedom — that chivalrous adorner of his (Country's country — -that Honest and Devoted Statesman, the venerable and ilhistrious Andrew jACKSON,Ex-President of the United States, would earnestly request the citizens of (he Fifth Ward, without respect to party, governed only by the national feelings of pride and love of country, to as-
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$emble at St. John's Park, fronting Laight-street, on Tues- day, at 1 o'clock, P.M., for the purpose of uniting in pro- cession with the city authorities, as a tribute of respect to the departed Warrior and Sage.
The Marshal of the day, for the Fifth Ward, will be WILLIAM ADAMS, Esq.
Badges appropriate for the occasion may, be had at Ba- ker's Head Quarters, or Marrion House ; also at the place of meeting.
ELY PERRY, Chairman. Thomas C. Fields, Secretary.
EIGHTH WARD.
At a meeting of the Democratic Republican Ward Com- mittee of the Eighth Ward, held at Smith's, No. 168J Spring street, on the 20th instant, Mr. John Orser, Chairman pro tem. the following preauible and resolutions were offer- ed and adopted :
Whereas, It has pleased an All-wise Providence to remove from the scene of his usefulness, the Patriot, Statesman, Hero and Christian, ANDREW JACKSON, whose victories in battle, wisdom in council, devotion in Christianity, and shining virtues in private life, have alike glorified his immor- al name, shed a lustre upon the history of his country, and secured the gratitude of a free people ; and Whereas, it be- comes our duty to testify in a proper manner, the abiding" love we entertain for his memory. Therefore,
Resolved^ That we will co-operate with the city authorities in any measures which may be adopted, in the celebration of his funeral.
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Resolved, That the members of this Committee will wear the usual bado^e of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed, to in- vite the members of the Whig Ward Committee, to unite with us in participating in the funeral ceremony of Tues- day, 24th instant, and also to make all such other arrange- ments as the occasion may require.
Resolved/That the citizens, without the distinction of par- ty, are requested to meet at Smith's, No. 168;J Spring-street, on Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock.
The following gentlemen were appointed the commit- tee : Messrs. Daniel Wilson, Philip Delemater, Stephen C. Duryea.
It was, on motion, Resolved, That the proceedinf^s be published.
JOHN ORSER, Chairman, pro tem. Walter Hyer,
WALTER MYER, / c^
Sam'l p. Goldsox, I Secretaries.
NINTH WARD.
Honor the Memory of the Illastrious Bead.
The Citizens of the Ninth Ward are requested to assem- ble at Abingdon Square, on Tuesday, June24th, at 1 o'clock P.M., m order to form a procession to join in celebrating the Funeral Obsequies of the venerable Soldier, Patriot, ""and Statesman, General Andrew Jackson.
The '^ Old Citizen Volunteers" are hereby respectfull? requested lo be on the ground designated, and take the n't^ht of the procession at the hour above named.
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^.B.__A11 those wishing to turn out with the Citizen Vol- ^cinte'ers, can be furnished with muskets by applying to Charles T. Kipp, corner Charles and Hudson-streets.
Mr. Tarleton B. Earl was unanimously chosen Grand Marshal, and the following gentlemen selected as his Aids :
Capt. Stephen D. Gardner, John W. Latsen,
Thomas Starr, Uriah Davis,
Thomas Kyle, Henry W. Smith,
John C. Henry, Charles C. Buxton, C. Van Allen,
Mourning Badges, engraved exclusively for the Ninth Ward, of handsome and appropriate design, can be procured on Monday, at Jefferson Hall, corner of Charles and Hud- son-streets,' and at Millar's, corner of Hudson and Ham- mond-streets.
By order of the Committee of Arrangements.
THEODORUS VAINTINE, Chairman. 1'arleton B. Earl, Secretary.
TENTH WARD.
At a meeting of the Dem.ocratic Repablican Ward Com- mittee of the Tenth Ward, held at the Dutch House, corner of Broome and Forsyth-streets, on the 20th instant, the fol- lowing preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted :
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Inasmuch as it has pleased a mysterious Providence to re- move by death, the venerable Ex-President, General AN- DREW JACKSON, who in his youth consecrated his ener- gies in behalf of Republican principles and Free Institutions, and who through an eventful career of nearly fifty years of active public life, exerted his intuitive powers to extend civ- il liberty, and preserve the rights of his fellow citizens, not only as a Hero on the battle-field, but as a profound States- man and Sage, whose sagacity and wisdom have contributed more than any other, to niainiain and perpetuate the great and glorious emblems of Democratic Freedom. By this na- tional bereavement, memory brings to mind, in all their glowing characters, ^' the scenes of other days." Heroism and military achievements which all applauded and ad- mired— stability and firmness in administering the affairs of a great nation which reflected credit, honor, and glory to its institutions — uprightness and integrity of spirit and princi- pe, thar indicated virtue, incapable of duplicity — Living he was the people's joy — Dying he is their sorrow.
And Whereas This Committee deeply lament, in com- mon with their fellow-citizens, the sad and irreparable loss occasioned by his death, from the Sages and wise Counsel- lors of our Nation, we most sincerely recommend to the dif- ferent Associations of the Ward, and the citizens generally, Avithout distinction of party, to prepare on Tuesday next to make such demonstration as shall be commensurate with ttie loss of so faithful an advocate and supporter of our national institutions and benefactor of human rights.
Resolved^ That all who feel an interest in the funeral ob- sequies of the departed Hero, Statesman and Sage, to be ob- served on Tuesday next, are requested to attend a meeting of citizens, without distinction of party, to be held at Military Hall, corner of Grand and Ludlow-streets, on Monday even- ing, June 23rd, at 8 o'clock, to make such arrangements as may be deemed suitable for the occasion.
JOHN W. KETCHAM, Chairman.
Wm. S. Conely, Secretary.
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The citizens of the Eleventh Ward, who desire to take part in the proceedings in honor of the illustrious deceased, for whom a nation mourns, are invited to meet, e/i ??ia55e, at the Square opposite Union Market^ on Tuesday morning, the 24th June, instant, at 9 o'clock, A. M., to form in pro- cession, under the direction of William E. Ennis, the Grand Marshal, and proceed to the Park, there to unite with their fellow-citizens of the City and Brooklyn.
WILLIAM GAGE, 1
BERNARD KELLY, | Committee
ROBERT F. WINSLOW, } of
JOHN S. GREEN, | Arrangements.
JOHN CONKLIN, J
Wm. C. Ennis, Grand Marshal.
THIRTEENTH WARD.
At a meeting of the Democratic Republican Ward Com- mittee of the Thirteenth Ward, held at the house of James Greig, on the 21st instant, the following preamble and reso- lutions w^ere unanimously adopted :
Whereas^ The people of the United States have frequent- ly manifested their sorrow and respect at the death of dis- tinguished Heroes and Statesmen, in paying them funeral honors ; And Whereas^ in the death of General ANDREW JACKSON, the people of the Thirteenth Ward, with a due sense of the character and services of the deceased, decree that his memor}^ is fully entitled to this respectful memento from his fellow-citizens — therefore, that we may participate in the arrangements for the solemn and becoming ceremo- nies of the day, be it
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Resolvedj That as citizens of the Thirteenth Ward, we feel that we are but discharging a sacred and patriotic duty, in assembling to consider how and in what manner we shall pay a suitable tribute to the memory of General JACKSON.
Resolved, That we invite our fellow-citizens of the Thir- teenth Ward, without distinction of party, to co-operate with us in the ceremonies of the day, conscious as we are that all feel as Americans should on so sad an occasion, and that our loss is that of the vvhole family of man.
Resolved, That we will set aside Tuesday next as a day sacred to the memory of him who, in the hour of peril, (when the hostile legions of Britain darkened our shores,) infused his own determined spirit in the bosoms of that small but invincible cohort, who successfully triumphed over the discipline, valor, and superior numbers of an insolent and audacious foe.
Resolved, That the citizens of the W^ard assemble at No. 5 Sheriff-street, at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, June 24th.
JOHN R. COLON, Chairman. C. B. TiMPSON, Secretary.
SIXTEENTH WARD.
A meeting of citizens of the Sixteenth Ward will be held at Milleman's, in Broadway, between Eighteenth and Nine- teenth-streets, (without distinction of party) on Friday even- ing, the 20th instant, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of ap- pointing a Committee, as well as suggesting other suitable arrangements for joining the procession on Tuesday next, to
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pay diie respect to the funeral obsequies in memory of the illustrious and lamented Andrew Jackson.
Isaac Townsend, Theodore Martine,
Frederick F. Westbrook, Robert Smith, Theodore Sedgwick, William Merick,
D. D. Field, P. V. Van Doren,
William A. Walker, Fred'k W. Wiegand,
John Myers, Jesse W^est,
J. Watson Webb, Abraham Van Cleef,
George W. Varian, John Fitch.
SEVENTEENTH WARD.
Funeral of General Jackson,
In compliance with the request of the Ward Committee, the citizens of the Ward assembled at Hermitage Hail, on Monday evening, June 23d, to make arrangements for the funeral of Ex-President JACKSON, Jacob Aims, Esq. was appointed President ; Thomas Jeremiah, Esq. Vice President ; J. N. Grain and George A. Corey were ap- pointed Secretaries. The call of the meeting having been read, the President sustained the call in a few most eloquent remarks, illustrating the propriety of paying respect to de- parted worth. Whereupon, Messrs. Thomas Jeremiah, Geo. H. Ross, J. N. Grain, Joseph C. Pinckney, and Jacob Prout, were appointed a Committee to retire and draft resolutions expressive of the feelings of the meeting. During the ab- sence of the Committee, the meeting was eloquently ad- dressed by James Thompson, Esq. after which the Commit- tee reported the following resolutions, which were unanim- ly adopted :
Whereas, An all-wise Providence has appointed to all men
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that they shall be removed from their sphere of usefulness by death ; and whereas we, in common with our fellow-citizens, deplore its occurrence in the death of General ANDREW JACKSON, the man who has filled the measure of his coun- try's glory, and who, next to Washington, was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, among- the Patriots and Sages of the present time ; therefore
Resolved, That as the Common Councils of New-York and Jkooklyn, have made ample arrangements for all classes of our fellow-citizens to join with them in solemnizing the fu- neral obsequies of that great man, on Tuesday the 24th in- stant, therefore
Resolved, That the citizens of this Ward, in grateful re- membrance of his exalted worth, pure patriotism, distin- guished and unsullied services, and his heroic and Christian virtues exhibited at the close of his eventful life, and as a tribute of the profound respect they entertain for his me- mory, and the deep sorrow they feel at this national bereave- ment, will join the City Authorities in paying the last tri- bute of respect to his memory.
Resolved, That we do accept the invitation extended to their fellow-citizens, by the joint action of the Tammany Society and General Committees, and will meet with them at Tam- many Hall, to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, A. M. to join in the ceremonies of the day.
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to malte all necessary arrangements. *
The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee of Arrangements : — Henry Ke3^ser, John Pettigrew, George H. Ross, Jacob Prout and Paul Grout.
After which, the meeting then adjourned.
JACOB AIMS, President.
THOS. JEREMIAH, Vice President.
J. N. Grain, ) c? * • I-. A />. ? Secretaries.
UEO. A. (JOREY, S
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The Special Sub-Commiltee on Military Affairs were in receipt of the following Communications and copy of Order from Major General Garrit H. Striker :
New-York, June 18th, 1845.
To Messrs. Hart, Burbank and Cornell, Committee on Military Affairs^ in
relation to the Funeral Ceremonies in honor
of the memory of General Andrew Jackson :
Gentlemen — I enclose to your Committee a copy of aii Order issued to the General Officers of the Military of this City, requesting a meeting for the purpose of making ar- rangements, prior to the procession on Tuesday next. They would be happy to meet your Honorable Committee on the occasion of the meeting, in order that they may act advisedly and conjointly with you in the matter.
With respect, I have the honor to be,- Your obedient servant,
GARRIT H. STRIKER.
Head-Quarters 28th Division of N. Y. S. I. ) City of New^York, June 18th, 1845. ^
The Major Generals of the Artillery and Infantry of the City and County of New-York, are requested to assemble to- morrow, the 19th day of June instant, at half-past 7 o'clock, P. M. at '' The New-York Military Institute, No. 15 Crosby- •treet, for the purpose of co-operating with the Common
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Council of the City of New-York, in paying Funeral Honors to Major General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States of America.
You will also request the attendance at the same hour and place of the Brigadier Generals attached to your command.
By order of
GARRIT H. STRIKER,
Commanding 28th Division of Infantry^ and Senior-Major-Generai.
H. Allen Wright and } » • ,^ i^ r^^^r^ TT r» o } Aids-ae-Lamp.
Henry B. Starrs, ^ ^
In accordance with the desire of the Special Committee on Military Affairs, General Garrit H. Striker addressed to Ge- neral Aaron Ward, of Westchester County, the following letter of invitation to unite in the proposed ceremonies :
Head-Quarters 28th Division N. Y. S. I. } City of New-York, June 20th, 184. ^
General,
The undersigned has been requested, in behalf of the Infantry of the City and County of New-York, to invite Ge- neral Aaron Ward, and the Military under his command, to unite w^ith them in the funeral solemnities to take place in the City of New-York, on the occasion of the death of the illustrious Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States.
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In performing this diit}^, the inidersig-ned would take oc- casion to add, that it would he gratifying- to himself, and to the Military of this city, should the General and his Com- mand join with them in the contemplated demonstration of respect, due for the public services, both as a Soldier and a Scatciiman, of the illustrious dead.
I have the honor to be.
Very truly and sincerely, &c. «fec.
GARRIT H. STRIKER,
Major-Ceneral 28th Division N. Y, S. L
To Major-General Aaron Ward,
Westchester, New-York.
To which the following reply was received :
Head-Quarters 4th Division of Infantry of )
the Militia of the State of New- York, }
Sing-Sing, Westchester Co. June 22d, 1845. S
General,
Your letter of the 20th instant, written at the request of the Infantry of the City of New- York, inviting the under- signed and the Military under his command, to unite with them in the funeral solemnities, to take place in the City of New- York, on the occasion of the death of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United Statess, has this day come to hand, and the undersigned sincerely regrets to say, in answer, that there is not time, between this and Tuesday morning, to notify and to assemble the Division under his ^'ommand, embracing as it does within its limits the Counties ot Westchester and Rockland, and he is quite sure it will be
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n source of deep regret to this Division, that thereby, ther will be deprived of the gratification of uniting with the In- fantr}' of the City of NeAv-York in paying this last tribute oi' respect to the memory of the illustrious dead.
I have the honor to be, with great respect. Your sincere friend and obedient servant,
AARON WARD,
Major-General 4th Division, &c. kc.
To Major-General Garrit H. Striker, of the 28th Division, &c.
General Striker likewise addressed similar letters of invi- tation to General Jones, and to General Underhili. The following letter is the reply of General Underbill :
City of Brooklyn, June 21st, 1845.
Dear General,
I received this morning your polite invitation to join the Infantry of the City of New-York, on the occasion of the fu- neral ceremonies in honor of the lamented General Jackson. The Common Council of the City of Brooklyn have request- ed my services in assisting to form the Brooklyn Procession on that occasion — it is not determined what post is to Imj assigned myself and the small command I shall have out, but if after arriving in New-York we are to be separated from the Brooklyn body, I shall most cheerfully comply with your wishes.
With great respect, I have the honor of remaining your obedient servant,
J. G. UNDERHILL, Major-General 2d Divison of N. Y. S. I. To Major-General Garrit H. Striker, 28th Division N. Y. S. I.
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The Special Sub-Committee, to select an Orator, address- ed, to the Hon. Martin Van Buren, a letter of invitation to deliver an Oration on the occasion of the contemplated ceremonies — to which the following reply was received :
Lindenwald, June 20th, 1845.
Gentlemen,
I have this moment received your letter inviting- me, in behalf of the Common Councils of New -York and Brooklyn, 10 deliver, on the 24th instant, an appropriate eulogy upon the life and character of the lamented Jackson.
It is not necessary to say how deeply I sympathise in the feelings by which the authorities of the two Cities are actu- ated, or how earnestly I approve the solemn testimonials of respect by w^hich they propose to do honor to the memory of one who was at his death justly regarded by his countrymen as their most distinguished citizen.
No one has probably had better opportunities than myself for observing those traits of character which secured to the illustrious deceased the pre-eminence which he acquired among his fellow-citizens, nor is there among the millions, who deplore his loss, a single one by whom his memory Avill be more reverently or enduringl)^ cherished. It will be among the favored objects of my future life to do all in my power to impress those, who have not been equally fortunate in their opportunities forjudging the deceased from person- al observation, with just opinions of his character ; and w^ith this view it is my intention to preface, at a proper time, a suitable memoir of his conduct and principles as the result of the long and close intercourse, personal and official, which existed between us.
Under these circumstances I prefer that the privilege which has been so kindly conferred upon me should be ex-
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tendered to one of the great number of capable and patriotic friends of the deceased, by whom you are surrounded, and who would, I am quite sure, be most happy to embrace it.
Do me the favor. Gentlemen, to assure those you repre- sent, tliat I entertain a proper sense of the high honor -which their selection confers upon me, and accept for your- iSelves assurances of th.e respect and esteem with wliieli I am,
Your friend and obedient servant,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
To Messrs. Geo. H. Purser,
B. J, Messerole, and Wm. a. Campbell,
Special Committee of the Common
Council of the City of New-York.
Upon the receipt of the foregoing letter of declination, the Committee waited upon the Honorable Benjamin F. Butler, and requested him to deliver an Oration on the occasion of the approacliing solemnities — to wdiich request, notwith- standing the brief period of time remaining for preparation, Mr. Butler answ^ered in the following communication :
New-York, June 21st, 1845. Dear Sir :
I have received your note of this day, inviting me to de- liver a Funeral Oration in honor of the memory of Andrew Jacksox.
However I may regret, on many accounts, the very short
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time allowed for preparation, I cannot decline the service of honor and labor of love to which you have called me.
I am, Sir, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
B. F, BUTLER,
Geo. II. Purser, E.sq.
Chairman, &c.
The Special Sub-Committee on Invitations, addressed io various eminent and distinguished individuals letters of in- vitation to participate in the Funeral Ceremonies, of which letters, the following is a copy :
New-York, June 18th, 1845.
Sir — The Joint Committee of Arrangements of the Com- mon Council of the City of New- York, have the honor to extend to you a most respectful and earnest invitation to join with the Common Council of this City, and those who may unite v/ith them, in testifying, by appropriate ccrem.o- nied, their high respect for the memory of General Andrew Jackson, late President of the United States of America.
The distinguished virtues, the indomitable energy, and the memorable services to the Country, in Camp and Cabinet, which have characterized the life of the illustrious deceased, and endeared him to the hearts of his countrymen, have induced our Municipal Authorities to regard his death ag an occasion which calle for a public testimonial of affec-
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tion and reverence for his memory. It has been accordingly determined that obsequies, corresponding with his character ^ shall be observed in this City, on the 24th day of June, in- stant, at which time your co-operation will be regarded by eur citizens, and by the Common- Council, with sentiment* ^f the greatest respect.
In behalf of the Committee,
We have the honor to be,
Your obedient servants,
EMANUEL B. HART,- WILLIAM V, BRADY, EDWARD MACOMBER,
To said letters, the following replies have been received :
In the Court for the Correction of Errors, City Hall, June 20th, 1845.
Gentlemen,
I am directed by this Court, to communicate to you^ their acceptance of your Invitation, to unite with the Com- mon Council, in testifying by appropriate Ceremonies, their- respect for the memory of General Andrew Jackson, late- President of the United States.
With great respect,
ISAAC R. ELWOOD, Clerk.
To E. B. Hart, Esq., W. V. Brady, Esq.,
of the Com. <fcc. ,
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COMMON COUNCIL OF NEWARK.
Newark, June 2181, 1845.
To E. B. Hart, and W. V. Brady, Esqrs.
Gentlemen —
7our communication, in behalf of the Joint Committee of Arrangements, of the Common Council of the City of New-York, addressed to His Honor the Mayor, and inviting the Common Council of the City of Newark, to unite with the Common Council of your City, in testifying their high respect for the memory of General ANDREW JACKSON, late President of the United States, by appropriate cere- monies, on the 24th instant, — was presented by the Mayor, to the Common Council of New^ark, on yesterday. And the communication having been read, it was — Resolvedy That the invitation therein contained, be accept- ed^ and that the Clerk communicate the acceptance of the same, to the Joint Committee of Arrangements, c^ the Com- mon Council of the City of New-York. I have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM R. McDonald,
Clerk of the Common CounciL
Messrs. Hart & Brady,
Committee, &c.
Gentlemen —
The Invitation, from you to the Mayor and Common Council of this City, to join in paying proper respect to the
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memory of Andrew Jackson, on the 24th instant, was duir accepted, last evening, and Aldermen Fryatt, Bramhall, and Wakeman, were appointed a Committee to confer with you, (fcc.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
E. B. WAKExMAN, Clerk, Common Council. Jersey City, June 21st, 1845.
Washington, 22d June, ]845. Gektlemen,
I have been honored by the receipt of your kind invi- tation to unite with the Common Council of the City of New- York, on Tuesday next, in the tribute of respect which they intend to pay to the Memory of General JACKSON. Most gladly should 1 accept this invitation, if it were in my power. Unfortunately, however, at the present moment, my public engagements are of such a character, that I cannot leave this City.
Ostentation is banished, in the national grief for General Jacksot:. This is deep as the fountains of the heart, he loved his countrymen with an intense ardor, and loved them always ; and they mourn his loss with the grateful aflec- tion of children. He was beyond question the first among his countrymen, and a Purer Patriot, a more Honest Man, never existed. Even in death, his example will prove u blessing to his country ; for truly, he died the death of tlie Christian, and his end was peace.
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Agaia I say : — most gladly would I accept your invitation, if this were possible.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Emanuel B. Hart, and William V. Brady, Esqrs.,
Committee, &c.
Washington City, June 21st, 1845.
Gentlemen,
I have received your invitation as a Committee on be- half of the Common Council of the City of New-York, to join with them on the 24th instant, in testifying their high respect for the memory of ANDREW JACKSON.
As a Statesman, a Patriot, a Soldier, and a Christian, he has left no superior among the living, and but one only among the dead.
I should certainly proceed to New-York to unite with you on this mournful occasion, but my public duties forbid my absence at this period.
With many thanks for your kind invitation, 1 have the honor to be.
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
R. J. WALKER. E. B. Hart,
W. B. Brady,
Committee.
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Lindenwaldj June 20thj 1845.
Gentlemen,
1 have the honor to accept your invitation to unite with the Common Council, in testifying by appropriate ceremo- nies, our high respect for the memory of General Jackson, and hope to be in the City with that view, on the evening of the 23rd insiant.
Yery respectfully, and
Truly yours,
M. VAN BUREN.
To Emanuel B. Hart,
William V. Brady, and Edward Macomber,
Committee.
Baltimore, June 23, 1845.,
Gentlemen,
1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your let- ter, inviting me to join with the Common Council of the of New-Vork, in testifying by appropriate ceremonies, the respect due to the memory of General Jackson.
My engagements in similar duties here, put it out of mv power to accept your kind invitation. Otherwise it would have given me pleasure ; a melancholy one indeed, — to meet on such an occasion some of my valued friends of you? State, with whom it was my good fortune to be intimately as^-
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sociated during an eventful period of General Jackson^s Administration; and with them to recall the many scenes throu2:h which we passed together, when g^athered around the Patriotic Chief, — and the proofs they constantly afforded of his commanding genius, his Devotion to his Country, and of his Pure and Spotless Integrity. The whole civi!ized world already know how bountifully he was endow^ed by Provi- dence with those high gifts which qualified him to lead, both as a Soldier and a Statesman. But those only who were around him in times of anxious deliberation when ffreat and mighty interests were at stake ; and who were with him also in the retired scenes of domestic life, in the midst of his family and friends, can fully appreciate, his innate love of justice, his hatred of oppression in every shape it would assume, his magnanimity, his entire freedom from any feel- ing of personal hostility to his political opponents, and his constant and unvarying kindness and gentleness to his friends. We may well pay national honors to his memory, for his name will ever be one of the brightest ornaments of tiiis Fiepublic.
I am, Gentlemen,
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
R. 13. TANEY.
Emanuel B. Hart, and ) r^
\\7 , -17 n T.^ ( Committee.
Albany, June 20thj 1845.
Gentlemen,
You r invitation to me to unite with the Common Coun- cil 0 f the City of New-York on Tuesday next, in paying a
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proper tribute of respect to the memory of Gerierai AN- DREW JACKSON, reached me this morning. The Secre- tary of State, Comptroller, and Attorney General were alike honored by you, and they are, I believe, the only State offi- cers at present in the City. I prepare to comply with your invitation, and I am authorised by the officers above named to inform you that they also intend to unite with the Common Council, upon this occasion.
Will you do me the favor to communicate to the Common Council, the profound thanks of myself and the gentlemen of whom I have spoken, for its patriotic resolution, to do honor to the memory of one, who, as a Soldier, a Statesman, and a Citizen, has conferred so much honor upon his coun- try, and so well deserves to be honored by his fellow-citi- zens. Our respectful acknowledgements are due to the Common Council for the invitation you have communicated to us, to participate in the Ceremonies of an occasion so full of interest. For the kind manner in which you, Gen- tlemen, have made this communication to us, you have our thanks.
Our public duties do not allow us to leave earlier than the Monday Evening boat, and I write by this mail to bespeak quarters at the City Hotel, where we propose to stay during our continuance in the City.
With great respect,
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
SILAS WRIGHT,
Messrs. E B Hart, and ) Committee. W. V. Brady, ^
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Secretary's Office, Harrisburgj June 21stj 1845,
Gentlemen,
Your polite invitation to George Shunk, on behalf of the Common Council of the City of New-York, '^ to join with them and those who may unite with them in testifying by appropriate ceremonies their high respect for the memory of General ANDREW JACKSON," has been received by me in the absence of the Governor, who is on a visit to his late residence at Pittsburg.
I regret exceedingly that the Governor is not here to ac- knowledge this mark of respect and kindness extended to him by the City Authorities of a Sister State. I know he will appreciate it highly, and were it possible for him to be with you in doing honor to the memory of one to whom he was sincerely attached, and in aiding to demonstrate the Nation's gratitude for the pre-eminent virtues and public services of the deceased, I feel confident he would not fore- go the mournful pleasures of the occasion.
I am, very respectfully. Gentlemen, Your obedient servant,
J. MILLER.
Messrs. Emanuel B. Hart, } ri
ixr,, 17 r>.. ( Committee.
Wm. V. Jdiiady, \
Washington, June 21st, 1845. Gentlemen,
Returning from Richmond to-day, I have the honor to receive your invitation on the part of the Common Council
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of the City of New-York, to join in the obsequies to the me- mory of the iUustrious citizen whose loss is mourned by the whole country.
I regret that sickness in my family will probably detain me in this neighbourhood to the end of the following week,* as I should esteem it a duty as well as an honor to join the Common Council and Citizens of New-York, on the mourn- ful occasion alluded to.
In haste, I remain. Gentlemen,
Very respectfully, your most ob't serv't,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Messrs. Hart and Brady,
Committee, &c. &c.
* General Scott arrived in time to take position in the Pro- cession.
Head Quarters, Eastern Division, Troy, June 22d, 1845.
Gentlemen,
I have just received your invitation to join, on Tuesday next, with the '^ Common Council of the City of INew-York, in testifying, by appropriate Ceremonies, their high respect for the memory of General ANDREW JACKSON, late President of the United States."
Nothing but official engagements, which I may not have the power to control, will prevent me from joining with the
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Council in paying the respect, so justly due to the memory of that great and illustrious chief.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
JOHN E. WOOL.
To Wm. V^ Bkady, > Committee. E. B. Hart, 5
Military Academy, West Point, ) June 23d, 1845,2 P.M. \
Messrs. E. B. Hart, and
Wm. H. Cornell,
In behalf of the
Committee of Arrangements, &.c. &c.
Gentlemen,
Up to the present hour, the professors and officers, asso- ciated with me, have not been enabled to complete the du- ties connected with the examination of the Corps of Cadets and the candidates for admission. The whoje of the first class of Cadets have received their Diplomas and left here, and the third class is also absent on furlough.
It becomes therefore out of my power to unite with the au- thorities of the city, in the ceremonies testifying respect for the memory of General ANDREW JACKSON, and I regret that such is the case, as no one has done more to raise the Military character of the Army of the United States, than he
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whose Memory calls forth the obsequies ordered by the au- thorities of my native city.
Altho' out of the power of myself, and those under my command to attend, in a body, your invitation shall be com- municated to such individuals of the Academic staff of ihe Institution as still remain here, and are not on duties that must be continued to preserve the discipline of the institu- tion, that they may have it in their power to attend indi- vidually.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHARD DELAFIELD, Major of Engineers, and Sup't of M. Academy.
Forest Hill, Philadelphia County, June 20th, 1845.
Gentlemen —
Gratefully acknowledging the honor of an invitation, from the Joint Committee of Arrangements of the Common Council of New-York, to attend the Funeral Ceremonies of Genyal ANDREW JACKSON, next Tuesday, the 24th in- stant, I am obliged by pre-engagements to deny myself the gratification, which any testimonial of reverence for the memory of that Illustrious man would afford.
I beg of you, Gentlemen, to receive assurance of the re- spectful consideration with which I remain,
Your obedient servant,
C. J. INGERSOLL.
Messrs. Emanuel B. Hart, and William V. Brady.
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Comptroller's Office, Albany, June 21st, 1845.
Gentlemen,
I have received your letter of the I8th instant, and accept the invitation to join with the Common Council on the 24th instant, in testifying their high respect for the Memory of General ANDREW JACKSON.
I am, with much respect,
Your obedient servant,
A. C. FLAGG.
To E. B. Hart, and
W. V. Bradv, Esqrs.,
Committee of Arrangements, &c.,
New-York.
Emanuel B. Hart, and ) r^ . ,
\\rrr...^.\T Mr. ^J >Oommittee.
William V. Brady, ^
Gentlemen,
I have had the lienor to receive your invitation, in be- half of the Common Council of the City of New-Ygrk, in- viting me to participate with them in commemorating, on the 24th instant, the Death of General ANDREW JACK- SON.
I accept your invitation readily, and am truly grateful for this opportunity of uniting in a just tribute of respect to the Memory of a Statesman and Hero, whose life and deeds have illustrated the American name, and whose decease
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the whole people mourn as that of a relative, or dear friend.
Respectfully, your obedient servant^
J. VAN BUREN.
Albany, June 20th, 1S45.
Little Falls, June 23rd, 1845.
Gentlemen,
1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the in- vitation of the Committee of Arrangements, to join with the Common Council of the City of New-York, and those who may unite with them, ^^in testifying, by appropriate cere- monies, their high respect for the memory of General AN- DREW JACKSON, late President of the United States.
I deem it appropriate to the occasion to convey through you, to the distinguished and patriotic Municipal body whose organ you are, the imfeigned assurance that no circumstan- ces within my control would prevent rny participating with them and others of my fellow- citizens, in rendering an ap- propriate tribute of affectionate respect to the memory of one of the most distinguished and illustrious men of our country.
In the ordinary course of nature, full of years, and re- splendant with every tribute which could adorn a virtuous Citizen, and Patriotic Soldier and Statesman, Andrew Jack- son has been called to '^ that bourne from whence no travel- ler returns," reposing with perfect and unerring confidence, in the Mercies of his Redeemer and his God. A Great and! Just Man has fallen, and a Nation of Freemen may well re- vere his memory.
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1 resretto inform you, that the feeble state of my health %vill preclude my co-operation in the interesting ceremonies contemplated by the Common Council of the City of New- York.
I am, Gentlemen,
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
N, S. BENTON.
To Messrs. Emanuel B. Hart, and William V. Brady,
Committee, &c.,
New-York,
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New-York, 21st June, 1S45,
To Messrs. Emanuel B. Hart, and W^iLLiAM V. Brady,
Aldermen, &c.
Gentlemen,
I have been honored with your invitation, tendered in behalf of the Joint Committee of Arrangements of the Com- mon Council, to unite with the Municipal Authorities of the City, in the Obsequies in Honor of General ANDREW JACKSON, on the 24th instant.
I rejoice, that the Common Council are about to bear so fit- ting and worthy a testimonial, of that profound respect and veneration for the Memory of General Jackson, which fills the hearts of the people of this whole country ; and I gladly accept of your kind invitation.
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It will afford me much satisfaction to unite my humble tribute, with that of this great City, to the character and services of the illustrious man. who, rivalling- Washington in the importance of his military achievements, and Jeffer- son in the benefits of his civil career, will stand enrolled with both of those distinguished Patriots, in the History of our Country, and will divide with them the love of freemen till the end of time.
With great respect,
I remain, Your obedient servant,
LEWIS H. SANDFORD.
No. 40 Rose-street, June 21st, 1S45.
Messrs. E. B. Hart, and W^M. V. Brady.
Gentlemen,
Your kind invitation, to unite with the Common Coun- cil in testifying their tespect fov the Memory of GENEEIAL JACKSON is received — and in reply, I beg to assure yon, that it will afford me much satisfaction to take a part in the mournful and respectful ceremonies of the occasion.
Yours respectfully,
JAMES HARPER.
New-York, June 21st, 1845.
Gentlemen,
I have received the invitation you did me the honor to address me, to join with the Common Council of the Cit/
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on Tuesday, the 24th instant, in rendering public testimoni- als of respect to the Memory of General ANDREW JACK- SON.
I regard the occasion eminently National, and should feel anxious to avail myself of a renewed opportunity to mani- fest my reverence for the character and merits of the de- ceased ; but am constrained, by the state of my health, to take advantage of the intermission of public business, to be absent from the City at the time. This circumstance will prevent my uniting personally, with my fellow-citizens in the solemn ceremonies you propose. I have the honor to be.
Most respectfully,
SAMUEL R. BETTS.
Messrs. Hart & Brady,
Committee, (fee.
New-York, June 21, 1845. Gentlemen,
^ I have received your invitation to join in the Funeral Ceremonies to be observed in the City on the 24th instant, m memory of General ANDREW JACKSON.
The decease of so courageous a Soldier, so distinguished a Statesman, and so beloved a Patriot, calls for the expres- sion of that profound regret with which the event is looked upon by every American citizen.
I accept the invitation, and remain,
Your obedient servant,
ROBERT H. MORRIS. To Emanuel B. Hart, Esq., William V. Brady, Esq.,
Oa behalf of the Committee.
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The following letter was addressed, by your Committee^ to General Hopkins, inviting his acceptance of the post of Grand Marshal of the proposed Procession :
Gilbert Hopkins, Esq.,
Sir — The Committee appointed by the Common Coun- cil of this City, to make arrangements for the purpose of testifying their respect, by appropriate Ceremonies, for the demise of ANDREW JACKSON, purpose having a pro- cession, and most respectfully tender you the Post of Grand Marshal for the occasion.
In behalf of the Committee,
And with Sentiments of Respect, •
^^J^ Your very obedient servants^
WILLIAM F. CORNELL, EMANUEL B. HART, WILLIAM V. BRADY.
New -York, June 18, 1845.
To which the following reply was received :
To William F. Cornell, Emanuel B. Hart, and William V. Brady.
Gentlemen,
Yours of this date is received, in which you tender me the Post of Grand Marshal of the proposed Procession and
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GeremonieSj to commemorate the death of General AN- DREW JACKSON.
I accept the appointment, and am,
With great respect,
Very truly yours,
GILBERT HOPKINS.
New- York, June 18th, 1845.
The several Special Sub-Committees having completed their arrangements, the Joint Committee on the Civic and Military arrangements, reported a programme of arragements for the proposed solemnities, which was adopted, and pub- lished under the direction of the Committee, as follows :
PROGRAMJME OF ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE
PUNERAL CBREMONIES
OF THE LATE
OE]¥EISAIi AI^BREW JACK!SOr¥.
The Joint Committee of the Common Coimcil of New- York, in concert with the municipal authorities of the City 'of Brooklyn, and the commanding officers of the Military 'Corps, have adopted the following Programme of Arrange-
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merits for the Funeral Solemnities on the occasion of the death of the late
AZITDXIX21V JACKSOIDT,
formerly President of the United States, to take place on Tuesday, the 24th of June, instant.
They have unanimously selected General GILBERT HOPKINS as Grand Marshal of the day. The following persons have been named as Aids :
PROSPER M. WETMORE, NATHAN B. GRAHAM, FLORENCE jMAHONY, SAMUEL D. JACKSON, HENRY U. SLIPPER, HENRY P. ROBERTSON, GARRET H. STRIKER, FREDERICK PENTZ, WILLIAM L. MORRIS, GEORGE H. HOPKINS, BENJAMIN S. HART, ROBERT C. MORRIS, MEDAD PLATT, 0. Vv^ FITZ RANDOLPH, GARRET H, STRIKER, Jr.
ISAAC L. YARIAN,
O. D. F. GRANT,
ROBERT B. BOYD,
SAM'L JONES MUMFORD,
GEORGE C. KING,
N. C. PHILBRICK,
L. F. HOUGH,
THOS. K. LELLINGER,
C. S. STORMS,
JOHN COLGAN,
H. M. GRAHAM,
B. W. BENSON,
JOHN D. KELLOGG,
EDWARD SHORTILL,
A. G. CRASTO.
The Authorities of the City of Brooklyn will select and announce their own corps of Marshals and Aids.
The following will be the order of the Procession :
The movement will commence from the Park at 2 o'clock, P. M. precisely, which will be announced by the discharge
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of three pieces of ordnance in quick succession, and the co- lumn will proceed up Chatham-street to East Broadway, up East Broadway to Grand-street, through Grand-street to the Bowery, up the Bowery to Union Park — around the Park, down Broadway to the front of the City Hall, on passing- which point each Division will be under the orders of its respective Commandant.
The solemnities at the Hall, at the close of the procession, will be as follows :
1. Prayer, by Rev. Dr. Krebs.
2. Funeral Oration, by Hon. D. F. Butler.
3. A Requiem, by Sacred Music Society.
4. Benediction, by Rev. Dr. Wainwright.
The ceremonies to conclude with the firing of a volley of three rounds by the United States Troops on duty.
The whole under the command of the Grand Marshal.
Persons having charge of the different Churches and Fire Alarm Bells in the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn, are requested to cause the bells to be tolled from the hour of two o'clock, P. M. during the procession ; and the Owners and Masters of Vessels in the harbor, and the Proprietors of Pub- lic Buildings, are requested to have their colors hoisted half- mast from sunrise to sunset. It is respectfully recommended also, that our fellow-citizens close their places of business during the solemnities of the day.
The Associations, Societies, and Citizens, to whom places are assigned as above, are requested to appear in the order prescribed.
The Committee have unanimously resolved, that no ban- ners bearing political devices or inscriptions, shall be admit- ted in the procession.
It is recommended that our fellow-citizens, whether in the
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procession or not, wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm.
The various Societies, Associations, and other bodies, are requested to assemble at such places as they may respective- ly select, and repair to the places of rendezvous designated in the annexed order.
The different Divisions in the following Programme will be designated by a white banner, with the appropriate num- ber of each in black.
The various Civic Societies will walk six a-breast.
GHDliR OF FROCESSIOrJ.
FIRST DIVISION.
Troop of Cavalry.
GENERAL GILBERT HOPKINS, Grand Marshal.
Special Aids.
Gen. Prosper M. Wetmore, Col. Samuel D. Jackson,
Gen. N. B. Graham, Col. H. U. Slipper,
Col. Florence Mahony, Col. Henry P. Robertson.
The head of the column will be preceded and escorted by the Light Guard, under the command of Captain Edward Vincent ; and the Independence Guard, commanded by Cap- tain John T. Cairns.
The following Military Corps, will form the principal escort, the whole being under the command of Major Gene- ral Charles W. Sandford.
Tlie Officers and Light Companies of the 3d, 28th, 31st, and 32d Divisions of New-York State Infantry, under tho
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command of Major General Garrit H. Striker, John Lloyd, Henry T. Kiersted, and Frederick Pentz.
The Division of Artillery in the following order :
FIRST BRIGADE.
Commanded by Brigadier-General Hall, consisting of the following Regiments : Ninth Regiment, Colonel Curtis ; Twenty-seventh Regiment, Colenel Vermilyea ; Second Re^ giment, Colonel Dodge ; Third Regiment, Colonel Avery.
SIXTH BRIGADE,
Commanded by Brigadier-General Morris, consisting of the following Regiments : Eleventh Regiment, Col. Yates ; Thirty-eighth Regiment, Col. Warner; Thirteenth Regi- ment, Col. Ming ; Squadron of Clinton Horse Guards.
FIRST BRIGADE OF HORSE ARTILLERY,
Commanded by Brigadier-General Storms, consisting of the following Regiments : First Regiment, commanded by Col. Stewart ; Second Regiment, commanded by Col. De- lavan ; Third Regiment, commanded by Col. Miller.
SECOND DIVISION.
Major Gen. G. H. Striker, > Aids to the Grand George G. Hopkins, Esq. 5 Marshal.
Officiating Clergymen. Orator of the Day. Ex-President Van Buren. His Excellency, Governor Wright. Hon, William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, The Court for the Correction of Errors, The State Officers, Ex-Governors.
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The Reverend the Clergy, and other invited Guests
of the Corporation, in Carriages.
General Scott, Commanding Army of the United
States, and Aids.
The Commanding Officer of the United States
Military District, and Aids.
Colonel Bankhead and Officers of the Army.
Major Delafield and the Corps of Cadets.
The Commanding Officer of the Navy of the United
States, en this Station, and Aids.
The Commandant of the Navy Yard and Officers
of the Navy.
A detachment of United States Marines as an escort.
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FUNERAL URN.
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On a Car drawn by four white Horses, with grooms.
Horse, Comparisoned and led.
The following Pall-Bearers, twenty-eight in number, in cariages, viz :
James Kent, Edward W. Laight,
John I. Morgan, Capt. G. Warren Chapman
Abraham Dally, Samuel Nichols,
Peter Bonnet, Thomas O'Conor,
James McBridc, Peter Embury,
Ill ;
James Talmadge, Thomas Herttell,
Gideon Ostrander, Peter Cooper,
Abraham Van Nest, Jacob Aims,
Edward H. Nicholl, John Robbins,
Abraham R. Lawrence, Anthony Moffatt,
Col. Talbot, of Tenn'se. Gen. Jer'h Johnson, ] ^
George Seaman, Joseph Sprague, I §
Francis Secor, Leffert Lefferts, | S
W. E. Wilmerding, Coe S. Downing, J 3
A detachment of the United States Troops as a Guard of Honor. Mayors of New-York, Brooklyn Jersey City and Newark , The Common Councils of the cities of New-York, Brook- lyn, Jersey City and Newark, as mourners, in the following order :
The Board of Aldermen, Preceded by their Sergeant-at -Arms, and headed by the President. The Board of Assistants, Preceded by theh Sergeant-at-Arms, and headed by their President. The OfUcers of both Boards. The Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, Preceded by their Sergeant-at-arms, headed by • their President, The Officers of the Common Council of Brooklyn. Washington Greys of Jersey City, commanded by Capt. Pollard, as an escort. Marshal of Jersey City and Aids. Mayor and Common Council of Jersey City, with their Clerk and Marshal. Clergy of Jersey City. Civic Societies of Jersey City. Citizens of Jersey City.
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Gen. Wm. L. Morris, > Aids to the Grand -Benjamin S. Hart, Esq., ) Marshal.
Heads of Departments of the State. The Senate of the State. 'House of Assembly of the State, Members of the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States. Society of the Cincinnati in carriages. Revolutionary Soldiers, in carriages. The Grand Lodge of the State of New-York. Ex-Mayors, Ex-Aldermen, and ex-Assistants of the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn. Heads of Departments of the City Government. Foreign Ministers and Consuls in carriages. Ex-members of Congress and of the State Legislature. Escort, City Guard, commanded b}^ Capt. McArdlq,
accompanied by Kendall's Boston Brass Band. The Judges of the United States, State and City
Courts.
Members of the Bar.
The Sheriff of the City and County of New- York,
and under Sheriff and Deputies
with their staves of office.
The Marshal of the United States and his deputies.
The Register, County Clerk, and Coroner.
Police Magistrates and Officers, with their Staves.
Collector, Naval Officer, and Surveyor of the Port, and
all other Civil Officers of the United
States and State of New-York.
The President, Trustees Faculty and Students of
Columbia College.
The President, Faculty and Students of the
University.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons. Medical Society, Physicians, and Medical Students. Teachers and Pupils of the Grammar Schools of Columbia College, and of the University. ^ College of Pharmacy. United States Naval Lyceum. American Academy of Fine Arts. National Academy of Design. American Art Union. Chamber of Commerce. Board of Trade. Teachers and Pupils of the several Public Schools, and other Seminaries of Learning. Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Major General F. Pentz, ) Aids to the Grand Major G. H. Striker, Jr. \ Marshal.
The Fire Department of the City of New-York, and Exe m p t-Firemen .
FIFTH DIVISION.
Hon. Isaac L. Varian, > Aids to the Grand Major Robert B. Boyd, \ Marshal.
Society of Tammany, or Columbian Order. Band of Music. 15
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Independent Tompkins Blues, as an Escort.
Banner. Democratic Republican General Committee.
Democratic Whig General Committee.
American Republican General Committee.
Democratic Republican Young Men's General Committee-,
Democratic Young Men's Whig General Committee.
Democratic Republican Ward Committees, and
Citizens. Band of Music.
Empire Club.
Banner.
GRAND CAR AND TOMB,
SIXTH DIVISION.
Lieut. Col. Crasto, ) Aids to the Grand
0. W. FiTz Randolph, Esq. \ Marshal.
The Independent Order dfOdd Fellows.
SEVENTH DIVISION.
Col. Jones Mumford, ( Aids to the Grand Col. Medad Platt, I Marshal.
The Procession of the Civic and Military Associations of the
City of Brooklyn, in the following order :
Brooklyn City Guards, commanded by Capt. OIney,
As an Escort.
General Robert Nichols, GraTid Marslial.
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Aids,
Al-exander Bergen^ E. W. Fiske,
J. W. King, R. R. Perin,
N. D. Morgan, Samuel Engle.
Militia of King's County, Commanded by General
Underhill, aid to Brooklyn Grand Marshal.
Sheriff Jenkins, Aid to Brooklyn Grand MarshaL
The Clergy of Brooklyn.
Judges of the Courts of Kings County, and
Members of the Bar« Members of Assembly, and Ex-Aldermen of Brooklyn. Medical Society of the County of Kings. Ex-Sheriffs, Deputies, Officers and Members of Police^ Fire Department of Brooklyn, headed by Chief Engineer Striker, Aid to Brooklyn Grand Marshal, Fire Companies^ Independent Order of Odd Fellows, headed by D. D<. Grand Master Story, Aid to Brooklyn Grand Marshal. R. R. Perin, Aid to Brooklyn Grand Marshal. ' U. S- MarshaL Democratic Republican General Committee of Brooklj'n. Empire Club of Brooklyn. Williamsburg Societies. Citizens of Brooklyn, Williamsburg, and adjacent towns.
EIGHTH DIVISION.
CoL R, C. Morris, > Aids to the Grand
Edward Shortill, Esq. ) Marshal.
The St. George's Benevolent Society. The St. Andrew's Benevolent Society.
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The St. David's Benevolent Society.
German Benevolent Society.
French Benevolent Society.
Italian Benevolent Society.
The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.
The New England Society. The St. Nicholas Society, of the City of New- York. The Hibernian Benevolent Society. The Shamrock Benevolent Society. The Hibernian Benevolent Burial Society. American Institute. Mechanics Institute. Typographical Society. Benevolent Association of Bookbinders. Leather Dressers Society. Benevolent Society of Shipwrights and Caulkers. Smith's Beneficial Society. Gold and Silver Artizans. The College of Pharmacy.
NINTH DIVISION.^
Col. O. D. Grant, > Aids to the Grand
George C. King, Esq., 5 Marshal.
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, insti- tuted in 1785. Reader's at the Apprentices Library. Journeyman Tailors United Benevolent Society. Journeymen Stone Cutters Association. Trades' Society of Journeymen Sailmakers* Society Library Association.
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American Lyceum.
Irving Lyceum.
New-York Society of Literature.
Mercantile Library Association.
American Society of Young Men.
New-York Metropolitan Association.
New-York Society of Letters.
The Board of Education.
Wardens of the Port and Harbor Masters.
Marine Society.
Shipmasters and Mates of Vessels in Port.
Thistle Benevolent Society, preceded by several
bagpipes.
TENTH DIVISION.
Col. N. C. Philbrick, } Aids to the Grand Col. L. F. Hough, I Marshal.
The Ironsides Association.
Fourth Ward Jefferson Association.
Polk Wright Association.
German Democratic Republican Association.
The New- York Shiffler Club.
ELEVENTH DIVISION.
Col. B. W. Benson, ) Aids to the Grand
John D. Kellogg, Esq., ) Marshal.
Journeymen Stone Cutters* Associations of New. York and Brooklyn.
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Journeymen Granite Cutters Association.
Operative Masons.
Laborers' Union Society.
The New York Benevolent Society of Operative
Masons. ^ Benevolent and Trade Society, of Journeymen Tailors. The Cordwainers of the City of New-York. The New-York Division of the Bookbinders' Union.
TWELFTH DIVISION.
Maj. Thomas K. Kellinger, ) Aids to the Grand Capt. C. S. Storms, ) Marshal.
The Ancient Order of Good Fellows.
Perseverance Lodge, No. 3613, I. O. of 0. F.
Independent Order of Rechabites — New-York District
No. 1— City Tents, 1 to 27. Pioneer Temple No. 1, House Carpenters Protective
Association.
Butchers of the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn.
Cartmenofthe City of Nev/-York.
THIRTEENTH DIVISION.
John Colgan, Esq., ) Aids to the Grand
Oapt. H. M. Graham, \ Marshal.
The New-York Pilot's Association. The New-York Waterman's Society.
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The Watch Department.
Old Company Citizen Volunteers.
Citizens of the Ninth Ward.
Citizens and Associations of the Tenth Ward.
Societies from Jersey City.
And all Societies and Associations not above enumerated^^ in the order in which they shall report themselves to the Grand Marshal.
The various civic and Military Societies above enumera- ted, will assemble atone o'clock, precisely, at the following places, preparatory to being brought into column :
1'he Division of Military, in Chatham-street, left resting in front of the City Hall.
Officiating Clergymen, Orator of the Day, the Clergy, General Scott and Aids, and Commodore Jones and Aids, at No. 8 in the. City Hall.
Mayors of the several cities, and Ex-Presidents, No. 8 City Hall.
United States Troops and Marines, at the west end of the City Hall.
Pall Bearers at No. 6 City Hall.
Common Councils of New-York, Brooklyn, and other cit- ies, at No. 8 City Hall.
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Heads of Departments^ Legislature of the State, and Members of Congress, in the Mayors office.
Society of Cincinnatti, Revolutionary Soldiers, Ex-May- or* and Members of the Common Councils of New-York and
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Brooklyn, and Heads of Departments of the City Govern- ment, at No. 7 City Hall.
Foreign Ministers and Consuls, ex Members of Congress, and State Legislature, Judges of the Courts and Members of the Bar, at the Superior Court Room, west end.
Other gentlemen included in the Second Division, in the United States Court Room.
Gentlemen included in the Third Division, in the East Superior Court Room.
Fourth Division in Murray-street, front on Broadway.
Fifth Division in the Park, rear of City Hall.
Sixth Division in Warren-street, front on Broadway.
Seventh Division in Spruce-street, front on Chatham- street.
Eighth Division in Chambers-street, front on Chatham- street.
Ninth Division in Beekman-street, front on Chatham- street.
Tenth Division in Centre-street, front on Chambers- street.
Eleventh Division in Centre-street, front on Franklin- street.
Twelfth Division in Franklin-street, west, front on Cen- tre-street.
Thirteenth Division in City Hall place, front on Cham- bers-street.
The closing Ceremonies, consisting of the Prayer, Ora- tion, Requiem, and Benediction, will take place on the Ea-
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^lanade in front of the City Hall, on the arrival of the rear of the procession.
The troops of the United States, stationed at the different posts in this harbor, will fire minute guns from noon till sunset.
The Veteran Corps of Artillery, will fire minute guns, an-* swering in number to the age of the deceased, commencing at noon.
Minute guns will be fired during the day, from Brooklyn heights, by the company of Flatbush Light Artillery, from the regiment of Colonel Warner, under command of Captain Philip S. Crooke.
Minute guns will be fired at Tompkins Square, by the Corps of Light Infantry, commanded by Captain Castle.
The Eleventh Regiment of Artillery, under command of Colonel Charles Yates, will fire minute guns from the Bat- tery during the movement of the procession.
The carriages for the use of the invited guests of the Com- mon Coimcil will be under the direction of Jacob Ramsay, first Marshal of the City.
The follow^ing rules for the government of the citizens on the route of the procession, will be observed :
It is directed by this Committee, that all public and li-
r,ensed carriages and vehicles be withdrawn from the streets
through which the procession is to pass. The Superinten-
^dents of hackney coaches, stages and carts, are charged with
•the enforcement of this order.
The owners of private carriages and vehicles, are atso re-
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respectfully requested to conform with the wishes of the Committee in this respect.
No obstruction of any kind will be permitted to remain in the streets through which the procession is to pass.
The preceding" programme having been adopted by the joint committee of the Common Council, the same will be duly observed.
D. D. BRIGGS, B. J. MESSEROLE, WM. V. BRADY, EMANUEL B. HART, THOMAS B. TAPPEN.
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Committee
)■ of the Board of Aldermen.
WM. H. CORNELL, ^ LYMAN CANDEE, G. M. OGDEN. EDWLN NICHOLS, GEO. H. PURSER, J
Committee [>of the Board of Ass't Alderm'n
WILLIAM BURBANK, D. A. BOKEE, EDW'D MACOMBER, FREDERICK A. LEE, WM. A. CAMPBELL,
Committee of ^ the Com.Coun of Brooklyn.
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The. Programme of Arrangements for the Procession and Ceremonies, having been by your Committee submitted to the Grand Marshal, was carried out by himself and Aidg in every respect, as appears by the following letter and rej^rt :
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New- York, June 30, 1845.
To Daniel D. Briggs,
Chairman^ Joint Committee
of Arrangements^
for Funeral Ceremonies :
Sir — ^I have the honor to submit the accompanying report of m) proceedings as Grand Marshal, by appointment of the Joint Committee of Arrangements of the Common Council of the City of New-York, on the occasion of the Funeral ^JJeremonies on the 25th instant, in honor of the Memory of General ANDREW JACKSON, Ex-President of the United States.
In the performance of the important duty assigned me, I most cheerfully acknowledge, that I have been greatly as- sisted by the able and efficient co-operation of the gentle- men who have officiated as my aids, to whom in no incon- siderable degree is due the credit of executing the Pro- gramme of Arrangements ; and I avail myself of this occa- sion to tender my thanks to the Joint Committee of Ar- rangements, for their prompt provision of means, and their courteous attention to myself and staff.
With respectful consideration,
I am, faithfully yours,
GILBERT HOPKINS,
Grand Marshal.
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FUNERALHONORS
TO THE MEMORY OF
General Andreur Jackson;
Ex-President of the United States.
CIVIC AND MILITARY PROCESSION,
Under the direction of the Joint Committees of the Citieg of New-York and Brooklyn, a Programme of Arrangements was prepared, and its execution was confided to General GILBERT HOPKINS, as Grand MarshaL The following Gentlemen were thereupon selected by the Grand Marshal as his Aids :
PROSPER M. WETMORE, NATHAN B. GRAHAM, FLORENCE MAHOVY, SAMUEL D. JACKSON, HENRY U. SLIPPER, HENRY P. ROBERTSON, (iARRET H. STRIKER, FREDERICK PENTZ, WHXIAM L. MORRIS, GEORGE G. HOPKINS, BENJAMIN S. HART, ROBERT C. MORRIS, MEDAD PLATT, O. W. FITZ RANDOLPH, GARRET H. STRIKER, Jr.
ISAAC L. VARIAN.
O. D. F. GRANT,
ROBERT B. BOYD,
SAM'L JONES MUMFORD.
GEORGE C. KING,
N. C. PHILBRICK,
L. J. HOUGH,
THOS. K. KELLINGER,
C. S. STORMS,
JOHN COLGAN,
H. M. GRAHAM.
B. W. BENSON,
JOHN D. KELLOGG,
EDWARD SHORTILL,
A. G. CRASTO.
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At a meeting of the Civic Staff, held at the Mayor's Of- fice, in the City Hall, on Saturday, the 21st instant, the Grand Marshal in the chair, Samuel D. Jackson, and Ben- jamin S.Hart acting" as Secretaries, it was unanimously
Resolvedy That the following dress and equipments be adopted by the Staff;
Black dress throughout.
Chapeaux without ornament, trimmed with crape.
Scarf of black satin and crape.
Crape knot on the left arm.
Dress sword, scabbard covered with black velvet, and hilt with crape mourning knot.
Black kid gloves.
Black Saddle cloth, trimmed with deep fringe, and cord festooned in front.
Russet bridle, with black fringe and crape knots on the foretop and nose piece.
Th« following preliminary orders were issued by the Grand Marshal :
FUNERAL CKREMONIES.
GENERAL ORDER.
City Hall, June 21st, 1845.
The Aid's to the Grand Marshal, will assemble at the
Mayor's Office, City Hall, on Monday afternoon, at 5 P.M..
By order,
GILBERT HOPKLNS,
Grand Marshal. '
Samuel D. Jackson, > ^ . • BsNJAMiN S. Hart, \ Secretaries.
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Mayor's Office, City Hall, } June 23rd, 1845. ^
The Aids to the Grand Marshal, will assemble at the MrshaPs Quarters, No. 139 Henry-street, to-morrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock.
Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson, has been appointed aid to fill a vacancy.
GILBERT HOPKINS,
Grand Marshal.
Sam'l p. Jackson, ) Sg^gtaries. Benj. S. Hart, )
Precisely at the hour designated in the Programme, the various Public Bodies, Associations and Societies, having arrived in detachments, and formed into column, the Grand Marshal and his Special Aids, placed themselves at the head of the First Division, and, upon the signal of the discharge of three pieces of ordnance in quick succession, took up the line of march through Chatham-street, the various Divisions falling into the line in the order assigned them in the pre- ceding programme. The Funeral Urn was placed on a bier in front of the Hall and received the honors of the Corps on the march. When the First Division had passed, the Urn was borne to its position in the Second Division and placed upon the Car. This was covered with black broadcloth, and drawn by four White Horses, which were led by four blacks dressed in appropriate costume. Then followed a White Steed caparisoned in full mourning equipments. The whole being preceded by Twenty-eight pall-bearers in car- riages, two abreast.
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The route was through Chatham-street to East Broad- way, up East Broadway to Grand-street, through Grand- street to the Bowery, up the Bowery to Union Park, round the Park, down Broadway to the front of the City Hall, on passing which point, each Division filed off under the re- view of the Grand Marshal. The various Divisions taking- position under their respective commandants.
The bells of the various Churches in New-York and Brooklyn were tolled during the movement of the proces- sion : all the vessels in port wore their flags at half-mast, from sun-rise to sun-set ; minute-guns were fired by corps especially designated for that purpose; various public build- ings, and many private residences, on the route of the pro* cession, were appropriately decorated with the insignia of mourning.
The greater portion of the seats on the platform in front of the City Hall, was assigned to the Ladies and Gentlemen of the New-York Sacred Music Society. The front was oc- cupied by the Hon. Mr. Butler, the Orator of the day ; the Rev. Drs. Krebs and Wainwright, the officiating Clergy- men ; Hon. Martin Van Buren ; Governor Wright ; May- or Havemeyer ; the Presidents of both Boards of Aldermen ; the Members of the Common Council ; the Heads of Depart- ments of the State and City Governments, together w^ith a great number of Judges, and other civic dignitaries.
The Grand Marshal and Aids were drawn up in front, un- covered. The Urn having been placed in front of the ros- trum, the vast assemblage awaited in silence and with pro- found attention the concluding ceremonies. They were opened by prayer by the Rev. Dr. Krebs, at the close of which, Alderman Briggs, the Chairman of the Joint Com- mittee of Arrangements, rose and introduced the Hon. Ben, JAMIN F. Butler, who delivered in a most impressive man- ner the Funeral Oration. The New-York Sacred Music Society then sung a Requiem
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from Mendelssohn's Oratorio of St. Paul, at the conclusion of which, the Rev. Dr, Wainwright, pronounced a fervent and deeply impressive Benediction.
The termination of the ceremonies was announced by the firing- of a volley of three rounds by the United States Troops on duty.
The various orders issued by the Officers in command of the several Divisions in this City, as well as those of nume- rous Societies and Associations, which were placed in the hands of the Grand Marshal, are enclosed to the Com- mittee of the Honorable Common Council for arrangement on file.
At a meeting- of the Civic Staff, held at the Mayor's Office, City Hall, on Saturday the 28th instant, in the absence of General Hopkins, the Grand Marshal, Major General G. H. Striker was called to the chair, Benjamin S. Hart acting as Secretary. The following resolutions were submitted by Colonel Samuel D. Jackson, and unanimously adopted :
Resolved^ That the Corps of Aids, tender a vote of thanks to General Gilbert Hopkins, Grand Marshal, for the courte- ous and affable demeanor which has characterized his inter- course with the members of his Staff, on the occasion of the solemnities, on the 24th instant, in honor of the memory of General ANDREW JACKSON, Ex-President of the United States.
Resolved^ That we offer our congratulations to the Grand Marshal, for the distinguished ability evinced in bringing into the line of march, so vast a procession, at the precise hour designated in the Programme of Arrangements.
B^solvedy That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be sign-
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«d by the Chairman and Secretary of this Meeting and transmitted to General Hopkins, the Grand Marshal.
(Extract from the Minutes.)
GARRIT H. STRIKER,
Grand Marshal. Benjamin S. Hart,
Secretary.
At a subsequent meeting of the Civic Staff, held at the Mayor's Office, City Hall, General Hopkins, Grand Mar- shal, in the chair, G. H. Striker, Jr. acting as Secretary, it was
Resolved, That the Staff unanimously tender their thanks to the Joint Committee of the Honorable the Common Coun- cil for their prompt provision of means, and for their cour teous attention to the wishes and suggestions of the Grand Marshal and Staff.
(Extract from the Minues.)
GILBERT HOPKINS,
Chairman.
G. H. Strikek; Jr*
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PRAYER.
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The following are the Prayer of the Rev. Dr. Krebs, the Oration of the Hon. Benjamin F. Butler, and the Requiem of the New-York Sacred Music Society, which are referred to in the foregoing report of the Grand Marshal.
Almighty God, Thou art the King of Nations : who should not fear Thee ? In Thee we live, and move, and have our being.
We desire to thank Thee for all Thy mercy to us, and to the children of men. We bless Thy name for what thou hast done for us, and for our fathers, and for all that we are permitted to hope from Thy kind providence for the time to come. The lines have fallen to us in p^easant places ; yea, we have a goodly heritage. Thou hast given us free insti. tutions ; peace and plenty within our borders, and statutes and ordinances, under whose influence, patriotism, virtue, liberty, and religion have flourished. The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.
We acknowledge Thy great goodness in in raising up for us from time to time, those who have led our armies in bat- tle, counselled for us in cabinets, and framed and adminis- tered our laws— for by Thee, Kings reign, and Princes de- cree justice. And we would especially acknowledge Thee, while we this day recognise the hand of God, who giveth and who taketh away, in the death of him in whose honor
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these obsequies are rendered. — Successful as a Soldier, dis- tinguished as a Ruler, and eminent as a citizen, it was the Lord who gave him those endowments which he sought to expend for the service and honor of his country. And we thank the Lord — the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that after the fulfilment of his public career, he was permitted to retire to the peaceful shades of domestic life, where, in the lingering years of his remaining earthly pil- grimage, he was solaced with the hopes of religion, bearing testimony to the excellency and truth of divine revelation, and finally departing this life, supported by the consola- tions of the Christian faith, and in the communion of the Church of God.
We are admonished that the mighty fail and the princes of the people perish, for their breath is in their nostrils. — Still, therefore, O Lord, would we trust in Thee, who hast everlasting strength. Bless Thou our country. Raise up and qualify those who shall preside over our counsels and administer our affairs. May Thy favor rest on Thy servant, the President of the United States, on our Legislators and on our Judges. Under wise and equitable laws, may truth, virtue, and piety be promoted ; and thus may we lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. — May all the people praise Thee, and be subject unto Thy statutes, who art the King Eternal, Immortal, and Invisible, the only wise God. And may we, with our rulers and our people, be ever protected by Thine Arm, and nourished with thy grace — that at last, we may come to the enjoyment of that inheritance, which is incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, which is reserved in heaven for
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the m that are kept by the faith of Jesu6 Christ unto salvfi- lion. And now unto Him who is able to do for us exceed- ing abundantly above all that we ask, or think — even unto God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, he glory for ever and ever — Amen,
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THS ORATION.
Mournful but pleasant, friends and fellow-citizens, is the service in which we are engaged. ANDREW JACKSON, upon whose bed of sickness and suffering, have been so in- tently fixed the filial and solicitous regards of the millions of America, is no more. His great soul has ascended to its au- thor ; his venerable form has sunk into the grave. To that grave, with swelling hearts and tearful eyes, and sad funereal rites, a Nation is repairing. We have come to it to-day. While we linger within its sacred precincts, the praises of the Hero we reverenced, the Magistrate we honored, and the Man we loved, rise instinctively to our lips. To their free utterance nature prompts, duty enjoins, affection compels us. It is fitting, it is right, that such tributes should be paid *o those who, in council or in camp, have advanced the glo- ry of their country, and the welfare of their kind. The ho- mage thus bestowed is at least disinterested ; for the dead who are its objects, insensible alike to praise and to blame,, can make no return to the living who proffer it. It exerts a humanizing influence on the universal heart ; it promotes the formation of a true national character ; it softens the asperities of party ; it incites to a virtuous emulation. Next, in purity and meetness, to the thanksgivings which we owe to the God who gave, and guided, and sustained them, is
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the feelinij of grateful reverence we should ever cherish to- wards those who are the instruments of His goodness. To the claims of our great men, of every age and time, of every sect and party, let us then be faithful. Let History trans- mit to other generations the story of their lives ; let the can- vas and the marble perpetuate the image of their forms ; let poetry and music breathe forth their names in hymns and harmonies ; let the united voice of their countrymen echo their praises to the remotest shores — so that wherever an American footstep shall tread, or a lover of American liber- ty be found, there, too, the memory of their greatness shall abide — a beauty and an excellence — the joy of all the earth !
The facts and incidents which belong to the romantic and eventful life of Andrew Jackson, are too numerous to allow me, on the present occasi<m, to attempt an extended bi- ographical sketch. After a brief notice of his early life, I shall, therefore, confine myself to a general view of such portions of his more active caTeer, as seem to me best calcu- lated to illustrate the prominent features of his character, and his more important services to his country.
He was the son of respectable parents, belonging to the most hardy, virtuous and useful of all orders of society — the great middle class. His parents, as is well-known, were natives of Ireland, though some of their ancestors were orig- inally from Scotland. They emigrated to South Carolina in 1765. He was born at the Waxhaw settlement in that State, on the 15th of March, 1767 ; he died on Sunday, the 8*h of the present month, having been spared to the good old
fig^e of more than seventy-eight years, re-taining to the la*t,
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in a remarkable degree^ his extraordinary intellectual powers
his ardent affections, and his deep interest in the happiness of his friends and the welfare of his country.
The peculiarities of his character are in harmony with his extraction. The martyr blood of Scotland blended with that of the Emerald Isle, and modified by the resi- dence of his ancestors in her genial clime, coursed in his veins; and no man, probably, ever lived, who united in a higher degree, the firmness and perseverance of the one race with the quick and generous temperament of the other.
Deprived, soon after his birth, of his father ; his eldest bro- ther slain during the war of the revolution by British troops ; himself compelled by the approach of the enemy, to aban- don, at the age of fourteen, the Academy at which he had been placed; freely offering himself with his sole surviving brother, to the military service of his country; both soon after captured by the enemy ; both assaulted and wounded because scorning to submit to personal indignity; the oth- er of the two brothers dying of the wound thua received ; his mother, soon after, pressed by fatigue and grief into an untimely grave ; was ever an ardent and susceptible youth placed in circumstances more likely to make a deep and lasting impression on his character ! *' The child." (to use the words of a great Poet of our own times) '• the child is father of the man." And when we consider the baptisn\ of blood by which Axdrew Jackson, in the spring titne of his youth, was dedicated to the service of his coimtry, can we woiidiT at the undying faithfulness, or the burning zenl,. with which, fiom youth to age, he presented himself a livin* sacrifice at her a'tar?
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Passing over the intermediate space, we find him at ihe ageof twenty-one, established in the practice of the law, m what was then one of the back settlements of North Ca- rolina. It was a region of restless activity, of stirring in- terest, of wild adventure. The scanty population, thinly scattered over an extensive territory, was constantly ex- posed to the inroadsof powerful tribes of Indians still the occupants of its primeval forests. They had been subjuga- ted, during the war of the Revolution, by the American arms, but were ever ready, when occasion tempted, to sur- prise the incautious traveller, and to cut off the unprotect- ed family. In the border conflicts which grew out of this condition of the territory, Jackson renewed the instructions in drill and muster which he received in boyhood, and added to them lessons in the warfare of the Indians, both destined to be afterwards employed on a wider theatre and for in- finitely" greater ends.
Intestine feuds also distracted (he inhabitants; many of their numbers were rude in manners, and some of them reckless in character; the collection of debts, by force of law, was a task of difficulty and danger, and the lawyer who undertook it, needed activity of body as well as of in- tellect, firmness of nerve as well as of purpose, vigor of arm as well as of understanding. Jackson bringing with him an unsullied reputation, was immediately employed in cases of this sort, and he entered on the discharge of his pro- fessional duties with the same promptitude and energy, so often displayed by him in matters of higher and more ex- tended interest. In these, and other professional efforts of ihe like nature, he is beset by opposition, and embroiled in
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collisions, which might have proved fatal to one less honest and courageous; but his manly bearing and his inflexible pursuit of justice, in despite of every impediment, estab- lish his reputation ; and professional success is the ne- cessary consequence. Another result is, that he becomes universally known as one of the first citizens, in point of character and influence, of the young community, now rap- idly increasing in numbers and about to be organized, with the consent and by the cession of North Carolina, as a Ter- ritory of the United States.
This event takes place in 1790, and Andrew Jackson re- ceives from George Washington, then President of the United States, his first appointment to office, that of Attor- ney of the United States for the new Territory. In the short space of six years, the Territorial Government is superseded by the admission into the Union of the State of Tennesee. Jackson is a member of the Convention which forms the Constitution, and he takes an active part in the preparation of that instrument. It contains some peculiar provisions which deserve a moments notice. The members of the Legislature are chosen for two years, and meet only biennaily, except when called together on extraordinary occasions. This arrangement is founded on the idea, that while annual meetings of the legislative body are indis- pensable, in countries having an hereditary Executive, to ihe preservation of public liberty, the like necessity does not exist where the Executive is chosen by, and responsible to, the people ; and that the people themselves are the best conservators of their rights. The bill of rights in this Con- stitutioo is one of the most liberal and comprehensive adopt-
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ed by any of our States. It asserts, in the strongest terms, the inherent and uncontrollable sovereignty of the people, and their right to instruct as well as to petition their repre- sentatives ; it denounces perpetuities and monopolies as con- trary to the genius of a free State : and it forbids the grant of any hereditary emoluments, privileges or honors. From the subsequent life of Jackson, it is easy to see that he must have assented, with a warm heart, to all these provisions.
Immediately on the admission of the new State into the Union, Jackson is chosen one of her delegates in the House of Representatives; and the next year he is appointed one of her Senators in Congress. He serves in this distinguish- ed body, over which Thomas Jefferson was then the pre- siding officer, until 1799, and thus enjoys opportunities of forming a personal friendship with a statesman and political philosopher, with whose sentiments his own entirely con- cur, and for whose genius he cherishes the highest admira- tion. In 1799 he retires by voluntary resignation from this honorable post. Most unexpectedly to himself, he is imme- diately appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of his State, a station which he accepts with reluctance, and from whicR he withdraws at an early day. He does so with the design, which he then supposes he may be permitted to accomplish, of spending the rest of his days in the quiet retreat of a coun- try life. Little does he dream of the brilliant destiny that awaits him. In the meantime, as another preparation for that destiny, the field-officers of one of the divisions of the Tennessee militia, no strangers to his lofty patriotism, or his martial spirit, had chosen him without consultation with, or notice to him, their Major General. This commission he
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retained until 1814, when he received the like appointment in the army of the United States.
We are now to contemplate Andrew Jackson in the new and conspicuous theatre, in which he attracted the re- gards not only of America, but of the world. Rallying to his standard, at the first moment when the action of the government enabled him to do so, the gallant spirits of his division, he dedicates their persons and his own to the ser- vice of the nation. From November 1812 to the cessation of hostilities, he is constantly employed in creating and leading the armies, fighting the battles, and vanquishing the enemies, of his country. It is not my purpose to enter into the details of his military exploits. Of all and of each it may be said, that in each and in all he acquitted himself as no other man but Andrew Jackson could have done. With his first touch of the marshal's truncheon, the hand of one born to command at will the energies of his troops, to infuse into thorn his own daring spirit, and successfully to cope in any and every field with the most skilful and cour- ageous of his enemies, is evidently seen. Throughout his whole military career he exhibits, in felicitous combination, all the qualities of a great commander comprehen- siveness and accuracy of view, genius to devise, skill and courage to execute- coolnes3 and decision in every emer- gency, perfect command of his resources, sagacity to discov- er and ability to defeat the plans of his antagonist.
In his campaigns against the Creeks, so formidable by their numbers, their obstinate bravery, and their proficiency in all the arts of savage warfare, he adds to the hardihood,
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the patience and the self-denial of a Hannibal — the vigor, the celerity, the success of a Caesar.
When he plants upon his own responsibility, the Ameri- can Eagle on the forts of Pensacola, statesmen see that the instincts of a heart and will devoted to the public weal, can anticipate nhe rules of public law; and the nation recog- nise and honor the clearness of his judgtBent not less than the promptitude and energy of his conduct.
In his command at New-Orleans, from his arrival at the be- leaguered city until his departure from it, we seem to follow some heaven-appointed and heaven-assisted warrior of the ancient dispensation, rather than a chieftain of modern times. Such superhuman activily ; such assumption and exercise of power ; SLUch chivalrous daring and consummate address in striking the first blow in the unequal conflict ; such cau- tious prepai'ations for the final struggle ; such perfect success in its triumphant issue ; such frightful havoc in the troops of the enemy ; and such almost miraculous preservation of his own ; who, in these things, does not see the hand of God, the agency of an instrument ordained, prepared, and guided by Himself ?
I must content myself with the briefest possible reference to the war with the Seminoles, in 1817 — 18. If the exploits of Jackson in this campaign, had constituted his whole title to military renown, they would have been amply sufficient to place him high on the roll of fame. How does it enhance the estimate of his former achievements, when it is considered that the Seminole war is scarcely thought of in the compa-
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rison ; and that Jackson is seldom named in connexion with it, except by those who refer to it for the purpose of denouncing him for the execution of Ambrister and Arbuth- not ? Having named this incident, I feel it right to state my entire conviction, that in this, as in every other act of his public life, he proceeded under a deep sense of what he be- iieved to be the injunction of duty ; and the sense of duty was ever to him as tkie voice of Heaven. '' My God would not have smiled on me," (was his characteristic remark when speaking of this affair to him who addresses you) , *' had I punished only the poor ignorant savages, and spared ihe white men who set them on."
The hour has at length come, when Jackson believes he may, a second time, retire to rural occupations, without dan- ger of any further call to engage in the service of the Union. The nation is at peace with all the world ; the Indian tribei have been reduced to submission ; peace reigns in all our borders, and tranquillity throughout the land. He resigns his commission in the army ; refuses the appointment of Minister to Mexico, conferred on him by President Monroe, not only because he desires no office of emolurnentor honor, but because he will not countenance, by his presence at the Court of Iturbide, the substitution of a monarchy in place of a republic, nor the means by which it has been effected.
Other reasons concur to enforce the step he has taken. Incessant toil in the various duties of his command and ex- posure to the hardships of mihtary service in the warm cli- mates of the South have undermined his constitution ; and retirement seems as needful to the preservation of his own
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life, as it is to the happiness of those who have so long been denied the pleasure of his society. He does not deem it in- consistent with this feeling, to accept the office of Senator in Congress, again conferred on him by his beloved Tennes- see ; for this honorable and comparatively easy service will still leave him, the greater portion of the year, an inmate of the Hermitage.
But his mission is not yet ended.
'^ Peace hath her victories^ No less renowned tlian War.''
And many such victories he is yet to win. By spontane- ous uprisings of the people, in his own and other States, he is presented to the nation as a candidate for tlie highest trust. Gratitude for unequalled services to his country, ad- miration of the great points of his strongl}^ marked charac- ter, implicit confidence in his honesty and patriotism, and an instinctive belief, in the masses, that he Avho had so triumph- antly grappled with the greatest difficulties in time of war, could not but succeed in civil rule, bring to him numeroua and enthusiastic supporters in every quarter of the Union. Though he has not a majority of all the votes, Lis three competitors, each long and honorably identified v/ith the civic services of the Union, are left behind him in the race. In due time another contest ensues. He is raised to the Chief Magistracy by more than two to one of the electoral votes.
In surveying, from this high eminence, the field of duty to which he has been called, he perceives that with many
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foreign States we have unsettled subjects of dispute, growing" out of claims to justice long deferred, for spoliations of onr commerce, during that reign of lawless violence, which, in the beginning of this century, disgraced ;ind barbarized the maritime wars of Europe. He sees that unless speedily adjusted, they will expose ue to the alternative either of sa- crificing our national honor or of vindicating by the sword our unquestionable rights. He resolves that this state of things shall not continue ; that no needless delay, no eva- sive subterfuge shall be allowed ; that he will proceed, with all possible despatch, in the prosecution of his duty, '' ask- ing nothing that is not right, and submitting to nothing that is wrong ;" and he believes that if this course be steadi- ly and wisely pursued. Peace will be preserved and Justice be obtained.
The result shows the sagacity of his conclusions. One after another, treaties are made and ratified, by which these subjects of irritation, so grave and so dangerous, are all, at length, happily disposed of. In one case only is there any serious delay in the execution of these treaties ; but this is ihe most important of them all ; for it is our ancient alh, the beautiful, the brilliant France of our own La Fayette, that neglects the performance of her plighted duty. Jack- son does not hesitate or waver in his course. He deals widi tlie greatest and most honored as he would have dealt with the weakest and most humble ; he sees to it, that while the respectful courtesies due to so distinguished a delinquent, are sedulously observed, no jot or tittle of the national ho- ni>r is lust or cornpromitted. In the end justice is secured ; the faith of treaties vindicated ; the peace of Empires pro-
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served ; and France herself, on a fuller understanding of his course, does honor, with characteristic chivalry and grace, to the '' tete de fer^'^ — the iron will of the stern old man.
*' His name through Europe rings,
Filling each mouth with envy or with praise, And all her jealous monarchs with amaze. And rumors loud that daunt remotest kinsrs ;"
and by his energy and renown our national character is rais- ed to a height of glory never before attained by the Ameri- can Republic.
In the meantime, Jackson has been involved, at home, in conflicts protracted and severe. Fired with the love of De- mocratic Liberty, and filled with zeal for the Federal Consti- tution, he pursues systems of policy, and adopts a course of measures, which bring on violent collisions with the inter- ests, passions, and prejudices of men in different quarters of the Union. In the midst of the outbreaks of party, produ- ced by these collisions, he is re-elected by a vote of three to one over all the other candidates, although the State of his nativity, formerly foremost in his support, withholds her ap- proving voice. Opposition to him is followed, on her part, by resistance to the laws ; the integrity of the Union is threatened ; and the nation is exposed to the dangers of a civil war. Now it is that Andrew Jackson, superior to the danger and equal to the remedy it requires, by his fidelity, his firmness and his wisdom, achieves the most splendid and most enduring of his victories ; averting from his country
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the stain and curse of fraternal blood ; and giving to bis memorable pledge, '' Our Federal Union, it must be pre- served," tbe strength of a fixed resolve, and the majesty of a perpetual truth.
While the plaudits which now rise from every quarter of the Union are yet sounding in his ears ; when by mere inac- tion in respect to other sources of political convulsion, he could have secured for the remainder of his official term, a larger degree of personal repose and general approbation, than was ever enjoyed by any of his predecessors ; he is ao*ain compelled, as he believes, to a clear and inexorable duty, w^hose execution he well knows will revive anew the animosities of party ; involve in painful and bitter conflict the remnant of his public life ; and bring upon himself, per- haps, the censure of many whom he loves, and with whose good opinion he would not lightly part. Inferior minds w^ould have shrunk from this new trial. So did not Jack- son. What efforts were made to drive liim from his pur- pose ; with what inflexible resolution he adhered to his posi- tion ; and how the people sustained him in this conflict also : is it not written in the history of the times, and fresh in the recollections of ail who hear me ?
In reference to this, as well as to every other debatcable portion of his public life, I purposely refrain, lest I should transgress the just bounds of this occasion, from any attempt to vindicate their expediency or their rightfulness. Only one claim in his behalf do I now think it needful or becoming to assert ; that if in any of his oflicial acts he erred, his er-
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rors were of the understanding, not the heart ; and that in them all, he acted from honest, disinterested, and patriotic motives. On this point he thus speaks, in the lofty tone of conscious integrity, in one of his recorded vindications : —
'' In vain do I bear upon my person, enduring memorials of that contest in which American liberty was purchased — in vain have I since periled property, fame and life, in de- fence of the rights and privileges so dearly bought, * * * if any serious doubts can be entertained as to the purity of my purposes and motives. * * * ji^ the history of con- querors and usurpers, never, in tlie fire of youth, nor in the vigor of manhood, could I find an attraction to lure me from the path of duty; and now, I shall scarcely find an induce- ment to commence their career of ambition, when grey hairs and a decaying frame, instead of inviting to toil and battle, call me to the contemplation of other worlds, where conquer- ors cease to be honored and usurpers expiate their crimes. The only ambition I can feel, is to acquit myself to Him to whom I must soon render an account of m}"^ stewardship, (o serve my fellow-men, and live respected and honored in the history of my country. No: the ambition which leads me on, is an anxious desire and a fixed determination to return to the people unimpaired the sacred trust they have confided to my charge, * * * to persuade my countrymen, so far as I may, that it is not in a splendid government, support- ed by powerful monopolies and aristocratical establishments, that they will find happiness, or their liberties protection ; f but in a plain system, void of pomp — protecting all, and ' granting favors to none — dispensing its blessings, like the
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dews of Heaven, unseen and iinfelt, save in the freshness and beauty they contribute to produce. It is such a govern- ment that the genius of our people requires — such an one only under which our States may remain, for ages to come, united, prosperous, and free. If the Ahnighty Being, who has hitherto sustained and protected me, will but vouchsafe to make my feeble powers instrumental to such a result, I shall anticipate, with pleasure, the place to be assigned me in the history of my countr}^, and die contented, with the be- lief that I have contributed, in some small degree, to in- crease the value and prolong the duration of American li- berty."
Now that he lies in his grave, who will deny to him the justice that he claims ?
Andrew Jackson has now retired to the sequestered shades of private life, with the benedictions of a grateful people and the respect and admiration of the world. He enters his loved and peaceful Hermitage at the appointed limit of human existence, wiih an enfeebled frame, the vic- tim of complicated and incurable maladies, which leave him little respite from pain, and no strength or leisure for the pleasures of active life. Yet has this been in many re- spects, the happiest, and not the least useful portion of his mortal career.
Feeling that he has fulfilled with fidelity and zeal, the course of public service to which Providence had called him ; conscious of the singleness and purity of his motives, and happy in the belief, that the great mass of his political
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opponents do him justice in this respect; thrice happy in the knowledge, that the principles by which he has been guided, are warmly cherished by a great majority of the peo- ple ; receiving continually, and in a thousand forms, proofs of affection and esteem from all classes of his countrymen ; full of faith in the vitality and perpetuity of our systems of government, state and federal ; anticipating, with delight, the advancing glories of bis country ; end surrounded by a family he loves, and by each member of which he is held in the profoundest veneration ; the retirement of Jackson, notwithstanding his bodily infirmities, is all that wisdom or patriotism can desire, and such as few statesmen and heroes in the history of mankind are permitted to enjoy.
For more than eight years he is spared to our affections ; and though for the last three of them he seldom quits his dwelling, except to bow in the house of God, his mental faculties remain unimpaired.; nor are they idle for a day. His correspondence, whether of friendship or of private or public business, is kept up with steadiness and activity. Alive to every thing that concerns hi? beloved country, and taking daily note of her affairs, he sounds from his lone watch lower the voice of counsel or of warning, according to the vision which he sees, and to the message which has been given him. And though at times a dull ear is turned to his prophesyings, yet in most cases, and especially in the latest, his words have been clothed with their ancient pow- er over the minds and the actions of his fellows. II there be any to whom these utterances seem futile or needless, they Aviil yet allow thai each of them breathes the language of
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the heart, and is instinct with zeal for the happiness and glory of America.
But it is not to the piibhc cause that all his thoughts are given. Weighty and instant as are the duties of the citizen to his country, Jackson remembers that lie owes to his Ma- ker a higher and more solemn responsibility. This senti- ment had been implanted in his youthful breast by a moth- er's lessons and a mother's love. It had been nourished by theexatnple of a wife, one of the excellent of the earth, — by providential deliverances and favors, by the perusals of the Book of God, and by the instructions of the pulpit. Un- der the circumstances in which he is now placed these in- fluences acquire new, and, by the Divine blessing, decisive force. They lead him to the Garden and the Cross; he seeks and he obtains the forgiveness of his sins; he avows before the world the hopes he has received, and publicly enlists in the army of the faithful. Henceforward he ad- dicts himself, with a child-like docility, to the duties and privileges of the Christian life. He finds in them his chief enjoyment, and they produce in him their appropriate ef- fects— peace with God, fortitude in suffering, patience and resignation in the midst of pain, serenity and hope in the prospect of his departure. And v/hen at length the final hour has come, how does it illustrate the humility of his character, the warmth of his benevolence, the sincerity, the vigor of his faitli ? In charity towards all men ; with pray- ers for his household, his friends, his country ; with words of instruction and of love to all around him ; with entire re- liance on the merits of his Redeemer ; he commits, without a
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murmur or a sigh, his immortal spirit to the God of his sal- vatiou, his perishing body to the dust from which it came !
Such, fellow-citizens, were the last moments of Andrew Jackson. How unlike those usually assigned by Poetry and Romance to their fabled heroes 1 And yet, in the sober judgment of enlightened reason, not less sublime and heroic than if passed on the field of battle and in the chariot of vic- tory. The greatest of all triumphs is that which is achieved over the last enemy ; and this, through the faith that is in Jesus, he was enabled to achieve. The fires of the last day shall consume the laurel wreaths of earth; most of them, indeed, will have withered ere it comes ; and all ever worn, or won, in the tide of time, would furnish no compensation for the loss of a single soul. But the chaplet awarded to the faithful soldier of the cross, shall be a crown of glory, '' that fadeth not away." How poor, in comparison, the death-scenes enacted by the most illustrious warriors of the heathen world ! Jackson was a Christian, and he died a Christian's death. In view of this fact and of its blessed issues, how rich, how unfailing, our sources of consolation 1
In notes,as melodious and sublime as those which wafted to the skies, by the aid of Milton's immortal genius, the de- parting spirit of the Hebrew Martyr, the chorus of American •ympathy sends up from our Jackson's bed of death, the prean of mournful exultation :
'^ Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail, y^
Or knock the breast ; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise or blame ; nothing but well and fair, ^ And what may quiet us in a death so noble." '
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The Valley of the Mississippi, the theatre of his youthful valor and of his meridian renown — the sanctuary of his de- clining age — folds within her bosomthe ashes of her Hero. In the centre of that young- and vigorous State, whose desti- nies, once his anxious care, were long the objects of his satisfied regard ; on the sunny banks of the Cumberland, where the strong verdure of the West begins reluctantly to yield to the luxuriant beauty of the South ; embosomed in a sacred solitude, stands the tomb of the Hermitage, hence- forth to divide with Mount Vernon, the respect, the admira- tion, and the reverence of n^ankind. The simplicity of his life, the calm dignity of his death, are exemplified by the humility of his grave.
You remember how he rejected the imperial honor that was proffered to his bones — " I cannot permit my remains to be the first in these United States to be deposited in a sar- cophagus made for an emperor or king. I have prepared a humble depository for my mortal body beside that wherein lies my beloved wife, where, without any pomp or parade, I have requested, when my God calls me to sleep with my fa- thers, to be laid ; for both of us there (o remain until the last trumpet sounds to call the dead to judgment, when we, I hope, shall rise togetlu^r, clothed with that heavenly body promised to all who believe in our glorious Redeemer, wlio died for us that we might live, and by whose atonement I hope for a blessed immorlality."
This was the answer of Christian meekness, of Republican smiplicity, of American Patriotism. Catching the strain
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from tlie lips of the dying Hero, we may echo its lofty m- spiration. More than this, we may give to it to-day a new and sublimer significance. Sleep sweetly, aged Soldier, Statesman, Sage, in the grave of kindred and affection. It matters little where his body is laid, whose memory is en- shrined in all our hearts ; the monument of whose fame is the Country that he served ; the inscription of whose greatness are the praises of the World. But if there be any solace in memory ; if any virtue in the contemplation of he- roic deeds ; any purity in the lessons of sublime example ; to the sepulchre of JACKSON let the pilgrimage of Huma- nity be made — in the ardor of a generous enthusiasm ; the sympath}'- of a fraternal love ; the consolation of a Christian Faith.
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THE REQUIEM, From Mendelssohns' Oratorio of St. Paul.
^' Happy, yea, blessed and happy are they who have en- dured, for 'though the body sleeps the soul shall live for ever."
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Hereunto annexed are extracts from the minutes of the Common Council of the City of New- York, and of the City of Brooklyn, in relation to the funeral solemnities ;
STATED MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF Al^DERMEN.
JUNE 16th, 1845.
Present — Oliver Charlick, Esq. President.
Ward, Aldermen.
1. Oliver Charlick,
2. James C. Stoneall,
3. Egbert Benson,
4. Joseph A. Divver,
5. Emanuel B. Hart,
6. Thomas S. Henry,
7. Thomas Conner,
8. Richard T. Compton,
9. Theodorus Van Tine,
Ward. Aldermen.
10. Bernard M. Meserole.
11. Charles J. Dodge,
12. David S. Jackson,
13. Daniel D. Brig-gs,
14. Thomas B. Tappen,
15. William V. Brady,
16. William C. Seaman,
17. Crandell Rich.
The minutes were read and approved.
The following Message was received from his Honor lh« Mayor, communicating the demise of General Andrew Jack-^ son, Ex-President of the United States, viz :
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Mayor's Office, June 16, 1845.
To the Honor ahle
the Common Council :
Gentlemen,
Intelligence has reached me this afternoon in an appa- rent!)^ authentic form, ofthe death of GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. He expired on Sunday, June 8th, at 6 o'clock, P. M., at his residence at the Hermitage. I have thought it proper to communicate officially this event, in order that you may take measures to enable the people of this city in sym- pathy with the whole people of the Union to manifest their sorrow for this national loss.
This is an extraordinary occasion- The greatest and best man in our country has fallen, and it is becoming that the event should be signalised by a mourning and grateful peo- ple. A Soldier of lieroic genius, his achievements covered his country with imperishable renown ; a Statesman of intui- tive wisdom and profound sagacity, his perfect sympathy with the popular masses, made him their truest representa- tive and chosen leader in the great political movements of the time. More than any other man he has given the im- press of his own character to our age and the institutions of our country, and the memory of his virtues will be embalm- ed in the hearts of his countrymen to the latest posterity.
With great respect, Gentlemen,
Yours, &c.
W\ F. HAVEMEYER.
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Whereupon, Alderman Briggs rose,'and after making some suitable remarks on the melancholy subject, presented the following preamble and resolutions, and moved their adop- tion, viz :
Whereas, the Common Council having just received the afflicting inlelligence of the death of Andreav Jackson, late President of the United States, one who has filled a space in the history of his country, second only to the immortal Washington ; one who, in early life, served in the war of our revolution, and in middle age, defended the rights se- cured by that levolution^ and thus rendered a service for which the wreath he won as a victorious chief, was no com- pensation^ and afterwards, when called to the first station in the gift of a free people, devoted the energy of a great and heroic mind to that people. Deeply sympathising with his immediate friends and the whole American people in their bereavement, therefore
Resolved, That a Joint Committee of five from each Board be appointed, in conjunction with the Presidents of both Boards, to confer with our fellow-citizens as to the best mode to be adopted to testify our respect for the distinguished worth and positions held by the deceased.
Resolved, That the Mayor be requested to unite with the Committee for the above purpose.
Resolved, That the Committee report such arrangements as they determine upon, to a special meeting of the Com- mon Council, to be called for that purpose.
Alderman Benson then rose, and in seconding the adop- tion of the preamble and resolutions, in a very feeling man-
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nef paid a high tribute to the character of the illustrious de- ceased.
Whereupon the same were unanimously adopted, and the Chair appointed Aldermen Briggs, Benson, Meserole, Tap- pen and Hart such Committee on the part of this Board, and the same was directed to be sent to the Board of Assis- tants for concurrence.
[Extracts of the minutes].
D. T. VALENTINE,
Clerk,
SPECIAL. MEETING.
BOARD OF
ASSISTANT ALDERMEN
Monday, June 16th, 1845.
The Board met pursuant to a call from the Presidents
Present — on the call of the roll ; Nathaniel Pearce, Esq. Presidenty in the chair ; Messrs.
Wards.
1. Gilbert, ^
2.
3. Ogden,
4. Purser,
5. Candee,
6. Foote,
8. Maclay,
9. Quackenbush,
Wards.
10. Gray,
11.
12.
13. Roberts,
14. Nichols,
15. Oliver,
16. Westervelt, 17.
Mr. Cornell soon afterwards appeared and took his seat.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved,
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The following Message of liis HonoE the Mayojy in rela> tion ta the death of General Andrew Jackson, and the pre- amble and resolution?, were received from the Board of Alder-^ men :
Mayor's Office, June IS,. 1845..
To the Honorable
the Comrnoji Council:-
Gentlemen,
Intelligence has reached me this afiernoon in an^ appa-- rently authentic form, of the death of GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. He expired on Sunday, June 8tli, at 6 o'clock, P. M., at his rjesidence at the Hermitage. I have thought it proper to communicate officially to you this event, in onlvr that you may take measures to enable the people of (his oiiy in sympathy with the whole people of this Union to majx^i- ftst their sorrow for this national loss.
This is an extraordinary occasion. The greatest and best man in our country has fallen,, and it is becoming that the event should be signalized by a mourning and grateful pe(»- ple. A Soldier of heroic genius, his achievements covcrtMii his country with imperishable renown ;: a Statesman of intui- tive wisdom and profound sagacity, his perfect symj^athy. with the popular masses, made him their truest r('})resenta-. live and chosen leader in the great political movements of the time. More than any other man he has given the im- j^)iei^ of hi& own characle£ to our age,, aad the instiimions of
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^ur country%, and tlie memory of his virtues will be embalm- «ed in the hearts of his countrymen to the latest posterity.
With great respect, Gentlemen^ Yours, &c.
W. F. HAVEMEYER.
PREAxMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas^ this Common Council having just received the afilictingiiilelligence of the death of Andreav Ja-cksox, late President of the United States, one who has filled a space ill the history of his country, second only to the immortal Waspiington ; one who, in early life, served in the war of ••our revolution" — and in middle age^ defended the rights se- ^cured by that revoluticn^ and thus rendered a service for which the wreath he won as a victorious Chief, was no com- pensation, and afterwards, when called to the first station m the gift of a free people, devoted the energy of a great and heroic mind to that people. Deeply sympathising with his immediate friends and the whole American people in their bereavement, therefore
Resolved, That "a. Joint Committee of five from each Board be appointed, in conjunction with the President of each lioard, to confer with our fellow-citizens as to the best mode \o be adopted to testify our respect for the distinguished worth and positions held by the deceased.
Resolved^ That the Mayor be requested to unite with the Committee for the above purpose.
Resolved, That the Committee report such arrangements as they determine upon, to a special meeting of the Cora- waea Council, to fee called for that purpose.
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The Committee on the part of the Board of Aldermen consists of Messrs. Briggs, Benson, Meserole, Tappan, and Hart.
Concurred in — and Messrs. Cornell, Ogden, Purser, Ni- chols, and Candee, appointed such Committee on the part of this Board.
Mr. Purser offered the following preamble and resolu- tions, which were adopted unanimously :
Whereas, the venerable Andrew Jackson departed this life, on the evening of the 8lh of June, in full possession of his mental powers — and calmly lelying on the mercy of his God. Independent, sagacious, and undaunted in the Cabinet, and the field — wise in conception and vigorous in action — the life of Andrew Jackson is identified with Ame- rican History, and must be honored and beloved while the institutions exist which in Peace and in War he faithfully laboured to defend. Therefore
Resolved^ That we deeply deplore tlie death of Andrew Jackson, whose public services and private worth, have en- deared him to the hearts of his countrymen.
Resolved, That we tender to his sorrowing relatives our deep commiseration, while we feel that in the death of An- drew Jackson a public calamity has occurred, in lamenting which, there should be no distinction of party.
(Extract of the Minutes.)
0. S. BARTLES,
CUrk.
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BROOKLYiir COinTlOIl^ COUI¥CIL.
IN COMMON COUNCIL— June 16th, 1S45.
Un motion of Alderman Burbank, the following resolu- tions were unanimously adopted :
^' Resolved^ That this Common Council have learneri with deep regret the death of General ANDREW JACK- SON, late President of the United States ; and that his long and eminent public services, both in a civil and military ca- pacity, call for some action from the Representatives of this City on this occasion."
'' Resolved^ That a Committee of five from this Board be appointed by his Honor the Mayor, to confer with the Cora- (non Council of New-York, and take such other steps ai they in their judgment may deem proper, and report itie came to this Board."
His Honor, the Mayor announced the following, as the al>ove Committee, viz: — Aldermen Burbank, Bokee, Ma- «tomber; Lee, and CampbelJ.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
JUNE ISih, 1845.
Present — His Honor the lilayor and Aldermen Huni- phrey, Powell, Stilwell, Bokec, J. C. Srniih, S. Smith, Mu- comber, Oshotn, Campbell, Meeker, and Bmbank.
The Chairman having stated the object of the meetinf^, addressed the Board in an appropriate manner; after which the Special Committee appointed at the last meeting of the Board to make suitable arrangements for the funeral cere- monies of ANDREW JACKSON, (late President of the United States), made the following report :
That in compliance with the resolution passed on Mon- day evening, the 16th instant, they met on the call of the Chairman, at the Common Council Chamber, on Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, when it was unanimously agreed, to unite with the Committees appointed by both Boards of <he Common Council of New-York. They accordingly upon their invitation, met with such Committee, at the City flnll, New-York, by whom they were most cordially receiv- etl, and in the arrangement of the several Committee?, to carry out the proceedings connected with this solemn event, the members of this Common Council were assigned hono- rable stations, to wit .
Alderman Burbank, on the Military, Ler, on Civic Societies. BoKFiE, on Fire Department. Macomber, on Invitations. Campbell, on eelcction of Orator.
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Your Committee further report, that under such org'ani- ^aiion of the Joint Committees, it was resolved that this- ev.ent be soleninized by a Civic and Military Pioeession, Funeral, Oration, &c. &c. on Tuesday next.
Also, that the Joint Committee, to report a Programme ofExercises, will meet on Friday next, in the Boaid of.As- sis-tants' Room, City Hall, New-York, to report on (he same»
It was also resolved, that all (/ivic Societies and Military Corps report to the respective Committees their wislies on this occasion.
Your Committee would further report, that if the action of this Committee thus far, should meet the approval of the Board, they would recommend and earnestly urge, that all Military and Civic Societies of this City and the adjacent Tawns and Villages, should confer or conuTumicaie with the Committee appointed by this Board, on Friday next^ the 20th instant, at the City Buildings, at 10 o'clock, A. M. when such Committee will be in session.
They would also recommend that his Honor, the IMayor, Ik? requested to issue his Proclamation, reqruesting tlie citi- zens g"enerally to close their stores and suspend business on Tuesday next, or to lake such other measiues as eir- (.'umstances may require, after the further action ( f the J^oint Committee of the Common Councils of the two Cities*
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Br.ocldyn, June iSth, 1845^
(Signed) W. BURBANK,
D. A. BOKEE, ♦ KDWARl) MACOMBER,
FREDERICK A. LEE. W. H. CAMPBELL.
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On motion af Alderman Powell, it was
Resolved, That the report be adopted, and that the Com- riiiltee be continued and empowered to make the necessary* ^nangements as contemplated in their report.
On motion of the same, it was also
Resolved, That the mcmbera of this Board wear tke ueiaaL badge of mourning for sixty days.
Oh motion, the Board adjourned.
[Extracts from the Minutes of the Common Council of thcr Cii)' of Brooklyn.] ,
JAMES H. CORNWELL,
Clerk,
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BROOKLYN PROCESSION.
PROGRA31ME.
Common Council Chamber, > June 22cl, 1845. \
The Committee of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn have adopted the following Programme of Ar- rangements for the Brooklyn Division, preparatory to pro- ceeding to New-York, to unite in the funeral solemnities in honor of the late Andrew Jackson, formerly President of the United States, on Tuesday, the 24th of June.
GEN. ROBERT NICHOLS
hasheen selected as Grand Marshal, and the following per- sons are appointed as Aids :
ALEX. J. BERGEN, E. W. FISK,
J. B. KING, R. W. PERRIN,
N. D. MORGAN, L. B. HAWKHURST,
The following will be the order of the Procession:
The movement will commence on Sands street, right on Fulton street, at precisely 12 o'clock, M., which will be an- nounced by the tolling of the church bells, and the column will proceed down Fulton to Hicks street, up Hicks to Pierre- pont street, through Pierrepont street, to Henry street, down Henry street to Atlantic, and down Atlantic to the
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Ferry, where an ample supply of boats will be in readiness to 6onvey the Procession to New York.
The associations, societies and citizens, to whom places are assigned, are requested to appear in the order prescribed.
The various societies, associations, and other bodies ar« requested to assemble at such places as they may respective- ly designate, and repair to the place of rendezvous designa- ted in the annexed order.
The various civic societies will walk six abreast.
Any associations or companies not reported before the publication of this order, will receive an appropriate place in the column, upon the application to the Grand Marshal.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.
GEN. R. NICHOLS, GRAND MARSHAL.
Six aids.
FIRST DIVISION.
MILITARY.
Gen. J. E. UNDERHILL, aid to Grand Marshal
U. S. Light Artillery.
Horse Artillery of Kings Co.
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Artillery and Light Infantry Corps.
Officers of 2d Division of N. Y. S. I.
Hempstead Light Guards.
Jamaica Volunteers.
SECOND DIVISiON.
Sheriff Wm. Jenkins, aid to Grand MarshaL
Pall beare IS from Brooklyn in carriages.
Mayor of Brooklyn.
The Board of Aldermen preceded by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Officers of the Common Council. The President and Trustees of the village of Williamsburgh.
The Rev. the Clergy.
The Medical Society of Kings County.
Judges of the Court and members of the Bar.
Kx-Mayors and Ex-Aldermen and members of the Assembly,
Officers of the U. S. Army and Navy. Et'Sheriffs Deputies officers and members of Police De- partments.
THIRD DIVISION.
Chief Engineer B. Stryker Aid to Grand Marshal. Fire Department.
FOURTH DIVISION.
D. D. Grand Master R. R. Story Aid to Grand Marshal. Independent Order of Odd Fellows in full Regalia.
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FIFTH DIVISION.
R. P. Pciriii Aid to the Grand Marslial.
Engineer of the U. S. Dry Dock, with assistants and corps.
Democratic Repi^.blicati General Committee.
Empire Chib.
Citizens of Brooklyn and Long Island.
The various Military and Civic bodies will assemble at 11 o'clock, precisely, at the following places preparatory to being brought into column :
The Military Division w^ill form in Fulton street, right on Sands street.
The members of the Common Council and gentlemen in- rluded in the 2d Division are requested to meet punctually at the Common Council Chamber.
3d Division in Sands street, right on Fulton street
4th Division in Cranberry street, front resting on Fulton street.
5th Division in Washington street, front resting on Sands street.
The preceding Programme having been adopted by the Committee of the Common Council, the same will be duly observed.
Brooklyn, June 1845.
WM. BURBANK, D. A. BOKEE, EDW. MACOMBER, FRED. A. LEE, WM. A. CAMPBELL,
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All of which foregoing Documents, Proceedings, Resolu- tions &c., &c., the Joint ConimiUee respectfully submit to the Conimon Council.
DANIEL D. BRIGGS, BERNARD J. MESEROLE, WILLIAM V. BRADY, EMANUEL B.HART, THOMAS B. TAPPEN, OLIVER CHARLICK,
Committee
of the Board of
Aldermen.
WILLIAM H. CORNELL, ] LYMAN CANDEE, Committee
GOUVERNEUR M.OGDEN |^ of the Board of EDWIN NICHOLS, ^ Assistant
GEORGE H. PURSER, NATHANIEL PEARCE,
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