The moment of departure at length arrived; and having once more pressed the hand of Mr.Adams, he entered the barouche, accompanied by the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, and of the Navy, and passed from the capital of the Union.

An immense procession accompanied him to the banks of the Potomac, where the steamboat Mount Vernon awaited to convey him down the river to the frigate Brandywine.

The whole scene--the peals of artillery, the sounds of numerous military bands, the presence of the vast concourse of people, and the occasion that assembled them, produced emotions not easily described, but which every American heart can readily conceive.

As the steamboat moved off, the deepest silence was observed by the whole multitude that lined the shore.

The feelings that pervaded them was that of children bidding farewell to a venerated parent.
When the boat came opposite the tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon, it paused in its progress.