Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-04-06
Prom the Newark sentn-l.
Baron StcUbcns Grave

statement gong throu sh the papers that the
ct Baron St'ubcn lie under the BopuSt church an Nassau
sTcsCt, N. Y. think this must be mistake. And Tor
The purpose oi cCing iul development Of facts
respecting brave and useful officer ct hs revolution
vii state what know.
About the $780, the Baron opened for settlement
actoi sixteen thousand granted him by the State
New ork, yinE about twenty miles nor,h o Uuca. In
the centre e., the he reserved four hundred
himself and began To clear away the forest and put the
land under cultivation. For several he spent his
summ - thcse aud his in New York. At length
about i'95 having built comfortable house OF hcwn logs
ne attempted TO spend the winter there During that WIN
ter he cd suddenly OF spJplcSy and buried 10y his
n'ighbon' his garden Col Walker aud j. n orth, who
hld been AIDS in the amy, and .ct hi- heirs, being
Heihcr OF them present When Col Walker iVed he had
the body taken up and entered the forest intending
carry out the Bron's wishes, previously expressed him.
u lie buried IN retired lonely SPOT, VIII r. his ave
sh"id hc unknown. Several years afterwards a public
lad being pened IT, the grave became generally
know To pasS'Ts by Col Walker then employed OH
81 q" TIE writer OF this, 10 remove the remains
lie again selected retired spot the forest and had them
conveyed 90 ~ with the privacy, the surface care
tally ryed and the fallen leaves ,r,os spread over
Ii So 'ha any ono should happen upon the spot, he
should mot perceive that tue earth had been moved. My
br'ta tod this time after; and added that both
he ana " assistant were laid under pledge disclose
Ue pace ANA he thought, that after he and ms
t1nt with Col Walker, should be dead Jud never be
possible to lind it, Its the knowledge OF which
makes think thefe must be some mistake in The stale
m'ut above mentioned
On thinking the NATTER and endeavorng account
m my own mind for the origin of the above statement
pos
s'bly have some connection with the subject. The
doe u subs nutialy follows
sometime b,io'e the close OF the revolutionary war;
while the Baron Inspector General IN American
Army and after the dciectos OF Arnold ne day heard
at the ToI! call the name of Benedict Arnold. When the
roll was finished he called for that Arnold step out OF
the racks When the man forward, the Baron in
CURED his name Benedict Arnold and the man an
swered 1t The Baron SAID THAT is a bad name: a
good soldier ought not to have that name" The soldier
asked what he should do. The Baron replied change IT,
H.lfl La Gonna .t
should take. The Baron said "Iake INV name; Will Civ,
You my nome" So he directed soldier 10 be entered
on tie roll as William SteUbeA. After the settlement OF
the town o Sieuben commenced, this there
and had farm given him by the Baron upoa which he set
lied aud reared family II is possible that some one who
dd not know That the OF SeubeR belonged any one
M 'hs country but the Baron, should mistake the grave
stone o! this OF his Tor that Of the Baron him
sell.
Ii am incorrect in my recollection or in my inorma-
on a To any Of the above stated fucts hope those who
know better wi. make the rrquis o Correction. w
j. We find it stated in Messrs Barber & Howe's vol
"e nI hsocal Cole cons o. the Stale OF New York"
Published IN lSil, that the old Barons grave ced
10y aneai monument erected IN ls26 by private subcrip
Hon' hearing the bre scrp'iln-MAJoR GENERA FErD-
ERi,G WILLIAM AUGusTUs BARON De SrEUBEy The cut
IN Inc volume represents PLAIN horizontal Obong monu
mcnt IN grove. The concerning the Baptist Church
IA ~ y II doubtless owing Ihe fact tia. cen, aph TO
hs memoy-un elegant tab ct IN the all OF the German
LiherIn Church IN that city, put many We r. ar by
one ct hs aids-CO North. This tablet bears the follow.
i1g inscription
Sacred 10 the memory Of FREDERICK WILLIAM AuGUs-
Ius BARON SrEUHLN German, kn gt Of the order Ut FL
del ad De mp Frederick The Great king of Prussia.
mp'rgeneia aud inspector general ia the revolutionary
war esteemed. respected, and supported by Washington
Tic gave military skill aud discipline TO the citizen soldier.
Wh'' IunR The DEGREES Of heaven achieved the
dence Of the United States. The highly polished manners
81 me baron wee Prac'd by the noble feelings the
heaIt HShand, open day for melting charity closed
only 30 the strong grasp OF ceath. This memorial is in
ay 1n American who had tue honor to be hs aid
de-'nmp the happiness 10 BE- has iriend-.O5. 1895"