Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-21


His memory and tame shall rest,
Urdyng, in Columbias breast.
With cypress weave the laurel green
Around his early, hero grave
And let the "Slars and Stripes" be seen
Ever above his head 10 wave!
In lie, they were his beacons bright,
lie, them watch DER his iomb'S cold night
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF TIE
Washington National Monument SocletF'
10 THE AMERICAN PEoPLE-
The Board OF Managers OF the washington
National Monument Society, having deiefni'heu
10 resume lis collections, which had 10. souie ne
been SUSPENDED. has appointed Inc hon. Elsna
Wbiitiesey, OF Ohio The General agent oi lhe
Society. whose Office will be held IN Washington
To him has been delegated The power OF appoint
ing sub-agen,s, who will receive commission on
the funds they may coliec! as compensation lo'
their services. Ii may be proper 10 state Tor The
Information of the public, tha, the delay IN com
menciog the Monument has been occasoned by
the want of proper site, which The board mao
hoped would long since have been sran'eu oy
Congress Though the expectations oil The Ma
napefs have not been realized as 10 Inc amount OF
contributions made by those who nave oeeh CALI
ed upon TO aid in so noble work, II has mol oeen
suffered 10 lie idle. The Board, win conimen
dable discretion. authorized The whole a AMOUNT col
leced BIZ the agents of The Society, about 5000,
TO be invested in the safest stocks in The country
and placed in trust in the names VI three resPec-
table citizens of Washington, Samuel n. Smlth'
Nathan Towson, and Thomas MonIoe, or 'he
survivors or survivor OF them, 50 as 10 De itee
from risk, and subject with the accru'ns 'n'eres
at any moment 10 the accomplishment oil The con-
templa'ed object.
Os - NIL int
dillon ii ihe fund, vi the So iely, The Treasurer
has been required IN publish, AMI has pub ishen
an annual rel OF showing ire amount invested
aud on dep;>i'e ia sums safe bank. THESE 10
vestnenls are as follows, VIZ:
Pennsylvania, per cents, Sl7.9Oo ~
D.. 5p c. in lieu OF interest," aa4 50
Do. 6pc. 90. do. l.3h9 80
Do. 5p.c do do AS 81
Corporation OF W ashington, per cents, Is 070 Oo
Do. do 5perce Is, 10 40 Oo
Corporation of Alexandria, 6per cents, QUO 90
ST. LOUIS bonds, 10 per cent, ooO W.
Do per cent, 3OeO w
Madison and Indiana Railroad toncs, 800 90
United SAFES 6 per cents, 1000 oo
Corporation OF Washington 6 per cents 1000 90
s57s59 66
Il will Inns be seen that The Utmost care has
been taken oil the funds collected; Tor they have
now more than doubled The sum originally con-
,rbu,ed, and will be applied in good faith 10 the
patriotic object for which The Society was rIean-
ized. Tbal ohleci was 10 erect monument AZ
the seat Of sorernmsn which should, by lis CO.
lossal masnir ude ard imposing grandeur, e1hi'
bit TO the remo,es, ages he gratitude OF a nation
OF freemen to the man whose exalted good sense
and pure virtues had so pre- eminenty con'riou'
ted 10 their happiness. With this view, Inc
Board of Managers have made every exerllon 10
the power OF m, n 10 make, and the nope Is sun
INDUCED Iha. The American people, lnhnenced oy
an ardent feeling OF patriotism and OF Inc GeeP'y
cherished memory Of the great iouncef oil 'heir
liberties will no, fail contribute 10 the erection
of a structure that shall be commensurate with
their era ,.;.!e ;n vsneratlon aud worthy OF him
in whose honor II is 10 be reared.
the Board designed al an early period TO com
mence thu Monument, but as no site could De
obtained sufficiently eligible on any other ground
than the pu0l;c mall near The Potomac, aud a.
Iha, could only be obtained by grant from Con
sress, which mas not yet been made that purpose
has been unavoitab!y postponed till he neg, ses
sion OF The National Legislature, when ii is be
level no objection will be made 10 allow tht
Board the use of the ground i, desires for so laud
able and patriotic an objec. a design tor The
proposed Monument has been adopted and limo
praphed, and when executed, will EXHIBIT 10 IN
wor d the estimation in which the virtues ant
publc services OF he ilns'rous Washington weit
held by his counrymen.
It's scarcely ,cessary 10 remark, tina! ih'
character OF ,ae General gen, appointed by h
Board of Managers 10 make additional coilec
lions for the Monument, is such as TO insure sue
cess. and produce entire confidence. IL is known
10 the whole country; and Mr. Whiesey's Ell
forts in this new and noble undertaking, II i
hoped, will be crowned with that success whci
canno; fail to accompany so glorious an otjsc;
The pilgrim 10 Mount Vernon The SPOT consecra
ted BY WAsHlNGToN's haowed remains, is ole!
shocked when he looks upon The humble scpul
chre which contains his dust, and amsnl5 thai nj
moment has yet reared It's loiiy head 10 mark ;
NATIONS gratitude.
lis true that the distorted urn, the animated
bus,," or The splendid maus eum, canno, cal
back the departed spirit or "soohe The dull cole
ear Of DEATH" but it is equally true that it Cal
and does manifest The gratitude and veneratiol
OF The living for those who have passed ava,
forever from the stage Of lie, and left benin
them the cherished memory OF their Virtues
The pos,humous honors bestowed by sraeiu
nation on its distinguished citizens serve 10
further purpose OF stimulating these w''u SUI
vive them TO similar acts OF greatness and oil vi
lue, while the respect and admiration oil The com
try which coafers them upon lis children or
mo.c teep!y and ardenlIy let. The character {
Washington is identf~d with The g!orv and s!ea
ness OF his country. |, belongs TO history, in,
which it has infused a moral grandeur and beat
". |; presents a verdant oasis in the drear
waste oil the world, on which the mind loves
repose, and the patriot and philosopher delight
dwell. Such being but seldom appears 10 j
lss,rate and give splendor TO The annals OF mar
kind, and the country which gave him blri
should take pride in bestowing pos;humor
honors on his name. II is not 10 transmit Ii
name or tame OF the illuslrious Washington
future ages that Monument should be eTecle
10 his memory; but TO show that the People
this Republic al least are not unsraefu, ar
thai they desire 10 manifest their love Of emine
public and private virtues by some endurn
memorial, which, like the pyramids OF EsyI
shall fatigue time by its duration.
lam authorized by the Board OF Managers
xay. that a cory ct every journal in The UniIt
States which publishes this address, shall be d
posted in the cornerstone Of the Monument.
GEO. WATTERSTON, Secretary
Wa.hineon National Monument Socici
JANE, K POLK, Ez "fhcio President.
WILLIAM BRENT Esq lsl Vice Pres'E
MAYOR or WASHING TON. ID Vice Pre-,
J.B.a SMIrH, Treasurer.
CSC. rrERSrON, Secretary.
BoARD " NANA0sRs Maj Gen w. Sco
Gen. N. Towson, Col J. J Aher'. Col. Kea
nv GIN. Water nes, Thos Carhery Pet
Force. w. A. Bradley, P. R. Fenda, Thom;
Munroe, Waller Lsnox, NJ. F. Maury. Tam.
Blagden.
FROMTHE Pacific Letters from Cor
r,ndofe Shub,ick daled al MaEaliao, Novemh
AIN, LOAF, have been received al the Navy D
panmeu,. The squadron, under Commod'
Shubrick, en- The 10 n OF October, captured al
held Gnavma.; ami. On the lllh OF NoVrmte
look possession Of Maz,ran. Some resistant
was made a, each place, but the American fore
were successful against decided Odds. The IT
cial reports are on Their way.
Wa nndersia nd InaI lirn raNlOr has written