The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-11-20
The Graveyard mt .cathcart's HILL,

In times to come II VIII De q. CHOSEN terminus
of Saxon pilgrimage, this fCathcart's HHl.-
Whether the traveller beholds from its humble
parapet the fair aspect of the. imperial city,
guarded by threefold migbtier batteries than now,
or sits upon the broken wall to gaze upon, tho
ruins of Sebastopol, he must, if he has any
British sblood in his VEINS regard with emotion
that little spot which encloses all that was NOR
tai of some of the noBlest soldiers wlro! eSer
sprung from our warrior race. He will see the
site of those tedious trenches where the strong
man waxed weak day after day, and the sanguine
became hopeless, and where the British soldier
fought through a terrible winter with priration,
cold, Frost snow, and rain, more terrible and
deadly than the fire of the enemy. With the
Redan, the Malakof, the Quarries, the Mamelon,
Go,don's attack, Chapman's attack, under, his
eyes, he will revive. With the aspect sofsthe
places where they stood the memories Of this
great struggle, and renew the incidents ofsts
history. How MANY, more of ,ourAgallant off,
GERS this cemetery may hold it is+impossible-to
say; it is too fullalready. II is;a .parallelogram
of about 40 yards long by 80 yards broad form.
cd by the .bsse of ruined wall which might in
5forner.days have marked the lines Of a. Tartar
fort. or have been the first Russian redeubt, TO
watch over the infancy of SebastoPoL' Af.heush,
many humble tunulus indicates 10 the eye Of
affection theplaee where some beloved eomrade
rests till the last reoeilS, the care aud loveof
friends here andtt home have left memofials'in
solid stone.of tEose whose remains are Iesti 6
here.
+ The first Of the graves, towards the front and
west Of the cemetery, consists of Il simple mound
of EARTH know not who lies below. The
second is marked Jy q. simple slab, with the
following inscription, Sacred to. the memory
pf, Lieutenant Fl. Tryon, Rifle Brigade, Killed in
action on the goth November, 1854" lie was
"a thorough soldier, brave, cool andresolutc,. and
il the terrible crisis Of Inkerniah, he used rifle
with more deadly certainty and success than any
Of his men In the struggles for the "Ovens".
Sor "'Qmrries" on the Goth November, in which
d small body Of the Rifle Brigade dslodged a
force Of the enemy much greater titan theirown,
lie displayed such gaiIantry ere he'feh that Cen.
eral ,Ganrebert paid him the rare honor Of "a
special meption in the next general order Of
the dat" for the French army. Next to him
iep6se tue reni:ins Of a .lahented officer. The
stvne records bis name: - Sacred to the memory
Of BTgadier General Thomas Leigh Godie,
comlpauding the first brigade Of the fourth di:
vision. of tie British army, Lieutenant Colonel,
ef che Fihysesenth regiment, t,.,who feil al mixer
mann, November s, 1864" No. 4 is a rude
cross Of stone without mark or name. The fifth
grave is distinguished by stone cross at the
feet and at the head is slab with an ornamen.
,tsl top beneath which is written, Sacred to the
memory of Bigadier General Fox Strangways,
killed in action November 5, 1854" A +few,lines
in Russian ask Che Christian. slSorbearance Of our
enemies after We have gone, for the bones of one
whom they would have admired and loved had
they known him No. 6 is conspicuous by a
large tombstone, with an Ornamental cross at
top, and some simple efforts Of the-chisel at the
sides and base. Come here aud read! Here:
lie ,e.lrurtal remains Of Captain Edward Stan
ley, 57th regiment, killed at the battle Of Inker.
mann, November $, 1854, - to- whose memory
this stone IS erected by.the lpen of his-conipany
- Cast down but not destroyed,'2 Corinthians
y, O." Who does not look with respect OH these
Door soldiers, and who does not feel envy for the
iotof one so honofed' There are fourteen other
graves in the sansro of which only one is
identified. 80 : -.
Sir George Cathcart's resting place, is marked
Sby-a very fine monument, for which his widow
has expressed her thanks to those who raised it
to the memory of their beloved commander. -
There is transcription upoE it commemorating
the Generals services, and the fact that he served
with the Russian armies in one Of their most
memorable campaigns the date Of his untimely
and glorious death, and AL inscriptton-in the.
Russian language stating who and what he was
who reposes beneath, In the.second row to the
East there are two graves without any. inscrip.
tons on stones !; the third is marked by d very
handsome circular pillar OF hewn stone, sur.
mounted by cross, and placed upon two hori.
zontal slabs. On the pillar below the cross in
front is this inscription: a. 10 Lieut.. Colonel
C. F. Seymour, Scots Fusileer Guards killed in
action, NoY. S, 1854" beneath these words arC;
a cross sculpturcd in the stone, and the letters,
al. II. s." and there is a Russian inscription on
the. back to save the tomb from desecration.-
At the foot of the tomb there is an elaboratey
carved stone lozenge surmodpting slab, and on
the ozenge is engraved the crest of the deceased,
with some heratdic l,ird springing from the base
Of coronet, with the legend, u" Fol paur devoir,
C. F.-S. Et. &c." How many an absent friend
would have mourned around this tomb? Close
at hand is n handsome monument to Sir John
Campbell, than whom no soldier was ever more
beloved by those who served under him, and
not far apart, in another row, is a magnificent
sarcophagu in black Dcvonshire marble, to the
memory Of Sir r. Newman, Of the Grenadier
Guards, who also fell at Inkermann. With all
these memorials of death behind us, the front
wall at Cathcarts hill has ever been favorite
spot for gossips and spectators, and sayers of
Jokes, and raeonteurs of bon n,ots, or such jear
desprit as find favor in circles military. 1t has
now lost the attraction of position, and retains
only its grayer, more melancholy and more natu-