Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-24

drawal Of the name Of Mr.. Catlin, met
and nominated Nj. Charles Rich OF
Jackson county in the place and stead
Of Mr.. Catlin.
We have therefore removed the
name of Mr.. Catlin from the ticket and
to-day place at the head Of our columns
the name of Charles Rich, of Jackson
county, for member Of the Board Of
Education.
Mr.. Rich, has been for some time a
resident of this State-is a gentleman
of high abilities and pleasing address
and having been for a long time a prac-
teal teacher is perfectly %conversant
with school matters and in every way
qualified to fill the office. The ticket
is n of the best eve put in nomina-
ton by the Democracy Of this District.
BURIAL PLACE OF President MoSRoE-The
Richmond correspondent OF the n. \. 1rt-
bune writes as follows in regard to the new
burial place of President Monroe:
"Hollywood Cemetery is now a very
mile and a half above the city. The sur
face i. broken into a pleasing variety OF hill
and dale, and two or three little streams OF
A.,s hr,ruI tho OrnNnia
which are adorned with come noble trees
| of primeval gro wth-great oaks and eims
-interspersed with abundant holly. from
| whose predominance the cemetery derives
its name. In winter, when the deciduous
trees are bare, the glossy leaves and bright
scarlet berries Of this evergreen must i'm
part a striking appearance to this city OF
the dead, contrasting with the general desc
lation of nature and the sfectral marbles
that rear their points above the hills.
Like Greenwood and Mount Auburn,
this cemetery is everywhere traversed by
winding roads and shady footpaths, though
no names have yet been given them. l
learn that it is about ten years since the
grounds were first opened for interments
but so rapidly does death populate his cities
that already the area is dotted all over with
cleaning monuments. One of these marks
the grave of Thomas Richie, the founder
and for forty years editor of the Richmond
Enquirer. Though the inequality of the
surface is favorable to the construction of
hill side vaults, none seem to have been
built. every burial having been made be-
meath the sod. in literal fulfllment of dust
to dust, rather than of extreme corruP-
ton"
At the further extremity Of the grounds
q lofty eminence rises above the James river
at an elevation of some 200 feet. Midway
down the bank runs the Kanawha canal,
an Just opposite the river breaks in pictur-
esaue rapids over rccks which obstruct its
flow for a distance of four or five miles
The noise of those rapids is heard in the
city in the quiet of night with great dis
tinctness, and it may be regarded as a per-
petual requiem to the dead who rest near
by.
The summit Of the eminence has been Sc
lected by the authorities of Virginia as the
final resting place of James Monroe,an here
the funeral cortege wound its way upon
entering the inclsure. The spot has been
called Presidential Hill" and it is the in
~tention Of the state to remove thither the
remains of all its illustrious sons who have
filled the Presidential chair and passed
away from earth, saved the hallowed ashes
of Washington, which s%anct'fy the soil of
Mount Vernon. This pious design gave
significance to the device temporarily placed
over the entrance to the cemetary:
sThe pantheon of departed worth.
Thu future Mecca of the Cid Dominion"