Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-06-17
GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.

The remains OF washington rest aC houu1
Vernon, where, in accordance with his de-
sire they we're inferred. The Congress OF the
United States has proposed to transfer his
body to the national seat of government, and
the Legislature of Virginia has requested
the privilege of placing it beneath monu,
ment at the capital Of that State; but it has
been deemed righ: to respect his own wish
es. The tomb at Mount Vernon will soon
become national property, thanks to the ef-
forts of company of ladies, aided by the
Hon. Edward Everett and others. The
tomb of John Adams is beneath the portico
of the Unitarian Church at Quincy, Mass.
The vault was constructed by John Quincy
Adams, whose own remains now repose in it.
Thomas Jefferson's body lies at Monticello,
near Charlottesville, Albermarle county, Va,
near his former estate, now owned by Com.
U. P. Levy, U. s. Navy.
The last resting place Of James Monroe is
iu little cemetery in Second.street, just be.
low Third Avenue, in New York city. One
step inside the neatly arranged grounds, and
half covered with grass, almost conceal
ed by bushes, at the foot of little wren
house, which serves as his only monument,
the grave of James Monroe, who served
his country in the capacity Of soldier, min
lister and President, is indicated, by a sim,
pie marble slab, bearing his name: The
Legislature of Virginia has just appropriated
$4,000 to defray the expenses or removing
the remains to Virginia, and for the erection
of monument to his memory. In quiet
country church-yard at Montpelier, Orange
county, Va, thirty miles from the grave OF
Jefferson, lie the remains of James Madison.
Until within q year, nothing but tradition
has marked the spot, but recently a plain
stone obelisk has been erected, to indicate
the resting place of the departed statesman.
The grave of Andrew Jackson is at the
Hermitage, on the banks of the Cumber-
land river, about ten miles from Nashville,
Tennessee. He was inferred in the family
tomb, at bis express desire. He requested
that no pomp or commemorative show should
distinguish his tomb, and he was known to
refuse proHered present of an antiquated
marble sarcophagus, brought from the Med
terranean, and said to have once contained
the remains of ancient. heroes. The body of
William Henry Harrison reposes in the
family tomb at North Bend, Ohio, a few
miles from Cincinnati, on the banks of the
Ohio river. Immediately upon his death
his remains were laid in in the Congression-
al burying ground at Washington, but were
soon transferred to the family vault. Near
Nashville, Tennessee, the former residence
of James K. Polk, his body is now lying.
The tomb of Zachary Taylor, is near Louis
vile, Kentucky, the former residence of his
father. Like General Harrison, he was
first inferred in the Congressional burying
ground at Washington, where he died q
short time after his Inauguration. In the
fall of the same year, however, his body was
removed and deposited in the family ceme-
terry. The other ex- Presidents, Martin Van
Buren,, John Tyler, Franklin Pierce, and
Miilard Fillmore, are now living.-Boston
Courier.