New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-08

Ia n. su.rt Of V,5s,S,s Volunteers. Lieut. Col Cary
~ sqss :. % SssS. sSisS a.a S.p New Ns%Y Col Dy
,--..l.'' Guard Of Honor. l"sas'.s Guard Of Homer
R.BBs,sn h" WI. M.ef.'l.nd.
10. s.eter, II o. W. Randolph
p.n,..,,u. The Hesre, PAIbesrer,
draw. By ~ ~al;s s..ss .S's led sa By s. .s.p
CenmYtee Of Reception 90. W Muniord; Cheirmanl .
Ass.Ssn G EevYorh Common Council, and various Commit
The Governor Of Virginia
Secretary the Commonwealth and officiating Clergyman
IN carriage.
City Aldermen and Common CoupcAnen
Citizens fensrsuy.
TIE whole command Of the military devOlved on
Col August Of the let Regiment Of Virginia Volun-
tssrs.
Of % miles, was hung with emblems OF mourning. At
ls intersection Of Main and Governor streets draped
lag depended from rope thrown acI0ss tf0m house
" hsus-, bearing these inscriptions
"Fom the PATRIOTS Ashes srse tbs. k1dle the
Mn,s Of Liberty snd love Of Country in Ae hearts OF the
"NEw-YoRK AND VIRGINIA
"Iae noble sier 'usnder' to the mother the ashes Of her
The new Custom House, very chaste building Of
Virginia gTsr e in the Italian style Of architecture,
beautifully decorated with funeral emblems.
Ia nss. IL Inscribed s with "Tr.nsonS % % "Monmouth
t" BIanoy wine," "GerDantowD." very striking
device was awning Of deep black, with finges-
Ilss e.d arms Of New.Yorx and Virgiois TIE street
vss with Thousands of spectators and every
vildew Was occupied by ladies who waved thslr
hsse kerchefs at the gallant OF the Empire state
With great erthutss, than was quite consistent
With the decOium of a funeral. In two hours after
lsavng the wharf the head of the line reached the
asts OF the burial ground.
HoIlyv ood Cemetery is a very beautiful tract of
Shy.6ys acres about mile and a hail above the
city The surface is broken into pie asing variety OF
hill and dale and two three little streams OF clear,
ossl water course through the grounds, which are
aSosned with some noble trees OF prlmevA growth
great eaks and elms - interspersed with abundant
belly, bem whose predominance the cemetery derives
ias psne In Winter when the deciduOus trees are
hNe, the glossy leaves and bright scarlet berries OF
tAp evergreen must mpart sulking appearance 70
tAs city Of the dead, cO0tIastpg with the general
dssslsiVn OF Nature and the Spectral marbles that
Isar their points above the hills. Like Greenwood
asa Mount Auburn, this cemetery is everywhere
Havtrsed by winding ROADS and sha1y ioot-patns,
though no names have as yet been given them. L
ksrl that it is about ten years since the grounds
were first opened for intermeDts but 80 RAPIDLY
le<s Ossth populate it's cities that areedy the AREA
y dotted ell over with cleaning monuments. One OF
these msIks the grave of TtomAs Richie, the founder
AID for forty years editor Of The Richmond Enqpyer.
9hsugh the nequsIy Of the surface 10 favorable to
The stIucton Of hillside vaul.s. seem to have
k>sn built, every burial having been made beneath
the sod in literal fufllment of duet 70 dust, rather
than Of corruption to corruption. ln pont OF orna-
sbt the tonbs will not compare with those of Green
vsoa aud Mount Auburn, though many Of them are
IN excellent taste, and bear very simple and touching
sssnptens. AT the furtOer extremity Of the grounds,
elevation Of come 200 feet. Midway down the
bssk Ipns the Ksnawha Canal, and Just op-
DssAs the nver breaks In picturesque rapids
ever Teehs which obstfuCt its flow for distance oil
four or five miles. The noise of these rapids is heard
- Ae city in the quiet Of night with great distnetness
eHs may be regarded ss perpetual requiem 10 ths
dsaa who rest near by. the summit of the emineEce
bsve described bad been selected by the authorities
Of Virginia the final resting place Of James Monroe,
and here the funeral ootege wound its way upon en-
teripg the inclseure The spot has been called Pres
idsnhsl Hill and it is the intention OF the State to
psmeve ihther the remains OF all its Ilustrous sons
Who have filed the esidentis chair and passed away
hom earth, tave the hslowsd ashes of Washington,
Which City the soil Uf Mount Vernon This pious
dssisb gave sign6cance to the device temporarily
Dlssed over the entrance to the Cemetery,
aas rs:ts:US sssss Of q 4: s;y'SS "a 6aSaa
The sight within the grounds when the procession
hsd entered an imposing one The rain had alto
setker ceased fslipg, though the bsnignant clouds
sip fingered in the sky shielding the thr0ng from the
beres glare Of the July sun The knsthened files OF
sslsieiy marching with SLOW step through the deepest
ss the vslleys beneath foliage which now caught the
Syirg bres se Of the Storm and anon carcey
suss in the stun berous the trsppings OF fune-
real poDp; the many hsgs fnrled In Grape; the re-
vers.d arms the bearse with the sable groom' at the
homes heads; the solempty which reigned around,
might recall of those magnificent descriptions OF
military burials which Mr.. Russell Of The Times has
gwen his narrative of the Crimesn and 1ndisn
grave and the troops had been formed around it,
Gsv. Wee came forward and addressed the multitude
in speech characterized by intense energy and feel
bg, and fortunately brief.
He commenced by referring TO the duty which had
been npoeed him by the last Legislature OF causing
10 BE- ruoved "fiom the public buryinsCound at
"Nev-York to the cemetery at Richmond" the re-
mains Of sn iustIious Virgmsn; remains which the
cid mother State wished 70 rest within her own soil
The Commonwealth, he said, hsd borne many mighty
nss but among them James Monroe wss not the lesst
conspicuous. Below W Washington, who stood preemi'
sent alone, he VAS yet worthy to be classed with
sthsrs whore fame was the property OF the country
Wssbn gton vas the ggand type and representative Of
Nstior Sity; Jeeersop Ms tson and Monroe were the
yepYt ssnssiives OF Individual Rights Of State Sove
reistty, Of Republican Truth. Ana where should
ether such THO be found
The Governor then proceeded TO sketch the rema,k-
able career OF Mr.. Monroe. II presented the singular
issssbce Of man who bso filed office from the 18Th
70 the 7Sd year Of his fe always sccepably, in the
hghttt and the humbl posi iops- james Monroe
wss . country boy Of Westmoreland-the county man
ef Washington. Lssvpg his Horace and Homer at
Wihsms burg, be had marched away TO hight his
sopntsy's battles IN the Revolutiop, ard thcuga be
ysts higher than the post of Aid 70 Lord Stirling,
be Won the cos6depce OF the leaders in the struggle,
% . brave and ssgscions soldier. Returning 70
VueiIia he entered TIE lac office Of his pstr0n M.
Jssysen and vas soon elected to the Virginia Assem-
Aly, from which he Aftsrw1d went q delegate IA
the fftt Continental Coneress. Twioe Minister TO
France twice Mibiter 70 Easlan3, Hinstsr TO Spain,
tHice GOysrnes Of VDginia, C0u.missiOnt! t' SoSts