Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-05-25
Clebullrnue's Grave.

|. Manyo our readers will probably remember an incident that occurred at St. John Church, at .Ashwood, Tenn, a few days before the disastrous battle Of Franklin, wlicrc the heroic Cleburne was killed at the head O fhisconmand. The following description of the in cident alluded to, is extracted from Better written at Ashwood, to a lady of this city: 1sii a.il ',s'i srei,e
 "s Ashwood is merely dis, tinguisking name for a neighborhood. ! A postoffice on nsone side of the Mount Pleasant road, and an Episcopal chapel on tho other, constitute its neucleus.
 Of the former have nothing to say connected with the latter there is a legend that may interest you. We have heard much of the ivy mantled cathc- dral towers of Europe. They arc not mythical. have not seen them, but l have seen the tower of St. Johns at Ashwood. English ivy covers it from summit to foundation stone in lavish greenery, in close embrace, justiiying the old poetic idea of affection m the plant for the thing which supports 1t. The church, though small, is syIninct- rical, and of unmixed gothic architcc- ture.
 It stands upon q knoll, a Nrort dis tancc from tho road, in grand old wood that the dryads cannot but love, and that breathes out from it's dim re- ccsses the potent influence of silence, of mystery and of indefirable awe which must have added materially to the imprcssiveness of the, ceremonial of Druidical worship of the Celtic na- tions. W ts9easf
 In front of this really beautiful church, Pat Cleburne paused as ne was going to glorious death on the blood- jest field of the war, and said to his at tendants: ae
 sIiow quiet, how peaceful this spot looks! It seems tonne that the dead would sleep well in place like tlifs.s Thus the hero spakc and kpew not that he spakc prefiguring words, foraf- ter that night of carnage before the fire gilded works of Franklin, his Friends, remembering his musings before the church of St. Johns, bore his body back to its quiet shade, where it rests with those of Cranberry, Strahl, and some others of the bravcst of the army of Tennc ssce, who died fighting by his side.
 This afternoon in company with--7-- I visited lis grave, and as stood be- meath the overhanging trees, damp with the recent rain, found myself in- voluntarily repeating (and for itiie first time realizing their full significanee) the threadbare lines:
 "And Ardennes waves above them her green
 leaves,
 Dewy with natures tear drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate ever grieyes, Over the 5unreturning brave-- With uncovered head, looked upon the lowly resting place of this "inher- itor of unfulfilled renown''-this Sid nev of the South, and while standing there the memory of Stonewall Jackson rose up fresh and vivid, intertwining with that of Cleburnc. At first l could not understand the association, but in few moments recalled certain words of the great virginian, spoken while en route to the last scene of his earthly triumph, and all was plain. It was the eve of the fight at Charccllorsyille.-- The day was sultry and his weary com rades happened to halt for a few mo- ments rest on the barren side of . stream, the opposite shore of which was wooded Here it was that he said to his men, "Let us cross over the river and rest beneath the shade of the trees.' eug assA The shadow of Azrael's, wing was over him. then, as it was over Cleburne at Ashwood, and in little while his name was giving new splendors to- the already glorious nccrology of his na- tive State. ,..e. ...,,,.,. -t.. fes e,
 
 Pat Cleburne! Stonewall Jackson Peers in courage, if not fame; one the favoritc of the Army of Virginia, the other the favorite of the army of Ten lnessec, both as true as steel as constant as the sun in the discharge of every du- ty, each of them rests in the grave of his choice, grandly and peacefully, while their names are written in ara minthine letters side by side, in the book of a nations remembrance. '- Miss. Index.
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