The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-08-23
The Grave Of LincOln.

AMO NAUVO vi AANOOlle
A travelling correspondent Of the
New SYork Evening Post, writing
from Springfield, gives this account
ofthe present appearance and con.
dition Of President Lincoln's tomb {:
Two years ago this place inherited
a sad and peculiar glory in becoming
the burial place of Abraham Lincoln /;
and ever since his tomb has been the
resort qfthousands ofhis countrymen.
No stranger thinks oflpassing Spring
field without visiting the sepulchre,
and many come to Springfield forthat
cypress purpose. Oak Ridge Gem
etery, where. the honored remains
repose, is scarce u mile from the State
House. Horse cars convey the visi.
tors thither every half-hour, the route
following leading street till the lat
ter turns into country road, and
then fades into en- undeveloped, un.
graded avenue and at this point the
railroad deftly switches aside, pass
ing through a grove of shady oaks
into the public park. Just beyond this
is the cemetery-an outrageous,
undulating tract, which already con
tains a number of graves. The Lin
coin tomb is in Appointment position
on the brow of o. rounded knoll, 1t
is vault with simple front of plain
brick, faced with unpublished white
marbley the wings at each side bear
ing empty marble vases-tbo only
feature Of adornment that this unpre-
tending mortuary structure possesses
Tho doorway consists Of two large
slabs Of marble cemented together and
to the wall of the sepulchre; and the
only inscription is the one word,
LINCOLN. The grass is growing lux
uriantly over the roof Of the vault,
and a young oak tree has found place
to take root amid this grass, while
larger trees shade the spot in the
rear. In its quiet, old fashioned sim
pIicity the tomb Of Lincoln reminds
one strongly Of that Of Washington
at Mount Vernon; and there seems
to be q beautiful (though probably
IN Accidentally consistency in the fact
that the two Presidents who most
thoroughly won the affections Of the
people and secured the most prom.
inent pagesot history, should be sim
ilarly ehtombed. The tomb of'the
prairie and the tomb by the Pot
omac! What a vast procession Of hu-
man, beings Will for ages to come
pause before their unpretending por
tails! At the foot of tho. Lincoln tomb
there is q notice announcing "S5 fine
to write Upon or deface this tomb,
or TO pluck wild flowers. in these
grounds Yet, regardless Of this
weTImeaning, if ungrammGticGl in
junction, and in defiance Of all rules
of, decency, divers shabby wretches
have already scrawlod their names
upon tho brick work, and even up
onathe marble door Of the tomb.
The miserable egotists hail chiefly
from the west, though Philadelphia
is disgraced by ono Of them. We're
there any from Now York, their
names would appear here in full AT
FIRST, Mr. Lincolns remains were placed
in q receiving vault, where the cof
| fin, visible through the iron grating
was always covered with fragrant
flowers. For a year thisplaco Of inter
ment was under charge of q military
guard, which was dispensed with
after the removal of the body to its
present resting pace. Aplot of ground
eightacres in extent has been secur-
ed in the immediate. vicinity Of the
tomb as a site for a suitable Lincoln
monument, but many years may pass
before it Is built.