Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-06-14
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On, stern and silent my father grew--aa ptH
The landlord said that the rent was due,
And mother wept as he turned away ;:lVa hA
The hearth was cold, and the night was chin:
Our money lay In tha ale house tillsgffio9 s2a
fSs ss's ssS aaS xSssFs
rhe S morrow ornrow came, ana the laralsrd. TOO;
Ana ih iefs r. the he'd door s with with bitter I curse
When mother showed him her empty purse.
Then. one BY one though our treasurcs went, &
Until we gave--we had naught beside---seYcfL
The little crib where the baby died.
II stood on the auction block next day;
I pick nprhgs, and Ipassed that way nAR
The dsffins fay, ahd i saw i there. ..ile y
The tear: would eomes thousiia held my
nved sh ali over her nss and dessh.--s eris iali
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From Oar washington Correspondcns.l lenYY
The, ConEressiOnal Cefne-
-Hasd IIn yt1aaBtOn-y.tf ".aaaiG amaa
Autobiography or men has that pccul
liar influence about'it, that'w eagerly
take up the life of even a stranger In
preference to other subject matters 80
1t iswith the tombs of the departed,
weturn from the gay festive pleasures
of life, and enter the citidel OF. the dead,
not, because there are more allurements
there among the hallowed graves, but
because there is that that attracts per
haps tits O. magnet attracting Us around
common center, There isr mo one
place where 90 many Of, our public men
are buried and where honorary mopu7
ments are erected to their memory as in
the Congressional Cemetery II isa
rule that II o member Of the Senate or
House dies while in Office, he can be
buried here, but should his friends
choose to bury him in some Ametery
more fayorite' to the family, then, there
is q monument erected. in this cemetery,
by the Government, to bis memory II
be dies while Congress is In session. ~
was the case of Senator Foot, then the
funeral cortege drives through the cem-
etery, and pauses only for a moment to
give solemnity, to theoccasion and then
beaFs, the jbodyiaway. There Ia. one
thing to be deeply regretted, that there
are so few, of the men Of the Revolution
who, have monuments here; but y is
because the Government only adopted
this custom after the major part Of
those tried patriots bad passed from the
cares and responsibilities Of earth. The
monument of the Hon, George Clinton,
Of revolutionary fame, both on the field
of battle, aud in that Congress- that
will ever be the morning star Of Ameri-
oa in every trying ordeal, and Yicer
President under Jefferson, is the, flrst
we notice near the east entrance. Near
him is the tomb of the Hon. Elbridge
Gerry, also vice. President under Madi.
son. Hfs history is 20 well known as q
distinguished man, that only the mem
tlon OF his name will bring to memory
the prominence Of his personal fame.
How fitting that these two should be
represented together in death, as they
were loyal brothers together In life, III
The same noble cause. The next one Is
Samuel A. Otis, Secretary Of the SEN
ate, who died November ed, 1914.
Generals Cafey, Of South Carolina, and
James jackson, of Georgia a-soldiers of
the war OF 1872, are In the same tier
with the illustriousA men I have just
II guess the South will not
mourn under the shadow OF any new
erected monuments, at least until they
have, partially wiped the stain Of trea-
SON v away. These i monuments are
toward the east side Of the cemetery,
and overlook the. beautiful waters of
the aAnasostic, or ~ " Ia cominonly
called the Eastern Branch of the Poto-
mac, for,tthe Cemetery lies closely on
the margin Of its banks. Standing
alone and towering above the rest, save
that of Writ, whose monument 10 on
the highest point in the cemetery, Is
that Of Major General Macomb,. who
was Commander-in- Chief OF, Guarantees.
He commanded the army at Plattsburg,
where he won an important victory
over the British, for which he received
honors from President
Madison and Congress. He died In
1897, at Washington. He was the
senior Of General Scott. One Of the
most admired monuments, because II
was voluntarily erected by his staff,
when personal motives were out of the
is that Of Surgeon General
who died I'm 1885. He was
Surgeon in the field of the war OF 1872,
and after its close he was called 70 dill
the highest poSt Of honor In his profess
sion! On the highest point, and nsaf
the center, risea the pure white marble
statue Of William Writ, Of Virginia,
AttorneyrG General from 1917 to, 1929.
His eloquence was said to be the finest
of Virginis'st then faSorite orators. His
Of the blind 'prsacher ION
the last hours Of Christ, y %, given In
McGufIe's fourth reader, is oneqofl the
finest articles extant. Numerous graves
of army officers are passed BY as we
loDk across the river, aud see the two
forts Of Baker and Stanton.
The major parto Of the asenatcrs and
Representatives face to the West on the
main road running north to the en-
trance. On the extreme left wing, IL
themonumentof Of Clay. He has as many
admirers here now among the hniner-
ous visitors a. In, the days when thous-
snds throngedl his course of, traveltas IL
some conqueror wss making his tri-
pmphM march. Next TO him y John
G. Calhoun. On this man I have no
note OF Joy or praiee to bestow1; let