Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-21

long set in order, he gladly withdrew his
thoughts from all earthly objects and calm
ly looked upon that futurity to whose verge
he was come. His religious character was
not the formation of day, nor the hasty
and imperfect work of dying hour The
inestimable consultations of lis faith be-
came brighter aud stronger as death drew
nearer, and though his hope was modestly
and humbly expressed, yet it was also CON
fdent.
For three days the struggle was pro-
tracted with such intensity of snfferine
that his vigorous and we'll balanced mind
at last sank under the contest. His old
friend, DIR. Webb, of Hillsboro', one of
the most skilfal and widely known nhvsi-
clans of the day, was with him, and he
breathed his last surrounded by ali the
members of the Faculty. He died in the
parlor of his own residence, which, being
purchased by the University after DR..
Hooper left Chapel Hill, was occupied
aiterward by Bishop Green, and snbse-
quently, for eighteen years, by Gov.
Swain, who thirty three years after Dr..
Caldwell, breathed his last in the room on
the opposite side of the i.aii
THE PRESIDENTS HoUsE.
That ample aud cid fashioned par lor hes
en- the scene Of many all interesting as
1LCI5 have seen iuIHTGlS, ana
stately weddings. and as lovely brides as
the sun ever slone on. There for years
Bishop Ives administered the rights Of con-
firmatlOn, and Of communion, and OF Bap-
| tlsm, while pa2lor, hail and piazza were
crowded. This was IN the day, after DR..
| Caldwclls, when the Episcopal Church was
not yet built and Dr. Green held the Church
services on Sunday night at his own house.
! Those venerable oaks which have this
| spring bent before the new order of Things
| at the University, and now, alas no longer
lift their ieafy honors high among their
brethren of the grove, had shaded two
generations Of It's unique a society, had
waved over the coming and going of as re-
markable assemblages as could be found
elsewhere IN all the country. Two Presi
dents Of the United States have been re-
ceived there, on the grand old Commence
ment days, when the good and great, and
the young and beautiful gathered around
to do honor to our graduates, but the
scene has never been so impressive, the
presence never so august as when Death
held his court there and. at the interval
Of thirtythree years, [ saw the first and
st President of the University lying there
n State.
THE FUNERAL.
The news of DIR. Caldwell's death was
received with universal and heartfelt sor-
row throughout the State. Men of all
classes felt that a public benefact0r was
gone, and wondered where successor
could be found. DR.. McPheeters, Of
Raleigh, was to have preached the funeral
discourse, but, he not arriving in time, DR..
Mitchell officiated. DR.. Caldwell was
buried i'll Il grave which he had himself
prepared when he LAID out the village
graveyard. 1t was Il square, brick lined
vault, III the exact centre of the yard. The
following November his remains were ex-
humed IN order that q plaster cast Of his
features might be obtained. This was
Gone successfully and the bust is now in
the Philanthropic Library Room, Of which
Society he was member. There is also
an oil painting of him taken in early life.
MRS. CALDwELL's DEATH.
After she became a widow, Mrs. CaId
wei! removed to Hillsboro' Returning to
Chapel Hill On one occasion, in 1916, to
visit her relatives, she was suddenly taken
i'll, and after few days illness died. A
monument had, by this time, been erected
to DR.. Caldwell in the College grounds,
and as it seemed proper that his remains
should rest under it, with his wife's, he
was again dis Inferred and tie husband and
wife placed side by side. 4 er some years
" uouuAeAb Vi "Alt6 ulaEolS more worthy
of him was erected by public subscription
in another part of the grounds. But there
seemed to be natural reluctance to dis
turb his remains again, and he still rests
under the old monument. After another
generation passes away it will be forgotten
where this venerable pair repose. Few Of
those WHOM are growing up are aware Il it
even now.
special Cor. Of the Baltimore Gazette.