, 1869-06-03

Some Faces Old and New at
Arlington House.
ylrglala 4 Hundred Tears Ase.

. and poets: and IN the lkdiea' and the soldlera
Ephapk' scnools they ind Wiling coad]utorz. ,
7ith 10 extraordinary unAnimtty has this 1oral c
.remony been accepted In Ii the cities Of The
ounty, ertn IN New York and Brooklyn BY the .
zaally bgoted authorities, ihst Is seems TO have
,et some latent sympaihy In the mass Of mankind
rc, a1most Alone amongst the nauonA have
o national or religious (<< in the
pnug Of the JeaL For M the
owe1y time OF the yea1 il a landscApe, but not
uperztttion. ChFItmas gtAnds ht the threshold Of
Etntsr, and the Anniversary Of Independence hap
ens tn the sult1J summer time But thIs deoorz-
tou Of grnvea touches the pulse Of tbs ycsr, and
.dnntls Of untyesnl Observance; for there ta no
11lago Dor ehuzchJa1d where the Angel ol Battle
Id not delivering back some spent OF muttla1ed
,clShbor, son, or husband To the South md the
so.th, with impartial spirit, this v14tor and pail
,ea4eI made hts APpaE1uon, and near the great
,ivuuAca Of the dead, on the deds Of battle and bJ
he disputed st1ennaa, be placed together In
liz column u they conquered, tho rass
zmNtts Of poor and Unknown ao,dieN+ |
Nothing attests more entirely the fact tnas cur
,tYil war was the work Of . humane and domestic |
aaticn than the eazuestnesa and tenderness With
which the4s poor dead were gathered together and
Inferred. Some OF them were immigrants, some |
p{ them were consu!pta, eone were black, sono
Rerr frendless, but In equal respect tnay were
laid away, and their cemeteries viii survive their |
oelds Of batsle- At Waterloo these Is only
mighty mound, capped with = nguro Of Lion.
At Marengo there il nothing but 4 tablet Al
there v nothing but Z Quaker
meeting nouse. At Arlington there Il
most stately cemetery, the Ike Of which, In nat1-
nj snd netghborhood Inspiration, We do not pos
sess In al our lasge list Of battle grsvsyAtds.
ARLINGTON HoC4x,
More than TWO hundred feet above the Potomac |
stands Arlington uouse, one Of those huge ttap- |
It. To- IL SHNA
which abounded IN the Middle States and the
South about the period OF the Revolution. Il |
shows 10 admirable advantage from Warrington.
with its front Of hundred and forty leet breadth,
much OF which "a taktn up with heavy Dot1c
rort1co, designed, ~ old Custis, It's proprietor,
used 70 coy, In his anectasion Of mi, After the
Temple OF Postum. But when the grandson Of
George Wash'nStona wife got the great columns
up, his patience, his money, or his AT gare out.
nnd he lnasuly covered the Temple OF Pnatum.
With be1r ROOT, The aouse Is not sp.:s up into
20 many small rooms a. Mount Vernon, md some
Of III 4arsct Apartments are-cool and spacious-
It used to be the depository Of many Washing
tontAn t.opnIes acd portraits, and We owe to Gus
t,s an account OF pearly all the PIC
turea and casts Of Warrington that were taxed.
In the uGh. Of the late war Arlington House
might have become sort OF rebel Mount Vernon
had Lee been Victorious, and itz position Is strk-
lugly Like that Of Waahin8tonA Homestead. 1t has
tbs s&tna yellow color Of rough casting, a lawn
and natural f1esa timber, and Gusts md hts wife
arc buried together privately upon thcls estate,
like George nnd Martha Wsshingtou.- But by tho
Ecyer1e OF fortune, and by the tnauy thousand
Federal soldiers buried around the mansion, Az
llngton ia the Mount Vernon OF that collective
Washington Of the second Cnion-thn volunteer
soldier Of the people Here arc 1lty OF sixty acres
Of graves, q white head-boasd 70 every ono, and
- --t1 AkAk
the dismal oofnn-like mound common to church.
Yarls is not manifest. The grounds are laid out
In an unaffected way, and on the grest carriage
drives the onlceFs are buried Amongst the SOL
dtera' graves there are some rebels, laid
away tn honorable equity. bur acc1cdit-
ed to their cause upon their heal
boards, Tho eject Of the cemetery ts
to make oua think Of rest Deafness, and coolncss
Overhead, the hnkory, w1nut elm, oak and chest
nut trees, some Of them century o.d, make shad-
ON without murmur: There arc no fuDerea1 viii
lows or eJpresses The graves project thctr nlea
of headboaIds to the limit Of the timber, and they
| ranble into the realm OF e1n4hlne, mixing tho
| semb!ance OF 4 Hlent ensampment Of tents IN
| miniature. The disconnected remains Of two
| thousand soldiers OF Bun Run are laid away to-
getncr under s,ngie granite scroll. which bears a
| dtgnincd descriptive title. The cemetery proper
does not oecnpJ more than third OF Arlington
| wool and park, which Is probably composed OF
| SD acfes, and Is a One Instance Of Virginia lnl-
ecape, covered With great t1ces containing springs
] and rtla and from mhuy parts Of 1t the city o1
Washington and the suburb Of Georgetown azt
seen directly below, In Mi the eleai
chlae!Iinx OF a Potomac atmosphere The
mansion Of Arlington IS merely an once lor the
Warden Of the cemetery uow. The old estate, oi
which It Vas the homestead, embraced eleven
hundred acrea, end wns the property Of Daniel
Parke Custlz, the nfHt husband Of Mr.. George
Washington, and one OF the richest men u tht
colonies Washington lefr 1t to his Htfes grand
son and his own adopted son, George Washing
ton partc Gusts, Who died In 1857, leaving shii
estate to his daughter, Mrs Colonel Robert
Lee. during her life, and then 70 Cuafts md Fn1
hugh Lee, his grandsous. Arlington could not b
cond4eaieu, therefore, As It Vas not tho prppclt
! OF the traitor Lee, but BY the accumulation
tAxe upon 1t the State OF Virginia orde1ed It to II
sosd. Edwin u. Stanton, to whom we owe III
; purchase and preservation Of good many EcHes
such rs Fords Theatre, resolved 1t any price Il
buy Arlington. lie bid It IN without opposition Il
twenty-sax thousand dollars. Previous to ,hi
time nu the Washington relics that had not oet1
carried OF By Mrs. Lee we're taken 10 the fAten
Once, that temple Of sewing machines And uAl
ty.s' fclic4 The old house IL naked Of eve1yth!n
but rower-potB nov.
TIE E1ERCIsE-
This cemetery was the Beat OF the only NOTICES
1N'
tn the month OF Nay. There was q soldier
cemetery, besides, II Alexandria, and th1ce {
four On the Washington dde Of the Potona
River; but the latter xete dressed on Sunday A
with much lean pomp, while Alexandra MAS s1na
celebration. .........
On Saturday every grave II Arlington III
adorned with 3 bouquet, nosegAy, or I Sing
> tower, and the large ecnotAph to the unknoH
r dead w1s rashcr gauduy dxed With mock cannot
shell, naxs, and mortoes, and against II Neto en-
= banked nowers Of The most exquisite and tend
. d.es and pesfumeA All that the ladies did IN u
work was beyond cayil hut the men 8 part eeciut
to ne to lack taste In rnAnf respects. In the 1s
place there was poor selection ot ohitoai
poeuJ-{he celebrated eleg Of o'Haza bell
plAcarded throushou. ali the nattona2 ccmetest
Is here. In this piece Of verse there is real
&c but ono staaxa of merit the well-knowl
j. son fancy eternal camping Erurnd" ct
TIE tterzry exercises this year verr IN cons
aueutiA-Mr. Francis dc Haes JanS1er giving
: ltlc 7roem which had no other excellence hi
y hreYi,y. and Commissioner Fishers speech Y
,, not up 70 some OF the clAs1!es. The at me1!h
u Warrington In the recess ART not verJ cooaplc
:. GUS, 10 that the real enjoyment Of the Day v
=! coanned 10 the perAnbulAtory and musical eel
" monies. Tnere Is = band Of Enudc here called I
q Marine Band II is attached to the Marine b
u | rseky and is one OF tnc best brass bands IN
countr3. The music of this band VA pleasa
1c during tho decoration, and the nnEine Of couI
se Of German societies was chAracsenss1c and Int
u esttnS. So we1e the taces Of the eTehdens.
wue md daughter good 70 EooS A. Grant
=. growing H,op&No1siy ttout aod his head = "
= nearly peEfec4 cube He wears &toee-ptpe
Il. altogether IN these daIs 1etps c.ean snasen,
e hls garments arc more becoming than his mil'ts
= Uniform Amon&1s The Cabinet, Judge HoA
.xce Is most eir1llan and striking, and think I,
be Is uost respected Of II the new a111r
hefc. NJ Fish Il What NO might c
u }ovhl man, with large expericI
:, IN State questions and dinuefA 1t Is imposxl
n to look ii him without getting N appetite. G.
is ernoz Coz h good LOOKING n1c, with rural {
Of | preston Of counteuanoe, ~ he were INT
q learned than travelled: but suppose II Is natu
ttsS for a uan to look rural who has much real
=. tate Commissioner pclano Is not seen much
se public places and he Is the dsss to be attacked
tne new administration Tnere Is sone kind o
e "m1kz" understand, II the Internal Reye1
an Rurx.u, but an straid 70 80 up there md iau
ad into It, because ulSht be pseU1iced Mr. Bo
o& Is the Admiral Of the Blue, and First Skipper
~ Reedy 1s1nd. ~ looked II him on sseurds
Er1ses / Trend from PnEadcianla, "as he ST
a.anpxst the g11veA and they seemed MI
yornSc, lhAn he" He resembles Neptune IN
~. water5 .ee. and u acquainted with Al mts
s.l snelhreh--uc1!ts enough for Secretary Of
his Navy IA these dsya To BEE this potential seaz
att I Lackle aClCE QI A3@lIs 1Ates CH1Nt NQG1Q
nj, r4.h F.zt tnes of 1t. t,,x, ri. = .,,o
a. tion. Bu, to see hlra rol1 a oar IN bowl Of
raptn Aoap, then Joa can understand I
Character OF the American nn$cle. he
essentially cue Of taose three y
men Who put to eea tn bowl Under hn
he s,rcc:!ons Ad,o1a, Por,cr hAs put Al the M
re- cadets 10 rowing, 30 that they may make 50
the | .hoa,3e-,x ~ ana th4 brothers Nsnf ~ thr
In | - -. $50, ~ .,x ,n., ", M. -.
re- &RAte aoeNI - ..-x,1--N. ~ @
aic tesf ooa1ucS N tutu ess1o'4anae0I
ed. "Oh ny eye." said the senior Ward. one
70 n he xsE NJ Rorie tackle Axieeu ree.l hrdp