Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-08

MS-Marriage and Death Notices, when not
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The Grave Of Light Horse Harry.
COL w. G McAdoo, Of Georgia, has recent
ly made visit TO the tomb of the father of
General Robert +. Lee, and writes for the
Milledgeville Union, an account Of the VISIT
from which we make some extracts:
''ln 1913, Gen. Henry Lee, incapaciated by
physical disability from participation In our
War then raging with Great Britain, went in
quest of health to the West Indies. Early III
1878, he sought his native land, sensible that
his ''end of earth, could not be far distant. At
his request the vessel on which he had en-
baked put into Cumberland Sound and the
distinguished and dying patriot became the
guest of Mrs. Shaw, the eldest daughter Of
Gen. Nathaniel Greene, then the mistress Of
pnnyelesS Mansion This noble and lordIy
mansion, built under the direction of Mrs.
Greene after the Generals death, Of massive
'taiby' walls, (now in ruins, having been de-
~rnyed by fire in lSG7) was then the seat Of
refined aud elegant hospitality. Here the
iIIusriouS guest received every attention, but
IL. died ON the o5th of March, 1878, and was
Inferred in the family cemetery near the grave
ui Mrs. Gen. Greene.
''rhe remains OF Gen. Greene who died at
Mulberry Grove near Savannah, prior to the
erection Of the Dungencss Mansion, have been
unfortunately lost.
''lruCler the polite guidance Of Mr.. Johnston,
VT visited the various places of interest on the
premises. The massive walls OF the mansion,
romposed Of solid masonry known as ''tabby
formed of concrete lime and shellS-resemble
more the ruins of some old feudal castle than any
Thing else We have seen iu the United States.
Il was erected under the direction of the widow
Of General Greene: who rewarded the cunning
architect, a Scotchman named Phiueas Miller,
for his skill iu his profession and his worth as
man, by giving herself to him. Her marriage
10 Mr.. Miller soon followed the erection of the
mansion. Her death occurred III 1914.
After careful survey ofthese massive ruins,
We proceeded in southeasteriy direction about
half uliie, to the family cemetery. Ii is eu-
closed 10y low tabby wall; the cedar and live
oak iutertwiue their branches closely over the
neglected tumbs, and the wall on the Southern
side is cruublug to decay. rustic cedar
gate of modern construction alone shows the
recent presence of man. We sought hrst the
l,mb of Lee On the white marble tombstone
is the inscription:
Sacred
To the memory OF
GENERAL HENRY LEE,
Of Virginia,
Obiit-25 March, 1878,
Fiat G3
..N.as,st to Gen. Lee S tomb is that of Charles
Jackson a Revolutionary officer, who died IN
lsu,. and the next is that Of Mrs. Miller.
The tonib ofGen. Greene S daughter Mrs
Jouisa G.. Shaw, who died in 1881, and Of her
husband. MIR. james Shaw, who died in 500
arr, beside Mrs Millsrs 8.
"Manv persons are under the impression that
General Greene was buried here. but at the
time of his death (l7S6) he resided at Muber-
rv Grove near Savannah, and his remalbs
were deposited iu vault in the old cemetery
in Saya,nah. The mansion of Dungeness
was erected after his death. When his de-
c.udapts in atta- years sought his remains with
the nurpose of removing them to Dungeness,
;hey could not be identified 1t is certain that
they are not at DungeGess. Even our OWN
t;,ueral Robert +. Ice was under the impress
sion that General Greene was Inferred at Dun
geness, and so states by necessary lmpcatl9u
in his biogra phcal sketch prefXed 10 his faith
.cr's historical work on Revolutionary History,
in the edition of the latter that appeared 10
1860, The writor hereof vcntured to call Gen
.eral Robert f. Lee $ attention to this mistake
in March, 1870 and in the next month-ApTl,
1870 he made pilgrimage to his father 5 tomb,
and ascertained for himself that General
,t;reenes remains were not at Dungeness.
.llas, he very soon sank into his own grave
in his own loving and beloved Virginia.
Near this spot the Gel lebrated pirate Glbbes
is said to have hidden an immense treasure OF
golden eoin Prior to his execution-so goes
the story-touched by the kindness of his jail
or, he described to him the spot Oh the South
ern end of Cumberland Island, stating that he
(iii bes) had taken ten men ashore to bury the
ueasur.; and to preserve his secret, he had
murdered these ten men ard thrown them
overheard so soon as he go to sea: The treas
ure has often been searched for: We did not
take time to search for 80 small sum-only
$4,000 in gold :
LODGE CREEK, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
This creek is the main branch of the leoconl-
leo river, a stream or estuary that emptlcS into
the Potomac river almost opposite. Plney Polut,
Md, and derives it name from Masonic Lodge
that formerly stocd on It's bauks
The Lodge was built previous to the keyolu
tionary war, and was of brick, two stories nigh
with cellar or basement vaults and high root
I. ., ~ 80, l,J b, Va shin and Other