Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-28


exaninfion az fhe monument, 70 IND tnet
Gov. TeIlss name does not appear upon rs
nor, indeed. any inscription 70 indicate That
his remains Fas. beneath. The monunent
stands immediately over his remains, ana
On the North side kea1s an inscription @
Ia Tnssnors al Am J. Yell and on the
So,Ith SIDE. one to the memory OF Maria
Yell. The mouEment Is composed OF
eivI,t elsbs az 4 fine quality Of marble,
cemented together in square form around
9 center Of brickwork. -Four OF tne lads
are Of the same width, their fun lengtn ana
standing upon end form the lower nail OF
the ebslisk, some two feet square oy I'VE
feet high, the other four slaos tsperlng
from their base 20 the top, some I'VE ieet
from the upper half OF the o6ellsS, which is
about ten fest high from base TO apex At
some time, evidently withli. year or two
past, the lower east slab became detached,
and falling upon the granite pedestal Of the
monument, was broken into three or four
pieces. The three graves are inclosed with
q neat and substantial iron railing with
black locust logs as base. The monu-
ment and enclosure, j understand,
were ordered for the graves Of bis wives,
by Gov. Yell, before his departure for Mex
leo, and this, perhaps, Is an explanation
of his name not appearing upon the mOnu-
ment-nobedy feeling authorized 10 put 1t
there. The grave Of Gov. Yell's son,
Christian Yell Is outside and near the iron,
inclosuTe, without even q headboard TO mark
it, or . Tail 70 protect it. Under one cor
ner Of the iron fence Is a hole large enough
TO admit Of a large hog crawling IN. This
hole is said to have. been made by Federal
soldiers looking for hidden treasure. Gov.
Yell was worthy Mason, and donated TO,
the Fayetteville Lodge the lot upon which
its present hall stands, and yet it permits
the monument above his remains to crum-
bic to pieces from sheer neglect.
THE REMAINS OF COL. YELL
were escorted from Van Buren,, Ark, By
the Masons of the place, and reached
Fayetteville on the 18th day Of August,
1877, when they were Inferred in their pres
ent resting place, with both Masonic and
military honors, and the tOlling Of bells and
dull booming Of minute guns. 1t Is said
that there was the large4 crowd in Fayette-
vile that day that has even been known.
All business houses were closed and BUSH
ness entirely suspended; and streets and
houses were literally
POSTPONED WITH WHOLE BOLTS OF
MOURNING FABRICS,
and everybody bore share in the public
grief; for Gov. Yell was very popular man
with all classes. have heard here many
anecdotes illustrative of his urbane, pleas
ing address and great popularity, but 1
have not space in this letter to give them.
His administration as
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
III 4 hOnoee that
State can boast of; and the people now re-
fer to it as the last to which they can point
with pride and admiration.
Gov. Yell was . member Of Congress
from this district of Arkansas at the break
ing out Of the Mexican war, and
RESIGNED HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS
TO take command of the Arkansas regi-
ment; and, as is generally known, was
killed while fighting the Lsncers at Buena
Vista, having
HALF OF HIS FACE TORN AWAY WITH A
LANCE.
His horse became unruly, and rushed on
ward at headlong speed bearing his rider
into the ranks Of the Mexican lancers-into
the jaws Of death. The Colonel could not
control his horse because his bride bit
broke. -
A FATAL PRESENT.
An old friend of Gov. Yell's said to your
a few days since: mo
doubt, sir, Acchie Yell would have been
here alive to-day if he had had curb bit,
as was his wont, to his bride instead of
snaffie Bit" and / was after
wards told by another party that an old
political and personal friend Of
Col. Yell's named Throgmorton,
then private in the regiment, had only a
day OF two before the battle made the Col
onel a present OF very fine bride which he
(Thrognorton) had won at cards. This
bride had snaffle bit, and by a strange
fatality was put on the COlOnel's horse Oh
the morning of the battle, and when re-
quired to restrain the steed the bit gave
way, and the gallant Yell was borne, at
The mercy Of his horse, upon the point of
4 Mexican lance. -sasira
ThrOgmorton lived in Benton county, in
his State for number of years after the
var, aBd was often heard to talk of the
fatal bride, and cry like child-upbraiding
himsel as the indirect cause of Col. Yells
death. WANDERER.