Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-26
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Just paid - &c Congressional
cemet-IE. B. .--cs4.vesits title from tie
t;ect thai =, .l-..st-.. I-;str ofsit!1E hous,,
81 the as,,,i.:..,,s .c:c.,,atg:rc dies during
his term &. --rv;>'s-. lis InCln1rv i per
y5e:.1a.zd l. tbs CITY Il the dead hv a
plain c notar!. erected at the govern
! m-Ll tNp,u-e. One hurried Ind ii:ty
already hr," - oo:.1aerat@ &c virtues
AMI ec,Yl lie public services Of the
q a3d. Iiir's- Is one 10 William Writ.
Attorney General uI tie United States
from; iSiT = 7>I9, c:l.s one Of thc most
eloquent ANA accomplished advocates
that ,:v;r appeared - eur judicial fri
huGa!s--sa man WHO added to 3 snI T.
did genius al the destinations of q
, charming main :. All the learning Of
! rs profession, 4 ripe scholarship. aud
&, most genial and amiabIe spirit and
disposition. The bicerapher OF Pat
! rick Henry, his country men are not
likely "a forget him TIL the memory o.
tl;at revolutionary worthy passes from
! the public Tcccoiicc.ion. Here, too,
ara inferred the mortal remains % Ma
jor General Alexander MacOmb, who
was the immediate pred OF Gen
erai Scott il the command OF UIlr aruy
Here. El>0, rep0S" the bones OF Genera
jacob BE,.wn commanding general
os tie array. who died IN
Washington, on .h3 24th of Eehru-
uary, 1891. lie ra& born in Bucks
county, p, on Tie :4t.a7 OF bay, i1et-.
Commodore Isaac Clla1;ncGy also rests
here. Among The great civilians M
RED heIo ara IiSlQ IaHIlaton Bar
5o''c, ono %; liz Gssuciatc !uaticea q
the Supleg,t- { .J.:s 81 HE United
2sth q FehvIc9v 1881: Ahol Cps}ur.
See.ct;uy 81 '9,us- .n,3er T,yler. who
vas killed l'y tie explosion OF the
great gan O.: boar! |o:.loossore Stock
tons rrjga'c. thn Pg:rcetoo, IN 1871,
ana = lridg % 6srrv. for:noriv Vice,
prasi1ent.Qt tie United States, who
died suddenly nn his way 10 the capitol
IN ISL,
! Aud haHe IS 4 stone tl.at recalls 2
traai" Cteath--thai OF Jonathan CIlgev,
m"mhsr of Congress from Maine. who
fe.llr {. .!1ie}. us;.r Washington with
William !. Graves, also q member
q Ire HOUSE from Kentucky IN 1893.
Iiliev lad refused - receive rom
Graves & challenge sent him by James
Watson Webb, % the Now York
journal Of Commerce. lie declined
r"ce:ving i. no. through any dis
Respect TO Graves, bat becanse he
wanted 20 controversy With Webb, and
for his reason Grave sent him & hos
tile message, which lie accepted. After
al exchange Of shots, Ciilev declared
that he entertained for Graves the
highest rcspacs and kirdEest feelines
} burbecause he would not say substan-
tally that Webb was a gentleman,
Graves vice reneM ia the ehal!enre,
and at the third fire C.lley fell, saving,
Il an shot, and died in G moment -
He WA man Of chivalric feeling and
prond bearing, and utterly fearless.
He was Of good stock, his father hav-
ing boon a general officer in the
war OF the revolution, and his
brother. led the famous charge of
the gallant MIer OF sho. battle of
Bridgewater, i'll 1912. he distance
III this duel was short, and the shoot
ing Of poor Ciiley, under all the cir
cumstances, was little better than de-