The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-11-16
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GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.

GRAVES OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Coagress having granted an appropria-
tion for the erection of a monument over
the tomb of Jefferson, and similar ap-
preparation being sought for that of Taylor,
Il occurred to the New York World to
prepare and publish an article descriptive
ofthe places where the seventeen deceased
Presidents of the United States rcpose;
and very interesting account ii is. The
last resting place at least of one of these
distinguished personages has no stone to
mark the fact that beneath lie the remains
of former ruler of this now mighty na-
tion, others are neglected and despoiled
by the hands of relic and curiosity seek
ers, while still others, (noticably that of
LincOln) are fitted up with all the mag
nifcence that wealth and art could lavish
upon them. The first Of the graves of
these historic characters described in the
Worlds article is that Of the immortal
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Every American, of course, is familiar
with Mt. Vernon, Va, either by actual
sight or description The tomb is roomy
brick vault, with an arched roof and very
substantial. Through the iron gate two
sarcophagi are seen. On a marble tablet
in the arch is the inscription :-"Within
this enclosure rest the remains of General
George Washington" The collins, which
lie 10 the open vestibule Of the vault
proper, are Of Pennsylvania marble; that
OF Washington bears an American shield,
the other but two words, "Martha Wash
ington." A few feet behind them is the
vault door, bearing the inscription, 81 am
the resurrection and the life; he that be-
lieveth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live
THE TWO ADAMs-FATHER AND SON.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams
sleep side by side beneath the Unitarian
church at Quincy Mass. The tomb is an
apartment in the front part of the cellar
under the church, walled in with large
blocks Of roughly faced granite slab, seven
feet b. three, with huge clasp and pad
aoek, and massive hinges Of wrought iron,
all red with rust, forms the door. Within,
the bodies lie in leaden caskets, placed
within cases each hewn from single
block Of stone. The brick furnace for
heating the church is close to the door,
and the dim and dusty vault, which is
rarely visited, serves as a store-room for
light wagons, sleighs and other property
On the right of the pulpit, as you face it,
is the memorial table to the elder Adams
and of his wife, of slightly clouded marble
seven feet by four, surmounted by life
size bust. The inscription on the tablet
is too long for reproduction here. On the
other side Of the pulpit is the tablet of
John Quincy Adams and his wife.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The grave of Thos. Jefferson is in a
thick growth Of woods, few hundred
yards to the right Of the embowered road
leading from Charlottesville, Va up to Mon
ticeilo. The spot is as lonesome as lovers
Of solitude could desire. lis thirty graves
are partly enclosed by brick wall about
one hundred feet square and ten feet high,
which on the south side has been topped
over bodily, and now lies in level courses
OF brick and crumbling mortar level with
the ground. On the north and west sides
are iron gates, locked and red with rust,
The west wall is clad with a scanty growth
of Virginia creepers; a single bush of
eglantine springs amid the matted grass
and weeds, loose bricks and stones that
cover the whole enclosure Midway along
the northern wall Wormley, jefferson old
servant who survived him twenty five
years dug his masters grave in the spot
his master had indicated, but the mound
has been trodden level with the earth.
At its head was placed course granite
obelisk, nine feet square. Not an inch of
its surface but has been Clipped and bat
terry BY the relic seeker till FROM base to
apex the corners present the appearance
OF rough hewn stone The sole inserip-
tion not hammered away is in small letters
on the base: "Born April 2, o. s., 1742.
Died July 4, 1926"
JAMES MADISON.
James Madison is buried on the place
which he owned at the time of his death,
at Montpelier, Va. The graceful shaft
over his grave is in the centre of large
held, In lot one hundred feet square,
surrounded by substantial brick wall FIVE
feet high. Within the enclosure is Mad
ison's resting place, neatly tufted mound,
over which rises to the height Of twenty
feet, from pedestal of four pieces, sIen-
der and graceful obelisk, bearing the in
scFiPtion, Madison, born March l6, lT51. "
BY its side is a smaller shaft in memory
Of his wife.
JAMES MONROE
The remains of James Monroe sleep in
Hollywood cemetery, at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, at point from which the eve can
take in greater part Of the city. The
plot is SO4 feet area, and was bought by
Gov. Wise for stNe State. Monroe died
in New York, in 1881, and it was not
until twenty-seven years had elapsed that
his body was removed to Richmond. The
seventh New York regiment acted as an
escort, and the remains were deposited
with great ceremony in the place they
now occupy. This is a vault of brick and
granite, FIVE feet under ground. The COW
ering is huge block of polished marble on
which rests the sarcophagus, a granite