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

long, three feet seven inches wide and a
foot thick, supporting monument in the
Roman style, n single block of Italian mar
bic six feet four inches long, two feet ten
inches wide and three feet six inches high
wrought with heavy moulded cap and base.
On the moulding Of the cap is carved an
oak branch studded with leaves, acorns
and extending round the block On one
end of the die facing the main avenue is
the work Buchanan" on the side facing
the chapel is the inscription.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln, born in log hut, is
buried under a towering pile of marble
and bronze, in Oak Ridge cemetery, a
mile and half north of Springfield, Ill.
The structure, 117x72 feet, is of New
Hampshire granite on n concrete founda-
ton. The main platform is fifteen feet
ten inches from the ground, approached
by four grand staircases, one at each cor
ner, with balustrades. The main platform,
also surrounded with balustfade, is sew
enty-two and a half feet square, with
semi-circular projections at the northern
end over the catacomb, and at the other
over Memorial Hall. This platform, foored
with gigantic flags of Illinois limestone, is
the apparent base of the shafts and pedes-
tails for the support of the statuary, these
occupying a space about fifty four feet
square, the pedestals at the corners being
circular aud eleven feet in diameter.
From the centre rises the shaft, twelve
feet square at the base and eight at the
top, ninety-eight feet four inches from the
ground, with a winding staircase within.
Shields of polished granite, bearing the
name of the States, and linked by two
bands Of like material, encircle the square
three feet below its edge. OF the pedes-
tails, at the corners, are heroic groups in
bronze, representing the naval and the
three branches uf the military service.
Seven feet above them, on the southern
side of the shaft, on pedestal whereon
the national coat of arms is carved, stands
the statue of Lincoln In catacomb be-
meath, within leaden coffin, within
cedar case, which is enclosed in a rich
white sarcophagus, having carved on one
end the word "Lincoln," rests the en-
balmed body of the President. A marble
tablet with plate glass plate in the centre
closes the crypt.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
The monument over Andrew Johnson's
grave was unveiled recently 1t stands on
the summit of lofty cone shaped emi-
nence, half mile southwest of Greenville,
Tenn. The monument is of marble upon
base Of granite nine and half feet by
seven. From piers on each side of the
graves where lie side by side the President
and his wife, who survived him less than
six months, springs granite arch of thir-
teen stones, beneath the graves, covered
with white pebbles, may be seen, and upon
which rests the monument proper. On
the plinth Of marble, four and half feet
square and three feet two inches high, are
carved the scroll of the constitution, the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments not
being visible, and an open Bible on which
rests a hand as if in act of taking an oath.
From this springs a tapering shaft of
marble at the base, festooned at the top
with the American flag and surmounted
by an eagle with outstretched wings as if
protecting it.