National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
An Empty Mausolenm.
Newark AdvcrtlgerI

Newark Advertiser
About twenty-five miles from the city Of
New York, on a wide eSpansc Of prairie land,
and from an elevation in sight Of the ocean,
IS o newly built town called Garden City.
Everything is new about it, for ten years ago
not house was standing there, the trees
themselves are struggling with the soil for q
secure Judgment, the streets, good rs far as
made, all terminate in unbrolScn or freshly
cultivated fields, and the one hotel seems won
dering what it WINS put there for rs Of all
places in the world Garden City Is about the
last TO invite travellers. Those who live there
arc merchants or clerks from New York. There
is not mandatory of any kind in the vicn-
itY, nor store, except those miscellaneous
affairs found IN every country village. It is
farming country, rich Ia diaries, hay, corn, aud
cabbagcs, but more quiet and seroncly peace
ful country is not anywhere to be found Gar
den City may bc tiHvcrsed at monday without
meeting human being.
In the centre of this ambitious town, all of
which belongs TO one cstatc-that of the late
Alexander Il. Stewart--Iises one of the state
lest churches in this era of ecclesiastical mag
niicence. IL Is yet unfinished, but its spire
points heavenwaId, aud IL bears all the evil
dcnces of high art and of unlimited wealth.
The stranger unacquainted with the history
of its construction would wonder over Il more
there to fll IL. Probably 1t will have lis
active uses in the future it may possibly DO
the centre of great educational movements,
but its chief end was TO serve as n monument
to the man whose money built it, aud whose
bones were to rest in n costly and magnii-
cent crypt beneath its stately roof. No civil
liam ever before had a tomb so grand mauso
lcum so enduring. A description Of il says
"On either side Of the cathedral granite steps
lead under the church. A short passage, about
twelve feet WIDE extends to mOrtuary
chapel. This is about twcnty-siX feet by
thirtysiN feet. There will be two entrances
from this chapel into the mausoleum, which
viii be directly under the chancel of the
church proper As yet il is only rough brick
walls, but those who have made a careful study
of the plans say that it will be one of the
finest of its kind in the world. Some declare
that II will surpass the mausoleum of Napo-
leonn
Nearly all the fine marbles of the world are
used IN the ornainentntiOu or in the more solid
parts of the structure. The sides, the floor,
and the ceiling will all be of white American
statuary marble, with elaborate tracings. At
each angle there will be three detached col
umns, forming u triangle The front
column of each triangle will be of black
Irish fossil MARBLE with a beautiful white
vein, and all highly polished. The remaining
columns will be Of white marble but of differ
a white marble pedestal, three feet high on
which lie.si2cd figure of the Angel of Res
direction will stand. In the middle of the
crypt sarcophagus will be erected IL will
be Of granite, and about six feet in height
with space for one coffin. Aud here the great
merchant was to rest under the solemn light
of the sixteen stained. glass windows, and here
during the winged centuries to come he was TO
point the moral Of life and of earthly mortal
| ity.
The story recorded in another column is in
terrible contrast to this other story Of the ca
thedral, and reminds us that the nearer men
attain TO Christian civilization the blackcr
| seem the crimes that stand forth rs its oppo-
| site. We have on one side noble, beautiful,
and costly building, setting forth the faith of
the nation aud its highest aims, and on tho
| other the miserable ghouls, the uushrivcd aud
sOulcss iicnds who have robbed the grave of
the body that was TO rest beneath its roof.
| Language has no words TO paint this atrocty,
and it is a singular fact that the law has never
fathomcd the depths of crime like this and
| provided penalty. 1t is far beyond what We
supposed men capable Of doing, and borders
on the barbarism that sanctions the eating of
| enemies captured at war.