Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-01-10
Selefted Mlisfellamp,
PRESIDENTS GRAVES.

Congress having granted an appropria-
ton for the erection of monument over
the tomb of Jefferson, and a similar
appropriation being sought for that of
Taylor, it occurred 10 tho New York
World to prepare and publish an article
descriptive of the places where the seven
teen deceased Presidents of the United
States repose and very interesting
account it is. The last resting place at
least of one of these distinguished per-
sonages has no stone to mark the fact
that beneath lie the remains of former
ruler of this mighty nation, others are
neglected and dispoiled by the hands Of
relic curiosity seekers, while still others,
(noticeably that of Lincoln, are fitted
up with all the magnifcence that wealth
and art could lavish upon them. The
first of the graves of these historic char
acters 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 a
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 an inscrip-
ton :-"Within this enclosure rest the
remains of General George Washing
ton" The collins, which lie in the open
vestibule of the vault proper, are Of
Pennsylvania marble; that Of Washing
ton bears an American shield, the other
but two words, Martha Washington !"
A few feet behind them is the vault door,
bearing the inscription, 81 am the res
direction and the life be that bclievth
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, Mas6. 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 by three, with huge
clasp and paddock, and massive hings
of wrought irion, all red with rust, forms
the door Within, the bodies lie in
lca1en Baskets, placed within cases each
hewn from single block of stone. The
brick furnace for heating the church is
close to the door, aud the dim and dusty
vault, which is rarely visited, serves as
store room for light wagons, sleighs
aud other property On the night of
the pulpit as you face it. is the memo
rial tablet Of the elder Adams and of his
wife, Of slightly clouded marble seven
feet by four, surmounted by a 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 Tbos. Jefferson is 10 a
thick growth Of woods. few hundred
yards to the right Of the empowered
road leading from Charlottesville, Va,
up 10 Monticello. The spot is as lone
some as lovers Of solitude could desire.
it, thirty graves are partly enclosed bya
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 scanty growth Of
Virginia crcepsrs single bush Of eg-