Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-30
HOME OF sTATEsMEN.
where mad. stevens and James Buch-
.nap Liyed-Their Tombs-Rev. q. n.
spaIding, Late Rector OF 81. Lnkes
Parish, wheeling.

LANCASTER, PA, May q.
DEAR REGIsTER:-As / I'M for a few
DAVIS stopping in this old city which Is
over one hundred and fifty years old, L
Thought YOUR readers might like to know
something about it. 1t is q city OF some
go 900 inhabitants, situated in d most
seen on every hand. BY a friend L was
in a few hours driven twenty-five miles,
and not q foot of poor or uncultivated
land was seen. The farms are small,
but are in the very highest state of Gull
tIvation. In many instances the barns
of the farmers are much larger than can
be seen anywhere else that / have been,
and one can here realize what is meant
by 81 will pull down my barns and
build greater" In this beautiful city
lived two of the famous men OF the
country, Thaddeus Stevens and James
Buchanan. One was called the 'Great
Governor and the other became h
fifteenth President of the United States.
The home of the first is a small two
story brick en- Queen street; that OF the
latter a beautiful suburban residence at
Wheatland. Stevens reposes in a little
cemetery near the center OF b e city,
while Buchanan lies in Woodward Hill
Cemetery, which is beautifully located
OH one side of the city with afine view
to the east, with its base washed by Big
Limestone creek, just as Mt. Wood IS
washed at it's base by Wheeling creek,
and the Peninsula formed by the winding
of Big COnestoga creek, Is not unlike
the one made by Wheeling creek, on
which is one of our beautiful cemeteries.
Stevens and Buchanan were born within
q year of each other, and their deaths
occurred within two months OF each
other. The unpretending monuments
that mark their last resting places are
s~ingularly alike. They are tomb shaped,
about five feet high, and perhaps two
feet long and four feet wide. One is OF
solid granite and the other of marble.
On one side of Stevens tomb is this
inscription:
"THADDEUs STEVENS,
Born at Danville, Caledonia County vermont
Died at Washington, ID. C.,
August II, 1868"
On the other side is this:
al repoSe in this quiet and secluded spot
Not from any natural preference for solitude,
But finding other cemeteries limiteda s terrace.
By charter rules
have chosen this that | might illustrate
In my death
The principles which / advocate
F"uaIiiy OF man before his Creator"
Ifhe had said, equality of man be-
fore the law" or that man should be
equal before the law, We might now
agree with him. But that all men are
-uon tnar -poo rngers6f- %h nfHn9ffy
assert. We know they are not nor ever
can be.
On the tomb of James Buchanan is
the simple inscription:
Here rest the remains of
JAMES BUCHANAN,
Fifteenth President of the United States,
Born in rankin County, Pa, April %, 1871.
Died at Wheatland, jun l, 1865"
\ story which isquite romantic one,
and explains Buchanan's confirmed
b~achelorhOod, is told here. 1t is said
when Buchanan was a young man he
was engaged to a Miss c., that he was
away from home on business for some
time, and when he returned he did not
at once call on his lady love, which so
a note, informing him that their engage
ment was at an end. Woman like, she
repented of her rashneSs before the SER
want was out of sight, and tried to re-
call him, but faile1, and the servant de-
livered the fatal note. Pride on both
sides prevented an explanation; but the
poor girl pinned away, and finally ended
her life by taking poison, and Buchanan
never married.
The many friends of Rev. c. n. Spald-
ing, late rector of st. Luke's parish,
Wheeling, will be pleased to know that
he is nicely situated now, has a fine
church, and parsonage, and is very
much beloved by his Pensioners. He
is here, as he was in Wheeling, regard
ed as a very able minister, a man
of deep piety and an earnest, I'M
compromising churchman. His con
gregation love him, and are willing to
do all in their power to aid him in his
work. He has been very successful
here. In less than ten months he pre-
sented to the bishopa class of forty-three
for confirmation. The church under
his ministration is in a flourishing con-
dition, the building being thoroughly
repaired, to which great credit is due |
the rector. lam very sorry Wheeling |
could not have retained Mr.. Spalding. |
But / doubt not that duty called him
here. o. X. |
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