The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-29
GRAVE SUBJECTS.
Slabs Which Mark the Graves Of Some
Noted Fallen Chiefs.
Lorenzo Dow, Edward M. stanton, Salmon
p. Chase, Major General Reno, T. C.
Ingersoll, and Others-Oak Hill
Cemetery, Washington's
Beautiful City of
the Dead.

/ Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel:
WASHINGTON March 15.-Last Sunday, rs Tia
sun was passing themeridian in her circuit west
and over the muchabused Potomac fats. board
ed Pennsylvania avenue car and turned IN,
face towards old Georgetown, now pretty vel
known West Washington. The Potomac Ris e
rolls around south and west Of this beautiful sub
urban place, while to the north and east plsshinl
through picturesque ravines and bounding owe
steep rocks, forming roaring cataracts and grsh
| ing eddies, which dance brilliantly around on
summers day, is Rock River. On the northern
and banks OF this river on the first plateau
OF foothills, runs a dainty little mill-raoe few
hundred yards. furnishing power for minute and
antique Touring mill which touches low down
in the hills like fallen canopy. Up 1t he north
western end Of this little mill-rsce Is q
dam-a dainty cid stone eOntTivaBce
which seems scarcely formidable enough
TO perform the functions OF even a Llliputien af-
fair. On the placid bosom of this beautiful
streamlet, above the dam. half score OF lads and
lasses are boating. Hish hills tower up on either
bank as the eye MARCHES up the river, and the
romping children, yelping CANNES and other
demonstrating nature which stalks about on every
hand makes up
SCENE FASCINATING IN THE EXTREME.
prettier landscape VIEWS to be had nowhere
sbeut Washington. From the hills about the
river bank the eye peers over into the hiily yet
beautiful and staid old farming country OF Nir-
glnia The snorting steamers a half mile south of
the street line tell one navigation Is being util
lied; view east and the wicksd city OF Washing
ton Is un0er the ken; 10 the north the Lapland-
like hills and the roaring river. while the cooling
dove ana the cawiDg crow in the West "readIust'
the idea of rural scenes about.
On a spring days afternoon one Is charmed in o
trip TO this place When / had reached thor
oughfare at right angles with the Washing on har
north bend in Rock River was confronted with
n majestic iron fence inclosing the object OF my
visit,
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
II is near this bend in and on promonto-y
overlooking the river that TINS famed and beauti-
full buTying ground lies. 1t covers prOuably
twenty acres of ground. Commencing back
the level grOuId il descends toward the water on
the most charming terTacing the eye ever behe.d,
it being formed IN asily by nature. and that which
is natural Is generally most beautiful. Stately
Old clms and oaks tower above the marbleS AMI
through their bOughs on Oalmy summers day
the winds sigh a requiem 10 the dead which SENDS
back "a cadence TO the living mOurner more sor
rONful than the monumental reminder standing
alone In the cold form OF stone. F0otpaths lead
everywhere up ami down these hills In this mag
niicent resting place, haven TOR vermont bodies
ana If one were hunting for & final place
ground arms and answer the final bGgle call, no
place more fitting 10 the eye could be found
The average stranger, soon alter recovering
from the Wondermen1 Of The beauty Of the place
upon tue btouAiN>t Is plrLt " tullls Oh
the upper fOOtpath to the eG.t. attracted by The
mausOeum erected by the Nannesse family.
had proceeded not very far uuil came - an ab
ruPt turn in the path, snd turning my eyes
caught
STRANGE LOOKING OLD SLAB
of sand stone. very brown with age, plain I'm de-
sign aud size probably 21zx5 feet Itlay, solitar.
and alone between the first and second terrace
There were no shrubs about IL. No flowers marked
the spot Nothing beauiihed the spot save the
plainness oft. l was struck by the dim, old
fashioaed letters which marked tie inscription
on this old moss covered stone lying Eat It's
back by itself. and descending To where IL lay
stopped low down ana reao: