Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-18
are spelled in the crude orthography of that

"Good friend, for Iesvs' sake forbeare,
"TO digg the dust, enclosed heare;
"Blest be ye man vt spares these stones,
"And curst be he " moves my bones"
Modernized thus:
Good friend, for Jesus sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here;
Best be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.
Doubtless these lines have saved from desc.
Grafton the grave of William Shakespeare.
The wish of the poet has been held in sacred
regard and has been religiously respected.
Doubtless, Jefferson, as great and immortal
in this worlds acclaim, in his line of life, as
was Shakespeare in his, had the same wish
that his remains might rest forever undis-
turbed, and it was only left for modern, mer
cenary ghouls to propose to desecrate the hal
lowed burial lot at Monticello.
PITCAIRN's Island, in the Pacific ocean, is
noted both for romance and crime. 1t was
discovered by an English ship in 1767-unin-
habited. It is two and a quarter miles in
length, and one mile in breadth-the soil very
rich. In 1889 the crew of the English ship
Bounty, bound for the West Indies, mutinied,
and sent the captain, and such of the crew as
would not join them, to sea in an open
boat. The mutineers took nine native
women from Tahati, whom they made wives.
They ran the Bounty aground at Pitcairn's
Island, dismantled her, took everything they
could use, and burned the hulk. Thus they
were buried in profound obscurity till 1905,
when Capt. Folger, of Nantucket, Massachu-
sets, commander of a whale ship, landed at
the island, and was surprised to find persons
that could talk good English. At the time
Capt. Folger visited the island John Adams
was the only survivor OF the original mutt
neers. In 1926 Capt. Beechey visited the
island, when the population numbered seventy
souls. John Adams, ian assumed name,) died
in 1929. Ia 1881 her majesty's ship Thetis,
Capt. P. W. Stephens commander, visited
the island. Captain Stephens says that he
found the people Every happy and contended
and in perfect health The population had
been increased by six births since Admiral de
Horsey's visit in 1878, and now numbers
ninety-six souls. They were rejoicing in the
store of good things landed by her Majesty's
ship Osprey, being presents sent to them by
their kind friends in England. For these they
expressed themselves in the most grateful
terms. The two whaleboats were most ac-
ceptable and valuable present, and they are
very proud of them. They do not apprehend
scarcity of water, but supply of Portland
cement would be very valuable, as then they
would make their reservoirs water tight.
Their immediate wants appear to be confined
to prints for women's dresses and cloth for the
men. Shoes and stockings for the women for
Sunday wear are also in great requisition.
The officers and ships company of the Thetis
made them present of clothing to the value
of e51, and the captain ordered the paymaster
to supply them with small quantity of bis
cuit-20O pounds, 100 pounds of candles, Of
which they were much in want, and 100
pounds of soap. The Venus, an American
trader, had given them supply Of cotton
seed, with the view Of their cultivating the
cotton plant, and is to call at the island by
and by to ship any cotton they may have been
able to produce.
The recent proposition to remove the re-
mains of Thomas Jefferson from their resting
place at Monticello, to Glenwood cemetery,
Washington, has called forth indignant pro-
tests from the people of Virginia, and de-
cided negative from the residaary legatees of
Virginia they are ''the sole custodians of the
remains of Jefferson, which they will, under
no circumstances, allow to be removed from
the spot which he himself selected as their
resting place." This settles it, as it should
be settled. The project to remove the remains
was not to do honor to Jefferson, for such
removal could add nothing to his fame
or glory, but the project had its
inception in desire to enhance the value of
cemetery burial lots in Glerwood cemetery.
Thus, ghoul like, turning the removal of
the remains into money making prof ect. So
debased is the spirit of the present time IN its
greed for gain. Jefferson NJ. Levy, the pres
eat owner of Monticello, is practicing law
yer in New York city. He said recently, in
sons body: 1.-THE spot where Jefferson was
buried was selected by himself, and there are
peculiar reasons why his wishes should be re-
spected. When Jefferson and Dabney Carr
were young men they made an agreement that
whichever of them should die first should be
buried by the survivor under certain oak
tree at Monticello, which was favorite with
them both. Dabney Carr died in France, in
the timeiof the revolutionary war, and after
the war was over, Jefferson, in accordance
with his agreement, had the body of Carr
brought to this country and buried under the
oak. When Jefferson died he expressed in his
will his desire to be buried in the same seclud-
ed spot beside his friend He also left direc-
tions as to the monument to be erected over
him. His wife and children were buried In the
same spot of ground. The Randolph family
has used it as burying ground ever since"
When Monticello was sold, the deed conveying
the estate to the purchaser expressly reserved
and excepted the private burial
ground from sale. Jefferson selected the place
of his burial, directed that his funeral obse-
quies should be without ostentation, suggest
ed the kind of monument that should be
placed over his remains, and himself prepared
an epitaph. One of his biographers says: "In
a private memorandum found among other
obituary papers of Mr.. Jefferson was
the suggestion, that, in case if any monu-
ment of,him should ever be thought OLA small
granite monument should be erected, with the
following inscription
ssHere lies hnried