New-York tribune., 1885-07-12
AN INTERESTING CEMETERY.

v,ssfno,ou co,,e,pon ience of The Phiadephfa NerG
In wandering through OAK lllll - NeWynetseiy' W,ls,y'
the other day. came across me grave o ~ ghlht
Commodore George Upshur Morris died ten years ago at
the age OF ory.ivc years. lie the man who literally
h,s shin the CUMBERLAND rather than surrender TO
the rebel foe. That wonderful light in Hampton Roads
Sercd s long ns history lasts George H. Boxer. thc
Philadelphia poet. has mm0falncd Norris III MS stir
nng lyric, ON Board tho CumDerihnd'
"st,,d to your guns, men~ Morris cried
our iaen at quarters rangcd themselves
Before gun wls heard
And tlcp began the siilor- Jests;
A qons.hore % ,,.i oTt'ia "a erlnr house drift
Is standing io~n 'he bay.
a fr,~n came over Morrss face
he strange ARK craft he kneS
"That 1, fhr iron MrffunIc
Manncd Jy rsorl crew.
$50 slo, your gun. and poilt them straight;
VOL TSiS iIS y i13 %h1' ,i1y nsf si a,cG;c made"
a cheer vas our fcpy
Inoed not repeat the Of the poem. II eloquenty
tells the story Of the fght until the snip
Lurchcd TO port and gave living groan.
Morris wasabout thirty years OF when he fought
Inf, .lIp TO tho end against such fearful odds Congress
g,ye him a medal and prOLotcd him over the heads oi
other officers Rut the fact that his health failed
him shortly after that conflict be would nave written
h. higher mp On the scroll Of fame during the re-
III. grave /. marked by a beautiful monument OF mar
bic reprosenting broken pillar enelasped by wreath.
Fresh ro-ebuds sircSn across the mound every
ani The stricken widow, whose grlri
rl not bo assnagcd visits the last resting place s1 hcr
gallant husband every day yelled In heavy black Grape
aud ,secp. ard watches over his 1reainlcss slmbers
Watercd with her tears and covered WIN eHrth's :
bcautlful flowers, the hero Of tho Cumberland
sleeps until the nnn Awakening Around the ba'e OF
the monument Il bed ~ lilies ~ tho valley ana IVY be-
ola. 10 emf wiuc itself around the cold marble aud creep
upward to the broken shaft
OTHER DIsTISGUisnED rIAD
IcGcrsou Davis owns lot In this beautiful cemetery.
and ha. a clild buried within It's gates Perhaps the
Tonfrrate leader want - sleep Ills eternal slun
her H. ,ich magnc mt city Ot the dead but theh the
hones of the great War Secretary Edwin NJ Stanton,
repcso near his lot General John H. Eaton;
Gvc wears before the sound OF marching
feet broke the stiffness Of the Potonaos bset- III fratr-
cIdsl strife, Hes buried here His handsome wife,
I" Peggy O'Nciil" who dissolved the tiDlnst or Ola
uIcEory and who. sng after General Eatons death.
married nm Italian dancing master young enough 10 Jc
anart from General Eaton. who, by the way wac her
second husband. she first married Pnrscr Iimberlake
Lorenzo boy the most eccentric OF preachers 80 well
10 the older generation rests here His body has
had nm earthly resurrection having been brought here
from another plain slab covers the
remans of the old rcyivast, bearing the Inscription
| " Rorn October l777 died October, 1884"
| Johu Howard Payne, the author OF " Home. Sweet.
Uo,or Bishop Pinkncy General Reno Killed at South
uomnt.tn salmon T. Chase. Lord George Francis Mon
tage Baron BOdIsco tho Russian tiplomat Philip Bar
D,rai Poor Admiral Joseph Smith aud his son. Commo
dore smith, who commanded the Congress when she
fonght the Merrimac. Supreme Court Judge swayDe.
p,"fss,or Joseph Henry Rear Admiral Wyman and
NJ other noted statesmen generals admirals and
judges at rest In THIS hecfoPohS'