The Washington critic., 1885-06-20

Cyrene on the Mediterranean, where the
hard rock was followed out into tombs
story upon story, all of them looking out
upon the blue waves of the "many
smiling sea" so dear to the soul of Homer.
Curved in and out like q succession of
horse-shoes linked together in endless
continuation, the yellow-graveled walks
followed the base of each terrace, its
golden sand lighting up, relieving the
green grassy turf and-wide spreading over
all--thc magnificent forest Of shade trees,
threw out their sweeping arms, as If long
ing TO shut out the blue sky and the
golden sunshine from the dimmcd eyes of
the slcepers, over whose slumbers oak
and elm and beach kept eternal watch
and ward.
I'VE stand upon the dead J" said Maude
in low tones "Bclow us are vaults, one
above another, like the Greek tombs ut
Cyrenc, where lIypatia dreamed of burial
before the monks grew wild with their un-
hallowed zeal"
GRoUP OF VAULTS,
Descending long, wooden staircase to
the terrace below we came upon the vaults
of VIM. Thomas Carroll, of Admiral
Powell, DR.. Worthington, II. h. Randall,
of the Ray, Boyce and Bealc families.
Robert Bealc was born in Portsmouth,
Va. August 1, 1900, and died November
10, 1866, OUTLYING his wife, the beautiful
| Elizabeth Jane Forbes Of Locust Hall,
| Prince Georges County, Nd, by seven
| years. The Randall vault has tablets to
| the memory of Munroes Elliotts and
| Webbs. Among them is Frances Char
| lotte daughter of VIM. u. Webb, esq The
| Worthington vault is surmounted by u
cross and ilankcd on either side by Irish
| yews. In this vault are deposited the re-
mains of Commodore Garlic Patterson
| and his wife, who was DR.. Worthington's
daughter. In the Carroll vault is the body
of General Griffin, who was killed in 1867
and his remains brought to this city the
| following fall. They were encascd in a
lead coffin. 1t was deemed necessary to
open this coffin, and the laborer doing the
work accidentally split it open with
blow of his hammer. Immediately the
coffin burst with aloud report and the
workman was so seriously injured as to
die shortly thereafter. a daughter of Mr..
Carroll is the wife of q Prince of the noble
Christian house of Esterhazy, perhaps the
nobility east of the Rhine. The family
OF General Churchill, inspector-general
United States Army have a handsome
granite vault, rs also have the Shields
family and Marshall Brown. These
vaults all lie in the northwestern part of
Oak Hill and are beautifully situated.
THE coYLE MEMORIAL.
From this part of the metropolis we bent
our way slowly eastward and upward UNI
|
street, and in the central part of the ccme-
terry. Here were many beautiful monu-
ments, all of them costly and most of them
in exquisite taste. One of the lovelest
and most striking in the whole cemetery
is the memorial that marks the grave of
Fitzhugh Coylc. Maude fingered long be-
fore this beautiful work of art which
Taste and Love combined TO render
worthy of Grief and Remembrance. The
monument is dome-crowned Ionic
temple, surmountcd by wreathed cross.
Inside the temple, which is open to each
wheat. The whole is of the purest Car
rara marble. II is inscribed, "Fitzhugh
Coyle, born in Washington, D. G., May
2S 1878; died September 30, 1871 Christ
he ,frSt fruits, dtterMdrds hey init arc
Chrifs at His coming" Death isanothel
life; We bow our heads at, going out
and enter straight another golden cham
Der of the Kings larger than this and
lovclier."
The grave was covered with white and
purple heliouopes that filled the air with
their delicate, yet penetrating perfume.
White and red roses bordered the lot and
Il grand old oak upreared its loafy crown
high into the summer air from corner OF
the lot.
A beautiful marble shaft with a blue
marble base commentaries Mrs. Mary II
Murtagh, who died July II, 1863 aged {
little over 63 years It's also mcmora
of Mary .Iolflc, wife OF the Rev. William
The simple, yet potent phrase, ASLEEP
in Jesus rcviVeS the hope that fingers
around these graves. The Lloyd family
have also handsome monument in this
vicinity.
HER cH1LDREN's TRIBUTE.
Upon terrace that curves to the north
and in the full radiance Of the sparkling
monument, the token of children's gric
for u loving mother. 1t was marble
column resting upon granite base. A
the top was a marble angel with out
stretched wings, in the act of beginning
flight to that Home upon which her eye,
clasped trump. 1t was the Angel of tn,
Resurrection Upon the north side of til,
monument was carvcn the face of the
dead lady beneath in bas-rclief Unde
this the 'graver had inscribed. '"l
memory of Mary Cogswcll, widow o
d. c., April VII, MDCCCLXNNlI." - Or
the reverse is inscribed: "A devoted
mothcr-a true wife. The remembrance,
of her pure Christian life will ever b,
cherished by her loving children" a
the foot of the grave are growing the
colorcd amQranth. Mrs Kinney was thu
mother of MIR. Kinney, the founder of the
Washington Rfp"bHc.
THE MIDDLETON MONUMENT.
The burial lot of Daniel Wesley Middle
ton is ornamented with a beautiful pyra
mdal shaft of white marble. Upon it
face a lutte, cnwreathcd in flowers, /
raised in low relief. An arch of green
! leaved vines half hides the Inscription
upon the southern face. 1t is sacred to tn
: memory of Daniel Wesley Middleton, borl
May /, 1903, died April II, 1880; Henrctt;
Pechin his wife, born September %, 1906
died August ~, 1882; Margaret Carol
Brice wife of ID, W. Middleton, died Sep
TENDER II, 1883 aged - years Also com
mcmorated by this beautiful memorial ar
Carroll Brice, infant son of u. W. an,
Margaret c. b. Middleton died Septcmbe
10, Is3l-a year after his mothcr-ant
Horace and Wesley Carroll, sons of u. w
and Henrietta Middleton,
beautiful monumental stone mark
the grave of "Our Mother, Marianne, wifi
| of Henry Polknghorn.'
+. Near the font which is covered by tn
I myrtle vines, a handsome shaft marks tn
t graves of John Wilson, once Commissions
of the General Land Office, and later Thir,
Auditor of the Treasury, and Cathcrin
, Wilson. The former died in 1881 aged :
; years; the latter in 1856 aged H.
= THE GRAVE or COMMODORE MORRIS.
The grave of George upshur Morris
. commander L, ). navy, died August u
1870, aged II years, is marked by a bcautl
} full monument, a broken pillar of marble
enclasped by wreath. This grave is al
' ways sucwn with roscbudS, The grieI