The morning times., 1896-10-04
Circled by a wreath Of palm, On the north
face is scIIiScleGt the following:


face is sciIiScIeGt the fullc wing:
Sure. when thy gentle spirit fled
To realmS beyond the azure Gome
With arms outStrctchcd the angel said,
"Wciccne 10 heaven, home, sweet home"
IT. .ast side is crEcliis:.s d with laurel
wreath nciu>ing a harp, cniwined ly & vine
If ivy Tue monument is surmonEtcd by
,.Tc-s'A" has Of tie poet, and " Etch is sGid
10 bc aE ,.xcellcnt likeness of the dec Cased.
The Ludre work Is artistic and sui staEtiai,
and this, with others. is the Iift Of Mr.
Corcorau. Jus; UutsCc Il T. Circle, and lying
fiat on tie ground, is the original slab.
brought from his furIncT resting place in
TuulS, and Which marked his lonely grave
10 that far-off land. The slab Is broken
DOW, but tie inscription is plain. The
American coat of arms in Il ciIC!c Is carved
ou top, beneath which one can read
In mcmory Of Col. 1oi n Howard I'a%nr,
twice coUSl:I OF tic United States for the
cIty and Kingdom or TuniS, ttis stonr is
here placed by a grateful country. lie
died a: the American consulate, in this
CITY. after y tedious Illness. \ pril /. 1852.
He was born Mt the city of EcstOn, State OF
Massachusetts, June =, 1852"
GEN. EAToN's GRAVE.
A sight of the monument of John H.
Eaton. 1IIsident Jac kson's Secretary
OF War. will bring back historic menipries
BY the side Of the noted Secretary lies the
body OF his wife. the once lovely Peggy
O'Ncal, who, by hrrhcauty and her rasciuat-
ing ways. turned the heads of foreign dip
loIEatS aud CaLinet Officers. until their
wives raiseii such a storm about tie ears
OF "Old Hickory that he became indig.
Eant. aud dismissed his entire Cabinet. with
tne exceptiouof OF Martin Van Buren,, his Sec
re'ary OF state .aHdthe nus ssuu orjnc muCn-
scandal ICED Mrs. Eaton.
Only Il few yards west OF the Eaton inon-
ument is the grave of Samuel Emory Davis,
the infant sou Of jefferson Davis. The
little boy died i'll this city June IS. 1852.
No stone marks the spot. but kind friends
have planted circle OF iilies-or- valley
around the grave.
On u dome-likc hill stands the Corcoran
inausoleun in the form of a Grccian tenn
pie surinouuted by cherub. 1t is OF white
marble. and lis caHopied roof is supported
10y eight Doric columns. 1t c,St $50. 800.
The great philauihropist' wife. daughter,
son-in-law aud several grandchildren lie
beneath.
The round Swedish granite monument OF
alexander de BDt!ISc, attracts the visitor S
attention should lie get IN the vicinity Of
this noted stone. Clfiselcd Oh the side is
this inscription, chamberlain and Private
Counsellor OF His Majesty the Emperor
# the Russias, His Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United
States. Born in Moscow the goth October,
1856. Died at Georgetown the 23d Jan
uary, 1s54.' -..
i hundred yards directly east of the
south entrance to Oak Hill will be found
...e granite mpnument of Edwin NJ. Stan
toa. Abraham Lincon's Secretary OF War.
The inscription on the monument informs
IS that he was born December 10. 1914.
Ills wife died November II, 1873, and is
buried by his side.
Not far from the grave of Stanton lies
5Iried man ot different caliber. an A mcr.
lean and statesGian whose intellect and
knowledge of government affairs placed
him on level with the greatest men OF
:he world. Only a footstone marks the
last resting place of James Gillespie Blaine,
and OH this are only the letters y. Il. B.
Mount Olivet is the Chief burying ground