The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-29
Hlustrious Dead in The
Congressional Cemetery
the Nations Honored Sleep Their Sleep
IN . Washington Grave Yard.

Washington, and ut the time Of the
first Presidents death Leah was resid-
Ing at Mount Vernon. and wrote the
only account OF Wsshington's last ILL
ness and death. and very wildly Was It
portrayed by his facile pen Leah's
only did he come through the storms Of
revolutionary days. but through che
stirring times OF 1912 as well, ana when
he died. In 1916. was accountant at the
War Department.
Among the gallant oficers OF the
army and navy OF 1776, 1912. 1S47 and
1850 are Hugh q. Campbell. captain
United states Navy; he commanded the
hrst ship OF war commissioned by the
Council Of South Carolina. ITS: Major
General Jacob Brown. VINO received a
gold medal and thanks of q grateful
country: Lieutenant Colonel James e.
Harrison. whose tomb bearing the
sword crossed by q laurel wreath mute
ly tells the story of q herois life and
death: John M. Laugh. whose wonder
fully wrought monument OF gun and
balls supporting massive anchor, typ-
flying not only the calling in life.
but hope OF the life to come: Major
General John Rawlins. Chief of stan
for General Grant. and at the time of
his death Secretary of War: brave and
illustrfous Adiutant General RodEer
Jones. whose brilliant SON was long a
member of the Washington bar. and
whose granada tighter. Miss Fannie
Jones. yet lives at the Louise Home,
and Is noted by many admirers for the
splindid mind that shines In fragile
body--who was a splendid leader in
many battles--look at the record carved
in stone over his grave: Hero of Fort
George May 81, 1913: OF Stony Creek.
June 5, 1918; OF Chippewa, July s, 1914;
Of Niagara, July Is. 1914. and of the
Sortee. September 10. 1914"
His valor Commemornted.
Probably one of the most enduring
among these splendidly preserved
| Of Plattsburg. In addition to medals
provided by Congress and State gov
ernment to commemorate his valor. to
quote the Military Magazine OF 1885.
His name IL borne by ships navigat-
ini the seas. by districts of country
and by islands that love the chains
that hold them captive In our lakes" ;;
more eloquent than lucidi
/ Among the great legal men whose
minds will never again be bothered
by knotty questions. can pc enumerated
Phillip Pendel Barbour. 1S41. Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court: Bunker
Thurston. for thirty years Judge OF the
Circuit Court of the District Of Colum-
bia: william Writ. Attorney General
L
also a bright light among historians.
for his life of Patrick Henry Is one OF
/ the best biographies extant of that
noted son of Virginia.
| The press of the country is<repre-
scented by the towering granite shaft
over the body Of Joseph Gales. proh-
ably the most noted dead OF the many
famous Washington newspaper men
and editors prior to the death OF much
loved, brilliant Crosby Noyes. This
| stone was erected to the editor of The
Intelltgencer by the members of his
| profession In New York and Boston as
well as nearer home. For more than
half century Gales and his partner,
Seaton. nodded opinion for the Nation
al Capital, and did 1t well.
| Almost q companion stone and near
neighbor IL the shaft over the remains
| of DR.. James c. Hall, one of WASH
ington's most famous physicians, who
| said of himself, in fine satire, that his
fame came from killing great men,
Lincoln was among them. DR.. Hall left
Q large fortune. the bulk of which he
Ewilied to the Children,s Hospital and
/ Warrington City Orphan Asylum, and
these two institutions Joined In erect
ting the monument IN token- OF theiI
gratituds for his gsnerpsity. An obel,
by the Order Of ODD Feilows.
Il HGENH&N
1 Another striking stone, notable for
the moral 1t bears. is over the body Of
q Vice President bearing the distin-
Eguished name OF Gerry. Elbrfdge Ger
~ was on the way to preside over the
Senate when he died in his carriage
He had always declared: ST is the duty
Of every citizen even II he have but one
day to live to devote that day to the
service of his country" This idea he
lived up to and with peculiar appro-
i priateness dying as he did his friends
caused 1t to be carved on his monu-
ment Three generations of visitors
to Congressional Cemetery have had
opportunity of noting how he prac-
ticed what he preached, so HE being
dead. yet speaketh."
The most casual observer has seen
and smiled over the last hope OF the
poor Choctaw chief, who, dying with
the Group when he came to do homage
to the Great White Father, hoped that
"the big guns would be fred over his
grave.
One stone was paid for by a king
Wilhelm III of Prussia wished the
memory of his resident minister, the
Chevalier Frederick Greuhm. who
passed to the service Of higher King
in 1854, preserved iD~stone. Now LONG
years after the king and courtier are
on equal plane the record Of the serv-
ants faithfulness and the masters
appreciation still defy the elements.
i Many persons wish their fran tene-
ments to abide in stony vaults rather
than In the earth, SO there are vaults
old and new. public and private, at the
Congressional Cemetery. In one oil
them the body of Dolly Madison lay for
days, waiting to begin its final trip to
virginia. Near this vault Is one of q
Chilean Minister. whose walls bear two
marble tablets inscribed with names OF
some twenty persons OF his blood I'M
der the quaint caption, "Tnexorable
Deaths doings." =.
The door of q vault stood ajar as II
some kindly hand hated to shut oui
Gods sunshine and the soft summer
wind. Two coffins decked with flowers
waited final disposition. They contain
4 ed all that was mortal of mother and
child A tiny, snowy butterfly slipping
daintiIy at the blossoms above the
baby's bier seemed to typify the short
ness of it's own and the baby life, but
when one noticed the recently discard
ed chrysalis lying in the dirt where II
had been disdaind by the butterfly
eager to try its wings, one thought
with comfort of the higher type, the
tyne of the resurrection from the dead
outside this vault is a sad little stone
bearing this wall of a broken heart!
\ "Here they are, mothers darlings."
Poor sad mother. she had not seen the
chrysalis or the lovely butterfly that
had burst from it's ugly folds.
KENTUCKY MAY PRESENT
BOTH LINCOLN AND DAVIS