The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-29

Warrington II the city. unique as
washington Herald OF all the capitals
OF the world Il II the only one created
rather than made. for 1t was planned
for Q definits object for the home OF
avenues. and circles were laid down
before q house was erected. Not only
10 the city unique IN this respect. but
which - not tns
a. place In which the memory Of politi-
cians IL revered, whore after LIES 1T
full fever they sleep we'll" Soldiers
sa :, are Macy
States. but in Warrington alone can
be found tract of ground sacred to
the ashes Of membsrs Of Congress.
gress convened In the new city. two
gentlemen Of tho united service Como
dor Tingey, commandant Of the navy
yard. and MAI. Samuel Miller. y. 8; A.:
up . tract of land. about fifty acres
lying on the shore OF the peaceful An
aeostia and sot It aside a. Gods aero
for the National Capital.
yard which at once became popular a.
the last home Of representative Ameri.
cans was more dimcult than they Ira.
agined, they, in 1907. decided the groun.d
lay, and to this day. notwfthstanding
fits imposing name Of Congressional
Cemetery. IL 81 under the mAnaRomenf
of a church and not of the government
to erect sandstone cenotaph to the
memory of every Senator or Represent
alive dying while in once. and the
Episcopalian burying ground was chos-
sectarian flame was soon lost by pop
uiar use in the more setholie term o.
Congressional.
OF course the country nav boasts e
tinue this custom. but OF oil these pc.
culiar monuments 80 Per. cent cove.
fsmains. and they certainly serve the
purpose for which they were intended
or memorial, for 10 ugly are they
judged BY present day standards--once
sean never forgotten
Macy uuustrious Names.
Among these stones the Representa-
tive whose name is first recorded was
from Virginia, T. Bland, who died as
early as 1870. then Hunter. delegate
from the Territory Of Mississippi. 1902.
then Hon. James Jones, Of Georgia.
who passed away in 1901; Thomas
Blout, OF North Carolina, closed his
eyes on the struggle of the stormy
period OF 1919. March 10. 1906. was
memorable as the day the famous. old
Georgia warrior. Maj. Gen. Jackson,
entered into rest after q peculiarly
stormy life. His body lies unmarked
fully nifty feet from the stone which
tells that he deserved and enjoyed the
confidence OF grateful country az
soldier and statesman. who was the
determined foe OF foreign tyranny. and
the scourGe and terror of corruption
at home" George Kennard, Repre-
sentative from indiana. had the distine-
ton OF death In harness" for on the
way to Washington to take his seat in
1886 the boiler Of the boat on which
he was q passenger burst. killing him
instantly. February 2s. 1s4s. Witness
ed the death Of John Quincy Adams,
whose long public career, closed while
Representative from Massachusetts,
Among the illustrious senators here
inferred are Mai. Gen. Uriah Tracy, of
Connecticut, 1907; John c. Calhoun.
who died March 20, 1850; Henry Clay.
Of Kentucky, died June 20, 1861. One
Of Josiah q johnson six years before
the Senator from Louisiana was laid
10 rest under t.
Benades the statesmen thus honored
by memorials In Congressional Gene
terry there are hundreds OF other names
here recorded In marble whose bearers
played Important part when Ameri-
whose fate still u locally recalled
Among them probably one o. the most
striking IL the monument over the tive
friends who died by the explosion
aboard the Princeton, Capt. Beverley
Kennon, u. s.. A., and Abel Parkey
Upshaw, Of Virginia, Secretary Of State
at the time Of his death. There are YET
Washingtonfans who remember the
tragedy OF February %, 1914. when, tbs
big gun, the Peacemaker, burst aboard
the frigate used for the test of this
cannon, which 1t was hoped would rev
y olutionise warfare. causing universe
peace on the basis OF annihilation Of
fsrfa he
q gala occasion. and among the guests
of honor were numbered President
Tyler and his iancee, Miss Julia Gardi-
ner; her father, brilliant New York
lawyer, and the life-long friends Ken
non and Upshaw. The Presidents life
was probably saved by q girlish prank
of Miss Gardeners who had hidden his
hat, and he. discovering need for 1t
rushed below at the instant the fuse
was lit which exploded the gun and
killed fivo of the party, including tht
young lady's father and the two friends
who were placed together under tbs
stone SO touchingly inscribed: Unit
ed In life. in death they are not d.
vided"
Another record Of friendship to tn
death is that OF little Midshipman Fred
erick Rodgers, IL years of age. WIFI
was drowned near Norfolk. Va. in tn
vain effort to save from the water Mid
shfpmen Harrison and Slidell, his com
rades In death as in life" His father
Commodore John Rodgers senior ONCE
Of the navy at the time Of death. lie
alone under the memorial he caused t
be set up to his boys nnselfishness
''but his works live in the pages o
American history, and she delights &
honor Commodore John Rodgers"
Died An a Hurricane
Another naval tragedy 10 pointed on
by the broken granite mast whichrear
its ragged head In memory of the mem
bers of the Coast Survey, who, wen
down in the once famous hurricane o
1896.
The Gulf Stream, ~hich they wer'
engaged nj explorin re.,> sved the bod
les Of Lieutenant SommS 1der Minis
Bache. u. s. N, an / min =22hers. and
stone was erected In this graveyard
.sby their shipmatgB. who shared thei
peril, but escaped their fate" Lieuten
ant Baehe was grandson TO Benjamin
Franklin.
But of all the tragedies probably Tn
one that most touched Washington
core was the awful explosion az "re'
fire" at the arsenal in June OF 1864
which carried twenty-one girls to in
stant death. There were not enough
hearses in town to bear these poor bod
? les TO the grave; a story Of the funera
speaks OF 'the somber line OF fourteen
hearses and seven wagons passinl
through the avenue of Borrowing citl
gems on the way to Congressiona
Graveyard" The citizens who grieve
at the fearful sacrifice Of young an