Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

Carlisle divided nearly 40 years Of his life be-
tween the Navy and the Coast Survey. He was
appointed midshipman in 1880, at the age Of
IA. After serving six years in the Mediterranean
squadron he returned here to take up q course
of civil engineering at Georgetown College KY.
Two years later he resumed his duties as mid
shpman, and was placed In charge of hydro
graphic party In the Gulf of Mexico. Attain
ing the rank of lieutenant, he retired from the
Navy in 1850 to accept the command Of the
Pacific mani steamer Oregon, in which capacity
he continued until 1861. He then returned to
the Survey, and 50 remained until he became
superintendent, in 1874. During his capable
regime the Survey was brought to a high plane
Of development. He retained this important
position until his death, in August, 1881"
It was Carlisle Patterson who carried TO Cali
fornia the news Of her having been admitted
to Statehood.
A THOUGH this old mansion and the tomb
nearby stood for so many years undis-
turbed, yet the time came when unprincipled
people. who care not for the living or the dead,
broke open the tomb OF the Brent family and
dragged out of their collins some of the bodies
which had rested so long in this sacred
sepulcher.
Speaking of this dastardly act The Star of
October /, 1915, says:
New York, an undertaken has removed the re-
mains of six persons from the dilapidated vault
on the Patterson estate, near Gallaudet College,
where vandals opened collins and left bones
strewn about the floor. The remains Of two
OF the persons were cremated at the District
crematory, while those of the others were in
tered in cemetery at Forest Glen, Nd Tues
day afternoon.
1.-THE remains that were cremated were those
Of John and Ellen p. Farley. The former died
In July 1874, while Mrs. Farley died in No
vember, 1869. OF the four whose remains were
inferred In Maryland, two were named Brent,
one Carroll and one Pearson.
According to the records Of the Health De-
partment, Elizabeth CAROLS body was placed
In the vault some time between 1912 and 1922.
Robert Brents body was deposited there Oc-
tober /, 1919. while that of Mrs. Catherine w.
Brent was placed there July /, 1922, and
Eleanor Parsons, March 80 1918.
Coroner hewitt Lad to approve the cremation
of the bodies Of the Farleys The police were
assured the vault would be sealed, and that
there would be no further cause for complaint
about it,"
A few years afterward the old mansion was
destroyed by fire, and now there is little to
remind us Of the past and the glories of old
Brentwood.
MOT far to the northwest of the Patterson
pLOpcTbyS Oh tAlc Site OI Tie clelSC1lLldH
Yeast plant-or Standard Brands, Inc.-once
stood the residence for many years occupied by
Clark Mills, the sculptor Not far north of his
home was his studio and to the west of this
was the foundry where Mr.. Mills made the
bronze castings for the Statue of Freedom which
Surmounts the dome of the Capitol. The design
was by Thomas Crawford.
From Mrs Ada Mills Payne, granddaughter
OF Clark Mills, the writer was able to secure
photograph of the old studio building. All of
these structures have long since been removed,
and their exact location might be hard to de-
termine, but they form historic part of Wash
ington and are wei worth mentioning.
In his quest for information of this early
foundry the writer was attracted to news
paper account Of a mammoth group monument,
one figure Of which was cast there in October,
1880. It is hard to conceive of any one at
tempting such q gigantic work, and yet that is
just what Mr.. Mills evidently did though the
chances are that he got no further than the
statue Of Salmon p Chase, Lincons Secretary
Of the Treasury, which was the first figure
finished.
Just what became of this statue of Judge