The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1853, Page 6

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD. Tombs Of the Fresidents of the United states. “THEIR EAMILY CEMETERIES. ‘The vecent announcement of the conditional sale of Mount Vernon, where the remains of Washington have been entombed for more than half a century, and the probability that Congress will be called wpon at the next session to decide whether that in- teresting spot, sacred im the eyes of every American, shall or shal! not become the property of the nation, naturally sugges's an inquiry with regard to the tembs of the Presidents of the United Sates who have succeeded Washington, ard have from time to time followed biw to the grave. The sketch we now give will, therefore, we doubt nct, prove interesting te our readers, to few of whom, perhaps, is it known precisely where the remains of all our deceased Presi- dents repose in their graves. : The Congress of 1799, when they expressed their @esire that the remains of Washington should be interred at the new seat of government, sated after his name, probably expected that national cemetery would be located there, to contain the bodies of future deceased Presiients fa well as other distinguished public servants; but the burials at the public cemetery in that city have been principally contined to members of Consress ‘and public officers who have died a the seat of government. Tne feelings of families have prevailed over national feeling and respect, and the bodies of the two Presidents who died at Washinton, namely Barriecn and Taylor, were removed tw their former places of residence in the West, and emtombed by the sides of those relatives to whoa they were at- tached in life. It is aot, therefore, probable that the bones of the Presidents will! be ever gathered from their far-distant graves, and collected in a Bational mausoleum at the seat of goveroment. On many accounts it would be desirable that such s movscleum should be erected, and some have sug- gested that Mount Vernon would be an appropriate site for the purpose. Should it be selected for the eemetery of the Presidents, iv would become, doubt- Jess, the universal point of pilzrimage mith Ameri @ans and strangers visiting ovr shores for all future generations. Respect for the memory of the great and virtuous dead 1s one of the most ennobliog traite of human nature. Doctor Johnson, in his “ Jonrney to the Hebrides,” beautifully expresses thie pentiment as fullows :-— | ‘We wee now rreadicg that il!ustrions island which was ea = Juminary of tre Caledouinn recions waenee | amvage clans ard roving barear:ans derived ths benefits uf Dae cigs Bud tBe Dercings uf religion Tyme Das jong xjoyeo be booor of Dewy reputed toe eemetery of cae Reosash hig. The graves ar very D and some af the.» useoudieoiy cortain the re pn who did BOL expect to be +O roa forgort To wbssract the mind fom all local eno would be in ble if it ‘were andenvored, aco would r¢ f olish if it were porrible, fer Withoraws us ‘rom tue poNer of oUF vendes; whatever mwases the part the distent, or the facure, pre- ee us inthe cigaity of 4 my friends be sca ast us indifferent aad ua 4 any grouLG whien has beeu ¢'gaified by wie ry orvirue [hat mau ts little to be enried | iotiam won ¢ not xaia force upon the ylaia of hove ptety wou: OW warmer among of Jena. Ber the ruirs Tne following are the places of burial of the dif- ferent Presidents, with the time of their raapective deathe, viz. :— Presidents. Tombs Date of Decrease. -Mount Vervon, Va. Deo 14 37 Quivey Mose, Jaly 4, 1824. Mon‘ioelio, do. Jace 28 1830, Jaly 4 1331 [New York oity Quivey. Mass. Hermitage Ten Jawes Menree .. . Joss Quincey Adams . Azéres Jackson Wotem 8. Barri Na bvilie, Team Louisville, K, Tt wil be obse: July, and three otbers .n the month of June. Their Jows :—Washington, 68 ; John Adams, 90; Jeffer- son, 83; son, 85; Mouroe, 72; John Quincy Adams, 80 ; Jackson, 78 ; Harrison, 68 ; Polk, 53 : Taylor, 65. The average of the ages of these ten Presi¢ents at their decease is a little over seventy- four years—all having attained a longevity, except Mr. Polk, which may be considered quite remark able for men who were so long devoted to the pub- Jic service. TER TOMB OF WASHINGTON. General Washington in bis will expressed a de- sire for the removal of the family vacit.pt Mount Vernen, in consequence of its decay aad improper Situation, to another location on the estate. The words of bie will are as follows:— ‘Fhe family yau!: at Mount Verro ane beitg improperly situated beride ner one of briek. and upon 8 large foot of what is com sonly eal! 6, on the grow é whieu is marked out, in which 2, with those of my deceasen relations, (aow ) and suek otbers ef my fawily as may 10 be exiomned there. may de devosived; and it ie ibar my corpwe may be inverred im a without paraée or funeral eration, This desire of Washington bas been folly com- plied with, after many years of neglect. A new tomb was erected in 1831, 0n the site of a steep, oping hill, having a southern exposure, upon a Yhickiy-wooded dell, being the spot marked out by him, and designated as the “foot of the vineyard enclure.” The toml is built of brick, tie walle ising eight feet from the ground, and arched over; the front ie rongheast. and ha@a plain iron door, with a strong casement of freestone. Over the door ie a stone panel, inscribed with these words:— Iam the Reva-ree‘ion and the Life, He that velievsth im me though he were dead, yot shail he Lire. Ata swall distance from the tomb there is a eur- | rounding enclosure of brick, elevated to the height of twelve feet, with an iron gate in front, opening wevera) feet in advance of the vault door. The gste way is flanked with pilasters, surrounded by a stone cornice and coping, covering a pointed Gothic arch, | ever which is a plain slab, with this inzeription:— Within this enclosure rest the remalas of General Washington alring rm desire that a af In 1837 John Struthers, Esq., of Philadelphia, re- quested the privilege of constructing a coffin, or sar- eophagus, of marble, in which the remains of the Father of His Country might be deposited, and re- eeived from the surviving executor the following ly:— ph Acnuny, Feb., 22, 1837 Duar Sir—I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours ef the 7th inst, la reply to = [ can only say, beieg the exly striving executor of Geveral Washington, | hiro @n.y my own fee ings to comsul’ upon a refusal or accep taves of your very liberal and polite offer ofe steue cofla e0 a depesitory for the remains of him “ Who was first in ‘War, first im peace, and first in the hearts of his country. meu The manner of making your offer, the delicaey with whieh itis profiered. forbids a refusal to accept it; and | you, in behalf of every relative of this distin Pag ey the most oordisi ard sineere thanks tor the feeling which has actusted you upen this occasion. leave it te your experience to make it in form aad man. a may thimk best, I sm. dear sir, very re iy yours, LAWRENCE LEWI3, Mr. Struthers accordingly constructed 9 sacro- phagus of modern form, from a solid block of Pean- aylvania marble, eight fect in length, three feet in ‘Width, and two feet in height, resting on a plinth, Wick projects four inches round the base. The top, or covering stone, is of Italian marble, on whichis sculptured, in the boldest relief, the arms and insignia of the United States, the design oocn pying a large portion of the central part of the top surface. Between these armorial bearings and the foot of the coffin is, deeply cut in large letters, the name of t= WASHINGTON. On the foot of the coffin is inscribed By permission of Lawrence Lewis, Ee phewuset Washington was presente! by of Vhilaéelpbia, Marble Mason, This heautifil sarcophagus being forwarded t& Mount Vernon, in October, 1837, the body of Waeb ington, encased in lead, wea taken from the and laid in it, and the ponderous top-atove put on, ret in cement, the sarcophagus was pl on the right of the gateway or entrance to the tomb, | Another sarcophagus, aivo of marble, containing the remains of Martha, the wife of Wachiagton, was placed on the Jeft— both belo view this sarso. | obD Struthers, ived that three of the Presidents | died on the 4th of July, that one other died also in | | gation of through the iron gate, ef thos: whe make & pi- grimage to Mount Vernon. In front of the tomb are several white ma:ble obe- liaks, with eppropriate historical and biographical inscriptions, placed over theremains of the eminent Judge Bushrod Washington, Col. John Augustine Washington, father of the present resident proprie- tor, and Mrs. Conrad, wife of the late Seeretary of War and daughter of Colonel Lewis. There are also other graves and monuments of the Washington family near the entrance to the tomb. ; The death of General Washington was officially announced in Congress, then in session at Philadet- phia, o2 the 1th of December, 1799, by a message from President Adams. The intelligence had been unofficially communicated to the House of Represen- tives on the 18th, by Mr. Marshall, of Virginia. On the 1th both Houses adopted appropriate re- solutions, introduced into the House of Representa tives by the same gentleman, (afterwards Chief Jus- tice of the Supreme Court,) and a joint eommittee of sixteen Representatives and six Senators was appoint- ed to report measures suitable to the occasion. On the 23d December the committee reported and Con. gress adopted resolutioas as follows :— 1. That a marble monument be erecied by the United States in the Capitol, at the city of Waabington, and that the family of Geveral Washington be requested to permit his body to be ceposed under it; and that the monument be 10 derigned ax to commemorate the great events of his ary and political lire. 2 That 2 ‘& fonera! procession from Congress Ball. (in Phitide!yhia,) to the German Lutheran Cnureh, on Thursday, 26th December; and thar an oration be prepared wt the requ 1 o1 Congress to, be deltrered be- fore both Hou 2, ox at day, Dy one of the members of Congress 3 Iba: it be recomerded 40 the people of the United States io weer erape oa the left = m, a# mourning, for thirty doys 4 Tha the President of the Uvited Stares be request ¢4 to direct @ copy of the @ rerslations to be trenemitted to Mrs. Washington, a-suring ter of the profound re- spect Congress will ser dear to her persoa and charac: ter; of thete condolence oa the late efilieciog dispensacion of Provideree; anc entrenting her assent to the inter- ment of the remaias of General Washington, &c. On tbe 24th of December the Speaker informed the House that he had requested Major-General Heary Lee, one of the Representatives from Virginia, to prepare ‘and deliver the funeral oration before both houses of Congress, and on the 26th of December the funeral procession took place in Philadelphia. Congress proceeded to the German Lutheran Church, where General Lee delivered the oration, for which | he subsequently received a vote of thanks from Con- gress, aad a request to furnish a copy for publication, with which request the General complied. On the 30th of December Congress resolved— That it be recommended to the peovlect the United States tu assemble on rhe 22a of Feoruary, 1800, pabiicly i 2 10) ath of General Washington ; Orauens and discourses, or by pud- Mo prayers Tn conformity with this resolution the people as- embled in their respective cities, towns, villages and hamlets, and rendered their tribute of affection aud respect for the memory of Wasb ngton. On the 8th of January, 1800, President Adams informed Congress that he had transmitted a copy of the resolutions of the two houses of the 21st of December to Mrs. Washington, and had received from her the following revly:— Mount Vers Decem'r 31, 1799. feel with kee: Si guisl, the lave dis pen- Providence, I camcot be iuseasidle to tae « of respec: und veneration which are 2 to the ory of ny deer dees hosbend, and 9 bent rervices ard mo.t anxious wishes were always devoted to the welfare aud osppiness of his couvtry to know that ther were truly spprectated and graiefuly re membered afiords BO mco.s)veTable consulation. bad o moursful Tavgbt oy the great ex uch I bave vo long Lefore we, Bever to oppore my private wishes to tha he will, I must convent to t29 request made by Cor which you have had the go dorss to trasemit to me aad im comg thie I need not, | cacaot. say wbat e seccfice of individual fee ing I make to « seune of puvlic daty ‘With greaifc) ackoo “ledyments and uafetgned thanks for the persowal resyect apd evidencer of condoleues ex- ered by Congress anc yourveif, L remain, very respect- ly, wir, your mont cbeciens rervant, MaKfHA WASHINGTON. To the President of the Unived Scates. The meteage of the President and the above let ter were icad and referred to the joint committee; ive ages at the ti of death were as fol- | and op the 28th March, 1800, Congress resolved that cil letters and packets to Mrs. Washington should be received and conveyed by post free from postage for and during her life, and on the 3rd April an act war passed accordingly. The fnneral of Gen. Washington at Mount Verron took place on the 18th of December, 1799. From the published account, dated Georgetown, December 20th, we make the following extracts: — On Wedasscey ieot the mortal part of Washington the father of his country aud the friesd of map, was comrigned to the tora), with solemn honors and funeral pemp. A multi ude of persons asrembied from many Around at Mount Vermoa, his ebvice abode and last icexos, im the portico where he hed cftea walked pow the shreused corpses. The countenance was stil composed and serene. There those who paid the last honors took a farewell view. bead of the evfiia was inseribed bout the middle of the coffia, Gloria Len ; ard iiver plate, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, Departed this hfe, om the Livh Decemper, 1799 Between Sand four o'clock minute gu from @ yesnel in the river, the eorpee was moved processicn formed atcompacied »y bo lies of ca infantry, and a bana of muric. The pall bso) Colonels simms Ramray, Payne, Gipin, Mer: Atver the family mourmers came the Masonic ren and citizens. The funeral service of the Evisco pal Choreb wes formed at the tomb, and while the san was setting ihe firieg war repqpted from the ves-el in the riv inchasges by the infantry. the cavalry. &: en pieces of ar? of the Potomac 5 i commander-in chief 1.0 med the United Staces lature of Virginia ted resolutions authorizing the with Judze In Februs: tnapimously a Governor to open @ correspondence Bushrod Washington, (then the proprietor of Mount | Vernon.) and request him to permit the remains of “the beloved son” Virginia, General George Washington, “ to be removed from the family vault at Mount Vernon and interred near the capitol of Virginia, beneath a monument to be erected at the public expense, and to serve asa memorial tofutare ages of the love of a grateful people.” Judge Wash- ington, ia a letter dated March 18, 1816, addressed to Governor W. C. Nicholas, declines complying with the request. Among otber remarks the Judge writes :— Could I oppose only my personal feelings and my indi vidual r pugnuance to parting with the remains of General Washitgton, and of Mrs. Washington, these feelings would have beea subdued, avd I would have yielded those bodies to be disposed of at the will of Virgiuia. But obli gations mors sacred than anythicg which eonceras my- self command me to retain the niortal .emains of my yererated unc fn the family vault where the; de pelted. tis his own will, aud that willis to « which | dare not disobey, He has himeel! dir b's body should be placed there; and I cannot separa tiem its near relatives, oy whieh it is surrounded THE TOMB OF JOUN ADAMS AND OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. QUINCY, MAS. The tomb of John Adams, and of bis son, John Quincy Adams, is at Quincy, near Boston, the place where the family residence is sitnated. It was also the birthplace of John Adams, his son having been born in Boston. Under the portico of the Unitarian Church in Quincy, called “ the Adams Stone Temple,” in con- sequence of John Adams having been a liberal bene- factor of the church, lie the remains of President Jobn Adams, and Abagail, his wi'e. And within the walls of the temple, on the east end, at the side of the pulpit, a mural monument is erested, surmounted by a bust of John Adams from the chisel of Greenough. On the marble tablets beneath the bust are the fol- lowing inscriptions. (The letters D, 0. M. are ini- tials for Deo, optimo, maximo) :—~ LIBERTATEM, races cay ashen RETANERIS. 2 OM. of Beves:h these walle ere deposited ‘he mortal remains of JOHN ADAMS, Son of John and Susanne (Poy! Second President of the Uni Born 19 ‘nthe fon He -ledged hiv Life Fortune, and Sacred Monor, To the Independence of bis Conat On the third of September ie affixed his veal to the deflaltive tre Great Britain, which acknowledged that ind epandenee. ted the redempticn of bis pletcn, fourth of July, 18 ston) Adama, sty with Married 25 Oct., 1764. During an union of wo: tban balls century purvived in harmony, sentiment, principle, and affec-ion, The tempests of civ'| commotion, Meeting undaunted a1) rurmount'ng ‘The terrors ard trials «f that Revolution Whieb seeured the Freedom of their Country, Aad beighte the attics of HC itened the prospec.s of futurit; To the race of man upon earth, Joun Quincy Apams was interred in the same tomb with bis parents, but as yet mo monument bas been erected to his memory. His wife, Mrs. Louisa C. Adams, who died at Washington, May 15, 1852, is algo interred here. THE TOMB OF JEFFERSON, AT MONTICELLO, VIRGINIA. Jefferson's grave is at Monticello, near Charlottes- ville, Albemarle county, Virginia, about eighty-five miles northwest from Richmon& Monticello, the seat of Mr. Jefferson, is now owned by Commodore U. P. Levy, of the United States Navy, who is also the proprietor of Munroe’s estate. Hiswinter resi- dence is in New York. Mr. Loseing, author of the “Field Book of the Revolution,” who recently visited Monticello, says—‘‘The road from Charlottes- ville is very sinuous, and for some distance courses along the margin of a ravine scooped out from the gap between Monticello and Carter's Mountam. At the summit of the gap we passed through a rustic gute, and up a winding, stony road, by the grave yard on the skirt of the wood, where rest the mortal remains of the author of the Declaration of Indepen- dence. It is surrounded:by a high brick wall, with an iron gate near the road. Just within the gate is the ‘patriot’s grave, over which is a granite monu- ment, eight feet in height, shametully mutilated by thieving visiters. In the southern face of the pedes- tul was a marble tablet, with the following iuscrip- tion, written by the statesman himeelf, and found among his papers after his death:— TERE LIBS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author ef the Diclaration cf American Inde- percerce, of ‘he Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of i This tablet has been taken from the monument and placed in the mansion, out of the reach of depre- dators. Upon each of the sides of the monument is a grave covered with a marble slab. One is that of his wife, Martha, who died in 1782, tea years after their marriage. It has the usval record, and below it are inscribed two Greek lines from the3speech of Achilles over the dead body of Hector; in which, after saying he will never forget Patroclus while he has life, adds: “And though spirits ina future state be oblivious of the past, he will even there remember bis beloved companion.” Pope’s translation of these lines and their adjuncts is as follows:— om yay soul depart, Lng oe the vits! apisis @oves my heart? If in the melar ch ly shades below, The fle mes of friends and lovers cease to glow ; Yet mine shall eecred lest: mine, undecay’d, Burn on through deatn, and aniwate my sbade. The other two graves are those of his favorite daughters, Martha Wayles Randolph, who survived | him, and another daughter, Maria Eppes, who died before bim. {f{HE TOMB OF MADISON, MONTPELIER, VIRGINIA. At Montpelier, the name which Mr. Madison gave | to his beautiful residence in Orange county ,Va., about one hnndred miles northwest of Richmond, and thirty miles from the grave of Jefferson, are in‘erred the remains of the fourth President of the United States, and father of the Constitation. We have no recollection of any published account of Mr. Madi- son's tomb, although his late residence has been frequently described. The memory of Mr. Madison bas becn sumewhat neglected in hia native State. Short sketches of his life have been written by John Quincy Adams, Charles J. Ingersolt, and other Northern men, and there is a brief notice of him ap- pended to his pelitical writings ; but a full personal biography of this great man is much wanting. Af- ter his death, in June, 1836,a funeral oration was delivered before the citizens of Richmond, Vir- ginia, by William H. MacFarland, Esq., of that city, in which he gave an eloquent sketch of his public life and services, but no account of his private life. Mr. Adams was appointed by the city | authorities of Boston to deliver an eulogy on Mr. Madison. The faculty of the University of Virginia | paid due honors to his memory. In Congress his death was appropriately noticed by resolutions, and speeches made by Mr. Patton, of Virginia, and John Quincy Adams. We believe that the remains of Mrar Madiaon, the | yenerable relict of Mr. Madison, who survived her | hosband until her death recently, were also interred | at Montpelier. THE TOMB OF MONROE, AT THE SECOND STREET CRMETERY, NEW YORK. Bir. Monroe was a native of the county of West- moreland, Virginia, and his family residence was at Oak Hill, Loudoun county, near the P.tomac river. We believe that Mrs. Monroe, who died a short time before the President, was buried there, as well as other members of the | family. Mr. Monroe left only two childcen, | both daughters; one was the widow of George Hay, Esq., of Richmond, the other the wife of Samuel L. Gouverneur, Esq., of New York, The President died in this city, at the residence of his | | son-in-law, Mr. Gouvernemr, on the 4th of July, 1831. He was interred with military and civic honors on Thursday, the 7th of July. The funeral procession moved from the City Hall at 4 P. M., where the body | was brought bya guard of honor, accompanied by the immediate relatives and friends of the family. An address was delivered in front of the Hall by William A. Duer, President of Colambia College. The hody was then taken to St. Paul's Church,where the funeral service of the Episcopal Church wasread, and an anthem suyg. Inthe meantime the several societies formed in the Park. The pal! bearers were Samuel L. Southard, Col. Richard Varick, Col. Johan Trombull, John Watts, John Ferguson, David Brooks, Governor Aaron Ogden, and Thomas Mor- ris, (United States Marshal.) The procession moved up Broadway to Bleecker street, the military form- ing a line ow each side of Bleecker and Second streets, while the different bodies and societies marched through and entered the cemetery. The body was then deposited in the vault assigned to it, at the northeast end of the cemetery in Second street. The body of the deceased was deposited in a leaden coflin soon after death, and that ina mahoga ny coffin, which bears on a plate of silver the follow- ing inscription: — JAMES MONROE, of Virginia, Inep 47a Jory, AcED 74 Yara, ‘The nsual honors were paid to the memory of the ex-President in the various cities and towns through- outthe United States. John Quincy Adams and Judge McLean delivered eulogies on Mr. Monroe. TOMB OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. We have noticed the torab of this President, with that of his father. THE TOMB OF ANDREW JACKSON, AT THE HERMITAGE, NEAR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, | The Hermitage, which wea for many years the | residence of General Jackson, is beautifully situated | on the bank of the Cumberland river, about te? | f miles from the city of Nashville. There the mortal | remains of the distinguished General and President, | who filled so ixoportant a place in the history of his | country, were interred in June, 1445. We have sot He was eu@moned lie Independence of Immortality. id to the Jndgment of bia God #6 will bear witness to bis platy munilicence, History to to rhe day his mind seen any particular description of the tomb at the Hermitage, but it ia known that the General was op posed to pomp and show in commemoration of the dead, He refused to accept of a marble sarcopha- | us brought from the Mediterraucan, which hag |,the Presidency. | Charles eestained tho remfins of one of the heroes of antiquity. He desired to be boried in a plain man- ber, according to the customs of his countrymen. Gen. Jackson was buried by the side of his wife who had preceded him to the tomb sixteen years before bis own death. The following epitaph on this Jady is interesting, as it was written by Gen: Jackeon himself. The Richmond Enquirer says :— A ledy in the West has beea hind enough to vend us a eopy of Andrew Jncxson’s epitaph on his wife, [tis kxown to have been his own composition, yet, although it bas beew read by thousands on her tomb ia Tennessee, it hag rever appeared in print befure. This singular in- seription rus thus:— Bere Le the remaina of Mrs. Rachel Jackson, wife of Pre- Hed om the 2d of December, 1828, aged asin, mper amia- Phe delighted in relocing te ods To forters, to the pros erous ait ‘8 60) went hand in hand with hor be evo md she tanked ‘her Crestor for betae poriaittsd to being so gontlo and yet so virtuous slander might wound but could not di-honor. Even death whon he tore ber from the arma of her husband, could but trans plant her to tie bosom gf her God THE TOMB OF HARRISON, AT NORTH BEND, ODIO. General Harrison died at the city of Washington only one month after his inauguration. The funeral took place at the seat of government, on the 7th of April, and was attended by an immense concourse of people from Baltimore, Alexandria, Richmond, Philadelphia, and other places. The civic and mfli- tary procession was large and imposing, occupying two miles in length. ‘The funeral service of the Epis copal Church was read by Rev. Mr. Hawley. Tae body was interred in the Congressional barying ground, but soon afterwards removed to the former residence of General Harrison, at North Bend, om the bank of the Ohio, a few miles below Cincinnati, where it was interred in the family tomb at that plaze. THE TOMB OF JAMES K. POLK, AT NASHVILLE, TENN. Mr. Polk, before he was elected to the Presidency, had resided at Columbia, Maury county, Tennessee, but previons to retiring from office he had purchased a beautitul residence at Nashville, where he took up bis abode, after a journey through some of the Soush- ern States, uyon the exviration of his term, in March, 1849. Death unexpectedly shortened bis career on _| the 16th of June, 1849, and on the following day his remains were accompanied to their resting place by a large concourse of his fellow-citizens. His gmiable widow has cansed to be erected a tasteful tomb over his remains, in the grounds of the mansion house. The monument is a tablet supported by four colamas, with a square pillar in the centre, on which the name of the President and other particulars are inscribed. THE TOMB OF TAYLOR, NEAR LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. General Taylor was the second President who died in office, and his decease took place at Washington city, July 9, 1850, where he was at first interred with military and civic honors. His remains were re- moved in the full of the same year and deposited in the family cemetery, near Louisville, Kentucky, on the Ist of November, 1850. Colonel Richard Tay- lor, the father of the President, removed with his family from Virginia to Keatuoky, in 1795, and re- sided in the vicinity of Louisville. When General 4%. Taylor was appointed to the command of the southwestern division of the army he removed his family from Louisville to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they continned to reside until his election to A simple and: plain monument marks the tomb of General Taylor, near Louisville. Impertant Presentment of ue Grand Jary— Commanication trem the Disurict actocney. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before His Honor Jadge Beebe. THE LIQUOR DEALERS. The good work sti covtinues; over seventy per- sons were arrested for violating the license laws. ‘The usual excuses were made—such as seliiug gin- ger pop, smai! beer, lager beir, and light French wines—but the cuurt looked upon there cases as not exempt from the rules of the license laws, and ac- eat ay ordered them to aspear at the court on Wednesday week next, when he would pronvance judgment upon them. The following persons were thore arraigned from the various wards, and on pleadirg guilty were discharged until the first Wed- neaday Iu October First Ward—Avtoine Pigny, Edward Burns, Bernard Clark and Catoarine Huller. Second Werd—Albert Donike, Louis Martinelli, and Charles F. Raston. Fourth Ward—Kiven Roach, Bridget Daly, Ellen Delancey, Daniel O’Br'en. John Karney, John Cal- houn, P. Boylen, Thomas Biernes, James G. Smith, Charles Smith,’ William Lucas, Edward Gribble, Edward Flyn, H. Coruwell, Peter Boylen, Joseph Scbmerbue, James Whidey, Thomas Neville, James McKenne, John Walch, Luren Byron, Mary Tuomy, Mary Jenkias, Daniel Mullahy, Murtie Owens, Patrick Couraughten, Elizabeta Ryan, Patrick Linuen, Joho Healy, Toomas Mitchell, Michael Ke- hoe, William Allen, James L. House, Joun Fitzger- ald, John W. Law, Charies Becker, Timothy Gar- rack, and Johy O'Brien. Evghth Ward—Murthen Drummovd. Neth Ward- Kerman Dooly, Joon MeCavil, Thomas Bryan, David McElbraight, Wilen Barly, Patrick Doon, Martin Kenney and Auguste Weaten- dor’. Eleventh Ward.-Margaret Mack, Adam Bepp, Barney Fagan, Alexander Darragh, Avraham P an, , Patrick Connoly, Adam Hanck, Charles F. Fell, Michael Pfirfie, Heary Stockel, | Godfred Strauss, James Clark, Patrick McSherry, Theodore Bender, Sarah Kirkwood, and Matthew Godfrey. Twe fth Wavd.—Uenry Shillman, and Gregory Knockton. Sizteenth Ward.—Thomas Prendeyrast, Bridget O'Hara, Jobn McCiennon, John A. Bushman, Kd- ward Gwinn, John Gamble, Timot2y Sullivan, Joho Brennan, Margaret Cassidy, Henry Donuel y, Law- rence Fitzpatrick, O. W. Simpson, Wm. Deers, and Joseph McCann, SENTENCED. Grand Larceny—A German pamed Lonis Mor- hing, who was convicted last week of graud larceny, in having stolen alot of gold coin valued at $75, was then brought up for sentence, and was sent up to the State prison fur two years. ARREST UPON BENCH WARRANTS. Compounding a Fellony.—Yesterday officers Campbell! and Spicer arrested two men named Simon. Bloomingdale and James A. Boughton, who stand indicted by the grand acy for compotiuding a felony rand Lspetp A third party, named William foward, is still at large, and will probably be ar- rested ina few days. He was set at liberty after giving bail to the amount of $400. Murde.—A gentlemanly looking man, named John Dorscher, was arrested yesterday by officers Spicer and Campbell, on a bevch warrant issued from this court, on an indietmsnt found against him by the grand jury for the murder of Patrick McNulty, who, it will be remembered, was shot in the heart by a pistol in am affray between some Irishmen and Germans, at a German lager bier saloon in Centre street, a short time ago. No bail being taken in murder cases, the prisoner was committed to the Tombs for trial. The Grand Jury entered the court room about 12 o'clock, and, after being thanked by the Court for their strict attention to the public vusiness, and the alacrity aod willingness with which they performed their duty, were discharged, before which, however, they handed in the following PRESENTMENT. To the Honorable W. R. Banar, City Judge, and one of the Judges of the Court of General Sessions, in and for the city and county of New York : The term of the Grand Jury having now legaliy expired, they cannot, in justice to themselves, sepa- rate from the honorable the Court without express ing the sentiment which hag contrelled them in their recent action, and which, in their Oot should be kept alive by succeeding GrandJuries. Your Honor was pleased, in your charge to the jury, to impress upon us most forcibly the dignified position in which we were then placed by the law of our Nag holding the power which gives life, action, and health to society, being rtp of its morals and well being, and even holding control of your own elevated position as a court, ‘This senti- ment im) us moat seriously, and we resolved, individually and collectively, to make every personal sacrifice, that we might do all that justice and ne- cessity required. Our first object was to rel’eve our City Prison of ita crowded inmates, who had boen in some cases, we feared, too long, Te ee jastly immured, We then looked abroad into society, in search of all that might come within our province. Here we wore pained te find a vast field of labor, too exten- sive to be compaased in the ehort time allotted us. ‘We were constrained to call upon the District At- torney for his efficient nid, and did #0 by the follow- ing preamble and resolution, as appears on our min- utes, and is a4 follows :— Whereas, The Grand Jury enterta'ns the beliof that great — exists on the pert of the police department, Ww: th reference to the enforcement of existing laws and ordinances; and whereas, the Grand Jury ty ieposed to exerelse the authority , invested by law to remedy all evils Wares se to ,their know- ineetg mney, i ee tls x sug “? nae which will secure ouch action as is it cal to correct all those abuses which bave been the subject of loud and repeated com- to it a5 lainte, P'To this he Pespenine:as econ oa his ardnous du- ties permitted, bis reply is so filled with tru‘hs and valuable suguestions that we have deemed it proper to attach it to, and make it a part of, this our presentment. To him we award praise for his Prin prs ee rep jee loa e3] acknow! in| ty. To his we are much indebted for the amount of labor which we have accompl shed. One of the many crying evils from which, we are corstrained to believe, springs much of the crime and immorality which shocks and endangers tociety, and which imposes the heaviest burthen on our conrta, and the greatest tax upon our citizens, we have thonght proper to attack. We found that many persons, mostly adopted citi- gens upd foreigners, bued with the svirit of our institutions, in direct violation, and, in many in- stances, in defiance of law, were cong ous a deadly poison to the vicious and depraved, py filliag our city with rioting and drunkenness ; our prisons, hospitals, and alms with dissolute fathers and mothers and deserted children ; disturbing peaceful citizens in their daily walks and habitations, and in their holy worship on the Christian Sabbath. ‘As far a@ our limited time permitted. we have presented thoee to you who have been thus illegally engsged, avd are pained that our statute book en- courages such vice. We cherish the hope that our | labor, in your hands, will meet its just recompense. The very landable desire of the Distnet Attorney to bave completely finished the vast amount of la- box Which, 708 warned us, had from circumstance accumulated in your court, has prevented us from at the prisons and otber public institations. From information which has indirectly come to us, we are pained to find.the oractice still continues of conten witnesses in the same apartment with convicted felons. On application the District Attorney t» kaow if our action could aid him in his desire to have it different, he informs us that it cannot, and that he has made application to the Board of Ten Goyernor:—who are the legally son stituted parties to act in the matter—and that his efforts are unavailing. So great and glaring an evil as Bis we have deemed it just to our citizens 0 thus present. : As we have stated, the field for usefalness is most extensive, aud we cannot leave the sudject without expressing to succeeding Grand Juries onr hope that they will persevere in what we have begun. and be determined that whatever the people through their municipal and State legislator: have been pleared to place upon the statute book and entrast to their keeping shall not remain a dead letter, and society thereby be rent asunder. We are constrained to believe that great de- linquency, if not corruption, has crept into high places, end that most ull departments of our city | goverpment require a thorough examination, e+ pecially those directly bearing upon the ordinances of our city; and we hope that wealth, precerment | and High plate, will not shield the guilty. We have the .hope that we are on the eve of a brighter and better era in our city government, but we fee] that it mainly depends on the energy, ability and fidelity of Grand Jurors; and we trust the day is not distant when their preseatments will cease to be, whas we fear they have beeome, jests for the wicked and mere dead records upon the proceed- ings of our courts, With these views we most respectfully request of your Honor, that you canse a copy hereof, and as well a copy of the communication irom the District Attorney, to be officially placed before the succeed- ing Grand Jory immediately on its assembliag. Signed by the Grand Jurors for the city and county of New York, September Lerm, 1853. LutherC Carter, Foreman, Mahlon Mattison, dire Bull, Secretary, Jacob Corlies, M. Hopper Mott, Ass.Sec. Robert H. Alexander, Joseph L. France, James B. Maxwell, Joel Kelly, R. B. Fosdick, Walter Carter, Gerardus Boyce, Peter J. Bogert, John W. Howe, John R. Lawrence, Samuel 8. Constant, Ralph Hall. or The following communication was received by the Grand Jury from the District Attorney, relative to the laws aud ordinances of the city. It is an able document, and will be found very interesting to the public generally :— Orrick OF THE District ATTOR: ) or THE Ciry and Cocy: { New York, Sept. 23, 1853. To rmx Graxp Jvny oF TH Suprempee Tena OF thE Covrr oy GENERAL SESSIONS :- Gentiemen—J have received, and so far as an un- usual pressure of public business would perinit, care- fully considered the request embraced in your reso- lution of the 13th inst. Fully to answer your resolution would embrace a thorough examination, alike of aJl laws and ordi- | ianees appertaining to the government of this city, and of the various instances in which, from careless- Less, inatteution, or wilful neglect on the part of the public officers, viclations of existing laws are com. mitted with cor cio ae impunity. This can bardly be exgected during the short period allowed for your official labors, and would embrace necessarily a detailed enumeration of fi ievances and abuses suflicient to fill a cousidera- Je volume. I must content myself, therefore, with 8 gencral view of the character and condition of the city government and the manner in which the laws and ordinances affecting its interests are enforced or | neglected. e original charter of the city vested in the corporation ample powers to pass providing for the comfort and welfare of the citizens, and with the aid of the statute and common law appiicable to criminal offences, the ordinances passed under the charter, and by virtue of various statutory enactments, are fully ade- quate to a perfect enforcement of order, cleanliness, aud the protection both of cisizens and p:operty, or the punishment of those who shall undertake to violate public or private rignts. Yet, true it is, that witha bystem of lawa, or the power to create such system, equal to almost any conceivable necessity, the city ot New York, in its municipal affairs, is the best abured and worst governed city in the Union. I desire not to be misunderstood, or te have it sup- sed that the wrong is of the present day merely; it has existed for years, and will exist until the peo- | ple shall apply the proper remedy, and shall hold public officers to a rigid official ac sountability; hold- ing them as they hold the private individual, amena- ble for their acts, alike of commission and wilful omission. I refer not to isolated cases, but to that general and almost entire neglect, (the enforcement being exceptions,) to enforce existing ordinances, and the necessary increase of violations consequent upon previous immunity. Thus it is that your etreets are nearly impassable, your public p‘era are converted into warehouses and places of ee and Leia! and brick yards, lime kilns, depots for the sale of manure, hay, tirewood, lumber, plaster and rovisions, and for the storage of cotton, molasses, m and other articles of merchandise, fill your wharves and public thoroughfares, in direct and po- sitive violation of lawa prohibiting these practices. The system of encummberiag streets with the old materials of buildings torn down for the | a0 disrepntsble, especially an t! ordinances | | 'y to be su) that a single tribunal can the ethartous cases of crime and c1 ce oscurring almost daily; yet so it is, that while the number of committing magistrates bas been largely. increased, the same court which was created up- ward of a century ago, with the single addition of the City Judge, and the power to jong ite sex sions to three weeks in each month, is charged with the trial aod final Slapaatiina of all Seen ae. The remedy is ie Leg! re, by some new ‘vibonal, having exclusive jurisdiction ef all these minor offences, dispensing wits the action of the grand jury thereon, and with power, apres anna a jory, as ia Justices oe confe: e same power Ui ee rr ins and assault with steph spi te ae ap] t winter, pre- ‘af the i ion of 1852,) the pas- sage of ww making these classes of cases felony. I regret to add that by some accident after a8 Lam informed, both branches of the Legislature it failed to reach the Governor, and is not to be found upon the statute book. ‘The condition | of our city prison and the Eldridge street jail is disgraceful to a civilized community; and the practice of herding together the mere child, as yet hard'y conscious of crime, the unfortunate wifness con’ by the stern vecessity of the law, and the mere suspected individual, who, on investi- gation is found innocent of wrong, with the h felon and the doomed murderer, is sufficieat to wronse the indignation and excite the sympathy of every just mao. For upwards of eighteen mo! I have vainly tried to procure some remedy, and I urge it upon your special attention. Fore; g the pre- sens consideration of other matters of great public interest, I close this communication, atready toofiong . With great respect, your ebedient servant, N. Boworrce Buvsr. 3F of the city. Cases of stab deadly weapo! deemed it A A Defence of the shakers, CovumBia Hatt, Uxsavon Springs ¥ Coruuma County, N. ¥ , September 19, 1853, f TO YHE EDITOR OF THE NRW YORK HRRAYD. A fow éaye since my attention was divected to am arti- ele which appeared in the Hudnva Freeman relative to a suppored mysterious incident ct cted with the leaving & boy of tender years, by twe strangers, with the Shakers | of this village, uuder suspicions circumstances, and eal- | culated to comvey the imprersion that au abduction and | sinister design had been enacied by them, with the aid and covail ance of the Ssakers. Havirg imbibed a favor- able opinion of the benevolent apirit ef this peenliar sect during @ residence of several weeks ia the vicinity ef the Shaker village, m7 curiosity was aroused at the insinus- tion that the Shakers bad been engugad in a transaction: artisle stated that seve- ral gentlemen boarding at this hovel could aot, upom vievtirg the Shakers, obtain sny iatormation as to the parentage er relations of the boy, although they had pre- viou-ly promiged it ehould be furcished, My visits te this delightful retreat for many reasons have brought me into frequent comumaieation with some of the lead- ing members of this religious community, and I deemed it just to all parties te seek uu interview with them, show them the actisle in the Hudsoa Freeman aed aseor- tern the truth of tae matier. I bave dove so, and found tae Eiders of tie eonemnvity periec ty frank and explicit in ier communications, aed was not surprised to find that the tranraction, #0 far from biance of oppression or coercioa, mas merous instances of philaathropis vel | terize this siegular seet, Tre doy re! | pewrpaper article not bouna w | » leading Shaker, living in Yow York, in June last, to have him takea ug! 9 by Shebera, stating that the boy had uo mother, and he (the father) wae a grest deal from home After several monhs consideration under u-geut appeals the shakers copsented to take the boy on trial; the father accompenied his son to the Sk.kera, aud he remained with them for » few weeks, Geos e wae sent back to bi: cI i read the written apolioation of che father to the frem the I 9 Shakers, and & envy of the regly; alo. » letter father in which be says, “Iam — 4t you are not to give my son a furteer trial; of course I have | no bing to suy but to thank you for your kundeeas hith- | erto” These facts prove thst the Suexers are pot only free from censure in thig matter, bit bave performed s Praivewortby act In returning *he bey to h’s parent, | they copsiscently observed ene of trou many judicious | regulatiers, not to retain imtrectsbla or vicious ehil- | dren I have cften inspectag tho Sauker rehool, aud have bern astovished ai the perioraunce by the | Pupils of the exercise: in the K 4lch branches of education, their orderly dsportment, quiekmese of apprehension, extreordiwary meaories, meat- ness of attire, healthy appearance. ks Tae teachers and scholars will compare favo-eoty io ail teeas pa: | lave with the bers of our c’muoa:chvol. Iam advocate or defender of some af tw peculiar to1 the Sbakers, but my acquain‘anse with cuem justifies the conviction thet they noral peo le—coasistent | in their faith and praciice, ited # aud indastrious, a perfect example of order, cle unob'rusive ano quiet in their ma anrs aod intereearas, attending their owa concerns without foterference in the | Dusiners of other peosle, diligent ia weil doicg and 8 | ing no one, We the presest day qi | kinds of fansiicism and folly in religions y caeamoe that disgrace humanity aud bave ne redeeming graces, but the muck abured and ridiculed Saakern have fer se- venty yearu pursued ine placid am@ even tenor of their way. ministering to the necessities of their fellow beings, and during that Jong giving @ besutifa) illustra- | tion of their sincerity and practical by edu- ostirg hundreds of orphan and dectivuts children, sup- i plying hiberally all the r physical wants eul:ivatiog then wids and rearing them in moral and industrious habits, leaving it entiroly optional with the resipients ef their cbarity to quit the socievy upem ceacning maturity, ex Temain as aiembers. An incident ocearred a few evenivgs since truly illus- trative of the humanity of the Shakuca Seve-al geat e- men were standing a3 the poreh of this hotel whea they saw 2 decent elderly female sitting apveremtly in deep. sfiliction, surrou: by three email children, indienting ~ poverty and feebleness, the eldest ueder seven years of” age Upon being accosted and offered axststance, she said’ ‘the children were those of her decen ed siste:—that their: father was a hopeless drunkard, aod they were utterly: desti nte, that the Shekers had buwensiy consented to tate ‘lieve orpbace and provide for sil shele wants, Upor™ sage ry to-day, I tind this statement trne—that the~ @ bee: (dren are now under the care of tee Shakers, and haye n gioply provided with every comfort They are thus removed from -ee example of a dp Praved parent ands vicious work, to be traised uném- mora) influences, with every By, sioal want gratultonsl =” supplied, This is gaonine Christian charity. Let sii) religicus sete go and do Likewise. A VISITER. Temperature In September, at the Summit of Moant Wasaington. TO THE EDITUK OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. My correxpox.dent, who ascesded Mount Washi ore, the 7th of June, has kept a thermometrical on the» snwemit at sunrie, 12 M.. amd suuret, from June 8 to» August 14, both deys inclusive, and from August 15 % Seprember 16, a1 12 M., baa added the 10 P. M, tempera ture to thore at sunrise, 12 M eed sunzet. The follow- ing is a copy of the record for Se otember—lLet to 16th :— tee, purpose of ete ig eqoally in violation of law,and the public highways, intended for the use and convenience alike of all, are constantly ob- structed, to the bag fb and certainly to the maui- fest detriment of those who are thus delayed ia their business pursuita. Who can calculate the in- jury in the agareastt om of time to the business yopulation of New York, consequent upon the de- lays thus created, to say nothing of the confusion arising from interfering vehicles meeting in the crowded spaces, blocking up the streets, or await- ing their turn to thread the narrow passage. The fault, in « very large majority of these cases, is not with the police department. It reaches higher than the policeman, and resta rather with those who, charged with executive duties, neglect their performance. Th» recent police act, passed during the last session of the Legislature, farnishes a sum- mary remedy for all violations of the peaal ordi dances of the Common Council. Article 4, section 5, of that act is as follows:—“Sections 20 and 21 of an act entitled ‘An act relative to the powers of the Common Couneil of the City of New York, and the Police and Criminal Courts of said city,’ passed January 27, 1853, shall apply to all ordinances ased by the Common Council of said city.” Sec- ion 21 of the act of 1833 is as follows:—‘And all persons offending against such ordinances shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and be punished on conviction before any of the magistrates ribed in the second section of this act, (such magistrates being the Mayor or Recorder, or one of the Alder- men or Special Justices of the city,) by a fine not Lapeetns Mn dollars, or, in default of the payment of sach fine by imprisonment, provided such im- risonment does not exceed ten days." Other officers of the city government are specifically charged with the duty and clothed with ample power to enforce obedience to the ordinances of the city, in the mode pointed ont by the ordinances, aud, by con- cert and harmony among themselves, all the reforms contemplated by your resolution can readily be pro- duced. It belougs not to me, and would be highly indelicate on my part, to pronounce judgment apoa their acts, One remedy much needed, in regerd to certain criminal offences, can only be obtained by legislative aid~I allude to cases of assanit and battery, petit larceny, and other misdemeanors of a minor grade. The mioat effectual mode of checking lawlessness ia by prompt punishment. If the violaters of the pub- lic peace are once taught that punishment will fol- low close upon the heels of the offence, midnight riots and other acenes of disorder and violence so frequent in our midst will at once diminish, and a con parative safeguard be farniehed to our citizens. Under the present state of the laws this is absolutely impoesible. Without the coneent of the accused, un- Cor the constitutes gud laws, no mau cou Le pub Sept, 1863, ie Noon, fi Sunset. 10 Pw 49 Me p an earthquake wan felt at 1 j towns, That night the temperature on Moant : m fell to 2 degrees below ths freez'ng point, On the lth of September, at 57. M, ao earthquate was felt: at Biloxi and the adjoining townsend oa the late coent in Louisiana. and that night the tom; re felt on Mount Washington to 8 degrees below the freezing mt Oe the 17th of July two earthqnakes were felt at Port- lend, Maine, which depressed the temperature on Mount: Warhington to $7 degrees; andj om the 20th an earth- felt at the same piace, whieh also de; ¢ temperature on the summit to Here are four distinct cases, ali uai testimony. A revere spow oan the summit cm the 12th, at- ded by a gale of wind. “ Tea and bh hawks are sometimes seon from the top of ths fountsin. Weasels, squirrels. mice and bats are fourd on the very mountein top My corresoondent did not keep a record cf the wind currents, but estimates: that the wind blew from the north vest three fourths of the time he was there. Anthracite coal costa from $45> $60 per ton on the top of Mount Wark My correspondent. after & sojoura of one hundred days: at the summit, 6,005 feet above the sea has come down tein, and the Summit Hoare was closed for the: the mount year on the 16th inst ‘We have the thermometricel record for the one han- dred days, and will ina little while, give it entire to the: public eek mountain: E, MERIA! in the same Tt will be useful to invalids who 6 alr for a change, September 25, 185 ‘The corporation cf Montreal have appointed Mr, Trudeau. soting Mayor. Mra, Thompson, a widow , Inat week obtained a judy be it against R pa ita al Ky., for $2000, He bad publicly impenohed her chastity. ‘iam rrett, under sentence of death for: eens |, Pevace lk Counts ‘broke out of the jail of Northampton county, N. 0,, on the 11th ee vault Dr. Branson, of Mt. Carmel, Ind, was found @ In his ofice on the 14th inat,, having taken ctrychnine, ins fit of melancholy. fe , eae ten have fixed uj jay 19, 1854 an . of ihe hertrartion ofthe world They ‘aay there will be kO Miemase BOYYE It Lins Lune.