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Show MONUMENT TO JOSEPH STANDING. We learn from the News of July 30th, that the work on the monument to be erected over the grave of the youthful martyr, Joseph Standing, is entirely completed, and that it will shortly be placed in position. Following is a description of the monument:<br><br> "It is in the Grecian style, and will, when put in position, present a very chaste and classical appearance. It is cut out of the best Italian marble, with the exception of the die, which is of the finest American marble, and more suitable for interior. The first base is 3 ft. 6 in. square by 18 in. thick, chambered back on top ?? to receive the second (granite) base, which is 2 ft. 9 in. square by 18 in. thick. Next comes an Italian marble base 2 ft. square by 11 in. thick, beautifully embellished with Grecian mouldings, on which rests the die, of American marble, its size being 18 in. square by 20 in. high. The total height of the monument from first base will be about 12 ft. On the side of the die, to front west, is the inscription propre, viz: <br><br> In Memoriam Joseph Standing, son of James and Mary Standing, Born Oct. 5, 1854, in Salt Lake City, U. T. [Utah Territory] <br><br> On the side to front the south is an account of the deceased's martyrdom, with the names of the murderers as follows: Martyred for the testimony of Jesus, while, with Elder Rudger Clawson, (through whose heroism the body was afterwards rescued) July 21st, 1879, near Varnell Station, Whitfield County, Georgia, by an armed mob of twelve men, viz: David D. Nations, Jasper N. Nations, A. S. Smith, David Smith, Benj. Clark, Wm. Nations, Andrew Bradley, James Faucett, Hugh Blair, Jos. Nations, Jefferson Hunter, Mack McClure. <br><br> On the side to front the east is recorded the indictment and acquittal of the murderers as under <br><br> His Murderers were indicted and two of them tried, the first upon a charge of murder and the other for riot. Through bigotry and prejudice both were acquitted. Evidence of guilt was not lacking, but as the assassins boasted, "There is no law in Georgia for the Mormons."<br><br> And on the side to front the north are three verses of poetry composed by Bro. O. F. Whitney, as follows: Beneath this stone, by friendship's hand, is lain The martyred form of one, untimely slain; A servant of the Lord, whose works revealed The love of Truth for which his doom was sealed. Where foes beset-when but a single friend Stood true, nor shunned his comrad's [comrade's] cruel end Deep in the shades of ill-starred Georgia's wood, Fair freedom's soil was crimsoned with his blood. Our brother rests beneath his native sod, His murderers are in the hands of God. Weep, weep for them, not him whose silent dust Here awaits the resurrection of the Just.<br><br> On the top of the die is a beautifully carved [line unreadable] cap with egg and ?? moulds, upon which rests an octagonal spire (of Italian marble) with its finely moulded base, the whole being surmounted by an elaborately carved blazing urn, symbolical of pointing up unto eternal life. The workmanship has been executed with great skill, the whole reflecting the greatest credit on the firm who were entrusted with the order. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,900 letters have been cut on the monument, and when the risk there is in crowding such an amount of matter into so small a space is taken into consideration, Messrs. Watson Bros. must feel pleased that the work has been turned out of hand so far without an accident of any kind. <br><br> The monument will be enclosed by an iron fence resting upon a neatly cut sandstone base; and the cost of the whole work will be, we are informed, in the neighborhood of $700 to $800. Ever since the work was commenced, Mr. Rudger Clawson and other members of the committee, have been very assiduous in superintending its execution, and they too must feel pleased at the near consummation of their labors." |