Show relics relies of the washington family the visitors to the state house to danwill notice that the portion of the marble flagging t of the recess in which the statue of was washington hing stands has been tak tah taken en up and that the two gray tombstones tomb stones bearing beaning the marks of extreme age are being put in the place these stories stones are perfect facsimiles fac similes of those which in the parish church of brighton near althorp I thorp in england cover the remains of the father and uncle of 0 john washington the deml emigrant grant to virginia who was the grandfather of washington hon charles sumner dur during in his late visit to europe saw these inscriptions script ions iu in the parish church and earl spencer the proprietor of althorp having been made acquainted with the interesting fact caused the quarry from which the original tablets were taken more than two cen teries ago to be sought out and copies to be made which exactly represent the original these were to mr sumner and him tim b I 1 in to t the h e state the largest stone was that which had bad been placed place over the remains of jehu jehn washington the h g great eat great grandfather of our own washington pt it is a slab of bluish gray sandstone and measures five feet nine inches long iong and two feet seven inches broad at the head are carved the arms of the with an additional family quartering the family arms of the have a combination of stripes and stars and are by some supposed to have suggested our national doag flag the following 0 is the inscription on this stone here lieth the bodi bod of lavrence washington sonne bontie and heire of it bert washington of sulgrave Sol grave in the countie of Nort northampton hanpton esquire who married margret the eldest d aughter daughter of william butler of tees in the county of esquire who had bissu bissu by her 8 bonns and 9 daughters which lavrence deceased the 13 of december A ani 1616 1016 thou that by chance or choyce chorce of this bath sight know life to death re signes as daye to night but as the bunns revives the day so christ shall us though burride to dust clay on the other stone is this inscription with the washington arms on the plate of brass here lies interred ye bodies of elizar washington who changed this life for immortal itie ye of march As also ye body of it II bert washington gent her late husband urband second sonne of robert washington of sulgrave Sol grave in in ye county of north esar who also dented this life ilfe ye of march after atter they lived lovingly together many years in this farih As the stone stones are laid on the floor of the he hall one is smaller than the other ether and the space thus left it is supposed to fill by an it 11 option explanatory of the facts we have related these memorials stones are of much historic value as connected with the family history of the father of his country aud add will be objects of interest to all visitors Vili tors to our sate S ate capitol above them stands Cliant chiant Chantrey reys swell well weil known statue cf him through whose virtuous life and noble deeds all who bear iiii h name have become dear to the american people and whose fame illuminates the past even to the furthest generation of his ancestors boston journal |