All the western states and territories . rk to mortal combat. Having passedover to Bloody Island, they fought at the dis-tance of some three or four paces apart, andboth .fell mortally wounded. Mrs. Biddle,overwhelmed at the fatal consequences of herattempt to avenge her injured feelings, devotedthe remainder of her life to penitence, and herfortune to charity. The annexed engraving iaa view of a monument erected in memory ofhusband and wife, on the premises of St. MarysOrphan Asylum, on Tenth-street, under the charge of the order of theDaughters of Charity. The monument is about 20 feet high
All the western states and territories . rk to mortal combat. Having passedover to Bloody Island, they fought at the dis-tance of some three or four paces apart, andboth .fell mortally wounded. Mrs. Biddle,overwhelmed at the fatal consequences of herattempt to avenge her injured feelings, devotedthe remainder of her life to penitence, and herfortune to charity. The annexed engraving iaa view of a monument erected in memory ofhusband and wife, on the premises of St. MarysOrphan Asylum, on Tenth-street, under the charge of the order of theDaughters of Charity. The monument is about 20 feet high : the follow-ing words are aflSxed over the door, Pray for the souls of Thomas and AnneMiddle. The following inscriptions are from monuments within the city limits: In memoryof one whose name needs no eulogy, Joskph M. White, late Delegate in Con-gress from the Territory of Florida. Born in Franklin county, Kentucky, 8th of Oct., 1798died in St. Louis, at the residence of his brother, Thomas J. White, , the 19th day ofOctober, Biddle SIonument, St. Louis. Over the door are the words, Pray forIhe Bouls of T human and A nne Biddle. Thomas Barbour, , son of the Hon. P. P. Barbour, of Virginia. Born Aug. 26,1810, and died June 18, 1849. In all the relations of life, he illustrated the strength andbeauty of Christian principle—ardent affection, generous friendship, and fervent charitywere the spontaneous emotions of a heart imbued with the holy desire of glorifying God•iid doing good to man. As a practitioner of medicine he had attained a distinguishedeminence. With the Medical Department of the University of Missouri, his name is asso-ciated as one of its founders and most able and faithful teachers. With the early historyof the Central Presbyterian Church, of which he was an Elder, his name is recorded as onft=•f its brightest ornaments. Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri is situated on the right bank ofMissouri River, on elevated, uneven and somewhat roc
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