Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-22
MOUNT AUBURN.

The Bostonians are getting up so beautiful o
graveyard, that there is some danger the living
will seek a premature residence within its Dor
ders 1t is situated several miles miles out ct
the city, we believe in Woburn. The nam OF
Mount Auburn has been given it. A few lays
since, the editor Of the Salem Register paid il
visit, and has favored US with the description an.
nexed:-
"There is nothing like this place any where.
II is ,ndescribabIe. The gate way, or entrance,
is beautiful specimen of architecture. There
is in the centre high arch way, on either side
Of which there gates Of entrance for foot pas
sengers, and on the sides of these, lodges or
rooms convicted with the whole architectural de-
sign. II is of wood. painted to resemble gra-
mite. On the entablature of the arch. is de
vice, which we could not distinctly explain, -un.
der hich is this sentence:
Then shall the dust return TO the errfh as 1t
,oas. and The spirit TO God ,cho gare il.
Upon entering the ground. We came III front ol
the neat cottage of the gardener, standing on
beautiful commence. and the orna1eDted gr"unds
sloping away in front until thew meet The plain at
your fest-and behind the house, the swelling
emnenc- rises till it reaches the wild and tangled
FOREST Spredu over Ill lnF enCioStu S'buuoS "H'a"
constitute Mount Auburn. II j. place Oi high
and abrupt hills, deep wales. ridges ADD ra,Ines'
ponds, and rocky prec,pices, aud gentle slopes,
all covered with dense forest of walnuts. oaks,
pines, cedars. birch. button wood, Sc. IN distinct
ma.ses. or wildly inter gled-every VARIETY of
wild flowers. from those which grow IN ponds
and quagn,ires, to those which start OUT and
biuor m the crevices of rocks. or flourish on the
tons of bleak ard grave Knolls,
Poured forth profuse Ger hill and dale, and plain
This wild and extensive tract has been taken
in hand by gentlemen Of classic taste. and by
their direction. aud the skill 10 picturesque and
ornamental gardening Of Mr.. Haggerston, the
whole has been converted into one great garden.
| Serpentine paths, bordered with shrubbery, wind
around the skirts of the hills, broad avenues
open before US, ascending or descending, and
winding to the right and left, dividing and branch
ing of and dverging into other avenues, some
times Terminating 10 a secluded dell, sometimes
opening upon marble obesk OF rare beauty. or
, a granite monument. or an enclosure ornamented
with shrubbery and flowers
The pond holes are cleared out, and embank.
ed with turf; graveled walks wind round them,
ornamented with flowers. Here we see tomb in
the side Of some low proved rock, opening upon
us, with its classic front Of hewn granite, over
hung with the wild woods ABOVE, which throw
out their old fantastic roots over the top OF the
tomb; then we come to sweet spot Ornamrnted
with flowers; then 10 squares enclosed by cor.
ner columns, c0nnse ed BY festoo OF chains,
with a towering Oberi,k In the centre, and the
wall fringed with rose bushes. Others were bor-
dered with acacia, somf with tulips, and uther
dubious plants One tomb in the centre of a
highly Ornamented square was Covered with
rough stones. the interstices filled with earth,
and the elongated mound Set over with a prOfu.
sion of a perennial plants. On one square vas
tomb sunk beneath the ground, the surface Of
which was beautiful paIterre. The gardener
was then planting ornamental shrubbery. and a
hydrangia and monthly rose bushes, which seem.
ed TO have been sent there from some parlOr, no
longer to bloom in the presence Of beauty, but to
cover the spot where beauty was to mingle with
the dust.
Mount Auburn is place Of fashionable resort
We found many Carriages at the gate. and many
persons entered the gate way, with US; but we
proceeded downward up the winding avenues,
other avenues branched of. some up 10 the |
woody hills. others down the silent wales, then
narrow path led Of into the dense forest, then
sheet Of water would invite our steps. and so the
COMPANY parted some one way and some another |
till we found ourselves doomed 10 seek out our
own way through the tangled forest. The far
Their we went forward, the more frequently the
paths branched Of. and the more wild and plctur.
esque the scenery became. At the entrance Of
every avenue and path there was guide board
having the name Of the avenue. or path printed
on it. Que was called I" Laurel Avenue" ano.
ther " Rose Path.'' another " Violet PATH"
another g Indian Ridge Avenue" another
- Conservation Deli,'' &c. in endless variety
We saw no two places alike in this epitome Of
New England, nor did we meet in the whole
course of our rambes any Of The numerous visi.
Iers who entered with ourselves. On the top Of
The highest hill we saw the dome and steeples Of
he capital. From this place We descended, and I
wound our way dewn to the plain, aud came out
If the gate We entered"