Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-04-14
From the N. Y. Aurora.

A R0m6le TN st. l'aurs Church Yard.
This church yard contains the ashes of
some who have filled distinguished places
III the nation, and ,y"t not one in thou-
sand Of our citizens know it. The fact is,
we scarcely observe these things immedi.
a,ely around us. Two monuments, how-
ever, are so prominent thar they are as Ca
miliar 10 passers by, as household gods" -
Tie first a mural tablet with appropriate
military devices, the broken cannon. the
fallen helmet, aud the unsheathed sabre, is
erected ON the centre front Of the church
facing Broadway, chronicling tina, beneath
lie tho ashes Of gallant sollier-herc is n
part Of the inscription: "This monument
was erected by order of Congress, 18th
January, l776, to transmit to postcrity a
grateful remembrance Of the valor, services
aud patriotism Of Major General Richard
Montgomery, who, after series of sue
cesses amid the most discouraging difficult
ties, fell in the attack on Quebec, 3fsr De-
cember, I775." A little below is the fol-
lowing "The State Of New York caused
the remains Of Major General Richard
Montgomery to be conveyed from Quebec
and deposited beneath this monument, Ju-
ly 8, 1878" The original monument was
executed in Paris. by the most celebrated
scul ptor Of his day, under the superintcnd-
ence of Franklin. Montgomery fell with
his two aid de camps, Mcpherson aud
Checsnan. by the random discharge Of a
cannon fired ny a rctrea,ing British arlille-
ryman. Ii is singular fact that his wife,
one of the Livingston family. (who died al
an advanced age. few years SINCE were
mourning for her soldier" as she called
him, until the day that she saw the barge
pass her residence on the Hudson, from
| whence she had las, seen him leave, never
to return, fory-three years befors-so
touching is woman's love .'' 'a#
To The right, in the church yard. stands
single marble block, with suitable in
scriptions, erected by lrisl,men 10 tho
memory Of their eloquent coun,ryman
Thomas Adds Emmett. We cannot say
that we admire this monument; it lack.
proportion. Passing OH, we come to q
vault, containing the remains Of the Ear
Of Belmont, governor Of New York, under
James 81. go
Here, also, are placed tie ashes Of olher
distinguished civil and military ifuncIiona-
rics who died under the service Of the
crown. A plain humble tombstone points
to the grave of Col. Oswald, a veteran Of
the rcvoluiion--be commanded the aullc-
~ NJ the battle Of Monmouth. Ii purport:
I" have been erected by his friend. judy,
Edanns Burke, Of South Carolina. Burke
was second Of Burr's in duel prcvion.
10 the one fough. witt, Hamilton. A broac
slab, placed there by the Snciety Of III,
Cincinnati, covers the remains Of "a haio
Sumner, Of the Massachusetts, line, aud
Major Lucas, OF the Geerpin line Of Ill,
| army nf tho revolution. The Inscription
is I"ncl'ine. Close by stands the beaurilu
monument erected by Ktan 10 The memo.
~ Of Gr"ree Frederick Cooke, in 1912
Cooke died in Ibis city in 1912.
Yonder is handsome monument; the
inscription is French. 1t was placed
there b, Tie fiiial affection of daughter
| to l,allow thu spot where lie the remain:
| nf C.,io,l.i L'Infant--he came over with
| Rocitanbrau, was 1T the siege Of York.
town afterwards adjntani general OF the
French army IN ST. Domingo, and theI
returned to this country mud became Co
lionel in our service. The inscription il
toaching in a singular degree. Near th'
end Of tive church yard is a Tombstone sta
| ting that beneath resls The body Of the Hon
| Beverly RoLinson, Of Nova Scotia. HI
came near performing an important par
nj q critical period Of the Revolution
! He adhered to the side VI the crown, an
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