The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-09-22
Rochester.
Correspondence of the Herald.l

no""t REPRESENTATIONS dWohg the 1"oS-Aso-
chester and its Prospscts-Ihs Great State Agri.
| cultural Fair.
| EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Celestial morning. Visited, after breakfast,
Mount Hope Cemetery, the Greenwood of Roches-
ter. 1t lies mile and half south of the city, on
the east bank of the Genesee, in uxuriant forest
of oaks, chestnut, hickory, maple, &c, ina perfect
labyrinth of hills and ravnes 1t was purchased by
the corporation some three years ago, and laid out
into lots as burial ground. The population of the
| place has become already very respectable. not
wihstanding the healthful position OF the city; but
we must consider that Rochester is place of % 900
inhabitants, with transory population of several
thousands more
| There is an arched entrance to the cemetery, of
wooc, surmounted by an Egyptian column, which
think is in bad taste The arch should be of stone,
neat and simple, the columns hung in solemn dra-
perry, and the figure of Hope reclining her anchor
| the Growing ornament-the soace of the living
| the guardian genius of the dead To the right OF
the entrance, in the side of the hill enveloped in
wild flowers and shrubbery, and shaded by lofty
trees, is public vault, where the bodies of persons
dying in the winter are deposited until the ground
can be opened for their permanent burial. On ano-
ther hill is an obellsk, with the sacred upon
Its pinnacle, Erected to the memory OF John Ea-
ton and Geo b. Benjamin, ir, who were killed at
the confiagration OF Curtis's Building, the
| ing OF the 10Th August 1910 Peace to their ashes;
| they have served mankind" The monument is
eighteen feet in height, and erected by the fire.
| men. assisted by the Corporation 1t was pu. up
some three weeks since, with an imposing process
| sion of the citizens in attendance John Vok a
| superior sculptor, native of New York city, has
the credit the work. The readers OF the Herald
| will rember that, two years ago, when the mOnu-
ment here to Lieut. Boyd, consecrated by
| speech from Gov. Seward, doubt existed as to
the identity OF the bones placed in the wooden urn
those OF Boyd 1t is now generally believed, from
! the report Of an examining committee that the
bones, thus preserved, those Of an old she bear
| and her cub, and not of Lieut. Boyd The wooden
is far split by the action of the sua that these
precious relics are visible through the crack Lieut..
| Vim Boyd was captured and barbarously dssectsd
alive by the Indians, at the time oil General Suli-
vans march through the Genesee country during the
| Revolution, His descendants at Rochester are
| wealthy and respectable, and intend having a
marble monument 10 his memory, bones to be dis
| pensed with. Among the other memorials here of
the dead, is the modest tomb stone of the vile of
DR.. Moore of the Society Of Friends The Quakers,
it is known, repudiate monuments as they do hard
for his consort, that he venured to trespass upon
custom forbidden, as savoring too much of worldly
PRIDE There il square block of stone of a suitable
brown color, upon which is affixed a bit of white
MARBLE and upon the top of this, covering the whole
surface, is the simple inscription in raised Gothic
| letters" ANNA MARIA"
The grave is of an oval form, with three other
oval graves, clean and green, alongside. There is
IayOa h1o lob idtuau fho of tho
mel, over the mortal remains of "Reuben Manley,
Printer" with printing press carved over his
name, and an ornamental border around the title
page. 1t is worthy of remark as being the first
piece of marble have ever seen over a printers
grave in my life. The tunnel Is circular basin in
the hills, ofabout so feet in depth, covered on lis
sides, with trees, shrubbery, fern, and wild bios.
SONS; you descend a spiral gravelled walk to the
bottom, which walk forms series OF terraces, the
whole natural amphitheatre, seats and all. The
diameter of the basin at the bottom Is about IL
by 20 feet-he circumference at the top Is less than
200 yards-it is curiosity to an escaped prisoner
from Nassau street.
Ascending the highest of the concal hills Of this
most beautiful of American graveyards, naturally
considered, view is at your command, worthy
journey from Albany in a line-boat in the middle
of July. To the north there is birds eye view
of the city, and ten miles off, blue indigo, you
catch long sweep of Lake Ontario, which over
irregular line of woods, would at first be mista
ken for a range of mountains, so distinctly does 1t
rise into the relief OF the horizon. Thirty miles to
the southwark range of mountains towers up in
the outline OF the landscape, landscape OF cult.
waited campagna as large the State Of Delaware.
AT the foot Of the hills, TO the west, is the Genesee
River, but from this quarter the smell Of neighbour
ing distillery dissipated the charm of the
That distilery should be brought out and blown up.
Mount Hope is sweet spot. | stand before
green mound, where one, young and beautiful,
from the living, was taken away, and laid down in
the cold earth. Sacred to her be the tree that
shadows the place OF her rest. Sacred the war
blers that lnger among the rusting boughs-and
the wild vine that creeps with Its fruit at her feet.
Lone-lone-sent and dark is her grave but when
the wind whispers in the oak of the sorrow of the
living, she hear, when sisters laid ather side;
when the birds come again in the spring; when the
violet opens its blue eyes to the smile of the SUM-.
For is there not life and communion among the
dead Unconscious of all and invisible but to these
they have loved, do they not meet under the mid.
night moon and tell OF the dream that is gone! But
this tom oolery will never do in the world forfour
has raised, (whoesale) to-day to four dollars the
barrel.
met last night in turn, the Hon Joseph L. White,
of Indiana. He is on his way from New York,
homeward. Casually mentioning his late defeat,
he congratulated himself that he bad run ahead Of
his ticket, with i'll disguised modification. He was
one of the very best men Of the last House OF Re-
presentativ.s. in public and IN private, and condsl.
with him on his unfortunate turn OF luck lie VIII
return with his family to your city, where ne de.
signs pursuing his profession OF the law.
| encountered another distinguished character
this morning, George H. Munday, the prophet. as l
am a Christian. He was posted at eligible cor
ner head comhed, beard trimmed, eyes bright, and