Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-09-03
CmAnItsrowx, Mass, August II, 1876

Friend Rher ~ have this afternoon visited the Navy Yard
and readers may like know wha, going in these
days of batiles will give brief outline Of the
operations here Between five and six hundred persons
employed in the yard ba engaged preparing for tho
that is boodng devoted Mexico Several ships
already received thorough outfit" gone the Gulf
Six IN the habo The Vermont the iracst ia size
snd the "Virgna" the stocks and are undergoing
thorough repairs The Ohio 70 gun shp In
dry dock and being stripped Of her mbe They appear
be firm and sound and necessity for thus tearing
Dor shreds She will ready for The
franklin isbeiug fitted up resolving will ready
for service in few days Tho jamestown has just arrived
and discharged her hands She is destned here
present The Independence lies off In the with her
eoors flying and her complement Of be OBJ
tained will for the Pacific She Commodore
Shubrick, who take the Navy
portant About 200 guns of them Of the largest
size with halls, c lie IN the yard ready be shipped
moments warning.
Free to the yard gvea Large numbers day
flock hitler witness the busy and The sound
OF the the bellows the hammer and the wheel he
every side and nothing exceed the activity eniepise
the operations The buildings with the eslblish-
men mostly Of and brick firm and substantial FORM
beautiful appearance The Rope Walk which an the
dage used in the United States Nary manufactured
the perfect Of the kind in the country. bn grane
and is nearly one fourth OF mile in length.
The honest taxpayer here get idea Of the
10 which his money expended by Democratic and seoHoi
cal Government Large Quantities Of nbes and materials used
on the vessels partially dceayed out thrown aside
or sold De
sary up ,hese ships the style they commenced
Ex,ragnce here elsewhere be the Older of
day. However, two millions week for the Mexican
only Iihe
Bunker Hill Monument the conspeucas objec the
place and eose neglected to visit that sacred spot
TO memory and to Freedom dear
The Monument composed of Quincy granite continuing 90
layers. II is obsisk-220 hgb30 feet square the
bottom and gradually thPen of 10 iee at hesumm upon
which the cap placed 1t completed ia 1875 and The
l7h of June Hon DAsfrL WEBSTER, standing the base
where eighteen ysa before the laying the
he delivered address which has become part national
literature announced to the hundred Thousand present. that
duty perormeda OF gratitude and patriotism
accomplished and that the structure having its foundation in
soil which drank deep ofeary revolutionary blood had
reached its destined height and ls its SUNNI, the
skies" And may il forever stand warning yants, and an
encouragement to the friends OF liberty!
Three four acres Of land surrounding tie Monument
longs the Assoeaon has been taseiuly laid
grass plots gravel walks aud shruLbery enclosed BY
giant iron fence Muuudes Of visit tho place do
ring this Of the year small fec required Of those
who aeend the Monument which Is expended improving the
grounds The up spiral flight of stairs consisting
295 steps. The hollow and visitors formerly
drawn up This removed and sual
but beautiful Monument inscribed to the memory of Gen 10
srrn wAHREs, who fell the field of battle erect
ed within tho enclosure. ts model" Of the
Monument GIsi placed the hill which remoy
ed 10 make way for e present The from the summit
not the most magnifcen have beed but from the muud,
ofcawngup those dark steps The village of Charles
lies all around you directly beneath your eyes pre-
hne appearance Its Navy Yard States Prison. Rail
Roads and buryiagground containing plain
Harvard founder Of Harvard University who died in 1925
objects Of interest," Boston, the ri mountain city with he
State House. hor hundred temples OF worship her Tree school
hospitals her splendid public private buildings street.-The
before u.s. speaking in but effective eoquenee Of t
blessings Of freedom add knowledge dozen villages all cus
teng around the Mother City seeking her aid and proiec
ton reveal themselves to the gaze Of The observer Monad
mock IN Juey Kearsage in Sutton aud the White Mountains
all in N. u. be seen said in clear 1f
iabo with her hoasand sails 6yng in the breaze and th
wide rising up kiss the clouds. inspire mind
peasuable emotions Bat aler all tho view not extensive
I Il is picturesque and beautiful rather .an rblme We
none Of the wild Freaks Of nature but the eye III
> works Of ART ofudusiy and wealth We spent hour h
summit with the enchanting scene We advise h
stranger visit only for the
ed with the place but because he get best view III
city and adjoining villages Tho remains Of the Ussnine Con
lie about two miles north eminence Your read
will recolec that the building destroy by
mob twelve years ago. The Catholics still hold land
will part with any price They dare notbuid
The black walls silent and deserted .here sandn
repFeaeh against those misguided persons who did the shameful
., deed Yours truly J.s A..
See Wsbsiers Speech in the United States Senate on ID
L expenses al the MeHcan war.