New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-27
CITY ITEMS.

which . .t,r,. the base Of the White hlls Nne'o '-o
=. .ss,. - rom. pure and rsvivng down from thel'
Iof,v summit. ". sd aside pen leti WORK 70 'oOA
sf,er it.elf and made our way down 70 inc o'''''
On board the ferry Dos, - Greenwood 'e"e''
AL. bra.zs a the Cinderella crossed 10 the u'' 90 -
other side Va, fresh and exhlerAihs anu ~ Pp'
s.blrs with .euss that IL wss not hee7saS - s00
If ,iybt Of Trinity spre 70 enjoy the hea''u!
n Ns,u,a lfamsn wishes to see 'OHle'1-Ns
en-, l.. him take fair look AZ our noos Day Nu'H o"y
-, ~ the sal. and msss and busy steamers mere ana
80 so,-ing il over The most perfect landscape 70
f, srfeet when human activity forms s locus Aho 'ne
s.snce Of man 10 the scene Is never rePuI''e save
,bsn be {, seen TO be abusing Nature and not Hsn'y
.sg her and 2ersing with her But enough OF MS
rDorsBzps. We have now resched the gate OF the
Cemstery e, Us enter
Tie drst exclamation is How 0eautiG! livery
thing indicates the most thorough care In the keeping OF
grounds. al around indub.tsole marks Of sSiI and
.rlspee The smooth hsven grass tsmpts you TO lounge
=, Length under the shade Of the tall trees Bl, We viii
onger at the entrance though the groups Of visitors are
worth studying and with book or friend one might
mass the day here Whouts wish 70 90 farther Aieai
such seems 10 be the opinion Of that monery Old lady
on our LETT who has taken OF her bonnet and lost herself
In the usge Of that little queer old volume which sie~
minutes $40 she drew from her POCKET
Here are roads leading In every direction and each
promises 10 show you some beauty Of iis own. These
s5e. have just chosen that and here comes car
rage &. OK this way Jet turn Oh to The right where
there are no travellers, Cannot 60 amss snd one loves
ia such place no, to be within the hearing OF many
voices even though their tones be subdued and gentle
as belts the spot, striking how all that enter here
seem a, once 20 become quiet snd peaceful as It IN the
presence Of something genally reverend Even yonder
children 90 gay and bosterous as they came up the
lane are now hu.hed though not less happy There Is
nothing gloomy snd funerea Ia Greenwood nothing oil
that sombre air which attaches TO old fashioned burial
places. They who sleep here are surrounded by the
emblems OF life and JOY. The flowers the green trees,
the singing ofihe birds and the blue sky above s speak
not of decay but Of creation, ike sentnes Of hope
watching the treasures Of memory. To our think
log this is the religious well as the more phio
so2hica mode Of sepulcbre. There il something poet
csy attractive in the ies Of antique funeral pyre &C
comprising more swiftly the dissolution OF the body
but il appears more In accordance with Nature to com
NIT it TO the earih whence it sprang Only let US do
It with such cheerful and consoiug faith as must
have presided in the formation of Greenwood.
Whata succession of lovely views open as we pro
coed here little dell there glimpse of water and a,
direction or monument, through the foliage which
YOU wish 70 examine more nearly. But we must not
stop to look at All these beauties whether Of Art or Ma
ture some other day when there is nothing 10 call US
home before nightfa will take more than passing
glance At them all Meanwhile let make our way
down th. long slopng road at the bottom Of the hill
lies Sylvan Water" and by is the monument of
Mcdonald Clarke while another stone just a, hsnd
i recorded the name of young Indian woman who
died 10 New.York They were both exiles-the Indian
qir and the elected poe,and their tomb stones are
rghtiu ueighbors.
Over what an extent Of territory Greenwood seems to
stretch There end to its variety OF glade and OF
forest and feels pleasure In being lost in its aby
rnths From quarter finished neatly as garden,
we hsve passed into part where he Industry of man
has reached though yonder workmen digging stones
from the surface indicate that they will soon be here
also Now We come upon large held sown with oats
this too in process of time will be finely cultivated
@ad shrubs and flowers will sdorn the silent ebodes Of
the dead thai will have come n occupy il.
We not leave Greenwood without climbing this
open highland which commands view Of the bay aud OF
Of the cities Of NewYork and Brooklyn. How remote
those busy and crowded streets This part Of
the Cemetery appears older than the others through
which have passed The lots sre all enclosed with
l neat ouH tutlf are Huli tue
remetsr quarter along the boundary, from which
we have Just come the aspect OF park more than
of Cemetery. Yet here there are signs OF the
desecraion which nigh, be feared in such place from
the free admission Of all Nothing Is defaeed, flowers
are unbroken hand or foo, have ,rsspassed
This proves that people need only 10 be trusted to
conduct themselves with perfect propnety, and that
here well In Europe spot like this msy be opened
to the public without fear Of injury 10 the mos, beautiful
objects The whole experience at Mount Auburn near
Boston elder Cemetery butby no means 50 beautiful
aud impressive place naturally as Greenwood goes to
show the thing.
But that black cloud over the New Jersey shore
us 10 turn our steps cityward Il we would avoid the
coming shower. We do so with resolve to return
again and again and without wonder that as scces
bic Greenwood TO- il 10 not more generally resorted 10
from New.YOrk. You may 90 far without meeting
iihs Of tue natural beauties raised 70 perfection
alone they can BE- by the hand Of man which invite you
here.
CITY PRIsON-The Executive Committee Of the
Prison Association have msmonaiizod the Common
Council the effect that they have repeatedly in their
annual Reports referred to the condition Of the City
Pdson-thai they urged on the last Common Council
very unnecessarily, the necessity OF prison reform
The prison has but limited accommodations, and tbs
abandonment OF the great principle on which il was
Constructed d. Uhey say sowing the seed. OF corrup.
ton broadcast through the community and instead OF
protecting the public educating missionaries thorough
ly accomplished for the increase and propagation Of
crime The Revised Statutes make ii the duty Of keep
prisons TO keep those detained for trial separate
Instead of doing 50, however, prisoners are not only
s0l,sd bHi forced contact he rytu0Hs 9Th The c,!e
he innocent rili le guilty. tAe abandoned prostitute 9Th
ue Suecss orphan, ne DiOls miHglias n one mass,
ctse jssts and ri5ldry oaths and blasPhey marx NE
progress Of TIC hours The Imagination Of Dickens or
me pm of Balp1 could hlrdly dsPa scesss more re-
rolling than are Of Daily n he female dPdrt
~ neai of 0T Guy Prison .... Prostitutes rh heT
param0us and brotAeth0lss ksspys ere noe perzai,d
% csi, ne prisoners and in his cay many rho svtaced
dgmaatga 70 forsale ne sci! Of their Says hare beea
forosd baek % tic pursuit. ef rice
The above is but specimen OF the charges made
against the City authorities and ihs system they act
under and We would have laid the whole before tbs
public we're Il not that the Prison Committee Of the
Common Council are tsking prompt and Efficient
measures for remedyirg the evils complained Of
DEAF AND DUMB lSsrurrl0S.-t was under
stood tina, the Special Meeting lss night By the Members