Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-04-07
Letters from occasional Correspondent near n Y
to the Free Press
Wanderings in and about the Metropolis.


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lcttersirom an occasional Correspondent n Y J
to the Free Press
Wanderings in and about the Metropolis.
The severe schools shall never lauph me ou of the
philosophy OF Iermes that this visible world 10 bn,
apicture OF the invisible wherein, as in portrait,
things are seen not truly but in eauivocal shapes
and as they counterfeit some more real substance in
that invisible fabrc."-SR Tn. BRowNE
Many time have lamen,ed ms busin.ss mr. ,,,yse
mont hnve ed mo abo,, ,l ..r.,. -.
H.. n - - '''e 9''ee's vi 'nis lsla'u oitO
u'a' ho IoLr coo'u roam with me through its busy
thoroughares, to disen,wine and whatever OF
permanpnt and renl ,ninb, bo ,,,;r,loJ Il, ~. .,ai
,,r,,l ,nj ,,;,,;oi, " ''o
'''''''" "''' ''''"y io' am assured 'hat where-
soever men meet ana ac there is Tragedy, and l1iso
ry, and work for the Sacred Muse No place of I'm,
mn, conco,rse ia en- borre, ~ ,a, l...
-, r.' 80, o ., 'o '''o"ey -cnarser
0enc" mo" u's"''eu WIN columns and archtrave,
and perverted into Bdak) is sordid, no Custom
House or Court of Law proceedings are 90 sinister.
solemn and absurd nor i ,n,, s,,,.Io, 81 h,,,,.,
, w en- =" "' '1''o' VI "'"'''
wfetchedhesS so paIluly repnlslve, N which some
eeii,ell OF roetty upes not stli survive ana "ncn
so'e ufolS OF huhn ove ana ply DO nor sun osen
nuu s,''tny. A'iu assteuy Is o'Serhce'ul 10 us
VINO 90 business ~ 'hls great oeep, ahu see God
" 10 ,i,c,', n'ior U.s. al t'eSe .'"e9 uo ""oy
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III y, ~ a. -9l W ""eSe ouSo'e9' io
''. T ",',o,S w, t'i'IsJgo". ; si,alTs .
win tho n,rn,T S ~, raa,,,oa 7iJ II, ~
;n,iir -, J,si H. 70 i ,'a , ~, I NV ~,
n ,; paIe -, ,tsu. oi' '''e co'l.''eui
min o',els I.lonIer a,af!on 70 e earnest anu
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a, orn obi,,o h uy 'e n
aiifj ,L IL ,'L III ~. wv ,t,t w. t''o
o ,he vision is ever new n sh,Jo,y Of Ion y on
r.sse h ver % ne w., 49, VI sou or
prnshng dism5v chiIls The survivor ns II re- bians,
'ISI's III o','llS 'e su'''oi' az us inquest
b,na u,n. ' Is r,'f a" n,' ei' , sep - e.f
~ n hn,pr resnrrec,;on anu ivy '"'p :" "'f'
VI H. n ;s no ai,nap IS ,;,;u ~ IS ,;c i. $40 ,
III &c IL ~ &c IL" ; " po,'9 VI VI s..ne 10 ''i'
,ro', ~, u, vh Ell hrn v WIN co
,h; h,,raJ ,ba;r ny,, 10 n, ~ nor,shnJ NJ,
,h;m, nJ nrnf,a ala - !, -, p M u ,i
% - a , , m Is :. N "a ~ az noui ,e
ur =, f,a, a,, H., a, H., my nv e"s 80 w.
ny W lolse. ""n',' u'e riN"'I'!, "le hauo, the
@ f uie aioit9h OF iht clty Oh ,ne LIVING
nnu Ieiee" 'e sPni' wt 'he hohtst' earnest utur-
piu 'o,Uspee y, uo ia3l' ~. ., .e Oenu;
a quam'y-t church-ilke edliice Just wthin the
enci3sne, h'ina'es as you approach, me purpose TO
WINCH 'l'eSe siouHus are deuichteu IL you come IN
iuneral proceSsh the Impressive silence IS ueepened
IN me intervals oy me slowly recurring knell-announ-
GU! III soe. rhymes mat again aust IL committed 10
uii ,,' usIlcs 10 asHes' carth TO earth
ne grounds are very spacious; ana the lntrcacles
OF the WIKI conducting with many winding bout IN
TO every NOOK oil tie 'leay labyrinth combine with
me endless uivefsl'y oil surface to make mem seem
o I'm, ll ' t ,Iy ia, 81 oope's ~ me-
,ho rn,,J psoJ L,, ,b 49,, "' p''. -, p VI
avo;J he clo,r, f EI H., , - '"'i o. ~
every five minutes during the first halt-hour OF his
rambe, making directly for the gate 1t is within
bound, TO say that n ride of twenty miles can he aiken
within the enclosure almost wth6u, re,rncinq n sien
/ The vaults and monuments. many of them Gorgeous
and costly are already sprnked every where through
the cemeiery & are coufinnnllv ncreasnr in numher
and in variety OF construction or device. The most of
hon, orc IiLc in r,ncr,I t Dos. tund els,rh.re il,
similar burnl pncss Here ne ever man seeks bv svm.
bos and h-roplyphics Ia inter and rmhodv the feel
inrs of his soul Here and there n broken monument
,a shaft speaks OF unfinished purposes of broken pron
ises of severed aH,ctons Of nil The nbruntions and
incompetions whereof t, is ,nndc and al The lasu
the ptchcr broken M the iouutnn and the wheel bro
ken at the cisern Before one vault with massive ar
cectura front, sleeps symbolic greyhound ,chissell
ed aithiny III ihemarble reminding the passer-by al
o'i', vi Wy s'''ins St,'t "'. .'e o,lte Wy
i ' ie '.i - III '''1 i ~ " ~
ct S N'ioWlc9se nor "Psice. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,c,s,,
-; ',, Nv, i, .''' - q , T. - H. ,,n,
unr,rsa ni r,n,,o,iaI s,an ,Ian aaHv / havr Else
where seen II is ot nnnirrot, Jmrn.ions and IN
etrnc,,ro rn,Lar ,r,i ,I,a,' -. az ,n,,,,i,,,
small ,ala, informs rho Evin, ,ba, the Nit. ,yhos.
resting mace il ndiro,ns d;ed j., ,rern IorJs Shove
the tnb,tt knr.s IN rel.f n female tnr,n scun,urcd
win cons,In,n,tenr il, ;et r,,hi ,,io.
brnu,it,I Entrrss sl;',ltI, vorn Lv dissase snent
nudibv of the Better IaJ md rantlsr con,nn,onshin
mo which The sntisrer has bsen vi,bdrnwn Thrr
sm. ot ne,co ,,h;cb COON do,,b ,ouJ no., Jt., .,;l
fingers yisiblv mon her stainless conntennnre -
.I:
r.Ne Piiah'om Two nou's ou
~ ~ " n'uiuch llusseu AWAY, 10
E'e vet 'ne p'ac'd lie De cold
/ This we say is true memorial stone. The face is
no artists fancy, but genuine remembrance OF
the wife and mother. a face taken from life is always
known, AT the first look. The little marks OF charac
YER tne uiuennaoe traces winch time aud real expe-
nov th,pesseu upon ieai races are always
while mnrbe shnIl endnre he f,rn hiI .
loved so we'll ' ''''''' WINCH 'o'e
T Rnt s il in gooJ taste thu, ca hoo,,;,,,I , c ~ H.
ot,er Gods finished bnnJworL shnlJ d. Jl maui
win snnertnons and mas, 800, a. -, %
rbis il tnn ,,rnss ~. ~ h,'ii P. W ", y,
cynr.ss resemblance Of ,h nI, I'LL 'r' uie
Jirntv nboyr thot of hsns, ,bo, il .hnI, ~, ,hh
any attainment ~ , =, Nil, ,i,' b s oe ''ush t
/ ~ Is Vim. ,,aaJ -. ~, III, .i VI p"
" 800 ""'-' W ''''''o "i' ei'py'eah
SiE snaI teach thee how to chmb
higher than the sphery chime"
Al the two extremlties OF the Greenwood Cemetery
the land rises to a very commanding elevation From
the western extremity the New York bay is visible
rnsr ''r h a',a ui, 'e eveiias,ns sea: Upon the
oitics shaft in the Cemetery 1t is the memoro ' "i
the pilot who persisted with honor few years since in
al baa, ,F