The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-09-10


US. which Prof Webster had on when he
committed the horrid deed We we're shown
the teaches, or box where portions Of the
body were found, covered with tan and min
erals.-We have now in our possession, sew
eral specimens labelled by Prof Webster,
presented us BY MIR. Litte6cld II is The
opinion Of Mr.. Litlehed tha, he killed him
Intentionally, and designed to have thrown
would have been consumed before it could
have been discovered, but was foilcd in his
plan. by finding that his large bunch Of keys
was deficient in number, and that the very
key TO admit him to this vault was not in
his possession. lie made an attempt 10 pick
the lock with other keys, but failed. In this
junctnre Of affairs he did as he did, betray-
ing great weakness and confusion of mind.
AS we left the gloomy College, we thought
how moving would be the testimony, could
the brick and mortar be endowed with
speech, and made TO witness in the case.
We saw the residence Of Prof. Webster's
Alas, that the family are in circumstances
so poorly to enjoy it. We returned to our
room and ref,ced that nothing short Of
stern moral principle will ever save US from
falling BY the strength of our own corrupt
passions. and silently lifted prayer to Hea-
ven to be preserved forever.
Another point of interest i, that Of Mount
Auburn Cemetery, which is situated about
four miles from the metropolis OF Massachu-
sets, partly in the limits of Cambridge and
Watertown, or the south side Of the road
leading from the former to the latter place.
1t owes its origin to DIR. Jacob Bigelow, of
Boston, gentleman who early become im-
pressed with the impolicy Of buriais under
churches, and in churchyards approximatinG
closely 10 the abodes of the living. He con-
ceivcd the plan in 1925, and the ground (72
acres of it) was purchased for $4,000, and
commenced in 1881. 1t has been the ex-
, ample and pattern Of every similar burial
place in the u States, and was commen-
ced long before any other was thought Of.
, 1t has struck chord that has, in its yibfa.
ton, been felt in all the principal cities in
f the Union. Its present area is ITO acres.
: Some 1900 proprietors have lots. 800 square
= feet sells for 500. The gate way is made
= in the Egyptian style Of architecture, Of ham
i mered granite, and arched, and cost $4,000.
v On the road side i, an iron fence, half mile
j. in length, 10 feet high, placed on granite
: posts extending down -four feet Into tho
= ground. 1t cost $4,000. or 800 per rod.
u The country is natural forest, Of irregular
l. surface, divided into hill, and dale, and
s plain. 1t is thus far laid out into % inter-
d csing avenues. and "A foot paths. Tho
) avenues are winding in their course, and
exceedingly beautiful in their gentle circuits.
n Various small lakes or ponds Of different
size and shape, embellish The grounds and
it increase the picturesque beauty of the place.
G 1t is dotted with Pine, Oak, Hemlock, aud
b. Poplar, whose majestic tops. in warm day,
l. give
j. "mighty shade,
Waving their gorgeous tracery o'cr the head,
With the light, melting through their high
: arcades,
= AS through pillared coisier's"
d 1t is also intersected with numerous car
e riage roads, along the margin of which are
II planted ornamental trees and flowers, to em-
J. bellish the grounds. There are now about
e 300 monuments, costing from $500 to sl0,-
t, 900. We noticed among others one to the
/ memory of Spurzhcim, Bowditch, Story,
9 Charming, Lorinp, Charles Touey, and a
o naval monument, which was erected by the
y. officers Of the Exploring Expedition, to the
IS memory of Lieut.. Underwood and Midship.
man Henry, who were killed by the Csnni-
r balls on one of the Feejee Islands. E. Lor.
n ing's monument is chaste and beautifIl de-
,. sign, and stands in secluded spot on the
= bank of a small pond, and is surrounded by
= old trees Torrey's monument is on an ele.
n vatcd spot, and chronicles some of the most
e important events in the close OF his Iife IL
j was erected by the friends of the slave. and
e does honor TO their beneyolence. Here may
$ they rest from the tolls of life in natures
n vast and fitting tomb-fashioned
i ere man had learned
To hew The shaft, and lay the architrave,
And spread the roof above them"
Upon The grounds is chapel, &c by 40.
built of hammered Granite, in the pure
Gothic style of architecture. The exterior
is surrounded with octagonal butiresses and
pinnaeles, and the clerestory is supported by
Gothic pillars. Light is admitted only at The
end, and from above through the clerestory.
The windows ale Of colorcd glass, which
produces a soft mellow cathedral light which
is in consonance with the object of the edi-
fee (yiz. funeral purposes). The head of
the large nave window is a beautiful alle>
; gorical design, representing peaceful death.
1t consists of winged female figure asleep,
and floating in the clouds bearing in her
arms two sleeping infants. 1t well recalls
the reunion of parents and children after
death. The church cost S25, 900. This cemo-
terry is by far the most beautiful resting plscs
for the dead that we ever beheld, and after
: spending two hours in this sacred retreat,
viewing with delight the works of nature and
of art, we left the spot with feelings better
expressed in the following, than otherwise:
"Speak low, The place is holy, to the breath
OF awful harmonies, of whispered prayer.
Tread lightly for the sane,iiy Of death