Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-11

In the present condition of the church
and grounds, the remains of Lawrence have
been removed from their distant corner, and
now occupy new and appropriate tomb,
close by Broadway, at the Immediate left Of
the lower gate. The foregoing inscription
has been transferred literally; and the
posts at the corners Of the new tomb are
formed of cannon planted there.
Lawrence the brave ideal Of such as I
of all American young men what day
must that have been when he drew out Of
Boston harbor, and the hearts Of his coun-
trymen beat high with the confidence Of
victory. What a moment, when, struck
down by the enemy's fre-enveloped in
smoke and blood-the sounds and sights of
carnage around him on every side-he was
borne from the deck, overcome but not con-
quered-his last thought, his last gasp, Civ.
en- for his country Taken by the generous
victors to Halifax, his corpse was treated
with those testimonials of illustrious merit
which became his exalted courage, and the
character Of people never niggard in their
admiration Of true patriotism. But not
long could his beloved republic spare the re
mains Of child go dear to her, and so tit to
be copy for her children His body was
brought to New York and here the people
buried him. Even his nearest friends wept
not Their hearts were not sad, but joyful.
The flag he died for, wrapped his cofin--and
he was lowered in that native earth whose
boast is that she has nurtured such brave
defenders as himself Sleep gently, Bold
Sailor nor let it be thought presumptuous
that many youth of America, wandering
near your ashes, feels that he could wish to
emulate your devotion to your Native Land.
More and more enamored with these re-
searches, / continued strOlling for hours in
the old place. Since the settlement Of our
Island, this spot has never been used for any
other than religious purposes. Before 1896
there was but one Episcopal church here !;
and that, until 1740, the time of the Negro
Plot, when it was burned, stood in the Fort,
now one of the favorite public grounds, the
Battery. In 1896, Trinity was built; in
1877 it was enlarged, and in 1776 it was
burnt down in the great fire which destroy
ed thousand houses, just after the battle
of Brooklyn, the city falling into the hands
Of the British.
In 1888, when the country had become
somewhat settled from the Revolution, Trim
ity Church was rebuilt, its dimensions being
a hundred and one feet by seventy. four-a
great size for those days. But the immense
wealth Of the church corporation, and the
gigantic progress Of the city, encouraged
the oficers-it is, when this statement is
read, not many years ago-to pull down
what was not yet an old edi6ce, and erect
the costly and superb pile that certainly
forms one of the finest pieces of architec-
ture in the New World.
While pursuing my meditations, the noon
had passed, and the after-half Of the day
erept onward and it was time for me to
close my ramble, and move homeward.
put my pencil and the slip Of paper on which
/ had been copying, in my pocket, and took
one slow and last look around, ere l went
forth again into the city, and to resume my
interest in affairs that lately so crowded
upon me.
Out there in the fashionable thorough
fare, how bustling was life, and how jaunti-
ly it wandered close along the side Of. those
warnings of its inevitable end. How gay
that throng along the walk Light laughs
come from them, and Jolly talk-those
groups of well-dressed young men-those
merry boys returning from school-clerks
going home from their labors-and many q
form, too, of female grace and elegance.
Could it be that collins, six feet below
where l stood, enclosed the ashes of like
young men, whose vestments, during life,
had engrossed the same anxious csre-and
schoolboys and beautiful women; for they
too we're buried here, as well as the aged
and infrm.
But onward rolled the broad, bright cur
rent, and troubled themselves not yet with
gloomy thoughts; and that showed more
philosophy in them perhaps than such SEN
timentaI medltaplOns as any tho rvad1r mas
been perusing.