The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-07-28

twas gixenus to record our names and dona.
Itions. q gave something but myself.
FELL an utter contempt for the whole concern
land So wrote my name and residence il full
land put down noaLght ii way Of donation.
e tae afternoon ! quoted my conscience
by giyips dime to blind fdler ana anoth.
Ter one 70 the Washington Monument Asso.
Icial !. f other people think and aet diff
lferehtly from what did, it Is their RICH 10
Edo g, but have no kind Of patience for
the sickly sentimentality that goes out into
Che Highways and hedges Of lie to End OBJ
Ijeets 81 charity and conmiseration, while
those nearest home are considered too com.
mon place 70 merit. notice. If had given
These Migrants money Il would have been
done because | was ashamed to refuse it,
and ! was for once brave enough not to do
II. Madam" said John Randolph. when
asked to contribute to aid the Greeks. '.the
Greeks are At our DOORS
Il
Having a few hours Of leisure the other
day, and being IN thinking and rather
sombre mood, / spent two hours in Old
Trinity Church and Grave Yard. This is
the oldest Episcopalian Church in the city.
and BY far the most imposing. II stands
open as the house Of God should, all day,
and the gay and worldly as they pass to and
fro up and down Broadway, sometimes stop
and step quietly into its sacred precincts.
There was. an effort made sometime ago to.
Jay out q new street through the grave yard.
but the corporation Of the Church opposed
the project successfully and are now erect
ing massive monument to the heroes of
Revolution on the north side Of the Church.
Long may it be before the sleepers about
Old Trinity are disturbed il their quiet rest.
There are no buria1s made here now except
those that are made in the vaults beneath
the Church and court. AS you go in at the.
south side gate, to your left stands the mon
nment that covers the remains Of Captain
James Lawrence who fell in the engage
msnt between the frigates chesapeake and
shannon.in 1918. and who with his dying
breath uttered the memorable words
Don't give up the ship"
Farther on near the extremity of the en-
closure, stands the monument of Alexander
Hamilton the christian patriot who fell By
the hand Of Aaron Burr in 1902.
The following epitaph is inscribed upon
It:
''The patriot ofincorruptble integrity,
The soldier Of approved valor
The statesman Of consumate wisdom,
Whose.talents and virtues will be admired
bya
Grateful posterity
Long after this marble shall have crumbled
into dust''
To the north of the Church and nearit
IS the unpretending grave stone Of poor
printer. It is low. free stone slab that has
been broken apart and mended andis GOV.
cred With the brief story Of a long life. It
says that the slab was erected to the memo
y Of William Bra, who was born in Lei
in Old England-the widow pi-
ming for fatherIand put the e'old'' in, no
loubt--in 1860 and died in 1852. The in
scription says che was printer to this gov.
eminent over fifty years, and being worn ont
By labor and old age, be left this mortal
stage at the age Of 90, in the lively hopeofI
! blessed immortality Z What Government
was he printer 10? win the old stone at
Trinity tell US that? Was it the English
Colonial Governmental New York? Very /
ike. What paper did hepublish and where
Ire his files? Are there any Of the descend
lnts Of William Bra. printer to the Royal
Colonial Government Of Great Britain
among us? # 50, speak and tell US all
lbout this veteran typo whose dust lies il
lie shadow Of Che. mighty tower Of Trinity
We sat down on neighboring tombstone
ind copied William Bras admonitory words
Which are cut in red sandstone. We give
/ as specimen Of dc didactic poetry Of
hose times.
Reader reflect how soon youm quit this
stage,
You'll find but few attain To such an age
life's full Of pain, 10! here place Of rest.
Prepare 70 meet your God when you are
biest.
Poor old William thought il we're best to
lie and be at peace, no doubt he had his
roubles, As what printer has not Some
# chose New z OK Governors were mo ac.
lount' sort Of men. and ID their squabbles
I'D their 1nllncila ard thn Hama Gorarf-