New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-15

lske-si5e and through Ieafy depths whore tho SUI
shine rarely penctrates. The spruce larcb. willow,
and pine flourish in luxuriance in this part Of the
Cemetery, and their shadows invest the scene with
an air Of soemnity and gloom that is almost oppres
sive Around Us are innumerabe monuments in
every conceivable style Of marble, granite, sand
stone, the dark Staten Island stone, and the brown
freestones Of New.Je-sey and virginia. obelisks,
pyramids, atars, COPIED obioDgs, with many specl-
mems Of the absurd frustum, constitute heterogene-
Gus collection less remarkable for its beauty than the
variety Of its details. Passing into Centra-ev., we
observe the arisiocrahc monument Of Crawford Lig-
ngson, which in its cold grandeur appears to spurn
all sympathy and appeals only to the admiration Of
the passer by Upon one side Is a snnken panel con-
tanning Greek cross and ring; and on the other
wreath surmounting the family arms with its crest,
q galley, and heImeted besd-snd its motto, sperO
mei,ora--"I hope for better things"
Passing Fern Hill TO Bay Grove, we observe numer-
GUS eccentric specimens Of architecture 10 the shape
Of tombs, which would be ridiculous but for the
memories they commemorate. AT length we arrive
opposite bronze statue Of colossal SIZE in memory Of
that man Of equally colossal mind, De Witt Clinton.
This work was east in Aess celebrated oundery near
Springfield Mass. and is the production Of Henry h
Brown. But the best monuments of this great man
are found in bis Own works and by those will ne be
remembered when even this statue shall have fallen
before the encroaehment Of time. Numerous CON-
moDplace ssrcophagi intervene between this portion
Of Bay Grove and that juncture of the Tour and
Greenbough.av which is occupied by the monument
of the young French girl Charlotte Canda.
The celebrity which this mausoeum has attained is
perhaps az much q consequence Of the sad accident
by which one so young and accomplished was de
prived of life as of the ornate and somewhat snowy
style of its architecture. The idea of this monument
we assured in its general outline and essen
tia features conceived and sketched by Miss Canda
herself 1t is erected upon an oboDg octsgopal plat
form. OF the two inches the outer and larger one Is
formed of panels, which contain symbolic ornaments
heur-de-is, and escutcheOns bearing the cipher
&C. C." There is q figure which is about the size
life, and is a tolersbe likeness Of Miss Canda. II IL
intended TO represent her at the moment when sinking
beneath her weight, she is about to expire She
is surrounded by clouds, above which is placed star
the symbol of immortality. The external arch resting
on the columns is occupied by two rows of lesser
arches which, as well as their pendentive, are
adorned with roses and ivy leaves. AT the apex
Of tie arch is an escutcheon which forms the
base Of cross, from the center OF which
drops rosebud surrounded by rays and stars
The centerpece s terminated by small Gothic pillars,
the details forming pyramidal outline On each
side Of the exterior niche rise two buttesses to the
hight Of seventeen feet above the granite syobate.
They placed dagOnsly, and constitute the princi
pal supporters Of the monument In front the statue
and Immediately abovethe vaults space surrounded
by bausrade, forming sort of paris or porch. In
the middle Of this space lie placed monumental sab
urn partly covered with Grape and cypress stands
at its head At the base of this seen books,
instruments of music and of painting, and crown of
On the outside OF the bslustrade are six small
Gothic inches, with pilasters at their extremtes.
Each Of them contains an urn-shaped similar to
those which terminate the pnnacles Of the buttresses
In the middle of each Of the two large lateral panels is
seen, resting upon rising Clouds winged escutcheon
containing the cypress crowned with garands of roses
and ivy. The rest of the panel is filed with heurde
lis, as embemstic Of her French descent. Above the
clouds is seen butterfly with extended wings-cm-
bem of the departing soul in its upward fight On
the summit Of the balustrade, in front censers are
placed. The statue in the niche is from the chise OF
LauDitz. The figures Of the angels executed in
Italy, The rest of the work. with all its minute and
beautiful detail, is of home production.
Signor Felix Foresti, who was Miss Candas in
suuctOf IN Tie llahhh lauguhBe, anu nus NOnOo''0"
for her sincere friendship gave u,terance TO his emo
ton in short poem, of which we subjoin para
phrnstic translation by w. n. Cleaveland;
TO CHARLOTTE.
SINCE thour a spirit deathless now,
Since clothed no more in psii ful clay
Thou htt-st high mid pureT day,
Thy sweet radiant brow:
youth, beauty goodness, how ye pass away ,
Sir CO to some fsirer world than ours
Thoust found the way oh, teach us how.
To that br ght star whose gentle ray
Comes do wn 20 cheer our humble bowers
To that blest OBI, where zephyrs bland
Forever fan the sprit-land,
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