The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-09-16
Eastern correspondence.

P, 10 advise you Of the sights and scencry
of the East, and propose now TO redeem that
pronisesss fully as my poor abilities will per-
nit. DomiciIcd at The fremont, the best of ho-
tells Of which the city Of Notions can boast,
have been engaged for the last few days in sight
seeing The first thing stranger upon his arri-
val in this city, is called upon to visi. is the
Bunker Hill, Monument erected on the site of
the first great battle of the Revolution. The
Monument is made OF Quincy Granite and is two
hundred AMI twenty-one feet in height The
foundationis composed of six course of stone and
extends l2 feet below the surface of the ground
and base of the shaft The base of the obelsk is
thirty feet square, at the sp ring Of the apex, f-
teen feet inside OF the shaft is round hollow
cone, the outside diameter Of which at the bot
tom is ten feet, and at the top six feet. Around
this inner shaft winds spiral flight of stone
steps two hundred and ninety-fve in number
The observatory, or chamber, at the top OF the
monument is seventeen feet in height by eleven
feet in diameter. The first thing which attracts
the eye of the stranger on entering the Monu
men is IA beautiful model of DR.. Warren's
Monument the only mcmpnto that marks the
| spot walr,s a pl'fiot fell as Everett has very
beautifully expr, ssed it, with numerous banl
| of kin re spirits lhA gray haired veteran, the
| stripping in the flower OF youth who had stood
side by side on hat evcnt(ul day. and fell to-
gethpr like the beauty of Israel in their high
places la the observatory at the top OF the
! Monument are placed two cannon, named pa
spectively p" Hancock" and Adams both Of
which were used in numerous engagements du-
ring the war. The view from the observatory
is most beautiful From the eastern window
the eye rests upon long line of coast dotted over
with enterprising yankee villages--almost at
your feet rests Nahant far famed as the summer
resort Of beauty and of fashion, While far off
in the distance Cape Ann may be dimly seen.-
Southwark is the Navy Yard and Boston IIarbor
represented by vessels bearing the flag of every
nation on the face Of the earth. Westward lies
Boston with the beautiful country around
dotted with villages and spread cut before you
as a vast painting, and far to the norlhward are
to be seen the White Mountains of New Hamp-
; SHIRE looking even at the distance of a hundred
miles, grand and gloomy. The Monument was
dedicated on the 18th of June, 1913 in the
presence Of the then president of the United
States with his whole Cabinet, and the occasion
=, was rendered more memorable by the celebrated
! grafton by that abest and purest OF American
y patriots, Daniel Webster. u 10.
One Of the most interesting drives out of Bos.
@ ton is that to Mount Auburn. The whole route
| is lined with mcmentoes OF the past The frs
/ of these mementoes is the ancient residence O
|
q head quarters of General Washington-an edi
,, fee, even more spacious than its fellows, stand
IS ing at little distance from the road surround
n ed by stately elms and shrubbery. 1t is al pres
le cnt owned and occupied by the poet Longfeow
ry whose reputation as one of the most gifted met
in Of the age is world wide. 1t is spot worthy o
i. the residence Of such bard -hallowed as it il
" by associations dear to every Anne rican hear
nd and linked with the noblest themes that ca
n awaken the inspiration of the American poet
n, The edifice as we'll as the grounds, remain
,u they were IN the days of the past. Near b
49, stands an ancient forest tree, known as Wash
1t ington's Elm. The tree un Ter whose shat
ty Washington took command of the Continent
IN army and first drew his sword as its Commando
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np the Indian Council hres were lighted over NV
% centuries moo. older IL is said hv half a ccntu
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ed after century through all the changs of the pa
,m --defant of the progressive changes around it.
ere unmindful alike of storm and tempest, OF su
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The 'he present. ana ''e paS'--S'erl an" nhyle'u'
,ro the patriots ofyore, it tands ali ever presr
lesson to those cf the present time, to who
sweeping away the ancient land mark of
at Fathers, there is nothing gool but wha, is new
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