The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-07-31
An old Story.


ell written by an actress, named Rowcrolt,
aud published half Il century ago, called
"Charlouee Temple Y'-Cer,ainy you have
heard Of it. On the day of the funeral OF
Bishop Onderdonk, | wandered about the
church-yard of old Trinity, noting the quaint
insciptions on stones and monuments erect
ed some of them, hundred years ago and
now covered with moss or deiaced by the
hand o! time | coull not but think how
true are the words of that fine old song, the
Ivy Green sung so wonderfully we'll twenty
years ago, by Henry Russell:
''A dainty plant is the IVY Green,
That creePerh DER ruins Old:
A right choice food are his meals ween,
In his cell so lone and cold -
The wall must be crumbed, the stone de-
cayed,
To pleasure his dainty whim.
And the mould'ring dust that years have
made,
Is merry meal for him"
The particular slab which set me moral
izing was one which probably not one of
the countless ihrong that hnrries past it
down Broadway, IS aware covers the re-
mains OF a once beautiful and fascinating
woman, the record OF whose romantic and
sad career has touched the hearts of hum
dreds of thousands. The slab itself, the
place where it lies, the strange excavation
made in lis upper part, and the SIMPLE name:
CHARLOTTE TEMPLE"
cut near the centre Of the stoue. is in itself
material Sufficient for a half dozen ficlons
such as are now-a~days manufactured "on
the shortest notice and most reasonable
terms" for the sensation press. No date OF
death appears on the slab nothing but
Charlotte Temple"
The legend runs, that while only sixteen,
she was seduced by dashin2, young Brit
ish officer, by whom she bore a child
He deserted her, and then-the Old Story
tenderly cared for, at a proper age was ta-
ken TO EpgIand, and a fortune of twenty
thousand pounds settled upon her by the
head of her fathers family, The Earl of Der
by She, true daughter and true woman,
came back 10 New York and erected this
monument 10 the memory OF her parent
The inscription upon 1t was engraved on
solid TABLET of brass an inch IN thickness
heavily plated with silver, and thus 1t read ::
This fiIial duty performed, the daughter
returned TO England and lived life OF un-
obtrusive piety and usefulness until the his.
tory of her family was closed with the tam.
/ lily of the late Earl. But the story OF the
plate or tablet is left 10 be told. Supposed
to be OF silver ard OF much value, ii tempt
ed the cupidiiy of those who feared not to
desecraie the place OF sepulure. On dark
night Two men, with hammer and chisels,
slealhily crept to It's side, and succeeded
in pIying it from the slab but, while ma
king of, hearing, or ianeyiug they heard
some in pursuit they dropped 1t in tbs grass
where it was subsequently found. They
never were detected. The plate was not
restored to It's original place, and it was by
some good heat, doubtless VINO had known
The deceased in her days of childhood, tha,
the simple name
CHARLOTTE TEMPLE
was afterwards cut Just underneath the ex-
cavation. There it may be seen, at any
moment, within twenty feet of Broadway,
by any one who will take the trouble TO
raise himself on the ST ones in which the
iron teLce is set and glance towards the
slab now almost imbedded in the turf.
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