New-York tribune., 1867-10-04
GREEN WOOD.
TIE CITY OF TIE DEAD-ITS INuABITANTS--
A RANBLE AT WILL.

RAMBLE AT WILL.
On the 9th of September, 1Si9 John Hanna
wns buried In lot 49, the base of Oceao
HILL In Greenwood Cemetery. This was the rst Inter
mcnt In the picturesque grounds which to-day contain
900 human bodies. Hama was unknown; aud 80
were hundreds that followed him through the rustic gate
flint was the ffst entrance the inclosure. Put after
tbe ploncerssone OF whon directors
OF Greenwood to tis tnehad struggled through the
vcissldcs OF organizing aud estaoh"ng their great
venture upon a solid basis after thry h'h swept away
narrow minded opposition, and cultivated public asr.
and secured the right enter npcn ans 'hat hi been
held for speeula purposes after they lad rejected the
ambitious title OF NeciOpolis. and adopted
the natural aud winning OF Greenwood-wben. In
brief they had made their entire plan ciear 10 'he pun
c-then Hanna followed by the sacred forms of the
ulustfious dead-statesmen, poets, auo phah'"pis's
whose names of themselves. withou' the "'e"ueous
circumstance OF sculpture. woud halow the Gce"ood
gr,und. Mcdonald Clarke. the haJf-mnd poet whose
surviving brethIen In Journalism reared ',p
let bearing his features ine'laiIoh ana inc
beautiful Indian girl, Dohunnle whose grave Is
near the poets. the banks OF sylvan water ~eto
the ceecrys earliest ccchitics AZ eng tle Sro"bos
having been enlarged ana bcaufed the family OF De-
wlt, C1po, were ,,rvaied upon to consent 10 the
,oynI of the siafesnanS body and In 1874 Grenw"u
became possessor Of ull that renas 10 is oi Vie S"
nr,ur carved In The sou of New DIX
frnm Lake Ere the HUDSON. over his tomb, in Bayie
Dell. ,tad. te rt great hIorze casting mar Ah'era
over pfniurrd-a f-iss f-tc uf The statesman as hi
was hiiirld when Mayor oi ncw-Ioik tbr hhdiM"H oi
ihe Visitor iaiuraIly n0,hcs whether tlc prone .pani-
mate form in the coin below yet reernhlfs e shiue
nbove rr las suuien Into sds. Could Tc peer through
lc earth and ma soUry thai ncose the body, ri0ni We
behold noble GUvcrnor slecping ora wf,k rasSea W.
yoid the possibility OF i,riTrni Most probably tue
irntufcs are ei.li intact Tie features oi Jon l"Ith
were recognizable when Ills onin Was t} ned so !eais
after his burial When tie r,ilin oi Robert Bhfis was
oIrucd m 1915 the rcnalo 0f the bard were entire, and
retained tie expTessiOu which was Remembered by ifes
who looked upon tho corpse AT The time al the luei;
but when Dr. Gregory attempted 10 insert case below
the coffin. the head separated from the trunk ana Tue
body almost instantaneony crnnbrd todust Ihe no1y
OF Mad Anthony Wayne, after lying 40 years Dn ti M
OF Lake Erie easily recognized by The Gnnedps oid
acquariaNccs. When. In 1881, the tnip OF WASN'T on
was opened the couutcnance was found rrchhligth nut
II for only noiuen-the eNterha hir a'ni'1u ", %
solution WIS sudden and Startling Ai Wnoi; a.uI tn'
lapse OF decades the trcnch e1hnmed their urin-
god the great Nnioeon III, icasr' a.H, were nle,se; -
Not from the statue OF Clinton Is the monument ~
DR.. Samuel Latham 5iItcheli, dSiihgnish.d seiehi-.
and once United states senator. nst Irs.en' v, ,l,
! Dumb, and the Ncwlork AssembyHen to whom Iopefs
Fulton was indthtd ior legisa'i'gad ln pddinS tno
Ccmont up the Hudson BY Steam. ihe marble 81, ~,
mounting DR. Mtchcls grave Is the Historic hne-i NJ
emblem nso fIoin the ohisel " Brown. Near by Is
modest tablet which covers the BODY cf thanceOf nhhs
James Kent, whose Commentaries upon American Law
Seen sturdy granite n,onoh which coiemorates the
virtues os David Hale, the founder of fe Sew yo't jour
ador these grounds, none is more conspicuous tnah tht
which contains the body Of stephen whitney the mil
lionare. II ts distinction partly t. its szr but phr
iiculaly 20 It's situation The vault Is beneath The hoor
Tie interior that ~ chapel and may Dc Seci ~ hessp
every part through Tie grated inner door ihe lOiy
room rs glred by windows Of coloed aid pictured sas,
and tho yhoe is unlike tomb as IL could VOL nav pave
neon made This imposing structure which Is cf nara,
durable buestone, viih ist tpe hiUes9hs ',nyNLs W.
and coping. aud very eos was oir't.e ~ ~ Ii; I'M
ncys hrs tie dpfica srOf which, as ore ul 1lth-
woods earliest Directors, h" selected as s Last re,lh
place Nearer tEe great northern gate !, thc ui
Ing monument the grave of Senator Dixon H. Ls~S,
nu Alabaman, WHO. altcr TamDie IN birei'Nt OK
pressed lis wish be- buried there. Many Congrssmen
OF his day VIII remember him as the sont incnoer
who actually required TWO seats fnr hs hccuinio'l"u
Ils in the grounds YOU nrd the modest monuments
] Of adj T.
i. shepard once one " tie brightest oranh,s ~ hs @
| yacht America. In smau. irregular lot near
| Tho highest part of suInInit-ave.. aud oreI9ok-
ing OF tho prctilest of Tho pieturesque lakes,
| Tho "Crcsyent Water" stands "A plain white marble
hcads,one, surrounded by simple evergreen hedge:
The modest inscription on the stone teus htIle ~,
| ile history OF her who sleeps beneath, and would
scarcely divert the attention Of he curious visitor from
clustered thckly around. "Mrs L1a Gilbert. died Jan
y! iss y tho esrnd Not a@e and Wy aS ot
all the thousands who sleep IN this haowed ground lew
proador ,naaenes on the time IN which they lived than
ihe occupant of hs unprctetiou- grave Tor here o the
yOung uwA Its kindly shadow across bef grave,
AID the the faint pllsh Of neigbong fountain is her
made Il their seappontcd task ~ see hat te ntie ot
Yo,, come now TO memorial marble which has not
made noteworthy by the names Of those wte tonbs II
indicates And of this, the oenest described the often
cat visited tho most rmaFkabe g. that which has been
sculptured The eravcoi Charlotte Candida nhgli-
cent mausoleum whose richness and variety OF cuipturc
elaborate finish IA s minutest dctals aud LAVISH coSt
have inspired every vtor with curiosity TO know tho
~ h,ey od tns sca inmate o:r ar rah md.r S ni
Mrtrgo, After tbS historic engagement ne came 10 the
United States. Here he married young FRENCH woman
Of cnturc, aud with her cooperation opened in New.York
school for young women, which BECAME very succt -
ful Charlotte ther only child had grown 10 woman.
| hood aud was admired for her accomplishments and
natural sweetness Of temper. On the evening o her 18th
birthday she was returning with her father from
party. they stopped he way 10 leave Young com.
paniOn. Mr.. Clrda attended the young woman 20 her
door, leaving his daughter ~ 'he coach During BIS bref
absence the driver who ttandihg Oh tho sidewalk.
accidentally cropped his cins. and the horses suddenly
started or As the vehicle iurned into brOadNay, Nj -
Canda fel through the open door, ana her head truek
the pavement slo was taken up unsonst91s and oSre
The fortune which Mr. Caudn had intended for his beauli
This work " art viii bear-indeed It nyitesmnute
speot.On at the visitors kse. Under the sprt-uanked
Canda, though II bears only toe rabe resemblance 10
her. Roses and Ivy, the lily and the jssuine. hang IN
ornaments are the palm and the acanhns The cipher &C.
C." the shield Is formed Of seventeen rusebuds An
obloug space front OF the statue and immediately over
the vault surrounded 10y balustrade. and forms
the udde Of this space has its head ugn with books
Instruments OF music and drawing scattered around
guardian angels in marble looking In upon her But II
Il might be considered not ipertnent many visitor
since neither pencil cise has yet reconciled 10 the
eye human form with wings In everything but these
two figures the artist has successfully addressed the spec
| Turning from the Canda tomb up Greenbough.aye 10
Meadow-ave and Meadow IIi you reach an oval mound
where stands hafidden by the foliage bronze statue
William sattcrlee Packer. whose widow, executing the
unullled wishes Of her husband endo wed the Packer
Institute OF Brooklyn Near this umbgeous and beaut
fu spot In the Hill Of Gyesthe last abode of the poor;
Enclosure where nobody may set down moment: u
part Of Greenwood where The dead like thoso of tho
severely simple Quakers must lie unhonored aud unsung
The soiders Lot lies next the left Tins ground was
appropriated by the Directors In 1852 Tor the gaulious
imernlent OF NewYOk volunteers and the City Of New
York has voted 10000 10 be expended for providing
suitable monument The plans contemplate eenotaph
Of bronze feet In hight resting on marble base Ia the
form Of Greek Near here are ten Owly graves
OF NewYoTk soldiers ~ the regular army who fell IN tho