The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11

kIHeu. Ine mOnumentls - eXcoed1ngly eaDorate,
and is adorned with every device with which
affection and memory render more poignant
their affliction In seeking 10 alleviate It.
Returning to Atlantic avenue, aud proceeding
westward almost to the outward extremity of
the grounds, the visitor finds himself in the pen
sive locality of the Hill of Graves, the largest
OF the few tracts of ground which have been
set apart for the use OF those who apply, not
for lots, but for graves only. OF all Greenwood,
this is, perhaps, the least aristocratic and at
trsctive quarter. The heaps of low regular
graves are unshaded, undecorated, and unpro-
tected, and the majority of those who visit them
are drawn not by the beauty of the scene, bat
by personal associations connecting them with
some humble but beloved friend or relative who
has found upon the Hill o. Graves his last soil.
tary restng-plaoe among strangers.
Immediately upon the lett of the Hill OF
Graves lies the Soldiers Lot, appropriated by
the Directors of Greenwood, in 1862, for the
gratuitous interment of such New York soldiers
as should die In their couRtry's service during
the war then raging. Not very far from this in
Dell Avenue, stands the monument, entitled the
Historic Muse, erected to the memory of DR..
samuel Latham Mitchell, the sdUGnt and SEN
ator. Entering successfully South wood and
0akwood Avenues, you come across the lot pur-
chased by Henry Ward Beecher as his last
restingplace, and long may it be ere he reposes
there. Returning to Atlantic Avenue, the
tired and wandering eye rests upon the con-
spicuous monument of Stephen Whitney, a
magnificent chapel built of buestone and filed
with windows of pictured glass. ear the Cor
nell tomb, which stands upon the beautifully
rounded hill at this point is reared the granite
monument which indicates the resting place of
David Hale, the founder of the New York Jour
nal of Commerce.. Upon Aurora Path, too, lead
ing out of Atlantic avenue, stands q neat, plain
sandstone cross above the remains of Dddley A.
Tying, eldest son of the Rev. Stephen II. Tying;
and, at length, after wandering through q net
work of small avenues, the visitor comes all at
once upon the Catacombs, consisting of thirty
tanks opening into a single vaulted area. One
of these belongs to the family of General Win
field Scott. In Woodland avenue, a
single grsve-stone is inscribed with the
lame of DR.. william Adams, aged one hundred
years, and of his grandchild, aged one day. In
Dale avenue stands the lot purchased by Mr..
Hoe, inventor OF those lightning presses which
flash news from the compositors' room to the
public's ear so quickly. One of the most de-
lIghtful spots in all Greenwood, however, is
Crescent Water, opposite to which is the last
restingp place which the man who gave his name
to Niblo's Garden erected for himsslt. Mr..
Niblo, by.theby, supplied Greenwood with
number OF goldfish, from which have sprung
the millions which the various waters of the
cemetery probably contain. Tulip Hill. imme-
dately above Crescent Dell, is crested with
monument erected by the New York Fire De-
partment, in memory of those who had perished
in their heroic exertions amid the flames.
But 1t Is not in one column or two columns or
elk columns OF newspaper, that Justice eau be
done to the manifold beauties OF Green wood,
and close my crammed notebook with sigh
that SO much penc'l-writiDg should have beer
expended of which 1t Is impossible to make use
in the brief space OF a ne Wspaper letter. Let
me give few statistics that have gleaued,
however, as to the annual statistics of Green
wood'-For the three years preceding that of
1868, the number OF burias averaged twenty per
Gay. This year they have averaged only seven
teen per day. The entire number of interments
is little over l32, 900. The permanent improv-
ing fund amounts to nearly $3.50, 900, and the
det ails of expenditure, including salaries,
amounted to nearly nineteen thousand dol.
lars.
Yet having visited all these monuments,
erected in memory OF the distinguished and the
wealthy, l could not leave Greenwood without
visiting the grave of one who, not ten years
ago, was the theme OF more newspaper para
graphs than any other one woman that ever
existed. In her day she had travelled over
thousands of leagues of land and water, east
RDO west anu 0OTCu auu SOuJD, III IuOSL Ot the
habitable parts of the globe, and wherever she
went notoriety preceded her. AS child we
hear of her In Hindostau, borne along In litter
by the natives who sing one OF their lulling
idiomatc songs. Pretty soon she makes her
DEBUT at London theatre, and Is hissed by the
immaculate gentlemen who occupy the "omni-
bus" box, and who inform Manager Lumley in
prlva'e that he really must engage no women as
ddnSeuSeS except those OF frst-class virtue. Then
she is heard OF at the Porte saint Martin. Slip
ping The sandal from her foos In it of indigna-
tion at the manifest displeasure of the house,
and hinglng 1t with immense scorn into the
MIDDLE Of the orchestra stalls. Then she becomes
the mistress of Paris editor, Dujarrer by name,
who is killed in duel; and at length passing
over into Bavaria she captivates the heart OF the
etfete Louis, who so lately yielded up the ghost,
l. created Countess OF Landsfedt. aud takes
precedence OF the noble ladies who have been
bred up In court. Forced to escape in disguise
visits Australia ana California and hnds mint
OF gold in the lectures written for her, and de-
liveIed by herself in the United States. That brief
success is the last leaf OF the dying flame. Poor
| in health, forsaken by lovers and admirers,
suffering from lfe's improVidence, she accepts
| the dreadful charity doled out to her by early
| friends, who wish her Off their hands, and,
suffering the agonies OF a har5hly-used para
| lytic, remembering former spleudors, and con-
| scious OF her present miserable state, she at
length breathes her last, after months OF penni-
| lessness, ill-usage, and semi-staryation In q
dark and miserable room in an obscure New
| York street. So ends the career OF Eliza Gil
| bert, or Lola Montez call her which you will,
the Adah Isaacs Menken of two lustres ago, the
most brilliant loretti of the generation that has
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